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03/27/2007 Mitigation 9-19(b). As a feasible option, add a second westbound left-turn lane on Whipple Avenue. This modification would reduce the level of impact, but not to aless-than-significant level (i.e., would not mitigate either the AM or the PM peak hour impact). Therefore, although reduced, this impact would remain significant and unavoidable. Findings: This City Council of the City of Redwood City finds this impact to be significant and unavoidable. The mitigation action proposed by 9-19(a) is infeasible because it would require acquisition of right-of-way from commercial frontage. Since mitigation action 9-19(b) would not lessen the impact to a less- than-significant level, the City Council does not choose to implement this mitigation option. This impact is overridden by project benefits as set forth in the statement of overriding considerations. Impact 9-20: Project Contribution to Cumulative Impacts at the Veterans Boulevard/Brewster Avenue Intersection. During the PM peak hour, project generated traffic would reduce operation to LOS F and increase delay by five (5) seconds or more at this intersection. This effect would represent a significant impact (see criteria for "Intersection Impacts," in subsection 9.4.1, "Significance Criteria," above.) Mitigation 9-20(a). Restripe eastbound Brewster Avenue to one left-turn lane and one shared left-through-right turn lane. Signal operations would need to be changed to allow for split phasing for the eastbound/westbound Brewster approaches. These improvements would reduce this impact, but not to a less- than-significant level (i.e., would not fully mitigate either the AM or PM peak hour impacts). Therefore, this impact would be significant and unavoidable. or Mitigation 9-20(b). Add a second eastbound left-turn lane on Brewster Avenue. Implementation of this measure would improve PM peak hour operations to LOS D, resulting in aless-than-significant impact. or Because: (a) Mitigation 9-20(a) would result in pedestrians on each side of Brewster receiving a walk signal to cross Veterans Boulevard at separate times during the signal cycle, instead of the overlapping walk signal phases that now occur, thereby increasing delay for pedestrians and negatively impacting pedestrian convenience and safety; (b) Mitigation 9-20(b) would require the elimination of curb-parking spaces and would preclude future pedestrian enhancements such as corner bulbouts that would reduce pedestrian exposure to traffic; and (c) these effects would be inconsistent with City policies giving priority to the Downtown pedestrian environment (see section 9.1.1 of this chapter); the City may choose to avoid the two mitigation options identified above Atty/Reso/Reso.1683 ~ $ 14769 030707 Muff #613