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I. � '� APPENDIX - - TRAFFIC AND PARKING ANALYSES FOR THE REVISED PROJECT . 1. INTRODUCTION _ - Tius report presents the iesvlts ofthe focused hansportation and parlang analysis conducted forthe pro- posed mixed-use retaiUcinema project in downtown Redwood City. The project site comprises two city blocks. Block 1 is bounded by Broadway, Jefferson Avenue, and Middlefield Road. Block 2 is bounded by Middlefield Road/Winslow Street, Jefferson Avenue, and the Calhain hacks. The project evaluated 'm this Addendum to the Final Environmental Impaet Report for the DownWwn Mixed-Use RetaiUCinema Project in Redwood City includes the following uses: ■ On Block 1: Mixed-use building containing approximately 85,000 square feet of retail and restau- rant space, a mulriplex cinema with 4,200 seats and 20 screens, and undagound pazldng. 'Three altematives for the imderground puldng:are being considered: (1) one parldng level, with approxi- mately 215 pazldng spaces, (2) tw+o parlang levels, with a total of approximately 450 paridng spaces, and (3) two pazldng levels, with both levels extending under Middlefield Road, with a total of approximately 590 parldng spaces. • On Block 2: The existing parldng lot with 100 added parldttg spaces. Access to the underground pazlring on Block 1 would be provided by a driveway on Jefferson Avenue, ' approximately midway behveen Broadway and Middlefield Road. The project describec a.bove r> referred to in this analysis as the "revised project," and is compazed to the "approved projecY' (,a- wh:�i: an EIIt was ceitified in January, 2001, and which included an office building and paridng shvcture on Block 2; see Table 1, p. 10). The purpose of this analysis is to idenufy the potenrial impacts of the revised project on the surrounding roadway system, transit system, pedestrian circulation, driveway operations, and pazking. The revised project is smaller than the approved project' and would generate less traffic. Therefore, it is reasonable to conclude that its impacts on the intersecrions will be less severe. The locarion of the puking has bern changed, however, and that change will cause some changes in project traffic circulation neaz the site. Therefore, the traffic impact analysis focuses on the intersections closest to the site (numbers comspond to the intersection numbers assigned in the EIR): 8 Broadway/Middlefield Road 9 Broadway/Jefferson Avenue 13 Middlefield Road/lefferson Avenue 14 Middlefield Road/Winslow Street The parking analysis was conducted using the same assumptions as the analysis for the approved project. A new parking analysis was conducted to incorporate new surveys of existing Friday conditions. ' The approved project contained 80,000 square feet of retail space and a 4,200-seaz cinema on Block l and 108,400 squarc fat of office space plus a 1,000-space parking shucture on Block 2. Sa 7'able l, p. 9 of this addrndum for a comparison of usw in the approved and rcvised projects. A1