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ATTY/RESO.0072/CC RESO 1900 BROADWAY (DTPP AMENDMENT)
<br />REV: 10-23-24 VR
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<br />WHEREAS, on June 26, 2023, in consideration of the Gatekeeper Projects
<br />(including 1900 Broadway), the City Council adopted Resolution No. 16153, certifying the
<br />Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report for amendments to the DTPP, referred
<br />as the “DTPP Plan Wide Amendments”, State Clearinghouse No. 2021090249 (“DTPP
<br />SEIR”), and adopting CEQA Findings of Fact, a Statement of Overriding Considerations,
<br />and a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program and in conjunction, the City Council
<br />adopted and approved the amendments to the DTPP and amendments to the General
<br />Plan to ensure consistency between the DTPP and the General Plan; and
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<br />WHEREAS, on June 26, 2023, the City Council adopted Resolution Nos. 16154
<br />and 16155 and approved the General Plan Mixed Use Downtown and the DTPP Plan-
<br />Wide Amendments that evaluated the potential for new office development up to
<br />1,167,100 sq. ft. in the DTPP area (including redevelopment of 1900 Broadway) and
<br />included a process change requiring City Council approval for any DTPP Large Project
<br />requesting a General Plan Amendments and that such projects would also negotiate a
<br />Development Agreements; and
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<br />WHEREAS, the Project’s office area is 238,300 sq. ft. and the existing former bank
<br />building has 21,100 sq. ft. of office area resulting in the Project adding 217,200 sq. ft. of
<br />net new office development to the DTPP maximum allowed office development capacity;
<br />and
<br />WHEREAS, the Applicant and the City have negotiated a Development
<br />Agreement, which includes the Applicant’s voluntarily offered community benefits that
<br />exceed the standard development requirements as specified in the Community Benefits
<br />Analysis by Strategic Economics, and which shall be concurrently considered herein with
<br />the General Plan and DTPP Amendments, land use permits, and affordable housing plan
<br />(“Development Agreement Ordinance”); and
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<br />WHEREAS, on September 6, 2024, a public notice for the Planning Commission
<br />public hearing was mailed to property owners within a 300-foot radius of the Project site,
<br />posted on the City’s website, and was published in the San Mateo Daily Journal; and
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<br />WHEREAS, on September 17, 2024, the Planning Commission held a duly noticed
<br />public hearing as required by state law, Redwood City Zoning Ordinance Section 52.5,
<br />and Redwood City Municipal Code Section 18.62 to review and forward a
<br />recommendation to the City Council on the CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 Consistency
<br />Checklist (“CEQA Consistency Checklist”); General Plan and DTPP Amendments;
<br />Affordable Housing Plan, Land Donation, and Land Donation Agreement; a Downtown
<br />Planned Community Permit, Vesting Tentative Map, and Use Permit, subject to
<br />Conditions of Approval; and the Development Agreement; and
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<br />WHEREAS, after the public hearing, the Planning Commission considered the
<br />staff report and the application materials, including without limitation the EIR, SEIR,
<br />CEQA Consistency Checklist, General Plan Amendments, DTPP Amendments, Vesting
<br />Tentative Parcel Map, a Downtown Planned Community Permit, a Use Permit subject to
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