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Foster City planners say Gilead campus addendum finds no new significant environmental impacts; staff outlines traffic and fiscal conditions
Summary
City staff presented a second addendum to the certified Cheshatch EIR for Gilead’s proposed expansion (up to 800,000 sq. ft. of R&D) and reported no new or substantially greater environmental impacts; staff also said the project would add roughly $1.7M–$2.2M in annual property tax revenue and recommended transportation demand measures and signal timing work to limit traffic impacts.
City planning staff told the Foster City Planning Commission on April 23 that a second addendum to the Cheshatch master plan environmental impact report (EIR) finds no new or substantially greater environmental impacts from the proposed Gilead campus expansion. The project would allow up to 800,000 square feet of research and development uses on an approximately 11.87‑acre site in the Chest Drive/Hatch Drive area.
Myra Blanco, senior planner in the community development department, said the addendum reviews the certified 2009 Cheshatch master plan EIR under the CEQA addendum criteria and applies the appendix G resource checklist from the 2025 CEQA guidelines. "Overall, based on the findings, there are no new or substantially greater impacts than those identified in the certified EIR," Blanco told the commission, noting that…
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