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<br />because it would not create new impacts or increase impacts, and there is no new information of substantial importance
<br />for CEQA purposes.
<br />g. The DTPP EIR did not analyze the impacts on the DTPP as it relates to wildland fires. According to the published
<br />CAL FIRE FRAP map of the City of Redwood City, a majority of the city is not within an established VHFHSZ. The
<br />DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments program SEIR (p. 14-13) noted that state and local laws are in effect that are intended
<br />to reduce the ignition and spread of wildfire and found the DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments would have less-than-
<br />significant impacts.
<br />The project component site is located in a downtown urban environment that is not adjacent to wildlands. Therefore,
<br />the project component would not expose people or structures to a significant risk of loss, injury, or death involving
<br />wildland fires. Accordingly, the impact is considered less than significant. This project component would be
<br />consistent with the analysis in the EIR/SEIR because it would not create new impacts or increase impacts, and there
<br />is no new information of substantial importance for CEQA purposes.
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<br /> CONCLUSION
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<br />With regards to the issue area of Hazards and Hazardous Materials, the following findings can be made: (1) no peculiar
<br />impacts to the 1900 Broadway project component or its site have been identified, (2) there are no potentially significant
<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) no mitigation measures contained within the EIR/SEIR would be required because the project component-
<br />specific impacts would be less than significant. For these reasons, the hazardous and hazardous materials impacts of
<br />the 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 residential and mixed-use housing do not cause or contribute substantially to
<br />potential hazards to the public or the environment because these uses do not involve the use, transport, or disposal or
<br />appreciable amounts of hazardous materials of wastes (p. 4.9-19). Further, given the extensive federal, State, and
<br />local hazardous materials regulations already in place, the implementation of the Focused GPU was found not to create
<br />a significant hazard to the public or the environment from hazardous materials transport, storage, use and disposal.
<br />The impact was found to be less than significant.
<br /> The 847 Woodside Road project component proposes the development of a five-story building with a total of 86
<br />residential units. The proposed building would be entirely above ground. The project component would not involve
<br />routine transport, use, or disposal of hazardous materials, nor would it result in hazardous emissions. Operational
<br />hazardous materials associated with new residential uses could include, for example, liquid chemical products (e.g.,
<br />household cleaners), used motor oil, building maintenance supplies, paints and solvents, pesticides, or other similar
<br />materials. In conformance with the Redwood City Focused GPU EIR (pp. 4.9-19 – 4.9-20), the proposed project
<br />component would continue to be subject to existing General Plan Public Safety Element policies and programs related
<br />to hazardous materials transport, use, and disposal; and manufacturer’s directions and local, State, and federal
<br />regulations pertaining to the storage, handling, and disposal of hazardous materials and waste. These uniformly
<br />applicable policies, standards, and regulations would adequately ensure that the proposed project component would
<br />not create a significant hazard to the public or the environment from hazardous materials transport, storage, use, and
<br />disposal, resulting in a less than significant impact. As a result, this project component would be consistent with the
<br />analysis in the EIR/SEIR because it would not create new impacts or increase impacts, and there is no new information
<br />of substantial importance for CEQA purposes.
<br />b. The Focused GPU EIR found that residential and mixed-use housing development do not cause or contribute
<br />substantially to potential hazards to the public or the environment because these uses do not involve the use, transport,
<br />or disposal of appreciable amounts of hazardous materials or wastes. It determined that the impacts related to the
<br />accidental release of hazardous materials would be less than significant with adherence to the requirements of the
<br />Public Safety Element and local, State and federal environmental laws.
<br /> The proposed project component would not create a significant hazard to the public or the environment through
<br />reasonably foreseeable upset and accident conditions involving the release of hazardous materials into the
<br />environment, nor would the project component emit hazardous emissions or handle hazardous materials.
<br /> Phase I Environmental Site Assessment
<br />ATTY/RESO.0074/CC RESO 847 WOODSIDE (CEQA) - EXHIBIT 1 - CEQA CONSISTENCY CHECKLIST
<br />REV: 10-23-24 VR
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