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7A Page 40 Impact 10-4: Emergency Response and Evacua#ion Impacts- Moderate Intensity Precise Plan Alternative. Traffic from potential development under the Moderate Intensity alternative would create additional traffic congestion on Ioca1 roads, possibly delaying emergency response and limiting the RCPD's ability to evacuate the Precise Plan area safely during an emergency or major disaster. These possible project effects on emergency response and evacuation in the Precise Plan area represent apotential/y significant impact (see criterion 2 in subsection~10.4.3, "Significance Criteria," above). Mitigation 10-4. Implement mitigation measures identified in chapter 9 (Transportation and Circulation) of this EIR to reduce project-related traffic impacts on local roads to less-than-significant levels. in addition, require City review and approval of proposed emergency access provisions prior to approval of individual development projects in the Precise Plan area. Require individual projects to comply with all applicable City of Redwood City road design and emergency access standards. The City may consider other alternatives to these requirements if it determines that such alternatives are feasible and such access will not jeopardize emergency response. Implementation of these measures would reduce impacts on emergency access and response to a less-than- significant Ieve1. Finding: The City Council of the City of Redwood City finds this impact to be significant and unavoidable. Mitigation measure 10-4 is infeasible because this mitigation measure may potentially degrade the Downtown pedestrian environment and decrease pedestrian safety, comfort, and convenience. Adoption of this proposed mitigation measure would be inconsistent with existing and proposed City policies giving priority to the Downtown pedestrian environment (see Section 9.1.1 of this FEIR chapter). The City Council of the City ot" Redwood City chooses to avoid this mitigation option in the interest of protecting the pedestrian environment. This impact is overridden by project benefits as set forth in the statement of overriding considerations and in the pedestrian priority objectives set froth in section 9.1.1 of this FEIR chapter. C. Emergency Access and Response Impacts Impact 10-5: Emergency Access and Response Impacts--Maximum Intensity Precise Plan Alternative. Traffic from potential development under the Maximum Intensity alternative would create additional traffic congestion on local roads, possibly interfering with emergency access and response by the RCFD. These possible project effects on emergency access and in the Precise Plan area represent a potentially significant impact. Mitigation 10-5. Implement mitigation measures identified in chapter 9 (Transportation and Circulation) of this EIR to reduce project-related traffic Atty/Reso/Reso.1683 23 0307Q7