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ATTY/RESO.0031/ CC RESO ADOPTING DENIAL OF APPEAL BY REDWOOD CITY RESIDENTS FOR RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT REV: 03-30-17 PR Page 2 of 22 WHEREAS, on November 1, 2016, the Planning Commission considered an Initial Study checklist and its findings prepared by the City's Planning Division, the previously certified Downtown Precise Plan Program Environmental Impact Report (EIR) (State Clearinghouse #2006052027), the staff reports, oral and written, and testimony and materials presented by all those wishing to be heard on this Project at the noticed public hearing on this matter; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2.0.3.A.2.a of the DTPP (pg. 28), approval authority is vested in the Planning Commission since the development is a “Large Project;” and WHEREAS, on November 1, 2016 and on January 17, 2017, the Planning Commission conducted public hearings in accordance with all applicable requirements of the Subdivision Map Act, and the Redwood City Municipal Code and Zoning Ordinance, to consider the Downtown Planned Community Permit DPC2015-12 including two (2) guideline deviations, Tentative Parcel Map TM2015-09, and the Affordable Housing Plan, along with all applicable requirements of the State Planning and Zoning Law, the Downtown Precise Plan, and the recommendations of the AAC; and WHEREAS, the applicant modified the application pursuant to concerns raised by the Planning Commission, converting 4,500 sq. ft. (of the 5,900 sq. ft.) of ground floor retail into four residential units with entry stoops, lowering the height of the southern building corner by one story, and changing the colors, materials, articulation, and roof form of the southern building element; and WHEREAS, at the January 17, 2017 public hearing, the Planning Commission ultimately supported the Project, as revised, with the added condition that the ground floor unit at the southern corner at El Camino Real and the alley be converted back to retail, and determined that the proposed Downtown Planned Community Permit including two (2) guideline deviations, Tentative Map, and Affordable Housing Plan would further the purposes of and appropriately implement the City of Redwood City General Plan, applicable provisions of the Redwood City Municipal Code and Downtown Precise Plan, and the 1409 El Camino Real project, and approved the Project; and WHEREAS, an appeal was filed with the City during the 15-day appeal period by Kris Johnson on behalf of Redwood City Residents for Responsible Development (Appellant) challenging the Planning Commission’s approval of the Project; and WHEREAS, the matter was duly noticed for a de novo public hearing before the City Council on April 3, 2017; and 8.A. - Page 34