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.

 

Page 6-41         BCC-797 [See page 5-302 for the original comment] REVISE the final paragraph 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.

 

Page 6-46         SFPUC-18 [See page 5-82 for the original comment] REVISE the last paragraph on Draft EIR page 6-46, continuing onto page 6-47, as follows.

 

Tuolumne River Resources. As discussed in Impact 4.O-1 in Section 4.O, Utilities, Service Systems, and Water Supply, of this EIR, the OID-Brisbane water transfer would contribute to potential effects on streamside meadow and other alluvial deposits along the Tuolumne River between Hetch Hetchy Reservoir and New Don Pedro Reservoir. Other transfers or increased water diversions from the Tuolumne River in the future would contribute to cumulative effects on Tuolumne River resources in this reach of the river.

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