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<br /> (p) Officer or Agency of the City. The phrase "officer or
<br /> agency of the City" means an officer, employee or agent
<br /> of the City, or the City Council, or a commission, board
<br /> (excluding the Board of Port Commissioners of the City) ,
<br /> committee or other body of the City having the character-
<br /> istics, responsibility, or authority ascribed thereto
<br /> in the context in which said phrase is used.
<br /> (q) Person. The term "person" means any person, firm,
<br /> association, organization, partnership, business, trust,
<br /> corporation, company, district, county, city and county,
<br /> city (excluding the City of Redwood City) , town, the
<br /> State, and any of the agencies or political subdivisions
<br /> of such entities .
<br /> (r) Project. (i) The term "project" means the whole of
<br /> an action, resulting in physical impact on the environ-
<br /> ment, directly or ultimately, that is any of the following:
<br /> (1) An activity directly undertaken by the City, including,
<br /> but not limited to, public works, construction,
<br /> and related activities, clearing or grading of land,
<br /> improvements to existing public structures, reenact-
<br /> ment and amendment of the Zoning Ordinance, and
<br /> the adoption of the City' s General Plan or elements
<br /> thereof .
<br /> (2) An activity undertaken by a person which is supported
<br /> in whole or in part through public agency contracts,
<br /> grants, subsidies, loans, or other form of assistance
<br /> from the City, or from the City and another public
<br /> agency or agencies and for which the City has been
<br /> designated the lead agency pursuant to the guidelines.
<br /> (3) An activity involving the issuance to a person of
<br /> a lease, permit, license, certificate, or other
<br /> entitlement for use by the City, or by the City
<br /> and another public agency or agencies and for which
<br /> the City has been designated the lead agency pursuant
<br /> to the guidelines.
<br /> (ii) The term "project" does not include:
<br /> (1) Anything specifically exempted by State law.
<br /> (2) Proposals for legislation to be enacted by the
<br /> State Legislature.
<br /> (3) Continuing administrative or maintenance activities,
<br /> such as purchases for supplies, personnel-related
<br /> actions, emergency repairs to public service
<br /> facilities, general policy and procedure making
<br /> (except as the same are applied to specific
<br /> instances covered above) , or feasibility or planning
<br /> studies.
<br /> (4) The submittal of proposals to a vote of the people
<br /> of the State, the City, or any district or area
<br /> within the City .
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