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RE!PORT 6.11 Page 1 June 25, 2007 SUBJECT Agreement Designating San Mateo Community College District as Lead Agency for Canada College Faculty/Staff Housing Project ReCOMMENDATION Approve by motion an agreement designating the San Mateo Community College District as Lead Agency for the purpose of conducting environmental review of their proposed faculty/staff housing project at the Canada College campus in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (Attachment 1). The City of Redwood City, as well as the Town of Woodside and the San Mateo County Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo) will act as Responsible Agencies. BACKGROUND The San Mateo Community College District is proposing to develop 60 units of multi- family housing on the Canada College campus for District faculty and staff members. The project site consists of an approximately 3.3 acre parking lot which is currently located within the Town of Woodside's boundary. The Town of Woodside does not have a multi-family zoning designation or sewer capacity to support the proposal. Therefore, the College District is seeking to amend the associated city limits boundary so that this site will be located within the City of Redwood City. Woodside's Town Council has conceptually approved the boundary change. The project review process will involve four main agencies as well as additional special districts. The agencies include the Community College District, the Town of Woodside, San Mateo County LAFCo, and the City of Redwood City. The Community College District and the City of Redwood City both have a substantial claim to act as Lead Agency for the purpose of conducting environmental clearance for all of the discretionary actions that the various agencies will need to make. Redwood City Planning and City Attorney staff have determined that in this case, it is most appropriate for the District to act as the Lead Agency. Staff has prepared an agreement that the District will consider the week of June 11 th. The agreement documents the responsibilities of the lead agency and summarizes the sequence of discretionary review by the other agencies as well as maintains the City's right to review the scope of work and the administrative draft environmental documents, which are anticipated to consist of an Initial Study and a Negative Declaration. At this time, the City Council's consideration of this proposal is limited to whether or not they wish to enter into this agreement and refer the Lead Agency responsibilities to the District. In the future, after the Planning Commission's review, the City Council will consider this proposal with respect to a boundary change, pre-zoning the site, and possibly a General Plan Amendment. An initial design review meeting is scheduled for June 12th before the City's Architectural Review Committee for the purpose of obtaining early direction for the project design.