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EXHIBIT A FINDINGS ON THE REDWOOD CITY DOWNTOWN PRECISE PLAN FEIR The following findings identify potential adverse environmental impacts and mitigation measures and state related determinations of the City of Redwood City concerning proposed adoption of the Downtown Precise Plan. These findings are made with reference to the draft and final Environmental Impact Report for the Redwood City Downtown Precise Plan Project certified by the Redwood City Planning Commission on February 6, 2007 (the "FEIR") and the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program for the Downtown Precise Plan Project and related Mitigation Monitoring Checklist (together, the "MMRP") approved concurrently with these findings. To avoid repetition and an unnecessarily lengthy document, these findings do not restate in full detail the analysis of impacts or descriptions of mitigation measures in the FEIR and MMRP, but instead identify the FEIR designation of the impacts discussed and the MMRP designations of mitigation measures, so that further information on those impacts and mitigation measures is incorporated by reference and available to any reader. Copies of the FEIR and MMRP are available in the office of the City Clerk. I. AESTHETICS AND VISUAL RESOURCES The Project would have the following potentially significant impacts on land use. A. Light and Glare Impacts Potential Impact 7-1: The proposed Precise Plan would facilitate increased downtown development, and in particular, would permit construction of new 5-to-12-story (136-foot) maximum height structures in the Downtown area. Such buildings would include nighttime exterior illumination features. These exterior lighting features would be introduced in a Downtown area that is already highly urbanized with an abundance of existing lights. Nevertheless, exterior lighting features above the predominant 3-story elevation of the area, including exterior building illumination and illuminated signage, could be prominently visible at night and represent a noticeable visual distraction in views from surrounding nearby and distant vantage points. Additionally, daytime light reflection from the windows of the taller new structures could create glare impacts on surrounding areas and distant views. (EIR Impact 7-1, p. 7-21). Mitigation 7-1: Include in the conditions of approval for any individual future Downtown construction project involving building heights of greater than three stories (35 feet), a prohibition on exterior illumination of any building element above 35 feet after 10:00 PM, every day; or incorporate this requirement in the Precise Plan. For proposed new buildings taller than 35 feet, suggest in the Precise Plan guidelines some degree of tinting for glazing to reduce such potential glare effects. (MMRP Mitigation 7-1). Atty/Reso/Reso.1683 030707