Bayview Hunters Point redevelopment projects and zoning : environmental impact report : comments and responses

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Environmental Impact Report
Bayview Hunters Point
Redevelopment Projects
and Zoning
Comments and Responses
San Francisco Redevelopment Agency
San Francisco Planning Department
Planning Department File No. 1996.546E
State Clearinghouse No. 2003062094
Draft EIR Publication Date: October 19, 2004
Draft EIR Public Hearing Dates: December 2, 2004 and
m December 7, 2004
r^f R public Comment Period: October 19, 2004 to
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December 10, 2004
L Certification Date: February 21, 2006
DOCUMENTS
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Environmental Impact Report
Bayview Hunters Point
Redevelopment Projects
and Zoning
Comments
and Responses
San Francisco Redevelopment Agency
San Francisco Planning Department
Planning Department File No. 1996.546E
State Clearinghouse No. 2003062094
Draft EIR Publication Date: October 19, 2004
Draft EIR Public Hearing Dates: December 2, 2004 and
December 2004
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Draft EIR Public Comment Period: October 19, 2004 to
December 10, 2004
Final EIR Certification Date: February 21, 2006
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Visual Quality C&R-127
Candlestick Point Activity Node C&R-127
Oakinba Activity Node C&R-131
Air Quality C&R-132
Noise C&R-133
Cultural Resources C&R-l34
Hazards And Hazardous Materials C&R-l37
Hydrology And Water Quality C&R-l38
Cumulative Analysis C&R-l39
Hunters Point Shoreline Activity Node C&R-141
Alternatives C&R-143
Comments On The Project C&R-145
Public Involvement C&R-l50
Project Area Committee C&R-153
Candlestick Point Activity Node C&R-l53
Oakinba Activity Node C&R-l54
D. STAFF INITIATED TEXT CHANGE AND ERRATA C&R-161
Revised Section III.D, Transportation Impacts C&R-161
Revised Section IY Mitigation Measures C&R-177
Revisions to Section S, Summary C&R-183
Revisions to Section VI, Alternatives C&R-186
Errata C&R-189
APPENDIX A: COMMENT LETTERS C&R-191
APPENDIX B: PUBLIC HEARING TRANSCRIPT C&R-192
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure III.B-1 Generalized Existing Land Uses C&R-l
Figure III.B-2 Existing Zoning Designations C&R-l
Figure III.B-3 Existing Height Districts C&R-14
Figure III.B-4 Proposed Zoning Designations C&R-l
Figure III.L-1 Adverse Soil Conditions and Seismic Hazards C&R-l
Figure III.M-1 Water Features and Drainage Features C&R-l
Figure IV-1 Proposed Zoning Designations for Rezoning: Option B C&R-l
Figure III.J-6 Commercial and Residential in Oakinba Activity Node C&R-l90
LIST OF TABLES
Table III.C-7 (Revised) Project-Related Employment Growth as a Percent of
Total Study Area Employment Growth By Industry, 2000 - 2025 C&R-86
Table III.C-8 (Revised) Study Area employment by industry:
Project Change Compared with Base Case, 2000-2025 C&R-87
Table C&R-l Comparison ofThird Street/Evans Avenue LOS Conditions -
PM Peak-Hour C&R-95
Table C&R-2 LOS Summary - Cortland Avenue/Bayshore Boulevard C&R-120
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Table III.D-3 Weekday Daily Trip Generation by Mode and Activity Node C&R-166
Table III.D-4 Weekday PM Peak Hour Trip Generation by Mode
and Activity Node C&R-167
Table III-D-5: Intersection LOS PM Peak Hour and Weekend Midday Peak Hour:
Year 2025 (Revised) C&R-169
Table III.D-6 MUNI PM Peak Hour Screenline Analysis -2025 Baseline
and 2025 Project Scenarios C&R-174
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Comments and Responses
Introduction
COMMENTS AND RESPONSES
INTRODUCTION
A.
