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RESOLUTION NO. 15986 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD <br />CITY CONSIDERING AN ADDENDUM, WITH THE 1548 MAPLE STREET <br />PROJECT FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, FOR THE <br />DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE REAL <br />PROPERTY EXCHANGE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF <br />REDWOOD CITY AND THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO IN <br />ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CALIFORNIA <br />ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT <br />WHEREAS, the City of Redwood City and 1548 Maple LLC are parties to a <br />development agreement dated August 3, 2018, recorded in the Official Records of the <br />County as Instrument No. 2018-088890 ("Development Agreement"), with respect to the <br />development of a 131 -unit townhome project at 1548 Maple Street, Redwood City, <br />together with certain on- and off-site public improvements, including an extension of <br />Blomquist Street (collectively, the 1548 Maple Project"); and <br />WHEREAS, the Development Agreement provides, among other things, for 1548 <br />Maple LLC to construct, at its expense, three segments of an extension of Blomquist <br />Street from Maple Street to Redwood Creek, with two of the segments subject to City's <br />ability to acquire from the County of San Mateo certain right-of-way over propertyowned <br />by the County; and <br />WHEREAS, in connection with City's approval of the 1548 Maple Project, including <br />the Development Agreement, the City Council by Resolution No. 15661 adopted on May <br />7, 2018 certified a Final Environmental Impact Report [State Clearinghouse Number <br />2017072011] ("EIR") and adopted a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program <br />("MMRP") for such project under the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") (set <br />forth in Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq.) and the Guidelines for <br />Implementation of CEQA ( Title 14, Sections 15000 et seq. of the California Code of <br />Regulations; hereafter, the "CEQA Guidelines"); and <br />WHEREAS, because neither the City's approval of the 1548 Maple Project nor its <br />certification of the EIR was challenged, pursuant to Public Resources Code Section <br />21167.2, the EIR is presumed to be valid; and <br />WHEREAS, since the approval of the 1548 Maple Project and to facilitate <br />construction of all three segments of the Blomquist Street extension by 1548 Maple LLC <br />as contemplated by the Development Agreement, City and County desire to enter into a <br />Real Property Exchange Agreement pursuant to which (a) City will transfer to County a <br />fee interest in an approximately 2.50 acre portion of the undeveloped City -owned property <br />at 1469 Maple Street ("City Property") for the approximately 2.00 acre County -owned <br />property at 1580 Maple Street, including the buildings and improvements thereon, which <br />include a former women's correctional center building, a portable building, a homeless <br />shelter building and parking facilities (collectively, the "County Property"), (b) City will <br />ATTY/RESO.0076/CC RESO APPROVING ADDENDUM TO EIR FOR MAPLE ST EXCHANGE RESO NO. 15986 <br />REV: 09-22-2021 VR MUFF # 304, 609 <br />Page 1 of 4 <br />