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JACK LONDON SQUARE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT Addendum to the 2004 EIR SCH No. 2003022086

Prepared for May 9, 2014The City of Oakland

JACK LONDON SQUARE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT Addendum to the 2004 EIR SCH No. 2003022086

Prepared for May 9, 2014The City of Oakland

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Jack London Square Redevelopment Project Addendum to the 2004 EIR

Page 1. Introduction 1-1 1.1 Overview 1-1 1.2 Project Background 1-4 1.3 Purpose and CEQA Context 1-5 1.4 Document Content and Organization 1-10

2. Summary 2-1 2.1 Overview 2-1

3. Project Description 3-1 3.1 Project Area Characteristics 3-1 3.2 Project Objectives 3-5 3.3 Project Background and Characteristics 3-7 3.4 Project Approvals 3-21

4. Environmental Setting, Impacts, Standard Conditions of Approval and Mitigation Measures 4-1 4.1 Transportation and Parking 4.1-1 4.2 Air Quality 4.2-1 4.3 Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Global Climate Change 4.3-1 4.4 Noise 4.4-1 4.5 Other Environmental Topics 4.5-1

5. Report Preparers 5-1 5.1 Lead Agency 5-1 5.2 EIR Consultants 5-1 Appendices (provided on CD inside front cover) A. Project Plans and Elevations – Sites D and F2, Newly Proposed Variants (2014) B. Transportation and Circulation C. Air Quality Technical Data D. Health Risk Technical Data E. Sewer Flow Demand

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List of Figures 3-1 Site Plan - 2014 Modified Project 3-2 3-2 Site Plan - 2004 Approved Project 3-3 3-3 Site D Maximum Massing (17 Over 3 Levels) 2014 Modified Project

(Maximum Residential Scenario) 3-16 3-4 Site D Maximum Massing (7 Levels) Approved Project 3-17 3-5 Site F2 Maximum Massing (23 Over 3 Levels) 2014 Modified Project

(Maximum Residential Scenario) 3-18 3-6a Site F2 Maximum Massing (8 Levels) Approved Project 3-19 3-6b Site F2 Maximum Massing (8 Levels) Approved Project 3-20 4.1-1 Traffic Study Locations 4.1-9 4.1-2 Existing Intersection Lane Geometry 4.1-13 4.1-3 Existing Intersection Traffic Volumes 4.1-15 4.1-4 Existing Transit Network 4.1-22 4.1-5 Bicycle Facilities 4.1-29 4.1-6 Trip Distribution Pattern 4.1-46 4.1-7 2014 Modified Project Intersection Traffic Volumes 4.1-47 4.1-8 Approved Project Intersection Traffic Volumes 4.1-49 4.1-9 Existing plus Project (2014 Modified Project) Intersection Traffic Volumes 4.1-52 4.1-10 Existing plus Project (Approved Project) Intersection Traffic Volumes 4.1-58 4.1-11 Cumulative Year 2035 Conditions Intersection Traffic Volumes 4.1-65 4.1-12 Cumulative Year 2035 plus Project (2014 Modified Project) Intersection

Traffic Volumes 4.1-72 4.1-13 Cumulative Year 2035 plus Project (Approved Project) Intersection Traffic

Volumes 4.1-81 4.5-1 Short-range Simulation 4.5-29 4.5-2 Mid-range Simulation 4.5-30 4.5-3 Long-range Simulation 4.5-31 4.5-4 Worst-Case Shadow Patters (December) 4.5-33 4.5-5 Long-range Cumulative Simulation 4.5-37

List of Exhibits 3-1 Project Description Detail – All Possible Variants for All Sites 3-10

List of Tables 1-1 CEQA Review (Under Section 15162) and City Standard Conditions of

Approval (SCA) to the Requested Approvals 1-7 2-2 Summary of Impacts, Mitigation Measures, Standard Conditions of

Approval and Residual Effects 2-3 3-1 Selected Most Intensive Variants by Development Site 3-8 3-2 Proposed and Active Land Uses by Site Hotel/Conf Center 3-9 3-3 2014 Modified Project Detail - Residential Variants 3-13 3-4 Project Description Summary and Active Uses 3-14 3-5 Maximum Building Heights by Development Site 3-15 3-6 Project Construction Phasing and Demolition – 2014 Modified Project

(Maximum Residential Scenario) 3-21 4.1-1 Criteria for Intersection Level of Service 4.1-10 4.1-2 Criteria for Roadway Level of Service 4.1-11 4.1-3 Intersection Traffic Volume Comparison 4.1-12 4.1-4 Intersection Levels of Service – Existing Conditions 4.1-18

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4.1-5 Roadway Segment Levels of Service – Existing Conditions 4.1-20 4.1-6 AC Transit Service Summary 4.1-23 4.1-7 AC Transit Maximum Capacity Utilization 4.1-24 4.1-8 BART Service Summary 4.1-25 4.1-9 BART Train Capacity Utilization 4.1-25 4.1-10 12th Street Oakland City Center Bart Station Entries and Exits (Weekday) 4.1-26 4.1-11 ITE Trip Generation Rates and Regression Equations 4.1-42 4.1-12 ITE Vehicle Trip Generation – 2014 Modified Project (Maximum

Residential Scenario) 4.1-42 4.1-13 ITE Vehicle Trip Generation – Approved Project 4.1-43 4.1-14 Trip Generation Summary, by Mode 4.1-44 4.1-15 Vehicle Trip Generation Comparison 4.1-44 4.1-16 Intersection Levels of Service – Existing Plus 2014 Modified Project

Conditions (Maximum Residential Scenario) 4.1-54 4.1-17 Roadway Segment Levels of Service – Existing Plus 2014 Modified Project

Conditions (Maximum Residential Scenario) 4.1-56 4.1-18 Intersection Levels of Service – Existing Plus Approved Project Conditions 4.1-60 4.1-19 Roadway Segment Levels of Service – Existing Plus Approved Project

Conditions 4.1-63 4.1-20 Intersection Levels of Service – Cumulative Year 2035 Conditions 4.1-68 4.1-21 Roadway Segment Levels of Service – Cumulative Year 2035 Conditions 4.1-69 4.1-22 Intersection Levels of Service – Cumulative Year 2035 Plus 2014 Modified

Project Conditions (Maximum Residential Scenario) 4.1-74 4.1-23 Roadway Segment Levels of Service – Cumulative Year 2035 Plus 2014

Modified Project Conditions (Maximum Residential Scenario) 4.1-78 4.1-24 Intersection Levels of Service – Cumulative Year 2035 Plus Approved

Project Conditions 4.1-83 4.1-25 Roadway Segment Levels of Service – Cumulative Year 2035 Plus

Approved Project Conditions 4.1-87 4.1-26 Transit Corridor Travel Times 4.1-93 4.1-27 Project Weekday Peak-Hour Transit Trips 4.1-97 4.1-28 Intersection Collision History 4.1-104 4.1-29 Intersection Collision Primary Causal Factors 4.1-105 4.1-30 City of Oakland Off-Street Parking Municipal Code Requirements 4.1-106 4.1-31 Parking Required by Municipal Code – 2014 Modified Project (Maximum

Residential Scenario) 4.1-107 4.1-32 Parking Required by Municipal Code – Approved Project 4.1-108 4.1-33 ITE Parking Generation Rates 4.1-109 4.1-34 Project Parking Demand – 2014 Modified Project (Maximum Residential

Scenario) 4.1-110 4.1-35 Project Parking Demand – Approved Project 4.1-111 4.1-36 City of Oakland Off-Street Loading Municipal Code Requirements 4.1-112 4.1-37 Project Required Loading Totals 4.1-113 4.1-38 City of Oakland Bicycle Parking Municipal Code Requirements 4.1-114 4.1-39 Project Required Bicycle Parking Totals – 2014 Modified Project

(Maximum Residential Scenario 4.1-114 4.1-40 Project Required Bicycle Parking Totals – Approved Project 4.1-115 4.2-1 State and National Criteria Air Pollutant Standards, Effects, and Sources 4.2-7 4.2-2 Bay Area Attainment Status 4.2-8 4.2-3 Air Quality Data Summary (2008-2011) for the Project Area 4.2-8 4.2-4 Summary of City of Oakland CEQA Significance Thresholds Applied in this

