AgdaPkt 2013-05-06 - Laserfiche WebLink

Browse Search

7.A. - Page 79 and at the intersection of the trwa roads.A rcasanable examination of road can�tions suggests a signi�cant itnpact is probablc. Addend�un No.2 dismisses this]ocal traffic impact witii#he fo�lowing para�;raph(Page 3-35}. It shouid be no�d here that the East Bayshore Roac�/Bair Island Road intersection,which is assu�ed as a raux�ciabout i-�fhe current One Marina site plan and would pravicte access to Pete's Harbar,is expected to operate at accept�ble LOS under both Cw�nuIative Without Project a�d Cuinularive With Projec� conditions. Hawever,the study fails to aff.er its analysis ar provide its tra�'ic-reiated cotnpu�tions, if any, supparting the conclusion.In contrast,tr�.ff"ic measurernents fou�d elsewhere in the trar�sportation suhsection of Addendum No.2 suggest the impact will be significant. For exampie,Addendurn Na. 2 says�e Ywa roadways shauld expeot 354 peak AM trips fram the combined prajeats.Adc�to#Iiis the volume of traffic coming from exis�ing residential developrnents ix�the neig�borhaad andpotentia�ly coming from future deve�opments atthe Century'Theatre and Bayport Marina Plazs praperties(de�eloped at ma�€imura capa.city under zoning regulations)�and a total of about 771. cars can be expeetec�during the peak marning rush�eriod,or on avexage one car 4n the roadways e�ery G.9 seconds.This represerrts a signi�icanf incr�as�in Lr�ff'io flaw,bt�t rerrsains vnmentianed an the Addendum No.2 si�dy_ In addition,tha view of the Villas tenants is impaired and is actit�nable,and�sers of the San Carlvs airport are 1i�Cely ta be harmed by corr�plaints by ltigh densit�,high incame residents of�e Peta's Harbor develogment,resttlting in harm ta other residen�s of Redwaad City and San Carlos due to shifting fiight pa�#erns. Man,�Qf.these noi�►ts also a�l�to the EIR challeng��ian,�Q��i�g. A-3. Stvdy 5essiog SPH also notes thaf na siudy session involvi�ig the pubiic appears to have b�en reques�ed or offered. Although tiae Precise Pla�a is by£a�r t�e rnost applicable�enue, at a minirrfum a study sessian should occur allawing the parries to demonstra�e tha policies of the General Plan rrespectin�cornmercial rnarinas a�d laatbrns,including liveaboards. A�4.Valu af Commercial MarinalL�veabaards SPH believes that the General Pian has corfsisten�ly suppc�rted tlje cultu�al vaIue of liveaboard baaters on Smith$Iough and Redwood Creek,inc�uding�e entire harbor at Pete's Harbor. The 20i0 Gensra(�Ian,Appendix B,Table AB1-3 pro�vides: °`Tt►ere are a number of ffaating homes current�y in ex.isfence at S�te J(slso known as Pete°s Harbor).The site includes d�e marina,but there is no assumptian that these housing units wou1d he Iast as part af redevelapment.The z�etez�tion of liveaboasd slips in the marina is supported in any propt�sed redevelapment pIan." This�uote is al�o re�eated in the Ha�sing Element,�a�e 112 Tabl�_H-5�. It is notewarthy that all pubtisla�d plans and references tt�at Che SPH caalition �an finsi in the General Plan doouments assuxxae or reference keegir�g liveabaards at�'ete's Harbar. See atsa H178 stat�ng the Implementat�on Program H-23�f retaining a floating co�muntty at Pete's Harbar and Docktown. In additian,tt�e Historicat Significanee of Redwood Creelc is noted. See Physical Imgrovements Prag�'am 8