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09/11/2017 RESOLUTION NO. 15619 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY UPHOLDING AN APPEAL AND DENYING THE REQUEST FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND ARCHITECTURAL PERMIT FOR A NEW CHARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT 860 CHARTER STREET WHEREAS, Applicant, Launchpad Development Company, applied for a Conditional Use Permit for non -conforming parking stall size and driveway width and a n Architectural Permit to renovate the existing building at 860 Charter Street for a new Rocketship Charter Elementary School with 480 students in Transitional Kindergarten through fifth grade with landscape, parking and on-site circulation improvements (the "Project"); and WHEREAS, on November 1, 2016, the Planning Commission ("Commission") conducted a public hearing to consider the Project and associated Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) and continued the hearing to provide staff and consultants time to respond to comments; and WHEREAS, on March 14, 2017, the City released for public review, the Responseto Comments memo and on June 8, 2017, the City released for public review a revised Response to Comments memo including updated traffic counts and responding to all comments received on the IS/MND; and WHEREAS, on April 4, 2017, the Commission conducted a public hearing to considerthe Project and IS/MND and received public comment on the application. The Commission then continued the hearing in order to provide an opportunity to evaluate and respond to additional comments including a traffic analysis submitted by a member of the public; and WHEREAS, on June 20, 2017, the Commission considered and adopted the IS/MND prepared in accordance with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and, based on the adopted IS/MND, adopted a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program in compliance with CEQA requirements, as part of the City's consideration of the Project; and WHEREAS, on June 20, 2017, the Commission conducted a duly noticed public hearing, in accordance with all applicable requirements of the Redwood City Municipal Code and State Planning and Zoning Law, to consider Conditional Use Permit No. UP2014-20 and Architectural Permit No. AP2014-66, and received and considered oral and documentary evidence in favor of and opposed to the application; and the Commission, by a vote of 4 in favor and 3 opposed adopted Resolution No. 17-08 determining that the proposed Conditional Use Permit and Architectural Permit, for the Project would not be in conflict with the purpose and intent of the City of Redwood ATTY/RESO.0086/CC RESO DENYING ROCKETSHIP CUP & AP RESO. NO. 15619 REV: 09-12-17 PR MUFF NO. 603 Page 1 of 4