Reso23-14 Reso 0048 PC23-14 PC Reso Recommending Certification of the SEIR GP & DTPP

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ATTY/RESO.0048/PC RESO RECOMMENDING CERTIFYING THE SEIR REV: 06-02-23 VR Page 4 of 5 and also describes changes to the DSEIR that resulted from the comments received; and WHEREAS, on May 8, 2023, the City Council held a study session to review and provide comments on the draft DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments and supported recommendations to conditionally permit R&D Lab in the DTPP, limit R&D Lab to Biosafety Level (BSL) 1 and 2, and include new DTPP Standards for R&D Lab uses; and WHEREAS, all persons who commented on the DSEIR were notified of the availability of the FSEIR on May 12, 2023 which is at least 10 days before the City Council held a public hearing to consider the DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments; and WHEREAS, CEQA section 21081.6 requires the City to adopt a Mitigation, Monitoring, and Reporting Program (MMRP) because mitigation is required and the MMRP for the Project has been made available to the public with the FSEIR; and WHEREAS, CEQA Guidelines section 15093 requires the City to adopt a Statement of Overriding Considerations (SOC) before approving a project that will result in the occurrence of significant and unavoidable effects which are identified in the FSEIR, and the City has evaluated the economic, legal, social, technological, and other benefits of the Project and prepared the SOC included in the “Findings and Statements Required by CEQA” attached hereto as Exhibit A; and WHEREAS, on June 6, 2022, the Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing as required by state law, Redwood City Zoning Code section 52.5, and Redwood City Municipal Code section 18.62 to review and forward a recommendation to the City Council on the proposed DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments and the FSEIR. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The Planning Commission, having independently heard, considered, and weighed all the evidence in the administrative record, including but not limited to the staff reports; the FSEIR (including all appendices); the Findings and Statements Required by CEQA attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein; and all other documents, reports, studies, memoranda, maps, oral and written testimony, and materials in the City’s file for the DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments; and all adopted City planning documents relating to the DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments including the City’s General Plan, Municipal Code, Zoning Ordinance, and other applicable City laws and regulations (collectively, the “Record”); finds that this Record serves as an adequate and appropriate evidentiary basis for the findings and actions set forth in this Resolution and is hereby incorporated by reference. Section 2. The Planning Commission recommends that the City Council make and adopt, based on its independent judgment and analysis, the Findings and Statements Required by CEQA set forth in Exhibit A, including the Statement of Overriding Considerations and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program.