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Page 4 of 21 ATTY/RESO.3139/ CC RESO 601 MARSHALL DENYING APPEALS AND APPROVING TENTATIVE MAP, DOWNTOWN PLANNED COMMUNITY PERMIT, AND PARKING IN LIEU FEE APPLICATION REV: 9/24/15 PT NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY AS FOLLOWS: Section1. The City Council, having independently heard, considered and weighed all the evidence in the record, including evidence presented by City staff, the Applicant, the Appellants and members of the public, and being fully informed of the Project, the Planning Commission’s decision, and the appeal, finds that the Appellants have not shown, based on evidence in the record, that the Planning Commission’s decision was made in error, that there was an abuse of discretion by the Planning Commission, that the Planning Commission’s decision was otherwise improper, or that the City’s notices, agendas, and appeal procedures were unlawful in any manner, and, in the exercise of its independent judgment, hereby denies the appeals and approves the Vesting Tentative Map, Downtown Planned Community Permit including two guideline deviations, and the Parking In-Lieu Fee Application based on the following findings and subject to the Conditions of Approval set forth below. This determination is based on the entire record, including without limitation the application materials, the DTPP, 2011 DTPP EIR, the entire record of the administrative proceedings regarding the adoption of the DTPP, the staff reports and attachments prepared for the Planning Commission hearing on the Project and the appeal, each of which is incorporated herein by reference and which serve as an adequate and appropriate evidentiary basis for the findings and actions set forth in this Resolution. Section 2. Initial Study Checklist (IS): In the exercise of its independent judgment, the City Council finds that: a. The IS was prepared in accordance with all legal requirements. b. The City Council has reviewed and analyzed the IS and other information in the entire record and has considered the information contained therein, including the written and oral comments received at the public hearing on the Project, prior to acting upon or approving the Project. c. Based on substantial evidence in the record, the proposed Project is within the scope of the previously approved Downtown Precise Plan and is adequately described in the previously certified Downtown Precise Plan Program EIR for purposes of CEQA. The mitigation measures and Statement of Overriding Considerations associated with certification of the Program EIR address the environmental effects of the Project. Accordingly, with the approval of this Project, all applicable mitigation measures and the Statement of Overriding Considerations are hereby reconfirmed and readopted. 7.A. - Page 36