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Lozano Smith <br />ATTORNEYS AT LAW <br />Harold M. Freiman <br />Attorney at Law <br />October 27, 2020 <br />By U.S. Mail & E -Mail: khan@redwoodcity.org <br />Ms. Lindy Chan, Acting Planning Manager <br />City of Redwood City, Planning Services <br />1017 Middlefield Road, <br />Redwood City, CA 94063 <br />E-mail: hfreiman@lozanosmith.com <br />Re: Reply of Sequoia Union High School District to Final Environmental Impact Report <br />for the South Main Mixed -Use Project <br />Dear Ms. Chan: <br />As noted in our prior letter of July 13, 2020 (the "July 13 letter"), attached hereto and <br />incorporated herein by this reference, this office represents Sequoia Union High School District <br />("District"). Through our July 13 letter, we submitted comments regarding the Draft <br />Environmental Impact Report ("Draft EIR") prepared by the City of Redwood City ("City") for <br />the project to be located on five contiguous blocks totaling 8.30 acres between El Camino Real, <br />Maple Street, Cedar Street, and Main Street ("Parcels A-E"), and one separate, 0.15 -acre block <br />located at 1304 El Camino Real (at Jackson Avenue) ("Parcel F"), in Redwood City, California <br />(collectively, the "Project"), sponsored by Greystar LLC ("Developer"). Specifically, we noted <br />in our letter that the Draft EIR did not comply with the California Environmental Quality Act <br />("CEQA," Pub. Res. Code §§ 21000, et seq.) and its implementing regulations (Cal. Code Regs., <br />tit. 14, §§ 15000, et seq., "CEQA Guidelines"), for both technical and substantive reasons. <br />Moreover, the Draft EIR, based on an improper interpretation of Senate Bill (SB) 50, did not <br />include sufficient information to evaluate potential environmental impacts both to schools, and <br />related to schools. We requested that the City revise the Draft EIR to address the serious <br />deficiencies identified in the District's letter, develop appropriate mitigation measures for <br />impacts that are identified as significant, and then recirculate the revised Draft EIR as required <br />by CEQA. (CEQA Guidelines § 15088.5.) <br />The District has reviewed the City's Final Environmental Impact Report prepared for the Project, <br />including the responses to the District's comments ("Final EIR"). The responses to the District's <br />comments in the Final EIR are deficient for a number of reasons. This letter is intended to <br />highlight some of the major deficiencies, and also to serve as the District's formal preservation <br />Limited Liability Partnership <br />2001 North Main Street, Suite 500 Walnut Creek, California 94596 Tel 925-953-1620 Fax 925-953-1625 <br />