Analysis 4.2-12

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4.2-5 Unmitigated Emissions from Construction 4.2-18 4.2-6 Unmitigated Emissions from Operation 4.2-20 4.2-7 Carbon Monoxide Emissions 4.2-25 4.2-8 Unmitigated Construction-Related Health Impacts to Existing Residents

Near Sites D and F2 4.2-28 4.2-9 Operational Health Risk Estimates 2014 Modified Project Site D 4.2-29 4.2-10 Operational Health Risk Estimates 2014 Modified Project Site F2 4.2-30 4.3-1 Oakland Community-Wide GHG Emissions Summary – 2005 (Tons/Year) 4.3-6 4.3-2 List of Recommended Actions by Sector 4.3-13 4.3-3 GHG Emissions from Construction at Sites D and F2 (Metric Tons per

Year) 4.3-21 4.3-4 Total GHG Emissions from Construction - All Unbuilt Sites (Metric Tons

per Year) 4.3-22 4.3-5 GHG Emissions from Operation – All Sites (Metric Tons per Year) 4.3-24 4.3-6 GHG Emissions from Operation – 2014 Modified Project (Sites D and F2

Residential Scenario) (Metric Tons per Year) 4.3-25 4.4-1 Peak-Hour Traffic Noise Levels in the Vicinity of the Project 4.4-10 4.4-2 Peak-Hour Cumulative Noise Levels at Sensitive Receptors in the Project

Area 4.4-11 4.5-1 Average and Peak Sewer Flow Demand – Entire Project Site 4.5-45

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CHAPTER 1 Introduction

1.1 Overview The City of Oakland (“City”) is the Lead Agency (pursuant to State and local guidelines for implementing the California Environmental Quality Act [CEQA]), and has prepared this Addendum subject to CEQA (Public Resources Code Section 21000, et seq. and Section 15000, et seq.) and the State CEQA Guidelines (California Code of Regulations). The City has prepared this Addendum to the Jack London Square Redevelopment Project Environmental Impact Report (EIR), SCH No. 2003022086, which the Oakland City Council certified on July 6,2004 (the “2004 EIR”).

As shown in Figure 1-1, 2004 Project Area Location, Jack London Square is located along the Oakland Estuary waterfront, generally at the terminus of Broadway, one-half mile from downtown Oakland. The project sponsor, JLSV Land LLC, proposes to modify the existing project approvals for the Jack London Square Project that was evaluated under the 2004 EIR and approved by the City in 2004 (the “Approved Project”).

The existing project approvals include a Planned Unit Development (“PUD”) that serves as the Preliminary Development Plan (“PDP”) for the Approved Project, as well as a Development Agreement that was entered into with respect to the Approved Project. The project sponsor’s current proposal is to modify these approvals to (1) modify the PUD to add the potential to develop residential uses on two of the nine development sites (Sites D and F2) that make up the Jack London Square Project Site, and (2) modify the PUD to remove the previously-imposed “cap” on the amount of office use that could be developed with the project on Sites D and F2. This Addendum specifically addresses the environmental effects of the project sponsor’s current proposal, and to the extent necessary to address the conditions of supplemental CEQA review (discussed further in this chapter, under Scope of this Addendum Under CEQA Guidelines Section 15162), the environmental effects of the Approved Project are revisited for certain topics..

The 2004 Approved Project includes several commercial variants for each of the component sites. The project sponsor now proposes to add residential variants to Sites D and F2. In order to ensure that the CEQA analysis addresses the most intensive potential impacts that could result from any possible combination of these variants, this Addendum evaluates multiple scenarios ( outlined below).

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Project Terms The following terms pertinent to the project sponsor’s current proposal are used throughout this Addendum and described in greater detail in Chapter 3, Project Description, of this document:

“2004 Approved Project” (or simply “Approved Project”) is generally the project that was evaluated in the certified 2004 Final EIR and approved by the City in 2004. It includes a set of commercial land uses and building configurations (referred to as “variants”) that could be developed on the Jack London Square Project Site, which includes nine development sites. When this Addendum refers to the 2004 Approved Project or the Approved Project in the context of CEQA review, those terms refer to the most intensive (from an environmental impact perspective) combination of proposed commercial-use variants that were approved as part of the 2004 Approved Project.1

“2003 DEIR Project” is the mixed use program that was analyzed in the 2004 Draft EIR document. It included the consideration of residential uses on Site G, which were removed from the proposed project before the 2004 Final EIR was produced and the project was approved. The 2003 DEIR Project is referenced in this Addendum only when it is important to distinguish it from the 2004 Approved Project.

“2014 Modified Project” is the project sponsor’s current proposal to modify its existing approvals as described above (see Overview); it seeks to (1) modify the PUD to add the potential to develop residential uses on Sites D and F2, and (2) modify the PUD to remove an office use “cap” from Sites D and F2. Regarding (1), the 2014 Modified Project adds three new residential-only variants that could be developed on Sites D and F2; the variants on the remaining sites under the 2014 Modified Project would all continue to develop commercial uses as analyzed in the 2004 Final EIR for the Approved Project.

When this Addendum refers to the 2014 Modified Project without the parenthetical reference specifically to the Maximum Residential Scenario (described immediately below), this term refers to the full set of variants – residential and commercial – for all sites, factoring in the proposed office cap change.

“Maximum Residential Scenario” refers to the most intensive (from an environmental impact perspective) combination of variants that are proposed as part of the 2014 Modified Project, with the provision that only the most intensive of the three newly-proposed residential variants each for Sites D and F2 (not any of the commercial-use variants) are considered for Sites D and F2. As a result, the Maximum Residential Scenario reflects a project that is essentially identical to the 2004 Approved Project, except that Sites D and F2 are assumed to have been developed with the most intensive (from an environmental standpoint) residential variant proposed as part of the 2014 Modified Project. The Maximum Residential Scenario is evaluated in this document to 1 In order to reflect actual construction that has occurred since 2004, this analysis considers the most intensive

scenario that is now possible for the 2004 Approved Project, which is slightly different from (and slightly less intensive than) the scenario that was studied in the Final EIR. The reason this scenario is slightly less intensive than the scenario that was studied in the Final EIR is that, since 2004, certain sites have been fully developed with a less intensive combination of uses than that studied for the sites by the 2004 EIR.

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provide an analysis for the most intensive residential variants for each of Sites D and F2 that could occur under the proposed project.2

“Jack London Square Project” represents the entire development proposed for the Jack London Square Project Site: the Approved Project and the potential to develop residential uses on Sites D and F2 by the 2014 Modified Project.

This Addendum demonstrates that no additional CEQA review is required as none of the conditions requiring preparation of a Supplemental or Subsequent EIR, as specified in Public Resources Code section 21166 and CEQA Guidelines sections 15162 and 15163, are present (also see Section 1.3, Purpose and CEQA Context, below.) For each environmental topic addressed by CEQA, this Addendum reviews the 2014 Modified Project in light of the City’s current CEQA Thresholds/Criteria of Significance and Uniformly Applied Standards and Conditions of Approval to determine whether any updates or revisions to the 2004 EIR analysis or conclusions are required.

1.2 Project Background

2004 Approved Project and EIR On July 6, 2004, the Oakland City Council certified the 2004 EIR and approved the 2004 Approved Project.3 The project sponsor, Jack London Square Partners, LLC, proposed to redevelop areas within the Jack London Square area by intensifying existing office, retail, and dining establishments with new construction. The Project Site encompasses nine development sites, and the Approved Project identified combinations of land uses and building configurations (referred to as “variants”) that could be developed on each site. Overall, the Approved Project would develop up to approximately 960,700 net new gross square feet (gsf) of commercial uses.

The 2004 EIR identified significant impacts for the Approved Project associated with traffic intersection operations and air quality emissions. All other significant impacts associated with the Approved Project would be less than significant, some requiring mitigation measures.

JLSV Land LLC is the project sponsor. Since 2004, three new buildings and four new plazas/greens have been constructed within the project area, consistent with the terms of the existing approvals and within the approved office use cap.

2 To ensure a conservative CEQA analysis, only the most intensive residential variants for each of Sites D and F2 are

considered and analyzed within this Addendum. 3 The Approved Project was introduced in the 2004 Responses to Comments / Final EIR document as a smaller

version of the project that was described and analyzed in the Draft EIR. On May 12, 2004, in response to an appeal of the project, the City Council amended mitigation measures B.4 and C.2 in the EIR and in the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program for the Approved Project. As used herein, the term “2004 EIR” incorporates the amendments that were adopted by the City Council.

