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Mitigation: Mitigation 7-12. To mitigate the project's contribution to the cumulative impact at the intersection of Veterans Boulevard and Woodside Road, an additiona! eastbound fhrough larre would need to be added. (Woodside Road is considered north-south and Veterans Boulevard is considered east-west.) With these impro�ements, the I��ef of servRCe (LOS) at this Rntersectior� would improve to LOS E during the PM peak hour. A�though LOS E still exceeds the City of Redwood City LOS standard, the L05 under Cumulative With Project conditions would be better than that under Cumufative No Project conditions. WidenEng of Veterans Bouievard between Chestnut and Waodside Road is included in the City's 7ra�c Impact Fee Program (TIF} project list. Accordingly, the applica�t's payment of its T�affc fmpact Fee in effect at time of payment and iss�ance of a building permit woufd mitigate the propased project's contribution to the significant cumulati�e impact. Hawever, because this improvement would require Caltrans appro�al, the City of Redwood City cannat ensure the constructian of this improvement, Fir�c�ing: Implementa#ion of Mitigation 7-92 (appiicant's payment of its Traffic Impact Fee) woufd mitigate the project's contribution to the cumula#ive impact to a less-than- signi�canf Ievel, but because this impro►+ement {an additional eastbound through lane) would require Caltrans approval, the Ciiy of R�dwao� City cannof ensure the construction of #his impro�ement. Therefore, without implementation of khe proposed mitigatian, the impact would be significanf and unavoidable. Facts in Support o# Finding: Implerrtentation of Mi#igatian 7-12 would reduce the �roject's contribution to the cumulative traffic impact at tl�e Veterans Soulevard/Woodside Road intersection to a less-than-significant level thrnugh the praject's payment of its City Traffic Impact Fee ta add an eastbound (Ve#erans Boulevard) through lane. However, the City cannot guarantee in advance that Caltrans wifl appro�e the mitigation, so the impact is currently considered significant and una�oidable. These facts are described in Draft E1R chapter 7(Transpor�atian, Circulation, and Parking} on pages 7-'1 thraugh 7-70, Draft EIR appendix 21.3 (Supplemental Transportation Information), and Final EIR appendix A (Suppfemental Traffc Infarmation),whRch a�e hereby incorporated by reference. Impact: Impact 7-73: Cumulati�e Wi#h Project Im�act on Woodside RaadlBay Road Intersection. Under Cumulative With Project conditions during the PM peak hour, the intersection would degrade fram LOS D to LOS �, and the praposed project cauEd contribute up to�46.2 seconds of critical delay to the intersection. Mitigation: Mitigatian 7-13. Ta mitigate th� project's contribution to the cumulative im�act at the intersection of Waadside Road and �ay Road, an additional westbound through lane would need to be added and the shared throughlrigh#-tum lane �con�erted ta a right-turn lane. (Woodside Road is considered north-sauth and Bay Road is cansRdered east-west.) Tra�c from the proposed project could add up to 46.2 seconds to the PM peak hour deiay at this intersectian over Cumuiative No �roject conditions (see Draft EIR Table 7.'�6); other Cumulative growth caufd add up to 3.4 seconds to the delay o�er Near Term No Project conditions. The proposed project would contribute its fair share to a mitigation fund established to pay for the cost of#his improvement {estimated, based on the Draft EIR, to be 93 percent) at the time af issuance of a building permit or, if the ATTYI��50.2848/PC RE50 RECOMMENpING STANFDRD EIR CERTIFICATION REV;08-15-13 VR Page 36 of 56