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7.A. - Page 31 Redwood City Chapter 1.Introduction CEQA Requirements for Use of an Addendum The City has determined that preparation of an Addendum to the EIR pursuant to Section 15164 of the CEQA Guidelines is the most appropriate method for including the correct technical Attachments to Appendix D of the Draft EIR.Section 15164(a) of the CEQA Guidelines states: [t]he lead agency or responsible agency shall prepare an addendum to a previously certified EIR if some changes or additions are necessary but none of the conditions described in Section 15162 [of the CEQA Guidelines] calling for preparation for a subsequent EIR have occurred. Section 15162(a) of the CEQA Guidelines states: (a)When an EIR has been certified or a negative declaration adopted for a project,no subsequent EIR shall be prepared for that project unless the lead agency determines,on the basis of substantial evidence in the light of the whole record,one or more of the following: (1) Substantial changes are proposed in the project which will require major revisions of the previous EIR or negative declaration due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects; (2) Substantial changes occur with respect to the circumstances under which the project is undertaken which will require major revisions of the previous EIR or negative declaration due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects;or (3) New information of substantial importance,which was not known and could not have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time the previous EIR was certified as complete or the negative declaration was adopted,shows any of the following: (A)The project will have one or more significant effects not discussed in the previous EIR or negative declaration; (B) Significant effects previously examined will be substantially more severe than shown in the previous EIR; (C) Mitigation measures or alternatives previously found not to be feasible would in fact be feasible,and would substantially reduce one or more significant effects of the project, but the project proponents decline to adopt the mitigation measure or alternative;or (D) Mitigation measures or alternatives which are considerably different from those analyzed in the previous EIR would substantially reduce one or more significant effects on the environment,but the project proponents decline to adopt the mitigation measure or alternative. None of the criteria set forth in the CEQA Guidelines cited above have been triggered by the inclusion of this information;therefore,it is the City`s determination that an Addendum to the EIR for the previously approved project is the appropriate CEQA document for the proposed modifications.The proposed modifications do not trigger the need for a Supplemental or Subsequent EIR under Section 15162 of the CEQA Guidelines because the proposed modifications would not result in the identification of new significant environmental impacts nor substantially increase the severity of previously identified significant environmental impacts.This Addendum No. 2 provides an analysis of the proposed modifications,and does not result in any new conclusions about project impacts or mitigation measures. Addendum No.2 to the Environmental Impact Report for September 2012 the Redwood City Costco Wholesale Project 1-Z ICF 00154.12