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2014 Modified Project As described in the previous section, JLSV Land LLC now proposes the 2014 Modified Project, which would add residential variants to the commercial-use variants previously approved for Sites D and F2 as part of the PUD for the Approved Project. The 2014 Modified Project includes the addition of three new residential variants for each of Sites D and F2 in the existing PUD.4

Tabular comparisons of the Approved Project and the Maximum Residential Scenario are presented in Chapter 3, Project Description.

1.3 Purpose and CEQA Context

Purpose of this Addendum According to CEQA Guidelines Section 15162, a Subsequent or Supplemental EIR is required when:

(1) Substantial changes are proposed in the project which will require major revisions of the previous EIR or negative declaration due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects;

(2) Substantial changes occur with respect to the circumstances under which the project is undertaken which will require major revisions of the previous EIR or Negative Declaration due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects; or

(3) New information of substantial importance, which was not known and could not have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time the previous EIR was certified as complete or the Negative Declaration was adopted, shows any of the following:

a. The project will have one or more significant effects not discussed in the previous EIR or negative declaration;

b. Significant effects previously examined will be substantially more severe than shown in the previous EIR;

c. Mitigation measures or alternatives previously found not to be feasible would in fact be feasible, and would substantially reduce one or more significant effects of the project, but the project proponents decline to adopt the mitigation measure or alternative; or

d. Mitigation measures or alternatives which are considerably different from those analyzed in the previous EIR would substantially reduce one or more significant effects on the environment, but the project proponents decline to adopt the mitigation measure or alternative.

4 Although the project sponsor’s current proposal also involves removing an office use “cap” from Sites D and F2,

doing so does not represent a “change” from the project that was previously analyzed pursuant to CEQA, as discussed below with Table 1-1.

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e. Section 15164 of the CEQA Guidelines states that an addendum may be prepared if some changes or additions are necessary to a certified EIR and none of the above-stated conditions are present. Based on a review of the 2014 Modified Project and existing conditions, analysis concludes that there is no substantial change proposed that would require major revisions to the 2004 EIR; that there is no substantial change in circumstances that would cause new significant impacts or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant impacts; and that there is no new information of substantial importance that shows 1) new significant impacts, 2) a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant impacts, or 3) that mitigation measures or alternatives previously found not to be feasible (or are considerably different from those analyzed in the previous CEQA document) would in fact be feasible, and would substantially reduce one or more significant effects of the project (CEQA Guidelines Section 15162). Therefore, the City has determined that an addendum to the previously certified 2004 EIR is the appropriate form of CEQA analysis for the Maximum Residential Scenario.

Scope of this Addendum Under CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 The scope of the supplemental CEQA review of the Maximum Residential Scenario focuses on: 1) changes to the 2004 Approved Project that could result in physical impacts; or 2) changes in circumstances since 2004 or new information that could not have been known in 2004 that could result in the identification of physical impacts. Table 1-1, below, sets forth the scope of the supplemental review undertaken pursuant to these requirements.

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TABLE 1-1 CEQA REVIEW (UNDER SECTION 15162) OF THE REQUESTED APPROVALS

CEQA Guidelines Proposed Action or Consideration Scope of Addendum Analysis

Sec.15162(a)(1) Substantial changes proposed in the project

(Project sponsor-initiated modifications proposed to the 2004 Approved Project

2014 Modified Project:

Residential Variants: Modify 2004 PUD to add residential variants to Sites D and F2

Residential Uses / Sensitive Receptors: Modify 2004 PUD to add sensitive receptors at Sites D and F2 and be expose persons to substantial toxic air contaminants.

Sites D and F2 Only

Office Cap Removal: Modify PUD to remove 2004 office use “cap” on Sites D and F2

Not Addressed. The project evaluated by the 2004 EIR did not include any limitations on the amount of office uses that could be developed; thus, that element of the current proposal does not constitute a “change” from a CEQA standpoint.

Sec.15162(a)(2) Changes in Circumstances, and Sec.15162(a)(3) New Information a

(Changes to the context within which the Jack London Square Project would occur))

Transportation and Circulation: Updates to environmental setting, traffic model, vehicle trip generation methodology, and City’s significance thresholds established after the 2004 EIR.

Entire Jack London Square Project (All Sites): Approved Project and 2014 Modified Project

Total Cumulative Noise: Updates to City’s methods established after the 2004 EIR.

Entire Jack London Square Project (All Sites): Approved Project and 2014 Modified Project

a Air quality and global climate change are not considered “changed circumstances” or “new information” since information

regarding these topics was known, or could have been known, in 2004. To the extent that the “proposed changes to the project” would introduce sensitive receptors (residents) to Sites D and F2, thereby potentially exposing people to toxic air contaminants, is addressed in this Addendum, and discussed in the context of CEQA Section 15162,

SOURCE: CEQA Guidelines Section 15162; ESA

Consideration of “Changes Proposed in the Project” The City has prepared this Addendum to analyze the potential environmental effects of the project sponsor-initiated changes to the Approved Project to determine the extent to which “substantial changes proposed in the project” will require major revisions to the 2004 EIR (CEQA Guidelines Section 15162, consideration #1 listed above5).

The only components of the project sponsor’s current proposal that could potentially affect the environment (and therefore the 2004 EIR Findings) are the addition of variants that would allow for development of residential uses on Sites D and F2 of the Jack London Square Project Site, and removal from Sites D and F2 of the existing office use “cap” included in the Approved

5 CEQA Guidelines Section 15162(a)(1).

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Project PUD. However, the project evaluated by the 2004 EIR did not include any limitations on the amount of office uses that could be developed (this was imposed later at a City Council hearing on the project); thus, that element of the current proposal does not constitute a “change” from the project that was previously analyzed pursuant to CEQA. Therefore, the addition of residential variants is the only “change proposed in the project” considered pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15162. Table 1-1 summarizes the scope of this Addendum relative to all aspects of the project sponsor’s current proposal.

The 2004 EIR already analyzed the environmental effects of, and identified feasible mitigation measures for, the Approved Project. In accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15164, this Addendum contains only the information necessary to make the 2004 EIR adequate for the 2014 Modified Project. All environmental topics identified in the City’s CEQA Thresholds/Criteria of Significance document are analyzed to identify the potential effects of developing residential uses on Sites D and F2 under the Maximum Residential Scenario – the most intensive of the residential variants (from an environmental impact perspective).

This Addendum discusses the reasons for determining that effects would not result in new or substantially more severe significant impacts than those already identified and disclosed in the 2004 EIR, which includes the 2003 Initial Study, 2003 Draft EIR (2003 DEIR), and 2004 Final EIR (FEIR). Each of these 2003-2004 CEQA documents are incorporated in this Addendum by reference and are available at the City’s Department of Planning, Building & Neighborhood Preservation at 250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Suite 2114, and on the City’s website.6

Consideration of “Changed Circumstances” and “New Information” This Addendum also assesses the extent to which “substantial changes to the circumstances” under which the project is undertaken have occurred that may indicate a new significant impact or a substantial increase in significant environmental impact associated with the 2004 Approved Project) (CEQA Guidelines Section 15162, consideration #2 listed above7), and the extent to which “new information of substantial importance” was known, or could have been known, with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time of the previous CEQA documents that may indicate a new significant impact or a substantial increase in significant environmental impact associated with the 2004 Approved Project (CEQA Guidelines Section 15162, consideration #3 listed above8).

As summarized above in Table 1-1, these two considerations pertain to the context within which the 2004 Approved Project would occur (instead of the project sponsor’s proposed changes to the project), and therefore are considerations applicable to both the 2004 Approved Project and the 2014 Modified Project.

6 The 2004 CEQA documents for the Jack London Square Project are available on the City of Oakland’s official

website, http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Government/o/PBN/OurServices/Application/DOWD009158. 7 CEQA Guidelines Section 15162(a)(2). 8 CEQA Guidelines Section 15162(a)(3).

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This Addendum provides summary CEQA analysis with respect to certain environmental topics where the analysis, and the circumstances and information that applied to that analysis, have been determined to remain consistent with those set forth in the 2004 EIR. Significance determinations for these topics are based on the thresholds from the 2004 EIR.

