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ATTY/RESO.0071/CC RESO 1900 BROADWAY (GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT)
<br />REV: 10-23-24 VR
<br />Page 3 of 6
<br />SEIR, CEQA Consistency Checklist, General Plan Amendments, DTPP Amendments,
<br />Vesting Tentative Parcel Map, a Downtown Planned Community Permit, a Use Permit
<br />subject to Conditions of Approval for the Project, an Affordable Housing Plan, Land
<br />Donation Agreement with associated documentation and agreements, and a
<br />Development Agreement, and all other documents, reports, studies, memoranda, maps,
<br />oral and written testimony, and materials in the City’s file for the applications and the
<br />Project, and all adopted City planning documents relating to the Project and the property
<br />including the City’s General Plan, DTPP, Municipal Code, Zoning Ordinance, and other
<br />applicable City laws and regulations, and all associated approved and certified
<br />environmental documents for the Project (collectively referred to as the “Record”); and
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<br />WHEREAS, the Planning Commission determined that the increase of the DTPP
<br />Maximum Allowable Development office capacity via the General Plan and DTPP
<br />Amendments was previously studied and cleared under the DTPP SEIR and is consistent
<br />with and would further the purpose of and appropriately implement the General Plan and
<br />DTPP goals, policies, development Standards and Guidelines, and all other applicable
<br />provisions of the Redwood City Municipal Code and Zoning Ordinance; and
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<br />WHEREAS, the Planning Commission desired to recommend that the City Council
<br />approve the CEQA Consistency Checklist and Project by approving General Plan
<br />Amendment; DTPP Amendment; Affordable Housing Plan, Affordable Housing Partner,
<br />Land Donation and Land Donation Agreement; a Downtown Planned Community Permit,
<br />Vesting Tentative Parcel Map, and Use Permit, subject to Conditions of Approval; and a
<br />Development Agreement; and
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<br />WHEREAS, the Planning Commission further adopted Resolution No. 24-07 by a
<br />vote of 6-0-1, with one recusal, recommending that the City Council approve the CEQA
<br />Consistency Checklist, the Project Approvals, including the General Plan and DTPP
<br />Amendments; and
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<br />WHEREAS, the City Council is empowered by Redwood City Municipal Code
<br />Chapter 18, Article XI, Section 18.60 to amend the General Plan upon recommendation
<br />by an affirmative vote of four members of the Planning Commission; and
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<br />WHEREAS, on October 18, 2024, a public notice for the City Council public
<br />hearing was mailed to property owners within a 300-foot radius of the Project site, posted
<br />on the City’s website, and published in the San Mateo Daily Journal; and
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<br />WHEREAS, on October 28, 2024, the City Council held a duly noticed public
<br />hearing as required by state law, Redwood City Zoning Ordinance Section 52.5, and
<br />Redwood City Municipal Code Section 18.67, to review and consider the Project and the
<br />associated environmental review; and
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<br />WHEREAS, following its deliberation on all of the foregoing, the City Council
<br />concurrently determined by separate Resolution that pursuant to the CEQA Consistency
<br />Checklist, the Project is within the scope of the DTPP EIR and DTPP SEIR, and pursuant
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