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7.D. - Page 61 of 126 <br />Impact 4.17-3: New development allowed by the General Plan Less than <br />would allow for an increase in population and employment, significant <br />which could increase vehicle trips and associated transportation <br />energy use within the plan area. <br />Addendum to the Final Environmental Impact Report <br />Environmental Analysis <br />Redwood City adopted a Climate Action Plan (CAP) in 2013. The <br />Similar to the conclusions in <br />CAP outlines strategies to achieve a GHG emission reduction <br />the General Plan EIR, the <br />target of 15 percent below 2005 emission levels by the year <br />proposed project would <br />2020, which aligns with State legislation such as Assembly Bill 32, <br />result in less than significant <br />Senate Bill 32, and Executive Order B-55-18. The CAP includes <br />impacts from increased <br />municipal and community measures to assist the City in <br />transportation energy use. <br />achieving the reduction target. These measures include energy in <br />No new or more severe <br />municipal operations, transportation and land use, and solid <br />impacts would occur. <br />waste. Each measure contains strategies for both the community <br />Impacts would be within <br />and the City in achieving GHG reduction targets. The proposed <br />the scope of those <br />project would be consistent with the CAP's applicable GHG <br />identified in the General <br />reduction strategies that specifically target energy efficiency. For <br />Plan EIR. <br />example, the community measure targeting transportation and <br />land use emphasizes improved bicycle and pedestrian <br />infrastructure, smart land use and development patterns, and <br />innovative programs that promote alternative transportation <br />modes. The introduction of more commercial and residential <br />uses, particularly mixed-use land uses, in close proximity to one <br />another promotes the General Plan's higher -density and mixed- <br />use land use pattern intended to reduce vehicle trip lengths and <br />subsequent transportation energy use. As a result, <br />implementation of the proposed project would avoid vehicle <br />trips and reduce trip distances required for City residents who <br />would work and live in the areas zoned MULW. Moreover, the <br />proposed project would facilitate additional residences within <br />close proximity to existing transit facilities. Therefore, the <br />proposed project would be consistent with Redwood City's CAP <br />and the energy efficiency strategies contained therein. <br />45 <br />662 <br />