2.
Response
to
Comments
2.10
Individual
Responses
to
Comments
from
Individuals
This
comment
does
not
raise
any
significant
environmental
issues
regarding
the
adequacy
of
the
Draft
EIR
or
its
analyses
and
conclusions.
Pedestrian
and
bicycle
impacts
are
discussed
in
Impacts
4.N-10
and
4.N-11,
respectively,
in
the
Draft
EIR.
The
recommendations
contained
in
this
comment
will
be
considered
as
part
of
the
City’s
planning
review
for
the
Baylands.
Consideration
of
traffic
calming
techniques
will
be
undertaken
as
part
of
the
planning
review
for
the
Baylands,
specifically
during
the
review
of
roadway
designs
in
required
specific
plan(s)
and
site-specific
development
projects
within
the
Baylands.
Pedestrian
and
bicycle
impacts
are
discussed
in
Impacts
4.N-10
and
4.N-11,
respectively,
in
the
Draft
EIR.
Section
4.N,
Traffic
and
Transportation
,
includes
analysis
of
the
effects
that
each
of
the
four
Baylands
development
scenarios
would
have
on
transit
usage,
and
describes
mitigation
measures
to
address
impacts
on
transit.
The
analysis
is
based
on
existing
stations
and
schedules.
Caltrain
alone
has
the
authority
to
set
Caltrain
schedules
and
determine
whether
additional
stations
should
be
established
within
San
Mateo
County.
The
draft
EIR
analysis
does
not
support
a
conclusion
that
an
additional
Caltrain
station
is
required
to
mitigate
Project
Site
development
impacts
to
the
existing
transit
system.
[See
page
for
the
original
comment]
Consideration
of
making
streets
within
the
Baylands
one-way
during
emergency
or
disaster
situations
is
dependent
on
the
exact
nature
and
location
of
the
emergency
or
disaster,
and
the
needs
of
police,
fire,
and
other
emergency
response
personnel
at
the
time.
The
emergency
response
personnel
at
the
scene
of
any
emergency
or
disaster
within
the
Baylands
would
have
the
authority
to
close
streets
or
enforce
one-way
traffic
flow
and
needs
at
the
time
of
the
emergency.
The
Brisbane
Baylands
EIR
analyzes
the
physical
environmental
changes
that
would
result
from
proposed
development
within
the
Baylands.
The
analysis
in
the
Draft
EIR
is
based
on
existing
institutional
arrangements
for
the
provision
of
transit
services,
since
neither
Project
Site
development
nor
the
City
of
Brisbane
could
unilaterally
effectuate
changes
in
those
institutional
arrangements...
The
City
may
consider
this
suggestion
as
part
of
its
planning
review
for
the
Baylands.
The
Draft
EIR
analyzes
whether
proposed
Project
Site
development
would
result
in
any
changes
to
air
traffic
patterns
(Draft
EIR
page
4.G-102).
Given
the
location
of
San
Francisco
International
Airport
several
miles
south
of
the
Baylands,
and
the
lack
of
any
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.10.2-4
May
2015