2.
Response
to
Comments
2.9
Individual
Responses
to
Comments
from
Organizations
gardens
in
open
space
as
a
means
of
both
increasing
access
to
healthy
foods
for
urban
inhabitants
and
for
enhancing
recreational
and
social
infrastructure.”
A
diagram
of
community
gardens
and
the
small
amphitheater
that
the
developer
envisioned
for
Visitacion
Creek
Park
(West)
in
the
proposed
Brisbane
Baylands
Specific
Plan
for
the
DSP
and
DSP-V
scenarios
is
included
on
page
147
of
that
plan
(Draft
EIR
Appendix
C).
A
picture
of
a
small
amphitheater
is
provided
in
the
lower
right
hand
corner
of
Specific
Plan
page
147
along
with
the
following
description:
“A
small
amphitheater
may
be
included
in
the
northern
portion
of
Visitacion
Creek
Park
(West)
for
community
events
and
performances.”
The
goal
for
providing
sites
for
community
gardens
was
explained
in
Response
More
specific
detail
regarding
the
“small
amphitheater”
and
“community
gardens
in
raised
beds”
is
not
available
or
required
at
this
point
in
the
planning
and
environmental
review
process.
Please
See
1
for
more
information
related
to
the
level
of
detail
appropriate
for
a
program
level
EIR.
The
Draft
EIR
has
been
revised
on
page
4.M-16
as
follows:
Visitacion
Creek
Park
(West)
would
feature
passive
wetlands,
native
plantings,
picnic
facilities,
multiuse
paths,
trails,
overlooks,
a
small
amphitheater
(for
community
events
and
performances),
and
interpretive
features.
The
description
of
“vegetative
habitat
areas”
in
relation
to
South
Visitacion
Park
on
Draft
EIR
page
4.
M-16
was
taken
from
the
proposed
Brisbane
Baylands
Specific
Plan
prepared
by
the
applicant
for
the
DSP
and
DSP-V
scenarios.
Page
149
of
the
Specific
Plan
includes
a
diagram
of
South
Visitacion
Park
including
vegetated
areas.
The
diagram
identifies
seasonal
wetlands/detention
zones,
windrows
(including
plants/trees
that
are
ornamental
and
provide
wildlife
habitat),
and
chaparral
mounds.
See
Table
of
the
Specific
Plan
for
a
listing
of
recommended
trees
for
windrows.
Additional
proposed
landscaping
requirements
for
open
space
areas
are
included
on
page
157
of
the
Specific
Plan.
As
stated
on
that
page,
“in
general,
landscape
materials
should
match
the
native
species
of
the
coastal
grassland,
scrub,
woodlands,
and
marshland
typical
to
the
San
Francisco
Bay.”
The
Draft
EIR
has
been
revised
on
page
4.M-16
to
read
as
follows:
This
47-acre
park
would
feature
significant
vegetative
habitat
areas
(e.g.,
constructed
wetlands,
windrows
and
chaparral
mounds)
and
open
space
connected
by
a
network
of
trails.
The
discussion
of
“multipurpose
recreation
fields”
at
Lagoon
Park,
as
well
as
parking,
restroom,
and
other
support
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.9.2-146
May
2015