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ATTY/RESO.0039/CC RESO INITIATING A GENERAL VACATION PROCEEDING (SPRING STREET)
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<br />RESOLUTION NO. 16418
<br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD
<br />CITY INITIATING A GENERAL VACATION PROCEEDING FOR A
<br />PORTION OF SPRING STREET IN THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY, AND
<br />SETTING A TIME AND PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE
<br />STREET VACATION, PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA STREETS AND
<br />HIGHWAYS CODE, COMMENCING SECTION 8300
<br />WHEREAS, the vacation of public streets, highways, public easements or rights-
<br />of-way in California is governed by the provisions of the California Streets and Highways
<br />Code (“CSHC”) Sections 8300 et seq.; and
<br />WHEREAS, Section 8320 of the CSHC sets for a procedure by which a city may
<br />initiate a proceeding to vacate a public street, highway or public easement on its own
<br />initiative by setting a hearing and causing the publishing and posting of the notices of the
<br />hearing; and
<br />WHEREAS, Section 8324 of the CSHC authorizes the City Council to impose
<br />conditions of the vacation of a street or highway which conditions shall be satisfied before
<br />the resolution of the vacation is recorded and effective; and
<br />WHEREAS, on October 28, 2024, the City Council of the City of Redwood City
<br />(“City Council”) approved a Downtown Planned Community Permit, Vesting Tentative
<br />Map, and a Use Permit for the development of a 7-story, 92-foot tall, approximately
<br />256,205 square foot mixed-use commercial office building with approximately 10,060 sq.
<br />ft. of ground floor retail space, approximately 1,000 sq. ft. for a community room, 715 sq.
<br />ft. for a storage space, and an approximately 12,085 sq. ft. public plaza at 1900 Broadway
<br />with an off-site affordable housing land donation (the “Project”), and on November 25,
<br />2024, the City Council adopted an ordinance approving a Development Agreement (“DA”)
<br />between the City of Redwood City and the developer, Lane 1900 Broadway Owner, LLC
<br />(“Lane”), as part of the Project; and
<br />WHEREAS, on February 20, 2026, 1900 Broadway Owner, LLC, acquired fee
<br />ownership of 1900 Broadway from Lane, and assumed, pursuant to that certain
<br />Assignment and Assumption Agreement, recorded with the County of San Mateo
<br />Recorder’s Office on February 23, 2026, as Instrument No. 2026-008923, all rights,
<br />duties, and obligations of Lane under the DA with respect to the Project, and is hereinafter
<br />referred to as “Developer”; and
<br />WHEREAS, as a required component of the Project’s land assembly and site
<br />development, the Developer seeks to acquire a portion of Spring Street, located between
<br />Main and Walnut Streets, in the City of Redwood City, to create a “squared” parcel for
<br />development; and
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