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12/16/2019 including the GP EIR (previously provided under separate cover) and the Addendum. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY, AS FOLLOWS: 1. The above recitals are true and correct and together with the staff report and the application materials, including without limitation the GP EIR and Addendum, and all other documents, reports, studies, memoranda, maps, oral and written testimony, and materials in the City's file for the applications and the Amendments, and all adopted City planning documents relating to the Amendments and the property including the City's General Plan, 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. 2. The City of Redwood City is the lead agency under CEQA for preparing the Addendum, and is the entity with final decision-making authority, as defined in Section 15356 of the CEQA Guidelines, with regard to approval of the Amendments. 3. The Addendum was prepared in accordance with all legal requirements, including CEQA Guidelines section 15164. 4. Based on substantial evidence in the record, the Amendments are within the scope of the previously certified GP EIR. The mitigation measures and Statement of Overriding Considerations associated with certification of the GP EIR address the environmental effects of the Amendments. Accordingly, with the approval of the Amendments, all applicable mitigation measures and the Statement of Overriding Considerations are hereby reconfirmed and readopted. 5. The City Council has reviewed and considered the Addendum, the General Plan EIR itself and other information in the entire record and has considered the information contained therein, including the written and oral comments received at the public hearing on the Amendments, prior to acting upon or approving the Amendments. 6. Based on substantial evidence in the record, the proposed Amendments are within the scope of the previously certified General Plan EIR for the purposes of CEQA. 7. As set forth in CEQA Guidelines section 15162(a), there are no new significant impacts nor any increase in the severity of previously identified impacts and no new mitigation measures are required beyond those identified in the General Plan EIR. 8. Pursuant to Guidelines section 15091(e), the documents and other materials that constitute the record of proceedings upon which the City Council has based its decision are located in and may be obtained from, the Office of the City Clerk at 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, California. The City Clerk is the custodian of records for all matters before the City. 9. This resolution is effective upon its adoption. ATFY/RESO.0121/CC RESO ADDENDUM TO GENERAL PLAN EIR RESO. NO. 15815 REV: 12-11-19 PR MUFF NO. 601 Page 2 of 2