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The Redevelopment Agency Board finds that although the Initial Study identifies several potentially significant environmental effects, (i) the applicants have accepted City- or Redevelopment Agency- imposed conditions of approval or have agreed to modify the Project so as to reduce these impacts to a point where clearly no significant effect on the environment would occur, and (ii) there is no substantial evidence in light of the whole record before the Redevelopment Agency Board that the Project as revised, may have a significant effect on the environment. If impacts are not considered significant but mitigation is provided anyway, this is so stated. After reviewing the public record, as composed of the aforementioned elements, the Redevelopment Agency hereby makes the following findings regarding the significant effects of the proposed Project. 1. Pursuant to Public Resources Code §21082.1(c)(3), the Redevelopment Agency Board finds that the Mitigated Negative Declaration reflects the Redevelopment Agency Board's independent judgment. 2. Pursuant to Public Resources Code §21091(f), the Redevelopment Agency Board has considered the Mitigated Negative Declaration together with any comments that were received during the public review period on the Mitigated Negative Declaration. 3. Pursuant to Public Resources Code §21167.6, the documents and other materials which constitute the record of proceedings upon which the Redevelopment Agency Board's decision is based are located at the City of Redwood City Redevelopment Agency, 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, California, 94064. 4. Pursuant to Public Resources Code §21094 and CEQA Guidelines §15152, the Redevelopment Agency Board has relied on tiering to evaluate the significant environmental effects related to the Project, and determined that the Project is: (i) consistent with the plans for which the prior Redevelopment and Franklin Street Area Plan EIRs were prepared and certified; (ii) is consistent with applicable City of Redwood City land use plans and zoning; and (iii) is not subject to Public Resources Code §21166; and has utilized the Redevelopment EIR, the Franklin Street Area Plan EIR and Franklin Street Project Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration in making such determinations. 5. Pursuant to Public Resources Code §21166 and C EQA Guidelines § 15162, the Redevelopment Agency Board finds that (i) the Project approvals implement the Redevelopment Plan for Redevelopment Project Area No. 2 and the Franklin Street Area Plan and do not result in substantial changes in the Project which would require major revisions to the prior EIRs due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or in substantially more severe effects; (ii) there are no substantial changes in circumstances under which the Project is being undertaken which require major revisions to the Redevelopment EIR and Franklin Street Area Plan EIR due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or in substantially more severe effects; and (iii) there is no new information of substantial importance that shows that the Project would have one or more significant effects not evaluated in the Redevelopment EIR and Franklin Street Area Plan EIR, or in substantially more severe effects, or that indicate that there were mitigation measures which were rejected by the applicants. The following findings set forth the basis for and analysis supporting the Redevelopment Agency Board's decision to adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Project. AESTHETICS (Section I) FRANKLIN STREET PROJECT -6- Findings RD99-21