2.
Response
to
Comments
2.10
Individual
Responses
to
Comments
from
Individuals
the
City
of
Brisbane
and
the
City
is
the
Lead
Agency
for
EIR
preparation,
Visitacion
Valley
and
other
neighboring
communities
have
been
included
on
the
City’s
mailing
list
for
public
notices
for
document
review
and
public
meetings.
The
City
has
made
extensive
efforts
to
provide
opportunities
for
public
input
to
the
process.
Martin-3
[See page
5-603 for the original comment]
See
Master Response 19
for
discussion
of
aesthetics
and
visual
resource
impacts
in
relation
to
Visitacion
Valley.
As
discussed
in
that
Master
Response,
Viewpoint
1
shown
on
Figure
4.A-1
illustrates
views
from
the
Sunnydale
neighborhood;
Viewpoint
2
is
taken
from
John
McLaren
Park
and
looks
across
Visitacion
Valley
residences
southeast
across
the
Baylands
Project
site;
and
Viewpoint
3,
which
is
intended
to
represent
views
from
Visitacion
Valley,
is
taken
from
Goettingen
Street
at
Wilde
Avenue
in
Visitacion
Valley
looking
south
across
the
Baylands
Project
site
with
existing
views
of
the
Bay
and
San
Bruno
Mountain.
[See page
5-603 for the original comment]
The
comment
is
correct
that
all
four
development
scenarios
propose
the
majority
of
the
high
intensity
development
in
the
northern
half
of
the
Baylands
Project
Site.
It
is
the
purpose
of
CEQA
to
identify
and
evaluate
the
physical
impacts
that
will
result
from
the
implementation
of
proposed
projects
as
they
were
proposed,
and
to
implement
all
feasible
mitigation
measures
to
avoid
or
minimize
the
effects
of
those
impacts
determined
to
be
significant.
This
analysis
set
forth
in
the
Draft
EIR
indicates
the
southerly
portion
of
the
site
contains
natural
areas
with
the
most
biological
value,
including
Brisbane
Lagoon,
Icehouse
Hill,
and
Visitacion
Creek.
Limiting
development
in
these
areas
minimizes
potential
impacts
on
biological
resources.
Existing
and
proposed
transit
facilities
are
located
in
the
northern
portion
of
the
site
and
adjacent
areas
to
the
north.
Each
of
the
four
scenarios
seek
to
take
advantage
of
existing
and
planned
transit
uses
located
in
the
northern
part
of
the
Baylands,
such
as
Caltrain’s
Bayshore
station.
An
extension
of
the
Muni
T-Third
Street
light
rail
line
to
connect
to
the
Caltrain
Bayshore
Station,
as
well
as
a
planned
BRT
line
along
the
Geneva
Avenue
extension
to
Candlestick
Point
are
included
in
regional
plans.
Additionally,
a
new
intermodal
transit
station,
incorporating
Caltrain’s
Bayshore
Station,
is
proposed
to
be
located
near
the
intersection
of
Caltrain
tracks
and
the
extended
Geneva
Avenue,
to
directly
connect
transit
services
by
accommodating
more
frequent
Caltrain
services,
the
proposed
BRT
on
Geneva
Avenue,
the
southern
terminus
of
the
Muni
T-Third
Street
light
rail,
and
Muni
and
SamTrans
buses.
These
existing
and
proposed
transit
facilities
tend
to
attract
higher
intensity
uses
in
the
form
of
“transit
oriented
development”
in
a
manner
consistent
with
the
region’s
Sustainable
Community
Strategy,
Plan
Bay
Area,
which
seeks
to
concentrate
new
development
throughout
the
Bay
Area
in
close
proximity
to
major
transit
hubs,
such
as
those
identified
above
in
and
adjacent
to
the
northern
portion
of
the
Baylands.
Residents
from
Visitacion
Valley
would
have
access
to
these
transit
opportunities
and
also
would
have
access
to
the
City
of
Brisbane
through
Bayshore
Boulevard
as
they
do
now.
Martin-4
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.10.12-2
May
2015
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