2.
Response
to
Comments
2.10
Individual
Responses
to
Comments
from
Individuals
Please
see
Please
see
As
described
on
Draft
EIR
page
4.D-18,
the
railroad’s
original
alignment
was
substantially
modified
due
to
the
double-track
rail
line
now
used
by
Caltrain,
as
evidenced
by
historic
and
contemporary
maps,
both
of
which
are
provided
in
Section
4.D,
Cultural
Resources
,
of
the
Draft
EIR,
as
well
as
in
Appendix
F.5.
While
the
existing
Caltrain
line
may
parallel
and/or
approximate
the
alignment
of
the
earlier
railroad,
the
railroad
bed
and
rails/ties
are
composed
of
entirely
modern
materials.
As
the
historical
setting
of
the
Roundhouse
has
been
so
altered
with
the
removal
of
nearly
all
other
railroad-
related
features
that
it
lacks
sufficient
integrity
to
form
a
significant
cultural
landscape,
the
placement
of
a
new
road
which
encircles
this
building
would
have
no
direct
or
indirect
impact
on
this
building,
to
the
extent
it
would
no
longer
qualify
for
listing
in
the
NRHP
or
CRHR.
Please
also
see
Mitigation
Measure
4.D-
1b,
on
Draft
EIR
page
4.D-31,
which
states
that
“[a]ll
Project
Site
development
within
50
feet
of
the
Roundhouse
or
the
Machinery
&
Equipment
building
be
designed
to
ensure
their
architectural
compatibility
with
the
historic
Roundhouse,
and
to
ensure
that
new
buildings
do
not
overwhelm
or
unnecessarily
contrast
with
these
historic
buildings.”
With
implementation
of
this
mitigation
measure,
new
construction
in
the
vicinity
of
the
historic
Roundhouse
would
not
cause
a
substantial
adverse
change
in
the
significance
of
a
historical
resource.
[See
page
for
the
original
comment]
As
the
Baylands
Project
Site
does
not
qualify
as
a
cultural
landscape,
no
significant
impacts
to
cultural
landscapes
were
identified,
and,
as
a
result,
no
mitigation
measures
were
proposed
in
the
Draft
EIR.
The
question
of
utilizing
development
funds
for
landscape
restoration
is
a
planning
and
City
policy
issue
that
is
not
within
the
scope
of
this
EIR
to
address.
As
the
comment
does
not
address
the
adequacy
or
accuracy
of
the
environmental
evaluation
provided
in
the
Draft
EIR,
no
further
response
is
warranted.
Information
about
the
SPRR
at
the
Baylands
Project
Site,
including
railroad
design,
engineering,
and
construction,
is
well
documented
at
the
Millbrae
Historical
Society
and
the
California
State
Railroad
Museum,
among
other
repositories
of
historical
information.
Because
of
the
existing
substantial
documentation
of
the
historical
resources
at
the
former
SPRR
railyard,
any
20
th
century
SPRR
features
or
remnants
that
may
be
encountered
at
the
Baylands
Project
Site
during
construction
would
likely
not
yield
any
new
information
beyond
what
is
already
known
that
would
be
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.10.7-2
May
2015