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113 improvements would undergo environmental review and therefore the SEIR found the impact would be less than significant. The project component would provide a publicly accessible Commons and three outdoor terraces plus a balcony, which would be integrated with overall project component construction. The project component does not intend to develop recreational facilities and therefore would not have an adverse physical effect on the environment related to recreational facilities. The proposed project component must comply with all applicable DTPP standards and other City requirements (such as park fees, dedication and open space and landscape requirements) relevant to parks and recreational facilities. As a result, the impact would be less than significant. No new or more severe impacts on recreation are anticipated in the EIR/SEIR, and there is no new information of substantial importance for CEQA purposes. CONCLUSION With regards to the issue area of Recreation, 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. For these reasons, the recreation 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 program EIR (p. 4.16-15) concluded that with adopted Building Community Element policies and implementation of General Plan programs, future development facilitated by the Focused GPU would be assured to meet its parkland dedication requirements, including Development Impact Fees (DIF) and Quimby Ordinance funding mechanisms. These parks and recreation funding mechanisms would offset the incremental increase in demand for park facilities from implementation of the Project. Therefore, future development of public parks in the Planning Area plus individual project payment of City adopted park in-lieu fees and/or dedication of parkland to the City in fee title and free of encumbrances would ensure that impacts on parks and recreational facilities is less than significant. As explained in the Focused GPU program EIR (pp. 4.16-1 through 4.16-9), the city has a variety of recreational opportunities, including over 52 acres of community parks, over 29 acres of neighborhood parks, and over eight acres of mini parks. In addition, there are over 52 acres of special use parks and over 44 acres of school parks. All of these recreational facilities are available to Redwood City residents. The city also has over 701.59 acres of open space area, which is land owned by the City or another public agency, located within City limits and having some recreational value but primarily serving the purpose of preserving natural resources. The parks closest to the project component site (within .5 miles) are Palm Park at Hudson Street and Palm Avenue, northwest of the site; Fleishman Park at McEvoy Street and Locust Street, generally north of the site; and Union Cemetery Park on Woodside Road north of Hess Road, north of the site. The project would include an outdoor courtyard (approximately 6,740 SF) on the ground floor in the open center of the building, a podium-level courtyard (approximately 5,500 SF) wrapping around it, and quasi-public open space at the building entrance and along the Woodside Road façade next to the sidewalk (approximately 2,210 SF) (Plan Sheet PL1.3, 10/27/23). In addition, the project would include secured onsite bicycle storage adjacent to the ground-level courtyard for residents, which would hold up to approximately 86 long-term spaces; four short-term spaces would be provided on the sidewalk next to the building (Plan Sheets PA2.1, PA5.2, and PA5.4, 10/27/23). The project component would be required to comply with all applicable General Plan policies and programs relevant to parks and recreational facilities, and with Chapter 18, Article XVI and Chapter 30, Article XII of the Municipal Code, to the extent applicable, pertaining to Parks Impact and Quimby Act fees for the new 86 dwelling units. Because the proposed project component is in compliance with all applicable General Plan policies and City standards relevant to parks and recreational facilities, impacts on parks and recreational facilities would be less than significant and no additional impacts on recreation are anticipated beyond those discussed in the Focused GPU program EIR and there is no new information of substantial importance for CEQA purposes. b. The Focused GPU EIR found that the Genera Plan update did not propose the construction or expansion of recreational facilities and therefore would not have an adverse effect on the environment, so the impact would be less than significant. The project component does not intend to develop any offsite recreational facilities and the onsite facilities would be located on already developed property that would create little or no additional impacts. For these reasons, this project component would not have an adverse physical effect on the environment related to recreational facilities ATTY/RESO.0074/CC RESO 847 WOODSIDE (CEQA) - EXHIBIT 1 - CEQA CONSISTENCY CHECKLIST REV: 10-23-24 VR Page 113 of 135