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Ms. Lindy Chan, Principal Planner City of Redwood City, Planning Services February 28, 2020 Page 8 The Bay Area Air Quality Management District's (BAAQMD) CEQA Guidelines (May 2017) impose numerous limitations on the exposure of "sensitive receptors," such as schools, to odors, toxics, and pollutants, including pollutants from vehicular exhaust. It is anticipated that the Project, including when viewed in conjunction with all of the other development being considered and approved in the City and Project's neighborhood, will have a significant impact on the air quality of the neighborhood due to extensive construction activities and increases in vehicular traffic. Even more pressing, the Project is anticipated to result in significant impacts to sensitive receptors as an increased number of vehicles enter and exit the Project site and neighborhood, creating increased levels of air toxins and particulate matter that could negatively impact student health. These impacts, as they relate to the District's students at the Sequoia High School, were not adequately identified or addressed in the Initial Study. Population 10. Describe historical, current, and future population projections for the District. The District anticipates that this project will generate students and specifically requests that historical, current, and future population projections for the District be addressed in the EIR. Population growth or shrinkage is a primary consideration in determining the impact that development may have on a school district, as a booming population can directly impact the District and its provision of educational services, largely because of resulting school overcrowding, while a district with declining enrollment may depend on new development to avoid school closure or program cuts. Overcrowding can constitute a significant impact within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"). (See, Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, §§ 15064(e).) This is particularly true where the overcrowding results in unsafe conditions, decreased quality of education, the need for new bus routes, and a need for new school construction. (See Chawanakee Unified Sch. Dist. v. Cty. of Madera (2011) 196 Cal.AppAth 1016.) Housing 11. Describe the type and number of anticipated dwelling units indirectly resulting from the Project. 12. Describe the average square footage for anticipated dwelling units, broken down by type of unit, indirectly resulting from the Project. 13. Estimate the amount of development fees to be generated by development in accordance with implementation of the Project. 14. Describe the phasing of residential and development over time from inception to build -out of the Project. 15. Identify the anticipated number of units available for low-income housing.