2.
Response
to
Comments
2.9
Individual
Responses
to
Comments
from
Organizations
considered
as
part
of
the
program-level
analysis
and
planning
review
undertaken
by
the
City
for
the
Baylands.
Figure
4.N-12,
DSP/DSP-V
Project
Site
Road
Network
Improvements,
is
intended
to
illustrate
proposed
roadway
improvements,
and
has
been
revised
to
delete
the
Caltrain
station.
Figure
4.N-13
CPP,
Conceptual
Road
Network
Improvements,
and
Figure
4.N-14
CPP-V,
Conceptual
Road
Network
Improvements,
have
been
revised
to
correctly
label
“Tunnel
Road.”
As
stated
on
page
4.N-60
of
the
Draft
EIR,
“Given
the
location
of
the
key
transit
facilities
at
the
north
end
of
the
site,
the
land
use
plans
for
each
Project
scenario
cluster
a
significant
portion
of
proposed
development
near
proposed
transit
facilities.”
Further,
most
development
is
located
within
½
mile
of
the
Bayshore
Intermodal
Station.
This
statement
in
the
Draft
EIR
is
based
on
the
location
of
proposed
transit
facilities
within
the
Baylands
under
each
of
the
four
development
scenarios.
The
Draft
EIR
does
not
address
transit
routes
within
the
Baylands,
since
transit
agencies
have
not
defined
future
routes
within
the
Baylands,
and
are
not
likely
to
do
so
until
after
development
is
actually
approved.
While
impacts
of
proposed
development
on
transit
services
is
addressed
under
CEQA,
the
extent
to
which
a
project’s
design
places
new
development
within
¼
to
½
mile
of
transit
services
is
a
planning,
rather
than
an
environmental
issue.
The
Draft
EIR
contains
an
analysis
of
transportation-related
impacts
for
all
modes
using
an
established
mode
split
methodology
incorporating
best
available
data.
This
has
been
used
to
fully
identify
and
disclose
project
transit
impacts
throughout
the
site.
The
Draft
EIR
acknowledges
that
additional
transit-related
improvements
may
become
elements
of
a
TDM
program,
including
shuttle
service.
The
need
for
enhancing
transit
service
to
the
southerly
portion
of
the
site
or
for
further
concentrating
development
within
the
northern
portion
of
the
site
will
be
considered
in
the
City’s
planning
review
and
decision
making
for
the
Baylands.
The
Draft
EIR
on
page
4.N-59
clearly
states,
“funding
for
the
proposed
transit
facilities
has
not
been
secured,
and
is
subject
to
negotiation.”
Mitigation
Measure
4.N-3f
notes
“Mitigations
and
associated
fair-share
funding
measures
for
cumulative
regional
roadway
system
impacts
will
be
formulated
through
the
current
inter-jurisdictional
Transportation
Study
effort
being
led
by
the
SFCTA.
Development
within
the
Baylands
Project
Site
shall
contribute
its
fair
share
to
the
Geneva
Avenue
&
US
101
SB
Ramps
intersection
and
improvements.”
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.9.2-162
May
2015