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ATTY/RESO.0112/PC RESO STANFORD PARKING P1 REV: 11-30-23 VR Page 1 of 3 RESOLUTION NO. 23-24 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY APPROVING A CHANGE TO THE PHASE 1 PERMIT PARKING REQUIREMENTS OF THE STANFORD IN REDWOOD CITY PROJECT LOCATED AT 405, 425, 475, 500-585 BROADWAY AND 1228 DOUGLAS AVENUE (PC 2016-001). (BLOCKS A, B and C) WHEREAS, Leland Stanford Junior University (“Applicant”), received an approval for their application for a Planned Community Permit (PC2016-001) for Phase 1 of the Stanford in Redwood City campus on October 4, 2016, which is located within the Stanford in Redwood City Precise Plan area, which included 15 percent of the parking provided on surface lots on Block E; and WHEREAS, the Applicant has applied for a 15 percent parking reduction for the Phase 1 project, which would eliminate the need for the surface lots on Block E (the “Project”); and WHEREAS, Chapter II, Section IV.G of the Precise Plan provides that parking shall be provided according to the standards in the Precise Plan “unless otherwise reviewed and approved by City”; and WHEREAS, the Applicant submitted an updated Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Plan, and a Parking Analysis to the City Planning Division in support of the request; and WHEREAS, on December 5, 2023, the Planning Commission considered the staff reports, oral and written, and testimony and materials presented by all those wishing to be heard on this Project at the noticed public hearing on this matter; and WHEREAS, on December 5, 2023, the Planning Commission conducted a duly noticed public hearing, in accordance with all applicable requirements of the State Planning and Zoning Law, the Redwood City Code, and the Redwood City Zoning Ordinance, to consider approval of the Project, and received and considered oral and written reports and application materials; and WHEREAS, the Commission considered a CEQA Consistency Checklist and its findings prepared by the City Planning Division’s consultant, David J. Powers and Associates, the previously certified Stanford in Redwood City Environmental Impact Report (the “EIR”) (State Clearinghouse #2008102023), including the Statement of Overriding Considerations in City Council Resolution No. 15294, as part of the City’s consideration of the Project; and WHEREAS, the Commission determined that the proposed parking reduction is consistent with the Precise Plan.