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Mineral Resources - The draft Conservation Element states that there is no presence of mineral resources in Redwood City, but notes that historic gravel extraction and salt evaporation occurred in the hills and bayfront of the City, respectively. It is anticipated that this will be a very brief discussion to provide satisfactory and defensible background information. Noise - Illingworth and Rodkin (1& R) will produce future noise exposure contours. Future noise contour data will be calculated based upon future traffic data, railroad usage assumptions, and other information. I & R will prepare the noise contour map in terms of Ldn in increments of 5 decibels down to 60 dBALdn. I&R will prepare the noise section for the New General Plan EIR. This work will include an analysis of noise impacts, which could result from the implementation of the General Plan. These typically fall into two categories: (1) proposed land use changes that will expose new sensitive receptors to noise or vibration levels exceeding those considered normally acceptable based on the city's policies; and (2) changes in the noise environment in the city resulting from growth through the General Plan. Based on potential changes in noise and vibration levels along the roads and rail line, I & R will determine where significant impacts will occur and develop mitigation measures,iffeasible, to reduce these impacts to less than significant levels. If, as a result of the analysis, it is determined that additional mitigation measures will be appropriate to reduce future noise impacts, these will be presented in the form of suggested policy changes. Population and Employment - We will utilize demographic information from the UoS.Census, the State Department of Finance, and ABAG in providing a discussion of existing and future population, housing, and employment figures, comparing these projections to anticipated General Plan buildout. These figures will be compared to the number of housing units (and associated population) anticipated under the City's conditionally certified Housing Element (2004). We understand that the Housing Element will be revised as part of the New General Plan program. As the .Housing Element has a shorter planning horizon (5 years) than the General Plan, we anticipates that the population impacts associated with the finalization of the 2004 Housing Element will be well within the "envelope" of the horizon year 2025 New General Plan. Public Services - CirclePoint will draw from the draft elements as well as conduct brief informational interviews with service providers to develop the discussion of police, fire, schools, and parks service levels currently provided in Redwood City. The New General Plan would potentially haVe impacts on these services if the projected population could not be served by one or more of the publiC services under review. We will ask service providers for project future service plans and will compare these figures to the buildout level anticipated under the New General Plan. The key question will be t.o determine if acceptable service levels can be continued to be pr.ovided in the future. Ta the extent mitigatian measures are needed, these can includep.olicies to require development impact fees, contr.ols of the timing of growth, and/.or requirements that infrastructure be upgraded in advance of any new development. Traffic and Circulation - Much of the technical analysis necessary to support the General Plan EIR will be conducted as part of developing the Circulation 'Element. For purposes .of the EIR, Fehr & Peers will define thresholds of significance far transportation impact analysiS, define the study area within which impacts could reas.onably be expected, analyze the traffic, transit, and non-motorized impacts of the No Project and the Preferred Altemative scenarios, and recommend mitigation measures to address p.otentially significant impacts of the Plan. This scape assumes that two scenarios will be quantitatively analyzed in the EIR, with a detailed discussion of impacts and mitigation measures: the Future No Project and the final Preferred ScaPEaF SERVICES Redwood City General Plan January 11, 2008 Page 33