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7/(-1 REPORT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From theCit Mana er Noyember 14, 2005 Subject General Plan Amendment and Zoning Map Amendment for the nine (9) existing parcels within a 1.49 acre project area (Wegman's Nursery) to change to Commercial - Heavy/Mixed Use and General Commercial- Residential "CG-R", respectively. Recommendation That the City Council consider the Planning Commissions and staff recommendation to amend the General Plan designation and Zoning Map for the 1 .49 acre project area based on a review of the staff report, administrative record and public testimony find that: 1. That the City Council introduce an Ordinance Amending Article 60, Zoning Map 8 of Ordinance No. 1130 to Rezone Properties Generally Located at Woodside Road, Hess Road and Lucerne Ayenue from General Commercial or Multi-Family Medium Residential Districts to General Commercial-Residential District. 2. That the City Council approve a Resolution Amending the General Plan Designation of the Properties Generally located at Woodside Road, Hess Road and Lucerne Avenue from Commercial-Neighborhood or Residential High Density to Commercial- Mixed Use. Background Wegman's Nursery has been operating in Redwood City for over 40 years. The property owners have expressed an interest in upgrading the site. Prior to making any physical improvements to the site City staff has encouraged the property owners to address the complex configuration of the site (i.e., multiple properties, different zoning and General Plan designations). As a result, the property owners have brought forward the subject application to establish a consistent General Plan designation and zoning for the entire project site. If approved, this will allow the property owners to submit a Parcel Map to merge several of the subject parcels (i.e. from 9 parcels down to 3 parcels). Once the properties haye been consolidated the property owners will haye the opportunity to pursue the physical improvements to the site as well as off-site improvements. As required by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the City has prepared and adopted an enyironmental assessment (Le. Mitigated Negatiye Declaration) to determine what environmental impacts, if any, would be generated by the proposed project. The Initial Study/Notice of Intent to Adopt a Negative Declaration was circulated for public review for a period of 21 days (October 7,2003 through October 28,2003) via mail and was posted on the City's Website October 17,2003. 1