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ATTY/RESO.0024/PC RESO 901 EL CAMINO
<br />REV: 04-11-25 VR
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<br />Considerations, and a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, which
<br />programmatically evaluated the potential for additional office and residential development
<br />in the DTPP area to accommodate the Gatekeeper Projects (one of which was 901 El
<br />Camino Real); and
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<br />WHEREAS, the Planning Commission considered the CEQA Guidelines §15183
<br />Consistency Checklist, dated April 1, 2025, and its findings prepared by the City’s
<br />Planning Division, the DTP EIR, and DTPP SEIR; and
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<br />WHEREAS, on May 2, 2024, the Architectural Advisory Committee (“AAC) of the
<br />City of Redwood City held a public hearing to review the building and site design of the
<br />Project, and voted 4-0 to recommend approval to the Planning Commission including all
<br />requested DTPP Guideline deviations; and
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<br />WHEREAS, on January 23, 2025, the Historic Resources Advisory Committee
<br />(HRAC) of the City of Redwood City held a public hearing on the potential Project impacts
<br />to the adjacent Sequoia High School Historic District and to review the historic impact
<br />analysis. The HRAC voted 5-0 adopting a resolution finding that the Project would not
<br />cause substantial adverse impacts to the historic district; and
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<br />WHEREAS, on March 6, 2025, more than 20 days prior to the date of the hearing,
<br />a public notice of the project was sent to property owners and tenants within a 300-foot
<br />radius of the Project site and was published in the San 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 Consistency Checklist; General Plan and DTPP Amendments;
<br />Affordable Housing Plan, Land Donation, and Land Donation Agreement; a Downtown
<br />Planned Community Permit, a Use Permit, a Planned Development Permit, and Vesting
<br />Tentative Map with Conditions of 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
<br />(collectively, the “Record”) for the Project; and
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<br />WHEREAS, following its deliberation on all of the foregoing, the Planning
<br />Commission determined that the Project is within the scope of the DTPP EIR and DTPP
<br />SEIR, and pursuant to Sections 15168 and 15183 of the CEQA Guidelines, desires to
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