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05/20/2019 EXHIBIT A Findings and Statements required by the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code section 21000 et seq) I. Introduction On behalf of the City of Redwood City (the "City"), and pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") and Title 14, Chapter 3 of the California Code of Regulations (the "CEQA Guidelines"), the City's Planning Division has prepared an Environmental Impact Report (the "EIR") for the Broadway Plaza project (the "Broadway Plaza Project" or the "Project"). The City is the lead agency for the EIR. To support its certification of the EIR and approval of the Project, the City Council of the City of Redwood City makes the following findings of fact and statement of overriding considerations (collectively, the "Findings"). These Findings contain the City Council's written analysis and conclusions regarding the project's environmental effects, mitigation measures, alternatives to the proposed project, and the overriding considerations which, in the City Council's view, justify the approval of the project despite its potential environmental effects. These Findings are based upon the entire record of proceedings for the EIR, as described below. II. Project and Environmental Review The Broadway Plaza Project proposes to redevelop the existing Redwood Plaza Shopping Center into a new mixed-use development that would include residential, commercial, and retail uses. The Project site consists of two (2) development sites, referred to as the "Broadway Block" and the "Bay Block," that are separated by Woodside Road (State Route 84). Together, the 2 sites comprise 15.3 acres, including 2.2 acres of "remainder areas" on the Bay Block that are not included in the Project. As proposed, the Project would develop the Broadway Block with 520 multi -family dwelling units, 420,000 square feet of new office space, 26,000 square feet of new retail space, 10,000 square feet of childcare space, shared underground parking, and public and private open space, and would relocate the existing CVS Pharmacy from the Broadway Block to a new 15,000 -square -foot, stand-alone building with surface parking on the Bay Block. In the spring of 2017, pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15063, the City determined that the Project could result in potentially significant environmental impacts and that an EIR would be required. In compliance with Section 21080.4 of CEQA, the City circulated a Notice of Preparation ("NOP") of a Draft Environmental Impact Report (the "DEIR") for the Project to the Office of Planning and Research (OPR) State Clearinghouse and interested agencies and persons on April 7, 2017 for a 30 -day review period. The NOP solicited comments regarding the scope of the DEIR from identified responsible and trustee agencies, as well as interested parties. The DEIR was published by the City and available for review for a 57 -day comment period from November 8, 2018 to January 4, 2019. During the comment period, the interested public and responsible and trustee agencies were invited to submit comments on the DEIR to the City's Community Development Department. Written and verbal comments on the DEIR were also ATTY/RESO.0052 CC RESO CEQA BROADWAY PLAZA—SOB RATO RESO. NO. 15768 REV: 05-15-19 PR MUFF NO. 601 Page 5 of 30