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ATTY/RESO.0070/CC RESO 1900 BROADWAY (CEQA) REV: 10-23-24 VR Page 2 of 5 Plan to ensure consistency between the DTPP and the General Plan; and WHEREAS, on June 26, 2023, the City Council adopted Resolution Nos. 16154 and 16155, and approved the General Plan Mixed Use Downtown and the DTPP Plan- Wide Amendments that evaluated the potential for new office development up to 1,167,100 sq. ft. in the DTPP area (including the redevelopment of 1900 Broadway) and included a process change requiring City Council approval for any DTPP Large Project requesting General Plan Amendments and that such projects would also negotiate a Development Agreement; and WHEREAS, the Project would create office space within the downtown and General Plan and DTPP Amendments are required by the DTPP to increase the Maximum Allows Development office capacity currently allowed in the General Plan and DTPP; and WHEREAS, the planning application for the Project seeks approval of: 1) a General Plan Amendment and a DTPP Amendment (GP2021-007) to adjust the maximum development caps for office use; 2) a Vesting Tentative Parcel Map (TM2021- 13) to combine lots and adjust lot lines for Project site assembly; 3) a Downtown Planned Community Permit (DPC 2021-010) to construct a mixed use commercial office project and a Use Permit (UP 2021-020) to allow General Retail and Public Open Space uses, all subject to Conditions of Approval for the Project; 4) an Affordable Housing Plan with associated documentation and agreements; and, 5) approval of a Development Agreement negotiated between Applicant and the City; and WHEREAS, the Applicant and the City have negotiated a Development Agreement, which includes the Applicant’s voluntarily offered community benefits that exceed the standard development requirements as specified in the Community Benefits Analysis by Strategic Economics, and which shall be concurrently considered herein with the General Plan and DTPP Amendments, land use permits, and affordable housing plan (“Development Agreement Ordinance”); and WHEREAS, the DTPP SEIR programmatically evaluated the potential for additional office and residential development in the DTPP area to accommodate the Gatekeeper Projects (one of which was 1900 Broadway) and additional development potential in the DTPP, resulting in an additional office development of 1,167,100 square feet; and WHEREAS, CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 provides for streamlined environmental review for Projects that are consistent with the development density established by existing zoning, community plan or General Plan Policies for which an Environmental Impact Report (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; and