2.
Response
to
Comments
2.9
Individual
Responses
to
Comments
from
Organizations
The
statement
made
in
the
Draft
EIR
is
that
population
and
housing
conditions
“frequently
involve
economic
and
social
issues,
which
under
CEQA
are
not
considered
to
be
significant
effects
on
the
environment.”
As
discussed
4,
CEQA
addresses
physical
changes
to
the
environment.
Economic
and
social
issues
are
only
addressed
under
CEQA
where
changes
to
the
physical
environment
occur
as
the
result
of
those
economic
and
social
issues.
Economic
and
social
issues
that
do
not
result
in
physical
environmental
effects
are
appropriately
addressed
as
part
of
the
planning
review
of
the
proposed
project
itself.
The
Draft
EIR
makes
this
distinction
by
stating
that
the
analysis
of
population
and
housing
impacts
in
the
Draft
EIR
addresses
population
and
housing
in
the
context
of
being
“precursors
of
physical
changes
that
would
result
from
Project
implementation.”
While
all
of
the
impacts
addressed
in
the
Draft
EIR
would
result
from
the
construction
of
buildings
and
operation
of
uses
associated
with
planned
increases
in
population
and
employment
within
the
Baylands
Project
Site,
it
is
the
physical
environmental
effects
of
Project
Site
development
that
must
be
analyzed
under
CEQA.
The
purpose
of
Section
4.K,
Population
and
Housing
,
is
to
analyze
impacts
of
the
proposed
Baylands
development
program
in
relation
to
the
following
significance
threshold
set
forth
in
Appendix
G
of
State
CEQA
Guidelines,
which
states
that
a
project
would
have
a
significant
environmental
effect
related
to
population
and
housing
if
it
were
to:
Induce
substantial
population
growth
in
an
area,
either
directly
(for
example,
by
proposing
new
homes
and
businesses)
or
indirectly
(for
example,
through
extension
of
roads
or
other
infrastructure).
Discussion
regarding
existing
site
contamination
and
impacts
of
remediation
are
addressed
in
Draft
EIR
Section
4.G,
Hazards
and
Hazardous
Materials
.
See
and
for
discussion
of
site
remediation
and
the
subsequent
“habitability”
of
the
site
as
determined
by
risk-based
remediation
standards.
While
CEQA
requires
analysis
of
the
physical
environmental
impacts
of
proposed
Baylands
development,
analysis
of
the
“appropriateness”
of
proposed
development
is
undertaken
as
part
of
the
City’s
planning
review,
as
discussed
4.
Dr.
Lee’s
report
was
reviewed
as
part
of
preparation
of
the
Brisbane
Baylands
EIR,
and
is
cited
in
the
references
for
the
document.
See
for
discussion
of
the
relationship
between
jobs
and
housing
in
relation
to
trip
reduction
and
vehicle
miles
travelled,
as
well
as
resulting
reductions
in
air
pollutant
and
greenhouse
gas
emissions.
See
for
discussion
of
the
relationship
between
jobs
and
housing
in
relation
to
trip
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.9.2-130
May
2015