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<br />ADOPT RESOLUTION 14580 APPROVING ANNUAL ACTION PLAN OF THE <br />CONSOLIDATED PLAN (2000-2005) AND APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE <br />(COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT AND HOME INVESTMENT <br />PARTNERSHIP FUNDS); CERTIFYING THAT THE CITY HAS FOLLOWED ITS <br />ADOPTED CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN; Af\!D AUTHORIZING EXECUTION AND <br />FILING OF ALL DOCUMENTS PERTAINING THER,:::TO (FISCAL YEAR 2004- 2005) <br />The motion passed by a unanimous roll call vote. <br />B. Zoning Map and Zoning Text Amendments to allow the proposed Abbott <br />Laboratories "West Coast Research Center" campus at 1 Cardinal Way (terminus <br />Chesapeake Drive, former Cargill "Salt Pile" site). <br />Senior Planner Ekas gave the report explaining the various components to the <br />proposal. <br />Deborah Helkowski, Director of U.S. Operations for Abbott Vascular Devices and <br />a resident of Redwood City, and joining her was Les Sturgeon, Vice President of <br />Global Facilities and Engineering, stated that Abbott Labs is an international <br />pharmaceutical and medical device company headquartered in Chicago. She <br />stated that in 1999, Abbott acquired Perclose, a Redwood City company that <br />designs and markets medical devices used for the surgical closure of blood <br />vessels. Perclose is now renamed Abbott Vascular Devices and currently <br />employees about 500 people, with approximately 100 of those residents of <br />Redwood City. Abbott Vascular is expected to grow and it is the desire to add a <br />significant research and development facility to the current operations in an effort <br />to establish a West Coast Research Center in Redwood City. <br />John Thiel, Abbott's architect, gave a brief presentation on the project highlighting <br />the outdoor spaces that consists of two main spaces, the center quad and the <br />shoreline park. <br />Sandy Sloan, Abbott attorney, spoke on behalf of the project manager who was <br />unavailable. She thanked Jill Ekas for her work and expert guidance with the <br />project, stating the excitement shared by the Abbott team of greatly improving the <br />site, providing a permanent home for the existing Abbott Vascular employees and <br />allowing growth for Abbott Vascular. The project will also provide a research <br />center for a stable recession proof pharmaceutical and medical device company, <br />increase the annual property and sales taxes to the city and provide a significant <br />amount of funding for the city's planned recycled water facilities, public access <br />along the described waterfront path and preserve MSI and give this educational <br />facility a new permanent home. She further provided justification for the proposed <br />zoning and FAR on the site. <br />Council asked various questions about the outdoor area plan. <br />JOINT CITY COUNCIL AND APRIL 26, 2004 <br />REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY PAGE 8 <br />MEETING MINUTES <br />