2.
Response
to
Comments
2.9
Individual
Responses
to
Comments
from
Organizations
plant
or
animal
populations
at
their
current
carrying
capacities.
Thus,
the
cumulative
conversion
of
plant
and
wildlife
habitat
would
result
in
a
significant
cumulative
impact
on
special-status
species
and
their
habitats.
The
statement
is
intended
to
address
cumulative
impacts
of
continuing
loss
of
habitats
within
the
area
surrounding
the
Baylands,
and
is
not
specific
to
the
Baylands
Project
site.
Since
it
is
already
included
in
the
Draft
EIR,
it
is
not
necessary
to
repeat
this
statement
in
Section
4.C,
Biological
Resources
.
Please
see
pages
4.C-58
and
4.C-59
of
the
Draft
EIR,
which
include
mitigation
measures
4.C-4d
and
4.C-4e
addressing
lighting
mitigation
for
native
species.
The
analysis
referred
to
on
page
6-21
addresses
cultural
resources.
The
comment
is
unclear
as
to
what
“land”
is
being
referred
to,
and
does
not
include
any
factual
basis
to
support
the
assertion
that
the
“land
itself”
is
a
cultural
resource.
The
mitigation
measure
referred
to
in
Comment
is
Mitigation
Measure
4.I-1,
which
states
that
each
of
the
General
Plan
inconsistencies
identified
in
Draft
EIR
Table
4.I-1
shall
be
resolved
through
either
modifications
to
proposed
development
or
amendments
to
the
General
Plan.
The
final
decision
as
to
which
of
these
methods
will
be
undertaken
to
address
the
General
Plan
inconsistencies
of
proposed
Baylands
development
rests
with
the
Brisbane
City
Council.
Thus,
no
determination
has
been
made
as
to
whether
the
Brisbane
General
Plan
will,
in
fact,
be
amended.
The
cumulative
projects
listed
in
Table
6-1
have
been
analyzed
as
they
are
currently
proposed
or
approved,
based
on
the
understanding
that
no
amendment
to
local
General
Plans
have
been
proposed
that
would
alter
the
analysis
or
affect
the
conclusions
set
forth
on
page
6-32
of
the
Draft
EIR.
“Cumulative,”
as
used
in
Table
6-4,
is
not
a
single
project,
but
the
combination
of
all
known
past,
present,
and
reasonably
foreseeable
cumulative
projects.
Table
6-4
thus
identifies
cumulative
noise
impacts,
which
are
defined
in
CEQA
as
the
impacts
of
the
proposed
project
in
combination
with
past,
present,
and
reasonably
foreseeable
projects.
Brisbane’s
geography
does
not
heighten
the
propagation
of
noise,
but
acts
to
reduce
noise
attenuation
over
distance
by
minimizing
barriers
to
noise.
See
Draft
EIR
Section
4.M,
Recreational
Resources
,
provides
a
more
detailed
discussion
about
the
use
of
recreational
facilities
and
resources
by
both
residential
and
non-residential
land
uses.
The
Cumulative
impact
analysis
pertaining
to
recreational
resources
in
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.9.3-130
May
2015