PROJECT REVISIONS
Since publication ofthe Draft EIR in October 2004, the Redevelopment Agency (Agency), the
Bayview Hunters Point Project Area Committee (PAC), the Planning Department, the
Mayor's Office, Supervisor Maxwell, community groups, community members, and other
City officials have continued to review and consider the land use goals and plans in the
Bayview Hunters Point (BVHP) neighborhood. As result of this process, the Agency is
proposing several revisions to the Project analyzed in the Draft EIR, as outlined below. The
Project described and analyzed in the Draft EIR would amend three existing Redevelopment
Plans, encompassing a total of 1,721 acres: the 1,575-acre Hunters Point (HP) Redevelopment
Plan, the 126-acre India Basin Industrial Park (IBIP) Redevelopment Plan, and the 20-acre
Bayview Industrial Triangle (BIT) Redevelopment Plan. The Draft EIR considered the
environmental impacts of rezoning these Redevelopment Plan Areas consistent with the
"Rezoning Option C: High Housing Option" set forth in the Planning Department's
Community Planning in the Eastern Neighborhoods: Rezoning Options Workbook (Workbook).
The Project revisions now proposed would (1) make no change in the land use designations of
the existing Redevelopment Plan in the 126-acre IBIP Redevelopment Plan area, and (2)
remove approximately 76 acres of undeveloped land in the Hunters Point (HP) Shoreline
Activity Node from the proposed BVHP Redevelopment Plan Area. As explained further
below, additional community planning efforts are proposed in these two areas before
proposing any new land use designations. The Agency also intends to undertake a further
feasibility analysis of the proposed tax increment financing for the BIT Redevelopment Plan
before proceeding to adopt amendments to this Redevelopment Plan. Any new land use
changes proposed in these areas would undergo additional environmental review.
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Northern Gateway Activity Node: India Basin Industrial Park
The draft amendment for the 126-acre IBIP Redevelopment Plan Area involves the creation of
a new land use designation along Third Street of a mixed-use residential and commercial
zoning district. It also creates a buffer area of commercial and light industrial uses between
more intensive industrial areas and the residential area. The plan amendment also proposes to
revise a few of the development controls regarding setbacks on minor streets and parking
requirements.
Since publication of the Draft EIR, a number of community members, businesses, and other
City agencies, including the Port of San Francisco, have raised concerns that residential uses
may not be appropriate in this area, particularly north of Evans Avenue on Third Street. In
response, over the past several months, an interdepartmental City/Agency working group of
representatives of the Mayor's Office of Economic and Workforce Development (MOEWD),
District 10 Supervisor Maxwell, the Planning Department, the Port, and the Agency has
decided to re-examine the land use policies for the portion of Northern Gateway Activity Node
along both sides of Third Street north of Evans Avenue. This re-examination will involve a
community planning process with the PAC and other Bayview Hunters Point stakeholders. The
objective of this community planning process is to determine if a more focused and specific
development strategy for the area can be developed to attract specific businesses that can spur
economic growth for this planning sub-area.
The BVHP PAC supports this approach. The Agency has therefore decided to postpone
proposed land use changes for the IBIP Redevelopment Plan Area, as contemplated in the
Draft EIR. Instead, the Agency will work with the community to develop a consensus on a
focused development strategy for this area and propose redevelopment plan amendments, as
necessary and appropriate to carry out this community strategy, after the completion of this
future planning process.
Since deferral of the IBIP Plan revision would result in retention of the existing land use
controls in the IBIP Redevelopment Plan Area through the planning process, the
environmental effects of this Project revision are encompassed within the range of
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environmental impacts considered in the Draft EER. (The IBIP Plan Area zoning would remain
as shown in Draft EIR Figure III.B-2, Existing Zoning Designations.) The environmental
analysis for the Project assumed residential uses in this area, and the No Project Alternative
assumed retention of the industrial zoning in the area in the IBIP Redevelopment Plan area
along Third Street. In sum, the Draft EIR considered a range of impacts that included a
rezoning to residential as well as retention of industrial uses in this area. Consequently, the
Project revision would not result in new impacts beyond those described in the Draft EIR.