This Addendum analyzes the following two topics in more depth for both the 2004 Approved Project and the 2014 Modified Project (specifically the Maximum Residential Scenario, representing the most intensive set of residential variants in the 2014 Modified Project), because there exist changed circumstances, and/or new information, with respect to those topics

Transportation and Circulation: Transportation and circulation, including pedestrian circulation, are analyzed in detail to update the environmental setting information, to update potential impacts based on the updated traffic model, and to analyze the 2014 Modified Project’s potential impacts under the City’s current transportation and circulation significance thresholds and vehicle trip generation methodology established after publication and certification of the 2004 EIR.

Cumulative Noise: Cumulative noise considering the combined effects of stationary and operational noise is analyzed pursuant to analysis methods the City established after publication and certification of the 2004 EIR.

Since certain information regarding air quality and global climate change was known, or could have been known, in 2004 and later, it is not “new information” as defined under CEQA, nor does it represent “changed circumstances.” Therefore, significance determinations in this Addendum with respect to air quality and global climate change are based on the thresholds from the 2004 EIR in conformance with the requirements of CEQA Guidelines Section 15162. However, an analysis of the 2014 Modified Project that relies on the City’s current significance thresholds for those two topics (which rely upon the May 2011 Bay Area Air Quality Management District [BAAQMD] CEQA Guidelines) has nevertheless been conducted in order to provide more information to the public and decision-makers and to determine whether the 2014 Modified Project would warrant application of the City’s SCAs related to greenhouse gas emissions. The assessment that relies on the City’s current significance thresholds for toxic air contaminants (TACs) is also appropriate in this Addendum also because the new potential to expose new sensitive receptors (residents) on Sites D and F2 to substantial levels of TACs would result specifically as a result of “change proposed in the project” considered under CEQA Guidelines Section 15162.

Standard Conditions of Approval This Addendum updates some of the regulatory setting, impact conclusions, and mitigation measures in the 2004 EIR to incorporate, in certain instances, the City’s Standard Conditions of Approval and Uniformly Applied Development Standards (SCAs) established after publication of the 2004 EIR, as described below.

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General SCA Application The City’s SCAs are incorporated into new and changed projects as conditions of approval regardless of a project’s environmental determination. The SCAs incorporate policies and standards from various adopted plans, policies, and ordinances (such as the Oakland Planning and Municipal Codes, Oakland Creek Protection Ordinance, Stormwater Water Management and Discharge Control Ordinance, Oakland Tree Protection Ordinance, Oakland Grading Regulations, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit requirements, Housing Element-related mitigation measures, California Building Code and Uniform Fire Code, among others), which have been found to substantially mitigate environmental effects. The SCAs are adopted as requirements of an individual project when it is approved by the City and are designed to, and will, substantially mitigate environmental effects.

SCA Application in this Addendum Because the SCAs are mandatory City requirements, the impact analyses for new and, as addressed in this Addendum, modified projects assume that these will be imposed and implemented by the project in question. Specifically, this analysis assumes that appropriate SCAs will apply to those aspects of the project sponsor’s current proposal that are “changes” to the Approved Project. As previously discussed under Scope of this Addendum Under CEQA Guidelines Section 15162, the only change to the Approved Project (and that is addressed in this Addendum because it could affect the environment) is the addition of residential variants on Sites D and F2 under the Maximum Residential Scenario; the removal of the office “cap” is not considered a “change” as it was previously addressed in the 2004 EIR. Therefore, all of the relevant SCAs have been incorporated into the Maximum Residential Scenario for Sites D and F2 and supersede potentially significant impacts and mitigation measures identified in the 2004 EIR that apply to Sites D and F2.

1.4 Document Content and Organization Following this Chapter 1, Introduction, this Addendum is organized as follows:

Chapter 2, Summary, contains a brief description of the 2014 Modified Project and Maximum Residential Scenario, and a summary table that allows the reader to easily reference the analysis and conclusions presented throughout the Addendum.

Chapter 3, Project Description, describes the 2014 Modified Project and Maximum Residential Scenario and its setting in detail and in comparison to the Approved Project, and also describes the 2014 Modified Project objectives and their differences from those of the Approved Project. Chapter 3 also identifies the requested approvals.

Chapter 4, Environmental Setting, Impacts, Standard Conditions of Approval, and Mitigation Measures. For all environmental topics, Chapter 4 provides relevant updates of existing conditions and applicable regulations and/or significance thresholds; identifies and updates impacts and mitigation measures for certain topics, based on the applicable SCAs; and provides

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sufficient analysis to confirm that the 2014 Modified Project and Maximum Residential Scenario would not result in any new or substantially more severe significant impacts than identified in the 2004 EIR.

Chapter 5, Report Preparation, identifies the authors of this Addendum, including City staff, the Addendum consultant team, and the technical consultants.

All reference documents and persons contacted to prepare the Addendum analyses are listed at the end of each analysis section in Chapter 4, Environmental Setting, Impacts, Standard Conditions of Approval and Mitigation Measures.

The Addendum document is available for review by the public at the City of Oakland Department of Planning, Building, and Neighborhood Preservation, under reference Case Number ER03-0004, located at 250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Suite 3315, Oakland, California 94612.

1. Introduction


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CHAPTER 2 Summary

2.1 Overview The City of Oakland (City), as the Lead Agency (pursuant to State and local guidelines for implementing the California Environmental Quality Act [CEQA]), has prepared this Addendum to the Jack London Square Redevelopment Project Environmental Impact Report (EIR), SCH No. 2003022086, which the Oakland City Council certified on July 6, 2004 (the 2004 EIR”).

The project sponsor, JLSV Land LLC, proposes a 2014 Modified Project to modify the existing project approvals for the Jack London Square Project that was evaluated under the 2004 EIR and approved by the City in 2004 (the “Approved Project”). The 2014 Modified Project would (1) modify the PUD to add the potential to develop residential uses on two of the nine development sites (Sites D and F2) that make up the Jack London Square Project Site, and (2) modify the PUD to remove a previously-imposed “cap” on the amount of office use that could be developed with the project on Sites D and F2.

This Addendum focuses on the addition of most intensive (from an environmental impact perspective) combination of residential variants to the PUD to ensure a conservative analysis. The Maximum Residential Scenario is specifically evaluated in this document to provide an analysis for the most intensive residential variants for each of Sites D and F2 that could occur under the proposed project.1 This combination of variants is considered the Maximum Residential Scenario, which would develop up to 621,700 net new gross square feet (gsf) of commercial and residential uses (including the up to 665 dwelling units not previously proposed). The 2004 EIR analyzed the most intensive (from an environmental impact perspective) combination of variants, for development of up to 960,700 net new gsf of proposed commercial use, that were approved as part of the 2004 Approved Project. Both the 2004 Approved Project (for certain environmental topics) and the 2014 Modified Project (through its most intensive combination of residential variants, the Maximum Residential Scenario) are therefore studied by this Addendum, as required by CEQA in the supplemental review context.

Table 2-1, below, presents the impact statements, Standard Conditions of Approval and Uniformly Applied Development Standards (SCAs) (where applicable), recommended mitigation measures, and the level of significance of the impact after recommended mitigation measures and/or SCAs are implemented. As indicated in Chapter 1, Introduction, SCAs are only applied to

1 To ensure a conservative CEQA analysis, only the most intensive residential variants for each of Sites D and F2 are

considered and analyzed within this Addendum.

2. Summary


the aspects of the project sponsor’s current proposal that are “changes” to the Approved Project. Thus, SCAs are only identified in Table 2-1 to address the proposed addition of residential variants on Sites D and F2 in the context of the Maximum Residential Scenario.

2. S

umm

ary

Jack

Lon

don

Squ

are

Red

evel

opm

ent P

roje

ct

2-3

ES

A /

1209

39

Add

endu

m to

the

2004

EIR

M

ay 2

014

TAB

LE 2

-1SU

MM

AR

Y O

F IM

PAC

TS, M

ITIG

ATI

ON

MEA

SUR

ES, S

TAN

DA

RD

CO

ND

ITIO

NS

OF

APP

RO

VAL

(SC

A) A

ND

RES

IDU

AL

EFFE

CTS

Envi

ronm

enta

l Im

pact

M

itiga

tion

Mea

sure

or S

CA

A

pplie

s to

200

4 A

ppro

ved

Proj

ect

App

lies

to 2

014

Mod

ified

Pro

ject

: R

esid

entia

l Use

s on

Si

tes

D a

nd F

2 O

nly

Leve

l of S

igni

fican

ce

afte

r Im

plem

enta

tion

of

Miti

gatio

n M

easu

re

or S

CA

Tran

spor

tatio

n an

d Ci

rcul

atio

n Im

pact

TR

AN

S-1:

The

add

ition

of A

ppro

ved

Pro

ject

tra

ffic

wou

ld re

sult

in th

e in

ters

ectio

n m

eetin

g th

e co

nditi

ons

of th

e M

UTC

D p

eak

hour

vol

ume

traffi

c si

gnal

war

rant

dur

ing

the

PM

pea

k ho

ur a

t the

W

ebst

er S

tree

t / E

mba

rcad

ero

inte

rsec

tion,

whi

ch

is e

xpec

ted

to o

pera

te a

t una

ccep

tabl

e LO

S F

und

er

Exi

stin

g pl

us A

ppro

ved

Pro

ject

Con

ditio

ns.

