2.
Response
to
Comments
2.9
Individual
Responses
to
Comments
from
Organizations
The
comment
mistakenly
assumes
that
the
project
site
acreage
and
proposed
development
(building)
square
footage
are
interchangeable.
Acreage
is
used
consistently
and
exclusively
throughout
the
Draft
EIR
to
measure
the
size
of
the
Baylands
Project
site
and
land
areas
within
the
Baylands
Project
Site.
Square
footage
is
used
consistently
and
exclusively
throughout
the
Draft
EIR
to
measure
building
area.
Comment
is
correct
in
stating
that
the
Draft
EIR
describes
the
size
of
the
Baylands
Project
site
as
being
733
acres.
It
is
incorrect,
however,
that
7.7
million
square
feet
is
used
to
describe
the
size
of
the
Baylands
Project
site.
7.7
million
square
feet
is
the
total
square
footage
of
new
building
area
under
the
CPP
scenario.
Each
analysis
section
within
Chapter
4
(Sections
4.A
through
4.O)
contains
a
Regulatory
Setting
Section
that
describes
the
laws,
regulations,
and
policies
germane
to
the
environmental
issues
addressed
in
that
section,
along
with
a
description
of
the
agencies
implementing
these
laws,
regulations,
and
policies.
In
addition,
Section
3.5.1
of
the
Draft
EIR
provides
a
single
location
for
the
listing
of
the
various
permits
and
approvals
required
for
implementation
of
proposed
Baylands
development,
along
with
an
identification
of
the
agencies
providing
such
permits
and
approvals.
The
proposed
General
Plan
Amendment
needed
to
achieve
consistency
with
the
Brisbane
General
Plan
is
identified
on
pages
2-3,
2-4,
and
of
the
Draft
EIR.
In
addition,
the
proposed
General
Plan
Amendment
to
remove
the
existing
General
Plan
prohibition
on
housing
within
the
Baylands
(Policy
330.1)
to
achieve
General
Plan
consistency
for
the
DSP
and
DSP-V
scenarios
as
they
are
currently
proposed
is
identified
in
the
Draft
EIR
on
pages
2-53,
4.I-16,
and
Table
4.I-1.
Mitigation
Measure
4.I-1
requires
amending
the
General
Plan
to
remove
Policy
330.1
as
a
prerequisite
for
approval
of
residential
uses
within
either
the
DSP
or
DSP-V
scenario.
Because
of
the
numerous
mentions
of
the
need
for
a
General
Plan
Amendment
to
achieve
consistency,
including
specific
references
to
the
need
to
remove
the
existing
General
Plan
prohibition
against
housing
within
the
Baylands
for
the
DSP
and
DSP-V
scenarios
to
be
consistent
with
the
General
Plan,
addition
of
a
footnote
on
page
2-29
to
that
effect
is
not
necessary.
See
6
for
discussion
of
Statements
of
Overriding
Considerations.
As
discussed
7,
the
baseline
year
for
analysis
in
the
Draft
EIR
is
2010.
Thus,
unless
otherwise
specified
in
the
Draft
EIR,
all
impact
statements
are
analyzed
in
relation
to
the
changes
in
2010
baseline
conditions
that
would
occur
should
proposed
Baylands
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.9.3-8
May
2015