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SANFRANCISCOPUBLICLIBRARY 3 1223 09320 3744 .. .. s * . - "I FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT 350 Mission Street Office Project PLANNING DEPARTMENT CASE NO. 2006.1524E STATE CLEARINGHOUSE NO. 2010062013 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS DEPT MAY 2 3 2011 SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY D REF i DraftEIRPublicationDate: i SEPTEMBERIS,2010 711.4097 i DraftEIRPublicHearingDate: : 0aOBER21,2O1O T41356f i DraftEIRPublicCommentPeriod: i SEPTEMBER15,2010 NOVEMBER1,2010 FinalEIRCertified: IFEBRUARY10,2011 5/S San Francisco PublicLibrary Government Information Center San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin Street, 5"' Floor San Francisco, CA 94102 REFERENCE BOOK Nottobetakenfrom thelibrary SAN FRANCISCO PLANNING DEPARTMENT 1650MissionSt. HbAKiiMo UAib. reorudry iu, zuii Suite400 Ool1Prird^lnILnIconLnU, CA94103-2479 CaseNo.: 2006.1524E Project Title: 350 Mission Street Reception: Zoning: C-3-0 (Downtown Office) District 415.558.6378 550-SHeightand BulkDistrict Fax: Block/Lot: 3710/017 415.558.6409 Lot Size: 18,905squarefeet Planning ProjectSponsor GLL USOffice, L.P., Owner Information: LeadAgency: SanFrancisco PlanningDepartment 415.558.6377 StaffContact: BrettBollinger-(415) 575-9024 [email protected] ADOPTING FINDINGS RELATEDTO THECERTIFICATION OFAFINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FORAPROPOSED MIXED-USEOFFICE PROJECTAT350 MISSION STREETWITHA24.STORY, 350-FOOT TALL BUILDING CONTAININGAPPROXITATRELY340,000 SQUARE FEETOFOFFICEUSES, 6,500 SQUARE FEETOF RETAILSPACE, 23,500 SQAURE FEETOFSUBTERRANEAN PARKINGAREA,AND 7,000 SQAURE FEETOF PUBLICLY-ACCESSIBLE INTERIOROPEN SPACE. MOVED, that theSanFranciscoPlanningCommission (hereinafter "Commission")hereby CERTIFIES the Final Environmental ImpactReportidentified asCaseNo. 2006.1524E, 350MissionStreet (hereinafter "Project"), based uponthefollowing findings: 1. TheCity and CountyofSanFrancisco, acting through thePlanningDepartment (hereinafter "Department") fulfilled all procedural requirements oftheCalifornia Environmental Quality Act (Cal. Pub. Res. CodeSection21000etsecj., hereinafter "CEQA"), theStateCEQA Guidelines (Cal. Admin. CodeTitle 14, Section 15000etseq., (hereinafter "CEQAGuidelines") and Chapter31 ofthe San FranciscoAdministrativeCode (hereinafter "Chapter31"). A. TheDepartment determined thatan Environmental ImpactReport (hereinafter "EIR") was required and provided publicnotice ofthatdeterminationby publication ina newspaper of generalcirculation onJune2, 2010. B. OnSeptember15, 2010, theDepartmentpublished theDraft Environmental ImpactReport (hereinafter "DEIR") and provided public notice in a newspaperofgeneral circulation ofthe availability oftheDEIRforpublicreviewand comment and ofthe date and timeofthe Planning Commissionpublichearingon theDEIR; this noticewasmailed to theDepartment's list of personsrequestingsuchnotice. C. Noticesofavailability oftheDEIRand ofthe date and time ofthe public hearingwereposted near theprojectsiteby DepartmentstaffonSeptember 15, 2010. www.sfplanning.org Motion No. 18265 CASE NO. 2006.1524E Hearing Date: February 10, 2011 350 IVIisslon Street D. OnSeptember 15, 2010, copiesoftheDEIRwere mailed orotherwise delivered to alistofpersons requesting it, to thosenoted onthedistribution listin theDEIR, to adjacentpropertyowners, and togovernmentagencies, thelatterboth directlyand throughtheStateClearinghouse. E. NoticeofCompletionwas filedwiththeStateSecretaryofResourcesviatheStateClearinghouse onSeptember 15, 2010. 2. TheCommissionheld a duly advertised publichearingonsaidDEIRonOctober21, 2010atwhich opportunity forpubliccommentwasgiven, and publiccommentwasreceived ontheDEIR. The period foracceptanceofwrittencommentsended onNovember2, 2010. 3. TheDepartmentprepared responsestocommentsonenvironmental issuesreceived atthepublic hearingand inwritingduringthe45-daypublicreviewperiod fortheDEIR,prepared revisionsto thetextoftheDEIRinresponsetocommentsreceived orbased onadditional informationthat became available duringthepublicreviewperiod, and corrected errorsin theDEIR. Thismaterial waspresented inaDraftComments andResponses document, published onJanuary27, 2011, distributed totheCommissionand all partieswhocommented ontheDEIR, and madeavailableto othersuponrequestatDepartmentoffices. A 4. Final Environmental ImpactReporthasbeenprepared bytheDepartment, consistingoftheDraft EnvironmentalImpactReport, anyconsultationsand commentsreceived duringthereviewprocess, anyadditional information thatbecame available, and theSummary ofCommentsandResponsesall asrequiredby law. 5. ProjectEnvironmental ImpactReportfileshavebeen made available forreviewbytheCommission and thepublic.These files areavailable forpublic review attheDepartmentoffices at 1650Mission Street, andarepartoftherecordbeforetheCommission. 