AgdaPkt 2016-04-25 Closed and Joint SA PFA

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7.B. - Page 7 WHEREAS, the City has agreed to incorporate in the Project all applicable mitigation measures identified in the IS/MND and the associated MMRP to reduce environmental impacts to less than significant levels; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission considered the Project's plans and all environmental documents and supporting studies and reports necessary for recommending adoption of the IS/MND; by Resolution No. 13-24 the Planning Commission recommended that the City Council adopt the IS/MND and the MMRP and approve the Project design; and considered the foregoing at a duly noticed public hearing on October 15, 2013; and WHEREAS, the City constructed the storm drain pump station on Bair Island Road relying on a CEQA exemption and now proposed to construct the joint-use pedestrian and bicycle path under the U.S. Highway 101 freeway (the "Undercrossing Project"); and WHEREAS, an Addendum to the Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration was prepared in April 2016 documenting changes to the Project, analyzing the effects of new regulations, identifying nearby projects that were not in place when the IS/MND was prepared and confirming that the IS/MND constitutes an adequate, accurate, objective, and complete review of the environmental effects of the Undercrossing Project ("Addendum") and the Addendum found that there was no new significant environmental effect; and WHEREAS, the City Council considered the Undercrossing Project's plans and all environmental documents and supporting studies and reports necessary for adoption of the IS/MND; considered the Planning Commission's recommendations as established in Resolution No. 13-24; and considered the foregoing at a duly noticed public hearing on April 25, 2016. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY, AS FOLLOWS: A. The IS/MND (attached hereto as Exhibit A) and the associated MMRP (attached hereto as Exhibit B) are hereby adopted by the City Council based on the following findings and upon consideration of the Addendum, which was prepared in accordance with all legal requirements, including CEQA: 1. The above recitals are true and correct and together with the Staff Report and the application materials, including without limitation the IS/MND, its Addendum, and all other documents, reports, studies, memoranda,maps, oral and written testimony, and materials in the City's file for the application and the Undercrossing Project, and all adopted City planning documents relating to Undercrossing Project and the property including the City's General Plan, Zoning Ordinance, and other applicable City laws and regulations and associated approved and certified environmental documents, have together served as an adequate and appropriate evidentiary basis for the findings and actions set forth in this Resolution. ATTY/RESO.0032/CC RESO US 101 UNDRCROSSING PROJECT REV:04-21-16 VR Page 2 of 5