2.
Response
to
Comments
2.9
Individual
Responses
to
Comments
from
Organizations
The
comment
cites
a
statement
in
the
Draft
EIR,
and
does
not
raise
any
significant
environmental
issues
regarding
the
adequacy
of
the
EIR
or
its
analyses
and
conclusions.
Further
response
is
not
required.
Discussion
of
the
EPA/NREL
study
recently
conducted
for
the
Baylands
is
provided
in
Chapter
5,
Alternatives
,
as
part
of
the
Renewable
Energy
Alternative.
As
stated
at
the
bottom
of
page
“The
modeled
scenarios
in
the
U.S.
EPA
study
did
not
include
available
renewable
energy
incentive
programs,
and
concluded
that
the
economics
of
‘all
systems
were
favorable
without
these
incentives,
and
their
inclusion
will
only
make
the
economics
even
better.’”
The
discussion
in
Section
4.P,
Energy
Resources
,
is
based
on
analysis
and
conclusion
in
the
Draft
EIR
that
energy
resources
and
energy
infrastructure
will
be
adequate
to
support
development
and
operation
of
proposed
uses
within
the
Baylands.
In
addition,
there
is
no
factual
evidence
to
support
the
potential
for
brownouts
or
other
major
disruptions
of
power
as
a
potentially
significant
impact
to
be
addressed
in
the
Draft
EIR.
The
comment’s
suggestion
of
a
local,
self-contained
“Microgrid”
with
direct
connection
from
generation
to
consumption
within
the
Baylands
may
be
considered
as
part
of
the
planning
review
being
undertaken
by
the
City
for
the
Baylands.
The
Draft
EIR
analyzes
the
physical
environmental
impacts
of
project
buildout
consistent
with
the
applicant’s
proposed
time
frame
for
buildout
and
applicable
traffic,
air
quality,
and
greenhouse
gas
models
(20
years).
While
the
City’s
experience
with
the
pace
of
development
at
Sierra
Point
and
Baylands
development
projections
contained
in
the
1994
General
Plan
may
indicate
a
longer
time
for
development
of
the
Baylands,
the
pace
of
development
experience
in
those
areas
may
or
may
not
be
indicative
of
Baylands
buildout.
Spreading
buildout
of
the
Baylands
over
a
50
year
period
as
suggested
in
Comment
would
require
speculative
analysis
of
long
range
future
background
traffic
and
noise
conditions,
as
well
as
speculation
as
to
future
increases
in
the
energy
efficiency
and
emissions
of
automobiles,
as
well
as
future
mode
splits
between
automobile
use
and
transit.
Analysis
of
the
Baylands
over
a
20-year
period
provides
for
disclosure
of
the
impacts
of
Baylands
development
based
on
established
analysis
models
without
requiring
speculation
of
future
conditions.
In
the
case
of
sea
level
rise,
where
scientific
evidence
of
long-term
(50-100
year)
trends
is
available
the
Draft
EIR
evaluates
impacts
over
that
time
period.
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.9.2-210
May
2015