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109 With regards to the issue area of Public Services, the following findings can be made: (1) no peculiar impacts to the 1900 Broadway project component or its site have been identified, (2) there are no potentially significant effects or off-site and/or cumulative impacts which were not discussed by the EIR/SEIR, (3) no substantial new information has been identified which results in an impact which is more severe than anticipated by the EIR/SEIR, and (4) no mitigation measures contained within the EIR/SEIR would be required because the project component specific impacts would be less than significant (as discussed above, DTPP program EIR Mitigation Measure 8-1 has already been effectively implemented in the Downtown area). For these reasons, the public services impacts of the proposed project component would be consistent with the impacts identified in the EIR/SEIR and this project component does not require additional environmental review under CEQA Guidelines section 15183. 847 Woodside Road Component: a. The Focused GPU EIR found implementation would not have a less than significant impact with respect to fire protection. While the increase in residents and land use intensity would increase the demand for fire protection services, continued payment of fire protection fees and property taxes would ensure future projects would not have a significant effect on service demands. Implementation of the proposed project component would not result in substantial physical impacts associated with the provision of new or physically altered governmental facilities, or the need for new or physically altered governmental facilities, in order to maintain acceptable service ratios, response times, or other performance objectives beyond those identified in the Focused GPU program EIR (pp. 4.15-1 through 4.15-16). The project component site is served by the City of Redwood City Fire and Police departments. The Fire Department facility serving the project site is Station 10 at 2190 Jefferson Avenue, about one mile northwest from the project component site. The Police Department is headquartered at 1301 Maple Street, less than two miles north of the project component site. Personnel from the Fire Department participate in the City’s Plan Review Committee (PRC) process and reviewed the overall proposed project (including both project components). Furthermore, the Focused GPU program EIR (pp. 4.15-9 through 4.15-13) concluded that there would be no significant impacts resulting from the construction of new or expanded facilities as a result of population growth from the Focused GPU because growth facilitated by the Focused GPU would not increase demand for services to the extent that new or expanded facilities would be required. Public services impacts related to fire protection, police protection, schools, and libraries would be less than significant. (Parks and recreation services are discussed in item XVI, Recreation, which follows.) The project component design would be required to comply with all applicable City and State codes and regulations pertaining to emergency access, as well as fire protection and security. For example, project component plans (Plan Sheets PA1.1 and PA5.1,10/27/23; Plan Sheets C.3, and C.5, 10/30/23) note the following fire protection components:  The building would have a fire pump room.  Standpipes would be located at midway landing at every level.  A Knox box is proposed for the main building entry area.  A fire department connection would be located near the north side of the proposed garage entry (the existing fire department connection would be removed during construction demolition activities). The above fire protection components are subject to review and approval by the City and would be a standard condition of project component approval. There is one existing fire hydrant located near the project component site along Woodside Road on the south side of the proposed garage entry; this would be relocated a few feet farther south. In addition, the project component proposes to install one new fire hydrant near the northern part of the site along Woodside Road for a total of two fire hydrants (Plan Sheet C.5, 10/30/23). The final location and number of hydrants would be reviewed and confirmed by the Fire Marshal. A fire flow test performed for the project component indicates a flow rate of 2,660 gallons per minute (gpm) with a residual pressure of 20 pounds per square inch (psi) (at the existing fire hydrant near the project component site), which would be above the minimum 2,250 gpm required fire flow to comply with fire code requirements and assuming a 50 percent flow reduction for sprinklers (City of Redwood City Engineering and Transportation Division, Fire Hydrant Flow Test, August 30, 2023; FORA, “Responses to Planning Comments 02,” October 27, 2023, p. 7). Final confirmation of the fire flow adequacy shall be provided based on a current set of flow data. In addition, as a standard condition of project component approval, the project component must demonstrate, in conformance with the City’s Engineering Standards, that the existing water main meets the domestic and fire flow requirements in accordance with City Code Section 38.26 and the International Fire Code. If the existing water main is not sufficient as determined by the City Engineer, the applicant shall, as part of the project component, construct ATTY/RESO.0074/CC RESO 847 WOODSIDE (CEQA) - EXHIBIT 1 - CEQA CONSISTENCY CHECKLIST REV: 10-23-24 VR Page 109 of 135