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7.D. - Page 17 of 126 Executive Summary Executive Summary This document is an addendum to the previously certified A New General Plan for Redwood City Final Environmental Impact Report (Final EIR) (State Clearinghouse #2010052034). It is prepared in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) of 1970, Public Resources Code Section 21000, et seq., as amended, and implementing CEQA Guidelines, Title 14, Chapter 3, Section 15000, et seq. of the California Code of Regulations. CEQA recognizes that between the date an environmental document for a project is completed and the date that project is fully implemented, one or more of the following changes may occur: 1) the project may change; 2) the environmental setting in which the project is set may change; and/or 3) previously unknown information can arise. Before proceeding with a project, CEQA requires the lead agency to evaluate these changes to determine whether they affect the conclusions in the prior environmental document. The purpose of this addendum is to assess impact differences between the proposed Mixed -Use Live/Work Zoning Amendment Project, herein referred to as the "proposed project," and the adopted Redwood City General Plan (titled the New General Plan and referred to hereinafter as the General Plan). More specifically, this addendum is designed to determine whether and to what extent the Final EIR certified in 2010 is sufficient for addressing the potential impacts of, and providing required mitigation for, the proposed project. The General Plan created a number of land use designations, including four that provided impetuous for the Comprehensive 2013 Zoning Ordinance Amendment. These were (1) Mixed -Use Neighborhood, described in Article 54 of the Zoning Ordinance; (2) Mixed -Use Live/Work, described in Article 55 of the Zoning Ordinance; (3) Light Industrial Incubator Overlay, described in Article 17A of the Zoning Ordinance; and (4) Commercial -Office Professional/Technology, described in Articles 16 and 29 of the Zoning Ordinance. The 2013 Addendum to the Final EIR (2013 Addendum) considered the effects of the above -listed amendments to the Zoning Ordinance. The proposed project involves amendments to the Mixed -Use Live/Work (MULW) zoning district and the Mixed -Use Live/Work with the Emergency Shelter (S) combining district. For the purposes of this report, both zones will be referred to as Mixed -Use Live/Work (MULW). The proposed project also involves associated amendments to the zoning ordinance, particularly Ordinance No. 1130 of the Redwood City Municipal Code. Proposed changes to the MULW zoning district and MULW-S combining district would apply to 30 individual blocks in Redwood City. Section 2 of this addendum describes the proposed project in detail, which includes an increase in density from the existing 20 dwelling units (du) per acre to 40 dwelling units per acre for projects that provide community benefits. This increase in density would result in slight increase to traffic and demand for public services; however, this increase would not be significant, as described further in Section 3 of this addendum. No substantial changes are proposed to the General Plan nor have substantial changes in circumstances occurred that would require major revisions to the certified Final EIR prepared for the General Plan. Significant impacts beyond those identified and analyzed in the certified Final EIR would not occur as a result of the proposed project due to the small magnitude of change as compared to the comprehensive EIR evaluation. Overall, the proposed project would result in no Addendum to the Final Environmental Impact Report 618