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The Honorable Mayor Diane Howard/City Council Page 3 August 7, 2020 concludes that the Project may be adopted under CEQA without any modifications to the 1548 Maple Street EIR, a Supplemental EIR or further environmental review under CEQA. Critically, however, the Addendum did not analyze the environmental impacts of relocating the Maple Street Shelter to an existing, heavy industrial area. The Addendum says that this relocation was "not included as part of the proposed project" because "the location of a replacement facility has not yet been determined." Addendum at page 2-6. That is not the appropriate standard under CEQA for the review of the environmental impacts of a proposed project. An EIR must not limit its review to the impacts of project elements which have been definitively "determined." Under CEQA, an EIR must include an analysis of the environmental impacts of actions which are a "reasonably foreseeable consequence" of the project. Laurel Heights Improv. v. Regents of Univ. of California, 47 Cal. 3d 376, 396 (Cal. Supreme Court 1988). Here, as part of the Project, the County would be given a nearly vacant site by the City that the County says is the "best and only site" for relocating the Maple Street Shelter after looking "for years" without success for another site. See City Staff Report at page 6. And, as noted above, if the County does not relocate the shelter within two years, the County would be required to pay the City two million dollars in liquidated damages. Not only is it "reasonably foreseeable" that the County will move the Maple Street Shelter to 1402 Maple Street as part of the Project, it is a foregone conclusion. The environmental impacts of this relocation, from the existing County property to a heavy industrial area, must therefore be analyzed under CEQA. Neither the Addendum, nor the 1548 Maple Street EIR, nor any other CEQA documentation provides this analysis for public review. A Supplemental EIR, not an Addendum, is Required for the Project. In fact, it appears that a Supplemental EIR, and not an Addendum is required in this instance under CEQA. The City -owned property at 1402 Maple Street is designated Light Industrial under the City's General Plan for "relatively low -intensity industrial uses" and GI (General Industrial) under the City's Zoning Ordinance. General Plan at page BE -49. Immediately adjacent to the site, to the southeast, land is designated under the General Plan as Industrial — Port Related. Graniterock's Peninsula Concrete and Redwood City Building Materials facility lies within this Industrial — Port Related General Plan category at 355 Blomquist Street, immediately adjacent to the 1402 Maple Street property currently owned by the City. According to the General Plan: The Industrial - Port Related category serves an important role: to protect and enhance the valuable deep -water Port facilities in Redwood City. This designation provides for heavy industrial activities requiring large properties and water access for materials loading, storage, and processing, combined with convenient access for trucks, rail, and port berthing facilities. Allowed uses include industrial operations involved in the