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EXHIBIT A FINDINGS, RECOMMENDATIONS, MITIGATION MEASURES AND MONITORING EFFORTS ON THE COURTHOUSE FACADE RECONSTRUCTION AND PLAZA PROJECT EIR Under the Project, as defined in the FEIR as the "Preferred Alternative" ( #3), reconstruction of the Historic Courthouse and development of Courthouse Plaza would cause no significant unmitigatable impacts or potential impacts other than in the "Cultural Resources" category. As provided for in the CEQA guidelines, the City used an initial study to help focus the FEIR on the Project's significant environmental impacts. The impacts that were identified as insignificant did not require further review and were therefore not addressed. The FEIR constitutes a focused EIR on Cultural Resources impacts, as supported by evidence in the record. Along with providing findings relating to the Project's environmental impacts, this exhibit details mitigation monitoring and reporting efforts for the Project. At this time, certain mitigation measures listed below have already been addressed and the Project plans and construction documents revised accordingly. The implementation of the mitigation efforts will be monitored and recorded by Redwood City Planning staff ( "staff') during Project development. Once the Project is completed, staff will prepare a mitigation and monitoring report for the Redwood City Planning Commission documenting the status of each mitigation measure and, if applicable, explain any variances therefrom. CULTURAL RESOURCES: A) Demolition of South Annex Potential Impact: Project plans will require the demolition of the South Annex and cause a significant unmitigatable impact to a historical resource, as defined in CEQA Guidelines §15064.5 Mitigation: Demolition of the South Annex will cause a significant impact for which there is no mitigation. In addition, because both the South Annex demolition and Courthouse reconstruction project involve documented historic resources, these two portions of the Project are subject to the Standards. In order to comply with the Standards, specific recommendations which are prescribed for the South Annex in Appendix D of the FEIR must be followed and be implemented as part of the Project. These include the accurate recordation and documentation of certain elements like the upper South Annex friezes and the preservation of certain artifacts prior to demolition. Although these mitigation measures would not reduce the cultural impacts to a less - than- significant levels, these measures will reduce the severity of the impacts by conforming to the Standards.