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<br />mitigation related to historic resources is required. The project component would not result in a substantial adverse
<br />change to a historic resource under CEQA, including CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.5 (Determining the
<br />Significance of Impacts to Archaeological and Historical Resources). As such, Mitigation Measure CR-1 would not
<br />apply.
<br /> An additional historic resources evaluation was prepared for the project component in accordance with Mitigation
<br />Measure CR-2 given the Commercial Component site’s adjacency to the Sequoia Union High School Historic District.
<br />(PAST Consultants, LLC, December 3, 2024). The site is located on the east side of El Camino Real, opposite the
<br />location of the Sequoia Union High School Historic District.
<br /> The Sequoia Union High School historic district is bounded by Brewster Avenue/Broadway to the north, El Camino
<br />Real to the east, James Avenue to the south, and Elwood Street to the west. The contributing buildings to the historic
<br />district are concentrated in the central and western areas of the approximately 34.5-acre High School site. The High
<br />School athletic fields and open space provide a wide buffer between El Camino Real to the east and the contributing
<br />buildings. The subject site is located farther east across El Camino Real, a wide arterial street, and does not border the
<br />National Register Sequoia High School site directly. The historic resources evaluation concluded that the proposed
<br />project component would not cause a substantial adverse change to the adjacent Sequoia Union High School Historic
<br />District. The district is located on the west side of the El Camino Real, Transition Area, which provides a clear
<br />boundary between the Commercial Component and the historic district. The Commercial Component would not alter
<br />or demolish any buildings, features, or landscape elements within the adjacent historic district. For these reasons, there
<br />would be no substantial adverse change to the Sequoia Union High School Historic District. 10 The Historic Resource
<br />Advisory Committee (HRAC) concurred with the determination (Resolution No. 25-01, Historic Resources Advisory
<br />Committee of the City of Redwood City, January 23, 2025).
<br /> Potential for Cumulative Impacts
<br />In conformance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Statute and Guidelines, the DTPP program
<br />EIR (Section 17.2.4, p. 17-7) discusses the potential for cumulative impacts on cultural and historic resources. The
<br />DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments program SEIR (pp. 17-12 through 17-13) provided a similar discussion. CEQA
<br />Guidelines Section 15355 states, “Cumulative impacts refer to two or more individual effects which, when considered
<br />together, are considerable or which compound or increase other environmental impacts.” CEQA Guidelines Section
<br />15130(a) requires that “an EIR discuss cumulative impacts of a project when the project’s incremental effect is
<br />cumulatively considerable, as defined in Section 15065(a)(3).” Section 15065(a)(3) states, “’Cumulatively
<br />considerable’ means that the incremental effects of an individual project are significant when viewed in connection
<br />with the effects of past projects, the effects of other current projects, and the effects of probable future projects.”
<br />Furthermore, Section 15130(a) explains, “Where a lead agency is examining a project with an incremental effect that
<br />is not ‘cumulatively considerable,’ a lead agency need not consider that effect significant, but shall briefly describe
<br />the basis for concluding that the incremental effect is not cumulatively considerable.”
<br />The DTPP program EIR (p. 17-7) concluded that EIR Mitigations 7-2 and 7-3 would reduce the DTPP impacts, and
<br />thus the contribution to significant cumulative impacts, on historic resources and historic districts, to a less-than-
<br />significant level. The DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments program SEIR (pp. 17-12 through 17-13) generally concurred
<br />with the DTPP program EIR conclusions regarding mitigations reducing DTPP impacts but provided additional
<br />analysis with respect to potentially significant cumulative impacts, concluding that “Even with the implementation of
<br />one or more of the mitigation measures established in the DTPP Final EIR and included in Chapter 7, Cultural and
<br />Historic Resources and Tribal Cultural Resources [of the DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments program SEIR], with
<br />clarifying amendments, the impact on historical resources by the DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments would remain
<br />potentially unavoidable. Therefore, the contribution of the DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments to cumulative impacts to
<br />historical resources would remain cumulatively considerable and thus significant and unavoidable.” However, as
<br />further determined by the DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments program SEIR, this would not be a new significant impact
<br />compared to the DTPP Final EIR. As discussed above under the Historic Resources Evaluation subheading, the
<br />proposed Commercial Component would not result in a significant adverse effect on a historic resource or a historic
<br />district, and therefore the project component would not result in a cumulatively considerable contribution to a
<br />significant historic impact.
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<br />10 Potential construction period groundborne vibration effects are discussed below in item XIII(b), Noise, for 901 El Camino
<br />Real; also see the project geotechnical report (“Geotechnical Investigation, Proposed Office Building and Teen Center, 901 El
<br />Camino Real, Redwood City, California”; Rockridge Geotechnical; October 4, 2022; pp. 15-20) for discussion of foundation
<br />support and related shoring recommendations that might produce construction period vibration.
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