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Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The City Council adopted the DTPP as a Planned
<br />Community District pursuant to Article 52 of the City’s Zoning Ordinance, which
<br />established new land use, development, and urban design regulations for the 183-acre
<br />DTPP area for a 20-year planning period. The EIR analyzed the potential environmental
<br />impacts resulting from implementation of the DTPP, as well as mitigation measures and
<br />alternatives.
<br />The EIR was a “program” EIR in that it studied a plan for the future development of the
<br />Downtown area, rather than, for example, a specific development on a particular parcel for
<br />which a developer sought land use entitlements. (See DTPP program EIR, pp. 1-2 and 3-
<br />1; see also CEQA Guidelines Section 15168[a] [“A program EIR is an EIR which may be
<br />prepared on a series of actions that can be characterized as one large project”].) However,
<br />rather than provide general analysis regarding a broad policy document, the DTPP EIR
<br />provided in-depth analysis regarding potentially significant impacts, mitigation measures,
<br />and alternatives related to the City’s plans for future development of the Downtown area.
<br />On June 26, 2023, a program subsequent environmental impact report (SEIR) was certified
<br />by the City Council of Redwood City (Final Redwood City DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments
<br />Subsequent Environmental Impact Report, State Clearinghouse # 2021090249), pursuant
<br />to CEQA. The City Council adopted the DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments, which further
<br />amended the DTPP adopted in 2011 and amended in 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018, and 2022, to
<br />revise development standards, guidelines, and policies related to permitted or conditionally
<br />permitted land uses, streets and circulation (including pedestrian, bicycle, and vehicular
<br />circulation), building placement, building height and massing, parking requirements,
<br />historical resources, and open space. The SEIR analyzed the potential environmental
<br />impacts resulting from implementation of the DTPP amendments, as well as mitigation
<br />measures and alternatives.
<br />In addition, the SEIR evaluated the potential for additional office and residential
<br />development in the DTPP area to accommodate six proposed Gatekeeper projects, one of
<br />which was 1900 Broadway, and additional development potential in the DTPP area.
<br />As a programmatic CEQA evaluation, the SEIR evaluated the overall effects of the
<br />proposed amendments to the DTPP, including proposed increases in office and residential
<br />development caps, policy changes, and potential expansion of the DTPP area. The
<br />proposed increases in office and residential caps took into account 1900 Broadway, which
<br />at the time comprised a seven-story building of approximately 225,000 square feet of office
<br />space, with 71 on-site affordable residential units, about 10,000 square feet of ground-floor
<br />retail, interior community space, and an approximately 12,000-square-foot publicly
<br />accessible outdoor plaza at the corner of Broadway and Main Street. The closure and
<br />acquisition of a one-block segment of Spring Street, between Main and Walnut Streets, and
<br />acquisition of the adjacent Spring/Marshall Parklet, were also part of the original concept
<br />described in the SEIR. As one of the original six proposed Gatekeeper projects, the 1900
<br />Broadway project was included in the SEIR’s programmatic level evaluation with the
<br />understanding that project-specific entitlements would be considered by the City when an
<br />individual project was brought forward for action regarding project entitlement(s), and
<br />project-level CEQA review would be necessary to determine whether the environmental
<br />effects of a future development proposal is within the scope of the SEIR or if further review
<br />would be required.
<br />The current 1900 Broadway project being evaluated in this analysis differs from the
<br />original concept analyzed in the SEIR as follows:
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<br /> The 1900 Broadway project would remain a seven-story building, but the residential
<br />component is proposed for a separate site (847 Woodside Road, as evaluated herein),
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