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 32 ESA / 202100421.00 Subsequent Environmental Impact Report October 2022 projected construction schedules be provided to affected occupants; require pre- construction site survey s to document the condition of any historic structure located within 200 feet of pile driving activities; and require monitoring of pile driving vibration levels to within appropriate thresholds. 12. Air Quality Impact AQ-2: Adoption of the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments would result in a cumulatively considerable net increase of any criteria pollutant for which the project region is non-attainment under an applicable federal or state ambient air quality standard. Mitigation Measures. SEIR Mitigation Measures AQ-2a and AQ-2b (FSEIR, pp. 12-34 to 12-36) will be implemented for the Project as provided in the MMRP. Findings Regarding Impact AQ-2: Based on the FSEIR and the entire record before the City, the Council finds that Mitigation Measures AQ-2a and AQ-2b would substantially lessen the severity of Impact AQ-2. Mitigation Measure AQ-2a would require implementation of best management practices consistent with BAAQMD recommendations fugitive dust emissions. Mitigation Measure AQ-2b requires that for projects that exceed BAAQMD screening levels, a project-level criteria air pollutant assessment of construction and operational emissions shall be prepared at the time the project is proposed; and if the analysis finds that the project could result in criteria air pollutant emissions that exceed BAAQMD significance thresholds, the project applicant emission reduction measures shall be implemented to the degree necessary to reduce the impact to less than the significance thresholds. This includes the use of clean construction equipment (e.g., electric construction equipment, diesel engines with Tier 4 Final of-road emissions standards; limiting idling time); operational emission reductions (e.g., provision of all electric gas infrastructure and EV charging infrastructure); and payment of emission offset fees. However, since the specific emissions associated with future projects are not currently known, the effectiveness of emission reduction measures cannot be definitively determined; and implementation of any emissions reduction project(s) that would be undertaken by BAAQMD are outside the jurisdiction and control of the City and not fully within the control of the project applicants. Consequently, air pollutants from construction and operation of subsequent projects developed under the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments could result in a new and more severe impact than the impact identified in the DTPP FEIR, and impact would conservatively be significant and unavoidable. The City Council hereby finds, however, that there are specific economic, environmental, social, legal, technological and other considerations that make infeasible the potential mitigation measures described in the SEIR to mitigate the effect of Impact AQ-2, and that development of the Project will provide specific economic, environmental, social, legal, technological and other benefits that will outweigh the significant adverse effects of Impact AQ-2, as set forth in the Statement of Overriding Considerations below. This finding is based on the entire record of proceedings for the Project, including but not limited to the discussion and analysis set forth on pages 12-29 through 12-37 of the DSEIR, which includes a full statement of the impact and is hereby incorporated herein in its entirety.