Reso PC22-07 0080 PC Reso Recommending Approval of the Transit District Amendments to the General Plan and DTPP

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ATTY/RESO.0080/PC RESO RECOMMENDING TD AMENDMENTS REV: 10-20-22 VR Page 4 of 5 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Planning Commission of the City of Redwood City as follows: Section 1. The recitals set forth above are true and correct, and are hereby incorporated herein by this reference as if fully set forth in their entirety. Section 2. Based on the facts in the staff report, written and oral testimony, and all information presented in the entire record, the Planning Commission, in the exercise of its independent judgment, finds: a. The Reduced Office Alternative is consistent with the goals and policies of the General Plan (as amended), including but not limited to the General Plan goals and policies listed in the Staff Report prepared for the Project: Goal BE-18.5, Goal BE 18.8, Goal BE-25, Goal BE-26, Goal BE-27, Goal BE-28, Goal BE-29, and Goal BE-31. The Reduced Office Alternative appropriately implements the General Plan’s vision for the land use designations in the Transit District area. b. The Reduced Office Alternative will not create conditions that would be detrimental to the public health, safety, or general welfare and would instead enhance the DTPP area by promoting planned, transit-oriented development, including office and residential development, consistent with General Plan goals and policies. The Reduced Office Alternative will also regulate development surrounding the anticipated relocated Transit Center through improvements to circulation and alterations to land use controls and development standards that support transit-oriented development and that would be in the public interest. And as detailed in the FSEIR, the Reduced Office Alternative would result in reduced impacts to the environment compared to the original Project. c. Through the certification of the FSEIR and its associated Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, nearly all identified impacts associated with the Reduced Office Alternative would be mitigated to less than significant levels except for those certain significant and unavoidable impacts for which a Statement of Overriding Considerations has been adopted. Section 3. Based on the facts in the staff report, written and oral testimony, and all information presented in the entire record, the Planning Commission, in the exercise of its independent judgment, further finds: a. The Reduced Office Alternative is consistent with the goals and policies of the DTPP (as amended) and appropriately implements the DTPP’s vision for the land use designations in the Transit District area. The Reduced Office Alternative is also consistent with the DTPP because it achieves the vision to “create a strong