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MIG F 8.A. - Page 245 City of Redwood City Revised Elm Auaenaurn January 22, 2014 Page 3-4 Conclusion. The mitigation identified in the 2003 EIR for Impact 4-la remains applicable to the current Pete's Harbor project and would reduce the impact to a less-than-significant level. Impact 4-2 Analysis: Project Compatibility with Adjacent Residential Land Uses. The certified 2003 EIR indicated that the overall residential density of the Marina Shores Village project would be approximately 62.5 units per acre, with residential building heights of up to 260 feet, whereas existing neighboring multifamily residential developments along Bair Island Road (Villas at Bair Island and Marina Pointe developments) have a maximum density of approximately 30 units per acre and a maximum building height of four stories (approximately 48 feet). The 2003 EIR concluded that potentially significant adverse land use incompatibilities would result. The 2003 EIR concluded that, if implemented, mitigation measures identified in EIR chapter 5 (Visual Factors) would reduce this potential land use compatibility impact to a less-than- significant level; generally, these mitigations recommended reducing the project's maximum building height to 50 feet, and indicated that, if such a height reduction was determined to be infeasible and was not implemented, the resulting land use impact would be significant and unavoidable. The residential density of the current Pete's Harbor project would be approximately 38.52 units per acre, with one building height of 70 to 75 feet (the wraparound apartment building with parking garage) and ten building heights of up to 45 feet. These currently proposed density and building height characteristics are substantially reduced and are more compatible with existing conditions (including One Marina, under construction and partially occupied, whose maximum height will be 60 feet). However, the proposed maximum height of 70 to 75 feet for the one Pete's Harbor building, and that building's mass and density, are still considered greater than existing conditions in the vicinity, and would therefore still represent a potentially significant land use compatibility impact. Conclusion. The mitigation has been modified. The mitigation identified in the 2003 EIR for Impact 4-2 required implementation of EIR Mitigations 5-2 through 5-5, which are discussed in section 3.2 (Visual Factors) of this Addendum. Mitigation 5-2 (Visual Impacts on Views and Vistas and on the Character of the Surrounding Area) and Mitigation 5-3 (General Visual Compatibility Impact) will no longer be required due to the reduced heights of the project buildings. Mitigation 5-5 (Shadow Impacts) will no longer be required because the shadow impacts of the current project are considered less-than-significant. Mitigation 5-4 (Potential Light and Glare Impacts) remains applicable to the current project and would reduce this impact to a less-than-significant level. Impact 4-3 Analysis: Project Inconsistency with "Smart Growth" Policies and Criteria. The certified 2003 EIR found that the proposed Marina Shores Village project embodied a number of fundamental "smart growth" characteristics, but also identified a number of potential specific project inconsistencies with adopted Redwood City and Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) "smart growth" policies, in particular related to adequate water supply, adequate park facilities, adequate transit links, sufficiently convenient retail provisions, and adequate provision of below-market-rate housing. The associated 2003 EIR mitigation indicated that incorporation of such provisions (adequate water supply, adequate park facilities, adequate transit links, sufficient retail provisions, etc.) to City satisfaction would result in less- than-significant impacts associated with "smart growth." T.110695 Pete's Harbor EIR Addendumlrevised addendum no 213(10695-01).doc