Reso23-02 0009 PC Reso Adopt CEQA

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Findings and Statements Required by the California Environmental Quality Act Focused General Plan Update 45 Final Environmental Impact Report January 2023 • Fair Housing. Affirmatively further fair housing opportunities and promote housing throughout the community for all, including promoting, and assisting in the development of housing that meets the needs of special needs communities in Redwood City; • Inclusivity. Comply with State Laws related to Environmental Justice by engaging residents and stakeholders to ensure equitable and inclusive processes, policies, investments, and service systems. Develop strategies to help residents in disadvantaged communities have access to healthy foods, parks, mobility options activity, public programs, and safe homes; • Technology. Embrace technology and innovative practices to create smart, sustainable communities and adaptable infrastructure systems; • Safety. Comply with State Laws related to Safety Elements by establishing new General Plan goals, policies, and programs to include climate change adaptation and resiliency planning, sea level rise, and additional wildfire measures, and provide direction to improve emergency preparedness, response, and recovery; • Adaptive and Resilient Communities. Develop strategies that help people, infrastructure, and community assets adapt to and recover from evolving climate threats and vulnerabilities, and from natural and human-caused hazards; and • Conformance with Regulatory Requirements. Develop a Safety Element that meets all the requirements under Government Code Section 65302(g), and which reflects State and local regulations for specific hazards, with the intent of protecting people and key infrastructure from damage resulting from an environmental hazard. B. Significant Environmental Impacts of the Project Based on the analyses in Chapters 4.1 through 4.20 of the DEIR, the City has determined that all of the proposed Project’s potentially significant environmental effects would be avoided or reduced to less-than-significant levels through implementation of the mitigation measures described in the DEIR and MMRP, except for the following: • Impact AIR-1: Adoption of the proposed Project could conflict with or obstruct implementation of the applicable air quality plan. • Impact AIR-2: Development facilitated by the proposed Project could result in a cumulatively considerable net increase of any criteria pollutant for which the project region is non-attainment under an applicable federal or state ambient air quality standard. • Impact AIR-3: Development facilitated by the proposed Project could expose sensitive receptors to substantial pollutant concentrations. • Impact AIR-5: Adoption of the proposed Project could cause substantial adverse cumulative impacts with respect to Air Quality. • Impact TR-2: Development facilitated by the proposed Project could conflict or be inconsistent with CEQA Guidelines section 15064.3(b) (Project Generated VMT). • Impact UTIL-6: Development facilitated by the proposed Project could cause substantial adverse cumulative impacts with respect to utilities and service systems.