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 24 ESA / 202100421.00 Subsequent Environmental Impact Report October 2022 cumulative impacts on aesthetics. With respect to light and glare, compliance with Title 24 standards would improve the quality of outdoor lighting and reduce the cumulative impacts of light pollution, light trespass and glare to less than significant levels. The proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments development projects would also not increase the potential for shadow beyond that analyzed in the DTPP Final EIR, and therefore the proposed amendments would not contribute to any potential increased shadow from cumulative development. As a result, the cumulative impact of the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments in combination with cumulative projects would not result in new or more severe cumulative impacts than the impacts identified in the DTPP Final EIR. The cumulative impact would be less than significant. (Draft SEIR, pp. 17-9 to 17-10.) Impact C-CR-1: The proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments, in combination with past, present, existing, approved, pending, and reasonably foreseeable future projects would result in less-than-significant cumulative impacts related to cultural, historic, and tribal cultural resources. The Transit District area does not contain historic resources or historic districts, and there are no adjacent historic districts, and therefore, the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments would not result in additional impacts to historic architectural resources. When considered together with other projects within and adjacent to the Transit District area, the less-than-significant impacts to cultural and historical resources do not considerably contribute to the significant cumulative impact identified in the 2010 DTPP Final EIR and would not result in new or more severe cumulative impacts. Therefore, the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments’ contribution to the cumulative impact related to cultural and historic resources and tribal cultural resources would be less than significant. (Draft SEIR, pp. 17-10 to 17-11.) Impact C-PS-1: Implementation of the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments, combined with past, present, existing, approved, pending, and reasonably foreseeable future projects in the vicinity and Citywide, would not result in an adverse cumulative increase in demand for public services that would require new or physically altered governmental facilities, construction of which could have significant physical environmental impacts. The proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments, in combination with cumulative projects in the vicinity would increase the demand for police services, fire protection and emergency medical response services, public schools, and libraries. With respect to cumulative demand for police protection, should the Redwood City Police Department (RCPD) determine that an additional police substation or community policing center is necessary within the DTPP area as a result of cumulative development, the facility would likely be incorporated into an existing or otherwise‐planned structure similar to the existing Downtown Substation and would not result in significant environmental impacts. With respect to cumulative demand for fire protection, if and when the construction or expansion of Redwood City Fire Department (RCFD) facilities to accommodate additional fire personnel or equipment becomes necessary as a result of cumulative development, CEQA review, General Plan provisions, and City and Zoning Code regulations would all apply, thereby avoiding significant environmental impacts. Similar to individual projects developed within the Transit District area, cumulative projects would be subject to school impact fees which would fully mitigate the potential effect on public school facilities from the new student