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7C Page 17 Park Precise Plan; (2} approval of the Peninsula Park Precise Plan, pursuant to Article 52 of the Redwood City Zoning Ordinance; and (3)a Devefopment Agreement; and WHEREAS, CEQA requires that, in connection with the approval of a project for which an FEER has been prepared which idenfifies one or more significant environmental effects, the decision-making agency make certain findings regarding those effects. NOW THEREFORE, BE !T RES�LVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY, AS FOLLQWS; 1. This Council hereby frnds and affirms that the Addendum to the 2003 MSV EIR as well as the originai 2003 MSV FEIR has been completed in compliance with CEQA; that the City Councii has reviewed and analyzed any other information in the record and has considered the information contained therein, including the writien and oral comments received at the public hearings on the FEIR and the Project, prior to acting upon or approving the Project; and that the FEfR represents the independent judgment of the City of Redwaod City; and 2. The Findings and recommendations set forth in Exhibit A, and incorporated herein by reference, are made by this Council as the Cify's findings under the California Environmenta{ Quality Act ("CEQA"} (Pub. Resources Code § 21000 ef se�c,) and the CEQA Guidelines (Cal. Code Regs., title 14, §15000 et se�c.) ralating to the Project. The Findings provide the written analysis and conclusions of the Council regarding the Project's environmenfal impacts, mitigation measures and alternatives to the Project. 3. The incorparated features of the Peninsula Park Precise Plan Project and other modifications to the Initiaf Project do not create any potentiafly significant environmenta{ irnpact which was not associated with the Project, or s9gnificantly increase any potentially significant environmental impact associated with #he Praject, but do reduce or eliminate a number of potentially significant er�vironmental impacts of the Project, as described in Exhibifi A fio this resolution. lnclusion of those features which are not part of the Precise Plan would prevent the Project from achieving fundamental abjectives, and would not be feasible, for reasons described in Exhibit A to this resolution. Pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21081 and CEQA Guidelines Sections ?5091 et seq., the City Council adapts a:�d makes the fo!la�nrir.g s±atement of overriding considerations regarding the remaining unavoidable impacts of the Project and the anticipa#ed economic, social and other benefits of the Project. a. Siqnificant Unavoidable impacts. With respect to the foregoing findings, as set farth in Exhibit A, and in recognition �f those facts which are included in the record, the City has determined that the Project would cause the following significant, unavoidable impacts, which are more specifically identified in Chapter 18, section 18.2 of the FEIR: i. Impact 5-7: Internal Visual Relationship of Project Devefopment to Eiectrical Transmission Lines, ii. (mpact 6-1: Project-Related Resident Population Grawth iii. impact 6-2: Project-Related Empioyment Growth Atty/Reso/Reso.1772 � 121301