2.
Response
to
Comments
2.9
Individual
Responses
to
Comments
from
Organizations
All
buildings,
including
proposed
multi-story
buildings,
as
well
as
proposed
grading
and
the
topography
of
the
Baylands
and
vicinity,
were
modeled
for
each
scenario
evaluated
in
the
Draft
EIR.
Project
Site
development’s
changes
in
wind
speed
and
its
effects
on
wind
sailing
in
the
CPSRA
are
described
in
detail
in
the
Draft
EIR
Section
4.M,
Recreational
Resources
.
See
also
and
31.
This
comment
does
not
raise
any
significant
environmental
issues
regarding
the
adequacy
of
the
Draft
EIR
or
its
analyses
and
conclusions.
Public
safety
for
recreation
areas
will
be
considered
as
part
of
the
City’s
planning
review
and
decisionmaking
for
the
Baylands.
Currently,
the
only
Baylands
use
that
utilizes
rail
service
are
the
lumberyards
that
are
proposed
to
be
relocated
along
with
their
rail
spur
to
the
west
side
of
the
rail
lines.
The
types
of
heavy
industrial
and
warehouse
uses
that
can
take
advantage
of
rail
deliveries
are
not
proposed
for
the
Baylands.
Thus,
analysis
of
the
potential
for
substantially
increasing
rail
use
within
the
Baylands
Project
Site
is
unnecessary
and
no
additional
discussion
of
freight
loading
is
needed
in
the
EIR.
Figure
4.N-1
is
intended
to
show
the
transportation
study
area.
It
depicts
the
existing
Caltrain
line,
and
is
not
intended
to
depict
the
existing
or
relocated
rail
spur.
While
shipping
via
rail
is,
overall,
more
energy
efficient
than
shipping
by
truck,
the
efficiency
of
shipping
by
rail
to
individual
businesses
can
only
be
gained
by
businesses
that
receive
or
ship
in
large
quantities.
Thus,
the
only
existing
use
within
the
Baylands
that
can
take
advantage
of
rail
shipments
is
the
existing
lumberyard.
The
types
of
heavy
industrial
and
warehouse
uses
that
can
take
advantage
of
rail
deliveries
are
not
proposed
for
the
Baylands.
Unless
shipped
in
massive
quantities
at
a
single
time,
shipping
inexpensive
bulk
commodities
such
as
dirt
is
not
typically
economically
feasible,
and
is
not
proposed.
Thus,
analysis
of
shipping
dirt
by
rail
for
site
preparation
and
grading
is
unnecessary.
Industrial
uses
such
as
those
identified
in
this
comment
are
not
proposed
under
any
of
the
proposed
development
scenarios,
nor
are
they
currently
permitted
by
the
Brisbane
General
Plan.
The
suggestion
set
forth
in
the
comment
will
be
considered
as
part
of
the
City’s
planning
review
for
the
Baylands.
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.9.2-150
May
2015