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Impact: Impact 7-18: Cumulati�e With Projec� Impact on Marsh RoadlScott Drive Intersection. U�der Cumulati�e With Project conditions during the PM peak hour, the intersectian, would remain at l.OS F and the proposed project could cantribute up to 14.4 seoonds of delay. Th� intersection of Marsh RoadlScatt Drive is located i�the City of Menlo I'ark. Mitigation: Mitigation 7-18. To mitigate the cumulative impact at the intersection of Marsh Road and Scott Drirre, the eastbour�d app�oach of Scott Drive would need ta be restriped to include a total of one shared throughlleft-turn lane and ane right-turn lane. {Marsh Road is considered north-south ancf Scott Qrive is considered east- west.) With these impra�ements, the level of ser�ice (LOS) at this intersection wouid remain an unacceptable LOS F during the PM peak hour. Although the LOS F stiEl exceeds the City of Menlo Park LOS standard, the LO5 ur�der Cumulative With Project conditions would be better than that under Cumulative No Project conditions. Traffic from the proposed project could contribute up to 14.4 seconds to the PM delay at this intersection over Cumulati�e No Project conditions {see Draft �fR Table 7.16); other Cumufati�e gfowth could add up to 7'�•� seconds to the delay over Near Term No Praject conditions. The proposed project would contribute its fair share to a mitigation fund established to pay for the cost of this improvement (estimated, base� on the Draft EIR, to be 16 percent) at the time af issuance of a building permit ar, if the City adds the im�rovements to its Tra�c Impact Fee Program (TIF) project fist, the proposed project would pay its Traffrc Impact Fee in effect at time af paymen#and issuance of a buil�ing permit. Finding: lmplementation of Mitigation 7-18 would reduce the project's contribution to this cumtalative impact to a less-than-sign�cant level. However, because this impro�ement would require City of Menlo Park approvai, the City of Redwaod City cannot ensure the construction of this impro�ement. Witha�t imp�ementatian of the praposed mitigatian, the impact would be significanf and unavoidable. Facts in Suppart of Finding: Implementation of M�tigation 7-18 would reduce the praject's contribution to the cumufative traffic impact at the Marsh RaadlSoott Drive intersection to a less-than-significant level through the project's payment of its fair share (estimated to be �6 percent} to a mitigation fund, or if in effect at building permit issuance, through payment af its City Traffic lmpact Fee, ta restripe the intersection. However, the City cannof guarantee in advance that the City of Menlo Park will approve 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 thraugh 7-7U, Draft EIR appendix 21.3 {Supplemental Transportation Infarmation}, and Final EIR appendix A (Supplemental Traffic Informa#ion), which are hereby ir�corporated by reference. Im�act; Impact 7-19: Cumulative With Project Impacts on Freeway Segments. Traffic generated by the proposed project is expected #o result in the following freeway segmen# operational effects: ATiY/RE50.2898/PC RE50 RECOMMENDIPlG STAiVFOR�EIR CERTIFICATION REV:08-15-13 VR Page 41 of 56