(Sig

nific

ant)

Miti

gatio

n M

easu

re T

RA

NS-

1:

All-

way

sto

p co

ntro

l sha

ll be

inst

alle

d at

the

Web

ster

Stre

et /

Em

barc

ader

o in

ters

ectio

n, in

clud

ing

high

-vis

ibili

ty la

dder

cro

ssw

alks

at

all

inte

rsec

tion

appr

oach

es, c

onsi

sten

t with

cur

rent

City

of

Oak

land

cro

ssw

alk

stan

dard

s fo

r uns

igna

lized

inte

rsec

tions

. Sto

p lin

es fo

r veh

icle

s sh

all b

e pl

aced

suc

h th

at a

ny s

topp

ed m

otor

ist c

an

clea

rly s

ee p

edes

trian

s in

tend

ing

to c

ross

, and

veh

icle

s at

opp

osin

g in

ters

ectio

n ap

proa

ches

.

X

Le

ss th

an S

igni

fican

t

Impa

ct T

RA

NS-

2: T

he a

dditi

on o

f 201

4 M

odifi

ed

Pro

ject

(Max

imum

Res

iden

tial S

cena

rio) t

raffi

c w

ould

resu

lt in

the

inte

rsec

tion

mee

ting

the

cond

ition

s of

the

MU

TCD

pea

k ho

ur v

olum

e tra

ffic

sign

al w

arra

nt d

urin

g bo

th p

eak

hour

s at

the

Oak

St

reet

/ Em

barc

ader

o in

ters

ectio

n, w

hich

is

expe

cted

to o

pera

te a

t una

ccep

tabl

e LO

S F

und

er

Cum

ulat

ive

Year

203

5 pl

us P

roje

ct 2

014

Mod

ified

P

roje

ct C

ondi

tions

(Max

imum

Res

iden

tial S

cena

rio).

(Sig

nific

ant)

Miti

gatio

n M

easu

re T

RA

NS-

2:

Inst

all t

raffi

c si

gnal

s at

the

unsi

gnal

ized

Oak

Stre

et /

Em

barc

ader

o in

ters

ectio

n. T

he s

igna

ls s

hall

have

fixe

d-tim

e co

ntro

ls w

ith

perm

itted

left-

turn

pha

sing

, whi

ch w

ould

not

requ

ire a

sep

arat

e le

ft-tu

rn a

rrow

. Ins

talla

tion

of tr

affic

sig

nals

sha

ll in

clud

e op

timiz

ing

sign

al p

hasi

ng a

nd ti

min

g (i.

e. a

lloca

tion

of g

reen

tim

e fo

r eac

h in

ters

ectio

n ap

proa

ch) i

n tu

ne w

ith th

e re

lativ

e tra

ffic

volu

mes

on

thos

e ap

proa

ches

, and

coo

rdin

atio

n w

ith s

igna

l pha

sing

and

tim

ing

of a

djac

ent i

nter

sect

ions

.

(MM

TR

AN

S-2

ap

plie

s as

MM

TR

AN

S-5

, bel

ow)

X

Less

than

Sig

nific

ant

Impa

ct T

RA

NS-

3: T

he a

dditi

on o

f 201

4 M

odifi

ed

Pro

ject

(Max

imum

Res

iden

tial S

cena

rio) t

raffi

c w

ould

resu

lt in

the

inte

rsec

tion

mee

ting

the

cond

ition

s of

the

MU

TCD

pea

k ho

ur v

olum

e tra

ffic

sign

al w

arra

nt d

urin

g bo

th A

M a

nd P

M p

eak

hour

s at

the

5th

Ave

nue

/ Em

barc

ader

o in

ters

ectio

n,

whi

ch is

exp

ecte

d to

ope

rate

at u

nacc

epta

ble

LOS

F

unde

r Cum

ulat

ive

Year

203

5 pl

us 2

014

Mod

ified

P

roje

ct C

ondi

tions

(Max

imum

Res

iden

tial S

cena

rio).

(Sig

nific

ant)

Miti

gatio

n M

easu

re T

RA

NS-

3:

The

follo

win

g im

prov

emen

ts a

re re

quire

d to

miti

gate

this

impa

ct to

a

less

than

sig

nific

ant l

evel

: 1.

In

stal

l tra

ffic

sign

als

at th

e un

sign

aliz

ed 5

th A

venu

e /

Em

barc

ader

o in

ters

ectio

n. T

he s

igna

ls s

hall

have

fixe

d-tim

e co

ntro

ls w

ith p

erm

itted

left-

turn

pha

sing

, whi

ch w

ould

not

requ

ire

a se

para

te le

ft-tu

rn a

rrow

. Ins

talla

tion

of tr

affic

sig

nals

sha

ll in

clud

e op

timiz

ing

sign

al p

hasi

ng a

nd ti

min

g (i.

e. a

lloca

tion

of

gree

n tim

e fo

r eac

h in

ters

ectio

n ap

proa

ch) i

n tu

ne w

ith th

e re

lativ

e tra

ffic

volu

mes

on

thos

e ap

proa

ches

, and

coo

rdin

atio

n w

ith s

igna

l pha

sing

and

tim

ing

of a

djac

ent i

nter

sect

ions

. 2.

W

iden

Em

barc

ader

o at

the

5th

Ave

nue

/ Em

barc

ader

o in

ters

ectio

n fro

m o

ne tr

avel

lane

in e

ach

dire

ctio

n in

to tw

o tra

vel

lane

s in

eac

h di

rect

ion.

Im

plem

enta

tion

of s

igna

lizat

ion

and

wid

enin

g at

the

5th

Ave

nue

/ E

mba

rcad

ero

inte

rsec

tion

wou

ld re

duce

the

impa

ct to

a le

ss-th

an-

sign

ifica

nt le

vel.

(MM

TR

AN

S-3

ap

plie

s as

MM

TR

AN

S-6

, bel

ow)

X

(Mea

sure

#1

has

alre

ady

been

fulfi

lled

by th

e pr

ojec

t sp

onso

r. M

easu

re #

2 w

ill b

e fu

lfille

d (if

ne

cess

ary)

by

the

Oak

to N

inth

Pro

ject

.)

Less

than

Sig

nific

ant

2. S

umm

ary

Jack

Lon

don

Squ

are

Red

evel

opm

ent P

roje

ct

2-4

ES

A /

1209

39

Add

endu

m to

the

2004

EIR

M

ay 2

014

TAB

LE 2

-1(C

ontin

ued)

SUM

MA

RY

OF

IMPA

CTS

, MIT

IGA

TIO

N M

EASU

RES

, STA

ND

AR

D C

ON

DIT

ION

S O

F A

PPR

OVA

L (S

CA

) AN

D R

ESID

UA

L EF

FEC

TS

Envi

ronm

enta

l Im

pact

M

itiga

tion

Mea

sure

or S

CA

A

pplie

s to

200

4 A

ppro

ved

Proj

ect

App

lies

to 2

014

Mod

ified

Pro

ject

: R

esid

entia

l Use

s on

Si

tes

D a

nd F

2 O

nly

Leve

l of S

igni

fican

ce

afte

r Im

plem

enta

tion

of

Miti

gatio

n M

easu

re

or S

CA

Impa

ct T

RA

NS-

4: T

he a

dditi

on o

f App

rove

d P

roje

ct

traffi

c w

ould

resu

lt in

the

inte

rsec

tion

mee

ting

the

cond

ition

s of

the

MU

TCD

pea

k ho

ur v

olum

e tra

ffic

sign

al w

arra

nt d

urin

g th

e P

M p

eak

hour

at t

he

Web

ster

Str

eet /

Em

barc

ader

o in

ters

ectio

n, w

hich

is

exp

ecte

d to

ope

rate

at u

nacc

epta

ble

LOS

F u

nder

C

umul

ativ

e Ye

ar 2

035

plus

App

rove

d P

roje

ct

Con

ditio

ns. (

Sig

nific

ant)

Miti

gatio

n M

easu

re T

RA

NS-

4: Im

plem

ent M

itiga

tion

Mea

sure

TR

AN

S-1

. Im

plem

enta

tion

of th

is m

easu

re w

ould

redu

ce th

e im

pact

to

a le

ss-th

an-s

igni

fican

t lev

el.

