Reso23-14 Reso 0048 PC23-14 PC Reso Recommending Certification of the SEIR GP & DTPP

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Findings and Statements Required by the California Environmental Quality Act Redwood City DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments 50 ESA / 202100421.01 Subsequent Environmental Impact Report May 2023 units. Other aspects of the proposed DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments including changes to land use controls (development standards) related to, among other things, building design, building massing, and minimum building height, would also be part of this alternative and would be the same as those with the proposed DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments. D. Findings Relating to Alternatives Based on the evaluation and analysis of Project alternatives set forth in Chapter 19 of the DSEIR, and on the entire record of proceedings for the Project, the City Council hereby makes the following findings: Findings Relating to the No Project Alternative Findings. The No Project Alternative is described and discussed on pages 19-12 to 19-13 of the DSEIR. The No Project is hereby rejected because it would not meet any of the City’s objectives for the proposed DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments. Explanation. Under the No Project/Existing DTPP Alternative, there would be no amendments to the DTPP adopted, and therefore none of the effects of the proposed DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments would occur and the existing DTPP would continue to govern within the existing DTTP boundaries. There would be no impacts related to the intensity of development, such as increases in traffic, or emissions of criteria air pollutants or toxic air contaminants from construction or operation of new buildings in the DTPP area; no increase in noise, vibration, or greenhouse gas emissions from construction or operation of development projects allowed by the DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments; and no increase in population or employment or increase in demand for public services or utilities. There would also be no effects related to the footprint of subsequent development projects: no excavation that could disturb archaeological or tribal cultural resources, result in exposure of workers or the public to subsurface soil or groundwater contamination, or disturb paleontological resources; no building demolition that could adversely affect historical resources; no disturbance of nesting birds or removal of trees that could result from construction of subsequent development projects in the DTPP area; and no development in the DTPP area on potentially expansive or corrosive soils. The No Project/Existing DTPP Alternative would avoid the proposed DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments’ potentially significant and unavoidable effects related to air quality, cultural resources, and climate change. This alternative would also avoid each of the project’s significant but mitigable impacts identified above. Development could proceed in the DTPP area under the existing DTPP, although little office or residential capacity current remains. The No Project/Existing DTPP Alternative would not meet any of the City’s objectives for the DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments, in that it would not: • Continue to allow for new sustainable, transit-oriented office and residential development; • Support meeting the City’s housing needs; • Increase the supply of affordable/workforce housing; • Reserve a portion of the office development cap for small office projects; • Create and maintain a multimodal, safe, and accessible transportation network;