2.
Response
to
Comments
2.9
Individual
Responses
to
Comments
from
Organizations
The
Draft
EIR
analyzed
traffic
and
transportation-related
impacts
of
proposed
Baylands
development,
and
concluded
that
each
of
the
proposed
development
scenarios
would
result
in
significant
and
unavoidable
impacts.
The
Draft
EIR
makes
no
assertions
regarding
the
appropriateness
of
Baylands
development
scenarios
or
alternatives,
nor
does
it
make
any
recommendations
as
to
whether
any
scenario
or
alternative
should
or
should
not
be
approved.
Determination
as
to
the
appropriateness
of
Baylands
development
scenarios
and
alternatives
and
whether
any
scenario
or
alternative
should
be
approved,
modified,
or
not
approved
will
be
undertaken
as
part
of
the
City’s
planning
review
for
the
Baylands.
See
4
for
discussion
of
the
relationship
between
the
Baylands
environmental
and
planning
reviews.
The
comment
does
not
provide
factual
information
to
support
the
assertion
that
the
severity
of
congestion
is
understated.
Quantitative
data
were
used
for
the
segment
impact
analysis
presented
in
Table
4.N-28.
As
stated
on
page
4.N-106,
the
conclusion
with
Mitigation
Measure
4.N-13
is
that
the
impact
to
freeway
mainline
operations
would
be
significant
and
unavoidable
under
all
four
development
scenarios.
Policy
38.1
in
the
Brisbane
General
Plan
does
not
address
freeway
mainline
operations.
See
for
discussion
of
cumulative
impacts
in
relation
to
General
Plan
Policy
38.1.
Traffic
generated
by
the
Candlestick
Point-Hunters
Point
Shipyard
project
was
included
in
the
cumulative
baseline
analysis.
As
stated
in
Tables
4.N-31
and
4.N-32,
Intersection
9,
Geneva
Avenue/US
101
Southbound
Ramps,
would
operate
at
LOS
F
under
all
development
scenarios
for
the
AM
and
PM
peak
periods,
respectively.
The
trip
assignment
process
takes
into
account
the
desirability
of
specific
routes
based
on
the
shortest
and
most
reasonable
path
to
destinations.
Multiple
assignment
paths
from
a
specific
origin
(i.e.
development
area
and
land
use
type)
are
applied
based
on
the
estimated
percentage
of
motorists
choosing
one
route
over
another.
The
forecasted
intersection
operations
analyses
with
and
without
the
Geneva
Avenue
Extension
used
standard
trip
generation
and
assignment
techniques.
The
results
of
the
analysis
are
presented
in
Table
4.N-29.
All
analyses
under
Cumulative
Conditions
include
trips
generated
by
proposed
projects
in
the
vicinity
and
in
the
region.
For
information
on
Cumulative
Conditions,
see
The
comment
reflects
the
Draft
EIR’s
conclusions
that
each
development
scenario
would
result
in
significant
unavoidable
impacts,
and
would
be
inconsistent
with
Brisbane
General
Plan
Policy
38.1,
which
sets
roadway
level
of
service
standards.
See
for
discussion
of
cumulative
impacts
in
relation
to
General
Plan
Policy
38.1.
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.9.2-192
May
2015