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Lozano Smith Harold M. Freiman Attorney at Law July 13, 2020 By U.S. Mail & E -Mail: lchan@redwoodcity.org Ms. Lindy Chan, Acting Planning Manager City of Redwood City, Planning Services 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA 94063 E-mail: hfreiman@lozanosmith.com Re: Response of Sequoia Union High School District to Draft Environmental Impact Report for the South Main Mixed -Use Project Dear Ms. Chan: This office represents Sequoia Union High School District ("District"). On behalf of the District, we are hereby submitting comments regarding the Draft Environmental Impact Report ("Draft EIR") prepared by the City of Redwood City ("City") for the project to be located on five contiguous blocks totaling 8.30 acres between El Camino Real, Maple Street, Cedar Street, and Main Street ("Parcels A-E"), and one separate, 0.15 -acre block located at 1304 El Camino Real (at Jackson Avenue) ("Parcel F"), in Redwood City, California (collectively, the "Project"). According to the Draft EIR, the proposed Project, sponsored by Greystar LLC ("Developer"), will consist of the demolition of existing auto storage and repair, restaurant, and office uses, the construction of 540 multi -family residential units, 530,000 square feet ("sf') of office uses, an 8,400 sf childcare facility, and 29,000 sf of retail uses. The Project's Parcels A-E and Parcel F are located approximately 0.6 and 0.4 miles southeast of the District's Sequoia High School and Administrative Office, respectively. t The Draft EIR does not comply with the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA," Pub. Res. Code §§ 21000, et seq.) and its implementing regulations (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § § 15000, et seq., "CEQA Guidelines"), for both technical and substantive reasons. Moreover, the Draft EIR, based on an improper interpretation of Senate Bill (SB) 50, does not include sufficient information to evaluate potential environmental impacts both to schools, and related to schools. Through this letter, the District wishes to emphasize that this Project has the potential to have a profound negative effect on the District's students, their families, and residents who will reside in and near the Project. 1 This information was obtained using the "Measure Distance" tool on Google Maps: https://www. google. com/maps/place/Sequoia+High+School/@3 7.483 8677,- 122.233779,17z/data=!4m5!3m4! lsOx8O8fa24cace42deb:OxfcObb78e2Ob66f77!8m2!3d37.4848468!4d- 122.2370459 Limited Liability Partnership 2001 North Main Street, Suite 500 Walnut Creek, California 94596 Tel 925-953-1620 Fax 925-953-1625