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7.D. - Page 62 of 126 City of Redwood City Mixed -Use Live/Work and Emergency Shelter Zoning Amendment Project Wildfire Wildfire impacts were not analyzed in the Final EIR or 2013 Addendum. In order to comply with the 2018 Update to the CEQA Guidelines, a discussion of the wildfire impacts is included here. 46 The urban core of Redwood City is less than 1 mile southeast of a The proposed project would very high fire hazard severity zone that covers the southern and result in less than significant western hillsides. These contain steep terrain and large areas of impacts from wildfire. potentially combustible vegetative materials (Redwood City 2010a). The project would not impair an adopted emergency response or emergency evacuation plan. The proposed project would not substantially increase the wildfire risk, as structures would not be constructed in a very high fire hazard severity zone. Fire tends to burn and spread uphill, and the hillside area generally slopes uphill toward the southwest, away from the developed areas of the City. New roads would not be required under the proposed project, and utility infrastructure required for development that may be facilitated by the project would occur in an already urbanized core, which would result in negligible temporary or ongoing environmental impacts. Therefore, the risk of wildfire would not be exacerbated. All MULW zoned areas are located in urbanized areas and would not increase the need for fuel breaks or emergency water sources in the hillside area to protect structures from wildfire. The areas zoned MULW are flat with little to no wildfire fuels or vegetation cover prone to ignition. If a structural fire or large urban fire were to occur in the flat, urbanized areas of Redwood City, the risk of flooding or landslides afterward would be negligible because of the topography and because little soil would be exposed due to the developed conditions. 663