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8.A. - Page 361 <br />B.A. Page 119 <br />manaft mama Ion" I <br />Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council <br />August 15, 2011 <br />P6gc 8 <br />Notwithstanding that the project application was withdrawrm, in an obuzidanee OfcaudOu we <br />reviewed the piaject description included in the RIR to determine if it wu adequate when <br />compared to the original (now withdrawn) project appiic aflon. Based on that nvkw, we note <br />that the EIR fails to aocumtely oomt &e manher oft ees on the site and the number of trees the <br />project proposes to chminate. Limitation of tree counted for removal to only those meeting the <br />City's definition of a "mature tren" (38" in *c=faence or 12" in dianetar) fails to aaoount fur <br />the virtual denuding of the hillside for mad and house mon. <br />In addition, the EIR's project description fails to comxtly identify sip m t rock *np <br />on the groposW building sites. Likewise; the tradedying sarpwina 9606 am now but not <br />sun dandy analyzed and evideoe of landslides and instability of the sfeoply sloped tarrain are <br />not adequacy addressed. (Sae also August 14, 2011 Reprtby Matt Hsg�n, s UOW h rdO <br />as Exhibit A. <br />(b) a WG—Iggye Sbgdflemt ZRsIhVUMegW bumch Not EMRLrk <br />A <br />The prhnary purpose of an SIR is to identify a project's sigpifrcatrt eavimnmcntal effect$. (Pub. <br />Reaomoes Code, $ 21002.1(a) VT' a purpose of an ervir6ntne W impst+t report is to identify <br />the sly9fleam effects on t#me cnvimnment of a project, to ideatify alteamfiVOIN to the project, and <br />to indicate the mailer in which those significant dTacts can be mitigated os avoided.".) To <br />fund= this basic purpose, CEQA requires that a load agency (in this am Redwood City) <br />analyze aprajcot's potential changes to dw bawHw en*omnental coaditiolwo thwt>igh the use Of <br />adopted sWficaueafteshalds, and deter dwthe Manges proposed by apnojed meed those <br />t wWwlck (CEQA Chudelines, $15054.7(6) V"...A thresl Id of smgntfromm is an idw0fiabley <br />quamitadvr, qualitative,, or pw&mftmm level of a particular CUMMIGntIl Offect, non- <br />e6mpliance with which means the eall' d will non=Hy be detcrmined to be significant by the <br />agency...'.) impacts that eaeceed buchne thresholds ate identified as pota>tiaily WgIliflcam <br />sdvew impacts rdpurmng tha development ofmitigaticm tzmasum or the 46YOOOL Of pre Oct <br />alteITIO&es to minimize or avoid such advem impac#. (CEQA ouideMes, $15125 4.) In <br />addition, a mulstive hapacta must also be idmrtified and assessed. (CEQA Ouidelinee, # <br />15130.) This is donc by considering the proaeeft � impacts togs with those Of <br />odmer projects to determine if tin combined impacts arc cumulatively coamsideaklm <br />The &V= of detailed aaalyda necessary in an MR is sized in the CBQA sidelines as <br />follows: "An EIR should be prepared with a suffic ied degree of analyte to pie <br />