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Page 2 of 26 ATTY/RESO.0042/CC RESO CALIFORNIA WAY WATER TANK, PUMP STATION AND PIPELINE PROJECT REV: 05-03-17 PR df (2) a substantial increase in the severity of an environmental impact, (3) that a feasible project alternative or mitigation measure would clearly lessen the significant impacts of the Proposed Project, but that the City declines to adopt it, or (4) that the DEIR was so fundamentally and basically inadequate and conclusory in nature that meaningful public review and comments are precluded. The EIR mitigation measures are incorporated into the FEIR for the Proposed Project to avoid or substantially lessen significant environmental effects. Therefore, no further analysis is required and there is no need to recirculate a revised EIR for further review and comment; and WHEREAS, the FEIR was published on February 10, 2017 with a 10-day circulation period; and WHEREAS, on February 21, 2017, the Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing on the FEIR for the Proposed Project and adopted Resolution 17-03 recommending the City Council certify the FEIR; and WHEREAS, on March 15, 2017, the Utilities Committee reviewed the EIR, the Proposed Project and the project alternatives and recommended that the City Council proceed with the Hillside Alternative Project; and WHEREAS, on May 8, 2017, the City Council considered whether to certify the FEIR and whether to proceed with the Proposed Project, the Hillside Alternative Project or another alternative. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCI L OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY, AS FOLLOWS: 1. The above recitals are true and correct and together with the staff report and the application materials, including without limitation the FEIR, and all other documents, reports, studies, memoranda, maps, oral and written testimony, and materials in the City's file for the applications and the Proposed Project, and all adopted City planning documents relating to the Proposed Project and the property including the City's General Plan, Zoning Ordinance, and other applicable City laws and regulations, and all 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. 2. The City of Redwood City is the lead agency under CEQA for preparing the FEIR, and is the entity with final decision-making authority, as defined in Section 15356 of the CEQA Guidelines, with regard to selection of the Proposed Project. 3. The City Council finds that the FEIR for the project was presented to the City Council, that the FEIR was prepared, published, circulated, reviewed and completed in full compliance with State law and CEQA Guidelines, that there was adequate public review of the DEIR, that it has considered all comments on the DEIR and responses to comments, that the FEIR adequately discusses all significant environmental issues, and that the FEIR reflects the independent judgment and analysis of the City Council. The City Council further certifies that it has reviewed and considered the information in the FEIR. 4. The City Council finds that the information added in the FEIR does not constitute significant new information requiring recirculation, but rather that additional information clarifies 8.A. - Page 9