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which means that the 847 Woodside residential component is in a part of the City regulated by the Focused GPU EIR (the “Housing Element EIR”), while the 1900 Broadway component is in the DTPP area and subject to those regulations and standards.  The total project square footage is now 256,205 rather than the SEIR 225,000.  A total of 86 affordable units are proposed (which includes a manager’s unit) rather than the original 71 units, and as mentioned above the units are now in a separate building in another location.  The total retail square footage proposed for the 1900 Broadway project is 10,060 rather than the original 10,000.  The square footage for the publicly accessible courtyard (the Commons) is currently 12,085 rather than the original 12,000.  The current 1900 Broadway proposal includes a similar mix of amenities such as public art, bike parking and repair, and seating and dining.  Onsite parking for the current 1900 Broadway project would total approximately 510 vehicle parking spaces (400 self-parking spaces and 110 spaces for valet assisted parking) rather than the original 405 vehicle spaces (with up to a total of 595 spaces with valet operations).  The current project proposes 20 motorcycle parking spaces rather than the original 29 motorcycle spaces;  Bicycle parking in the current project would total approximately 127 bicycle spaces (96 long-term, 24 short-term, and seven spaces for retail use) rather than the original 71 long-term and 10 short-term bicycle spaces.  The proposed project would still close the one-block segment of Spring Street between Main and Walnut Streets and would also acquire the Spring/Marshall Parklet.  In addition to the Commons, the currently proposed project would provide approximately 21,565 square feet of open space (for building tenants) in balcony and terrace areas rather than the 6,000 square feet of open space in two elevated residential courtyards at the original building’s proposed first residential level. This Consistency Checklist is to determine whether further environmental review beyond that which was provided by the DTPP EIR and SEIR (from here on, collectively referred to as the “EIR/SEIR”) is necessary for the currently proposed 1900 Broadway Project. California Public Resources Code section 21083.3 and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15183 provide a statutory exemption from additional environmental review for projects that are consistent with the development density established by existing zoning, community plan or general plan policies for which an EIR was certified, except as might be necessary to examine whether there are project-specific significant effects which are peculiar to the project or its site. This streamlines environmental review not because a project does not have any potential environmental effects, but because the project’s effects have already been sufficiently accounted for and addressed in a previously certified EIR/SEIR. The DTPP applies form-based code, which regulates land development to achieve a specific urban form and it does not restrict development density through dwelling units per acre (du/ac) or floor area ratio (FAR) on a site-by-site basis. The DTPP regulates development density on a plan area wide basis using a cap on the maximum allowable development permitted in the DTPP area. The SEIR evaluated a maximum allowable development cap for office development to add 80,000 square feet specifically reserved for small office projects (those of 20,000 net new square feet or less); and the potential for further additional office development (total of 1,167,100 square feet, including the 80,000 square feet for small offices) and residential development (830 units) in the DTPP area. Given that 1900 Broadway project is consistent with the DTPP design regulations and that ATTY/RESO.0070/CC RESO 1900 BROADWAY (CEQA) - EXHIBIT 1 - CEQA CONSISTENCY CHECK LIST REV: 10-23-24 VR Page 11 of 135