Cumulative Conditions. Hexagon will use the 2040 model run results for the City of Menlo Park General Plan EIR certified in December 2016 to describe operating conditions at the study intersections under cumulative conditions. Volumes will be interpolated for study intersections not included in the model. Hexagon will determine whether the proposed project is included in the existing forecasts. If not, the forecasts will be adjusted to include the proposed project.
Cumulative Conditions. As required under CEQA, the EIR evaluates the potential for the Proposed Project to contribute to significant cumulative impacts. The cumulative analysis varies for each impact depending on the relevant cumulative context for that impact. For cumulative impacts that are regional in nature, the cumulative analyses account for regional growth projections from the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), Metro, and other regional agencies. For cumulative impacts that are more local in nature, the City, in consultation with other surrounding jurisdictions, assembled a list of 145 known past, present, and reasonably foreseeable cumulative projects in the vicinity of the Project Site. Projects on the list consist of development projects within the City or other identified surrounding jurisdictions that have a pending development application, are approved, or are under construction, and transit and related infrastructure improvement projects that have been approved or proposed and under review. In total the 145 Summary projects account for anticipated development of 1,903,815 sf of retail/commercial space, 8,675,487 sf of office space, 2,070,210 sf of industrial/warehouse/data center space, 9,315 residential units or beds, approximately 2,430 hotel rooms, and new or expanded schools to accommodate 6,401 students. Project Variants The Proposed Project includes two variants to circulation infrastructure; the West Century Boulevard Pedestrian Bridge Variant and the Alternate Prairie Access Variant. These Project Variants are proposed in order to provide flexibility to allow the City to approve them as part of the Proposed Project, if desired. Each Project Variant would include the same land use program, parking/loading, mechanical equipment, vehicular circulation, streetscape improvements, and sustainability features as the Proposed Project. The variants are not mutually exclusive – the City potentially could approve either or both. The Project Variants are summarized below. West Century Boulevard Pedestrian Bridge Variant The West Century Boulevard Pedestrian Bridge Variant would result in the construction of a pedestrian bridge across West Century Boulevard, connecting a retail portion of the Arena Site to the HPSP area to the north. The pedestrian bridge would provide a vertical clearance of approximately 17 feet over West Century Boulevard. The pedestrian bridge would connect the retail building with retail uses on the north side of West Century Bo...
