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Findings and Statements Required by the California Environmental Quality Act Redwood City DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments 45 ESA / 202100421.01 Subsequent Environmental Impact Report May 2023 The City Council hereby finds, however, that there are specific economic, environmental, social, legal, technological and other considerations that make infeasible the potential mitigation measures described in the SEIR to mitigate the effect of Impact C-AQ-1, and 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-AQ-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 17-28 to 17-29 of the DSEIR, which includes a full statement of the impact and is hereby incorporated herein in its entirety. Impact C-AQ-2: Adoption of the proposed DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments, in combination with past, present, existing, approved, pending, and reasonably foreseeable future projects, would not result in a cumulatively considerable contribution to local health risk impacts. Mitigation Measures. SEIR Mitigation Measure AQ-3a (SEIR, p. 12-43), AQ-3b (SEIR, p. 12-43), and AQ-3c (SEIR, p. 12-44) will be implemented for the Project as provided in the MMRP. Findings Regarding Impact C-AQ-3: Based on the FSEIR and the entire record before the City, the Council finds that Mitigation Measures AQ-3a (SEIR, p. 12-43), AQ-3b (SEIR, p. 12-43), and AQ-3c (SEIR, p. 12-44) would substantially lessen the severity of Impact AQ-3, such that this potential impact would be less than significant. Mitigation Measure AQ-3a would require subsequent projects within 1,000 feet of existing or approved sensitive receptors to undergo a project-level health risk assessment (HRA) at the time the project is proposed and to utilize the clean construction equipment required by Mitigation Measure AQ-2b if the project-specific health risk thresholds are exceeded. Mitigation Measure AQ-3b would require the applicant for any individual project that contains emissions-generating laboratory space within a “Research and Development, Laboratory” use to conduct a risk-screening analysis and obtain a permit from the BAAQMD, and to obtain a conditional use permit from the City. Mitigation Measure AQ-3c would require any subsequent development project that includes off-street loading facilities to incorporate the health risk reduction measures into the project to reduce the potential health risk due to exposure to toxic air contaminant emissions from diesel trucks. Such measures would include the installation of electrical hook-ups for diesel trucks Transportation Refrigeration Units (TRUs); a requirement that trucks using off -street loading facilities use TRUs that meet Tier 4 emission standards; a requirement that trucks using off-street loading facilities at truck-intensive projects use advanced exhaust technology (e.g., hybrid) or alternative fuels; prohibition of idling more than two minutes at off-street loading facilities; and the establishment of truck routes to avoid sensitive receptors to the extent feasible. Therefore, the contribution of the proposed DTPP Plan- Wide Amendments to the cumulative health risk would not be considerable and would not result in new or more severe cumulative impacts than the impact identified in the DTPP Final EIR.