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8.A. - Page 138 ATTACHMENT2 RESO�urroN No. A R�SOLUTION OF THE CITY C011NCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY APPROVING A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT PERMIT PURSUANT T� THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY Z�NING ORDINANCE WHEREAS, Kirk McGowan dba McGowan Development ("Applicant") submitted applications to the City of Redwood City {"City") for a Planned Development Permit, includirrg Madifiications to zoning district regulatians, an� a Vesting Tentative Map includir�g Exceptians ta the Subdivision Ordinance {the "Finger A�enue Project" or"Project"); and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Redwood City ("Commission"} is empowered by Article 46 (Planned De�elopm�nt Permits) of the City of Redwood City Zoning Code to act upan applications for planned de�elopment permits within single-family residential zoning districts; #he Commissian is also empowered by the Subdivision Map Act and the Redwood City Municipal Code to consider Vesting Tentative Map Applications; and WHEREAS, pursuant to a Settlement Agreement dated July 26, 2010 by and among Ap�licant, City, and the Friends of Cordilleras Creek and Finger A�enue Pride Committee {"Friends"}, among other thir�gs, the City agreed to prepare and cerkify an Environmen#al Impact Report for the Project pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") before a�proving the Praject. The City also agreed that the Pro�ect and Environmental Impact Re�ort s�all be considered by both #he City's Planning Cammission and City Council; and WHEREAS, on June 19, 2012, the Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing on the Finger Avenue Project, including the Final Environmental Impac# Report far the Finger Avenue Nine�Lot Planned Development Project ("Final EIR"), and recammended that the City Council (1} certify the EIR, adopt the necessary CEQA Findings, and adopt a Mitigation Monitorirtg and Reporting Plan in aceordance with CEQA, by Resolu#ion No. �2- 16 and (2) strangly consid�r approval af the alternative identified in the Final EIR as the "Project with 25 Foot Creek Setback Alternati�e" without (a) increasing hame sizes efsewhere in l.ots 1-4, (b) reducing front yard setbacks ar driveway apron parking, or (c) removing heritage trees ather than thase (1D trees} already propos�d for removal by the Praject applicant, by Resolutiar� No. �2-�9; and WHEREAS, the "Project with 2� Foot Creek Setback Alternati�e" is similar to the Project as praposed by the de�elo�er except that the residences on Lots 1-4 would be setback 25 feet from the top of creek bank and reduced in size by 187 square feet for Lot 1, 348 square feet for Lot 2, 95 square feet far Lat 3 and 87 square feet for �at 4 (for a total building reduction of 720 square feet). With the "Praject with 25 Foot Creek Setback Alternati��", the �.ot 3 residence, which ATTY1RESp,2263lAPPROVING A PLANNED l7EVEl.OPMENT PERMIT(FINGER AVE) R�V:07-Q2-12 VR Page �of 19