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 55 ESA / 202100421.01 Subsequent Environmental Impact Report May 2023 additional residential units, in particular, would be met through single-family homes rather than the multi-family housing assumed within the amended DTPP area, the Reduced Development Alternative could also result in greater water usage than the proposed DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments. In addition, the Reduced Development Alternative would not fully meet important objectives of the proposed DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments. The Reduced Development Alternative would provide for approximately one-third less new residential development (-280 units) and office development (-392,100 square feet under the development cap) within the amended DTPP area, compared to that which would occur under the DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments. As such, this alternative would not fully meet key project objectives for continuing to allow for sustainable, transit-oriented development that is responsive to market demands and can be constructed; meeting the City’s housing needs for people at all income levels; and increasing the supply of affordable housing in the City. As a result, the Reduced Development Alternative would not achieve the City’s objectives for the Project to the same degree as the proposed DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments. Because the Reduced Development Alternative would not be expected to substantially reduce or avoid any of the significant effects that are expected from the Project, as mitigated, and because this alternative would not achieve the City’s housing and office development-related objectives for the Project to the same degree as the proposed DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments, the City hereby rejects the Reduced Development Alternative from further consideration. Findings Relating to the Altered Land Use Mix Alternative Findings. The Altered Land Use Mix Alternative is described and discussed on pages 19-19 to 19-27 of the DSEIR. The Altered Land Use Mix Alternative is hereby rejected because it would not be expected to substantially reduce or avoid any of the significant effects of the proposed DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments, and because this alternative would not achieve the City’s office development-related objectives for the Project to the same degree as the proposed DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments. Explanation. Under the Altered Land Use Mix Alternative, impacts related to the intensity of development—emissions of criteria air pollutants, toxic air contaminants, and greenhouse gases; noise and vibration; population and employment; and demand for public services and utilities — would generally be reduced, compared to those of the proposed DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments, as described further below. Like the proposed DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments, the Altered Land Use Mix Alternative would result in a lesser percentage increase in VMT than in service population, and therefore this alternative would not conflict with or obstruct implementation of the applicable air quality plan, and the Plan-level impact would be less than significant, as with the proposed DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments. However, the Altered Land Use Mix Alternative, like the proposed DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments, is conservatively concluded to have a significant unavoidable project and cumulative impact (Impacts AQ-2 and C-AQ-1) with respect to emissions of criteria air pollutants from individual subsequent development project(s), even with implementat ion of Mitigation Measures AQ-2a and AQ-2b. The Altered Land Use Mix Alternative could result in similar, albeit somewhat lesser, significant health risk impact as would the proposed DTPP Plan-Wide