2.
Response
to
Comments
2.9
Individual
Responses
to
Comments
from
Organizations
Tunnel
Road
alignment
and
future
land
uses,
the
existing
overhead
line
will
be
undergrounded
or
located
in
an
underground
joint
trench
elsewhere
in
the
Planning
Area.
In
addition,
overhead
lines
running
through
Icehouse
Hill
and
along
Bayshore
Boulevard
may
require
undergrounding
to
comply
with
PG&E
Rule
20.
The
final
designs
and
composite
plan
will
be
coordinated
with
PG&E
during
the
design
process”
(pages
238-239
of
the
Specific
Plan).
Similar
requirements
would
be
placed
on
the
CPP
and
CPP-V
scenarios
should
either
be
selected
by
the
City.
Thus,
aboveground
power
lines
were
not
included
in
the
visual
simulations.
It
should
be
noted
that
the
Renewable
Energy
Alternative
would
require
major
transmission
lines
connecting
solar
farms
to
the
PG&E
electrical
grid
that
may
be
of
sufficiently
high
voltage
to
require
being
installed
above
ground.
If
that
alternative
is
adopted,
a
new
visual
resources
analysis
would
be
required
to
analyze
project-specific
visual
impacts.
Section
4.A
Aesthetics
and
Visual
Resources
concludes
that
development
of
the
Baylands
Site
would
create
new
sources
of
substantial
nighttime
lighting
that
would
adversely
affect
nighttime
views
in
adjacent
residential
areas,
thereby
resulting
in
a
significant
impact.
Mitigation
Measure
4.A-4a
is
set
forth
to
address
lighting
of
the
night
sky
and
to
reduce
the
nighttime
lighting
effects
that
would
occur
under
each
development
scenario.
Mitigation
Measure
4.A-4a
designed
based
on
the
International
Dark-
Sky
Association’s
dark
sky
philosophy
that,
while
a
community’s
lighting
system
needs
to
adequately
illuminate
and
provide
for
vehicular
and
pedestrian
movement,
outdoor
lighting
should
only
be
used
where
needed
with
lighting
levels
kept
to
the
minimum
necessary.
In
addition,
Mitigation
Measure
4.C-4b
includes
methods
to
minimize
the
effect
of
night
lighting
on
wetland
habitats
adjacent
to
the
Baylands
Site
development.
Mitigation
Measure
4.C-4d
requires
that
the
design
of
any
building
greater
than
100
feet
in
height
include
design
features
that
minimize
the
effects
of
the
building’s
lighting
on
bird
strikes
into
buildings.
The
Draft
EIR
concludes
that
implementation
of
Mitigation
Measure
4.A-4a
would
not
reduce
night
lighting
impacts
to
a
less-than-significant
level.
Impacts
would
remain
significant
after
mitigation,
primarily
given
the
level
of
nighttime
lighting
levels
typical
of
the
proposed
uses
(especially
the
entertainment-oriented
uses
proposed
in
the
DSP-V
scenario
that
would
involve
prominent,
lighted
displays),
and
the
existence
of
nearby
surrounding
nighttime
light-sensitive
uses
(residences)
that
would
be
affected.
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.9.3-28
May
2015