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ATTY/RESO.0070/CC RESO 1900 BROADWAY (CEQA) REV: 10-23-24 VR Page 1 of 5 RESOLUTION NO. ____ A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY DETERMINING THAT ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF THE 1900 BROADWAY PROJECT HAS BEEN COMPLETED PURSUANT TO SECTION 15168 AND SECTION 15183 OF THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) GUIDELINES WHEREAS, Lane Partners (“Applicant”) submitted a planning application for a development project located at 1900 Broadway in Redwood City, consisting of an approximately 256,205 square foot mixed-use commercial office building with approximately 10,060 sq. ft. of ground floor retail space, approximately 1,000 sq. ft. for a community room, 715 sq. ft. for a storage space, and approximately 12,085 sq. ft. for a public plaza area (the “Project”); and WHEREAS, the Project site has a General Plan Land Use designation of Mixed Use-Downtown and located within the Downtown Precise Plan (“DTPP”), and is within the Planned Community (P-Downtown (Downtown Precise Plan) Zoning District; and WHEREAS, on January 24, 2011, the City Council of Redwood City adopted Resolution No. 15086, certifying the Final Environmental Impact Report for the Redwood City Downtown Precise Plan, State Clearinghouse No. 2006052027 (“DTPP EIR”), and adopted California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) Findings of Fact, a Statement of Overriding Considerations, and a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (“MMRP”) and in conjunction, the City Council adopted and approved the DTPP, and amendments the General Plan to ensure consistency between the DTPP and the General Plan; and WHEREAS, in March 2020, the Applicant submitted a Project proposal for 1900 Broadway for consideration of General Plan Amendment as part of the City of Redwood City implementation of a one-time process to evaluate multiple pending General Plan Amendment initiation requests which are necessary because the Maximum Allowable Development cap for office has been reached in the DTTP area (“Gatekeeper Project”); and WHEREAS, on May 24, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 15954 and initiated General Plan Amendment proceedings for 1900 Broadway as one of the six Gatekeeper Projects located within the DTPP and also to require a DTPP Amendment; and WHEREAS, on June 26, 2023, in consideration of the Gatekeeper Projects (including 1900 Broadway), the City Council adopted Resolution No. 16153, certifying the Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report for amendments to the DTPP, referred as the “DTPP Plan Wide Amendments”, State Clearinghouse No. 2021090249 (“DTPP SEIR”), and adopting CEQA Findings of Fact, a Statement of Overriding Considerations, and a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program and in conjunction, the City Council adopted and approved the amendments to the DTPP and amendments to the General 16254