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ATTY/RESO.0032/CC RESO ADOPTING AMENDMENT TO GENERAL PLAN (901 EL CAMINO REAL)
<br />REV: 04-22-25 VR
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<br />WHEREAS, on March 6, 2025, more than 20 days prior to the date of the Planning
<br />Commission public hearing, a public notice of the Project was sent to property owners
<br />and tenants within a 300-foot radius of the Project site and was published in the San
<br />Mateo Daily Journal; and
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<br />WHEREAS, on April 15, 2025, the Planning Commission held a duty noticed public
<br />hearing as required by state law, Redwood City Zoning Code Article 52.5, and Redwood
<br />City Municipal Code Section 18.62 to review and forward a recommendation to the City
<br />Council on the CEQA 15183 Consistency Checklist (“CEQA Consistency Checklist”);
<br />General Plan and DTPP Amendments; Affordable Housing Plan, Land Donation, and
<br />Land Donation Agreement; a Downtown Planned Community Permit, a Use Permit, a
<br />Planned Development Permit, and Vesting Tentative Map, subject to Conditions of
<br />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 />Consistency Checklist, Development Agreement, Tentative Parcel Map, and all other
<br />documents, reports, studies, memoranda, maps, oral and written testimony, and materials
<br />in the City’s file for the applications and the Project, and all adopted City planning
<br />documents relating to the Project and the property including the City’s General Plan,
<br />DTPP, Municipal Code, Zoning Ordinance, and other applicable City laws and
<br />regulations, and all associated approved and certified environmental documents (which,
<br />along with the Water Supply Assessment and Relocation Plan is collectively, referred to
<br />as the “Record”) for the Project; 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; Vesting Tentative Parcel Map, Downtown Planned
<br />Community Permit, Use Permit, Planned Development Permit subject to Conditions of
<br />Approval, an Affordable Housing Plan, Affordable Housing Partner, Land Donation and
<br />Land Donation Agreement; and a Development Agreement; and
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<br />WHEREAS, the Planning Commission further adopted Resolution No. 25-02 by a
<br />vote of 5-0 recommending that the City Council approve the CEQA Consistency
<br />Checklist, the Project Approvals, including the General Plan and DTPP 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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