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 38 ESA / 202100421.00 Subsequent Environmental Impact Report October 2022 previously identified in the DTPP Final EIR. 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 C-AQ-1, 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 C-AQ-1, 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 17-23 to 17-24 of the DSEIR, which includes a full statement of the impact and is hereby incorporated herein in its entirety. Impact C-AQ-2: Adoption of the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments, in combination with past, present, existing, approved, pending, and reasonably foreseeable future projects, would not result in a cumulatively considerable contribution to local health risk impacts. Mitigation Measures. SEIR Mitigation Measure AQ-3 (FSEIR, p. 17-25) will be implemented for the Project as provided in the MMRP. Findings Regarding Impact C-AQ-3: Based on the FSEIR and the entire record before the City, the Council finds that Mitigation Measure AQ-3 would substantially lessen the severity of Impact AQ-3, such that this potential impact would be less than significant. Mitigation Measure AQ-3 would require subsequent projects within 1,000 feet of existing or approved sensitive receptors to undergo a project-level HRA at the time the project is proposed and to utilize the clean construction equipment required by Mitigation Measure AQ-2b if the project-specific health risk thresholds are exceeded. Therefore, the contribution of the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments to the cumulative health risk would not be considerable and would not result in new or more severe cumulative impacts than the impact identified in the DTPP Final EIR. Impact C-CC-1: Implementation of the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments, in combination with past, present, existing, approved, pending, and reasonably foreseeable future projects, would not result in a cumulatively considerable contribution to GHG emissions that may have a significant impact on the environment or conflict with applicable plans, policies or regulations adopted for the purpose of reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases. Mitigation Measures. SEIR Mitigation Measure CC-1 (FSEIR, p. 17-27) will be implemented for the Project as provided in the MMRP. Findings Regarding Impact C-CC-1: 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 C-CC-1. However, as explained under Impact CC-1, above, because the Redwood City Reach Codes are less than two years old, and are, as such, a recently adopted statement of City policy, full implementation of Mitigation Measure CC-1 may not be feasible. Accordingly, as with the project impact, the cumulative impact is