2.
Response
to
Comments
2.9
Individual
Responses
to
Comments
from
Organizations
Baylands
Specific
Plan
prepared
by
the
applicant
for
the
DSP
and
DSP
development
scenarios
will
be
considered
by
the
City
as
part
of
its
planning
review.
This
comment
addresses
the
proposed
Brisbane
Baylands
Specific
Plan
prepared
by
the
applicant
for
the
DSP
and
DSP-V
scenarios.
Although
the
comment
does
not
specify
which
view
corridor(s)
would
be
impacted
by
the
proposed
windrow
trees
in
the
Specific
P
lan’s
Visitacion
Creek
Park
(West)
area,
the
Draft
EIR
conclu
ded
that
structures
proposed
in
the
DSP
and
DSP-V
concepts
would
cause
significant
impacts
to
scenic
vistas
from
multiple
viewpoints
of
and
through
the
Baylands
Project
Site
(ref.
Draft
EIR,
page
4.A-28,
Scenic
Vista
Impact
Analysis).
The
windrow
tree
landscape
component
in
the
Specific
Plan
did
not
identify
the
species
of
tree(s)
that
would
be
used
for
windrows,
as
subsequent
landscape
plans
for
future
development
would
provide
that
information,
and
would
not
be
submitted
until
after
specific
plan
approval.
However,
windrow
trees
would
be
substantially
shorter
and
less
dense
than
the
proposed
residential,
commercial,
office
and
other
development
structures
that
would
reduce
visibility
of
scenic
resources
such
as
San
Bruno
Mountain
(ridge)
across
the
Baylands
site
when
viewed
across
the
Baylands
site.
As
such,
windrow
trees
would
not
have
significant
impacts
separate
from
those
of
proposed
onsite
buildings.
The
desirability
of
windrows
as
a
project
design
feature
can
be
considered
by
the
City
as
part
of
its
planning
review
and
decision
making.
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.9.1-108
May
2015