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Page 10 of 11 <br />City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.org <br />of City Engineer as the approval authority for certain maps would reduce the processing time by two <br />months or more. Additionally, allowing small residential projects to have access to the in-lieu fee option <br />instead of physically undergrounding utilities could encourage more small residential projects to proceed <br />and exempting 100% affordable housing projects from undergrounding requirements would reduce the <br />development cost of affordable housing projects. The proposed revisions would further the City Council’s <br />goal of producing housing to meet Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) goals for moderate-, low- <br />and very low-income residents. <br />FISCAL IMPACT <br />Revisions to the Municipal Code to update it for consistency with federal and state laws, improve permit <br />streamlining and provide flexibility for housing developments were completed with existing staff <br />resources; no budget modification is required. <br />ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW <br />Adoption of the proposed amendments to Chapters 18, 27A, and 30 is not a project as defined by the <br />California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378 because it does <br />not have any potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably <br />foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment and it involves only organizational and <br />administrative activities of the City; it does not involve or otherwise authorize any construction or physical <br />activity that could impact the environment. Further, even if adoption of these amendments was <br />considered to be a project under CEQA, it would be exempt from CEQA review pursuant to CEQA <br />Guidelines section 15061(b)(3) because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that <br />adoption of the Municipal Code Amendments would have a significant effect on the environment given <br />that they do not involve or authorize any construction or physical activity that could impact the <br />environment. <br />PUBLIC NOTICE <br />Public notification was achieved by posting the agenda, with the agenda items being listed, at least 72 <br />hours prior to the meeting. <br />ALTERNATIVES <br />1. The City Council may provide direction to staff, request modifications to the Municipal Code revisions, <br />and bring back the Municipal Code revisions at a future meeting; or <br />2. The City Council may decline to adopt the Municipal Code revisions <br />8.A. - Page 10 of 88 <br />254