2.
Response
to
Comments
2.9
Individual
Responses
to
Comments
from
Organizations
As
stated
on
Draft
EIR
page
4.I-14,
a
significant
impact
would
result
if
Project
site
development
would
“physically
divide
an
established
community.”
A
significant
impact
related
to
dividing
an
established
community
will
not
result
from
proposed
development
within
the
Baylands
because
(1)
the
Baylands
is
already
physically
divided
from
the
rest
of
the
Brisbane
community
and
surrounding
lands
by
Bayshore
Boulevard,
the
Recology
facility,
and
Brisbane
Lagoon;
(2)
there
is
no
existing
community
on
the
east
side
of
Bayshore
Boulevard
or
within
the
Baylands
that
could
be
divided
by
proposed
Project
site
development;
and
(3)
the
Baylands
is
already
divided
into
east
and
west
areas
by
the
existing
Caltrain
rail
line.
The
Baylands
Project
Site
is
not
subject
to
a
habitat
conservation
plan,
and
therefore
the
Project
Site
development
would
not
create
any
direct
conflicts
with
such
a
plan.
Icehouse
Hill,
is,
however,
situated
adjacent
to
the
boundary
of
the
San
Bruno
Mountain
Habitat
Conservation
Plan
(SBMHCP)
area.
While
the
SBMHCP
provides
recommendations
for
some
lands
outside
of
the
actual
Conservation
Plan
area,
those
lands
are
situated
on
the
west
side
of
Bayshore
Boulevard.
Thus,
the
Baylands
is
neither
within
the
SBMHCP,
nor
do
its
recommendations
extend
to
the
Baylands.
The
Draft
EIR
includes
the
East
Daly
City-Cow
Palace
(Bayshore
Redevelopment
Project
Area
Plan)
as
cumulative
project
#12
in
Table
6-2,
and
analyzes
that
project
as
part
of
the
evaluation
of
cumulative
effects
in
Chapter
6.
For
informational
purposes,
the
current
Daly
City
General
Plan
(adopted
March
25,
2013)
describes
the
Cow
Palace
as
follows.
“
Cow
Palace
(2150
Geneva
Avenue).
This
property
is
owned
by
the
State
of
California
and
consists
of
a
State-operated
indoor
arena
on
an
approximately
70-acre
site
(partially
located
within
the
City
of
San
Francisco).
The
site
is
designated
by
the
General
Plan
Land
Use
Map
as
G
-
Government
Facility.
Redevelopment
of
the
site
for
private
purposes
would
require
a
General
Plan
amendment,
and
would
ideally
occur
together
with
an
11-acre
private
owned
property
and
12-acre
Daly
City
Housing
Development
Finance
Agency
property.
Both
the
privately-owned
and
Agency-owned
properties
are
situated
immediately
west
of
the
State-owned
parcel.
In
support
of
a
cohesive
and
integrated
redevelopment
plan
for
the
site,
Land
Use
Element
Task
LU-3.2
identifies
the
preparation
of
comprehensive
land
use,
infrastructure,
and
streetscape
plan
for
the
Geneva
Avenue
Corridor,
including
the
Cow
Palace
property.
For
purposes
of
the
General
Plan
traffic
model,
the
City
has
assumed
the
ultimate
buildout
of
the
three
aforementioned
properties
to
include
1,700
new
dwelling
units
in
a
higher
density
format
and
300,000
square
feet
of
retail/office
commercial
in
a
multi-story
and
possibly
mixed-use
(residential
above)
format.”
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.9.2-109
May
2015