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Findings and Statements Required by the California Environmental Quality Act Redwood City DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments 25 ESA / 202100421.01 Subsequent Environmental Impact Report May 2023 projects built pursuant to the DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments would be subject to Mitigation Measure AE-5, which would require these projects to not result in shadow exceeding 50 percent on the shadow-sensitive uses and spaces at noon on the Spring Equinox, and development in the amended DTPP area that would be pursuant to the newly adopted Transit District and the Housing Element Update would also be subject to the same shadow controls. As a result, the cumulative impact of the proposed DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments in combination with cumulative projects would not result in new or more severe cumulative impacts than the impacts identified in the DTPP Final EIR. The cumulative impact would be less than significant. (Draft SEIR, pp. 17-9 to 17-10.) Impact C-PS-1: Implementation of the DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments, combined with cumulative development in the vicinity and Citywide, would not result in an adverse cumulative increase in demand for public services that would require new or physically altered governmental facilities, construction of which could have significant physical environmental impacts. The proposed DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments, in combination with past, present, existing, approved, pending, and reasonably foreseeable future projects in the vicinity would increase the demand for police services, fire protection and emergency medical response services, public schools, and libraries. With respect to cumulative demand for police protection, should the Redwood City Police Department determine that an additional police substation or community policing center is necessary within the amended DTPP area as a result of cumulative development, the facility would likely be incorporated into an existing or otherwise‐planned structure similar to the existing Downtown Substation and would not result in significant environmental impacts. With respect to cumulative demand for fire protection, if and when the construction or expansion of Redwood City Fire Department facilities to accommodate additional fire personnel or equipment becomes necessary as a result of cumulative development, CEQA review, General Plan provisions, and City and Zoning Code regulations would all apply, thereby avoiding significant environmental impacts. Similar to individual projects developed within the amended DTPP area, cumulative projects would be subject to school impact fees which would fully mitigate the potential effect on public school facilities from the new student population that may be generated by cumulative development; and any expansion of new school facilities would be required to undergo environmental review as they are identified. With respect to cumulative demand for public libraries, any Downtown Library facility expansion or improvements developed as a result of the Redwood City Public Library’s study and cumulative development would be required to undergo environmental review as they are identified, and appropriate measures would be identified and implemented as applicable to reduce any construction-related or operational effects of those facilities. Therefore, when considered in the cumulative context, the proposed DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments’ public services-related impacts would not be cumulatively considerable and would not result in new or more severe cumulative impacts than what was identified in the DTPP Final EIR. Cumulative impacts would be less than significant. (Draft SEIR, pp. 17-14 to 17-15.)