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Veterans Memorial Senior Center/YMCA Project 24 Addendum #2 City of Redwood City November 2025 4.6.1 Vehicle Miles Traveled As noted above, when the 2019 EIR was prepared, the City did not have an adopted VMT policy. However, the 2019 EIR included a discussion regarding VMT generated by the original project and determined that the trips would be local serving, and implementation of the project’s TDM measures would encourage alternative and active commuting behavior that would reduce the amount of single-occupant vehicle trips. Therefore, the 2019 EIR concluded that the original project would not conflict with CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.3.27 As discussed above, following certification of the 2019 EIR, the City adopted its VMT Policy. The City’s VMT Policy establishes screening criteria for projects that are expected to cause a less than significant transportation impact under CEQA based on the land use and/or location. Projects that meet the screening criteria are not required to prepare further VMT analysis. The 2025 Transportation Study Update for the modified project examined potential impacts of the modified project based on VMT and the City’s adopted screening criteria. This study concluded that, because the modified project would be a use supporting public services for the local community, it would be considered a local-serving public facility land use which screens out of further VMT analysis as it is presumed to have a less than significant VMT impact. Therefore, the modified project’s impact on VMT would be considered less than significant in accordance with the City’s VMT screening criteria. Although the 2019 EIR did not include a formal VMT evaluation for the original project under these criteria, this finding is consistent with the 2019 EIR’s determination that the original project would be local serving and would implement a TDM Plan. This TDM Plan would further reduce VMT, and the modified project would not result in any new significant impacts or substantially more severe VMT impacts than disclosed in the 2019 EIR or 2022 Addendum as those documents similarly concluded that transportation impacts were less than significant. 4.6.2 Roadway Design and Emergency Access Like the original project, the modified project has been reviewed by the City (including the Fire Department) to confirm it would not result in hazardous conditions or inadequate emergency access. The removal of the Valota driveway as part of the modified project would decrease potential conflicts between motorists and cyclists/pedestrians compared to the original project along Valota Road. Therefore, the City has determined that the modified project would not create an increase in hazards on adjacent roadways. The Fire Department has reviewed the modified project with the removal of the Valota driveway and determined that the additional 20-foot-wide emergency vehicle access driveway on Madison Avenue at Nevada Street with the St. Francis Street access driveway for the YMCA would provide adequate access for emergency vehicles. Therefore, the modified project would not result in any new significant impacts or substantially more severe transportation impacts related to design hazards or inadequate emergency access than disclosed in the 2019 EIR or 2022 Addendum. 27 City of Redwood City. Draft Environmental Impact Report - Veterans Memorial Senior Center/YMCA Project. SCH# 2016112041. June 2019. Pages 159 to 160. ATTY/RESO.0111/CC RESO CONSIDERING AND APPROVING AN ADDENDUM TO THE FINAL EIR (YMCA PROJECT CEQA) - EXHIBIT A REV: 11-06-25 VR