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7.2.B. - Page 1 <br /> REPORT <br /> To the Honorable Mayor and City Council <br /> From the City Manager <br /> January 13, 2014 <br /> SUBJECT <br /> Revised Resolution associated with the Revised Final Environmental Impact Report <br /> ( "RFEIR ") and approval of master Planned Development Permit for the Laurel Way Joint <br /> Venture Project <br /> RECOMMENDATION <br /> Adopt a Resolution denying the appeal filed by the Laurel Way Joint Venture and <br /> partially denying and partially granting the appeal filed by Save Laurel Way, and thereby <br /> upholding the March 26, 2013 Planning Commission actions certifying the RFEIR and <br /> approving the master Planned Development Permit with conditions, with a modification <br /> to Condition No. 19 to reduce home sizes to those allowed under Alternative B of the <br /> RFEIR. <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> On September 23, 2013, the City Council considered the matter involving cross appeals <br /> of the Planning Commission's March 26, 2013 decision to certify a Revised Final <br /> Environmental Impact Report (RFEIR) and approve a master Planned Development <br /> Permit for the Laurel Way Planned Development. The project proposes to develop up <br /> to 16 single - family homes on 18 existing hillside lots, owned by 14 different parties. <br /> (Refer to Attachment 2 for the September 23, 2013 Council Staff Report with <br /> attachments.) The Applicant is the Laurel Way Joint Venture (LWJV or applicant), which <br /> represents the 14 property owners. Cross - appeals were filed by the Applicant and by <br /> Save Laurel Way (SLW), a community group primarily representing neighbors of the <br /> project. <br /> After taking testimony and deliberating on this matter the City Council took the <br /> following actions: <br /> • Certified the Revised Final Environmental Impact Report; <br /> • Approved the Project, with a modified Condition No. 19 of the Planning <br /> Commission Resolution to reflect Alternative B; <br /> • Denied in part the SLW appeal, with modifications to Condition No. 19 of the <br /> Planning Commission Resolution Alternative B and approved in party the SLW <br /> appeal; and <br /> • Denied the LWJV appeal. <br /> Page 1 of 5 <br />