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The property owners and consultants prepared the Specific Plan under the guidance of an oversight committee. The committee consisted of representatives .of, the property owners, representatives of Redwood Shores Homeowners (RSHA) and Redwood Shores Owners Association (RSOA), and City staff. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT As required by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), a planning consultant prepared a draft Environmental Impact Report for the Specific Plan. (Copies of the EIR were sent to the Planning Commission under separate cover last fall.) The EIR provides the Planning Commission with environmental information to help determine if the Commission should ultimately recommend .approval or denial of the Specific Plan to the City Council. The EIR discusses and reviews the various environmental impacts associated with the development of the area. The public review period for the EIR began on October 10, 2001, and was extended to January 18, 2002, in order to allow the Redwood Shores Community enough time to review the document. During that period there were several public hearings on the EIR (November 13, 2001 and January 15, 2002). The EIR concluded that all potentially significant impacts of the project can be mitigated to a less than significant level. Therefore, the Specific Plan would not result in any unavoidable significant impacts2. The EIR consultant has prepared "responses to comments" made during the public review period and has incorporated them into the EIR document. Those responses to comments plus the draft Environmental Impact Report make up the "Final EIR" for the project. The Planning Commission needs to "certify" the Final EIR before it can take any action on the Specific Plan. Certification means that the Planning Commission has made the following findings under CEQA: · The Final EIR has been completed in compliance with CEQ^ · The Final EIR was reviewed and considered by the decision-making body · The Final EIR represents the City's independent judgement and analysis USE PERMIT Currently, the Church is operating under a "temporary" Use Permit granted on June 1, 2000, per the agreement between the property owner and the Redwood Shores Homeowners Association. This temporary Use Permit allowed the Church to renovate its existing building and conduct Chumh services. The City must grant a "permanent" Use Permit (running with the land) upon certification of the EIR and approval of the Specific Plan. The Zoning Administrator will make a final decision on the Use Permit following the Commission's recommendation on the EIR and the City Council's final adoption of the Specific Plan. (A copy of the original draft use permit is attached). 2 Section 5.3: Significant Unavoidable Impacts. Page 127