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 5 of 31 EXHIBIT A Findings and Statements required by the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code section 21000 et seq.) I. Introduction On behalf of the City of Redwood City (the “City”), and pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) and Title 14, Chapter 3 of the California Code of Regulations (the “CEQA Guidelines”), the City’s Planning Division has prepared an Environmental Impact Report (the “EIR”) for the South Main Mixed-Use project (the “South Main Mixed-Use Project” or the “Project”). The City is the lead agency for the EIR. To support its certification of the EIR and approval of the Project, the City Council of the City of Redwood City makes the following findings of fact and statement of overriding considerations (collectively, the “Findings”). These Findings contain the City Council’s written analysis and conclusions regarding the Project’s environmental effects, mitigation measures, alternatives to the Project, and the overriding considerations which, in the City Council’s view, justify the approval of the Project despite its potential environmental effects. These Findings are based upon the entire record of proceedings for the EIR, as described below. II. Project and Environmental Review The South Main Mixed-Use Project proposes to develop 540 multifamily residential units (including 147 affordable units) consisting of 252 units on Parcel A, 249 units on Parcel D, and 39 units on Parcel F. The Project would also include 530,000 square feet of office uses (110,000 square feet on Parcel B, 166,000 square feet on Parcel C, and 254,000 square feet on Parcel E), an 8,400 square-foot child care facility on Parcel B (not including 5,800 square feet of dedicated outdoor space), and 29,000 square feet of retail uses, including 19,000 square feet of ground-floor space on Parcel B designed to accommodate entertainment/retail uses. The 40,000 square feet of public open space proposed throughout the project site would include a public creek walk and park at Shasta Street and Chestnut Street. (Square footages are approximate.) The project site is composed of five contiguous blocks totaling 8.30 acres bounded by El Camino Real, Maple Street, Elm Street, Main Street, Caltrain right-of-way, Chestnut Street, Shasta Street, and Cedar Street, and a non-contiguous 0.15-acre parcel (Parcel F) at the southwestern corner of El Camino Real and Jackson Avenue. In the summer of 2019, pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15063, the City determined that the Project could result in potentially significant environmental impacts and that an EIR would be required. In compliance with Section 21092 of CEQA, the City circulated a Notice of Preparation (“NOP”) of a Draft Environmental Impact Report (the “DEIR”) for the Project to the Office of Planning and Research (OPR) State Clearinghouse and interested agencies and persons on July 9, 2019 for a 30-day review period. The City recirculated the NOP on January 29, 2020 for a 30-day review period to summarize and disclose the proposed revisions to the Project. The NOP solicited comments regarding the