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130 parking spaces (309 self-parking spaces and 204 spaces for valet assisted parking). Vehicle access to the three levels of underground parking would be provided from a driveway on Winklebleck Street at California Street (Plan Sheets G3.01 and A2.01, 8/5/24; Plan Sheet C7.0, 8/12/24). As discussed in item “a” above, the Commercial Component would include several redesigned intersections, including new curb ramps and/or new bulb-outs. In addition, bike parking for up to 164 bicycles would be provided in an onsite bicycle storage area on the first floor, including 132 long-term spaces and 32 short-term spaces (Plan Sheets G3.01 and A2.01,8/5/24). Outdoor public bike racks would be installed on the sidewalk along the proposed Franklin Street extension near the Teen Center/Multi-purpose space as well as the east side of the Teen Center/Multi-purpose space in Chrysanthemum Plaza, and along El Camino Real near the proposed SamTrans bus shelter/bus stop/bus boarding island (Plan Sheet L1.01, 6/11/24). No substantial design hazards or incompatible uses have been identified, and no additional safety impacts are anticipated. The Commercial Component would not substantially alter traffic patterns, roadway design, place incompatible uses on existing roadways, or create curves, slopes or walls that would impede adequate site distance on a road. Therefore, the Commercial Component would have a less-than-significant impact. The Commercial Component would not generate new or more severe impacts beyond those analyzed in the DTPP program EIR and the DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments program SEIR, and there is no new information of substantial importance for CEQA purposes. d. The DTPP Final EIR found that impacts related to emergency access would be less than significant. The DTPP Plan- Wide Amendments analysis concurred, finding that proposed roadway closures, abandonments, and extensions contemplated provide for a grid network that would not substantially affect the ability of drivers to yield the right of way to emergency vehicles or preclude the ability of emergency vehicles to access streets within the amended DTPP area. Conditions of approval would address temporary street disruptions associated with construction. For these reasons, the impact was found to be less than significant. The proposed Commercial Component would utilize the existing roadway system with the exception that a portion of California Street would be vacated to allow for a parcel assembly and the extension of Franklin Street (see Project Description, item #8 above, for more details). The Commercial Component design, including the altered roadway configuration, 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; and, as already noted in this Consistency Checklist (see item XV, Public Services), the DTPP Plan- Wide Amendments program SEIR (pp. 14-12 through 14-13 explained that this mitigation measure has been effectively implemented in the Downtown. As a condition of approval, the Commercial Component applicant must prepare a mandatory construction traffic routing and parking plan (traffic control 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 standards, mandatory regulations, and conditions of approval noted above, the proposed Commercial Component would not impair or interfere with emergency access, and the impact is considered less than significant. No new or more severe impacts on recreation are anticipated in the EIR/SEIR, and there is no new information of substantial importance for CEQA purposes. CONCLUSION With regards to the issue area of Transportation, 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 Commercial Component specific impacts would be less than significant. For these reasons, the transportation impacts of the proposed 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. 4.17-34) concluded that development facilitated by the Focused GPU could conflict with goals and policies related to providing a safe and convenient transportation system for all modes of travel, due to increased delay to transit facilities and services caused by increased vehicle traffic and increased pedestrian and bicycle demand on roadways and also collisions involving transit users, bicyclists, and pedestrians. However, the Focused GPU program EIR (pp. 4.17-34 and 4.17-35) explained that existing General Plan Circulation Element ATTY/RESO.0031/CC RESO CEQA GUIDELINES (901 EL CAMINO REAL) REV: 04-22-25 VR Page 130 of 148