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7A Page 33 commercial frontage. Therefore, this impact is considered to be significant and unavoidable. Findings: This City Council of the City of Redwood City finds this impact to be significant and unavoidable. Due to the need to acquire right-of-way from adjacent commercial frontage, this mitigation option is deemed infeasible. This impact is overridden by project benefits as set forth in the statement of overriding considerations. Impact 9-13: Project Contribution to Cumulative Impacts at the EI Camino Reall Jefferson Avenue Intersection. During the PM peak hour, the addition of project traffic would increase average delay by five (5) seconds or more at this intersection, which would already be operating at LOS E. This effect would represent a significant impact. Mitigation 9-13. Mitigating this impact would require adding a second northbound left-turn lane on EI Camino Real, and converting the right-turn Pane into a shared through/right-turn lane. This improvement would necessitate lane restriping and possible median modifications. Level of service with this improvement would remain LOS E during the PM peak hour, but the increase in delay resulting from project traffic would be less than 5 seconds. Any . improvement to EI Camino Real would require Caltrans approval. At fihis time, lacking Caltrans approval, implementation of this mitigation is not assured. Therefore, this impact is considered to be significant and unavoidable. Findings: The changes or alterations proposed by mitigation measure 9- 13are within the responsibility and jurisdiction of Caltrans and not the City of Redwood City. Caltrans can and should adopt proposed mitigation measure 9- 13, Impact 9-14: Project Contribution to Cumulative Impacts at the Middlefield Road! Woodside Road intersection. During the AM and PM peak hour, the project traffic would increase average delay by five (5} seconds or more at the intersection of Middlefield Road/Woodside Road, which would already be operating at LOS E/F. This effect would represent a significant impact (see criteria for "intersection Impacts," in subsection 9.4.1, "Significance Criteria," above.) Mitigation 9-14. The addition of a second eastbound left-turn lane on Woodside Road (SR 84) would reduce the overall intersection delay withouf the projecf during the PM peak hour, but the delay wifhout the projecf would remain significant in the AM peak hour. With the addition of the second eastbound left- turn lane, the intersection would still operate at LOS F in both the AM and PM peak hours wifh the project. In addition, any improvement to Woodside Road (SR 84) would require Caltrans approval. Caltrans approval for this mitigation is not assured. For these Atty/FZeso/Reso.1683 13 030707