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7C <br /> Page 24 <br /> Findings: Implementation Mitigation Measure 4-1 a is feasible and wil! reduce <br /> this potential land use compatibility impac#to less-than-significant levels. <br /> C. Proiect Compatibility with Adiacent Residential Land Uses <br /> Potential lmpact 4-2: Project-praposed residential denstties averaging <br /> approximately 32.3 units per acre and associated project building heights--up to ten multi-story <br /> buildings (maximum building heights of 100 #o 'I20 feet)--woufd be higher than those in the <br /> adjacen#Villas a# Bair Island and Marina Pointe multifamily residential develapments along Bair <br /> Island Road (maximum average densities of approximateiy 30 units/acre and maximum building <br /> heights of four stories and two stories, respectively}, represent;ng a potentially significant land <br /> use compatrbility impact related ta building mass, scale, and height relationships, general visual <br /> compatibility, and light and glare. <br /> Mitigation 4-2: The applicant shall implement Mitigation 5-2 {Visual Impacts on <br /> Views and Vistas and on the Character of the Surrounding Area), 5-3 (General Visual <br /> Compatibiiity Impacts), and 5-4 (Potential Light and Glare Impacts}, which would reduce this <br /> lanci use compatibility impact to a less-than-significant level. <br /> Findings: Implementation of Mitigatian Measure 4-2 is feasible and would <br /> reduce this potential Eand use compatibility impact to a less-than-significant level. <br /> D. Project Inconsistencv with "Smart Growfih" Poiicies and Criteria <br /> Potentiat tmpact 4-3: The praposed project embodies a nurnber of fundamental <br /> "smart growth" characteristics; it is a compact, higla-density residential project that is pedestrian- <br /> oriented and located within an existing urban area (rather than geographically isolated). <br /> However, unless the praject can demonstrate to City satisfaction: (1} adequate water and parks <br /> faciliti�s, (2) a convenient and effective transit link to a locaf and regional express transit corridor <br /> or hub (e.g., the Ef Camino Real transit corridor and Redwood City/CafTrain intermoda! station) <br /> and to the Redwood City downtown, {3} retail cammercial provisions sufficient to serve the <br /> convenience needs of project residenfs and businesses, and {4) a specific and substantia! <br /> belaw market rate housing component, the project would be inconsistent with various key City <br /> and ABAG "smar#growth" policies. This possible project inconsistency with applicable local and <br /> regionai land use policies represents a pofenfially significa»f environmenfa!impact. <br /> Mitigation 4-3: Incorporate the fo#lowing "smart growth" characteristics into the <br /> proposed project, to City satisfaction: <br /> 1. implementation of Mitigations 10-9 and 10-8 from Chapter 10 <br /> (lnfrastructure and Public Services) of the E{R pertaining ta water service <br /> and park provisions; <br /> 2. a convenient and effective transit link between the project and local and <br /> regianal express transit corridors and/or hubs, incfuding the EI Camino <br /> Reai transit co�ridor and Redwoad City Caltrain in#errnodal s#ation, and <br /> between the project, downtown Redwood City, and other locai <br /> employment, financial, and retaif concentrations; <br /> Atty/Reso/Resa.1772 3 <br /> 121307 <br />