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The Honorable Mayor Diane Howard/City Council Page 2 August 7, 2020 the proposed lease, it would be liable to the City for liquidated damages in the amount of $2,000,000.00 under Section 18.9.3 of the propose lease agreement. The land exchange agreement was calendared for consideration by the County at its July 7, 2020, Board of Supervisors meeting. The County's staff report recommended approval of the agreement and related measure and stated that, upon acquisition of the City's 1402 Maple Street project: [A] planning exercise for the City Property will be initiated that will evaluate potential County uses and programs to be located on the City Property, which may include immediate shelter resources needed as part of the COVID-19 response, a new permanent homeless shelter and associated services, transitional housing, and affordable housing. County Staff Report dated July 7, 2020 at page 2 ("County Staff Report"). At the July 7 hearing, County staff indicated that the land exchange agreement needed to be approved on an "urgent" basis so that the County could apply by July 25 for federal CARES Act funds in support of providing homeless services. Supervisor Horsley stated that the County had "looked for years" for an appropriate site for a homeless shelter, that the County had not been able to find "any place in San Mateo County willing to host a homeless shelter" and that the 1402 Maple Street site, the property the County would acquire in the land exchange, was the "best and only site for this facility." Supervisor Groom concurred that the 1402 Maple Street site was an "ideal piece of land" for the Maple Street Shelter or similar facility. The proposed land exchange agreement was then unanimously approved by the County at the July 7 hearing. The Project Addendum Fails to Analyze the Environmental Impacts of Relocating the Maple Street Shelter After the land exchange agreement was quickly approved by the County, the Project was calendared for consideration by the City Council on July 13. At this meeting, in addition to being asked to approve the proposed land exchange, the City Council was asked to adopt an "Addendum to the 1548 Maple Street Project Environmental Report" for the Maple Street Land Exchange Project dated July 2020 and prepared by LSA (the "Addendum").' According to the City's July 13 Staff Report (the "City Staff Report"), the Addendum was prepared "to determine whether and to what extent the [ 1548 Maple Street EIR] is sufficient for addressing the potential impacts of, and providing required mitigation for, the Real Property Exchange Agreement development activities." Staff Report at page 8. The Addendum concludes that the Project "would not cause new significant environmental effects not identified in the [1548 Maple Street EIR]" and that the Project would otherwise not introduce any of the conditions requiring the preparation of a Supplemental EIR as set forth in Section 15162 of the CEQA Guidelines. Addendum at page 1-1. The Addendum therefore also ' As you will recall, the 1548 Maple Street Project is being undertaken by Strada Investment Group, which proposes the construction of 131 three-story for -sale condominiums. The City Council certified the 1548 Maple Street Project Environmental Impact Report (the "1548 Maple Street EIR") on May 7, 2018.