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Facts in Support of Finding The City has adopted Mitigation Measure 4F-l, identified on page 4F4 of the Redevelopment EIR, to ensure potential fire protection impacts associated with buildout of the Second Amendment area are reduced to less than significant, and Mitigation Measures 34 and 3-5 of the Franklin Street Area Plan EIR, identified on page 3-37 of the Initial Study, to ensure potential fire protection impacts of the proposed Project remain less than significant. Implementation of these measures will ensure fire protection impacts are reduced to less than significant. The effect of these measures will be to minimize the Project Site's fire hazards during construction and following occupation. The proposed Project will not include any changes in the previously evaluated redevelopment activities that will cause any new significant fire protection effects or substantial increases in the severity of previously identified fire protection effects. SIGNIFICANT EFFECT Impact The Redevelopment EIR evaluated the police protection impacts anticipated with redevelopment of the Project Site. The Redevelopment EIR concluded that buildout of the Second Amendment area would require addition police protection resources. The increased demand for police protection services was considered significant. The Franklin Street Area Plan EIR also evaluated the police protection demands anticipated with redevelopment of the Project Site. The EIR estimated that redevelopment would result in a moderate to substantial increase in the demand on the Redwood City Police Department within the Project area. The Police Department estimated that subsequent to completion of redevelopment activities, the number of service calls would increase by several times the number of calls received from the Project area prior to redevelopment. However, according to the EIR, the Police Department did not identify the need to hire additional personnel to accommodate this increase. The Franklin Street Area Plan concluded that police protection impacts would be considered significant. The City considered the merits of the Redevelopment Plan and the Franklin Street Area Plan in light of the significant police protection impacts during the approval process for the Plan. The proposed Project will not include any changes in the previously evaluated redevelopment activities that will cause any new significant police protection effects or substantial increases in the severity of previously identified police protection effects. Because the Jefferson Avenue underpass is due to be completed prior to Project occupation, police vehicles would not be delayed in accessing the site. For this reason, the incremental police protection impacts of the proposed Project are not considered significant. Finding The Redevelopment Agency Board finds that changes or alterations have been incorporated into the Project which mitigate or avoid the significant police protection impacts to a point where clearly no significant environmental effect would occur, and there is no substantial evidence in light of the whole record before the Redevelopment Agency Board that the Project, as revised, may have a significant environmental effect. FRANKLIN STREET PROJECT -15- Findings RD99-21