AgdaPkt 2013-09-23 Closed and Regular

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8.A. - Page 401 Members of the Planning Commission City of Redwood City February 14, 2013 Page 3 Second, the regulations governing development in the City have changed significantly. On October 11, 2010, the City adopted a comprehensive new General Plan ("2010 General Plan"), replacing the 1990 General Plan analyzed in the DEIR. The 2010 General Plan contains numerous new policies, goals and implementation measures relevant to the Project, including policies governing storm drainage and runoff, impervious surfaces, geotechnical analysis, hillside development, floor area ratios, and tree protection. The public must be allowed time to review and comment on the EIR's analysis (or lack of analysis) of the Project's consistency with these new policies and requirements. Third, the environment surrounding the Project site has also changed. Since the original EIR was circulated for public review, several additional development projects have been proposed and/or approved along Laurel Way, indicating new, potentially significant cumulative impacts.2 The public must be provided an opportunity to review the impacts of the Project in light of these changes and to comment on the EIR's treatment of cumulative impacts. In addition to complying with CEQA, a 45 -day comment period would also allow the City time to verify that the Project applicant, Laurel Way Joint Ventures ("LWJV"), has been authorized to represent all of the property owners within the proposed development. As you are aware, when an earlier version of the Project came before the Planning Commission, it became clear that none of the lot owners had submitted the proper written authorizations for LWJV to act on their behalf and that two of the lot owners were not even part of the application. LWJV subsequently withdrew its application and the City has been understandably reluctant to proceed with any new project without clear proof that LWJV is currently authorized to act on the lot owners' behalf. See, e.g., Dec. 13, 2011 Letter from Rick Jarvis to Christine Griffith at 3. Remarkably, it still is not clear that LWJV has complied with the City's requirement on this front. We have reviewed the Joinder in Development Applications attendant to the original (and subsequently withdrawn) project, which were received by the City on January 21, 2011, as well as the modified Joinder in Development Applications attendant to the new Project, which were received by the City on October 14, 2011, and have noted that, in many cases, the owner signatures in the October 2 These projects are located at 3718 Laurel Way and 3724 Laurel Way. HUTE, N]IHALY �;;.--WLLIUB[AGLRun