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1 01/24/2011 WHEREAS, on February 11, 2009, the court held that the EIR for the Downtown Precise Plan did not comply with CEQA in three specific respects, and issued a writ of mandate directing the City to set aside its certification of the EIR and adoption of the Downtown Precise Plan; and WHEREAS, between March and June of 2009, the City Council rescinded its certification of the EIR and adoption of the first Downtown Precise Plan, and directed City Staff to commence preparation of a second Downtown Precise Plan and EIR that would comply with those aspects of CEQA that were the bases of the court's writ of mandate; and WHEREAS, in March of 2010, the City Council held a public meeting on an updated and revised second Downtown Precise Plan and the Planning Commission held a public scoping meeting pursuant to CEQA to solicit public comments on a second EIR for the new Downtown Precise Plan; and WHEREAS, on August 31, 2010, the City published a second Draft EIR, which identified and evaluated the potential environmental effects of the new Downtown Precise Plan, and the publication of which initiated another 45 -day public review and comment period; and WHEREAS, between September and December of 2010, the City's Planning Commission held two more meetings to solicit public comments on the new Downtown Precise Plan and the second Draft EIR, and the City completed and made available for public review the second Final EIR for the Downtown Precise Plan; and WHEREAS, on December 14, 2010, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on the new Downtown Precise Plan and associated Final EIR, and based on its review and consideration of those documents, adopted a resolution recommending that the City Council of Redwood City certify the Final EIR as complying with CEQA and approve and adopt the new Downtown Precise Plan, subjects to those modifications described in the Final EIR as Alternative 4 and Alternative 5; and WHEREAS, on January 24, 2011 the City Council held a duly noticed public hearing on the proposed Downtown Precise Plan for the City of Redwood City, the City Council has considered the evidence and finds that the proposed Downtown Precise Plan is in the public interest and consistent with the purposes of the Redwood City Zoning Ordinance, and desires to adopt the Downtown Precise Plan with the modifications described as Alternatives 4 and 5 in the Final EIR;. and WHEREAS, throughout the process of consideration of a precise plan for the downtown area, beginning on May 30, 2006, the City has held a total of 14 public hearings and community workshops in which members of the public have had the opportunity to review and comment on the different versions of the Downtown Precise Plan, and concluded based on this extensive public outreach that the residents of Redwood City are overwhelmingly in favor of the proposed Downtown Precise Plan. ATTY /RESO /RESO.2093 Reso. # 15087 011911 Muff # 601