2.
Response
to
Comment
2.4
Master
Responses
to
Comments
Thus,
the
General
Plan
currently
permits
retail,
office,
and
commercial
entertainment
uses
within
the
Baylands
adjacent
to
the
Recology
site.
General
Plan
Policy
338
requires
development
to
be
buffered
from
Heavy
Commercial
uses
within
the
Beatty
Subarea
but
does
not
specify
what
the
buffer
area
should
consist
of
or
how
wide
it
should
be.
While
areas
immediately
adjacent
to
the
Recology
site
are
designated
for
high-intensity
development,
the
proposed
Brisbane
Baylands
Specific
Plan
provides
for
buffering
adjacent
to
the
Recology
site.
As
stated
in
Table
4.I-1,
the
DSP
and
DSP-V
scenarios
propose
less
sensitive
uses
such
as
parking
and
service
access
for
commercial
uses
north
of
Geneva
Avenue
to
buffer
office
and
residential
uses
to
the
south
and
west
of
the
Beatty
Subarea.
Whether
the
extent
of
such
buffering
is
adequate
would
be
determined
as
part
of
the
planning
review
undertaken
for
the
Baylands.
Because
the
DSP
and
DSP-V
scenarios
do
not
provide
for
expansion
of
the
existing
Recology
facility,
the
adjacent
Trade
Commercial
uses
proposed
in
those
scenarios
would
preclude
Recology’s
planned
expansion.
Noise
The
Recology
facility
is
a
noise-tolerant
use.
Thus,
noise
generated
by
proposed
Baylands
development
(from
construction,
as
well
as
from
stationary
and
mobile
sources
following
construction)
would
not
affect
the
Recology
facility.
As
discussed
on
page
4.J-28
of
the
Draft
EIR,
the
proposed
Recology
expansion
would
involve
an
increase
in
recyclable
materials
handled
within
the
facility.
Loading
and
unloading
of
recyclables
would
occur
within
an
enclosed
building
following
expansion
and
modernization
of
the
Recology
facility,
whereas
these
activities
occur
both
indoors
and
outdoors
under
existing
conditions.
Consequently,
while
expansion
of
the
Recology
facility
would
result
in
more
frequent
noise
from
loading
and
unloading
of
recyclables,
it
is
anticipated
that
moving
all
loading
and
unloading
operations
into
an
enclosed
structure
would
offset
any
noise
increases.
Mitigation
Measure
4.J-3a,
which
relates
to
the
location
of
truck
delivery
bays
and
waste
collection
areas,
would
require
formal
truck
delivery
areas
(e.g.,
loading
bays)
to
be
located
at
least
100
feet
from
residences
to
maintain
noise
levels
of
less
than
5
decibels
(dBA)
over
existing
monitored
levels.
Truck
delivery
bays
and
waste
collection
areas
would
be
required
to
be
located
so
that
they
are
blocked
by
Recology
buildings
or
designed
with
noise
reduction
barriers
to
reduce
noise
impacts
on
residences
or
other
sensitive
receptors.
Noise
impacts
related
to
the
Recology
facility
would
be
reduced
to
below
a
level
of
significance.
However,
the
Recology
expansion
would
continue
to
make
a
substantial
contribution
to
the
cumulative
significant
and
unavoidable
impacts
identified
for
the
overall
CPP-V
development
scenario
in
relation
to
traffic,
air
quality,
and
aesthetics
(nighttime
lighting).
Traffic
The
traffic
impact
analysis
contained
in
Draft
EIR
Section
4.N,
Traffic
and
Circulation
,
includes
existing
and
future
trip
generation
for
the
Recology
site.
Future
traffic
generation
for
the
proposed
Recology
expansion
under
the
CPP-V
scenario
was
based
on
the
trip
generation
study
for
the
Recology
Master
Plan
(Recology,
2011).
As
shown
in
Table
4.N-13,
the
total
number
of
person
trips
that
would
occur
for
Recology
under
the
CPP-V
scenario
is
636,
which
represents
0.83
percent
of
the
total
76,447
person
trips
calculated
for
the
CPP-V
scenario.
Peak
hour
traffic
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.4-67
May
2015