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 BR Addendum Project September 28, 2006 Page 1-7 • Transportation and Circulation: The Addendum will describe the potential traffic impacts of the Peninsula Park project in comparison to the 2003 EIR project and 2003 EIR Alternative 6. Emphasis will be placed on comparative daily and peak period (AM and PM) traffic generation and distribution characteristics, the effects of any currently proposed transit and transportation demand management (TDM) measures, and the associated effects of these factors on the study intersection impacts and mitigation needs described in the 2003 EIR for the previously-proposed project and Alternative 6. The remaining intersection, access driveway, and internal circulation mitigation requirements for the currently-proposed Peninsula Park project will then be identified. The comparison of traffic generation characteristics, associated project and project-plus- base case and project-plus-cumulative impacts on roadway and intersection operation (study intersection LOS) and related mitigation needs will be prepared with the assistance of Fehr & Peers, transportation consultants, who prepared the transportation/ traffic analysis for the 2003 EIR. The traffic analysis approach described above assumes that the existing transportation/ traffic setting has not changed substantially over the last four to five years. For the traffic analysis, projected development of the Pete's Harbor area and the Bayside Gardens (Syufy) site under Cumulative Conditions will be updated with uses and intensities identified by City staff. The traffic scope will include the updated Downtown and citywide cumulative assumptions and analysis completed by Korve Engineering for the Downtown Precise Plan EIR. • Biological Resources: The Addendum will describe the potential impacts of the Peninsula Park project on biological resources in comparison to the 2003 EIR project and 2003 EIR Alternative 6. Based on the impact findings of the 2003 EIR related to estuarine (Bay) fill, and related public concerns raised at the July 11, 2006 Community Information Meeting, emphasis will be placed on the comparative estuarine (Bay) fill aspects of the project (greater or less than the previous project) and associated implications for: (1) project impacts on steelhead and Chinook salmon, estuarine "essential fish habitat" (bottomfish such as rockfish, flat fish, sharks, rays, etc.) and water column species (Pacific sardine, northern anchovy, etc.), California clapper rail habitat, and other estuarine linked special status species; (2) project-related loss of estuarine "navigable and other waters of the United States" and associated jurisdictional approval and mitigation requirements; (3) project-related loss of"saline emergent wetlands"; and (4) project-related loss of"fresh emergent wetlands." Comparative bird collision mortality impacts associated with the project building heights will also be described. In addition, the comparative construction period effects on the intertidal wetland edges of Redwood Creek and Smith Slough, and associated bird species, will be described. Remaining biological impact mitigation requirements for the currently proposed Peninsula Park project will then be identified. • Hydrology and Water Quality: The Addendum will describe the potential impacts of the Peninsula Park project on local hydrology and water quality conditions, in comparison to the 2003 EIR project and 2003 EIR Alternative 6. Based on the impact findings of the 2003 EIR related to estuarine (Bay) fill and related public concerns raised at the July 11, 2006 Community Information Meeting, emphasis will be placed on the comparative loss of marina water area, comparative tidal prism loss, comparative erosion and sedimentation impacts, and comparative long-term impacts on marina, C:IDocuments and SettingslkmateolLocal SettingslTemporary Internet Files10602 proposal section 1-rev.doc