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MIG F 8.A. - Page 163 City of Redwood City Revised Elm Auaenaurn January 22, 2014 Page 1-4 A complete, verbatim listing of the impact and mitigation conclusions of the 2003 EIR has been prepared for each environmental topic (e.g., land use; visual factors;population, housing, and employment; transportation and circulation; biological resources) and is available for review at the City of Redwood City Community Development Department, City Hall, 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, California (phone: 650-780-7234). In June 2004, the City approved a General Plan Amendment and Precise Plan rezoning permitting implementation of a variation of the 2003 EIR project, including 1,930 housing units, 50,000 square feet of local-serving commercial space (retail and restaurant), 150,000 square feet of office space, and a 200-room hotel, with a maximum building height of 20 stories (240 feet). Subsequently, a local voter referendum, Measure "0," was passed that repealed the City's 2004 Precise Plan rezoning approval. The referendum cited a range of environmental and other concerns about the 2004 project, including issues of building height, density, traffic, estuarine fill, and public access to the waterfront. Passage of the referendum resulted in a return of the two project properties to their previous zoning designations. The Peninsula Marina property reverted back to its General Commercial (CG) zoning designation; the Pete's Harbor property reverted back to its General Commercial-Combined Residential(CG-R) zoning designation. In December 2007, the City considered an Addendum to the 2003 Marina Shores Village EIR for the Peninsula Park project (2007 Addendum), which evaluated a reduced project that proposed new development only on the Peninsula Marina property.' In addition to the proposed Peninsula Park, the Addendum evaluated the environmental impacts of future, cumulative development in the project vicinity, including a projected 412 multifamily residential units that might eventually be developed on the Pete's Harbor property, consistent with its then-current General Plan designation of General Commercial-Combined Commercial and zoning designation of General Commercial-Combined Residential (CG-R). The new Redwood City General Plan adopted in October 2010 designated the Pete's Harbor property as Mixed Use- Waterfront Neighborhood, which permits up to 40 dwelling units per acre, consistent with its CG- R zoning. The Peninsula Park project evaluated in the 2007 Addendum is now called "One Marina," which is under construction and partially occupied. One Marina will include 249 multifamily residential units, which is 547 fewer units than the 796 units evaluated in the 2007 Addendum. The City has received an application from RWC Harbor Communities, LLC for development of a redesigned and reduced-scale project, "Pete's Harbor Residential Community," on the 13.85- acre2 portion of the 46.45-acre 2003 EIR project site. The proposed Pete's Harbor Residential Community would include 411 apartments and associated private and public amenities, including reconfiguration of the existing vacant inner marina (about 61 boat slips) within its existing footprint (3.18 acres) to accommodate 45 to 65 for-lease, publicly accessible slips and a 'The 2007 Addendum is available for public review at the City of Redwood City Community Development Department, 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, California (phone 650-780-7234), and on the City's website: www.redwoodcity.org/phed/planning/peninsulapark/pdf/PenPark EIR Addendum.pdf. 2The Marina Shores Village EIR identified the Pete's Harbor property as 13.21 acres while this Addendum lists 13.85 acres. The properties are identical; this Addendum incorporates the 0.60-acre access easement through the property that was calculated separately for the 2003 EIR, plus a recent recalculation that resulted in a +0.04 acre to the total site area. T.110695 Pete's Harbor EIR Addendumlrevised addendum no 211(10695-01).doc