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ATTY/RESO.0034/CC RESO APPROVING PROJECT (901 EL CAMINO REAL) <br />REV: 04-22-25 VR <br />Page 1 of 17 <br />RESOLUTION NO. 16301 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD <br />CITY APPROVING THE 901 EL CAMINO REAL PROJECT INCLUDING, <br />A VESTING TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP, A DOWNTOWN PLANNED <br />COMMUNITY PERMIT, A USE PERMIT, A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT <br />PERMIT, SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL; AN <br />AFFORDBALE HOUSING PLAN, AFFORDABLE HOUSING PARTNER, <br />LAND DONATION, AFFORDABLE HOUSING LAND DONATION <br />AGREEMENT, AND A RELOCATION PLAN <br />WHEREAS, El Camino Real Holdings JV (“Applicant”), submitted a planning <br />application for a development project located at 901 El Camino Real consisting of a 6- <br />story, 92-feet tall, approximately 305,225 square foot mixed-use office building with <br />Research and Development, Laboratory uses (“R&D, Lab”), an approximately an <br />approximately 6,450 square foot Teen Center/Multi-Purpose space, an approximately <br />3,900 square foot public plaza, and an approximately 10,150 square foot passive creek <br />open space on private property (the “Project”); and <br />WHEREAS, on January 24, 2011, the City Council of Redwood City adopted <br />Resolution 15086, certifying the Final Environmental Impact Report for the Redwood City <br />Downtown Precise Plan (“DTPP EIR”, State Clearinghouse #2006052027), and adopted <br />California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) Findings of Fact, a Statement of <br />Overriding Considerations, and a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program <br />(“MMRP”), and amendments to the General Plan to ensure consistency between the <br />DTPP and the General Plan; and <br />WHEREAS, the Project site has a General Plan Land Use designation of Mixed <br />Use – Downtown and is designated Planned Community (“P-Downtown”) District and <br />located within the Redwood City Downtown Precise Plan (“DTPP”) General Use <br />Regulations Zone; and <br />WHEREAS, in March 2020, the Applicant submitted a Project proposal for 901 El <br />Camino Real for consideration of General Plan Amendments as part of the City of <br />Redwood City implementation of a one-time process to evaluate multiple pending General <br />Plan Amendments initiation requests which are necessary because the Maximum <br />Allowable Development cap for office has been reached in the DTPP area (“Gatekeeper <br />Project”); and <br />WHEREAS, on October 12, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution 15897 and <br />initiated General Plan Amendment proceedings for 901 El Camino Real as one of the six <br />Gatekeeper projects located within the DTPP and also to require a DTPP Amendment; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, after the initiation, the Applicant proposed revisions to the Project <br />including an off-site land donation to and a partnership with an affordable housing