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38 EIR/SEIR because it would not create new impacts or increase impacts, and there is no new information of substantial importance for CEQA purposes. The Commercial Component would be consistent with the analysis of the EIR/SEIR because it would not create new impacts or increase impacts, and there is no new information of substantial importance for CEQA purposes. CONCLUSION With regards to the issue area of Air Quality, the following findings can be made: (1) no peculiar impacts to the Commercial 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) feasible mitigation measures contained within the EIR/SEIR would be applied to the project component and render its specific impacts less than significant. For these reasons, the air quality impacts of the Commercial Component would be consistent with the impacts identified in the EIR/SEIR and this component does not require additional environmental review under CEQA Guidelines section 15183. Housing Component: a. The Focused GPU program EIR (pp. 4.3-16 through 4.3-18) discussed the BAAQMD Clean Air Plan and the associated transportation control measures (TCMs) from the Bay Area 2005 Ozone Strategy, and explained how Redwood City General Plan policies and programs support them, stating that “The majority of the TCMs in the AQP [“air quality plan” – the “BAAQMD Clean Air Plan”] do not apply directly to the Project [Focused GPU] and its related buildout because they target facilities or land uses that do not currently exist and would not be permitted in the Plan area (e.g., energy generation, waste management, agricultural, forest or pasture lands).” TCMs identified in the Focused GPU program EIR that pertain to the Focused GPU include: TCM #1 Support Voluntary Employer-Based Trip Reduction Programs; TCM #3 Improve Area Wide Transit Service; TCM #9. Improve Bicycle Access and Facilities; TCM #15. Local Clean Air Plans, Policies and Programs; TCM #17. Conduct Demonstration Projects; TCM #19. Pedestrian Travel; and TCM #20. Promote Traffic Calming Measures. The Focused GPU program EIR concluded that “The General Plan policies and programs support the BAAQMD Clean Air Plan TCMs…and would comply with all relevant AQ control measures…” However, the Focused GPU program EIR noted that because construction emissions from future development could exceed BAAQMD thresholds (as discussed below in item “b”), the Focused GPU was conservatively determined to result in a significant and unavoidable impact related to conflicts with the applicable air quality plan. With respect to the Housing Component, because it is an all-residential, all-affordable housing infill project proposed in conjunction with a downtown-oriented infill commercial development, this component is, by design, supportive of TCMs that aim to reduce emission of air pollutants. In other words, the nature and location of this Housing Component given its proximity to transit, infill design character, sidewalk widening and provision of a well-lit pedestrian paths to transit, provision of bicycle parking, and the provision of transit subsidies , among other things will reduce vehicle trip generation and support transit use. As noted in the Focused GPU program EIR, the TCMs that pertain to the Focused GPU are plan-level program measures that would be supported by adopted General Plan policies; the Housing Component would support these General Plan policies and programs, and therefore would also support related TCMs. As explained in the Housing Component’s air quality and greenhouse gas analysis below, “The proposed project would not conflict with the latest [BAAQMD] Clean Air planning efforts since 1) [the] project would have emissions below the BAAQMD thresholds…[see Item (b) below], 2) the project would be considered urban infill as it redevelops an active land use, 3) the project would be located near employment centers, and 4) the project would be located near transit with regional connections.” (“920 Shasta Street Affordable Housing Project Air Quality Assessment & Greenhouse Gas Assessment, Redwood City, California;” Illingworth & Rodkin, Inc.; April 12, 2024, p. 10). Because the Housing Component would not conflict with or obstruct the Clean Air Plan, this component, with implementation ATTY/RESO.0028/CC RESO CEQA GUIDLINES (920 SHASTA) - EXHIBIT A REV: 04-22-25 VR Page 38 of 148