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 3 ESA / 202100421.01 Subsequent Environmental Impact Report May 2023 DSEIR is available on the City’s website (www.redwoodcity.org/gatekeeper) and can be reviewed in hard copy at City Hall. Following the completion of the public review period, the City reviewed all comments received on the DSEIR and prepared a Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report (the “FSEIR”). The FSEIR, which incorporates by reference the DSEIR, includes all comments received during the public review period, responses to those comments, and also describes any changes to the DSEIR that resulted from the comments received. All persons who commented on the DSEIR have been notified of the availability of the FSEIR and the date of the public hearing on the Project before the City Council, and all responses to comments submitted on the DSEIR by public agencies have been provided to those agencies at least 10 days prior to the City Council hearing. Section 21081.6 of CEQA requires lead agencies to adopt a mitigation monitoring or reporting program (“MMRP”) for any project for which it has made mitigation findings pursuant to Section 21081. The City has prepared an MMRP for the Project, which has been made available to the public with the FSEIR. The SEIR is the subject of these Findings and presented for City Council certification consists of the DSEIR, the FSEIR, and the MMRP. The City and responsible agency approvals necessary for implementation of the Project are: Jurisdiction Permits/Approval City of Redwood City Certification of the Final SEIR and adoption of the MMRP Adoption of General Plan amendments to implement the DTPP Plan- Wide Amendments (other than the currently proposed amendment of the DTPP maximum allowable development to add 80,000 square feet of office capacity specifically reserved for small offices, revision of the maximum allowable development caps would be considered as part of subsequent project-specific reviews) Adoption of amendments to the DTPP, including, but not necessarily limited to, the following: - Amendments to permitted uses including allowing Research and Development Laboratory space as a conditional use; - Amendments to minimum height and massing regulations, including allowance of rooftop structures supporting active, recreational rooftop uses (but no changes to the permitted maximum building height); - Amendment of the maximum allowable development cap for office development to add 80,000 square feet specifically reserved for small office projects (of 20,000 net new square feet or less); - Revisions to the DTPP new streets (circulation) regulations and associated revisions to DTPP maps, as well as to update the typology of some streets and, potentially, eliminate some planned but unbuilt streets; - Revisions to certain of the DTPP parking regulations, to lower the parking requirement to reflect actual demand, current best practices, and future plans for Caltrain track expansion that will encourage non-driving modes of transportation while