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 42 ESA / 202100421.00 Subsequent Environmental Impact Report October 2022 District DTPP Amendments; however, the number of residential units would remain the same, at 1,100 units. Like the proposed project, this alternative would consist of amendments to the City’s General Plan and DTPP that would create a new sub-area, the Transit District area, within the DTPP area focused on transit-oriented development with approximately 16.6 acres of land located to the west of the Caltrain right-of-way. However, the Reduced Office Alternative would establish an office development cap for the Transit District area of 1.23 million square feet, about 75 percent of the office development cap proposed under the Transit District DTPP Amendments. Other aspects of the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments, circulation improvements and changes to land use controls (development standards) related to, among other things, building design, building massing, circulation, and parking, would also be part of this alternative and would be the same as those with the proposed Transit District, or nearly so. Like the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments, the Reduced Office Alternative would anticipate a relocated and enlarged Caltrain station and tracks as part of a new and relocated Transit Center. D. Findings Relating to Alternatives Based on the evaluation and analysis of Project alternatives set forth in Chapter 19 of the DSEIR, and on the entire record of proceedings for the Project, the City Council hereby makes the following findings: Findings Relating to the No Project Alternative Findings. The No Project Alternative is described and discussed on pages 19-11 to 19-12 of the DSEIR. The No Project is hereby rejected because it would not meet any of the City’s objectives for the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments. Explanation. Under the No Project Alternative, the existing DTPP would continue to govern the Transit District area. As a result, there would be no impacts related to the intensity of development related the Transit District DTPP Amendments, including: no increases in traffic, emissions of criteria air pollutants or toxic air contaminants, noise, vibration, or greenhouse gas emissions from construction or operation of new development in the Transit District; no increases in population or employment or increase in demand for public services or utilities from subsequent projects in the Transit District area; no disturbance of archaeological or tribal cultural resources, exposure of workers or the public to subsurface soil or groundwater contamination, or disturbance of paleontological resources; no building demolition that could adversely affect historical resources; no disturbance of nesting birds or tree removal that could result from construction of subsequent development projects in the Transit District area; and no development in the Transit District area on potentially expansive or corrosive soils. The No Project Alternative would not meet any of the City’s objectives for the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments, in that it would not: establish a new DTPP sub-area focused on transit-oriented development; allow for redevelopment of the existing Transit Center and Sequoia Station properties with a mix of retail, office, and residential uses; anticipate a potential future four-track Caltrain station;