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01/23/2017 WHEREAS, Section 18.65 of the Redwood City Municipal Code requires the City Council to hold a Public Hearing before approving a General Plan and Amendment, and Section 18.67 of the Redwood City Municipal Code requires that amendments to the General Plan be by resolution of the City Council; and WHEREAS, on January 23, 2017, the City Council conducted a public hearing, in accordance with all applicable requirements of the State Planning and Zoning Law, the Redwood City Municipal Code and the Redwood City Zoning Ordinance to consider the General Plan Amendment; and WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the proposed General Plan Map Amendment would further the purposes of and appropriately implement the City of Redwood City General Plan, and applicable provisions of the Redwood City Municipal Code and Zoning Ordinance. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City Council finds that the above recitals are accurate and constitute findings in this matter and, together with the staff report and the application materials, including without limitation the Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND), development plan, and all other 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, and 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. The City Council finds that the General Plan Amendment to designate a portion of Sandpiper Park Public Facility (PF) for the pump station and shared use of a new Sandpiper School classroom building, is consistent with the following General Plan policies: • Goal BE -1: achieve complete and integrated neighborhoods, corridors and centers. The General Plan amendment to Public Facility would provide an opportunity to serve middle school children within the Redwood Shores neighborhood. • Policy BE -1.4: require that buildings and properties be designed to ensure compatibility within and provide interfaces between neighborhoods, corridors, and centers. The School District has presented a well-designed two-story building that is compatible with the architectural character of the existing Sandpiper Community Center and is ATTY/RESO.0008/CC RESOADOPTING THE APPROVAL OF THE GENERAL PLAN-SANDP I PER SCHOOL RESO. NO. 15558 REV: 01-18-1715 MUFF NO. 601 Page 2 of 4