2.
Response
to
Comments
2.9
Individual
Responses
to
Comments
from
Organizations
See
the
discussion
of
the
wind
sailing
area
analyzed
in
the
Draft
EIR
provided
in
Please
also
see
regarding
the
winds
in
the
near-shore
sailing
area
and
their
relation
to
winds
within
the
test
grid
area.
According
to
the
wind
rose
produced
from
data
collected
from
4/17/2008
to
12/30/2010
at
the
meteorological
tower
on
the
Brisbane
Baylands
at
a
height
of
59
meters,
the
predominant
wind
directions
were
West
and
West-northwest.
These
data
indicate
that
Northerly
winds
occur
relatively
infrequently.
Nonetheless,
as
noted
and
as
is
clear
from
CPA2
Figure
7,
only
a
small
part,
if
any,
of
the
“practical
sailing
area”
would
be
downwind
of
any
Project
Site
development
structures
for
Northwest
winds
and
no
part
of
the
“practical
sailing
area”
would
be
downwind
of
the
Baylands
site
for
North-northwest
or
North
winds.
See
also
the
November
2,
2012
technical
memo
from
Environmental
Science
Associates
to
the
City
of
Brisbane,
in
Appendix
J.2
of
this
Final
EIR.
See
also
the
discussion
of
the
wind
sailing
area
provided
Refer
and
regarding
the
wind
sailing
area
analyzed
in
the
Draft
EIR.
See
also
responses
and
Due
to
proximity
of
the
Executive
Park
project
to
the
CPSRA
sailing
and
launch
areas
and
the
magnitude
of
the
wind
reduction
expected,
a
sufficient
downwind
distance
was
evaluated
in
an
attempt
to
include
the
entire
downwind
wake.
The
downwind
areas
of
concern
for
the
Executive
Park
project
are
primarily
defined
for
NW
and
WNW
winds
blowing
over
the
project
and
toward
the
CPSRA,
so
they
were
measured
to
the
southeast
and
east-southeast
of
the
project.
Unlike
the
Executive
Park
project,
the
Brisbane
Baylands
project
is
not
close
to
the
existing
CPSRA
launch
site
or
SFBA’s
identified
primary
windsurfing
area.
For
Brisbane,
the
downwind
area
is
primarily
defined
by
West
winds
that
blow
over
the
full
length
of
the
site
and
have
the
shortest
distance
to
travel
before
reaching
the
Bay,
so
“downwind”
lies
to
the
east
of
the
Baylands
site.
Therefore,
evaluating
the
entire
downwind
wake
(which
would
extend
eastward
into
the
Bay)
is
unnecessary,
because
the
fact
that
wind
speed
recovers
over
a
fetch
of
open
water
is
proven
and
well
known.
This
judgment
about
the
eastern
part
of
the
wake
is
supported
by
inspection
of
the
plots
of
wind
speed
at
locations
in
the
test
grid,
which
reveal
that
very
little
change
in
wind
speed
or
turbulence
occurs
near
the
eastern-most
edge
of
the
test
grid.
These
data
show
conclusively
that
Project
Site
development
has
very
little
effect
there
and
would
have
even
smaller
effects
at
locations
east
of
the
grid.
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.9.4-9
May
2015