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S.A. - Page 5 of 61 • 851 Main —This project is a 78,832 sq. ft. office and 6,900 sq. ft. retail project submitted in 2014 and was approved in 2018. In total, over the 4 years, Planning staff spent 685 hours on the project with a Principal Planner spending the majority of time (504 hours) on the project. • 1548 Maple — This project is a 131 -unit residential townhome project submitted in 2014 and approved in 2018. In total, over the 4 years, Planning staff spent 275 hours on the project with a Principal Planner spending the majority of time (135 hours) on the project. • 1401 Broadway — This project consisted of 420,000 sq. ft. of office, 400 residential units, and 26,000 sq. ft. of retail, and was submitted in 2016 and approved in 2019. In total, over the 3 years, Planning staff spent 731 hours on the project with a Principal Planner spending the majority of time (593 hours) on the project. On average, a Principal Planner accounts for 74% of the review time for each project, but staff anticipates that Senior Planners would also manage these large development projects. Currently, the Planning Division includes a total of six senior and principal level planners that may work on a potential Gatekeeper project. However, current workload should be taken into account, as planners would be working on multiple major development projects at the same time as well as significant long-range policy projects, typically also managed by senior staff members. While some development projects may utilize a consultant as a project planner, considerable City staff resources are still needed to manage the consultant and the community engagement process, and also supervise and review work. Staffing and other resources to process these projects is analyzed further in the next section of the staff report. Concerning the Gatekeeper Projects, it is anticipated that any initiated project would take approximately 2-3 years to process and review before a project decision could be made. An initiated project would be assigned to a senior level planner, go through a detailed completeness review involving all relevant divisions/departments within the City (Building, Engineering, Transportation, Fire, Public Works, Parks and Recreation, etc.) and solicit input through a community outreach process. The project would also undergo necessary environmental review (typically an EIR), and input from recommending bodies, such as the Historic Resources Advisory Committee (HRAC) and Architectural Advisory Committee (AAC), before public hearings at the Planning Commission, for a recommendation, and City Council, for final project decision. In addition to City and developer -initiated community meetings, it is anticipated that these projects would be brought to 5-7 public hearings throughout this process at the City Council, Planning Commission, HRAC and AAC level. A diagram outlining this typical review process is shown in Figure 1 below. Page 5 of 15 City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcitV.org 272