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Findings and Statements Required by the California Environmental Quality Act Redwood City DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments 43 ESA / 202100421.01 Subsequent Environmental Impact Report May 2023 that development of the Project will provide specific economic, environmental, social, legal, technological and other benefits that will outweigh the significant adverse effects of Impact C-CR-1, as set forth in the Statement of Overriding Considerations below. This finding is based on the entire record of proceedings for the Project, including but not limited to the discussion and analysis set forth on pages pp. 17-12 to 17-12 of the DSEIR, which includes a full statement of the impact and is hereby incorporated herein in its entirety. Impact C-UT-1: Implementation of the DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments, in combination with past, present, existing, approved, pending, and reasonably foreseeable future projects in the vicinity and Citywide, would not contribute considerably to cumulative impacts on utilities and service systems. Mitigation Measures. Mitigation Measures. SEIR Mitigation Measures UT-1a (SEIR, p. 10-26), UT-1b (SEIR, pp. 10-26 to 10-27), UT-1c (SEIR, p. 10-28), UT-1d (SEIR, p. 10-30), and UT-2 (SEIR, p. 10-29) will be implemented for the Project as provided in the MMRP. Findings Regarding Impact C-UT-1: Based on the FSEIR and the entire record before the City, the Council finds that Mitigation Measures UT-1a, UT-1b, UT-1c, UT-1d, and UT-2 would substantially lessen the severity of Impact C-UT-1, such that this potential impact would be less than significant. Under Mitigation Measure UT-1a, development projects in the amended DTPP area would be required to pay a fair-share contribution towards the cost of providing emergency water storage for all proposed uses to fund the design and construction of such storage for Downtown, which would also apply to cumulative development. Implementation of this mitigation measure would ensure un- interruption of water supply in case of a potential drought or disaster-caused emergency. Applicants for subsequent development projects would also be required provide the City with evidence that existing water mains have sufficient pressure and flow for the project’s demands (including but not limited to domestic and fire demands) (Mitigation Measure UT-1b); that existing sewer mains have sufficient capacity for the project’s demands (Mitigation Measure UT-1c); and that the existing stormwater system has sufficient capacity for the project’s demands (Mitigation Measure UT-1d). In each case, applicants would be required to construct any capacity enhancements required to adequately serve their project(s). With respect to the DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments’ water demand within the overall cumulative water demand through 2045, as discussed under Impact UT-2, if the Bay-Delta Plan Amendment were to be fully implemented, substantial water shortfalls would arise in dry years for all agencies that receive water supplies from the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s Regional Water Supply, including the City of Redwood City. For Redwood City, supply shortfalls with implementation of the Bay-Delta Plan Amendment are projected in single dry years (ranging from 32 to 40 percent) and in multiple dry years (ranging from 32 to 47 percent) through 2045. In contrast, without the Bay-Delta Plan Amendment, the projected supply shortfalls would be relatively minimal, ranging from 1 to 2 percent in single dry years and from 1 to 11 percent in multiple dry years. Under either