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06/11/2018 WHEREAS, on March 20, 2018, the Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing in accordance with all applicable requirements of the State Planning and Zoning law, the Redwood City Zoning Ordinance and the Redwood City Municipal Code to review the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report and the Project entitlements, and forwarded a recommendation (5-0, Safdari absent, Schmidt recused) to approve the requested Project entitlements; and WHEREAS, on June 11, 2018, the City Council held a duly noticed public hearing in accordance with all applicable requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and adopted a resolution certifying the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (SEIR) for the 851 Main Street Project; and WHEREAS, the Council is empowered by Redwood City Municipal Code Chapter 18, Article XI, Section 18.60 et seq., to amend the General Plan; and WHEREAS, the Council has determined that the proposed Project is consistent with and would further the purpose of and appropriately implement the General Plan and Downtown Precise Plan goals, development standards as amended to increase the office development cap, and urban design guidelines and applicable provisions of the Redwood City Municipal Code and Zoning Ordinance. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The Council, having independently heard, considered, and weighed all the evidence in the record, finds that the above recitals are accurate and constitute findings in this matter and, together with the staff report and the application materials, including without limitation the Final SEIR, the development plan, and all other documents, reports, studies, memoranda, maps, oral and written testimony, and materials in the City's file for the applications and the Project, and all adopted City planning documents relating to the Project and the property including the City's General Plan, Municipal Code, Zoning Ordinance, the Downtown Precise Plan, 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. Section 2. CEQA. In the exercise of its independent judgment, the Council finds that: a. The certified Final SEIR and the Findings and Statements Required by the California Environmental Quality Act and Statement of Overriding Considerations made and adopted concurrently with the Final SEIR, including all technical background reports and appendices, have (i) adequately analyzed the potential impacts of the 851 Main Street Project; (ii) included a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) that would mitigate certain significant impacts to a less -than -significant level; and (iii) set forth substantial evidence demonstrating that the benefits of implementing the Downtown Precise Plan and the Project outweigh all remaining significant and unavoidable impacts. b. Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15091(e), the documents and other materials that constitute the record of proceedings upon which the Council ATTY/RESO.0049/CC RESO AMENDING THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN —851 MAIN STREET PROJECT RESO. NO. 15674 REV: 05-31-18 PR MUFF NO. 601 Page 2 of 3