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lO, Al REPORT To the Honorable M iyor and City Council From the City Manager EXECUTIVE SUMMARY September 9, 2002 SubJect Redwood Shores Bayfront Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and Specific Plan Recommendation 1) Deny the appeal and uphold the decision of the Planning Commission to certify the Environmental Impact Report 2) Adopt the Specific Plan as recommended by the Planning Commission EIR Appeal Issues 1) Lack of "Permanent" Parkin.q for Worship Center Up to 300 parking spaces will be provided at The Pointe office complex across the street via a recorded grant of easement. The easement will continue indefinitely unless rescinded by the owner of the Office complex, with notification to the Church and the City at least two years before the date of rescission. SBSA has offered to use some of its facilities as a "back-up" parking plan, if needed. The Zoning Ordinance does permit the location of all or part of the required parking spaces on non-adjacent parcels. The City has approved Chumhes with off-site parking arrangements elsewhere in the City. 2) Revocation of Use Permit The Specific Plan states that the City may revoke the Use Permit if sufficient parking ceases to be legally available. The City Zoning Ordinance (Section 42.8) empowers the City Council to revoke a Use Permit if any or all of the conditions are violated. 3) Specific Plan Modifications are Unreasonable The proposed changes are relatively minor. One tree screen is recommended for removal to retain open vistas'and eliminate tree cover for predatory birds. Another tree screen would be relocated closer to the water tanks to better screen the tanks, maintain open vistas, and eliminate tree cover. A new service read to the recycled water tanks will only be constructed when the existing service road is removed. To link the construction of the recycled water tanks to the new service read (as proposed in the Specific Plan) may delay construction of the tanks because of the necessary approvals needed from the regulatory agencies to construct the new road. 4) Exclusion of EIR Comment Letters A few comment letters were not included in the EIR for vadous reasons. However, all of those letters discuss the same issues already mentioned in the Final EIR, and do not raise any new environmental issues. Specific Plan The Specific Plan is a document that describes the future build-out of the area and describes some of the proposed land uses, including a chumh expansion, recycle water tanks, landscape improvements and wetland restoration. It proposes an integration of the various land uses and assures complementary and usable services for the community.