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 5 OF 48 ESA / 170951 Final Environmental Impact Report October 2022 ATTY/RESO.0085/PC RESO RECOMMENDING CEQA – EXHIBIT A REV: 11-02-2022 VR concurs with the conclusions in the DEIR, as incorporated into the FEIR, and makes the following findings with respect to such less than significant impacts. 4.1 Aesthetics Impact AES-1: The Project would not have a substantial adverse effect on a scenic vista. Findings Regarding Impact AES-1: Views of the scenic vistas seen from viewpoints looking toward and across the Project site — generally the area between Seaport Boulevard and Redwood Creek — are limited due to intervening development and relatively flat topography. Therefore, no scenic vistas or view corridors would be substantially obstructed or degraded by the Revised Project, which involves less overall development and building heights compared to the DEIR Project. Therefore, this impact would be less than significant. (DEIR, pp. 4.1-8 to 4.1-15; FEIR, p. 2-11) Impact AES-2: The Project would not degrade the existing visual character or quality of the site and its surroundings. Findings Regarding Impact AES-2: The Revised Project would change the visual character of the property from an underutilized vacant property to a modern, highly-landscaped office complex similar to those found in communities in and around Redwood City. The change would not adversely affect or degrade the character of Port-related and industrial uses. Moreover, the development will be a new identifiable marker to the entrance of the Port Industrial Center area and adjacent Redwood Creek/Harbor Center area. Also, the Revised Project would develop new buildings of quality design and materials on the site. Therefore, this impact would be less than significant. (DEIR, pp. 4.1-15 to 4.1-17; FEIR, p. 2-11) Impact AES-3: The Project would not create a new source of substantial light or glare that would adversely affect day or nighttime views in the area. Findings Regarding Impact AES-3: Development of the proposed new office campus as the Revised Project will result in additional nighttime lighting in the Project area, and would be similar to the level of nighttime lighting typical of commercial office developments of the scale proposed by Project. Given the immediately surrounding uses of Highway 101, building materials businesses with outdoor sales/storage yards, and Graniterock across Blomquist Street from the Revised Project site, the resulting increased lighting from the Project would not be substantially out of character for the area. Therefore, this impact would be less than significant. (DEIR, pp. 4.1-17 to 4.1-18; FEIR, p. 2-11) Impact AES-4: The Project would not (1) Introduce landscape that would now or in the future cast substantial shadows on existing solar collectors; (2) Cast shadows that substantially impair the beneficial use of shadow-sensitive public open space; (3) Cast shadows that substantially impair the beneficial use of these residential parcels; and could (4) Cast shadows that substantially impair the viability of a sensitive natural habitat. Findings Regarding Impact AES-4: No shadow-sensitive uses defined in General Plan Policy BE-13 are located in proximity to the Revised Project site. The nearest public parks and