2.
Response
to
Comments
2.9
Individual
Responses
to
Comments
from
Organizations
experience
a
significant
and
unavoidable
impact
due
to
Project
Site
development.
The
severity
of
the
impact
was
determined
based
on
the
significance
criteria
defined
on
pages
4.N-39-40.
The
Draft
EIR
makes
no
assertion
as
to
whether
the
resulting
level
of
service
is
“acceptable”
to
the
community.
The
determination
as
to
whether
Project
Site
development
traffic’s
contribution
to
LOS
F
at
this
intersection
is
“acceptable”
will
be
made
as
part
of
the
City’s
planning
review
and
decision
making
for
the
Baylands.
See
6
for
discussion
of
differences
between
“significant
unavoidable”
and
“unacceptable”
impacts.
While
congestion
along
Bayshore
Boulevard
at
analyzed
study
intersections
would
degrade
performance
of
public
transit,
the
operable
thresholds
for
analysis
under
CEQA
address
transit
capacity.
Transit
mixed-flow
operations
were
thus
not
evaluated
in
the
Draft
EIR.
Traffic
impacts
(which
are
inclusive
of
auto
and
transit
operations)
at
intersections
on
Bayshore
Boulevard
are
documented
in
the
Draft
EIR
under
Impact
4.N-1
and
Impact
4.N-3.
General
Plan
Policy
38.1
sets
the
roadway
level
of
service
standard
as
follows:
“The
level
of
service
for
all
arterial
streets
within
the
City
shall
not
be
less
than
LOS
‘D’
except
for
the
intersections
on
Bayshore
Boulevard
at
Old
County
Road
and
San
Bruno
Avenue,
which
shall
not
be
less
than
LOS
‘C.’
The
two
intersections
having
LOS
‘C’
shall
not
be
degraded
below
that
level
as
a
result
of
increased
impacts
from
other
intersections
within
the
City
and
such
impacts
shall
be
mitigated
as
necessary
to
maintain
the
LOS
‘C’
standard
at
the
identified
intersections.”
As
stated
under
the
conclusion
on
page
4.N-96,
with
implementation
of
Mitigation
Measure
4.N-1a,
the
intersection
of
Geneva
Avenue
at
Bayshore
Boulevard
would
improve
intersection
operations
under
Existing
plus
Project
conditions
in
the
DSP,
DSP-V,
CPP,
and
CPP-V
scenarios
to
an
acceptable
LOS
D
during
both
AM
and
PM
peak
hours.
However,
such
implementation
would
require
action
by
the
City
of
Daly
City.
Thus,
the
acceptable
level
of
service
can
only
be
achieved
under
Existing
plus
Project
Conditions
with
the
concurrence
of
Daly
City,
which
is
not
within
Brisbane’s
power
to
impose.
As
shown
in
Table
4.N-29,
traffic
generated
from
outside
the
Baylands
will
cause
intersection
levels
of
service
to
deteriorate
to
LOS
E
with
the
proposed
Geneva
Avenue
extension
in
place,
even
if
no
development
occurs
within
the
Baylands.
Under
cumulative
conditions,
analysis
of
all
four
scenarios
as
presented
in
Tables
4.N-29
and
4.N-30
shows
that
the
Brisbane
General
Plan
level
of
service
goal
(LOS
D)
for
the
intersection
of
Geneva
Avenue
at
Bayshore
Boulevard
would
be
maintained
only
if
the
Geneva
Avenue
extension
is
not
constructed
and
none
of
the
proposed
development
scenarios
are
approved.
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.9.2-180
May
2015