2.
Response
to
Comments
2.9
Individual
Responses
to
Comments
from
Organizations
funded.
As
stated
on
page
4.N-118,
“Reconfiguring
Bayshore
Boulevard
would
require
major
right-of-way
acquisition
and
result
in
secondary
impacts
pertaining
to
transit
operations,
pedestrian
and
bicycle
circulation,
and
safety
due
to
longer
crossing
distances.”
The
Draft
EIR
recommends
that
Brisbane,
Daly
City,
and
San
Francisco
undertake
a
joint
investigation
of
potential
capacity
solutions
in
the
area.
Because
the
outcome
of
such
an
investigation
cannot
be
known,
and
CEQA
does
not
require
speculative
analysis,
Draft
EIR
traffic
analyses
do
not
assume
any
increases
in
roadway
carrying
capacity
along
Bayshore
Boulevard.
See
Trips
generated
by
local
and
regional
development,
including
buildout
of
Sierra
Point,
are
included
in
the
baseline
Cumulative
Conditions.
See
for
information
on
cumulative
conditions.
As
stated
in
the
conclusion
to
Mitigation
Measure
4.N-3d
on
page
4.N-119,
the
cumulative
traffic
impacts
at
this
intersection
would
be
significant
and
unavoidable.
While
additional
traffic
along
Tunnel
Avenue
would
put
a
greater
number
of
vehicles
in
proximity
to
Kinder
Morgan
tanker
trucks,
design
speeds
and
posted
speed
limits
are
sufficient
to
avoid
significant
impacts
under
CEQA
thresholds
for
substantially
increasing
hazards
due
to
a
design
feature.
As
stated
in
the
conclusion
to
Mitigation
Measure
4.N-3d
on
page
4.N-119,
the
cumulative
traffic
impacts
at
the
Lagoon
Road/Tunnel
Avenue
intersection
would
be
significant
and
unavoidable.
The
intersection
would
operate
at
LOS
F
only
during
the
PM
peak
period.
Impact
4.N-16
concluded
that
each
development
scenario
would
include
a
circulation
plan
designed
to
ensure
appropriate
emergency
access
to
and
from
the
Baylands
site
and
to
provide
access
to
all
development
areas
through
the
above-
cited
new
roadways
(specifically
to
facilitate
North
County
Fire
Authority’s
emergency
response
within
the
Baylands).
Further,
all
development
will
be
required
to
be
designed
in
accordance
with
City
of
Brisbane
and
North
County
Fire
Authority
standards,
which
include
provisions
that
address
emergency
access
(e.g.,
minimum
street
widths,
minimum
turning
radii).
In
addition,
emergency
vehicles
would
be
able
to
use
transit
lanes
when
streets
are
congested.
The
comment
includes
no
evidence
to
support
the
conclusion
that
emergency
vehicular
access
will
be
severely
impaired,
or
that
the
number
of
roads
creates
a
significant
danger.
As
stated
in
the
conclusion
to
Mitigation
Measure
4.N-3e
on
page
4.N-120,
the
development
impact
to
this
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.9.2-195
May
2015