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ATTY/RESO.0071/CC RESO 1900 BROADWAY (GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT) REV: 10-23-24 VR Page 2 of 6 with associated documentation and agreements; and, 5) approval of a Development Agreement negotiated between Applicant and the City; and WHEREAS, on June 26, 2023, in consideration of the Gatekeeper Projects (including 1900 Broadway), the City Council adopted Resolution No. 16153, certifying the Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report for amendments to the DTPP, referred as the “DTPP Plan Wide Amendments”, State Clearinghouse No. 2021090249 (“DTPP SEIR”), and adopting CEQA Findings of Fact, a Statement of Overriding Considerations, and a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program and in conjunction, the City Council adopted and approved the amendments to the DTPP and amendments to the General 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 a General Plan Amendment and that such projects would also negotiate a Development Agreement; and WHEREAS, the Project’s office area is 238,300 sq. ft. and the existing former bank building has 21,100 sq. ft. of office area resulting in the Project adding 217,200 sq. ft. of net new office development to the DTPP maximum allowed office development capacity; 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, on September 6, 2024, a public notice for the Planning Commission public hearing was mailed to property owners within a 300-foot radius of the Project site and was published in the San Mateo Daily Journal; and WHEREAS, on September 17, 2024, the Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing as required by state law, Redwood City Zoning Ordinance Section 52.5, and Redwood City Municipal Code Section 18.62 to review and forward a recommendation to the City Council on the CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 Consistency Checklist (“CEQA Consistency Checklist”); General Plan and DTPP Amendments; Affordable Housing Plan, Land Donation, and Land Donation Agreement; a Downtown Planned Community Permit, Vesting Tentative Map, and Use Permit, subject to Conditions of Approval; and the Development Agreement; and WHEREAS, after the public hearing, the Planning Commission considered the staff report and the application materials, including without limitation the DTPP EIR, DTPP