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09/09/2013 City adds the improvement to its Traffic Impact Fee Program (TIF) project list, the proposed project would pay its Traffic Impact Fee in effect at time of payment and issuance of a building permit. The above improvements would be added to mitigation measures identified under Existing Plus Project conditions for the intersection of Woodside Road and Bay Road (Mitigation 7-2). Finding: Implementation of Mitigation 7-13 would mitigate the impact to a less-than- significant level. However, because these improvements would require Caltrans approval, the City of Redwood City cannot ensure the construction of these improvements. Also, the additional westbound through lane would require additional right-of-way. Without implementation of the proposed improvements, the impact would be signi�cant and unavoidable. Facts in Support of Finding: Implementation of Mitigation 7-13 would reduce the project's contribution to the cumulative traffic impact at the Woodside Road/Bay Road intersection to a less-than-significant level through the projecYs payment of its fair share (estimated to be 93 percent) to a mitigation fund, or if in effect at building permit issuance, through payment of its City Traffic Impact Fee, to add a westbound (Bay Road) through lane. However, the City cannot guarantee in advance that Caltrans will approve the mitigation, so the impact is currently considered significant and unavoidable. These facts are described in Draft EIR chapter 7 (Transportation, Circulation, and Parking) on pages 7-1 through 7-70, Draft EIR appendix 21.3 (Supplemental Transportation Information), and Final EIR appendix A (Supplemental Traffic Information), which are hereby incorporated by reference. Impact: Impact 7-14: Cumulative With Project Impact on Woodside Road/ Middlefield Road Intersection. Under Cumulative With Project conditions during the PM peak hour, the intersection would remain at LOS F, and the proposed project could contribute up to 29.2 seconds of critical delay to the intersection. Mitigation: Mitigation 7-14. This mitigation is in addition to the Caltrans intersection improvement that will be implemented in 2013; a description of the 2013 improvement is included on page 7-21 of this EIR. To mitigate the significant cumulative impact at the intersection of Woodside Road and Middlefield Road, an additional southbound through lane would need to be added to Woodside Road. (Woodside Road is considered north-south and Middlefield Road is considered east-west.) Because this intersection is subject to Caltrans jurisdiction, this roadway widening and any changes to the operation of the signal would require Caltrans approval. With these improvements, the level of service (LOS) at this intersection would remain at LOS F. Although LOS F still exceeds the City of Redwood City LOS standard, conditions with this mitigation would be better than under Cumulative No Project conditions. ATTY/RES0.2901/STANFORD EIR CERTIFICATION RESO.#15294 REV:09-10-13 VR MUFF#100 Page 36 of 55