2.
Response
to
Comments
2.9
Individual
Responses
to
Comments
from
Organizations
than-significant
levels
through
a
combination
of
siting
options
and
mitigation
measures,
at
this
time
without
site-specific
information
these
impacts
are
considered
to
be
significant
unavoidable.”
See
1
for
discussion
regarding
the
programmatic
nature
of
the
Draft
EIR
and
for
discussion
regarding
requirements
for
environmental
CEQA
review.
On
page
4.O-48,
the
Draft
EIR
concludes
that
“in
the
absence
of
information
regarding
location,
design,
and
method
of
water
storage
facility
construction,
it
must
be
assumed
that
constructing
a
new
storage
tank
on
a
hillside
could
result
in
significant
environmental
impacts
in
areas
such
as
visual
resources,
slope
stability,
erosion
and
water
quality,
and
possibly
biological
resources.
While
it
is
likely
that
impacts
of
siting
and
constructing
such
a
storage
facility
could
be
avoided
or
mitigated
to
less-than-significant
levels
through
a
combination
of
siting
options
and
mitigation
measures,
at
this
time
without
site-specific
information
these
impacts
are
considered
to
be
significant
unavoidable.”
The
comment
includes
quoted
text
from
page
of
the
Draft
EIR’s
Project
Description
discussing
Recology,
which
operates
landfill
diversion
and
resource
recovery
services.
In
the
event
that
the
City
ultimately
approves
modernization
and
expansion
of
the
Recology
site,
utility
plans
would
be
engineered
to
meet
modern
design
standards
for
each
required
utility
service,
and
existing
substandard
onsite
private
utility
lines
would
be
replaced.
In
addition,
the
City
would
impose
requirements
for
maintenance
of
private
onsite
utility
systems.
The
project-specific
design
plans
for
the
utility
systems
would
be
reviewed
by
the
City
and
service
agencies
for
compliance
with
regulatory
design
requirements
(e.g.,
adequate
sizing
of
pipes
and
sufficient
water
pressure
for
fire
suppression
as
well
as
routine
daily
uses).
Design
plans
for
underground
utilities
within
the
Baylands
would
be
required
to
account
for
site-specific
conditions,
such
as
existing
corrosive
soils
in
the
Bay
Mud
portions
of
the
Baylands.
The
Draft
EIR
(Impact
4.E-7)
requires
that
a
geotechnical
hazards
analysis
of
future
engineered
fill
be
conducted
for
proposed
building
and
infrastructure
systems
areas.
As
stated
in
the
EIR,
“Final
design-level
site
specific
geotechnical
evaluations
would
be
submitted
to
the
City
for
final
approval
which
would
include
an
assessment
of
potentially
corrosive
soils
on
the
Project
Site.
Development
elements
would
be
designed
and
constructed
in
accordance
with
requirements
of
the
final
design
level
geotechnical
report
and
would
be
verified
prior
to
the
issuance
of
building
permits.
Based
on
that
report,
all
concrete
in
contact
with
the
soil
would
be
designed
in
accordance
with
local
building
code
requirements.
All
metals
in
contact
with
corrosive
soil
would
be
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.9.2-206
May
2015