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1.O lntroduction and Stateme�7.A. - Page 124 environmental document for the MUC Zoning Amendment, the City has, nonetheless, decided to prepare an addendum to provide substantial evidence related to the project for the administrative record. The specific components of the Mixed Use Corridor District Zoning Ordinance Amendment are assessed in this Addendum, and compared to findings and environmental review in the FEIR. The proposed Mixed Use Corridor District Zoning Ordinance amendment implements the General Plan and was therefore duly considered in the FEIR analysis for the General Plan Update. The subsequent sections of this Addendum support this determination. 1.3 Conclusion The 2010 FEIR for the Redwood City General Plan examined the environmental effects associated with the adoption and long-term implementation of the Redwood City 2030 General Plan. The purpose of the 2010 FEIR was to review conditions, analyze potential environmental impacts, identify General Plan policies and implementation measures, and identify additional mitigation measures to reduce potentially significant effects of the proposed General Plan. A key assumption for both the General Plan and General Plan FEIR was that the goals, policies, and implementation measures contained in the General Plan will be implemented. Since certification of the 2010 FEIR, the City has completed a Draft Mixed Use Corridor District Zoning Ordinance Amendment. The key objective of the MUC Zoning Amendment is to put into effect policies and implementation measures identified in the General Plan as related to the Mixed Use - Corridor General Plan land use designation. As documented in this Addendum, this Zoning Ordinance amendment will not result in any of the circumstances cited in the CEQA Guidelines, Section 15162(a) that would require preparation of a subsequent EIR. Section 3.0 outlines all impacts identified in the 2010 FEIR and assesses the level of impact that the MUC Zoning Amendment could have on the environment. No additional impacts are identified, and no impacts would be made more severe by the MUC Zoning Amendment. Furthermore, the MUC Zoning Amendment does not introduce any new mitigation measures, nor does it conflict with or affect any existing mitigation measures. As required by Guideline 15168(c)(2) and outlined in Section 4.0 of this Addendum, the City hereby determines, based on the findings set forth in Section 4.0 herein, that no new effects could occur or no new mitigation measures would be required, and, therefore, that the MUC Zoning Amendment is within the scope of the project covered by the FEIR and no further environmental documentation is required for adoption of the MUC Zoning Amendment dated May 2011.The City has, nonetheless, decided to prepare an addendum to provide substantial evidence to that end. Redwood City Mixed Use Corridor District 3 Addendum to General Plan FEIR Zoning Ordinance Amendment