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Veterans Memorial Senior Center/YMCA Project 16 Addendum #2 City of Redwood City November 2025 Construction GHG Emissions The 2019 EIR noted that there are no quantified GHG thresholds for construction activities established by the City or the Air District. Although there are differences between the original project and modified project (i.e., minor increase in square footage total, increase in volume of excavated soil, removal of Valota Road driveway), the amount of construction GHG emissions would be similar to the original project because the overall construction period required to complete the project would be similar, as would the overall equipment usage required during construction activities. In addition, like the original project, the modified project would implement the same standard BMPs and mitigation measure (as discussed above in Section 4.2.1) as the original project to limit emissions (including GHGs) during construction on-site. Therefore, the modified project would not result in any new significant impacts or substantially more severe construction GHG impacts than disclosed in the 2019 EIR or 2022 Addendum. Biological Resources The 2019 EIR determined that there were no sensitive habitats, special-status animal or plant species, wetlands, sensitive habitats, or waterways on or adjacent to the project site.13 The primary biological resource on-site were the existing trees. These environmental conditions have not changed since certification of the 2019 EIR. The 2019 EIR disclosed that the existing trees could be used by nesting birds (including migratory birds and raptors) and concluded that implementation of the mitigation measure below would reduce impacts to nesting birds or raptors on-site to a less than significant level.14 2019 EIR Mitigation Measure: 2019 EIR MM BIO-1.1: Construction shall be scheduled to avoid the nesting bird season to the extent feasible. The nesting season for most birds, including most raptors, in the San Francisco Bay Area extends from February 1 through August 31. If it is not possible to schedule construction activities between September 1 and January 31, then pre-construction surveys for nesting birds shall be completed by a qualified ornithologist to ensure no nest shall be disturbed during project implementation. This survey shall be completed no more than 14 days prior to the initiation of grading, tree removal, or other demolition or construction activities during the early part of the breeding season (February through April) and no more than 30 days prior to the initiation of these activities during the late part of the breeding season (May through August). 13 City of Redwood City. Draft Environmental Impact Report - Veterans Memorial Senior Center/YMCA Project. SCH# 2016112041. June 2019. Pages 47 to 50. 14 Ibid. Pages 47 and 48. ATTY/RESO.0111/CC RESO CONSIDERING AND APPROVING AN ADDENDUM TO THE FINAL EIR (YMCA PROJECT CEQA) - EXHIBIT A REV: 11-06-25 VR