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8.A. - Page 1 of 36 <br />/<�ik <br />Redwood <br />CitylCallifornia <br />Faunded 1867 <br />\1AW <br />DATE: January 25, 2021 <br />SUBJECT <br />STAFF REPORT <br />To the Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From the City Manager <br />Study Session on proposed Redwood City Transit District and update on Sequoia Station <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />Hold a Study Session on the proposed Redwood City Transit District, including an update on Sequoia <br />Station, and receive input on the proposed process for establishing the new District from members of <br />the public and individual Councilmembers. This is a Study Session and no formal action will occur at this <br />meeting. <br />STRATEGIC PLAN GUIDING PRINCIPLE <br />Transportation and Housing <br />BACKGROUND <br />In late 2019 and early 2020, the City Council held three separate hearings on next steps for Downtown <br />planning and Gatekeeper projects. On November 4, 2019, City Council directed staff to create a Transit <br />District in the area adjacent to the existing bus and train stations and to establish a Gatekeeper process <br />to evaluate projects requesting a General Plan Initiation. On January 27, 2020, the Council authorized a <br />Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to work with Caltrain and SamTrans and provided direction for a <br />community visioning process for the Central Redwood City area. On February 24, 2020, the Council <br />considered an initiation for the Sequoia Station development project. <br />When considering the Sequoia Station development project, the City Council and community expressed <br />concern with building heights exceeding the downtown district standards and the overall lack of balance <br />of office and residential land uses. Council did not initiate the General Plan Initiation and directed staff to <br />create a City -led process, beginning with a community engagement process, on the Transit District to <br />determine the appropriate building heights and mix of land uses and to return to the Council late in 2020 <br />for an update. <br />Page 1 of 12 <br />City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.org <br />193 <br />