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Findings and Statements Required by the California Environmental Quality Act <br />Redwood City DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments 36 ESA / 202100421.01 <br />Subsequent Environmental Impact Report May 2023 <br />The City Council hereby finds, however, that there are specific economic, environmental, <br />social, legal, technological and other considerations that make infeasible the potential <br />mitigation measures described in the SEIR to mitigate the effect of Impact AQ-2, and that <br />development of the Project will provide specific economic, environmental, social, legal, <br />technological and other benefits that will outweigh the significant adverse effects of Impact <br />AQ-2, as set forth in the Statement of Overriding Considerations below. This finding is <br />based on the entire record of proceedings for the Project, including but not limited to the <br />discussion and analysis set forth on pages 12-32 through 12-40 of the DSEIR, which <br />includes a full statement of the impact and is hereby incorporated herein in its entirety. <br />Impact AQ-3: Implementation of the proposed DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments would not <br />expose sensitive receptors to substantial pollutant concentrations. <br />Mitigation Measures. SEIR Mitigation Measure AQ-3a (SEIR, p. 12-43), AQ-3b (SEIR, <br />p. 12-43), and AQ-3c (SEIR, p. 12-44) will be implemented for the Project as provided in <br />the MMRP. <br />Findings Regarding Impact AQ-3: Based on the FSEIR and the entire record before the <br />City, the Council finds that Mitigation Measure AQ-3a, AQ-3b, and AQ-3c would <br />substantially lessen the severity of Impact AQ-3, such that this potential impact would be <br />less than significant. Mitigation Measure AQ-3a would require subsequent projects within <br />1,000 feet of existing or approved sensitive receptors to undergo a project-level health risk <br />assessment (HRA) at the time the project is proposed and to utilize the clean construction <br />equipment required by Mitigation Measure AQ-2b if the project-specific health risk <br />thresholds are exceeded. Mitigation Measure AQ-3b would require the applicant for any <br />individual project that contains emissions-generating laboratory space within a “Research <br />and Development, Laboratory” use to conduct a risk-screening analysis and obtain a permit <br />from the BAAQMD, and to obtain a conditional use permit from the City. Mitigation <br />Measure AQ-3c would require any subsequent development project that includes off-street <br />loading facilities to incorporate the health risk reduction measures into the project to reduce <br />the potential health risk due to exposure to toxic air contaminant emissions from diesel <br />trucks. Such measures would include the installation of electrical hook-ups for diesel trucks <br />Transportation Refrigeration Units (TRUs); a requirement that trucks using off -street <br />loading facilities use TRUs that meet Tier 4 emission standards; a requirement that trucks <br />using off-street loading facilities at truck-intensive projects use advanced exhaust <br />technology (e.g., hybrid) or alternative fuels; prohibition of idling more than two minutes <br />at off-street loading facilities; and the establishment of truck routes to avoid sensitive <br />receptors to the extent feasible.