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FINDINGS OF CONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE ELECTRONIC ARTS MASTER PLAN PROJECT AND THE GENERAL PLAN OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY The City of Redwood City ("City") hereby finds that the Electronic Arts Master Plan and its associated approvals (including the Development Agreement, the Vesting Tentative Map and the Planned Development Permit) are consistent with the City's General Plan. The City bases this finding on all of the following facts: (1) According to the City's General Plan, the City's land use goal is to "integrate a range of land uses to ensure that Redwood City is a desirable place to live." The Project will help to meet this goal by providing employment opportunities within a pleasant, campus-like setting that will minimize adverse effects on adjacent properties. (2) The Project is consistent with the land usc designations contained in the General Plan. The site is designated for "Office Park Oriented Uses." (3) The Project site is zoned Commercial Park (CP) District and Professional Office (PO). The CP District is intended to "provide a district for large scale office and administrative uses and buildings to promote the development of employment and administrative activities." The Project is consistent with the CP District, which covers most of the Project site. The Project is also consistent with the PO designation, which covers an area of the site used for the extansion of Shoreline Drive, a landscaped buffer and part of a parking garage. Furthermore, with a Planned Development Permit (PDP) authorized under Article 46 of thc Zoning Ordinance the buildings exceeding 100 feet will be consistent with the existing zoning. (4) The purposes of the PDP process include encouraging flexibility of design and development of land in such a manner as to promote its most appropriate use; encouraging the development of innovative projects which incorporate the highest quality architectural solutions, building materials and landscaping concepts; and promoting the most functional and aesthetic relationships between building structures, signs, open space and parking areas. The Project's central theme is to create an informal campus office environment through the placement and massing of buildings and landscaping. It is a high-quality, innovative development consistent with the purposes of the PDP code. EAGPLNP 1 .DOC 1 8/2206