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 49 ESA / 202100421.00 Subsequent Environmental Impact Report October 2022 VMT would be below the City’s VMT Thresholds, as under the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments. Like the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments, the Reduced Office Alternative would result in a lesser percentage increase in VMT than in service population, and therefore, this alternative would not conflict with or obstruct implementation of the applicable air quality plan, and the Plan-level impact would be less than significant, as with the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments. However, the Reduced Office Alternative, like the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments, is conservatively concluded to have a significant unavoidable project and cumulative impact with respect to emissions of criteria air pollutants from individual subsequent development project(s), even with implementation of Mitigation Measures AQ-2a and AQ-2b. The Reduced Office Alternative could result in similar, albeit somewhat lesser, significant health risk impact as would the proposed Transit District DTPP Amendments, and would be similarly reduced to a less- than-significant level with implementation of Mitigation Measure AQ-3. The Reduced Office Alternative would be consistent with the applicable clean air plan and would have a less-than- significant impact, as under the Transit District DTPP Amendments. The Reduced Office Alternative would 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 Office Alternative with respect to climate change are likewise conservatively considered to be significant and unavoidable. The Reduced Office Alternative would 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 Office Alternative would 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 Office Alternative would result in less-than-significant traffic noise impacts. The Reduced Office 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 Office 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 Office Alternative would also have less-than significant impacts with respect to utilities and infrastructure (including water quality; groundwater recharge; storm drainage; flood hazard,