Reso PC22-06 0079 PC Reso Recommending Certification of the SEIR

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Findings and Statements Required by the California Environmental Quality Act Redwood City Transit District DTPP Amendments 6 ESA / 202100421.00 Subsequent Environmental Impact Report October 2022 been required, or incorporated into, the Project which avoid or lessen all of the Project’s potentially significant environmental effects to less-than-significant levels, except for Impact AQ-2 relating to increases in criteria air pollutants; Impact C-AQ-1, related to contribution to regional cumulative air quality impacts; Impact CC-1 related to generation of greenhouse gas emissions; Impact CC-2 related to conflicts with plans, policies or regulations adopted for the purpose of reducing greenhouse gas emissions; and Impact C-CC-1 regarding contribution to cumulative greenhouse gas emissions and conflicts with plans, policies or regulations adopted for the purpose of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, each of which would remain significant and unavoidable even after implementing all feasible mitigation measures. By these Findings, the City Council ratifies and adopts the SEIR’s conclusions for all of the following potential environmental impacts, based on the analyses on the referenced pages of the DSEIR. A. Findings Regarding Less than Significant Impacts The following potential environmental impacts of the Transit District DTPP Amendments were determined to be less than significant and to not require any mitigation measures, as set forth in Chapters 4 through 17 of the DSEIR, as incorporated into the FSEIR. The City Council concurs with the conclusions in the DSEIR, as incorporated into the FSEIR, and makes the following findings with respect to such less than significant impacts. 4. Land Use and Planning Impact LU-1: Implementation of the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments would not physically divide an established community. Implementation of the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments would not include physical barriers or obstacles to circulation that would restrict existing patterns of movement between the Transit District area and the surrounding neighborhoods. In addition, the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments would include features designed to encourage and promote public access, improve vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian circulation, where limited access exists today, and encourage alternative modes of transportation besides automobile. The proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments would increase connectivity in and around Downtown and would reinforce existing land use patterns by allowing for infill development in the DTPP. The proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments would not physically divide an established community, and impacts from the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments would generally be beneficial, which would be the same as the DTPP Final EIR and would not result in new or more severe impacts than those identified in the Final EIR. Therefore, this impact would be less than significant. (Draft SEIR, pp. 4-11 to 4-12.) Impact LU-2: Implementation of the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments would not cause a significant environmental impact due to a conflict with any land use plan, policy, or regulation adopted for the purpose of avoiding or mitigating an environmental effect. The proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments would not conflict with Plan Bay Area 2050 because the Amendments would allow for a new hub of office, residential and retail uses adjacent to the Redwood City Transit Center; the compact growth pursuant to the plan would occur