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8.A. - Page 96 WHEREAS, the Final E!R was published and made publicly availahle on June 8, 2012; and WHEREAS, on .�une 19, 2012, the Planning Commission held a duly naticed pubfic hearing on the Finger A�enue Project, including the Final EIR, and recommended that the City Council (1} certify the EIR, adopt the necessary CEQA Findings, and adopt a Mitigatian Monitoring and Reporting Plan in accordance with CEQA, by Resolution No. 12-16; and (2) strongly consider approval of the alternative identified in the Final EIR as t�e "Project with 25 Foot Creek Setback Alternative,° without (a) increasir�g home sizes elsewhere in Lots 1-�4, (b) reducing front yard setbacks or driveway aprons, ar (c) removing heritage trees other than those (10 trees) afready praposed for remo�al by the Project applicant, by Resofution No. 12-19; and WHER�AS, the "Project with 25 Foot Creek Setback Altemative" is similar to the Praject as proposed by the de�elop�r except that the residences on Lots 1-4 would be setback 25 feet from the top af creek bank and redUCed in size by 187 square feet for Lot 1, 348 square feef for �ot 2, 95 square feet for �.ot 3 and 87 square feet far Lot 4 (for a total building reduction of 724 square feet). With th� "Project with 25 Foot Creek Setback Alternati�e", th� Lot 3 residence, w}�ich previvusly r�quired an exception to allow 4n.9% (55 sq. ft.} lot coverage where 40°/fl fot coverage is the standard per Zoning Article 5, wouid also no ionger need an exception ta the City's lot coverage standard. The recommended Project Alternative would thus only require exceptions to lat size for sloping lots, buifding setbacks and to the City's pri�ate roadway engineering standard. WHEREAS, a notice of the City Council's public hearF�g on the Finger Avenue Project, including the Fir�al EfR, was mailed on June 27, 2Q12 and duly published in the Redwood City Daily News on June 29, 2012, and the City Council held a public hearing on th� Finger A�enue Project on July 9, 2012. NOW, TH�REFORE, BE IT RESOLVE� BY THE CITY COUNCIL O� THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY AS FOLLQWS: 1. The above recitals are true and correct and together witi� the Staff Report and the application materials, incl�ding without limitation the �inaf EIR, �esting ter�tative `ma�, and all other dac�ments, repvrts, studies, memoranda, maps, oral and written testimony, and mater�a�s in th� City's file for #he applicatians and the Praject, and all adopted City planning doc�m�nts relating to the Project and the property including the City's Generaf Plan, Zoning Qrd�nance, and other applicable City laws and regulatians, and all associated appro�ed and certified environmental docum�nts, have together served as an adequate and ap�ropriate evidentiary basis for the findings and actions set forth in khis Resolutivn, ATTY/RES0.2262ICERTIFY�NG EIR FOR FINGER AVE REV:07-U2-12 VR Page 3 of 7