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09/09/2013 C. Noise Impact: 1. Impact 13-2: Project-Facilitated Construction Noise WHEREAS, the DEIR's Cultural and Historical Resources Chapter analysis (Impact/Mitigation 14-1) determined that three separate resources related to the Ampex campus, the Ampex sign, Warnecke plaza and fountain and 425 Broadway building, are not listed on the National or State Historic Registers or on any historical resource survey but that they could be determined to have local historic significance even though they are not currently on a local historical listing. Based on this potential, the EIR analysis determined that the removal of the three resources could represent potentially significant unavoidable project and cumulative impacts; and WHEREAS, CEQA Guidelines section 15064.5(a)(4) allows a lead agency to determine that a resource is a historic resource despite the fact that the resource is not listed in the California Register of Historical Resources, a local register of historical resources, or a historical resources survey; and WHEREAS, on February 9, 2012, the Historic Resources Advisory Committee (HRAC) held a meeting and made recommendations to the Planning Commission including recommendations regarding contact with the Ampex campus architect and regarding the treatment of the three separate resources related to the Ampex campus: the Ampex sign, Warnecke plaza and fountain and 425 Broadway building; and WHEREAS, on February 21, 2012, the Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing and received public testimony on the DEIR. The City received a number of letters and emails from the public, responsible agencies, and interested parties and recommendations from the HRAC, as noted above, during and after the DEIR public review period; and WHEREAS, on April 12, 2012, the HRAC provided an update regarding contact with the Ampex campus architect and clarification of their prior recommendation to the Planning Commission that the Ampex sign, Warnecke fountain and plaza, and the 425 Broadway building are historic resources of aesthetic, educational, cultural, and architectural significance to the citizens of the City under Redwood City Municipal Code Section 40.3. Thus, the HRAC concluded that the three resources have special meaning to the community and therefore their removal would constitute a significant unavoidable impact under DEIR Section 14.1 (Cultural and Historic Resources Chapter). In addition, the HRAC recommended revising the DPR rating of the three separate resources related to the Ampex campus to Status Code 5 such that these resources are recognized as historically significant to Redwood City; and WHEREAS, the City prepared written responses to the comments received during the comment period and included these responses in the Final Environmental Impact Report for the Stanford in Redwood City Precise Plan Project and also prepared a document entitled Revisions to the Final Environmental Impact Report to make minor, clarifying revisions (together with the Draft EIR, the "Final EIR") and prepared a ATTY/RE50.2901/STANFORD EIR CERTIFICATION RESO.#15294 REV:09-10-13 VR MUFF#100 Page 4 of 55