X

Le

ss th

an S

igni

fican

t

Impa

ct T

RA

NS-

5: T

he a

dditi

on o

f App

rove

d P

roje

ct

traffi

c w

ould

resu

lt in

the

inte

rsec

tion

mee

ting

the

cond

ition

s of

the

MU

TCD

pea

k ho

ur v

olum

e tra

ffic

sign

al w

arra

nt d

urin

g bo

th p

eak

hour

s at

the

Oak

St

reet

/ Em

barc

ader

o in

ters

ectio

n, w

hich

is

expe

cted

to o

pera

te a

t una

ccep

tabl

e LO

S F

und

er

Cum

ulat

ive

Year

203

5 pl

us A

ppro

ved

Pro

ject

C

ondi

tions

. (S

igni

fican

t)

Miti

gatio

n M

easu

re T

RA

NS-

5: I

mpl

emen

t Miti

gatio

n M

easu

re

TRA

NS

-2, w

hich

requ

ires

the

inst

alla

tion

of tr

affic

sig

nals

at t

he

unsi

gnal

ized

Oak

Stre

et /

Em

barc

ader

o in

ters

ectio

n. S

igna

lizat

ion

wou

ld re

duce

ave

rage

inte

rsec

tion

dela

y to

LO

S B

leve

ls d

urin

g bo

th A

M a

nd P

M p

eak

hour

s, m

itiga

ting

the

proj

ect’s

con

tribu

tion

to

the

impa

ct a

t thi

s lo

catio

n.

X

(MM

TR

AN

S-5

ap

plie

s as

MM

TR

AN

S-2

, abo

ve)

Less

than

Sig

nific

ant

Impa

ct T

RA

NS-

6: T

he a

dditi

on o

f App

rove

d P

roje

ct

traffi

c w

ould

resu

lt in

the

inte

rsec

tion

mee

ting

the

cond

ition

s of

the

MU

TCD

pea

k ho

ur v

olum

e tra

ffic

sign

al w

arra

nt d

urin

g bo

th p

eak

hour

s at

the

5th

Ave

nue

/ Em

barc

ader

o in

ters

ectio

n, w

hich

is

expe

cted

to o

pera

te a

t una

ccep

tabl

e LO

S F

und

er

Cum

ulat

ive

Year

203

5 pl

us A

ppro

ved

Pro

ject

C

ondi

tions

. (S

igni

fican

t)

Miti

gatio

n M

easu

re T

RA

NS-

6:

Impl

emen

t Miti

gatio

n M

easu

re T

RA

NS

-3. I

mpl

emen

tatio

n of

this

m

easu

re w

ould

redu

ce th

e im

pact

to a

less

-than

-sig

nific

ant l

evel

.

X

(MM

TR

AN

S-6

ap

plie

s as

MM

TR

AN

S-3

, abo

ve)

Less

than

Sig

nific

ant

Impa

ct T

RA

NS-

7 (p

revi

ousl

y 20

04 Im

pact

B.9

): Th

e P

roje

ct (A

ppro

ved

Pro

ject

or 2

014

Mod

ified

P

roje

ct, M

axim

um R

esid

entia

l Sce

nario

) wou

ld

incr

ease

the

pote

ntia

l for

con

flict

s am

ong

diffe

rent

tra

ffic

stre

ams.

(Pot

entia

lly S

igni

fican

t)

Miti

gatio

n M

easu

re T

RA

NS-

7 (p

revi

ousl

y 20

04 M

M B

.9a)

:

The

proj

ect s

pons

or s

hall

desi

gn v

ehic

ular

traf

fic fe

atur

es o

f Pro

ject

de

velo

pmen

t (e.

g., t

urni

ng ra

dii f

or b

uses

and

ser

vice

veh

icle

s,

Pro

ject

par

king

gar

age

acce

ss d

rivew

ays,

and

circ

ulat

ion

aisl

es

with

in th

e pa

rkin

g ga

rage

s) to

mee

t the

des

ign

stan

dard

s se

t for

th

by th

e A

mer

ican

Ass

ocia

tion

of S

tate

Hig

hway

and

Tra

nspo

rtatio

n O

ffici

als

(AA

SH

TO) i

n A

Pol

icy

on G

eom

etric

Des

ign

of H

ighw

ays

and

Stre

ets,

or o

ther

des

ign

stan

dard

s de

emed

app

ropr

iate

by

the

City

of O

akla

nd.

X

X

Less

than

Sig

nific

ant

Impa

ct T

RA

NS-

8: T

he P

roje

ct (A

ppro

ved

Pro

ject

or

2014

Mod

ified

Pro

ject

, Max

imum

Res

iden

tial

Sce

nario

) wou

ld n

ot in

crea

se th

e po

tent

ial f

or

pede

stria

n co

nflic

ts o

r exp

ose

pede

stria

ns to

a

Miti

gatio

n M

easu

re T

RA

NS-

8:

The

follo

win

g m

easu

res

shal

l be

impl

emen

ted

to m

itiga

te th

e po

tent

ial s

afet

y im

pact

:

X

Le

ss th

an S

igni

fican

t

2. S

umm

ary

Jack

Lon

don

Squ

are

Red

evel

opm

ent P

roje

ct

2-5

ES

A /

1209

39

Add

endu

m to

the

2004

EIR

M

ay 2

014

TAB

LE 2

-1(C

ontin

ued)

SUM

MA

RY

OF

IMPA

CTS

, MIT

IGA

TIO

N M

EASU

RES

, STA

ND

AR

D C

ON

DIT

ION

S O

F A

PPR

OVA

L (S

CA

) AN

D R

ESID

UA

L EF

FEC

TS

Envi

ronm

enta

l Im

pact

M

itiga

tion

Mea

sure

or S

CA

A

pplie

s to

200

4 A

ppro

ved

Proj

ect

App

lies

to 2

014

Mod

ified

Pro

ject

: R

esid

entia

l Use

s on

Si

tes

D a

nd F

2 O

nly

Leve

l of S

igni

fican

ce

afte

r Im

plem

enta

tion

of

Miti

gatio

n M

easu

re

or S

CA

perm

anen

t and

sub

stan

tial t

rans

porta

tion

haza

rd.

(Pot

entia

lly S

igni

fican

t for

App

rove

d P

roje

ct; L

ess

than

Sig

nific

ant f

or 2

014

Mod

ified

Pro

ject

, Max

imum

R

esid

entia

l Sce

nario

)

In

stal

l ped

estri

an s

igna

l hea

ds (w

ith a

dequ

ate

time

for

pede

stria

ns to

cro

ss E

mba

rcad

ero)

whe

n ne

w tr

affic

sig

nals

are

in

stal

led

as p

art o

f the

Pro

ject

.

Inst

all i

nfor

mat

iona

l sig

ns to

indi

cate

to p

edes

trian

s w

here

pe

dest

rian

brid

ges

are

loca

ted.

Inst

all w

arni

ng s

igns

, and

/or a

udib

le s

igna

ls, a

t par

king

gar

age

acce

ss p

oint

s to

ale

rt pe

dest

rians

abo

ut a

ppro

achi

ng v

ehic

les.

