|
<br />
<br />
<br />61
<br /> The Commercial Component would be required to comply with current building codes and standards, as amended by
<br />the City and applicable to the project component or portions thereof, including the California Building Code and
<br />California Energy Code, which mandate energy-saving and/or energy-efficient materials and practices. Based on
<br />Commercial Component’s commitments to energy-efficient design and materials and its compliance with energy
<br />efficiency provisions in State and local plans, potential impacts of this component related to energy use and State or
<br />local plan for renewable energy or energy efficiency would be less than significant.
<br /> The Commercial Component would implement and not conflict with policies under the General Plan and DTPP as
<br />well as the regulatory framework that promote energy efficiency, nor would it result in wasteful, inefficient, or
<br />unnecessary consumption of energy resources, as specified in Appendix G of the CEQA Guidelines. The Commercial
<br />Component is consistent with the analysis in the EIR/SEIR because it would not create new impacts or increase
<br />impacts and there is no new information of substantial importance for CEQA purposes.
<br />
<br /> CONCLUSION
<br />
<br />With regards to the issue area of Energy, the following findings can be made: (1) no peculiar impacts to the
<br />Commercial Component or its site have been identified, (2) there are no potentially significant effects or off-site and/or
<br />cumulative impacts which were not discussed by the EIR/SEIR, (3) no substantial new information has been identified
<br />which results in an impact which is more severe than anticipated by the EIR/SEIR, and (4) no mitigation measures
<br />contained within the EIR/SEIR would be required because the project component specific impacts would be less than
<br />significant. For these reasons, the energy impacts of the proposed project component would be consistent with the
<br />impacts identified in the EIR/SEIR and this project component does not require additional environmental review under
<br />CEQA Guidelines section 15183.
<br />
<br />Housing Component:
<br /> a. and b.
<br /> The Focused GPU program EIR (pp. 4.6-11 through 4.6-12) discusses City plans and programs that would promote
<br />energy conservation, including the City’s Climate Action Plan and the Reach Code amendments to the State Energy
<br />Code and the Green Building Standards Code. As discussed in section VIII, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, the City has
<br />adopted the 2022 California Building Standards Code, including the California Building, Residential, Energy, and
<br />Green Building Standards Codes (“CALGreen), others, with local amendments such as the Reach Code amendments.
<br />In light of these plans, programs, and State-required codes, with local amendments, in conjunction with other State
<br />and federal requirements for renewable energy use and energy efficiency, the implementation of the Focused GPU
<br />was found to have a less than significant impact.
<br /> The proposed Housing Component would not result in a significant environmental impact due to inefficient, wasteful,
<br />or unnecessary consumption of energy primarily because this component must comply with the aforementioned
<br />policies and regulations related to energy efficiency and would be an “all-electric” building. In addition, the
<br />Commercial component’s energy efficiency measures would include: (1) EnergyStar appliances; (2) energy-efficient
<br />lighting; (3) a high-performance building envelope; (4) an all-electric building design that includes efficient heat pump
<br />space conditioning and water heating equipment; (5) exterior shading devices in combination with building orientation
<br />to limit solar heat gain; and (6) water-efficiency measures, including water-efficient fixtures and low-water use
<br />planting (email communication from Jaqueline Figueroa, Adobe Communities, to William Chui, City of Redwood
<br />City; June 27, 2024).
<br /> The Housing Component would also minimize wasteful or inefficient energy use because of the nature and location
<br />of the Housing Component (i.e., proximity to transit, infill design characteristics), which provide access to nearby
<br />transit and local amenities (restaurants, drug stores, etc.), thereby reducing potentially inefficient transportation use.
<br />This component would include fewer onsite parking spaces than required by City standards (100 spaces required; 74
<br />spaces proposed) under the State Density Bonus Law(Plan Sheet A002, 10/6/23). All parking spaces would be located
<br />on the first floor (ground-level) parking garage (Plan Sheet A100, 10/6/23), and all 74 would accommodate electric
<br />vehicles with 60 percent (approximately 44 spaces) designated as Level 1 charging station spaces and 40 percent
<br />(approximately 30 spaces) designated as Level 2 charging station spaces. (Plan Sheet A100, 10/6/23). The Housing
<br />Component would include secured onsite bicycle storage adjacent to the ground-level entry court, which would hold
<br />up to approximately 112 bicycles. Spaces would also be available for e-bikes. A bike “fixit” repair station would be
<br />provided for residents. Bike racks for visitors would be located near the main pedestrian entrance on Buckeye Street
<br />(Plan Sheets A002 and A100, 10/6/23).
<br />ATTY/RESO.0028/CC RESO CEQA GUIDLINES (920 SHASTA) - EXHIBIT A
<br />REV: 04-22-25 VR
<br />
<br />Page 61 of 148
|