AgdaPkt 2013-09-23 Closed and Regular

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7.3.A. - Page 1 REPORT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the City Manager September 23, 2013 SUBJECT Ordinances for the Stanford in Redwood City Project RECOMMENDATION 1. Waive the Second Reading and Adopt an Ordinance amending Article 52 to allow alternative findings in Precise Plans for Developers with Development Agreements in conformance with the Stanford in Redwood City Precise Plan. 2. Waive the Second Reading and Adopt an Ordinance Amending Article 60, Zoning Map no 4 (Ampex Neighborhood) to rezone real property that is bisected by Broadway and generally bounded b Highway 101, Douglas Avenue, Bay Road, and Second Avenue (referred to in the Stanford in Redwood City EIR and Precise Plan as Blocks A -G) from the existing Industrial Restricted ("IR") zoning district to the Planned Community ("P") zoning district. 3. Waive the Second Reading and Adopt an Ordinance approving, and authorizing the City Manager to execute, the Development Agreement by and between the City of Redwood City and th Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. BACKGROUND On September 9, 2013, the City Council introduced three ordinances for the Stanford in Redwood City project at 585 Broadway. If adopted, these ordinances will be effective on October 24, 2013. At that meeting, the City Council also adopted resolutions certifying the EIR for the project and approving the Precise Plan. The Precise Plan resolution is contingent on the adoption of the three ordinances described in this report. ANALYSIS These ordinances are necessary for the Stanford in Redwood City Project to proceed. Analysis of the ordinances was provided in the Staff Report to City Council on September 9, 2013. The City Council adopted a resolution that did not find there to be local historic significance to the fountain, the building at 425 Broadway, and the Ampex sign.