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S.A. - Page 9 of 61 *MU -C — Mixed Use Corridor, MU -T — Mixed Use Transitional, O — Commercial Office, RC — Regional Commercial, HDR — High Density Residential Prepared Resolutions: Staff have prepared two sets of resolutions. One set approves initiation of each project, while the other set denies initiation of each project. This way, the Council can act on all of the projects at this hearing, whether the action is to approve or deny initiation. Each resolution approving initiation denotes a two-year time limit for an applicant to submit a complete application to the City or the initiation becomes null and void. This two-year timeframe will provide the applicant with additional time to fully assess the economic and project -specific fiscal impacts of COIVD-19 on their proposed projects but also creates a time limit to reduce conflict with the forthcoming visioning efforts. Additionally, each resolution denying initiation indicates a two-year time limit for an applicant to resubmit a General Plan Initiation request for the same or substantially similar project on the same site. Given the time and resources required for a high-level review and to bring each request for Council consideration, this two-year time frame is recommended so staff can focus efforts and attention on other current development projects and the long-range planning initiatives directed by Council, many of which are already underway. During this period, a Gatekeeper applicant could still submit a project that conforms to the General Plan designation and zoning district. FISCAL IMPACT, STAFFING AND AVAILABLE RESOURCES This section outlines the current staffing and available resources the City has to process the Gatekeeper projects. If the City Council directs staff to study any number of Gatekeeper projects, a cost recovery account will be set up with the applicant. Future project and CEQA review will be charged against this account and be paid for by the applicant, incurring limited direct fiscal impact to the City. With that said, the Gatekeeper projects do pose a significant impact to staffing and available resources. In other words, staffing and resources spent processing Gatekeeper projects reduces the amount of staffing and resources available for other long-range policy initiatives and ongoing current planning projects. Therefore, this section will look at the staffing and available resources the City has to process Gatekeeper projects and highlight the number of projects the City could feasibly process with available resources, in line with the staff recommendation. Page 9 of 15 City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.org 276