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ATTY/RESO.0071/CC RESO 1900 BROADWAY (GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT) REV: 10-23-24 VR Page 1 of 6 RESOLUTION NO. _______ A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY ADOPTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE GENERAL PLAN MIXED USE – DOWNTOWN DESIGNATION FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1900 BROADWAY WHEREAS, Lane Partners (“Applicant”) submitted a planning application for a development project located at 1900 Broadway consisting of a 7-story, 92-feet tall, 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 an approximately 12,085 sq. ft. of public plaza area (the “Project”); and WHEREAS, the Project site has a General Plan Land Use designation of Mixed Use-Downtown and is designated Planned Community (P-Downtown) District and located within the Downtown Precise Plan (“DTPP”) General Use Regulations Zone; 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 the consideration of a 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 deemed necessary because the Maximum Allowable Development cap for office has been reached in the DTPP area (“Gatekeeper Projects”); 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, the Project would create office space within the downtown and General Plan and DTPP Amendments are required by the DTPP to increase the Maximum Allowed Development office capacity; and WHEREAS, the planning application for the Project seeks approval of: 1) a General Plan Amendment and a DTPP Amendment (GP2021-007) to adjust the development caps for office; 2) a Vesting Tentative Parcel Map (TM2021-13) to combine lots and adjust lot line lines for Project site assembly; 3) a Downtown Planned Community Permit (DPC 2021-010) to construct a mixed use commercial office Project and a Use Permit (UP 2021-020), subject to Conditions of Approval; 4) an Affordable Housing Plan 16255