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Findings and Statements Required by the California Environmental Quality Act Redwood City Transit District DTPP Amendments 44 ESA / 202100421.00 Subsequent Environmental Impact Report October 2022 The Reduced Development Alternative could result in similar, albeit somewhat lesser, significant climate change impacts as the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments. However, as with the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments, these impacts, as well as this alternative’s cumulative climate change impacts, would be reduced to a less-than-significant level with Mitigation Measure CC-1. Nevertheless, similar to the Transit District DTPP Amendments, full implementation of Mitigation Measure CC-1 may not be feasible, and, as a result, impacts of the Reduced Development Alternative with respect to climate change are likewise conservatively considered to be significant and unavoidable. The Reduced Development Alternative could result in similar, albeit somewhat lesser, construction noise and vibration impacts compared to the Transit District DTPP Amendments, and likewise would be mitigated to a less-than-significant level with implementation of Mitigation Measure NO-1 and NO-3, respectively. The Reduced Development Alternative could result in similar, albeit somewhat lesser, building equipment noise impacts as the Transit District DTPP Amendments, and likewise be mitigated to a less-than-significant level with implementation of Mitigation Measure NO-2. Like the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments, the Reduced Development Alternative would result in less-than-significant traffic noise impacts. The Reduced Development Alternative, similar to the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments, would have less-than-significant impacts with respect to population and housing less-than-significant impacts with respect to population and housing because it would not induce substantial unplanned growth and would not result in residential displacement. The Reduced Development Alternative would result in less-than-significant impacts with respect to public services (police, fire, and emergency medical services; parks and recreational facilities; schools; and libraries), as under the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments. The Reduced Development Alternative would also have less-than significant impacts with respect to utilities and infrastructure (including water quality; groundwater recharge; storm drainage; flood hazard, tsunami, or seiche zones, risk release of pollutants due to project inundation; and consistency with a water quality control plan or sustainable groundwater management plan), as under the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments. Effects related to the footprint of subsequent development projects under the Reduced Development Alternative would generally be the same as or similar to those of the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments although lesser overall development would occur within the proposed Transit District area, including related to disturbance of archaeological or tribal cultural resources, potential exposure during construction to subsurface soil or groundwater contamination, potential disturbance of paleontological resources, effects on historical resources, effects on corrosive soils and impacts on biological resources; and would be similarly mitigated to less than significant level with implementation of mitigation. As with the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments, effects of the Reduced Development Alternative would be less than significant with respect to land use and aesthetics (including shadow). As discussed above, on the whole, due to the overall reduced scale of development, this alternative was found to provide a greater decrease in significant environmental impacts, compared