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S.A. - Page 4 of 61 for the downtown and "Central Redwood City" area, as identified in Attachment D (Central Redwood City Plan Map). Staff anticipates that these efforts will naturally overlap with the Housing Element Update efforts, given the number of housing units that will need to be accounted for, as well as potentially for some of the Gatekeeper projects. Given the overlapping impacts of these long-range initiatives, staff continue to explore a streamlined and comprehensive approach to achieve Council priorities while ensuring clear and effective conversations with the community regarding land use decisions in the downtown and Central Redwood City. 4. Residential Design Guidelines: Staff work continues on establishing more comprehensive Citywide Residential Design Guidelines for single-family residences. This effort began in April 2019 when the City hired a consulting firm to assist staff in the community outreach and preparation of Residential Design Guidelines. The results of the outreach efforts were presented and discussed at the Planning Commission hearing on February 4, 2020. Since that time, and though delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the City's consultant has completed a draft set of guidelines based on input received from the community outreach efforts and feedback from the Planning Commission. The consultant has also provided recommendations on revised Architectural Permit findings to help implement the design guidelines and other potential zoning amendments such as review process, notification and development standards. The Architectural Advisory Committee and the Planning Commission will review the draft design guidelines in fall 2020, with adoption targeted for early 2021. Current Planning Project Review In terms of current planning projects, staff continues to review 14 ongoing large-scale projects, totaling 1,400 residential units, 174 hotel rooms and 4 million square feet of commercial and office space. The largest of these projects are included in Attachment C (Land Use Studies and Timeline). Importantly, this figure only includes large housing, commercial and mixed-use projects that are reviewed and decided at the Planning Commission or City Council level. It does not include the ongoing review of staff level permits, including single-family review, small-scale office/commercial review, use permits, fagade changes and planning review of building permits (including Accessory Dwelling Units). In addition, staff are aware of potentially 16 additional large current planning projects that may be submitted within the next year and could yield over 300 residential homes, 83 hotel rooms and 3 million square feet of commercial and office space. None of the aforementioned projects are seeking a General Plan Amendment, as they conform to the General Plan and Zoning as currently proposed. These projects are at varying levels of the pre -planning stage, ranging from high-level initial discussions with staff, up to projects planning to submit within the next few months. Large current planning projects typically require project review by senior level staff (Senior Planner or Principal Planner) and typically take 2-4 years to process before a project decision is made. All of the proposed Gatekeeper projects are considered large planning projects due to their requested entitlements, project descriptions and associated environmental review. Staff assessed 3 recent development projects with similar entitlements to estimate how much Planning staff time was required for review from submittal to project decision: Page 4 of 15 City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.org 271