2.
Response
to
Comment
2.4
Master
Responses
to
Comments
views
from
new
sources
of
light
and
glare.
Each
of
these
thresholds
is
summarized
below,
with
emphasis
placed
on
impacts
on
Visitacion
Valley
residents.
Scenic
Vistas
Scenic
vistas
represent
public
viewing
opportunities
that
provide
visual
access
to
scenic
resources,
including
views
of
the
Bay,
striking
or
unusual
natural
terrain,
or
unique
urban
or
historic
features.
Offsite
scenic
resources
include
San
Francisco
Bay,
Bayview
Park,
Candlestick
Point,
John
McLaren
Park,
San
Bruno
Mountain,
the
East
Bay
hills,
and
high-rise
buildings
of
the
San
Francisco
financial
district.
Areas
of
San
Francisco
and/or
Daly
City
that
offer
views
of
the
Baylands
include
the
Sunnydale
neighborhood,
John
McLaren
Park,
Visitacion
Valley,
commercial
areas
along
Geneva
Avenue,
and
the
Candlestick
Point
State
Recreation
Area.
The
analysis
of
changes
to
public
views
of
scenic
resources
is
accompanied
by
a
series
of
photographs
and
visual
simulations
for
12
representative
public
viewpoints
from
within
and
surrounding
the
Baylands
Project
Site
(see
Figure
4.A-1
and
Table
4.A-1
of
the
Draft
EIR).
The
selected
representative
viewpoints
consist
of
five
viewpoints
from
Brisbane
outside
the
Project
Site
(Viewpoints
7,
9,
10,
11,
and
12),
five
viewpoints
from
San
Francisco
(Viewpoints
1,
2,
3,
5,
and
6),
one
viewpoint
from
Daly
City
(Viewpoint
4),
and
one
viewpoint
from
within
the
Project
Site
(Viewpoint
8).
Although
Viewpoints
4
and
9
do
not
provide
significant
visual
access
to
important
visual
features
and
therefore
are
not
classified
as
scenic
vistas,
they
are
included
for
informational
purposes
and
to
support
the
analysis
of
Project
Site
visual
character
changes.
Overall,
these
viewpoints
represent
a
reasonable
range
of
public
viewpoints
and
include
specific
views
identified
in
comments
received
as
part
of
the
scoping
process
for
the
EIR.
In
the
Draft
EIR,
a
development
scenario
was
considered
to
have
a
substantial
adverse
effect
on
a
scenic
vista
when
Baylands
development
would
cause
visual
access
to
important
visual
features
to
become
completely
or
substantially
obstructed
to
the
point
where
the
obstruction
would
diminish
the
aesthetic
value
of
the
scenic
vista
as
seen
from
the
viewpoint.
Viewpoint
1
shown
in
Figure
4.A-1
illustrates
views
from
the
Sunnydale
neighborhood.
The
Draft
EIR
concludes
that
the
DSP
and
DSP-V
scenarios
would
significantly
affect
scenic
views
of
San
Francisco
Bay
waters
and
shoreline
from
Viewpoint
1,
although
the
majority
of
the
views
of
the
Bay
would
be
preserved.
Viewpoint
2
is
taken
from
John
McLaren
Park
and
looks
across
Visitacion
Valley
residences
southeast
across
the
Baylands
Project
Site.
The
Draft
EIR
concludes
that,
under
all
four
development
scenarios,
the
majority
of
scenic
vistas
from
this
viewpoint
—
including
views
of
the
majority
of
the
Bay,
Brisbane
Lagoon,
and
San
Bruno
Mountain
—
would
be
preserved.
Viewpoint
3
is
intended
to
represent
views
from
Visitacion
Valley,
and
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.
The
Draft
EIR
concludes
that
both
the
DSP
and
DSP-V
scenarios
would
result
in
significant
impacts
on
scenic
vistas
from
this
viewpoint
because,
while
views
of
San
Bruno
Mountain
would
be
preserved,
a
substantial
portion
of
the
view
of
the
Bay
and
its
shoreline
would
be
blocked,
and
the
Project
Site
would
be
viewed
as
a
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.4-49
May
2015