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 34 ESA / 202100421.00 Subsequent Environmental Impact Report October 2022 Impact CC-2: Implementation of the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments would not conflict with an applicable plan, policy or regulation adopted for the purpose of reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases. Mitigation Measures. SEIR Mitigation Measure CC-1 (FSEIR, p. 13-41) will be implemented for the Project as provided in the MMRP. Findings Regarding Impact CC-2: Based on the FSEIR and the entire record before the City, the Council finds that Mitigation Measure CC-1 would substantially lessen the severity of Impact CC-2. With implementation of Mitigation Measure CC-1, the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments would not conflict with the GHG reduction targets established by Executive Order S-3-05, and SB 32, or the reduction measures identified in CARB’s 2017 Scoping Plan. In addition, the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments would not conflict with Plan Bay Area or the Redwood City Climate Action Plan, and would be subject to measures in the CALGreen Code and the Redwood City Reach Codes. However, as explained under the findings for Impact CC-1, Mitigation Measure CC-1 may not be feasible for economic or other reasons, and as such, full implementation of Mitigation Measure CC-1 may not be feasible. Accordingly, this impact is conservatively determined to 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 CC-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 CC-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 13-36 through 13-41 of the DSEIR, which includes a full statement of the impact and is hereby incorporated herein in its entirety. 15. Biological Resources Impact BIO-1: Implementation of the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments would not have a substantial adverse effect, either directly or through habitat modifications, on any species identified as a candidate, sensitive, or special status species in local or regional plans, policies, or regulations, or by the California Department of Fish and Game or U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Mitigation Measures. SEIR Mitigation Measure BIO-1 (FSEIR, p. 15-7) will be implemented for the Project as provided in the MMRP. Findings Regarding Impact BIO-1: Based on the FSEIR and the entire record before the City, the Council finds that Mitigation Measure BIO-1 would substantially lessen the severity of Impact BIO-1, such that this potential impact would be less than significant. Mitigation Measure BIO-1 would reduce the impact to nesting birds to a less than significant level because it would require all tree removal or trimming and ground disturbing activities to be scheduled outside of the breeding season, or if that is not feasible,