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4.Written Comments on the Draft EIR and Responses to Comments Letter 10. RREEF (Catherine Minor, Vice President) 10-1 The comment requests that Impact 4.0-2 on page 4.0-32 of the Draft SEIR be updated to reflect the project scenario of 336 multi-family units. The text on page 4.0-32, second full sentence under Impact 4.0-2 of the Draft SEIR is revised as follows: However, Arroyo Mocho, Tassajara Creek and Arroyo del Valle run through the Planning Area and the following potential sites for rezoning are adjacent to these watercourses: Site 6 (Irby-Kaplan-Zia), • . _.: . . • .! .• ; Site 8 (Auf de Maur/ Richenback), . ... _ • ; and Site 21(4202 Stanley),which . • . , are adjacent to Arroyo del Valle. Site 6 (Irby-Kaplan-Zia) and Site 21 (4202 Stanley) include a portion of the Arroyo del Valle riparian corridor with a Wildlands Overlay land use designation. Site 13 (CM Capital Properties);which ... . . is adjacent to Arroyo Mocho; and Site 10 (CarrAmerica); , and Site 9(Nearon Site);which-proposes-to construct 168 units, are adjacent to Tassajara Creek. Site 20 (Sunol Blvd. and Sycamore Rd.); a ::: . -. . - , is adjacent to the historical channel of Sycamore Creek(Sowers and Richard, 2003). 10-2 The comment describes that Alternatives 1, 2,and 3 of the Draft SEIR should be updated to reflect the project scenario of 336 multi-family units. The project analyzed as the proposed project on Site 10 was 336 units and under the alternative scenarios was 242 units. Therefore, no change to Table 5-1 is required. 10-3 The comment notes that Appendix D, Attachment A, Housing Element Changes should update the project scenario from 252 multi-family units to 336 multi-family units. Please see the updated Traffic Analysis Land Use Assumptions in Appendix A which show the project for Site 10 at 336 units. The land use assumptions for each of the alternative to the project for the site under the Draft SEIR reflect the best available information at the time of the analysis. Alternative 4, Increased Density, was found to, like the proposed project, improve the three intersections operating at LOS E in the a.m. peak hour(Bernal Avenue/Valley Avenue,Junipero Street/Sunol Boulevard, and Stanely Boulevard/El Charro Road) to LOS D and no intersections would degrade from acceptable to unacceptable conditions. As Alternative 4 looked as the maximum build out of the all of the potential sites for rezoning, it can safety be assumed that the increase in dwelling units under Alternatives 1-3 on Site 10 would similarly have a less than significant impact on local intersections. General Plan Amendment and Rezonings 4-36 ESA 1 210010 Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Report December 2011