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Findings and Statements Required by the California Environmental Quality Act Redwood City DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments 37 ESA / 202100421.01 Subsequent Environmental Impact Report May 2023 13. Climate Change Impact CC-1: Implementation of the proposed DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments would not generate greenhouse gas emissions, either directly or indirectly, that may have a significant impact on the environment. Mitigation Measures. SEIR Mitigation Measure CC-1 (SEIR, pp. 13-35 to 13-36) will be implemented for the Project as provided in the MMRP. Findings Regarding Impact CC-1: Based on the FSEIR and the entire record before the City, the Council finds that Mitigation Measure CC-1 would substantially lessen the severity of Impact CC-1. Subsequent development projects shall comply with the “all electric” requirement in the City’s Reach Codes in effect at the time that a building permit application is filed, and shall comply with EV requirements in CALGreen Tier 2 in the most recently adopted version of CALGreen Tier 2 at the time that a building permit application is filed. However, while Mitigation Measure CC-1 would disallow these exceptions within the amended DTPP area, this mitigation measure may not be feasible for economic or other reasons. Because the Redwood City Reach Codes allow limited exceptions, based on infeasibility, to the all-electric building requirement, and are a statement of City policy, full implementation of Mitigation Measure CC-1 may not be feasible. Accordingly, this impact is conservatively determined to be significant and unavoidable. The City Council hereby finds, however, that there are specific economic, environmental, social, legal, technological and other considerations that make infeasible the potential mitigation measures described in the SEIR to mitigate the effect of Impact CC-1, and that development of the Project will provide specific economic, environmental, social, legal, technological and other benefits that will outweigh the significant adverse effects of Impact CC-1, as set forth in the Statement of Overriding Considerations below. This finding is based on the entire record of proceedings for the Project, including but not limited to the discussion and analysis set forth on pages 13-35 through 13-39 of the DSEIR, which includes a full statement of the impact and is hereby incorporated herein in its entirety. Impact CC-2: Implementation of the proposed DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments would not conflict with an applicable plan, policy or regulation adopted for the purpose of reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases. Mitigation Measures. SEIR Mitigation Measure CC-1 (SEIR, pp. 13-38 to 13-39) will be implemented for the Project as provided in the MMRP. Findings Regarding Impact CC-2: Based on the FSEIR and the entire record before the City, the Council finds that Mitigation Measure CC-1 would substantially lessen the severity of Impact CC-2. With implementation of Mitigation Measure CC-1, the proposed DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments would not conflict with the GHG reduction targets established by Executive Order S-3-05 and SB 32, or the reduction measures identified in CARB’s 2017 Scoping Plan. In addition, the proposed DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments