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ATTY/RESO.0031/CC RESO CEQA GUIDELINES (901 EL CAMINO REAL) <br />REV: 04-22-25 VR <br />Page 2 of 6 <br />vacation to create larger development site, and an increase to the proposed office square <br />footage; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, on September 13, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution 15984 <br />to re-initiate the modified project which would still require a General Plan and DTPP <br />Amendment; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, on June 26, 2023, in consideration of the Gatekeeper Projects <br />(including 901 El Camino Real), the City Council adopted Resolution No. 16153, certifying <br />the Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report for amendments to the DTPP, <br />referred as the “DTPP Plan Wide Amendments”, State Clearinghouse No. 2021090249 <br />(“DTPP SEIR”), and adopting CEQA Findings of Fact, a Statement of Overriding <br />Considerations, and a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program and in conjunction, <br />the City Council adopted and approved the amendments to the DTPP and amendments <br />to the General Plan to ensure consistency between the DTPP and the General Plan; and <br /> <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 the redevelopment of 901 El Camino Real) <br />and included a process change requiring City Council approval for any DTPP Large <br />Project requesting a General Plan Amendment and that such projects would also <br />negotiate a Development Agreement; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Project would create office space within the downtown and <br />General Plan and DTPP Amendments are required by the DTPP to increase the <br />Maximum Allows Development office capacity currently allowed in the General Plan and <br />DTPP; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the planning application for the Project seeks approval of: 1) a <br />General Plan Amendment and a DTPP Amendment (GP2021-003) to adjust the <br />development caps for office; 2) A Vesting Tentative Parcel Map (TM2021-005) to combine <br />multiple parcels into one development site, 3) a Downtown Planned Community Permit <br />(DPC2021-002) to construct a mixed use office with R&D, Lab uses project; 3) a Use <br />Permit (UP2024-003) for a R&D, Lab uses; 4) a Planned Development Permit (PD2024- <br />002) to request additional height for rooftop screening, subject to Conditions of Approval; <br />6) an Affordable Housing Plan with associated documentation and agreements; 7) a <br />Relocation Plan; and 8) approval of a Development Agreement; and <br /> <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