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q,�- I � <br /> _ - ADDENDUM ' . <br /> TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT <br /> DOWNTOWN MII�D-USE RETAIL/CINEMA PROJECT • <br /> OVERVIEW <br /> The City of Redwood City has prepared this Addendum w the environmental impact report (EIR) for the <br /> Downtown Mixed-Use RetaiUCinema Project w comply with the Califomia Environmental Quality Act <br /> (CEQA). It covers zoning uxt amendment, parcel map, Plaffied development pemut, and conditioaal use <br /> pecmit approvals for the pnoposed mixed-use projcet in downwwn Redwood City. <br /> Tlus Addendum contains the following sxtions: <br /> A. Project Description <br /> B. CEQA Requirements Relatittg to the Revised Project <br /> 1. Previous Environmental Reviews Relating to the Site <br /> 2. EIR Addendum as the Required CEQA Document for Tlris Project <br /> 3. Addirional Studies Conducud for EIIt Addendum <br /> C. Conclusions <br /> Appendix (T:affic Operations Analysis and Pazldng Study) <br /> In brief, an Addendum is considered the appropriate CEQA document for evaluarion of the revised altcr- <br /> native because: <br /> • Changes incorporated in the revised project — eliminarion of the o�ce building on Block 2, inclu- <br /> sion of an underground pazldng facility on Block 1, relocation of the culvert under Block 1, and a <br /> reduction in the numbcr of net new parldng spaces from 796 to between 315 and 690 — would not <br /> create any new significant rnvironmental impacu or substantially increase the severity of previ- <br /> ously-idenrified impacts; <br /> • Changes in the circumstances under which the project is undertaken — most notably, an increase in <br /> the existing downtown parldng supply and a decrease in downtown parldng demand — tend to reduce <br /> the severity of the previously-idenrified impacts; and <br /> • New information regazding traffic and pazldng conditions does not affect the nature of the projecYs <br /> impacts or the ability to mitigate those impacts. <br /> PROJECT DESCRIPTION <br /> Location and Site <br /> The revised project would be located in downtown Redwood City. It would occupy the block bounded by <br /> - Middlefield Road on the south and west, Broadway on the north, and Jefferson Avenue on the east. <br /> 1 <br />