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Findings and Statements Required by the California Environmental Quality Act Redwood City DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments 30 ESA / 202100421.01 Subsequent Environmental Impact Report May 2023 in the DSEIR, as incorporated into the FSEIR, and makes the following findings with respect to such potentially significant impacts. 6. Aesthetics and Shadows Impact AE-5: Implementation of the DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments would not cast shadow that would substantially impair the beneficial use, important values, or livability of any shadow-sensitive use, including public parks, plazas or open space areas; buildings using passive solar heat collection or solar collectors; historic resources with a shadow-sensitive character-defining feature; or shadow-sensitive portions of residential parcels. Mitigation Measures. SEIR Mitigation Measure AE-5 (SEIR, p. 6-14) will be implemented for the Project as provided in the MMRP. Findings Regarding Impact AE-5: Based on the FSEIR and the entire record before the City, the Council finds that incorporating the requirements of Mitigation Measure AE-5 into the Project would substantially lessen the severity of Impact AE-5, such that this impact would be less than significant. The proposed DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments would allow for exceptions to building placement and/or building height and disposition regulations in the DTPP that would allow greater building massing than would otherwise be permitted. However, Mitigation Measure AE-5 would require each discretionary development project applicant seeking such exceptions to demonstrate that the exceptions would be consistent with Section 2.7.5 of the DTPP and would not result in shadow exceeding 50 percent on the shadow-sensitive uses and spaces identified therein at noon on the Spring Equinox.(This requirement would not apply to Downtown parcels with lower maximum permitted building heights adjacent to parcels with higher maximum permitted heights if the parcel(s) with lower height limits are the site of development subsequent to DTPP adoption.) 7. Cultural and Historic Resources and Tribal Cultural Resources Impact CR-1: Implementation of the DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments would not cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource pursuant to Section 15064.5. Mitigation Measures. SEIR Mitigation Measures CR-1, CR-2, and NO-3 (SEIR, pp. 7-18 to 7-21) will be implemented for the Project as provided in the MMRP. Findings Regarding Impact CR-1: Based on the FSEIR and the entire record before the City, the Council finds that incorporating the requirements of Mitigation Measures CR-1, CR-2, and NO-3 into the Project would lessen the severity of Impact CR-1, but not sufficiently so that this impact would be less than significant. Mitigation Measure CR-1 would require that, for each discretionary development project involving a historical resource in the amended DTPP area, the City would make a preliminary determination as to the potential for a significant adverse effect on the historic resource and, if such a determination is made, the applicant would be required to implement, as feasible, as step - wise series of measures including 1) compliance with the Secretary of the Interior’s