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09/10/2012 1. Municipal Code Chapter 30 (Subdivisions) Section 30.118 B allows exceptions to street width requirements if a Planned Development (PD) Permit has been approved or if the exception is in the public interest. 2. A Planned Development (PD) Permit has been approved for the Project, thereby allowing for an exception to the otherwise applicable street width requirement for the Project's private roadway. 3. The proposed private roadway meets emergency vehicle (public safety) access and general circulation needs of the Project. The City Traffic Engineer has also reviewed the RKH Engineers and Fehr & Peers traffic reports and memos (Finger Draft EIR Appendix G) and agrees that the proposed 22 foot wide private roadway will meet necessary access and circulation needs of the Project. 4. The roadway is not necessary for neighborhood or general citywide circulation needs; rather it is a private roadway intended to serve only nine property owners and their guests. The roadway is thus considered proportionally sized to this small nine unit infill development. By contrast, most Redwood Shores Projects have 25 foot wide, two-way private roadways because they serve as a network of neighborhood streets for larger developments that generate greater vehicle demand/traffic volumes. 5. Based on all of the foregoing findings, it is in the public interest to grant an exception to the City's Private Roadway Engineering Standard that would otherwise apply to the Project to permit the 22- foot wide, one-way street with a four foot wide rolled curb/ paver pedestrian pathway raised 3 inches that is incorporated within the 22 foot dimension, as proposed by the Project, and such modification will be consistent with regional and community plans/polices outlined in the Finger Project Draft EIR, pages 173- 179. (b) The City's Private Roadway Engineering Standard, requiring a 25-foot wide, two-way roadway and 5-foot sidewalk, is not part of or required by Chapter 30 (Subdivisions) of the City's Municipal Code, and therefore, the City Council's determination to modify the Private Roadway Engineering Standard for the Project does not constitute an Exception to the requirements of Chapter 30, as provided by Section 30.69 of the Code. Nonetheless, to the extent that the modification of the Private Roadway Engineering Standard may be construed to ATTY/RES0.2785/FINGER RESO APPROVING VTM FINAL RESO.#15219 REV:08-31012 VR MUFF#613 Page 4 of 19