Impa

ct T

RA

NS-

9 (p

revi

ousl

y 20

04 E

IR Im

pact

B

.12)

: Pro

ject

con

stru

ctio

n (A

ppro

ved

Pro

ject

or

2014

Mod

ified

Pro

ject

, Max

imum

Res

iden

tial

Sce

nario

) wou

ld a

ffect

traf

fic fl

ow a

nd c

ircul

atio

n,

park

ing,

and

ped

estri

an s

afet

y. (P

oten

tially

S

igni

fican

t for

App

rove

d P

roje

ct; L

ess

than

S

igni

fican

t for

201

4 M

odifi

ed P

roje

ct, M

axim

um

Res

iden

tial S

cena

rio)

Miti

gatio

n M

easu

re T

RA

NS-

9 (p

revi

ousl

y 20

04 M

M B

.12)

: P

rior t

o th

e is

suan

ce o

f eac

h bu

ildin

g pe

rmit,

the

proj

ect a

pplic

ant

and

cons

truct

ion

cont

ract

or s

hall

mee

t with

the

Traf

fic E

ngin

eerin

g an

d P

arki

ng D

ivis

ion

of th

e O

akla

nd P

ublic

Wor

ks A

genc

y an

d ot

her a

ppro

pria

te C

ity o

f Oak

land

age

ncie

s to

det

erm

ine

traffi

c m

anag

emen

t stra

tegi

es to

redu

ce, t

o th

e m

axim

um e

xten

t fea

sibl

e,

traffi

c co

nges

tion

and

the

effe

cts

of p

arki

ng d

eman

d by

con

stru

ctio

n w

orke

rs d

urin

g co

nstru

ctio

n of

this

pro

ject

and

oth

er n

earb

y pr

ojec

ts th

at c

ould

be

sim

ulta

neou

sly

unde

r con

stru

ctio

n. T

he

proj

ect a

pplic

ant s

hall

deve

lop

a co

nstru

ctio

n m

anag

emen

t pla

n fo

r re

view

and

app

rova

l by

the

City

Tra

ffic

Eng

inee

ring

Div

isio

n. T

he

plan

sha

ll in

clud

e at

leas

t the

follo

win

g ite

ms

and

requ

irem

ents

:

A s

et o

f com

preh

ensi

ve tr

affic

con

trol m

easu

res,

incl

udin

g sc

hedu

ling

of m

ajor

truc

k tri

ps a

nd d

eliv

erie

s to

avo

id p

eak

traffi

c ho

urs,

det

our s

igns

if re

quire

d, la

ne c

losu

re p

roce

dure

s,

sign

s, c

ones

for d

river

s, a

nd d

esig

nate

d co

nstru

ctio

n ac

cess

ro

utes

. In

addi

tion,

the

info

rmat

ion

shal

l inc

lude

a c

onst

ruct

ion

stag

ing

plan

for a

ny ri

ght-o

f-way

use

d on

the

Em

barc

ader

o,

Bro

adw

ay, a

nd F

rank

lin, A

lice,

and

2nd

Stre

ets,

incl

udin

g si

dew

alk

and

lane

intru

sion

s an

d/or

clo

sure

s.

Id

entif

icat

ion

of a

ny tr

ansi

t sto

p re

loca

tions

, par

ticul

arly

alo

ng

the

Em

barc

ader

o an

d 2n

d S

treet

.

Pro

visi

ons

for p

arki

ng m

anag

emen

t and

spa

ces

for a

ll co

nstru

ctio

n w

orke

rs to

ens

ure

that

con

stru

ctio

n w

orke

rs d

o no

t pa

rk in

on-

stre

et s

pace

s.

Id

entif

icat

ion

of p

arki

ng e

limin

atio

ns a

nd a

ny re

loca

tion

of

park

ing

for e

mpl

oyee

s an

d pu

blic

par

king

dur

ing

cons

truct

ion.

Not

ifica

tion

proc

edur

es fo

r adj

acen

t pro

perty

ow

ners

and

pub

lic

safe

ty p

erso

nnel

rega

rdin

g w

hen

maj

or d

eliv

erie

s, d

etou

rs, a

nd

lane

clo

sure

s w

ill o

ccur

.

X

2. S

umm

ary

Jack

Lon

don

Squ

are

Red

evel

opm

ent P

roje

ct

2-6

ES

A /

1209

39

Add

endu

m to

the

2004

EIR

M

ay 2

014

TAB

LE 2

-1(C

ontin

ued)

SUM

MA

RY

OF

IMPA

CTS

, MIT

IGA

TIO

N M

EASU

RES

, STA

ND

AR

D C

ON

DIT

ION

S O

F A

PPR

OVA

L (S

CA

) AN

D R

ESID

UA

L EF

FEC

TS

Envi

ronm

enta

l Im

pact

M

itiga

tion

Mea

sure

or S

CA

A

pplie

s to

200

4 A

ppro

ved

Proj

ect

App

lies

to 2

014

Mod

ified

Pro

ject

: R

esid

entia

l Use

s on

Si

tes

D a

nd F

2 O

nly

Leve

l of S

igni

fican

ce

afte

r Im

plem

enta

tion

of

Miti

gatio

n M

easu

re

or S

CA

P

rovi

sion

s fo

r acc

omm

odat

ion

of p

edes

trian

flow

, par

ticul

arly

al

ong

Em

barc

ader

o.

Lo

catio

n of

con

stru

ctio

n st

agin

g ar

eas

for m

ater

ials

, equ

ipm

ent,

and

vehi

cles

.

Iden

tific

atio

n of

hau

l rou

tes

for m

ovem

ent o

f con

stru

ctio

n ve

hicl

es th

at w

ould

min

imiz

e im

pact

s on

veh

icul

ar a

nd

pede

stria

n tra

ffic,

circ

ulat

ion

and

safe

ty; a

nd p

rovi

sion

for

mon

itorin

g su

rface

stre

ets

used

for h

aul r

oute

s so

that

any

da

mag

e an

d de

bris

attr

ibut

able

to th

e ha

ul tr

ucks

can

be

iden

tifie

d an

d co

rrec

ted

by th

e pr

ojec

t app

lican

t.

Tem

pora

ry c

onst

ruct

ion

fenc

es to

con

tain

deb

ris a

nd m

ater

ial

and

to s

ecur

e th

e si

te.

P

rovi

sion

s fo

r rem

oval

of t

rash

gen

erat

ed b

y pr

ojec

t con

stru

ctio

n ac

tivity

.

A p

roce

ss fo

r res

pond

ing

to, a

nd tr

acki

ng, c

ompl

aint

s pe

rtain

ing

to c

onst

ruct

ion

activ

ity, i

nclu

ding

iden

tific

atio

n of

an

onsi

te

com

plai

nt m

anag

er.

SC

A T

RA

NS-

2: C

onst

ruct

ion

Man

agem

ent P

lan

Th

e P

roje

ct a

pplic

ant s

hall

subm

it to

the

Pla

nnin

g an

d Zo

ning

D

ivis

ion

and

the

Bui

ldin

g S

ervi

ces

Div

isio

n fo

r rev

iew

and

app

rova

l a

cons

truct

ion

man

agem

ent p

lan

that

iden

tifie

s th

e co

nditi

ons

of

appr

oval

and

miti

gatio

n m

easu

res

rela

ted

to c

onst

ruct

ion

impa

cts

of

the

Pro

ject

and

exp

lain

s ho

w th

e pr

ojec

t app

lican

t will

com

ply

with

th

ese

cons

truct

ion-

rela

ted

cond

ition

s of

app

rova

l and

miti

gatio

n m

easu

res.

X

Le

ss th

an S

igni

fican

t

SC

A T

RA

NS-

3: C

onst

ruct

ion

Traf

fic a

nd P

arki

ng

Prio

r to

the

issu

ance

of a

dem

oliti

on, g

radi

ng o

r bui

ldin

g pe

rmit.

