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Veterans Memorial Senior Center/YMCA Project 15 Addendum #2 City of Redwood City November 2025 In addition, the 2019 EIR concluded that the original project would not conflict with an applicable plan, policy or regulation adopted for the purpose of reducing the emissions of GHGs because the original project would comply with requirements from the General Plan and CAP by meeting Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Certification standards in Phase 1, installing LED lights, participating in the City’s Construction & Demolition Debris Program, providing on-site recycling services, incorporating pedestrian and bicycle facilities on-site, installing traffic calming measures, and implementing TDM measures. The 2022 Addendum concluded that the modifications to the off-site traffic calming improvements would actually result in a decrease in the use of construction equipment that would contribute to GHG impacts.12 As discussed above, the estimated operational emissions for the original project for the year 2030 were 281 MT CO2e, which is less than half of the quantitative threshold at the time (660 MT CO2e). Although the modified project would include a minor increase (approximately four percent) in the square footage of the YMCA building, this increase and the minor increase of corresponding vehicle trips and building operations generated by the modified project would not cause the operational GHG emissions of the modified project to exceed the quantitative significance threshold utilized in the 2019 EIR. Indeed, the modified project’s operational emissions would have to double in order to even approach the significance threshold. Therefore, the modified project would not result in a new significant impact or substantially more severe significant operational GHG emission than disclosed in the 2019 EIR. Further, following certification of the 2019 EIR, the City adopted an updated CAP on November 16, 2020. This CAP is a qualified GHG Reduction Strategy; therefore, individual projects consistent with the Climate Action Plan would be assumed to have a less than significant GHG impact. Like the original project, the modified project would be consistent with the City’s previous and current CAP because it would:  Be built in accordance with Title 24 and CalGreen, install LED lights throughout the site, and incorporate green building measures such as natural ventilation systems, water conservation measures, and energy conservation measures (consistent with Goal 1 of the Energy & Building portion of the CAP and Goal 1 of the Water Resources portion of the CAP)  Participate in the City’s Construction & Demolition Debris Program and provide on-site recycling services (consistent with Action 1.1 of the Waste & Consumption portion of the CAP)  Incorporate pedestrian and bicycle facilities on-site, install traffic calming measures, and implement TDM measures (consistent with Goal 1 and Goal 2 of the Transportation & Mobility portions of the CAP)  Include charging stations for electric vehicles on-site (consistent with Goal 3 of the Transportation & Mobility portion of the CAP) For these reasons, the modified project would not result in new significant impacts or more severe significant impacts related to operational GHG emissions. 12 City of Redwood City. Addendum to the Environmental Impact Report for the Veterans Memorial Senior Center/YMCA Project. September 2022. Page 7. ATTY/RESO.0111/CC RESO CONSIDERING AND APPROVING AN ADDENDUM TO THE FINAL EIR (YMCA PROJECT CEQA) - EXHIBIT A REV: 11-06-25 VR