Reso PC22-08 0085 PC Reso Recommending CEQA

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Findings and Statements Required by the California Environmental Quality Act Harbor View Project PAGE 4 OF 48 ESA / 170951 Final Environmental Impact Report October 2022 ATTY/RESO.0085/PC RESO RECOMMENDING CEQA – EXHIBIT A REV: 11-02-2022 VR The EIR and the proposed Revised Project were presented to the City’s Planning Commission, which reviewed and considered, and conducted a public hearing thereon. The Planning Commission determined that the EIR was adequate and sufficient, and prepared in compliance with CEQA and the CEQA Guidelines, and recommended to the City Council that the City Council certify the EIR and approve the Project. The EIR and the proposed Revised Project were presented to the City Council of the City, with the recommendation of the City’s Planning Commission. The City Council reviewed and considered, and conducted a public hearing on, the EIR and proposed Project. The EIR has been completed in compliance with CEQA and the CEQA Guidelines and reflects the City’s independent judgment and analysis. By these Findings, the City Council ratifies, adopts and incorporates the analyses, explanations, findings, responses to comments, and conclusions of the EIR, except as otherwise specifically provided and described in these Findings. V. Findings Regarding Environmental Impacts A detailed analysis of the potential environmental impacts of the Project, and proposed mitigation measures to address all of the identified potentially significant impacts, is set forth in Chapters 4.1 through 4.14 of the DEIR, as incorporated into and in some cases modified in the FEIR for the Revised Project. The City Council concurs with the conclusions in the DEIR, as incorporated into the FEIR, that changes or alterations have been required, or incorporated into, the Project which avoid or lessen all of the Project’s potentially significant environmental effects to less-than-significant levels, except for Impact AIR-1.CU related to contribution to regional cumulative air quality impacts; Impacts TRANS-1, TRANS-2, TRANS-3, TRANS-4, TRANS-7, and TRANS-8, related to intersection operations under the Existing Plus Project without the Blomquist Extension scenario; Impacts TRANS-9 and TRANS-10, related to intersection operations under the Existing Plus Project with the Blomquist Extension scenario; Impacts TRANS-12 and TRANS-13, related to freeway operations under the Existing Plus Project without the Blomquist Extension scenario; Impacts TRANS-14 and TRANS-15, related to freeway operations under the Existing Plus Project with the Blomquist Extension scenario; Impacts TRANS-22, TRANS-23, TRANS-25, TRANS-27, regarding Cumulative Intersection operations; and TRANS-28 and TRANS-29, regarding Cumulative Freeway operations.1 Each of these impact would remain significant and unavoidable even after implementing all feasible mitigation measures. By these Findings, the City Council ratifies and adopts the EIR’s conclusions for all of the following potential environmental impacts, based on the analyses on the referenced pages of the DEIR. A. Findings Regarding Less than Significant Impacts The following potential environmental impacts of the Harbor View Project were determined to be less than significant and to not require any mitigation measures, as set forth in Chapter 4, Sections 4.1 through 4.14 of the DEIR, as incorporated into the FEIR. The City Council 1 “Blomquist Extension” refers to the extension of Blomquist Street (west-northwest of Maple Street) to connect with the roundabout at Bair Island Road via a new bridge crossing over Redwood Creek. This improvement is in the Redwood City Transportation Impact Mitigation Fee Program (TIF) (Draft EIR p. 4.14-8).