2.
Response
to
Comments
2.9
Individual
Responses
to
Comments
from
Organizations
in
the
existing
land
use
character
would
not
result.
The
Draft
EIR
text
cited
in
the
comment
addresses
a
single
issue
(land
use
character).
Traffic
and
other
cumulative
impact
issues
are
addressed
separately
in
Draft
EIR
Chapter
6.
The
referenced
Brisbane
comment
on
the
traffic
impacts
of
the
Candlestick
Point-Hunters
Point
EIR
and
response
from
San
Francisco
addresses
the
feasibility
of
mitigation
measures
for
the
southbound
US
101
off-ramp
at
Sierra
Point.
San
Francisco’s
response
cited
in
Comment
states:
“As
noted
above,
the
traffic
forecasts
include
traffic
associated
with
the
Project
and
other
planned
or
proposed
development
in
the
area,
including
the
Brisbane
Baylands
project;
however,
the
analysis
does
not
include
the
roadway
improvements
that
would
likely
be
required
of
said
development.
Although
the
project‘s
contribution
to
this
impact
would
be
cumulatively
considerable,
the
proposed
Brisbane
Baylands
project
would
also
be
a
substantial
contributor.
The
Draft
EIR
does
not
identify
specific
improvements
for
this
facility
because
they
are
currently
being
developed
as
part
of
the
Bi-County
Study.
The
Project
would
contribute
a
fair
share
contribution
to
these
improvements
as
determined
as
part
of
the
Bi-County
study.”
The
primary
purpose
of
discussion
of
cumulative
impacts
in
an
EIR
is
to
evaluate
the
impacts
of
a
project
in
combination
with
past,
present,
and
reasonably
foreseeable
future
projects,
analyze
whether
these
cumulative
impacts
are
significant,
and
to
determine
if
the
project’s
contribution
to
a
significant
cumulative
impacts
is
“cumulatively
considerable,”
meaning
that
the
incremental
effects
of
an
individual
project
are
significant
when
viewed
in
connection
with
past
projects,
the
effects
of
other
current
projects,
and
the
effects
of
probable
future
projects
(CEQA
Guidelines
Section
15065
(a)(3)).
Table
6-2
in
the
Draft
EIR
lists
other
current
as
well
as
probable
future
projects
in
the
City
of
Brisbane
and
surrounding
jurisdictions.
As
permitted
by
CEQA,
the
Draft
EIR
uses
both
a
list
of
past,
current
and
probable
future
projects
as
well
as
projections
from
local,
regional
or
statewide
planning
documents,
depending
on
which
method
was
determined
most
applicable
for
each
of
the
environmental
topics/resources
in
the
cumulative
impacts
analysis.
These
two
methods
were
used
to
describe
the
cumulative
effects
of
past,
present,
and
reasonably
future
projects
to
which
the
proposed
Baylands
development
would
contribute.
The
list
of
cumulative
projects
in
Table
6-2
includes
five
local
projects
in
San
Francisco,
including
the
Hunters
Point
Shipyard
(Phase
2),
Candlestick
Point,
Executive
Park,
Visitacion
Valley
Redevelopment
Mixed
Use/Schlage
Lock
site,
and
Sunnydale
Housing
Redevelopment.
Several
regional
projects
in
San
Francisco
further
away
from
the
Baylands
project
site
than
these
local
San
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.9.2-221
May
2015