Agmt06 Wagstaff & Associates - Environmental Services for Peninsula Park

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Wagstaff and Associates Proposal for Services City of Redwood City Peninsula Park Project EIR Addendum Project September 28,2006 Page 1-6 1.3.2 Pete's Harbor Property Assumptions The current Peninsula Park project application does not include the 13.21-acre Pete's Harbor property; however, a revised development application is anticipated in the near future for this smaller Pete's Harbor portion of the original Marina Shores Village project area (i.e., during the environmental review process for the Peninsula Park project). Details for the anticipated Pete's Harbor property application have not yet been identified. In order to adequately account for this reasonably foreseeable nearby cumulative development activity, the Addendum will include a "base case" maximum buildout assumption for the Pete's Harbor site under its current General Commercial-Combined Residential (CG-R) zoning designation. The assumed Pete's Harbor property development scenario will be identified in consultation with City staff, and for conservative CEQA analysis purposes, will reflect the highest reasonably foreseeable impacts from an environmental standpoint (cumulative traffic, biological resources, hydrology, noise, air quality, etc.) under the current designation--e.g., a residential density of 40 units per acre or some combination of high density residential and general commercial. 1.4 KEY ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES The following environmental topics are expected to be of particular importance to City decision- makers, interested agencies, and the community in their consideration of the currently proposed Peninsula Marina project, and will receive emphasis in the EIR Addendum preparation program: • Visual Factors: The Addendum will describe the potential visual impacts of the Peninsula Park project in comparison to the 2003 EIR project and 2003 EIR Alternative 6, including the comparative effects of the revised maximum building heights, number of towers and building layout, site coverage, open space provisions, relationship to the EIR-identified 50-foot "visual plane" of the existing Bayfront Area development, etc. The comparative evaluation will be completed with the assistance of Terry Bottomley, urban designer, of Bottomley Design and Planning (Terry Bottomley provided similar assistance in preparing the "Visual Factors" analysis component of the 2003 EIR). Section 3 of this proposal, Proposed Budget and Compensation, includes 20 hours of Terry Bottomley's time to provide this assistance. Emphasis will be placed in the visual impacts comparison on comparative effects on sky and distant views through the site, surrounding public views and view corridors, and shadow impacts on adjacent land uses. Any remaining (reduced) visual mitigation requirements for the currently-proposed Peninsula Park project will then be identified. Photomontage Visual Simulations (optional). The 2003 EIR included computer- generated photomontage "before and after" visual simulations of the proposed project (building heights up to 260 feet) and project Alternative 6 (building heights up to 240 feet) from four (4) viewpoints: Bair Island, southbound Highway 101 near Whipple Avenue, northbound Highway 101 at Seaport Boulevard, and the elevated Maple Street overcrossing of Highway 101. Although the currently proposed Peninsula Park project includes a substantially reduced building height maximum (120 feet) and therefore may not require preparation of revised photomontage visual simulations for CEQA compliance purposes, City staff and the applicant may agree that preparation of revised simulations of the current reduced-height project from two (2) or more of the previously- simulated viewpoints may be warranted for informational purposes--i.e., to illustrate and verify the mitigating effects of the current project. C:IDocuments and SettingslkmateolLocal SettingslTemporary Internet Files10602 proposal section 1-rev.doc