09.05.2023 Reso 0091 PC23-20 PC Reso 800 Main Hotel Sequoia

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ATTY/RESO.0091/PC RESO 800 MAIN HOTEL SEQUOIA REV: 09-01-23 VR Page 3 of 32 therein, including the written and oral comments received at the public hearing on the Project, prior to acting upon or approving the Project. c. Based on substantial evidence in the record, the proposed Project is within the scope of the previously approved Downtown Precise Plan and is adequately described in the previously certified Downtown Precise Plan Program FEIR and SEIR for purposes of CEQA. The mitigation measures and Statement of Overriding Considerations associated with certification of the Program FEIR and SEIR address the environmental effects of the Project. Accordingly, with the approval of this Project, all applicable mitigation measures and the Statement of Overriding Considerations are hereby reconfirmed and readopted. d. As set forth in CEQA Guidelines sections 15162 and 15168, the proposed project will not result in any new or more significant environmental effects or require new mitigation measures beyond those identified in the Downtown Precise Plan Program FEIR and SEIR and adopted upon approval of the Downtown Precise Plan. No new environmental document is required. e. As set forth in CEQA Guidelines section 15183, subdivisions (a) and (b), the proposed project is consistent with the Downtown Precise Plan (for which the FEIR was certified on January 24, 2011 and SEIR certified on June 26, 2023) which provides environmental analysis to accommodate the proposed development density. Further, as discussed in the IS Checklist, there are no environmental effects which are peculiar to the Project or its site, nor are there any new significant effects that were not already identified and analyzed in the certified EIR and SEIR, nor are there any potentially significant off-site impacts or cumulative impacts that were not already identified and analyzed in the certified EIR and SEIR, nor is there any new information which was not known at the time of the certification of the EIR and SEIR that identifies any significant effects which will have a more severe adverse impact than discussed in the certified EIR and SEIR. Further, as set forth in subdivision (d) of CEQA Guidelines section 15183, the proposed project is consistent with the DTPP, and the FEIR and SEIR prepared for the DTPP. f. Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15091(e), the documents and other materials that constitute the record of proceedings upon which the Planning Commission has based its decision are located in and may be obtained from, the Office of the City Clerk at 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City California. The City Clerk is the custodian of records for all matters before the City. Section 3. Downtown Planned Community Permit (DPC2021-003) Findings (Zoning Code section 47.4): a. The application implements the adopted Precise Plan. The Project and improvements proposed implement the precise plan as a