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119 Regarding project component VMT, the following is based on the VMT analysis prepared for the applicant by Sandis (“847 Woodside Rd - VMT Screening Analysis - Redwood City, CA 94061,” February 23, 2024, revised May 9, 2024). The Sandis screening analysis provides an evaluation of the project in terms of the pre-screening thresholds listed in the CEQA Technical Advisory (Governor's Office of Planning and Research “Technical Advisory on Evaluating Transportation Impacts in CEQA”) and the City’s Transportation Analysis policy to determine if the project component would have a less-than-significant VMT impact and therefore whether or not the project would require a more detailed VMT analysis. The screening analysis determined (Sandis, pp. 2-3) that because the project component is a 100 percent affordable housing project, within an underutilized location, it meets the City’s screening criteria and would not require a VMT analysis. The project component’s VMT impact would be considered less than significant. No new or more severe impacts on recreation are anticipated in the Focused GPU EIR, and there is no new information of substantial importance for CEQA purposes. c. The Focused GPU EIR found that the implementation of the General Plan updates would not substantially increase hazards due to a geometric design feature or incompatible uses and the impacts were less than significant. The proposed project component would utilize the existing roadway system. The project component proposes onsite parking to accommodate 50 vehicles. The one level of parking would be on the first floor of the building and accessed via Woodside Road near the southern side of the building (Plan Sheet PA5.2, 10/27/23). Indoor bike parking (86 spaces for resident use) would be provided within the first floor of the building; also, two outdoor public bike racks (four spaces total) would be provided along the project frontage on Woodside Street (Plan Sheet PA5.2, 10/27/23). No substantial design hazards or incompatible uses have been identified, and no safety impacts are anticipated. The Traffic Study (p. 16) reviewed the collision history for a five-year period (January 2018 through June 2023) along Woodside Road between the intersection of Union Avenue and Orchard Avenue, including those intersections. Data was provided by the Redwood City Police Department. A total of 25 collisions occurred during that period; however, no fatalities occurred and the recorded collision resulting in an injury involved a bicycle and a motorcycle (the injury was minor). With the current Caltrans construction project on Woodside Road and adding bike facilities along the corridor and this segment of Woodside Road and pedestrian crossing enhancements, safety concerns along this road segment would be addressed. The project would not substantially alter traffic patterns, roadway design, place incompatible uses on existing roadways, or create curves, slopes or walls that would impede adequate site distance on a road. Therefore, the project would have a less than significant impact. No new or more severe impacts on transportation are anticipated in the Focused GPU EIR, and there is no new information of substantial importance for CEQA purposes. d. The Focused GPU EIR found this impact to be less than significant because adequate emergency access would be provided to the development sites. The proposed project component would utilize the existing roadway system. The project component design would be required to comply with all applicable City codes and regulations pertaining to emergency access, as well as fire protection and security. As a condition of project approval, the project component applicant must prepare a mandatory construction traffic routing and parking plan (traffic control plan) subject to City review and approval, to ensure that adequate emergency access is maintained during construction; all traffic control for lane closures during construction shall conform to the Work Area Traffic Control Handbook administered by the City. In addition, project plans indicate that access for Fire Department aerial fire apparatus would be provided on the Woodside Street side of the building (Plan Sheet PA5.1, 10/27/23). As a result of the standards, mandatory regulations, and conditions of approval noted above, the proposed project component would not impair or interfere with emergency access, and the impact is considered less than significant. No new or more severe impacts on transportation 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 Transportation, the following findings can be made: (1) no peculiar impacts to the 847 Woodside 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 Focused GPU EIR, (3) no substantial new information has been identified which results in an impact which is more severe than anticipated by the Focused GPU EIR, and (4) no mitigation measures contained within the Focused GPU EIR would be required because the project component specific impacts would be less than significant. For these reasons, the transportation impacts of the proposed project component would be consistent with the impacts identified in the Focused GPU EIR and this project component does not require additional environmental review under CEQA Guidelines section 15183. 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