Agmt10 David J. Powers & Associates, Inc.

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Air Quality As stated above, it is assumed the IS completed in November 2008 for the project adequately addressed all other environmental impacts not referenced in the Settlement Agreement, including potential air quality issues. However, given the March 2010 amendments to the statewide CEQA Guidelines and the updated Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) Guidelines adopted in June 2010, both of which provide new guidance for consideration of air quality impacts including greenhouse gas emissions and climate change, the EIR will update and revise as necessary the IS's discussion of the project's potential air quality and greenhouse gas /climate change impacts. Project Alternatives The alternatives discussion will focus on those alternatives that could feasibly accomplish most of the basic purposes of the project and could avoid or substantially lessen one or more of the significant environmental effects. This section will evaluate the impacts of each alternative, as required by CEQA (Guidelines Section 15126.6) and based on the "rule of reason.' The alternatives discussion will describe the environmental impacts and benefits of the alternatives, compared with the proposed project. In accordance with CEQA, the EIR will identify an environmentally superior alternative, based on the EIR analysis. The EIR will analyze four to five (4 -5) project alternatives: two alternatives per the Settlement Agreement designed to be potentially feasible and to meet most project objectives (described below) and two to three alternatives provided by the City including the required "No Project" alternative. Alternatives per the Settlement Agreement (i) Four or Five Unit R -1 Zoning Alternative. Development on the Project site consisting of four or five single - family dwellings plus accessory dwellings as allowed under the existing R -1 (Residential- Single - Family) District zoning standards without a Planned Development Permit or Use Permit; (ii) Nine Unit Standard Setbacks Alternative. Development on the Project site with a Planned Development Permit under Article 46 of the Redwood City Zoning Code that includes residences set back a minimum of twenty -five feet from the top of the bank of Cordilleras Creek (as "top of bank" is defined by Section 2.101.5 of the City's Zoning Code), a private roadway designed to City standards with a single entrance onto Finger Avenue, and rear and side setbacks compliant with R -1 District standards where the Project parcels directly adjoin parcels in the existing neighborhood. DJP &A will provide an objective evaluation of the environmental advantages and disadvantages of each of the alternatives included in the E1R. This scope of work assumes the alternative site plans will be prepared/designed by the City or by others (not DJP &A) under the City's direction. This scope also assumes the City or others (not DJP &A) under the City's direction will evaluate the alternative site plans for economic and/or engineering feasibility. Per case law, if the City is to reject these alternatives as infeasible, there must be substantial evidence to support the City's conclusions independent of the project proponent. Cumulative Impacts Cumulative impacts are the combined effects of past. present, and reasonably foreseeable future projects. In this section, the cumulative contribution from implementation of the project will be 5