services. However, public library facilities in San Francisco are in a system separate from that of San Mateo County, and are intended to serve the needs of San Francisco residents. Development of the Baylands with residential uses as proposed in the DSP and DSP-V scenarios would cause a significant impact on existing Brisbane and San Mateo County library facilities; therefore, Mitigation Measure 4.L-4 requires a new library to be provided within the Baylands to reduce that impact to below the level of significance. With implementation of Mitigation Measure 4.L-4, the proposed DSP and DSP-V scenarios would avoid a substantial contribution from the Baylands to cumulative impacts on area libraries
given the increased availability of electronic materials and materials through inter-library loans, and an associated reduced reliance on large stored collections, an increased demand for library services can be met without requiring new or physically altered library facilities. As noted above, adequate provision of library services cannot be evaluated by measuring the collection size within a specific branch against the number of registered borrowers or per capita. It is therefore concluded that the Project Site development, in conjunction with past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future projects, would not result in a significant cumulative effect.
[See page 5-302 for the original comment] See Response BCC-796. Mitigation Measure 4.L-4 requires provision of a new library within the Baylands should residential development be permitted within the Baylands. The final paragraph on page 6-41 of the Draft EIR is revised to read as follows.
Cumulative development would increase residential population and generate new employment, which would increase the demand on library services. However, given the increased availability of electronic materials and materials through inter-library loans, and an associated reduced reliance on large stored collections, an increased demand for library services can be met without requiring new or physically altered library facilities beyond those already proposed as part of cumulative development projects, including the Baylands (DSP, DSP-V scenarios). The impacts of these facilities have been analyzed as part of the cumulative projects, and no significant impacts would occur as the result of library construction. As noted above, adequate provision of library services cannot be evaluated by measuring the collection size within a specific branch against the number of registered borrowers or per capita. It is therefore concluded that the Project Site development, in conjunction with past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future projects, would not result in a significant cumulative effect.