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12/12/2016 WHEREAS, the City has received and reviewed public comments regarding the Docktown Plan ; and WHEREAS, the City has not yet determined its plan for the future use of Docktown once residential use has been terminated , including whether it will make further changes to the dock structures and other physical features of Docktown , and the City will consider whether further environmental review is necessary prior to or at the time that the City makes such decisions; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Redwood City hereby finds and determines as follows: 1 . The recitals set forth above are true and correct, and are hereby incorporated herein by this reference as if fully set forth in their entirety. 2 . In making its findings , the City Council relied upon and hereby incorporates by reference all correspondence, staff reports, and other related materials. 3 . The approval of the Docktown Plan and cessation of residential use at Docktown is not subject to and is statutorily exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15268 of the CEQA Guidelines, entitled Ministerial Projects . (The CEQA Guidelines are found at sections 1500 et seq . of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations. ) The decision to terminate residential use and to relocate Docktown residents is a ministerial act under CEQA. Cessation of residential use of Docktown will bring the City's trusteeship over Docktown into compliance with the statutes granting the City trusteeship over Docktown and the State's directive regarding the public trust doctrine. The SLC has unequivocally informed the City that it must cause the cessation of residential use at Docktown , and the City has no discretion about whether to allow further residential use at Docktown . 4 . Even if the City's action were determined not to be ministerial under CEQA, the decision to approve the Docktown Plan and end residential use at Docktown is categorically exempt from the requirements of the CEQA because it falls within each of four classes of projects that the Secretary for Resources has found do not have a significant effect on the environment pursuant to Sections 15301 , 15304, 15307 , and 15308 of the CEQA Guidelines, entitled Existing Facilities , Minor Alterations to Land , Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of Natural Resources , and Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of the Environment, respectively. 5 . There is no applicable exception to the foregoing categorical exemptions . None of the exceptions listed in Section 15300 .2(a)-(f) of the CEQA Guidelines, entitled Location , Cumulative Impact, Significant Effect, Scenic Highways, Hazardous Waste ATTY/RES0.0124/CC RESO DOCKTOWN PLAN RESOLUTION NO. 15550 REV: 12-08-16 VR MUFF NO. 613 Page 3of5