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6.1C Page 9 Wagstaff and Associates City of Redwood City June 26, 2009 Contract Exhibit "A" New Downtown Precise Plan EIR Page 1-1 1. PROJECT UNDERSTANDING AND ItNEW" EIR APPROACH 1.1 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES In February 2007, the City of Redwood City City Council took actions constituting approval of a Downtown Precise Plan, including: . certification of a final Environmental Impact Report (EIR); . adoption of a Downtown Precise Plan (DPP) by Or~inance No. 2308; and amendment of the City's Zoning Map by Ordinance No. 1130-338 to rezone properties in the DPP Area. . Subsequently, the February 2007 DPP approval, including the EIR certification, DPP adoption and Zoning Map amendment, was litigated in San Mateo County Superior Court and on February 11,2009, the Court entered a final judgment and issued a peremptory writ of mandate ordering the City to set aside the DPP approvals including the final EIR certification, DPP adoption (Ordinance No. 2308) and Zoning Map amendment (Ordinance No. 1130-338). The Court judgment identified three primary deficiencies in the 2007 EIR: · the Court found that the 2007 EIR did not adequately address the potential shadow impacts on adjacent properties of DPP-permitted taller buildings; · the Court found that the 2007 EIR did not adequately address the protection of historic resources, including historic structures, in the Downtown; and · the Court found that the 2007 EIR did not adequately address the possibility of one or more alternative sites for the project. While respectfully disagreeing with the Court's ruling, in the interest of meeting its original objective to adopt a new DPP at the earliest possible time, the City Council took action in March 2009 to set aside the 2007 EIR certification, DPP adoption (Ordinance No. 2308) and Zoning Map amendment (Ordinance No. 1130-338). The action was taken to permit the City to focus on completion of a new DPP and DPP programmatic EIR, and the new General Plan and programmatic new General Plan EIR, as soon as possible. 1.2 PROPOSED NEW DPP EIR PREPARATION OBJECTIVES AND APPROACH This proposal describes ou r proposed scope of services, schedule and budget for completion of a "new" Environmental Impact Report (new EIR) for the new Downtown Precise Plan (new DPP). Our proposed scope includes preparation of a new project description; new Notice of EIR Preparation (new NOP); attendance at a new EIR scoping meeting; preparation of a new administrative draft, screen check draft and public release draft EIR; preparation of a new C:iWDIPROPOSALS\080T\fev-ex-a\OB07 rev ex-a. doc