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7.D. - Page 35 of 126 Environmental Analysis roadway improvements have occurred since October 2010, including the addition of a pedestrian signal timing phase across Woodside Road at Middlefield Road, signalization of the intersections of Broadway and Douglas Avenue and Broadway and Charter Street, and modification of the railroad crossing at Main Street and Whipple Avenue. Caltrans approval was also received for the Route 101/84 (Woodside Road) interchange, which would increase capacity at that location, but construction has not yet started. However, these changes would not represent major changes in the MULW-designated area. No major roadway or other infrastructure improvements have been initiated since October 2010 in the areas under consideration. Thus, no substantial changes have occurred with respect to the circumstances under which the project will be undertaken. 3.3 Comparison of Impacts Identified in the 2010 Final EIR and Impacts Associated with the Proposed Project The proposed project would not change the policies adopted in the General Plan; rather, the new provisions in the Zoning Ordinance would implement adopted policy, previously considered in the 2010 Final EIR for the General Plan. As noted in the General Plan, "the Urban Form and Land Use goals, policies, and implementation programs focus new growth into mixed use activity centers and along corridors that are pedestrian friendly, serve as centers of community, and easily link to the regional transit system. Increased development densities and intensities in the infill areas and innovative parking approaches, which will be implemented primarily through zoning regulations, will incentivize smart growth" (City of Redwood City 2010a page BE -55). The new zoning regulations would implement this direction within the guidance of the maximum densities and intensities of development outlined by the General Plan. The proposed project would not involve direct changes to the physical environment, as adoption of the amendments to the MULW zoning ordinance itself would not involve physical development activity, but is a regulatory change that sets standards for the use and development of MULW properties in Redwood City. Table 3 compares impacts identified in the 2010 Final EIR with those associated with adoption of the MULW zoning ordinance amendments. The analysis in the table indicates that no new significant impacts would occur, and that no previously identified impacts would increase in severity. 3.4 Cumulative Impacts This cumulative impact analysis accounts for development under the proposed project in conjunction with other development under the City's General Plan. According to the Final EIR for the City's General Plan, Impacts 4.3-1, 4.14-1, 4.15-4, and 4.16-2 were determined to be significant and unavoidable; all other impacts were determined to be less than significant with adherence to existing regulations, General Plan policies and implementation programs and/or mitigation measures. As described above in Section 3.3, the proposed project would result in no new or substantially more severe direct or indirect significant impacts beyond those identified in the previously certified Final EIR for the General Plan and the 2013 Addendum for the General Plan. The cumulative contribution of the proposed project impacts would not substantially exceed those assumed and analyzed in the certified Final EIR. No new or reasonably foreseeable future projects have been Addendum to the Final Environmental Impact Report 19 636