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8.0 Exlf��118 • Impact 9-20: Cumulative Impact on �3radford Street/Main Street Intersection '� • Impact 9-22: Cumulative Impact on Veterans Boulevard/Woodside Road II Intersection. • Impact 9-23: Cumulative Impacts on Freeway Segments. • Impact 9-24: Cumulative Impact on Freeway Ramp Operations. � Impact 13-1: Flooding Impacts Related to Sea Level Rise Despite these potentially significant effects, it is the City's considered judgment that the benefits offered by the Project outweigh the potentially adverse effects of these significant impacts. The substantial evidence supporting the following described benefits of the Project can be found in the preceding findings, which are herein incorporated by reference, in the Downtown Precise Plan itself, and in the record of proceedings as � defined in Section II, above. Each overriding consideration set forth below constitutes a se arate and inde endent round for findin that the benefits of the Pro'ect outwei h its P P � g J g potential adverse effects and each such consideration, standing alone, warrants approval of the Proj ect. The Dounitown Precise Plan is intended to implement the growth, land use, sustainability and historic resources policies of the new 2010 Redwood City General Plan, which will guide growth in the City through the first thirty years of the 21 century. The City's population is expected to increase to more than 92,000 persons by 2030, an increase of more than 21 %, or more than 16,000 persons over its current population. Growth that occurs haphazardly, without considered planning and forethought, has been demanstrated to result in unsustainable communities that lead to unsustainable lifestyles—`sprawl' development that requires more infrastructure to serve fewer people, puts greater distances between employees and employers thereby increasing commute times, and requires more, and more inefficient, uses of energy. Redwood City's recently- approved General Plan was designed to produce a community that would serve as a model for sustainable growth and sustainable lifestyles, and its vision, goals, and policies for the downtown area are an important component of the General Plan. Adoption of the proposed Do�mtown Precise Plan would implement and carry out this vision, and these goals and poIicies, and enable the City to realize the benefits promised by the General Plan. Those benefits, which are also benefits of the Downtown Precise Plan, include the following: 1. I�lementin� the General Plan's goals and policies relatin� to sustainable �rowth. The new General Plan contains numerous policies and programs designed and intended to promote sustainable growth and development. The policies and programs relating to the downtown area are an important component of this plan. The City's vision for the downtown area is described generally at pages BE-47 and BE-74 of the new General Plan, which contains numerous goals, policies and programs designed to S:U2ESOLU7�IONSIReso. 2092 CEQA I�indings for DPP Exhihit B.doc 58 olzoi