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87 consistent with the analysis in 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. f. The DTPP EIR determined that, because future development would create additional traffic congestion and could possibly interfere with emergency response or evacuation, the DTPP would create a potentially significant impact as it relates to impairment or interference with an adopted emergency response or evacuation plan. The DTPP EIR includes Mitigation Measure 8-1, which would address this impact by providing signal prioritization for emergency vehicles at additional intersections where needed. The DTPP EIR concluded that implementation of Mitigation Measure 8-1 would reduce the potential impacts to a less-than-significant level. The DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments program SEIR concurred and determined that Mitigation Measure 8-1 had been implemented and the Plan-Wide Amendments would not add any new traffic signals, so the impacts would be less than significant. The Commercial Component design would be required to comply with all applicable City codes and regulations pertaining to emergency access, as well as fire protection and security. DTPP program EIR Mitigation 8-1 requires the City to implement signal detectors at selected intersections as needed over time to provide priority traffic signal timing for emergency response vehicles. The DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments program SEIR (pp. 14-12 through 14- 13) concurred with the DTPP EIR conclusion; in addition, the DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments program SEIR noted that, “the City has implemented signal prioritization at 15 intersections in the Downtown, including around Fire Station No. 9 on Marshall Street, and at more intersections in the vicinity, effectively implementing Mitigation Measure 8- 1.” As a City standard condition of approval for all development projects, the project component applicant must prepare a mandatory construction traffic routing and parking plan subject to City review and approval, to ensure that adequate emergency access is maintained during construction; all traffic control for lane closures during construction shall conform to the Work Area Traffic Control Handbook administered by the City. As a result of the above requirements, the proposed component would not impair or interfere with emergency access, and the impact is considered less than significant. As a result, this Commercial Component would be consistent with the analysis in 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. g. The DTPP EIR did not analyze the impacts on the DTPP as it relates to wildland fires. According to the published CAL FIRE FRAP map of the City of Redwood City, a majority of the city is not within an established VHFHSZ. The DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments program SEIR (p. 14-13) noted that state and local laws are in effect that are intended to reduce the ignition and spread of wildfire and found the DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments would have less-than- significant impacts. The Commercial Component site is located in a downtown urban environment that is not adjacent to wildlands. Therefore, the Commercial Component would not expose people or structures to a significant risk of loss, injury, or death involving wildland fires. Accordingly, the impact is considered less than significant. This Commercial Component would be consistent with the analysis in 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 Hazards and Hazardous Materials, 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) no mitigation measures contained within the EIR/SEIR would be required because the project component-specific impacts would be less than significant. For these reasons, the hazardous and hazardous materials impacts of the proposed Commercial component would be consistent with the impacts identified in the EIR/SEIR and this project component does not require additional environmental review under CEQA Guidelines section 15183. Housing Component a. The Focused GPU EIR concluded that residential and mixed-use housing do not cause or contribute substantially to potential hazards to the public or the environment because these uses do not involve the use, transport, or disposal or appreciable amounts of hazardous materials of wastes (p. 4.9-19). Further, given the extensive federal, State, and local hazardous materials regulations already in place, the implementation of the Focused GPU was found not to create a significant hazard to the public or the environment from hazardous materials transport, storage, use and disposal. The impact was found to be less than significant. ATTY/RESO.0028/CC RESO CEQA GUIDLINES (920 SHASTA) - EXHIBIT A REV: 04-22-25 VR Page 87 of 148