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<br />effects or off-site and/or cumulative impacts which were not discussed by the EIR/SEIR, (3) no substantial new
<br />information has been identified which results in an impact which is more severe than anticipated by the EIR/SEIR,
<br />and (4) feasible mitigation measures contained within the EIR/SEIR would be applied to the project component and
<br />render its specific impacts less than significant. For these reasons, the utilities and services systems impacts of the
<br />proposed project component would be consistent with the impacts identified in the EIR/SEIR and this project
<br />component does not require additional environmental review under CEQA Guidelines section 15183.
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<br />847 Woodside Road Component
<br />a. The Focused GPU EIR concluded that development occurring under the Focused GPU EIR would not require or result
<br />in the relocation or construction of new or expanded water, wastewater treatment, stormwater drainage, electric power,
<br />natural gas, or telecommunications facilities (p. 4.19-26). See items (b) and (c) below for further explanation.
<br />Development under the Focused GPU EIR would have a less than significant impact related to wastewater treatment,
<br />storm drainage, and other utility services in the Planning Area. In addition, the Preliminary Utility Report prepared
<br />for the project component by CBG (December 13, 2023) determined: (1) the City’s sanitary sewer system has the
<br />capacity to serve the project component’s potential peak wet weather flow (PWWF) wastewater generation in addition
<br />to existing PWWF wastewater generation (pp. 1-2); (2) the required fire flow will be the largest single component of
<br />project component water demand, and a plumbing engineer would need to confirm available pressures will suffice
<br />given the heigh of the building and additional fire flow calculations (p. 3); and (3) the project component as designed
<br />would result in stormwater flow reductions in all peak storm events, but secondary design options, including planter
<br />volume, pipe volume, and orifice-controlled outlets, are recommended to ensure the project component can maintain
<br />or reduce the post-flow development peak flows (p. 5). The 847 Woodside Road project component’s required
<br />compliance with applicable regulations pertaining to new water, wastewater treatment, stormwater drainage, electric
<br />power, natural gas, and telecommunications facilities as part of the City’s development review process would ensure
<br />a less than significant impact related to said facilities. No new or more severe impacts are anticipated than what was
<br />analyzed in the Focused GPU EIR, and there is no new information of substantial importance for CEQA purposes.
<br />b. The Focused GPU EIR concluded that implementation of the UWMP WSCP; adopted General Plan goals, policies,
<br />and implementation programs related to safe and reliable water supply; and local and State existing water conservation
<br />efforts, in combination with the CEQA compliance process for future site-specific development proposals would
<br />ensure that the project component’s potential water supply impacts would be less than significant (p. 4.19-28). The
<br />Focused GPU EIR analysis included a description of the current (2020) Urban Water Management Plan for the City,
<br />and explained that (1) the City has a contract with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) for the
<br />provision of an annual supply of 12,243 acre-feet of water through the year 2034; and (2) the UWMP was based in
<br />large part on the land uses and growth projections of the 2010 General Plan and, therefore, the City’s UWMP would
<br />need to be revised based on the new Focused GPU land uses and projections; and (3) it appears that the Individual
<br />Supply Guarantee (ISG) from the SFPUC would be sufficient to serve the additional population generated by the
<br />Focused GPU in the future during normal years (pp. 4.19-19 – 4.19-23; pp. 4.19-26 – 4.19-28).
<br /> The 2020 UWMP also describes the City’s Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP), which, consistent with State
<br />law, addresses potential water supply deficiencies (“shortfalls”) by designating six water shortage levels (or “stages”)
<br />that are determined by the water supplier, based on water supply conditions. The six stages range from up to 10
<br />percent to greater than 50 percent supply reductions. In response to each stage, the City declares measures to reduce
<br />demand following a similar range, from voluntary water use restrictions up to mandatory water allocations. Redwood
<br />City intends that this system of water use reductions from the WSCP will address any projected supply shortfalls.
<br />Since January 10, 2022, the City had been in a Stage 2 water shortage emergency, which calls for reduction in water
<br />use from 10 to 20 percent; however, on June 26, 2023, the City Council passed a resolution ending the Stage 2 water
<br />shortage emergency.
<br /> Based on City engineering factors used to calculate projected water demand (included as Attachment Q in the
<br />Preliminary Utility Report, December 13, 2023), the water demand for the 847 Woodside Road project component is
<br />forecast at 14,630 per day (gpd), which includes residential and landscaping uses. The current water demand for the
<br />existing onsite uses is currently unavailable and for the purposes of this analysis is assumed to be 0 gpd
<br />(Correspondence with Melinda Hue, City of Redwood City Principal Planner, 6/3/2024). Therefore, the net water
<br />demand for the proposed project component is forecast at 14,630 gpd. The Redwood City 2020 Urban Water
<br />Management Plan (July 2021) Section 4.2.2 Demands Associated with Other Planned Projects identifies the additional
<br />demand associated with the Focused General Plan Update, specifically an increase 4,500 units that were not included
<br />in the 2010 Housing Element. The growth that was projected as part of the Housing Element update is consistent with
<br />the growth assumed in the Urban Water Management plan and therefore the project component’s water demand has
<br />been accounted for and water supply for the project has been planned for in the Urban Water Management Plan.
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