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

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Findings and Statements Required by the California Environmental Quality Act Redwood City DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments 47 ESA / 202100421.01 Subsequent Environmental Impact Report May 2023 • To meet the City’s housing needs for people at all income levels, incentivizing and encouraging the production of housing to meet Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) requirements and the City’s aspirational goal of planning for 150 percent of the RHNA allocation; • To increase the supply of affordable housing units in the City, with an emphasis on encouraging production of on-site and off-site affordable housing, providing additional opportunities for affordable housing for residents to live in or close to Downtown where there is better access to employment, goods and services, and multimodal transportation facilities; • Increase the office development cap modestly (by 80,000 square feet) specifically reserved for small office projects, defined as 20,000 net new square feet or less of office space. • To create and maintain a multimodal, safe, and accessible transportation network and to encourage development within close proximity to transportation networks; • To create opportunities for children and youth to grow, learn, and play in safe and healthy environments, including increasing opportunities for youth activities; • To encourage economic growth in the community through the creation of construction jobs and full-time, on-site jobs; • To make circulation improvements to promote quality vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian connections; • To lower the parking requirement for motor vehicles to reflect actual demand, current best practices and future plans for Caltrain track expansion that will encourage non-driving modes of transportation while continuing to incentivize shared parking and the ability for project applicants to pay a fee to the City in lieu of providing new parking spaces, and to increase required bicycle parking; • To require frontage improvements to support active transportation consistent with RWCmoves (Redwood City’s Citywide Transportation Plan); with the City’s El Camino Real Corridor Plan; and with the RWC Walk Bike Thrive initiative approved by the City Council in June 2022; • To require frontage improvements to support active transportation consistent with RWCmoves (Redwood City’s Citywide Transportation Plan); with the City’s El Camino Real Corridor Plan; and with the RWC Walk Bike Thrive initiative approved by the City Council in June 2022; • To accommodate certain rooftop active, recreational uses providing project amenities or benefits (e.g., rooftop bars/restaurants, open spaces, gardens, sports courts, swimming pools, landscaping, and publicly accessible amenities) by allowing rooftop structures that support rooftop uses; • To accommodate the potential for Research and Development (R&D) laboratories in the DTPP area, as a conditionally permitted use. While R&D, Office Type, is currently a permitted use, the DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments contemplate the addition, as a conditionally permitted use, of R&D, Laboratory Type, as defined in the Zoning Ordinance. Potential performance standards may be considered to address use, manufacturing and storage of hazardous materials, deliveries associated with R&D Laboratory uses, and the impacts of these uses near sensitive receptors (including schools, community centers, residential uses, etc.); and • To allow some development flexibility by permitting limited exceptions, for sites that are constrained by either the anticipated Caltrain track improvements and realignment or by