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7A Page 1 REPORT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the City Manager March 26, 2007 Subjec# Downtown Precise Plan Recommendation Continue the March 12th City Council discussion of issues, questions, and responses on the Downtown Precise Plan. Consider approval of the Downtown Precise Plan, per recommendations from the Planning Commission and City Staff with any additional City Council revisions. The following actions are required for the Plan to take effect: 1. Adopt a Resolution approving the attached Findings and Statement of Overriding Considerations and the accompanying Mitigation Monitoring Program 2. Adopt a Resolution amending the General Plan: a. Amend the General Plan Land Use Designation of the Downtown Precise Plan Area from "Mixed Uses" (Commercial and Residential), "Multi-Story Structures for Office and Retail Uses", "Moderate and High Rise Residential Structures", "Government", and "Office Park Oriented Uses" to "Downtown Mixed Use" and "Downtown Expansion Blocks". b. Add new text to the General Plan describing two new land use designations, i.e. "Downtown Mixed Use" and "Downtown Mixed Use Expansion Blocks" and their associated definitions. 3. Introduce an Ordinance to rezone the Downtown Precise Plan Area from numerous retail and mixed use residential zoning designations to "P" (Planned Community} District and make associated findings that this rezoning action is in the public interest. 4. Adopt an Ordinance approving the Downtown Precise Plan and selecting the "Moderate Intensity Alternative" buiid-out standard with recommended revisions. The Moderate intensity Alternative build-out standard will be documented in an Appendix of the Downtown Precise Plan Pertinent attachments and revisions for all of these actions were included in the previous staff report dated March 12, 2007. Please refer to those documents for more information (available on line at www.redwoodcity.org).