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08/28/2007 attract greater volumes, and be contradictory to the City's goal of maintaining neighborhood character in the area. This is not a feasible mitigation and therefore the impact at this intersection is significant and unavoidable. This impact is overridden by project benefits as set forth in the statement of overriding considerations. Mitigation TRAN-1.2: EI Camino Real and Whipple Avenue. The project sponsor shall install an Emergency Vehicle Pre-Emption (EVP) acceptable to Caltrans at this intersection to avoid delays for emergency vehicle response (i.e., Code 3 [lights and sirens] police, fire service, and ambulance). An improvement has been identified for this location in the Redwood City Traffic Impact Mitigation Fee Study (TIMFS). The identified improvement includes the addition of a receiving lane for westbound right-turns from Whipple Avenue to northbound EI Camino Real, creating a "free" westbound right-turn movement. This improvement would reduce the delay at the intersection to 54.6 seconds (LOS E) compared to 60.2 seconds under background conditions. This would mitigate the project impact in the PM peak hour. The Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board (Caltrain) operates commuter rail service on a rail line in the immediate vicinity of the EI Camino Real and Whipple Avenue intersection. The applicant would make a $30,000 contribution for the addition of a receiving lane at this location, considered by the City of Redwood City to be a fair share of identified improvements. This contribution would be required to be paid into escrow prior to issuance of an occupancy permit for the proposed medical office building, to be held for a period of up to two years following full occupancy of the proposed medical office building, should the City and Caltrans agree to install the improvement. The contribution would be refunded to the applicant in the event such improvement is not made. This measure is conceptual at this time and any improvement to EI Camino Real would require Caltrans approval. Finding: The changes or alterations proposed by mitigation measure TRAN-1.2 are within the responsibility and jurisdiction of Caltrans and not the City of Redwood City. At this time, lacking Caltrans approval, implementation of this mitigation is not assured; therefore, the City Council of the City of Redwood City finds this impact to be significant and unavoidable. Caltrans can and should adopt the proposed mitigation measure TRAN-1.2. Mitigation TRAN-1.3: 1-280 Northbound Ramp and Edqewood Drive. The addition of project traffic is projected to exacerbate unacceptable operations at the intersection of 1-280 Northbound Ramp and Edgewood Drive during both the AM and PM peak hour. The improvement required to mitigate the project's impact to a less than significant level is signalization of the intersection. The level of service during the PM peak hour with the proposed mitigation measure and existing lane geometry would be LOS C (28.1 seconds of delay). During the AM peak hour the intersection would operate at LOS C (20.1 seconds of delay). Atty/Reso/Reso.1738 082207 2 14802 Muff#613