6. OnFebruary 10, 2011, theCommissionreviewed and considered theFinal Environmental Impact Reportand hereby doesfind thatthecontents ofsaid reportand theprocedures throughwhichthe Final Environmental ImpactReportwasprepared, publicized, and reviewed complywiththe provisionsofCEQA, theCEQAGuidelines, and Chapter31 oftheSanFranciscoAdministrative Code. 7. Theprojectsponsorhasindicated thatthepresentlypreferred alternative isAlternative C: No ParkingAlternative, described intheFinal Envirorunental ImpactReport. 8. ThePlanningCommissionherebydoesfind thattheFinal Environmental ImpactReportconcerning File No. 2006.1524E, 350MissionStreetreflectsthe independentjudgmentand analysisofthe City and County ofSan Francisco, isadequate, accurate and objective, and thattheComments and Responses documentcontainsnosignificant revisions to theDEIR, andhereby does CERTIFYTHE COMPLETION ofsaid Final Environmental ImpactReportincompliancewith CEQA and theCEQA Guidelines. SPALNAFRNANNCIINSCCO DEPARTMENT 2 3 1223 09320 3744 Motion No. 18265 CASE NO. 2006.1524E Hearing Date: February 10, 2011 350 Mission Street 9. TheCommission, in certifyingthecompletion ofsaid Final Environmental Impact Report, hereby does findthat the project described in theEnvironmental Impact Report: A. Will havea project-specificsignificanteffectontheenvironmentthrough (Air Quality) construction oftheproposed projectexposingsensitivereceptorstosubstantial pollutant concentrations; and, B. Willhavea significantcumulative impacton theenvironmentthrough (Transportation) disruptionofnearbystreets, transitservices, and pedestrianand bicyclecirculation dueto construction oftheproposed project.TransitCenter, and othernearbyprojects. Ihereby certifythat theforegoingMotionwas ADOPTEDby thePlanning Commissionatits regular meetingofFebruary 10, 2011. LindaAvery Commission Secretary AYES: 6 NOES: 1 (Sugaya) ABSENT: 0 ADOPTED: February 10, 2011 SPALMAFRNANNCIINSCGO DEPARTMENT 3 FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT 350 Mission Street Office Project PLANNING DEPARTMENT CASE NO. 2006.1524E STATE CLEARINGHOUSE NO. 2010062013 ChangesfromtheDraftEIRtextareindicatedbyadot(•)intheleftmargin (adjacenttopagenumberforaddedpagesandfigures;adjacenttotablenumberfortables). DraftEIRPublicationDate: i SEPTEMBER15,2010 DraftEIRPublicHearingDate: OaOBER21,2010 i DraftEIRPublicCommentPeriod: SEPTEMBER15,2010-NOVEMBER1,2010 \ FinalEIRCertified: i FEBRUARY10,2011 SAN FRANCISCO PLANNING DEPAHTMENT I i I I I I I I I I I I i i TABLE OF CONTENTS 350 Mission Street Project • Final Environmental Impact Report Page LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS v SUMMARY S-1 INTRODUCTION I. 1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION 5 II. A. Site Location and Project Characteristics 5 B. Project Setting 17 C. Project Sponsor's Objectives 20 D. Intended Uses ofthe EIR 20 COMPATIBILITY WITH EXISTING ZONING AND PLANS 23 III. IV. ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING, IMPACTS, AND MITIGATION MEASURES 37 A. Land Use 37 B. Transportation 39 C. Air Quality 62 D. Greenhouse Gases 88 E. Wind 104 F. Shadow 113 G. Initial Study Issues 123 OTHER CEQA CONSIDERATIONS V. A. Growth Inducement 127 B. Significant Environmental Effects That Cannot Be Avoided 128 Ifthe Proposed Project is Implemented C. Areas of Known Controversy and Issues to be Resolved " 129 VI. ALTERNATIVES TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT 130 A. No Project 130 B. Code-Complying BulkAlternative 131 C. No-Parking Alternative 134 D. Environmentally SuperiorAlternative 136 • VII. COMMENTS AND RESPONSES C&R-I • APPENDICES VIII. A. Notice of Preparation and Initial Study B. Air Quality C. Wind Analysis Technical Memorandum • IX. EIR AUTHORS AND CONSULTANTS CaseNo.2006.1524E 11 350MissionStreet 207037 TABLEOFCONTENTS Page LIST OF FIGURES 1. Project Location 7 2. Ground Floor Plan 8 3. Mezzanine (Second Floor) Plan 9 3. Typical Upper Level Plan 10 5. Mission Street (South) Elevation 14 6. Fremont Street (West) Elevation 15 7 Building Bulk and Setbacl< Exceptions 16 8 Project Area Transit Network 41 9. Wind Test Point Locations 106 10. March 21 Shadow Patterns 116 11. June 21 Shadow Patterns 117 12. September21 Shadow Patterns 118 13. December 21 Shadow Patterns 119 14. East SidePOPOS 120 15. West Side POPOS 120 16. Gap Between 50 Beale and Millennium 120 17. Code-Complying BulkAlternative 132 LIST OF TABLES S-1 Summary of Impacts and Mitigation Measures forthe Proposed S-4 350 Mission Street Project 1. Project Characteristics and Planning Code Compliance 12 2. Peak-Hour Intersection Levels ofService (LOS) and Average Stopped Delay 47 in Seconds per Vehicle 3. Summary of San Francisco Air Quality Monitoring Data (2005-2009) 63 4. State and Federal Ambient Air Quality Standards 71 5. Project Construction Exhaust Emissions Estimates 79 6. Estimated Daily Regional Emissions (2013) 84 7. GHG Reduction Measures in ARB Scoping Plan 92 8. Total C02-Equivalent Emissions (Metric TonsA'ear) 100 9. City GHG Regulations Applicable to the Proposed Project 101 10. Wind Test Results 108 CaseNo.2006.1524E ill 350MissionStreet 207037