The

P

roje

ct a

pplic

ant a

nd c

onst

ruct

ion

cont

ract

or s

hall

mee

t with

ap

prop

riate

City

of O

akla

nd a

genc

ies

to d

eter

min

e tra

ffic

man

agem

ent s

trate

gies

to re

duce

, to

the

max

imum

ext

ent f

easi

ble,

tra

ffic

cong

estio

n an

d th

e ef

fect

s of

par

king

dem

and

by c

onst

ruct

ion

wor

kers

dur

ing

cons

truct

ion

of th

is P

roje

ct a

nd o

ther

nea

rby

proj

ects

th

at c

ould

be

sim

ulta

neou

sly

unde

r con

stru

ctio

n. T

he P

roje

ct a

pplic

ant

shal

l dev

elop

a c

onst

ruct

ion

man

agem

ent p

lan

for r

evie

w a

nd

appr

oval

by

the

Pla

nnin

g an

d Zo

ning

Div

isio

n, th

e Bu

ildin

g Se

rvic

es

Div

isio

n, a

nd th

e Tr

ansp

orta

tion

Serv

ices

Div

isio

n. T

he p

lan

shal

l

X

Le

ss th

an S

igni

fican

t

2. S

umm

ary

Jack

Lon

don

Squ

are

Red

evel

opm

ent P

roje

ct

2-7

ES

A /

1209

39

Add

endu

m to

the

2004

EIR

M

ay 2

014

TAB

LE 2

-1(C

ontin

ued)

SUM

MA

RY

OF

IMPA

CTS

, MIT

IGA

TIO

N M

EASU

RES

, STA

ND

AR

D C

ON

DIT

ION

S O

F A

PPR

OVA

L (S

CA

) AN

D R

ESID

UA

L EF

FEC

TS

Envi

ronm

enta

l Im

pact

M

itiga

tion

Mea

sure

or S

CA

A

pplie

s to

200

4 A

ppro

ved

Proj

ect

App

lies

to 2

014

Mod

ified

Pro

ject

: R

esid

entia

l Use

s on

Si

tes

D a

nd F

2 O

nly

Leve

l of S

igni

fican

ce

afte

r Im

plem

enta

tion

of

Miti

gatio

n M

easu

re

or S

CA

incl

ude

at le

ast t

he fo

llow

ing

item

s an

d re

quire

men

ts:

a) A

set

of c

ompr

ehen

sive

traf

fic c

ontro

l mea

sure

s, in

clud

ing

sche

dulin

g of

maj

or tr

uck

trips

and

del

iver

ies

to a

void

pea

k tra

ffic

hour

s, d

etou

r sig

ns if

requ

ired,

lane

clo

sure

pro

cedu

res,

si

gns,

con

es fo

r driv

ers,

and

des

igna

ted

cons

truct

ion

acce

ss

rout

es;

b) N

otifi

catio

n pr

oced

ures

for a

djac

ent p

rope

rty o

wne

rs a

nd p

ublic

sa

fety

per

sonn

el re

gard

ing

whe

n m

ajor

del

iver

ies,

det

ours

, and

la

ne c

losu

res

will

occ

ur;

c)

Loca

tion

of c

onst

ruct

ion

stag

ing

area

s fo

r mat

eria

ls, e

quip

men

t, an

d ve

hicl

es a

t an

appr

oved

loca

tion;

d)

A p

roce

ss fo

r res

pond

ing

to, a

nd tr

acki

ng, c

ompl

aint

s pe

rtain

ing

to c

onst

ruct

ion

activ

ity, i

nclu

ding

iden

tific

atio

n of

an

onsi

te

com

plai

nt m

anag

er. T

he m

anag

er s

hall

dete

rmin

e th

e ca

use

of

the

com

plai

nts

and

shal

l tak

e pr

ompt

act

ion

to c

orre

ct th

e pr

oble

m. P

lann

ing

and

Zoni

ng s

hall

be in

form

ed w

ho th

e M

anag

er is

prio

r to

the

issu

ance

of t

he fi

rst p

erm

it is

sued

by

Bui

ldin

g S

ervi

ces;

and

, e)

Pro

visi

on fo

r acc

omm

odat

ion

of p

edes

trian

flow

. M

ajor

Pro

ject

Cas

es:

a.

Pro

visi

on fo

r par

king

man

agem

ent a

nd s

pace

s fo

r all

cons

truct

ion

wor

kers

to e

nsur

e th

at c

onst

ruct

ion

wor

kers

do

not p

ark

in o

n-st

reet

spa

ces

(see

item

“p” b

elow

);

b.

Any

dam

age

to th

e st

reet

cau

sed

by h

eavy

equ

ipm

ent,

or a

s a

resu

lt of

this

con

stru

ctio

n, s

hall

be re

paire

d, a

t the

app

lican

t’s

expe

nse,

with

in o

ne w

eek

of th

e oc

curr

ence

of t

he d

amag

e (o

r exc

essi

ve w

ear),

unl

ess

furth

er d

amag

e / e

xces

sive

wea

r m

ay c

ontin

ue; i

n su

ch c

ase,

repa

ir sh

all o

ccur

prio

r to

issu

ance

of

a fi

nal i

nspe

ctio

n of

the

build

ing

perm

it. A

ll da

mag

e th

at is

a

thre

at to

pub

lic h

ealth

or s

afet

y sh

all b

e re

paire

d im

med

iate

ly.

The

stre

et s

hall b

e re

stor

ed to

its

cond

ition

prio

r to

the

new

co

nstru

ctio

n as

est

ablis

hed

by th

e C

ity B

uild

ing

Insp

ecto

r an

d / o

r pho

to d

ocum

enta

tion,

at t

he a

pplic

ant’s

exp

ense

, be

fore

the

issu

ance

of a

Cer

tific

ate

of O

ccup

ancy

; c.

A

ny h

eavy

equ

ipm

ent b

roug

ht to

the

cons

truct

ion

site

sha

ll be

tran

spor

ted

by tr

uck,

whe

re fe

asib

le;

d.

No

mat

eria

ls o

r equ

ipm

ent s

hall

be s

tore

d on

the

trave

led

2. S

umm

ary

Jack

Lon

don

Squ

are

Red

evel

opm

ent P

roje

ct

2-8

ES

A /

1209

39

Add

endu

m to

the

2004

EIR

M

ay 2

014

TAB

LE 2

-1(C

ontin

ued)

SUM

MA

RY

OF

IMPA

CTS

, MIT

IGA

TIO

N M

EASU

RES

, STA

ND

AR

D C

ON

DIT

ION

S O

F A

PPR

OVA

L (S

CA

) AN

D R

ESID

UA

L EF

FEC

TS

Envi

ronm

enta

l Im

pact

M

itiga

tion

Mea

sure

or S

CA

A

pplie

s to

200

4 A

ppro

ved

Proj

ect

App

lies

to 2

014

Mod

ified

Pro

ject

: R

esid

entia

l Use

s on

Si

tes

D a

nd F

2 O

nly

Leve

l of S

igni

fican

ce

afte

r Im

plem

enta

tion

of

Miti

gatio

n M

easu

re

or S

CA

road

way

at a

ny ti

me;

e.

P

rior t

o co

nstru

ctio

n, a

por

tabl

e to

ilet f

acili

ty a

nd a

deb

ris b

ox

shal

l be

inst

alle

d on

the

site

, and

pro

perly

mai

ntai

ned

thro

ugh

Pro

ject

com

plet

ion;

f.

All

equi

pmen

t sha

ll be

equ

ippe

d w

ith m

uffle

rs; a

nd,

g.

Prio

r to

the

end

of e

ach

wor

k da

y du

ring

cons

truct

ion,

the

cont

ract

or o

r con

tract

ors

shal

l pic

k up

and

pro

perly

dis

pose

of

all

litte

r res

ultin

g fro

m o

r rel

ated

to th

e pr

ojec

t, w

heth

er

loca

ted

on th

e pr

oper

ty, w

ithin

the

publ

ic ri

ghts

-of-w

ay, o

r pr

oper

ties

of a

djac

ent o

r nea

rby

neig

hbor

s.

Air Q

ualit

y A

ir Q

ualit

y –

Con

stru

ctio

n: 2

014

Mod

ified

Pro

ject

, M

axim

um R

esid

entia

l Sce

nario

(Les

s th

an

Sig

nific

ant)

SCA

AIR

-1: C

onst

ruct

ion-

Rel

ated

Air

Pol

lutio

n C

ontro

ls (D

ust a

nd

Equ

ipm

ent E

mis

sion

s

Ong

oing

thro

ugho

ut d

emol

ition

, gra

ding

, and

/or c

onst

ruct

ion.

D

urin

g co

nstru

ctio

n, th

e pr

ojec

t app

lican

t sha

ll re

quire

the

cons

truct

ion

cont

ract

or to

impl

emen

t all

of th

e fo

llow

ing

appl

icab

le

mea

sure

s re

com

men

ded

by th

e B

AA

QM

D:

a) W

ater

all

expo

sed

surfa

ces

of a

ctiv

e co

nstru

ctio

n ar

eas

at le

ast

twic

e da

ily (u

sing

recl

aim

ed w

ater

if p

ossi

ble)

. Wat

erin

g sh

ould

be

suffi

cien

t to

prev

ent a

irbor

ne d

ust f

rom

leav

ing

the

site

. Inc

reas

ed

wat

erin

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