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Ms. Lindy Chan, Principal Planner City of Redwood City, Planning Services February 28, 2020 Page 7 several other projects that are being considered by the City, including the 150 Charter Street project (72 residential units), and the 1125 Arguello Street project (68 townhomes), all of which promise to drastically increase traffic in the neighborhood and District. Each of these projects alone promises to drastically increase traffic in the neighborhood, resulting in air quality, noise, and safety issues for District families and staff attending Sequoia High School. When considered together, their collective impacts on traffic, safety, and air quality in the neighborhood will be devastating. The impacts of the Project must be analyzed in conjunction with the anticipated impacts of all the other development being considered and approved in this area. Noise 7. Identify any noise sources and volumes which may affect school facilities, classrooms, and outdoor school areas. The City's original NOP included noise as one of the topics to be analyzed in the Project EIR. The City's revised NOP has, without explanation, removed noise as a topic to be analyzed. The District strongly objects to the City's disregard of noise impacts. The City's disregard of noise impacts is based on an Initial Study which assumes that only 291 residential units would be constructed as part of the Project. (See Initial Study, p. 4.13-11, which describes anticipated increases in traffic caused by the Project.) As this assumption has changed and the Project's residential component has increased in scope, it would be improper for the City to disregard potential impacts of the Project without having adequately identified or analyzed these impacts. Further, the Initial Study did not specifically consider whether noise generated from construction and operation of the Project will cause significant impacts on the District's educational program at Sequoia High School. Rather, the entire Initial Study is based on the incorrect assumption that the District's Sequoia High School is located 1.5 miles away from the Project site. Request No. 7 is intended to clarify that the EIR's consideration of noise issues takes into account all of the various ways in which noise may impact schools, including increases in noise levels in the immediate vicinity of Sequoia High School. Air Quality 8. Identify and assess the direct and indirect air quality impacts of the Project on sensitive receptors, such as the District's Sequoia High School. 9. Identify and assess cumulative air quality impacts on schools and the community in general resulting from increased vehicular movement and volumes expected from additional development already approved or pending in the City and Project neighborhood.