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146 CONCLUSION With regards to the issue area of Wildfire, 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 wildfire impacts of the Commercial Component would be consistent with the impacts identified in the EIR/SEIR and this Commercial Component does not require additional environmental review under CEQA Guidelines section 15183. Housing Component: a. The Focused GPU EIR found that potential adverse impacts due to implementation of the General Plan updates on emergency access and evacuation would be less than significant. As discussed above in item VIII, Hazards and Hazardous Materials, the Housing Component would not impair or interfere with emergency access or impair emergency response and evacuation in the Focused GPU EIR planning area. The Housing site component is located in the Stambaugh-Heller neighborhood adjacent to the Downtown area) and is largely built out. Existing adopted General Plan policies and implementation programs would ensure adequate emergency response and evacuation procedures are planned for and maintained (Focused GPU program EIR, p. 4.20-18) (also see item XV, Public Services). Thus, this impact is less than significant. This proposed Housing Component would not generate new or more severe impacts beyond those analyzed in the Focused GPU EIR, and there is no new information of substantial importance for CEQA purposes. b. and c. The Focused GPU EIR found that potential adverse impacts due to implementation of the General Plan updates would be less than significant in terms of slope, prevailing winds and other factors as well as installation and maintenance of infrastructure. According to the Focused GPU program EIR (p. 4.20-19), the greatest potential for wildfire hazards to occur would be in the areas adjacent to abundant natural vegetation, such as the foothill neighborhoods west of Alameda de las Pulgas, which are designated a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone (VHFHSZ). The State Responsibility Area is in the Redwood City “sphere of influence,” roughly encompassing unincorporated Emerald Hills and part of Edgewood County Park and Natural Preserve (Edgewood County Park), and is also primarily located in the City’s foothills. The Housing Component site, as noted above in item “a,” is located in the Stambaugh-Heller neighborhood, a built-out area less than a half-mile from the DTPP area and not in a VHFHSZ or a State Responsibility Area. The Redwood City Fire Department provides firefighting services to the Local Responsibility Area (LRA), and the San Mateo County Fire Department provides firefighting services to the State Responsibility Area (SRA) (Focused GPU program EIR, p. 4.20-21). No high fire hazard areas or wildlands susceptible to wildfire exist in proximity to the project component site or in its vicinity, and no wildfire-related infrastructure would be necessary. Impacts related to exposure to wildfire or installation and/or maintenance of wildfire-related infrastructure would be less than significant in light of the location of this Housing Component and its compliance with building and fire codes. This proposed Housing Component would not generate new or more severe impacts beyond those analyzed in the Focused GPU EIR, and there is no new information of substantial importance for CEQA purposes. d. The Focused GPU program EIR (pp. 4.20-23 through 4.20-25) determined that no impacts associated with future development facilitated by the Focused GPU would result in the exposure of people or structures to significant risks, including downslope or downstream flooding or landslides, as a result of runoff, post-fire slope instability, or drainage changes. The impacts of the Housing Component would be consistent with the analysis of the Focused GPU EIR. The proposed Housing Component would not expose people or structures to significant risks, including downslope or downstream flooding or landslides, as a result of runoff, post-fire slope instability, or drainage changes. The Housing Component would not generate new or more severe impacts beyond those analyzed in the SEIR, there is no new information of substantial importance for CEQA purposes. CONCLUSION With regards to the issue area of Wildfire, the following findings can be made: (1) no peculiar impacts to the Housing 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 Focused GPU EIR, (3) no substantial new information has been identified which results in an impact which is more severe than anticipated by the Focused GPU EIR, and (4) no mitigation measures contained within the Focused GPU EIR would be required because the Housing Component specific impacts would be less than significant. For these reasons, the wildfire impacts of the proposed project component would be ATTY/RESO.0031/CC RESO CEQA GUIDELINES (901 EL CAMINO REAL) REV: 04-22-25 VR Page 146 of 148