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$.c Exhi�i�� 61 Environmental Impact Report for City of Redwood City Downtown Precise Plan I Findings and Statements required by the California Environmental Quality Act I i (Public Resources Code section 21000 et seq) I. Introduction On behalf of the City of Redwood City (the "City"), and pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") and Title 14, Chapter 3 of the California Code of Regulations (hereafter, the "CEQA Guidelines"), the City's Planning Division has prepared an Environmental Impact Report (the "EIR") for the City's Downtown Precise Plan project. The City is the lead agency for the EIR. The project is the adoption and implementation of a new Downtown Precise Plan ("DPP"). Article 52 of the City's Zoning Ordinance provides for the development, adoption and implementation of `precise plans' to govem land uses and establish development and design regulations applicable to specific areas in the City. Pursuant to Sections 52.4 and 52.5 of the City's Zoning Ordinance, the Planning Division prepared a draft precise plan for the City's downtown area. In August 2010, the City published a draft of the proposed Downtown Precise Plan ("DPP") and, as required by CEQA, also published the Draft Environmental Impact Report (the "Draft EIR") for the proposed DPP. The Draft EIR identified and analyzed the potential environmental impacts that may result from the City's adoption and implementation of the proposed DPP. The publication of the draft DPP and Draft ELR initiated the public review and comment period mandated by CEQA. The public review and comment period closed on November 5, 2010. After the close of the public review and comment period, the City reviewed and prepared written responses to all comments on the Draft EIR submitted during and immediately after the public review period. In December 2010, the City published the Fina1 Environmental Impact Report (the "Final EIR") for the Redwood City Downtown Precise Plan. The Final EIR includes the City's written responses to the comments on the Draft EIR, and also includes revisions and corrections to the Draft EIR made since the August 2010 publication of the Draft EIR. On December 14, 2010, the City's Planning Commission conducted a hearing on the draft DPP, the Draft EIR, and the December 2010 Final EIR. At that hearing, the Planning Commission adopted resolutions recommending that the City Council of the City: (a) certify the Final EIR as in compliance with CEQA; (b) approve an amendment to the City's General Plan to ensure consistency between the General Plan and the proposed DPP; (c) re-zone the DPP area to zoning designation "P" as required by the City's Zoning Ordinance; and (d) approve and adopt the proposed DPP, subject to certain modifications preferred by the Planning Commission and described in the Draft EIR as Alternative 4 and Alternative 5. This modified Downtown Precise Plan, reflecting the changes to the Plan described in the EIR as Alternative 4 and Alternative 5, is the version of the Downtown Precise Plan that is the subject of this City Council action, and that is referred to herein as S:\RESOLUTIONS1Reso. 2092 CF.QA Findings for QPP Exhibit H.doc 1 0I201]