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ATTY/RESO.0034/CC RESO APPROVING PROJECT (901 EL CAMINO REAL) REV: 04-22-25 VR Page 4 of 17 WHEREAS, the City may accept the Affordable Site with existing improvements and tenants, so long as the Applicant takes all necessary steps to avoid impacts on residents of existing residential structures; and WHEREAS, the Shasta Street Homes Project Relocation Plan (“Relocation Plan”), attached hereto as Exhibit 4, has been prepared and available to the tenants to be displaced since February 28, 2025; and WHEREAS, the Relocation Plan meets the requirements of local and state law and demonstrates that: (i) fair and reasonable relocation payments will be provided to displacees; (ii) displacees will be provided with relocation assistance that is compliant with local and state law; and (iii) comparable replacement dwellings will be available to the residential households to be displaced; and WHEREAS, the Applicant and the City have negotiated a Development Agreement, which includes the Applicant’s voluntarily offered community benefits that exceed the standard development requirements as specified in the Community Benefits Analysis by Economic Planning Systems, and which shall be concurrently considered herein with the General Plan and DTPP Amendments, land use permits, and affordable housing plan (“Development Agreement Ordinance”); and WHEREAS, on May 2, 2024, the Architectural Advisory Committee (“AAC”) of the City of Redwood City held a public hearing to consider the Project, and unanimously recommended the Planning Commission approve the Project with the DTPP Guideline deviations requested; and WHEREAS, on January 23, 2025, the Historic Resources Advisory Committee (HRAC) of the City of Redwood City held a public hearing on the potential Project impacts to the adjacent Sequoia High School Historic District and adopted a resolution finding that the Project would not cause substantial adverse impacts to the adjacent historic district; and WHEREAS, on March 6, 2025, more than 20 days prior to the date of the Planning Commission hearing, a public notice of the Project was sent to property owners and tenants within a 300-foot radius of the Project site and was published in the San Mateo Daily Journal; and WHEREAS, on April 15, 2025, the Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing as required by state law, Redwood City Zoning Ordinance Section 52.5, and Redwood City Municipal Code Section 18.62 and adopted Resolution No. 25-02 by a vote of 5-0 recommending the City Council approve the CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 Consistency Checklist (“CEQA Consistency Checklist”); General Plan and DTPP Amendments; Vesting Tentative Parcel Map, Downtown Planned Community Permit, Use Permit, and Planned Development Permit subject to Conditions of Approval, an Affordable Housing Plan, Land Donation, and Land Donation Agreement; and the Development Agreement; and