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01/24/2011 Exhibit B Precise Plan that is the subject of this City Council action, and that is referred to herein as the "Project." Following the Planning Commission's action, the City Council reviewed the Draft DPP, Draft EIR and Final EIR, and considered the Planning Commission's recommendations. Exercising its independent judgment, the City Council hereby makes the following findings of fact and statements of overriding considerations (collectively, the "Findings ") to support its certification of the EIR and approval of the new Downtown Precise Plan Project recommended by the Planning Commission. 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 Project and the EIR, as described below. The approvals necessary for implementation of the Project are: • Certification of the EIR for the Downtown Precise Plan and adoption of the accompanying Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan (the "MMRP "); • Amendment of the City's 2010 General Plan to ensure consistency between the 2010 General Plan and the proposed Downtown Precise Plan recommended by the Planning Commission; • Adoption of the proposed Downtown Precise Plan recommended by the Planning Commission; and • Rezoning of the Downtown Precise Plan area to designation "P" under the City's Zoning Ordinance. The EIR was prepared to meet all applicable CEQA requirements necessary to support these actions by the City Council. II. General Findings and Overview A. Record of Proceedings and Custodian of Record For purposes of CEQA and these Findings, the record of proceedings for the City's findings and determinations consists of the following documents and testimony, at a minimum: • The EIR, which consists of the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Redwood City Downtown Precise Plan (State Clearinghouse No. 2006052027), published and circulated for public review and comment by the City from August 31, 2010, through November 5, 2010 (the Draft EIR), and the Final Environmental Impact Report for the Redwood City Downtown Precise Plan, published and made available for public review on December 1, 2010 (the Final EIR), and all appendices, reports, U:\Resolutions\2011\Reso 15086 Exhibit B.doc 2 012011 Reso. # 15086 Muff #601