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<br /> (5) – The project will be consistent with a local GHG reduction strategy that meets the criteria under State CEQA
<br />Guidelines Section 15183.5(b).
<br /> The Housing Component would meet these BAAQMD standards as follows:
<br /> (1) - As discussed in item VI, Energy, the Housing Component residential building would be 100 percent electric.
<br /> (2) - As discussed in item VI, Energy, the Housing Component would be required to comply with current building
<br />codes and standards, as amended by the City and applicable to the project component, including the California
<br />Building Code and California Energy Code, which mandate energy-saving and/or energy-efficient materials and
<br />practices. In addition, the building would be 100 percent electric. And this component would minimize wasteful or
<br />inefficient energy use because of the nature and location of the Housing Component (i.e., proximity to transit, infill
<br />design characteristics), which provide access to nearby transit and local amenities (restaurants, drug stores, etc.),
<br />thereby reducing potentially inefficient transportation use. Also, as part of a State Density Bonus request for a parking
<br />waiver, the project component proposes to include fewer onsite parking spaces than required by City standards. The
<br />Housing Component would be committed to energy-efficient design and materials and is in compliance with State and
<br />local plan for renewable energy and energy efficiency.
<br /> (3) – As discussed in item XVII, Transportation, the Housing Component meets the City’s VMT screening criteria
<br />and would not require a VMT analysis; the project component’s VMT impact would be less than significant.
<br /> (4) - As discussed in item VI, Energy, all Housing Component onsite parking spaces (e.g., garage parking) are
<br />proposed to be designated for electric vehicles (Plan Sheet A100, 10/6/23) and would be required by the City to meet
<br />CALGreen standards.
<br /> (5) – As explained in the Housing Component air quality and greenhouse gas analysis, “The project would be in
<br />conformance with the City’s CAP, which is a GHG reduction strategy that meets the State CEQA Guidelines Section
<br />15183.5” (“920 Shasta Street Affordable Housing Project Air Quality Assessment & Greenhouse Gas Assessment,
<br />Redwood City, California;” Illingworth & Rodkin, Inc.; April 12, 2024, p. 41).
<br /> Based on the BAAQMD-recommended analysis above, and because of the proposed Housing Component’s size and
<br />given that the project component would comply with all applicable State and local regulations and codes related to
<br />energy use and efficiency, and would not result in a significant VMT impact, the project component would not result
<br />in any new significant impacts or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified impacts related to GHG
<br />emissions beyond those impacts already identified in the certified Focused GPU program EIR and there is no new
<br />information of substantial importance for CEQA purposes. Housing Component impacts related to greenhouse gas
<br />emissions would be less than significant.
<br />b. As discussed in item VI, Energy, the proposed Housing Component would be required to comply with City plans and
<br />programs that would promote energy conservation, including, for example, the City’s Climate Action Plan (CAP) and
<br />amendments to the State Energy Code and the Green Building Standards Code (“CALGreen”). These plans, programs,
<br />and State-required codes, with local amendments, in conjunction with other State and federal requirements for
<br />renewable energy use and energy efficiency, would reduce project component impacts to a less-than-significant level.
<br />The Housing Component would incorporate energy-efficient design and materials to comply with energy efficiency
<br />standards (as further discussed in item VI, Energy). As discussed in item XVII, Transportation, the Housing
<br />Component would not result in a significant vehicle miles travelled (VMT) impact.
<br /> Several General Plan policies – especially in the Built Environment, Public Safety, and Natural Resources chapters –
<br />are identified as “sustainability focus” policies and programs, which further the City’s commitment to achieving
<br />address long‐term change, including sustainable environmental and human health conditions promoted through careful
<br />land use planning and development practices to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and minimize impacts from global
<br />warming such as rising sea levels.
<br /> Because the Housing Component’s relative size and its compliance with applicable State and local building codes and
<br />regulations, and energy efficient design, and lack of a significant VMT impact, this component would not result in a
<br />new significant impact or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant impact related to
<br />conflicts with plans, policies, and regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions beyond those impacts already
<br />identified in the Focused GPU program EIR and there is no new information of substantial importance for CEQA
<br />purposes.
<br /> The City of Redwood City updated the climate action plan (CAP) (City of Redwood City Climate Action Plan,
<br />November 2020). Similar to the previous CAP, the current CAP includes strategies regarding energy and water;
<br />transportation and land use; and solid waste. It also includes 33 measures, many of them continued from the previous
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