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City adds the impro�ement to its Traffic Impact Fee Pragram (TIF} project list, the proposed project would pay its Traffic Impact Fee in ef�ect at time of payment and issuance of a building permit. The al�ove impro►►ements would be added to mitigation measures identified under Existing Plus Praject conditions for the intersection 4�Woodside Road and Bay Road {Mitiga#ion 7-2). Finding: Implementation of Mitigation 7-13 wauld mikigate the impact to a less-fhan- sign�canf level. However, because these improvemenks would require Caltrans appro�al, the City of Redwood City cannot ensure the construction af these impro�ements. Alsa, the additianal wes#bour�d thraugh lane would require additional right-of-way. W�thout impl�mentatian of tt�e proposed impravements, the impact would �ae signifrcant and unavoidable. Facts in Support of Fir�ding: Implementation of Mitigation 7-13 would reduce the project's contribution to the cumulati�e traffic impact at the Woodside RoadlBay Road intersection to a less-than-significar�t level through the project's payment of its fair share (estima#ed to be 93 percent) to a mi#igation fund, or if in effect at building permit issuance, through payment a�its City Traffic Impact Fee, to add a westbaund {Bay Road} througf� lane. Howe�er, the City cannot guarantee in advance that Caltra�s will appror►e the mitigation, so the impact is currently considered significant and una�oidable. These facts are described in Draft EIR chapter 7 {Transportation, Circulation, and Parking) on pages 7-1 through 7-7Q, Draft �IR appendix 21.3 (5upplemental Transportation Information), and F9nal EIR appendix A (Suppfemerttal Traffic lnformation), vvhich are hereby incorporated by referenoe. Impact: Impact 7-14: Cumulati�e With Project lmpact on Woodside Road! Middlefield Road Intersec#ion. Under Cumuiative With Project canditions durir�g the PM peak hour, the intersection wouid remain at LOS F, and the propased praject could contribute up to 29.2 seconds of critical delay to the intersection. Mitigation: Mitigation 7-14. This mitigation is in additio� to the Caltrans intersectior� improvement that will be implemented in 2013; a description of #he 2013 impror►ement is included on page 7-21 of t#�is EIR. To mitigate the significant cumulati�e impact at #he intersection of Woodside Road and Middleffeld Road, an additiona!southbou►ad fhrough lane wou�d nesd to be added to Woadside Road. (Woodside Road is considered north-south and Middlefield Road is cansidersd east-west.) Because this intersection is subject to Caltrans jurisdiction, this roadway widening and any chan9es to the operation of the signal woufd require Caltrans approval. With these impro�ements, the level of service (�OS) at this intersectian would remain at LOS F'. AI#hough LOS F still exceeds the City of Redwood City �OS standard, canditions with this mitigation would be better than und�r Cumulative No Project conditions. ATTY/RE50.2858/PC RE50 RECOMMENDING STANFORD EIR CERTIFICATIQN REV:DS-7.5-13 VR Page 37 of 56