2.
Response
to
Comments
2.8
Individual
Responses
to
Comments
from
Municipalities
disturbance
of
biological
resources
as
the
Project
Site
development
scenarios
and
other
alternatives
involving
site
development.
Population
and
Housing
(Growth
Inducement)
:
Because
no
residential
development
is
currently
projected
in
Plan
Bay
Area
for
the
Baylands,
the
introduction
of
any
residential
development
would
exceed
current
projections
for
the
Brisbane
portion
of
the
Bi-County
Priority
Development
Area.
In
addition,
even
the
Renewable
Energy
Generation
Alternative
would
generate
more
employees
than
are
projected
for
the
Baylands
and
the
City
of
Brisbane
as
a
whole.
Thus,
population
and
housing
impacts
of
the
alternative
suggested
in
Comment
be
within
the
range
of
alternatives
already
addressed
in
the
Draft
EIR.
Traffic
(Increases
in
traffic
Generation,
Freeway
Mainline
Impacts,
Transit
Demand)
:
Because
increasing
the
internal
capture
of
home
to
work
and
home
to
shopping
trips
and
increased
transit
use
would
reduce
trip
generation
and
traffic
impacts,
the
alternative
suggested
in
Comment
would
reduce
traffic
impacts
compared
to
the
Reduced
Intensity
Non-Residential
Alternative.
At
2.0
million
square
feet
of
total
building
area
(residential
and
non-residential),
the
alternative
suggested
in
Comment
would
reduce
impacts
compared
to
the
No
Project-
General
Plan
Buildout
alternative
due
to
increased
transit
usage
and
internal
capture
of
trips.
However,
even
at
only
2.0
million
square
feet
of
total
building
area,
internal
capture
of
trips
and
increased
use
of
transit
would
not
be
great
enough
to
reduce
traffic
impacts
below
those
of
the
Renewable
Energy
Development
alternative,
which
would
itself
result
in
significant
traffic
impacts
along
Bayshore
Boulevard
and
at
US
Highway
101
interchanges
would
not
be
avoided
since
growth
in
background
traffic
is
sufficient
to
cause
unacceptable
levels
of
service,
even
without
development
within
the
Project
Site,
as
discussed
in
Draft
EIR
Chapter
5.
Thus,
traffic
impacts
would
be
within
the
range
of
alternatives
already
addressed
in
the
Draft
EIR.
Utilities
(Construction
of
Water
Storage
Facilities)
:
Because
water
demand
for
the
alternative
suggested
in
Comment
would
be
greater
than
for
the
Renewable
Energy
Generation
Alternative,
but
less
than
for
the
Reduced
Intensity
Mixed
Use
Alternative
addressed
in
the
Draft
EIR,
impacts
related
to
water
demand
and
storage
resulting
from
the
suggested
additional
alternative
would
fall
within
the
range
of
alternatives
already
addressed
in
the
Draft
EIR.
Thus,
inclusion
of
the
additional
alternative
requested
in
Comment
is
unnecessary.
See
also
and
Response
RSF-26
for
discussion
regarding
the
placement
of
residential
development
in
close
proximity
to
the
expanded
Recology
facility
as
part
of
mixed-use
development
within
the
Baylands.
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.8.3-12
May
2015