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 26 ESA / 202100421.00 Subsequent Environmental Impact Report October 2022 in new or more severe cumulative impacts than the impacts identified in the DTPP Final EIR. Therefore, the impact would be less than significant. (Draft SEIR, pp. 17-14 to 17-17.) Impact C-UT-2: Implementation of the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments, in combination with past, present, existing, approved, pending, and reasonably foreseeable future projects in the vicinity and Citywide, would not contribute considerably to cumulative impacts on solid waste. San Mateo County is currently revising the Siting Element of its Countywide Integrated Waste Management Plan, which will identify facilities and proposed programs that would provide San Mateo County with sufficient disposal capacity to meet the statutorily required minimum of 15 years of combined permitted disposal capacity (Public Resources Code Section 41260). Cumulative development projects would also be required to comply with federal, state, and local solid waste standards, including waste diversion during construction, including at least 65 percent construction and demolition waste diversion, and during operation, including recycling and organic material diversion requirements. As such, non-renewable sources of solid waste and the solid waste disposal requirements of cumulative development would be reduced. Therefore, when considered in the cumulative context, the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments’ solid waste-related impacts would not be cumulatively considerable and would not result in new or more severe cumulative impacts than what was identified in the DTPP Final EIR. Cumulative impacts would, therefore, be less than significant. (Draft SEIR, p. 17-20.) Impact C-UT-3: Implementation of the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments, in combination with past, present, existing, approved, pending, and reasonably foreseeable future projects in the vicinity and Citywide, would not contribute considerably to cumulative impacts on hydrology and water quality. While future developments in the DTPP area could contribute cumulatively to hydrology and water quality impacts, all new developments would be subject to the same local and state laws and regulations. Compliance with these laws would address any potential impacts to hydrology and water quality. As all new development within the Transit District area would be within the DTPP area would be subject to the same local and state laws (i.e., the City, County, and the RWQCB), the cumulative impacts to related to hydrology and water quality from implementation of the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments would not be considerable and would not result in new or more severe cumulative impacts than the impacts identified in the DTPP Final EIR. Cumulative impacts would therefore be less than significant. (Draft SEIR, p. 17-21.) Impact C-NO-1: Implementation of the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments, in combination with past, present, existing, approved, pending, and reasonably foreseeable future projects in the vicinity, would not contribute considerably to cumulative noise impacts. The traffic noise associated with the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments would not represent a cumulatively considerable contribution to this cumulative impact and would, in fact, serve to reduce this predicted significant cumulative impact. While there would be a cumulative traffic noise impact along two of the 14 roadways analyzed, the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments would not contribute to this cumulative impact and would not result in new or more