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Proposed Work Program June 2021 City of Redwood City / Transit District Subsequent EIR 1 Environmental science associates REV: 06-22-21 MI Exhibit A SCOPE OF SERVICES, SCHEDULE AND FEE Transit District Subsequent EIR Proposed Work Program Understanding of the Transit District The Redwood City Downtown Precise Plan (DTPP) was adopted by the City Council of the City of Redwood City (City) on January 24, 2011, shortly after adoption of the City’ s General Plan. The DTPP was created to facilitate public and private investment in the City’s Downtown. The DTPP provides the primary means of regulating land use and development and establishes development caps within the DTPP area for office, residential, retail and hotel use. The DTPP area consists of approximately 183 acres within the City’s historic center, roughly bounded on the north by Veterans Boulevard, on the east by Maple Street and the west edge of the Kaiser Permanente hospital campus, on the southwest by properties adjoining the southwest side of El Camino Real, and on the northwest by Brewster Avenue. The DTPP has been amended several times since its adoption, most recently in June 2018. Similarly, there have been several supplemental environmental review documents completed for projects within the DTPP area that have tiered from the DTPP Final EIR. Over the past decade, the City has experienced substantial growth and development in the Downtown as a result of a strong economy and facilitated by streamlining benefits for processing of development projects that have been afforded by the DTPP. Consequently, development caps within the DTPP Area have now been largely realized for office uses and have been nearly met for residential development. Furthermore, multiple applicants currently seek approval for additional development within the DTPP area. The Transit District is a new district in the DTPP Area consisting of several parcels, including the Sequoia Station Shopping Center, Transit Center, and surrounding public parking. Under the proposed General Plan and DTPP amendments, the Transit District improvements would include redevelopment of the Transit Center and Sequoia Station properties, additional space for a four-track Caltrain station, and circulation improvements associated with potential grade separation of the rail tracks to ensure adequate vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian connections. Various elements of Transit District have been the subject of numerous and on-going planning studies, and the City has been conducting notable outreach with the public in conjunction with interested stakeholders. The City indicates the proposed station would be subject to separate project-level CEQA review at a future time. In addition to adjustments to DTPP development caps, the DTPP amendments for the Transit District would include adjustments to parking ratios, boundaries (e.g., the creation of a boundary for the Transit District), and/or circulation and other development standards, as needed. The City anticipates that the Transit District would be subject to environmental analysis under CEQA, and General Plan and DTPP amendment adoptions. Further, the City envisions that a subsequent program-level EIR would be required under CEQA to provide environmental clearance for the Transit District. The City indicates the Subsequent EIR (SEIR) would build off the DTPP Final EIR and would only contain updated environmental analysis as necessary for the project as revised. ATTY/AGR.2021.149/ESA (Transit District CEQA) (Page 11 of 26)