2.
Response
to
Comments
2.8
Individual
Responses
to
Comments
from
Municipalities
The
comment
discusses
the
CPP
scenario
and
the
renewable
energy
alternative,
and
mistakenly
uses
the
term
“Preferred
Renewable
Energy
Alternative.”
Whil
e
the
Renewable
Energy
Alternative
is
identified
in
the
Draft
EIR
as
the
“environmentally
superior
alternative”
as
that
term
is
defined
in
CEQA,
there
is
no
implication
set
forth
in
the
Draft
EIR
that
the
Renewable
Energy
Alterative
is
“preferred”
over
any
other
development
scenario
or
alternative.
That
is
a
determination
the
Brisbane
City
Council
can
make
only
after
completion
of
the
Final
EIR
and
public
hearings
before
the
Planning
Commission
and
City
Council.
While
the
CPP
and
CPP-V
scenarios
along
with
the
Renewable
Energy
alternative
eliminate
the
existing
Beatty
right-of-way,
connectivity
is
maintained
with
the
extension
of
Geneva
Avenue
from
its
current
terminus
at
Bayshore
Boulevard
to
the
US
101
freeway,
as
well
as
by
the
extension
of
Sierra
Point
Parkway
from
Lagoon
Road
to
the
Geneva
Avenue
interchange
with
US
101.
Issues
related
to
the
elimination
of
Beatty
Avenue
are
discussed
in
Section
4.N
starting
on
page
4.N-103.
Mitigation
Measure
4.N-1h
requires
that
connectivity
be
maintained
at
all
times
prior
to
the
completion
of
the
Geneva
Avenue
extension,
recognizing
that
the
extension
will
replace
the
east-west
connection
function
now
provided
by
Beatty
Avenue.
Thus,
connectivity
from
the
Candlestick
interchange
to
Tunnel
Avenue
and
the
Caltrain
station
will
be
maintained
for
vehicles,
bicycles,
and
bus
rapid
transit
at
all
times
through
development
of
the
Baylands.
Issues
related
to
pedestrian
and
bicycle
access
are
addressed
in
Section
4.N
starting
on
page
4.N-142
and
include
Mitigation
Measures
4.N-10
and
4.N-11
to
improve
pedestrian
and
bicycle
accessibility,
respectively.
The
comment
discusses
the
CPP-V
Recology
expansion
scenario,
and
raises
no
significant
environmental
issues
regarding
the
adequacy
of
the
Draft
EIR
or
its
analyses
and
conclusions.
See
for
discussion
regarding
the
location
of
the
Caltrain
Station.
The
planning
issues
and
recommendations
raised
in
this
comment
will
be
considered
by
the
City
of
Brisbane
as
part
of
its
planning
review
and
decisionmaking
for
the
Baylands.
Cumulative
baseline
conditions,
which
represent
full
build-out
in
year
2030,
assumed
the
Geneva-Harney
BRT
line
running
on
the
Geneva
Avenue
extension,
which
is
consistent
with
the
Bi-
County
studies.
See
for
discussion
of
the
Bayshore
Caltrain
Station
location.
See
for
discussion
of
the
Bayshore
Caltrain
Station
location.
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.8.3-24
May
2015