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09/09/2013 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. 7. The City Council has determined that the three separate resources related to the Ampex campus: the Ampex sign, Warnecke plaza and fountain and 425 Broadway building, are not historically significant to Redwood City and, therefore, the removal of these resources would not constitute a significant unavoidable impact. 8. Pursuant to CEQA section 21081.6 and CEQA Guidelines section 15091, and in support of its approval of the Project, the City Council has reviewed and considered the CEQA Findings of Fact for the Project, attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference, finds that such Findings of Fact are supported by substantial evidence in the record, and adopts the CEQA Findings of Fact. 9. Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15126.6, the City Council has reviewed and considered the Findings Regarding Alternatives, attached hereto as Exhibit B and incorporated herein by reference, and adopts the attached findings that describe how only the Project would satisfy the Project Objectives and that none of the alternatives has environmental advantages over the Project when balancing the Project Objectives. 10. Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15093, the City Council has reviewed and considered the Statement of Overriding Considerations (SOC), attached hereto as Exhibit C and incorporated herein by reference, and adopts the attached SOC that describes how the merits of the project outweigh the significant unavoidable ATTY/RES0.2901/STANFORD EIR CERTIFICATION RESO.#15294 REV:09-10-13 VR MUFF#100 Page 6 of 55