CHAPTER
1
Introduction
This
Final
Environmental
Impact
Report
(FEIR)
has
been
prepared
in
conformance
with
the
California
Environmental
Quality
Act
(CEQA)
(Pub.
Resources
Code
§
21000
et
seq
.)
and
the
CEQA
Guidelines
(14
Cal.
Code
Regs,
tit.
14
ch.
3,
§
15000
et
seq
.)
to
evaluate
the
environmental
effects
of
the
proposed
development
of
the
Brisbane
Baylands.
According
to
CEQA
Guidelines
,
Section
15132,
the
Final
EIR
shall
consist
of:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
The
Draft
EIR
or
a
revision
of
the
Draft;
Comments
and
recommendations
received
on
the
Draft
EIR,
either
verbatim
or
in
summary;
A
list
of
persons,
organizations,
and
public
agencies
commenting
on
the
Draft
EIR;
The
responses
of
the
lead
agency
to
significant
environmental
points
raised
in
the
review
and
consultation
process;
Any
other
information
added
by
the
lead
agency.
The
City
of
Brisbane
has
determined
that
none
of
the
additional
material
included
in
the
Final
EIR
constitutes
significant
new
information
requiring
recirculation
of
the
Draft
EIR
under
CEQA
Guidelines
Section
15088.5.
The
additional
material
clarifies
and
amplifies
existing
information
prepared
in
the
Draft
EIR.
It
does
not
indicate
that
the
proposed
development
would
result
in
a
significant
new
environmental
impact
or
impacts
not
previously
disclosed
in
the
Draft
EIR,
nor
that
there
would
be
a
substantial
increase
in
the
severity
of
an
environmental
impact
that
will
not
be
mitigated,
or
that
any
of
the
other
circumstances
requiring
recirculation
described
in
Section
15088.5
would
result.
1.1
Project
Location
The
“Project
Site”
encompasses
a
total
of
approximately
733
acres
primarily
within
the
Brisbane
city
limits
1
.
This
includes
areas
identified
in
the
adopted
City
of
Brisbane
1994
General
Plan
as
the
Baylands
Subarea,
portions
of
the
Northeast
Bayshore
Subarea,
and
the
Beatty
Subarea.
A
small
portion
of
the
Project
Site
encompasses
property
within
the
limits
of
the
City
1
The
733-acre
Project
Site
includes
the
existing
44.2-acre
Recology
site,
which
along
with
adjacent
rights-of-way
is
not
a
part
of
two
of
the
four
development
scenarios
analyzed
in
the
Draft
EIR.
See
Section
1.2,
below
for
a
description
of
the
four
development
scenarios
analyzed
in
the
EIR.
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
1-1
May
2015
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