FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE MARINA SHORES VILLAGE PROJECT SCH Number: 2002022076 Prepared by the CITY OF REDWOOD CITY and WAGSTAFF AND ASSOCIATES Urban and Environmental Planners in Association with Fehr & Peers Associates, Inc., Transportation Consultants Bottomley Design and Planning, Urban Designers Environmental Vision, Visual Simulation Consultants Wetlands Research Associates, Consulting Biologists Clearwater Hydrology, Drainage and Water Quality Consultants Illingworth & Rodkin, Inc., Noise Consultants Donald Ballanti, Air Quality Management Consultant Holman & Associates, Consulting Archaeologists EDR, Inc., Governmental Records Search Service (Haz Mat) June 2003 WP9.0\622\FEIR\COVER.622 Marina Shores Village Project Final EIR City of Redwood City Contents July 8, 2003 Page i CONTENTS Page 1. INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................1-1 1.1 Relationship Between DEIR and Final EIR.............................................................1-1 1.2 Proposed Project Summary....................................................................................1-1 2. RESPONSES TO COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT EIR ....................................................2-1 2.1 List of Draft EIR Commenters.................................................................................2-2 2.2 Summary of Draft EIR Comments by Commenter..................................................2-5 2.3 Master Responses................................................................................................2-43 Master Response A: Project Compatibility with Existing Industrial Uses........................................................................................2-45 Master Response B: Airport-Related Land Use, Public Health, and Safety Issues...................................................................................2-53 Master Response C: Water Supply Issues .................................................2-55 Master Response D: Bayfront Study Discussion ........................................2-59 Master Response E: Project Compatibility with Aviation and Industrial Noise.......................................................................................2-63 Master Response F: Bird Collision..............................................................2-66 Master Response G: Project Consistency with "Smart Growth" Concepts.................................................................................................2-67 Master Response H: Loss of Peninsula Marina Slips Prior to EIR..............2-69 Master Response I: Project-Related Affordable Housing Issues ................2-70 2.4 Responses to April 1, 2003 Redwood City Planning Commission Meeting Comments on the Draft EIR................................................................................2-73 2.5 Responses to Written Comments Received During and Immediately After the Draft EIR Public Review Period ..................................................................2-199 3. REVISIONS TO THE DRAFT EIR ...................................................................................3-1 WP9.0\622\FEIR\CONTENTS.622 Marina Shores Village Project Final EIR City of Redwood City Contents July 8, 2003 Page ii WP9.0\622\FEIR\CONTENTS.622 Marina Shores Village Project Final EIR City of Redwood City 1. Introduction July 8, 2003 Page 1-1 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DEIR AND FEIR The final environmental impact report (Final EIR) for the proposed Marina Shores Village project has been prepared by the City of Redwood City in keeping with state environmental documentation requirements set forth in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The City has prepared the Final EIR pursuant to the CEQA Guidelines, including sections 15086 (Consultation Concerning Draft EIR), 15088 (Evaluation of and Response to Comments) and 15132 (Contents of Final Environmental Impact Report). In conformance with these guidelines, the Final EIR consists of the following two volumes: (1) the Draft EIR, dated February 28, 2003, which was distributed for public review and comment on March 4, 2003; and (2) this Final EIR document, which includes a summary listing of all comments submitted to the City in public testimony, letters, memoranda, and e-mails during and immediately after the public review period on the Draft EIR; minutes from the April 1, 2003 public hearing on the Draft EIR conducted by the Redwood City Planning Commission; verbatim versions of the letters, memoranda, and e-mails received during and immediately after the Draft EIR review period; the responses of the EIR authors to environmental issues raised in these oral and written comments; and associated revisions to the Draft EIR. The summary listing of all comments received and the associated responses in this Final EIR document are correlated to the public hearing minutes and verbatim letters, memoranda, and e- mail by code numbers, which have been posted in the right hand margin of the public hearing minutes and verbatim letters, memoranda, and e-mails. Both volumes of the Final EIR are available for public review at the City of Redwood City Planning Department, City Hall, 1017 Middlefield Road, First Floor, Redwood City, California; telephone: (650) 780-7241. Certification of this Final EIR by the City must occur prior to any formal action by the City on the proposed project. 1.2 PROPOSED PROJECT SUMMARY 1.2.1 Proposed Project This summary should not be relied upon for a thorough understanding of the details of the WP9.0\622\FEIR\F-1.622 Marina Shores Village Project Final EIR City of Redwood City 1. Introduction July 8, 2003 Page 1-2 project, its individual impacts, and related mitigation needs. Please refer to chapter 3 (Project Description), chapters 4 through 15 (identified impacts and associated mitigation measures), and chapter 17 (alternatives to the project) of the February 2003 Draft EIR, and associated revisions in section 3 of this Final EIR document (Revisions to the Draft EIR), for a more complete description of the proposed project. The project applicant, Glenborough-Pauls, LLC, has proposed the Marina Shores Village project on a site comprised of two non-contiguous properties known as Peninsula Marina (approximately 33.24 acres, including 14.10 acres of water) and Pete's Harbor (approximately 13.21 acres, including 2.90 acres of water) located in the Bair Island Road area of Redwood City, near the confluence of Redwood Creek and Smith Slough. The proposed development program includes a mix of approximately 1,930 housing units, 300,000 square feet of office floor area, and 12,000 square feet of retail space, in an array of multi-story structures up to 21 stories, most atop 2- to 3-story above-grade parking podiums, plus support facilities, including parking, public open space, pedestrian plazas and paths, private recreational space, and other on-site amenities. The development program also includes the reduction and reconfiguration of the two marina areas from an existing total of approximately 17.00 acres to a future total of approximately 5.46 acres of water. It is anticipated that project development would be phased over approximately ten years. Implementation of the project as currently proposed would require City approval of a General Plan Amendment (GPA) as well as a Precise Plan (see subsection 4.3.2.b in chapter 4, Land Use, for an explanation of the GPA and Precise Plan), among other entitlements, in order to permit the proposed residential use of the Peninsula Marina portion of the project site and to create a new residential designation allowing development of the residential portion of the project at an average density as high as 65 dwelling units per acre, which would exceed the current General Plan-permitted maximum density of 40 units per acre. 1.2.2 Required Approvals from the City of Redwood City Implementation of the proposed Marina Shores Village project would require the following approvals from the City of Redwood City: (a) Certification of the final environmental impact report (FEIR) for the proposed project; (b) Approval of a General Plan Amendment (GPA) in order to permit residential uses on the Peninsula Marina portion of the project site and create a new high-density residential designation that would allow development of the residential portion of the project at an average density as high as 65 dwelling units per acre; (c) Approval of a Precise Plan; (d) Possible approval of a Development Agreement (in addition to a Precise Plan); (e) Design Review (Architectural) Permit approval; WP9.0\622\FEIR\F-1.622 Marina Shores Village Project Final EIR City of Redwood City 1. Introduction July 8, 2003 Page 1-3 (f) Subdivision map review and approval; (g) Improvement plan review and approval; (h) Grading permit approval; (i) Building permit approval; and (j) Various water and sewer hook-up permit approvals. 1.2.3 Other Required Approvals and Consultations The project is also expected to require approvals from the following trustee and responsible agencies: (a) City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo County (C/CAG) (in both its designated role as the County's Congestion Management Agency and Airport Land Use Commission); (b) San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (which is authorized to control Bay filling and dredging and Bay-related shoreline development on lands within its jurisdictional boundary, including a 100-foot band along the Uccelli Boulevard