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Attachment A MtT~iT10N MnN1TORiNG CHECKLIST--REDWOOD CITY DOWNTOWN PRECfSE PLAN The R City Downtown Precise Ptan has been conditionally approved to require implementation of the mitigation measures listed in the second column below. A completed and signed chart will indicate that each mitiga ' quirement has been com lied with, and that Ci and state monitoring re uirements have been fulfilled with res ect to Public Resources Code secoon 21081.6. o MONITORING VERIFICATION lDENTI~D IMPACT RELATED MITIGATION MEASURE Implementation Monitoring and Timing Signature Date (n Enti Verbcation Ent" Re uirements AESTI-l1~lCS AND VISUAL RESOURCES Impact {'~: Light and Glare {mpacts. The Mitigation 7-1. Inc{ude in the conditions of Individual City Condition of building permit proposed Precise Plan would facilitate approval for any individual future Downtown project ;approval; feld verify 'snereased Downtown development, and in construction project involving building applicants implementation during particular, would permit construction of new heights of greater than three stories (35 construction. 5-to-12-story (136-foot) maximum height feet), a prohibition on exterior illumination of structures in the Downtown area. Such any building element above 35 feet after buildings would include nighttime exterior 10:00 PM, every day; or incorporate this illumination features. These exterior lighting requirement in the Precise Plan. Far features would be introduced in a Downtown proposed new buildings taller than 35 feet, area that is already highly urbanized with an suggest in the Precise Plan guidelines abundance of existing lights. Nevertheless, some degree of tinting for glazing to reduce exterior lighting features above the such potential glare effects. predominant 3-story elevation of the area, Implementation of these measures would including exterior building illumination and reduce this impact to a less-than- illuminated signage, could be prominently signifrcant level. visible at night and represent a noticeable visual distraction in views from surrounding nearby and distant vantage points. Additionally, daytime light reflection from the windows of the railer new structures could create glare impacts on surrounding areas and distant views. These effects would represent a potentially significant visual fm act. CULTURAL AND HISTORIC RESOURCES Impact fi-1: Disturbance of Archaeological Mitigation 8-1. During the City's normal City; individual City During project-specific Resources. Given that the Precise Plan area project-specific environmental review (Initial ti a ll f t di project licants a environmental review; condition of grading permit is located on alluvial soils, on the margin of ry, on scre u ure, Study} process for a pp issuance; field verify San Francisco Bay near former wetlands, and d it k public improvement and private development projects in the Precise Plan implementation during grading s an bisected by Redwood Cree Vib~ries, there is a high likelihood that area, the City shall determine the possible and construction. unrq~orded archaeological resources exist in presence of, and the potential impacts of the aka., New development facilitated by the the action on, archaeological resources. Preplan could disturb such existing For projects im~oiving substantial ground unrt~~d sensitive archaeological disturbance, the individual project sponsor resQyggg; in the Downtown area. This shall be required to contact the Northwest possibility represents a potentially Information Center (NWIC} of the California significant im act. Historical Resources Information System Page 7 U:1My DocumentslDowntown Precise Ptan!CC staff reportstCC 3.12.doc13.12.07 Exhibits',Attachmenf R mit.meniton.'rg checkfrst 655.doc