Coliseum Area Specific Plan Final Environmental Impact Report SCH # 2013042066 Lead Agency: City of Oakland February 20, 2015 City Case #ER13-0004 Prepared by: Lamphier-Gregory, in association with: BKF Engineers ENVIRON International Fehr & Peers Transportation Consultants Garcia and Assocaites Hausrath Economics Group Rosen Goldberg Der and Lewitz SLR Enviornmental Consultants Coliseum Area Specific Plan, Final EIR Table of Contents Chapter Number Page 1 Introduction Purpose of the Final EIR ................................................................................................................ 1-1 No New Significant Information ................................................................................................... 1-2 Organization of this Final EIR ........................................................................................................ 1-4 2 Executive Summary Project Overview ........................................................................................................................... 2-1 Use of this EIR .............................................................................................................................. 2-5 Summary of Impacts and Mitigation Measures ............................................................................ 2-8 Summary of Alternatives .............................................................................................................. 2-9 Areas of Public Concern ................................................................................................................ 2-9 3 List of Commenters on the Draft EIR Public Agencies Commenting In Writing ...................................................................................... 3-1 Organizations Commenting in Writing ......................................................................................... 3-2 Individuals Commenting in Writing .............................................................................................. 3-2 Comments Received at Public Hearings ....................................................................................... 3-2 4 Master Responses to Recurring Comments Master Response #1: Additional Draft EIR Review Time .............................................................. 4-2 Master Response #2: Planning and Public Outreach Process ...................................................... 4-2 Master Response #3: Specific Plan Merits and Related Non-CEQA Topics .................................. 4-6 Master Response #4: Displacement and Gentrification .............................................................. 4-7 Master Response #5: Jobs and Job Types .................................................................................. 4-15 Master Response #6: Impacts and Mitigation Measures Related to the Edgewater Freshwater Marsh ........................................................................................ 4-17 Master Response #7: Parks ......................................................................................................... 4-23 Master Response #8: Sea Level Rise .......................................................................................... 4-26 Master Response #9: Letters in Support .................................................................................... 4-29 5 Written Comments on the DEIR and Responses to those Comments A: Agency Comments Letter #A1 Response –Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) ........................................ 5-6 Letter #A2 Response –Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) ........ 5-11 Letter #A3 Response – California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) ............... 5-15 Letter #A4 Response – California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) .......................... 5-17 COLISEUM AREA SPECIFIC PLAN –Final EIR i Table of Contents Letter #A5 Response – Port of Oakland, Oakland International Airport ....................... 5-20 Letter #A6 Response – SF Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) .......... 5-29 Letter #A7 Response – Alameda County Airport Land Use Commission (ALUC) ........... 5-37 Letter #A8 Response – East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) ............................. 5-44 Letter #A9 Response – East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) ................................... 5-51 Letter #A10 Response – Alameda County Health Care Services, Public Health Department (ACPHD) .......................................................................... 5-56 Letter #A11 Response – Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) ......... 5-63 Letter #A12 Response – Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), Bay Trail Project ........................................................................................................ 5-66 Letter #A13 Response – Port of Oakland ...................................................................... 5-71 B: Organization Comments Letter #B1 Response – Communities for a Better Environment (CBE) .......................... 5-79 Letter #B2 Response – Citizens Committee to Complete the Refuge (CCCR) ............... 5-82 Letter #B3a Response – Oakland Heritage Alliance (OHA) .......................................... 5-105 Letter #B3b Response – Oakland Heritage Alliance .................................................... 5-117 Letter #B4 Response – Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) ................................................. 5-122 Letter #B5 Response – East Oakland Building Healthy Communities Land Use Workgroup (EOBHC) ....................................................................................... 5-157 Letter #B6 Response – Airport Area Business Association (AABA) ............................. 5-173 Letter #B7 Response – Public Advocates .................................................................... 5-183 Letter #B8 Response - Ohlone Audubon Society ......................................................... 5-191 Letter #B9 Response - Sierra Club and the Golden Gate Audubon Society ................. 5-203 C: Individual Comments Letter #C1 Response – Marsalis Jackson...................................................................... 5-213 Letter #C2 Response – Angela Robinson ..................................................................... 5-221 Letter #C3 Response – Midori Tabata ......................................................................... 5-226 Letter #C4 Response – Oakland Commerce Corporation ............................................ 5-228 Letter #C5 Response – Key Source International......................................................... 5-234 Letter #C6 Response – Kitty Kelly Epstein ................................................................... 5-238 Letter #C7 Response – Angie Tam ............................................................................... 5-244 Letter #C8 Response – Acumen Building Enterprise, Inc. ............................................ 5-250 6 Responses to Verbal Comments Made at Public Hearings on the Draft EIR September 8, 2014 Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board Meeting ....................................... 6-1 September 17, 2014 Alameda County Airport Land Use Commission Hearing ........................... 6-4 September 18, 2014 Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee Hearing ................................. 6-4 September 24, 2014, Oakland/Alameda County Coliseum Authority .......................................... 6-7 September 25, 2014 Port of Oakland Board Meeting .................................................................. 6-8 October 1, 2014 Planning Commission Hearing ......................................................................... 6-12 7 Revisions to Draft EIR Chapter 3: Project Description .................................................................................................... 7-1 Chapter 4.2: Air Quality ............................................................................................................... 7-6 Chapter 4.3: Biology ...................................................................................................................... 7-7 Chapter 4.4: Cultural Resources .................................................................................................. 7-8 Chapter 4.9: Land Use and Planning ............................................................................................. 7-9 ii COLISEUM AREA SPECIFIC PLAN –Final EIR Table of Contents Chapter 4.10: Noise .................................................................................................................... 7-12 Chapter 4.11: Population, Housing, and Employment ............................................................... 7-13 Chapter 4.12: Public Services and Recreation ............................................................................ 7-12 Chapter 4.13: Transportation ..................................................................................................... 7-28 Chapter 4.14: Utilities ................................................................................................................. 7-30 List of Tables and Figures Table Number Page 2-1 Summary of Project Impacts, Standard Conditions of Approval, Mitigation Measures and Residual Impacts ...................................................................................................................... 2-11 4.1 Sea Level Rise Estimates for San Francisco Bay ...................................................................... 4-28 Revised