Reso 23-21 0097 PC23-21 PC Reso 1 Twin Dolphin

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ATTY/RESO.0097/PC RESO 1 TWIN DOLPHIN REV: 10-04-23 VR Page 4 of 23 Redwood Shores. d. The extent to which excessive ornamentation is to be used and the extent to which temporary and second-hand materials, or materials which are imitative of other materials, are to be used. The project does not utilize excessive decorative ornamentation and utilizes high quality exterior materials including glass, pre-cast concrete, ceramic fritting of varying densities, opaque vertical panels, metal shade fins, and a low-e glazing curtainwall system. The exterior materials are not imitative of other materials. e. The extent to which natural features, including trees, shrubs, creeks, and rocks, and the natural grade of the site are to be retained. The proposed project includes modifications to existing property lines for 100 Marine from 1 Twin Dolphin. As a result, six (6) trees that are currently on the 100 Marine property will become part of the new 1 Twin Dolphin property. Sixty-nine (69) trees will be retained under the current design, 66 of which are on the north side of the property. Three (3) trees are preserved on the southern half of the site. Fifty-five (55) of the trees identified for retention qualified as Ordinance size trees. In general, the site is flat, developed, and does not contain significant natural features. f. The accessibility of off-street parking areas and the relation of parking areas with respect to traffic on adjacent streets. The project will utilize existing access driveways on Twin Dolphin Drive and Lagoon Drive for site access, as well as the relocation of one of the existing access drives along Lagoon Drive to the southwest. This driveway relocation would facilitate development of the project’s southeastern boundary with the proposed at-grade publicly usable open space. The project would be required to provide a total of 526 parking spaces and is proposing to provide 456 spaces that would be a combination of surface parking, structured parking, valet assist, and tandem parking stalls. To support the request to modify this requirement, a Transportation Impact Analysis (TIA) was conducted that concluded that the provided parking is expected to be adequate to meet the project’s parking demands. In addition, the project also has a Transportation Demand Management (TDM) plan that will offset parking demands. g. The reservation of landscaping areas for the purposes of separating or screening service and storage areas from the street and adjoining building sites, breaking up large expanses of paved areas, separating or screening parking lots from the street and adjoining building sites, and separating building areas from paved