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Findings and Statements Required by the California Environmental Quality Act
<br />Redwood City DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments 5 ESA / 202100421.01
<br />Subsequent Environmental Impact Report May 2023
<br />and made available for public review on May 12, 2023 (the FSEIR), and all appendices, reports,
<br />documents, studies, memoranda, maps, testimony, and other materials related thereto;
<br />• All public notices issued by the City in connection with the Project and the preparation of the
<br />DSEIR and the FSEIR, including but not limited to public notices for all public workshops and
<br />scoping sessions held to seek public comments and input on the Project;
<br />• All written and oral communications submitted by agencies or interested members of the
<br />general public during and immediately after the public review periods for the DSEIR and
<br />FSEIR, including oral communications made at public hearings or meetings held for the
<br />Project;
<br />• All minutes, testimony, statements, comments and other materials memorializing, describing
<br />or relating to workshops, meetings, scoping sessions, and hearings conducted by the City
<br />Council, the Planning Commission, the City’s Transportation Advisory Committee, the City’s
<br />Architectural Advisory Committee, and all other departments of the City relating to the City’s
<br />review and consideration of the Project;
<br />• All other public reports, studies, documents, memoranda, maps, or other materials reviewed
<br />and/or considered by the City in connection with its review and consideration of the proposed
<br />Project, the DSEIR, the FSEIR, and the MMRP, whether prepared by the City, its consultants,
<br />or by third parties;
<br />• All matters of common knowledge to the members of the City’s Planning Commission and
<br />City Council, including but not limited to: (i) the City’s 2010 General Plan, zoning ordinance,
<br />and other applicable policies and ordinances; (ii) information regarding the City’s fiscal status
<br />and economic and development patterns and trends; (iii) federal, state and local laws,
<br />regulations, guidelines and publications applicable to or affecting the Project; and (iv) reports,
<br />projections, documents and other materials regarding statewide, regional, and local planning
<br />and development matters within and outside of the City; and
<br />• All other documents and materials relating to the Project as described in Public Resources Code
<br />Section 21167.6, as applicable.
<br />The record of proceedings is available for review by responsible agencies and interested
<br />members of the public during normal business hours at 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City,
<br />California. The custodian of these documents is the City of Redwood City’s Office of the City
<br />Clerk.
<br />B. Findings Regarding Preparation and Consideration of the SEIR
<br />The City Council finds, with respect to the City’s preparation, review, and consideration
<br />of the SEIR, that:
<br />• The City exercised its independent judgment in accordance with Public Resources Code
<br />Section 21082.1(c) in retaining the independent consulting firm Environmental Science
<br />Associates (ESA) to prepare the SEIR, and ESA prepared the SEIR under the supervision and
<br />at the direction of the City’s Community Development and Transportation Director and the
<br />SEIR reflects the City’s independent judgment and analysis.
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