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Findings and Statements Required by the California Environmental Quality Act Harbor View Project PAGE 14 OF 48 ESA / 170951 Final Environmental Impact Report October 2022 ATTY/RESO.0085/PC RESO RECOMMENDING CEQA – EXHIBIT A REV: 11-02-2022 VR land use impacts, the effect would not combine to create a cumulative conflict. Other major developments are not anticipated to occur immediately adjacent to the Project site, and therefore would not combine with the Project to result in cumulative impacts related to physical division of an established community. The impact would be less than significant. (DEIR, p. 4.9-19; FEIR, p. 2-15.) 4.10 Noise Impact NOI-2: Construction activities associated with the Project would not result in exposure of persons to or generation of, excessive ground borne vibration or ground borne noise levels in the Project vicinity above levels existing without the Project. Findings Regarding Impact NOI-2: Vibration generated by Revised Project construction equipment would attenuate to less than significant levels and would not be perceptible at the nearest receptor, which is the Maple Street Correctional Center is located 100 feet from the Project site. The nearest residences are more than 1,000 feet away from the site. Therefore, any temporary impacts of groundborne noise and groundborne vibration from construction would attenuate within these distances to less-than-significant levels. The impact would be less than significant. (DEIR, pp. 4.10- 12 to 4.10-11; FEIR, p. 2-16.) Impact NOI-3: Operation of the Project would not create a substantial permanent increase in noise levels in the Project vicinity in excess of standards established in the Redwood City Noise Ordinance and Planning. Findings Regarding Impact NOI-3: Noise from the operation of mechanical equipment within Revised Project buildings would not carry to offsite receptors. This could include Project equipment that would be housed within equipment wells located on building rooftops, occasional testing of emergency generators, none of which would generate substantial permanent increase in noise levels over ambient conditions. Therefore, the Project would not generate a substantial permanent increase in operational noise that would exceed local standards. The Revised Project would further reduce the impact as it would construct less development than considered in the DEIR and thus further reduce groundbourne vibration during its operations. The impact would be less than significant. (DEIR, p. 4.10-13; FEIR, p. 2-16.) Impact NOI-4: Traffic generated by the Project would not substantially increase traffic noise levels in the Project vicinity and adversely expose existing sensitive receptors. Findings Regarding Impact NOI-4: The increase in traffic from the Existing to the Existing plus Project scenario would increase peak hour noise levels by less than 5 dBA at all studied roadway segments, except for along the segment of Blomquist Street east of Maple Street, where roadside noise is projected to increase by 5.2 dBA. The Revised Project would generate fewer peak- hour vehicle trips that (33 percent fewer AM trips and PM trips), which would result in lower operational (traffic) noise compared to the Draft EIR. The impact would be less than significant. (DEIR, pp. 4.10-14 to 4.10-16; FEIR, p. 2-16.)