Reso PC22-14 0114 PC Reso Certifying Final EIR 557 E. Bayshore Road

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ATTY/RESO.0114/PC RESO CERTIFYING FINAL EIR – 557 E. BAYSHORE ROAD REV: 12-09-22 VR Page 2 of 61 WHEREAS, the City prepared written responses to the comments received during the comment period, which together with revisions to the DEIR and the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program and the DEIR constitutes the Final EIR (“FEIR”); and WHEREAS, no significant new information has been added to the EIR after public notice of the availability of the DEIR or added or modified in the FEIR, under CEQA Guidelines section 15088.5. The additional information and modifications that have been provided does not show (1) a new significant environmental impact, (2) a substantial increase in the severity of an environmental impact, (3) that a feasible project alternative or mitigation measure would clearly lessen the significant impacts of the Project, but that the developer declines to adopt it, or (4) that the DEIR was so fundamentally and basically inadequate and conclusory in nature that meaningful public review and comments are precluded. The EIR mitigation measures are incorporated in the FEIR for the Project to avoid or substantially lessen significant environmental effects. Therefore, no further analysis is required and there is no need to recirculate a revised EIR for further review and comment; and WHEREAS, the FEIR was published on December 2, 2022; and WHEREAS, on December 13, 2022, the Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing on the FEIR for the Project. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY, AS FOLLOWS: 1. The above recitals are true and correct and together with the staff report and the application materials, including without limitation the FEIR, 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, 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. 2. The City of Redwood City is the lead agency under CEQA for preparing the FEIR, and is the entity with final decision-making authority, as defined in Section 15356 of the CEQA Guidelines, with regard to approval of the Project. 3. The Planning Commission finds that the FEIR for the project was presented to the Planning Commission, that the FEIR was prepared, published, circulated, reviewed and completed in full compliance with State law and CEQA Guidelines, that there was adequate public review of the DEIR, that it has considered all comments on the DEIR and responses to comments, that the FEIR adequately discusses all significant environmental issues , and that the FEIR reflects the independent judgment and analysis of the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission further certifies that it has reviewed and considered the information in the FEIR.