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7.A. - Page 16 ATfACHMENT 1 hearing on the Final EIR, as well as the following Project approvals: (1) Zoning text amendments that provide for the ability to adopt alternative PC permit procedures and findings for property subject to a development agreement; (2) a Zoning Map Amendment to rezone the Project area to Planned Community District; (3) the Stanford in Redwood City Precise Plan; and (4) a proposed Development Agreement between the City and Stanford. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY, AS FOLLOWS: 1. The above recitals are true and correct and together with the Staff Report and the application materials, including without limitation the Final EIR, Precise Plan, and all other documents, reports, studies, memoranda, maps, oral and written testimony, and materials in the City's file for the applications and the Project, and all adopted City planning documents relating to the Project and the property including the City's General Plan, Zoning Ordinance, and other applicable City laws and regulations, have together served as an adequate and appropriate evidentiary basis for the findings and recommendations set forth in this Resolution. 2. The City of Redwood City is the lead agency under CEQA for preparing the Final EIR, and the City Council is the final decision-making body, as defined in Section 15356 of the CEQA Guidelines, with regard to approval of the Project. 3. The City Council finds that the Final EIR for the Project was presented to the City Council, that the Final EIR was prepared, published, circulated, reviewed and completed in full compliance with State law and CEQA Guidelines, that there was adequate public review of the DEIR, that it has considered all comments on the DEIR and responses to comments, that the Final EIR adequately discusses all significant environmental issues, and that the Final EIR reflects the independent judgment and analysis of the City Council. The City Council further certifies that it has reviewed and considered the information in the Final EIR. 4. The City Council finds that the information added in the Final EIR does not constitute significant new information requiring recirculation of the DEIR, but rather that additional information clarifies or amplifies an adequate EIR. 5. The City Council finds that certain comments on the DEIR could be characterized as requests for additional mitigation measures. With respect to suggested mitigation measures that were not added to the Final EIR, the City Council adopts and incorporates by reference the reasons set forth in the responses to comments contained in the Final EIR as its grounds for rejecting adoption of these mitigation measures. 6. The City Council certifies the Final EIR for the Project. ATTY/RES0.2901/STANFORD EIR CERTIFICATION REV:08-29-13 VR Page 6 of 56