Hunters Point Shoreline Activity Node: Shoreline Special Use District Area
Within the 131-acre area referred to in the BVHP Redevelopment Plan as the HP Shoreline
Activity Node is an approximately 76-acre area, including roads and parks, designated in the
Planning Department's Workbook as the India Basin Special Use District (also referred to as
the "Shoreline Special Use District" or "Shoreline SUD") that has been removed from this
Project. Further land use analysis is needed before adoption of a future plan amendment and
area-specific controls. (The Shoreline SUD area is shown as the "India Basin Special Use
District" in Draft EIR Figure III.B-4.) The earlier Bayview Hunters Point Community
Revitalization Concept Plan (Concept Plan) had identified this particular area for future
mixed-use development, but concluded that a further feasibility analysis was needed to
determine the precise type and intensity of development feasible and desirable for the area.
For purposes of analysis in the Draft EIR, the Agency and Planning Department assumed that
a variety of commercial and industrial uses and a small amount of housing would develop in
this area. As a result of comments on the Draft EIR and community input, it has become
apparent to the Agency and the Planning Department that the Workbook designation of a
special use district in this 76-acre area left unresolved the desired nature and intensity of uses
for this area and, consequently, the Planning Department needs further direction before it can
develop specific zoning controls.
The current zoning in the Shoreline SUD includes a small amount of neighborhood
commercial zoned land and a large area of industrial zoned land. The Agency and Planning
Department are proposing ajoint planning program for the Shoreline SUD, and will work with
the PAC, which will continue to provide vital leadership in this community planning process
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as the advisory body to the Agency. Preceding this planning effort, interim zoning controls are
being developed with Supervisor Maxwell, and will be in place during the planning process to
continue the Planning Commission's existing policy for the area (Resolution No. 16202),
which is designed to protect currently industrial zoned lands from new development of, or
conversion of existing uses to, office, housing or live/work uses while the City develops
permanent replacement zoning controls. At the conclusion of the community planning process,
the Agency will propose amendments to the BVHP Redevelopment Plan, and the Planning
Department will develop permanent Planning Code revisions as necessary and appropriate to
carry out the community strategy.
Key features ofthe interim controls will include:
• All new development projects in the NC-2, M-l and M-2 zoned areas, and projects that
include housing in the NC-2 zone, would be subject to the conditional use process.
• In the industrial-zoned M-l and M-2 areas, new residential development would be
allowed, subject to conditional use, provided it were either: (1) an accessory use to
certain specified, permitted uses; (2) contained within a permitted institutional use; or
(3) provided at a ratio ofno more than one square foot of housing for each four square
feet of a permitted non-residential use.
• In the neighborhood commercial areas (NC-2 district) new residential development
would be allowed provided it were built above the ground floor and in conjunction with
commercial uses that are principally permitted in the NC-2 zoning district.
The removal ofthis area from the BVHP Redevelopment Plan would result in retention of the
existing land use policies for the Shoreline SUD area. The environmental effects of this
revision are encompassed within the range of environmental impacts considered in the Draft
EIR. The environmental analysis for the Project assumed a small amount of residential
development along with a variety of commercial and industrial uses. The No Project
Alternative, which assumed retention of the existing, largely industrial zoning in the area,
assumed a lesser level of industrial development. As a result of the community planning
process, a different mix of uses than either of these options may be recommended for the
Shoreline SUD area. For purposes of the Project analysis, however, the retention of the
existing industrial zoning for the Shoreline SUD area falls within the range of impacts
analyzed in the Draft EIR. The Draft EIR assumed the current, largely industrial zoning for
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