2.
Response
to
Comments
2.8
Individual
Responses
to
Comments
from
Municipalities
2.8.3.4
San
Francisco
County
Transportation
Authority
Comment
provides
an
introduction
to
the
Transportation
Authority’s
comment
letter,
and
does
not
raise
any
substantive
issues
regarding
the
adequacy
of
the
Draft
EIR
or
its
analyses
and
conclusions.
Specific
answers
to
the
comments
contained
in
the
Transportation
Authority’s
letter
are
provided
below.
Comment
cites
the
need
for
strong
connections
between
proposed
Baylands
development
and
the
Bi-County
study,
and
does
not
raise
any
substantive
issues
regarding
the
adequacy
of
the
Draft
EIR
or
its
analyses
and
conclusions.
Specific
answers
to
the
comments
and
observations
contained
in
the
Transportation
Authority’s
letter
are
provided
below
.
While
the
Geneva
Ave
extension,
the
US
101
Candlestick
interchange
re-configuration,
the
T-Third
Light
Rail
Line
extension,
and
the
Bayshore
Intermodal
Station
re-configuration
are
unfunded,
the
Draft
EIR
assumes
reasonably
foreseeable
transportation
infrastructure
projects
that
have
been
previously
proposed
and
included
in
environmental
analyses
for
nearby
projects
as
baseline
improvements,
including
the
Candlestick
Point
-
Hunters
Point
Shipyard
EIR
(approved
development),
with
the
exception
of
the
Bayshore
Caltrain
Station
relocation
and
T-Third
Light
Rail
Extension.
Implementation
of
these
improvements
would
be
based
on
fair-share
funding
measures
through
inter-jurisdictional
study
and
cooperation.
The
Bi-County
Transportation
Study,
published
by
the
San
Francisco
County
Transportation
(SFCTA),
“represents
a
consensus
approach
among
the
public
partners
to
project
development
and
funding
for
the
Bi-County
transportation
investment
program
and
a
commitment
to
continue
efforts
and
discussions
on
Bi-
County
funding…”
The
City
of
Brisbane
is
committed
to
requiring
development
under
each
of
the
four
scenarios
analyzed
in
the
Draft
EIR
to
provide
fair
share
funding
to
the
improvements
proposed
as
part
of
the
Bi-County
Transportation
Study.
To
eliminate
these
improvements
from
the
Cumulative
Without
Project
analysis
would
create
the
false
appearance
that
the
improvements
called
for
in
the
Bi-County
Transportation
Study
were
the
result
of
Baylands
development,
and
raise
the
question
as
to
whether
San
Francisco
and
Daly
City
would
need
to
commit
to
their
fair
share
of
funding
for
these
transportation
projects.
To
clarify
this
situation,
the
third
paragraph
on
page
4.N-43
of
the
Draft
EIR
is
revised
to
read
as
follows:
In
addition,
there
are
two
regional
roadway
improvements
(Bayshore
Avenue
&
Sunnydale
Avenue
intersection
improvements
and
Harney
Way
widening)
currently
being
designed
and
analyzed
to
accommodate
the
travel
demand
associated
with
areawide
projects
in
both
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.8.3-15
May
2015