2.
Response
to
Comments
2.9
Individual
Responses
to
Comments
from
Organizations
As
noted
in
Draft
EIR
Table
4.I-1,
General
Plan
Policy
337
requires
development
within
Baylands
to
include
“a
phasing
schedule
for
development
to
limit
the
adverse
impacts
of
too
rapid
growth.”
Table
4.I-1
notes
that
the
DSP
and
DSP-V
scenarios
are
inconsistent
with
this
policy
since
the
proposed
Brisbane
Baylands
Specific
Plan
“does
not
tie
the
rate
of
land
development
to
the
availability
of
infrastructure,
which
could
lead
to
the
establishment
of
new
uses
outstripping
the
capacity
of
infrastructure
during
initial
phases
of
development
prior
to
project
buildout.”
Unless
the
City
modifies
or
removes
Policy
337
from
the
General
Plan,
any
specific
plan
approved
within
the
Baylands
will
be
required
to
establish
requirements
and
performance
standards
tying
the
pace
of
land
development
to
the
availability
of
services,
facilities,
and
infrastructure,
including
the
roadway
and
interchange
improvements
related
to
the
Bi-County
Program
pursuant
to
the
provisions
of
Draft
EIR
Mitigation
Measure
4.I-1.
The
comment
provides
no
factual
basis
to
support
the
assertion
that
the
number
of
bicycle
and
pedestrian
overpasses
proposed
is
‘inadequate”.
The
Draft
EIR
discloses
environmental
impacts
based
on
CEQA
Guidelines
Appendix
G
thresholds
which
states
that
significant
pedestrian
impacts
can
be
found
if
the
project
would:
Conflict
with
adopted
policies,
plans,
or
programs
regarding
public
transit,
bikeways,
or
pedestrian
facilities,
or
otherwise
substantially
decrease
the
performance
or
safety
of
such
facilities.
The
Draft
EIR
determined
in
relation
to
Impact
4.N-10
that
pedestrian
circulation
would
be
improved
under
all
four
development
scenarios
and
they
would
not
interfere
with
(i.e.,
prevent)
planned
pedestrian
facilities
in
existing
and/or
planned
areas,
main
streets,
or
pedestrian
districts,
nor
would
any
of
the
four
development
scenarios
conflict
with
or
create
inconsistencies
with
adopted
pedestrian
system
plans,
guidelines,
policies,
or
standards.
While
not
a
CEQA
issue,
the
appropriate
number
of
pedestrian/bicycle
overpasses
and
bridges
will
be
considered
as
part
of
the
City’s
planning
review
and
decisionmaking
for
the
Baylands.
Detailed
street
design
standards
proposed
for
Project
Site
development
under
the
DSP
and
DSP-V
scenarios
are
contained
in
Chapter
6
of
the
proposed
Brisbane
Baylands
Draft
Specific
Plan
prepared
by
the
applicant
for
those
scenarios.
Analysis
of
the
CPP
and
CPP-V
scenarios
in
the
Draft
EIR
assumes
the
same
roadway
widths
as
the
DSP
and
DSP-V
scenarios.
The
suggested
provision
of
a
Class
I
bicycle
path
would
require
improvements
along
Tunnel
Avenue,
as
is
noted
on
page
4.N-61
of
the
Draft
EIR.
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.9.2-163
May
2015