2.
Response
to
Comment
2.4
Master
Responses
to
Comments
2.4.7
Master
Response
7:
Use
of
2010
as
the
Existing
Setting
Baseline
Comments
A
number
of
comments
questioned
the
use
of
the
year
2010
as
the
environmental
baseline
for
analyzing
the
impacts
of
proposed
Baylands
development
since
the
first
Notice
of
Preparation
(NOP)
was
issued
in
2006,
revised
NOPs
were
issued
in
2010
and
2012,
and
the
Draft
EIR
was
published
in
2013.
Specific
comments
were
raised
regarding
the
use
of
year
2010
baseline
conditions
in
relation
to
soils
processing
operations
within
the
former
landfill
and
changes
in
the
elevation
within
the
landfill
occurring
between
2010
and
the
release
of
the
Draft
EIR
in
2013.
Therefore,
this
response
was
prepared
to
explain
the
selection
of
the
baseline
year,
as
well
as
the
effects
of
the
2010
baseline
in
relation
to
activities
occurring
within
the
Baylands
Project
site
both
prior
to
and
after
2010.
Response
Selection
of
2010
as
the
Baseline
Year
for
the
Brisbane
Baylands
Draft
EIR
CEQA
requires
an
EIR
to
include
a
description
of
physical
environmental
conditions
in
the
vicinity
of
the
project
as
they
exist
at
the
time
the
Notice
of
Preparation
(NOP)
is
published,
or
if
no
NOP
is
published,
then
at
the
time
the
environmental
analysis
commences
(CEQA
Guidelines
Section
15125).
As
described
in
the
Draft
EIR,
Chapter
1,
Introduction
,
and
Chapter
4,
Environmental
Setting
,
three
NOPs
were
issued
for
the
Brisbane
Baylands
Draft
EIR,
the
first
in
2006,
the
second
in
2010,
and
the
third
in
2012.
In
most
cases,
the
Draft
EIR
uses
2010,
the
date
of
the
second
NOP,
as
the
baseline
year
for
its
description
of
the
existing
physical
environmental
setting.
In
February
2006,
the
original
Brisbane
Baylands
NOP
was
published.
The
development
proposal
described
in
the
2006
NOP
included
a
446-
acre
“Phase
I”
development
plan
and
referenced
a
larger
659-
acre
“framework
area”
that
would
include
future
development
and
infrastructure.
The
area
in
the
2006
Phase
I
plan
did
not
include
a
land
use
plan
for
the
portion
of
the
current
Project
Site
west
of
the
Caltrain
tracks.
The
area
west
of
the
Caltrain
tracks
and
the
44-acre
Recology
site,
both
of
which
are
part
of
the
current
Project
Site,
were
thus
not
included
in
the
development
plan
referenced
in
the
2006
NOP.
Several
community
workshops
were
held
between
2006
and
2009
to
solicit
input
on
proposed
Baylands
development.
Subsequently
the
applicant
modified
their
development
application
and
submitted
the
Brisbane
Baylands
Specific
Plan
to
the
City
for
review.
The
Specific
Plan
included
two
alternative
development
concepts,
referred
to
as
the
Developer
Sponsored
Plan
(DSP)
and
the
Developer
Sponsored
Plan
Entertainment
Variant
(DSP-V)
scenarios,
encompassing
the
entirety
of
the
Baylands
with
the
exception
of
the
existing
44-acre
Recology
facility.
Also
resulting
from
the
community
workshops
were
two
alternative
development
concepts,
referred
to
as
the
Community
Proposed
Plan
(CPP)
and
the
Community
Proposed
Plan
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.4-19
May
2015
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