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142 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 utilities and services systems 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 EIR concluded that development occurring under the Focused GPU EIR would not require or result in the relocation or construction of new or expanded water, wastewater treatment, stormwater drainage, electric power, natural gas, or telecommunications facilities (p. 4.19-26). See items (b) and (c) below for further explanation. Development under the Focused GPU EIR would have a less than significant impact related to wastewater treatment, storm drainage, and other utility services in the Planning Area. In addition, the Utility Report prepared for the Housing component by Luk & Associates (June 16, 2023) determined: (1) the proposed onsite storm drain system would facilitate runoff infiltration at a rate that would ensure ponded water captured in the proposed Silva Cell system (i.e., a modular suspended pavement system that treats stormwater onsite) would drain into sub-soils within a 48-hour period (p. 5); (2) the Housing Component as designed would exceed the City’s design criteria for sewer system flows and, as a result, the Housing Component would be required to either upgrade the Buckeye Street sewer main or pay an in-lieu fee (p. 6); and (3) any deficiency between available water pressure and required water pressure shall be resolved by utilizing a fire pump (or equivalent) to increase the building’s water pressure (p. 6). There are currently no City-budgeted (e.g., CIP) infrastructure improvements that would help serve the Housing Component; the Utility Report determined that existing infrastructure in combination with the project component’s proposed improvements and any improvements/fees required for exceeding the City’s design criteria for sewer system flows, is adequate to serve the proposed development. The Housing Component’s required compliance with applicable regulations pertaining to new water, wastewater treatment, stormwater drainage, electric power, natural gas, and telecommunications facilities as part of the City’s development review process would ensure a less-than-significant impact related to these facilities. No new or more severe impacts are anticipated than what was analyzed in the Focused GPU EIR, and there is no new information of substantial importance for CEQA purposes. b. The Focused GPU EIR concluded that implementation of the UWMP WSCP; adopted General Plan goals, policies, and implementation programs related to safe and reliable water supply; and local and State existing water conservation efforts, in combination with the CEQA compliance process for future site-specific development proposals would ensure that the project component’s potential water supply impacts would be less than significant (p. 4.19-28). The Focused GPU EIR analysis included a description of the current (2020) Urban Water Management Plan for the City, and explained that (1) the City has a contract with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) for the provision of an annual supply of 12,243 acre-feet of water through the year 2034; and (2) the UWMP was based in large part on the land uses and growth projections of the 2010 General Plan and, therefore, the City’s UWMP would need to be revised based on the new Focused GPU land uses and projections; and (3) it appears that the Individual Supply Guarantee (ISG) from the SFPUC would be sufficient to serve the additional population generated by the Focused GPU in the future during normal years (pp. 4.19-19 – 4.19-23; pp. 4.19-26 – 4.19-28). The 2020 UWMP also describes the City’s Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP), which, consistent with State law, addresses potential water supply deficiencies (“shortfalls”) by designating six water shortage levels (or “stages”) that are determined by the water supplier, based on water supply conditions. The six stages range from up to 10 percent to greater than 50 percent supply reductions. In response to each stage, the City declares measures to reduce demand following a similar range, from voluntary water use restrictions up to mandatory water allocations. Redwood City intends that this system of water use reductions from the WSCP will address any projected supply shortfalls. Since January 10, 2022, the City had been in a Stage 2 water shortage emergency, which calls for reduction in water use from 10 to 20 percent; however, on June 26, 2023, the City Council passed a resolution ending the Stage 2 water shortage emergency. The Focused GPU program EIR (p. 4.19-28) determined that while it is likely that future development under the Housing Element update would be able to tie into existing or future recycled water infrastructure, recycled water systems may be cost prohibitive for some projects and may not address all project related demands for water supply. For this reason, the Focused GPU program EIR did not assume in its analysis that the City’s expanded recycled wastewater infrastructure would be able to serve all potential future housing sites. However, the Focused GPU EIR (p. 4.19-28) still concluded that impacts resulting from Focused GPU EIR development on water supplies would be less than significant with implementation of the City’s UWMP WSCP; adopted General Plan goals, policies, and ATTY/RESO.0031/CC RESO CEQA GUIDELINES (901 EL CAMINO REAL) REV: 04-22-25 VR Page 142 of 148