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09/09/2013 ■ northbound US 101 (mixed flow) lanes between County line and Whipple Avenue (AM)--an additional 6.1 percent of the freeway segment capacity; ■ northbound US 101 (mixed flow) lanes between Whipple Avenue and SR 92 (PM)--an additional 4.9 percent of the freeway segment capacity; ■ southbound US 101 (mixed flow) lanes between SR 92 and Whipple Avenue (AM)--an additional 2.2 percent of the freeway segment capacity; ■ southbound US 101 (mixed flow) lanes between SR 92 and Whipple Avenue (PM)--an additional 1.2 percent of the freeway segment capacity; and ■ southbound US 101 (mixed flow) lanes between Whipple Avenue and County line (PM)--an additional 2.5 percent of the freeway segment capacity. Mitigation: Mitigation 7-19. Mitigation of these effects to a less-than-significant level would require construction of an additional mixed flow lane on US 101. Caltrans, which has jurisdiction over improvements to US 101, has no plans to widen the affected freeway segments due to right of way limitations. Recent projects have added auxiliary lanes to US 101 from SR 92 to Marsh Road. The scheduled construction of auxiliary lanes on US 101 between Marsh Road and Embarcadero Road would alleviate congestion on the affected segments, but would not be sufficient to reduce impacts to a less-than-significant level. Finding: Implementation of Mitigation 7-19 is determined to be infeasible. Therefore, the impact is expected to remain significant and unavoidable. Facts in Support of Finding: Implementation of Mitigation 7-19 would require construction of an additional mixed flow lane on US 101, which is under Caltrans jurisdiction and for which Caltrans has no current plans due to right of way limitations. The impact is expected to remain 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 7-20: Existing Plus Project Impact on Pedestrian Facilities (Hurlingame/Bay and Barron/Bay). Currently, finro mid-block crosswalks along Broadway and one crosswalk at Bay Road provide pedestrian access in the Precise Plan area. Due to the limited existing pedestrian facilities on Bay Road along the project frontage, the existing pedestrian facilities could encourage pedestrians to cross roads in undesignated areas. Mitigation: Mitigation 7-20. To mitigate this impact (i.e., the project applicant would be responsible for fully funding/completing the mitigation), additional high visibility crosswalks shall be created along Bay Road that are aligned with the intersecting streets. These crosswalks could include bulbouts, high visibility paint, paving textures/treatments, or pedestrian flashing warning light systems. These crosswalks would be installed at Hurlingame Avenue/Bay Road and Barron Avenue/Bay Road. ATTY/RES0.2901/STANFORD EIR CERTIFICATION RESO.#15294 REV:09-10-13 VR MUFF#100 Page 41 of 55