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ATTY/RESO.0072/CC RESO 1900 BROADWAY (DTPP AMENDMENT) REV: 10-23-24 VR Page 4 of 7 review is required for the Project; and WHEREAS, heard concurrently with the application for DTPP Amendments, Project Approvals, and Development Agreement, the City Council has approved a General Plan Amendment (“General Plan Amendment Resolution”); and WHEREAS, after the public hearing, the City Council considered the whole of the Record for the Project and determined that the DTPP Amendments appropriately implement the General Plan and DTPP goals and development standards (as amended) and applicable provisions of the Redwood City Municipal Code and Zoning Ordinance. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The recitals set forth above are true and correct and are hereby incorporated herein by this reference as if fully set forth in their entirety. Section 2. The City Council, having independently heard, considered, and weighed all the facts and evidence in the Record, finds that the above recitals are accurate and constitute findings in this matter and, together with the Project Record, have served as an adequate and appropriate evidentiary basis for the findings and actions set forth in this resolution. Section 3. CEQA. In the exercise of its independent judgement, based on the facts and evidence in the Record, the City Council concurrently adopted a Resolution finding that, pursuant to the CEQA Consistency Checklist, the Project is exempt from further environmental review pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21083.3 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15183, and does not require further environmental review under CEQA. Section 4. Downtown Precise Plan Amendment Findings. Based on the facts and evidence in the Record, the Planning Commission, in the exercise of its independent judgment, further finds: a. The Project DTPP Maximum Allowable Development (MAD) Amendments are consistent with the goals and policies of the DTPP (as amended), the prescribed process for increasing the MAD, and appropriately implements the DTPP’s vision for the land use designations in the DTPP as a mixed-use office development is permitted in this area of the DTPP. The Amendments will allow a Project that meets all of DTPP Standards and Guidelines, subject to two minor Guideline deviations that were found appropriate to activate the proposed retail space. The Project meets the requirements of the Historic Preservation Ordinance and Secretary of Interior Standards. b. The Project DTPP amendments are limited to an increase in the Maximum Allowable Development office cap and will not create conditions that would be