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7A Page 16 EXHIBfT A FINDINGS ON THE REDW�OD CITY SEQUOtA HOSP[TAL CAMPUS/PRECISE P;�P� F�4� The following findings identify potential adverse enviranmental impacts and mitigatian measures and state related determinations of the City of Redwood City concerning proposed adoption of the Sequoia Hospital Campus/Precise Pian. These findings are made with reference to the draft and final Environmental fmpact Report for the Redwood City Downtown Precise Plan Project certified by #he Redwood City Plannina Commission on February 6, 2047 (the "FEIR") and the Mitigation Monitorir�g and Reporting Program for fihe Downtown Precise Plan Praject and related Mitigation Monitoring Checkiist (together, the "�i�RP") approved cancurrently with these f�nd�ngs. To avoid repetition and an unnecessarily iengthy document, these findings do not restate in fufl detai! #he anaiysis of impacts or descripfions of mitigation measures in the FEfR and MMRP, bu# instead identify the FEIR designatian a# the irnpacts discussed and the MMRP designations of mitigation measures, so that further information on those impacts and mitigation measures is incorporated by referenc� and available #o any reader. Copies of the FEIR and MMRP are avaifable in the affice o#the City C1erk. A. Transpertation lmpacts Poteniial frnpactTRAN-'�: Redevelopment af the Sequ�ia Hospital campus under the proposed Precise Plan would impact two signaiized intersections (Alameda de Las Pulgas/Edgewood Road and El Camir►a Real/Whipple Avenue) and one unsignalized intersection (I-280 Northbound ramp/Edgewoad Road) during one or more of the peak hour periods. �flitiga�on �RAN-1.'i: Alameda de las Puiqas ancC Edqewaod Drive: The project sponsor shaii ins�aii an tmergency vehic3� Fr�-E��,tion �cvP) a� t��s intersect�� .o avoid defays for emergency vehicle response (i.e., Code 3 [lights and sirens] police, fire service, and arnbulance). Signal pre-emption systems for emergency vehicles use sensors #a detect an approaching emergency vehicie and provide a green signal to the vehicle. The mitigation required to reduce the average delay to less than significant during both peak periods is ta provide an additional left-turn lane (resulting in a total of two left-turn lanes) on the northbound a�proach and pravide an eastbound right-turn averlap phase. The implementation of this mitigation would likely require right-of-way acquisition to construct a receiving iane on #he west Eeg for the addit�onai nar�hbound left-t�rn lane. The implementation of t�e eastbaund right-turn overlap would a4so most !ilcely require right-of-way acquisifiion. Finding: The City Council of the City of Redwood City finds fhis impact #o be significant and unavflidable. it is the City's goa) to maintain the neighborhood character in fhe area araund Alameda de las Pulgas and Edgewood Drive. The improvements required to expand �he intersectiar� c��city (additional tuminy lanes) would u!fiim�te!�� AttyfResolReso.1683 030707 