Reso PC20-13 PC 0118 Reso South Main Mixed-Use Project Signed

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ATTY/RESO.0118/PC RESO SOUTH MAIN MIXED-USED PROJECT REV: 10-21-2020 PR Page 2 of 31 WHEREAS, pursuant to the requirements of the CEQA and the CEQA Guidelines, the City prepared a EIR to evaluate the potential environmental impacts associated with the Project; and WHEREAS, the Draft EIR was published and circulated for public review and comment beginning on May 29, 2020 through July 13, 2020. The Draft EIR was filed with the State Office of Planning & Research under State Clearinghouse No. 2019070208; and WHEREAS, on July 7, 2020 the Planning Commission (Commission) held a duly noticed public hearing to receive public comment on the Draft EIR; and WHEREAS, the City prepared written responses to the comments received during and immediately following the public review and comment period and included these responses in a separate volume entitled “Final Environmental Impact Report South Main Mixed-Use Project” which together with the Draft EIR constitutes the Final Environmental Impact Report (Final EIR), and also prepared a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) pursuant to the requirements of CEQA and the CEQA Guidelines; and WHEREAS, in addition to the public Scoping Session, ten official noticed public meetings and hearings of various City commissions and the Planning Commission were held to deliberate the merits of the Project and make recommendations regarding components of or a final action on the Project. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The Commission, having independently heard, considered, and weighed all the evidence in the record, finds that the above recitals are accurate and constitute findings in this matter and, together with the staff report and the application materials, including without limitation the Final EIR, development plan, and all other documents, reports, studies, memoranda, maps, oral and written testimony, and materials in the City’s file for the applications and the Project, and all adopted City planning documents relating to the Project and the property including the City’s General Plan, Municipal Code, Zoning Ordinance, and other applicable City laws and regulations, and all associated approved and certified environmental documents, have together served as an adequate and appropriate evidentiary basis for the findings and actions set forth in this Resolution and are hereby incorporated by reference. Section 2. CEQA. The Commission recommends that the Council find, based on its independent judgment and analysis, that the Final EIR, which is on file in the Office of the City Clerk of the City of Redwood City, and incorporated herein by this reference, is hereby certified based on the following findings: a. The City of Redwood City is the lead agency under CEQA for preparing the Final EIR, and is the entity with final decision-making authority with regard to approval of the Project.