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<br />ATTY/RESO.0031/ CC RESO ADOPTING DENIAL OF APPEAL BY REDWOOD CITY RESIDENTS FOR RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT
<br />REV: 03-30-17 PR
<br />Page 3 of 22
<br />WHEREAS, on April 3, 2017 the City Council conducted a duly noticed de novo
<br />public hearing in accordance with all applicable requirements of the Subdivision Map
<br />Act and the Redwood City Municipal Code, all applicable requirements of the State
<br />Planning and Zoning Law, the City Zoning Ordinance and the Downtown Precise Plan,
<br />to consider the appeal of the Planning Commission’s approval of the Project, and
<br />received and considered oral and documentary evidence on the appeal and application;
<br />and
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<br />WHEREAS, the City Council considered the Initial Study checklist prepared by
<br />the City's Planning Division and its findings, the previously certified Downtown Precise
<br />Plan Program EIR (State Clearinghouse #2006052027), and the entire record of the
<br />administrative proceedings regarding the adoption of the Downtown Precise Plan
<br />(including without limitation the Mitigation, Monitoring and Reporting Plan attached
<br />to Resolution No. 15086 adopted on January 24, 2011), as well as the entire record
<br />of administrative proceedings regarding the adoption of the General Plan; and
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<br />WHEREAS, the City Council determined that the proposed Downtown Planned
<br />Community Permit including two (2) guideline deviations, Tentative Map, and Affordable
<br />Housing Plan would further the purposes of and appropriately implement the City of
<br />Redwood City General Plan, the Downtown Precise Plan, and applicable provisions
<br />of the Subdivision Map Act, the Redwood City Municipal Code and Zoning
<br />Ordinance.
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<br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
<br />CITY OF REDWOOD CITY AS FOLLOWS:
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<br />Section 1. The City Council, having independently heard, considered and weighed
<br />all the evidence in the record, including evidence presented by City staff, the Applicant,
<br />the Appellants and members of the public, and being fully informed of the Project, the
<br />Planning Commission’s decision, and the appeal, finds that the Appellant has not shown,
<br />based on evidence in the record, that the Planning Commission’s decision was made in
<br />error, that there was an abuse of discretion by the Planning Commission, that the
<br />Planning Commission’s decision was otherwise improper, or that the City’s notices,
<br />agendas, and appeal procedures were unlawful in any manner, and, in the exercise of
<br />its independent judgment, hereby denies the appeal and approves the Downtown
<br />Planned Community Permit including two (2) guideline deviations, Tentative Map,
<br />Affordable Housing Plan based on the following findings and subject to the Conditions of
<br />Approval set forth below. This determination is based on the entire record, including
<br />without limitation the application materials, the DTPP, 2011 DTPP EIR, the entire record
<br />of the administrative proceedings regarding the adoption of the DTPP, the General Plan,
<br />the staff reports and attachments prepared for the Planning Commission hearing on the
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