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8.0 Exhi�3� 66 adopted for the purpose of avoiding or mitigating an environmental effect would be less than significant. 5 Population and Housing Impact Sa. Growth Inducement. The DPP would result in the construction I of additional housing and nonresidential development in downtown Redwood City, would result in population growth, and would foster economic growth. Because the development contemplated by the DPP, and the potential for induced growth outside the DPP area due to enhanced development potential on adjacent land and increased economic activity, are already contemplated in I and consistent with the 2010 Redwood City General Plan, and because such growth potential was considered and evaluated in the environmental impact report for that plan, the growth contemplated by the DPP does not represent growth for which adequate planning has not occurred and, thus this impact is less than significant. Impact Sb. Displacement of Housing and People. Redevelopment of properties within the DPP area under the DPP could result in the demolition and loss of an estimated 84 housing units (likely to be affordable housing units) and the associated displacement of an estimated 84 to 185 persons. The DPP would allow for the construction of a sufficient number of units to replace those lost. Although the City cannot, at this time, ensure that the replacement units will provide housing in the same affardabiiity range as the lost units, City policies and programs promoting the development of affordable housing, as well as the City's RHNA obligations, will encourage the development of sufficient affordable units, both within the downtown area and in other areas of the City, to replace any lost affordable units. The environmental impacts of replacement housing projects outside the DPP area have been evaluated by the EIR for the 2010 Redwood City General Plan. Therefore the potential impacts of the displacement of housing and people that could be created by the adoption of the DPP are less than significant. 6 Aesthetics Impact 6a. Impacts on Visual Character. The DPP promotes a more appealing and coherent visual character in the downtown by creating a more discernible and distinctive downtown form, and by improving building height and scale relationships at sensitive transitions to adjacent low-rise neighborhoods. The historic preservation regulations of the proposed DPP will preserve the historic feel of the downtown through setback, height, historic parcelization and historic architectural character regulations that c��ill keep new development on non-historic properties compatible with adjacent historic resources and historic districts. Therefore, the impacts of the DPP on the visual character of the downtown area will be less than significant. S:\KL=SOLL'1'IONS'�f2eso. 2092 CE�IA Findines for DPP f:xhibit B.doc 6 012011