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— I. �f " � waa�a� no.vuoowa Miva-ux xe�ivcinema rro�ect _ mini mize pedestcisn impacts. Mitigation Measures B12a and B12b (iustalling pedestrisn bulbouts and converting the crosswalk W a lighted crosswalk) will aritigate this impect. e. Updsted Parking Analysis , A new parldng anatysis was slso conducted by F&PA to evaluate parldng conditions in downwwn Red- wood City with the revised project. As indicat� in the updated tcaffic analysis, above (see especially Table 2), the revised project would generabe less t�affic than the approved proja� at the samo time, it would provide less parldng. Background Potential parldng impacts of the ievised project wrne evaluated using two approaches. First, the analysis was completed using the same set of assumptions that were used 'm the analysis of the approved project, with data inputs modified w nfle�t changes in the project description, increases in the public parking supply in the downtown area, and the amoimt of parldng to be provided by the revised project. T6is analysis, which is presented in the Appendix to this Addendum, responds W questions about what the impacu of the revised project on parking conditions in downtown Redwood City would have been if this revised project had been the subject of the original EIR. Because background pazlang dcmand was greater at that rime (2000) tban it is now, this approach also provides a conservatively high picture of potenrial fut�ue conditions with the project. Second, the pazldng analysis was repeated using updated information about both parldng supply and parldng demand. The updated pazking supply information includes the spaces that have been added onstreet or in the facilities included in the original inventory, as in the first analysis: In this second analy- sis, the available supply is assumed to include only spaces located (1) onstreet, (2) offsteet in Cityowned lots and garages (but not spaces in lots/garages owned by other public agencies), and (3) included in the revised project. The updated parldng demand information is based on new pazldng surveys, conducted in 2002, to reflect current conditions in downtown Redwood City. These surveys revealed lower parldng demand levels than were evident in the 2000 surveys. This analysis is presented below (and deffiiled fuRher in the Appendix to this Addendum). Updated Information for the Parking Analysis T7ie following assumptions (updated from the earlier EIR) apply to the parking analysis of the revised project presented below: • Estimates of parking supplies — that is, the number of spaces available — were updated based on a new survey of the pazldng study area (illustrated in Appendix Figure A2). The survey was con- ducted on three Fridays in April, 2002. The updated analysis includes only supplies available in City-owned pazking facilities plus onstreet spaces. The onstreet spaces number 1,240, and are assumed to be available at all times of project operarion. The number of existing spaces in City- owned lots totals 1,052, and includes: � 151 spaces in the Main Street lot (available at all times); � 204 spaces in Lot T South (on Block 2 of the projec� area; available at all times � 53 spaces in Lot T North (available at all times); 5 The numba of spaces in this lot would increase to 304 with the revi3ed project, which would add 100 spaces in this location. 19