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Harbor View Project PAGE 1 OF 48 ESA / 170951 Final Environmental Impact Report October 2022 ATTY/RESO.0085/PC RESO RECOMMENDING CEQA – EXHIBIT A REV: 11-02-2022 VR Harbor View Project EIR 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 Harbor View Project (the “Project”), proposed by Jay Paul Company (“Project Applicant”). 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 conclusion regarding the Project’s environmental effects, mitigation measures, alternatives to the proposed Project, and the overriding considerations which, in the City Council’s view, justify 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.Overview The City Council initiated the General Plan process on July 24, 2017 for the Project. The City also received from the Project Applicant a City of Redwood City application for Environmental Review and approval of the Project. 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 EIR (the “DEIR”) for the Project to the Office of Planning and Research (OPR) State Clearinghouse and interested agencies and persons on January 12, 2018, for a 30-day review period, January 12, 2018, to February 12, 2018. The NOP solicited comments regarding the scope of the DEIR from identified responsible and trustee agencies, as well as interested parties. The DEIR was published by the City and available for review for a 52-day comment period from January 16, 2019, through March 8, 2019. During the comment period, the interested public and responsible and trustee agencies were invited to submit comments on the DEIR to the City’s Community Development Department. Written and verbal comments on the DEIR were also accepted at a City Council hearing held on February 11, 2019. The DEIR is available on the City’s website (https://www.redwoodcity.org/city-hall/current-projects/development-projects?id=53) 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 DEIR and prepared a Final Environmental Impact Report (the “FEIR”). The FEIR, which incorporates by reference the DEIR, includes all comments received during the public review period, responses to those comments, and also describes any changes to the DEIR that resulted