Reso PC19-01 PC Reso 0016 Approving Permits for 610 Walnut Street

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documents, reports, studies, memoranda, maps, oral and written testimony, and materials in the City's file for the applications and the Project, and all adopted City planning documents relating to the Project and the property including the City's General Plan, Municipal Code, Zoning Ordinance, Precise Plan other applicable City laws and regulations, and all associated approved and certified environmental documents, have together served as an adequate and appropriate evidentiary basis for the findings and actions set forth in this Resolution. Section 2. CEQA: The Commission finds, based on its independent judgement and analysis that: a. The Third Addendum to the EIR for the 610 Walnut Street Office Project was prepared in accordance with all legal requirements; and b. The Planning Commission has reviewed the Third Addendum and other information in the entire record and has considered the information, including the written and oral comments received at the public hearing on the Project, prior to acting upon or approving the Project. Based on substantial evidence in the record, the proposed Project is within the scope of the previously adopted Precise Plan and the certified F EIR. The mitigation measures and Statement of Overriding Considerations associated with certification of the EIR address the environmental effects of the Project. Accordingly, with the approval of this Project, all applicable mitigation measures and the Statement of Overriding Considerations are hereby reconfirmed and readopted. d. As set forth in CEQA Guidelines sections 15162 (Subsequent EIRs and Negative Declarations) and 15163 (Supplement to an EIR), the proposed Project will not result in any new environmental effects, or a substantial increase in the severity of any environmental impact, or require new mitigation measures beyond those identified in the EIR and adopted upon approval of the Precise Plan. No new environmental document is required. e. Pursuant to Guidelines section 15091(e) (Findings), the documents and other materials that constitute the record of proceedings upon which the Planning Commission has based its decision are located in and may be obtained from the Office of the City Clerk at 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, California. The City Clerk is the custodian of records for all matters before the City. Section 3. Planned Community Permit (PC2018-001): In the exercise of its independent judgement, the Commission finds that: a) The application implements the adopted Precise Plan. Basis for finding: The project implements the Precise Plan in that it proposes an office building with improvements to the public frontage consistent with the Precise Plan, as further described in the Staff Report, with the exceptions to height, parking and setback. The development implements the streetscape improvements and is considered a permitted use. ATTY/RESO.0016/PC RESO APPROVING PERMITS FOR 610 WALNUT STREET REV: 02-20-19 PR Page 2 of 16