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ATTY/RESO.0028/CC RESO CEQA GUIDLINES (920 SHASTA) REV: 04-22-25 VR Page 1 of 4 RESOLUTION NO. 16295 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY DETERMINING THAT ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF THE 920 SHASTA PROJECT HAS BEEN COMPLETED PURSUANT TO SECTION 15168 AND SECTION 15183 OF THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) GUIDELINES WHEREAS, Abode Communities (“Applicant”) submitted an application for an Architectural Permit (AP2023-009), a Vesting Tentative Parcel Map (TM2023-002), State Density Bonus law concessions and waiver, Affordable Housing Plan, Affordable Housing Land Donation Agreement, and a Relocation Plan for the development of 99 deed restricted affordable units and one caretaker’s unit at 920 Shasta Street and 122 Buckeye Street (the “Project”); and WHEREAS, the Project site has a General Plan Land Use designation of Mixed Use – Transitional and is located within the Mixed Use – Transitional (MUT) Zoning District; and WHEREAS, on February 13, 2023, the City Council of Redwood City adopted Resolution No. 16124, certifying the Final Environmental Impact Report for its Focused General Plan Update to the Housing, Built Environment, Public Safety, Building Community, and Natural Resources & Environmental Justice Elements, State Clearinghouse No. 2022100449 (“GPU EIR”), prepared in accordance with California Environmental Quality Act (“ CEQA”) Guidelines Section 15168 and adopting CEQA Findings of Fact, a Statement of Overriding Considerations, and a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program and in conjunction, the City Council approved the updated Housing Element and other General Plan updates; and WHEREAS, CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 provides for streamlined environmental review for projects that are consistent with the development density established by existing zoning, community plan or General Plan Policies for which an Environmental Impact Report (“EIR”) was certified, except as might be necessary to examine whether there are project-specific significant effects which are peculiar to the Project or its site; and WHEREAS, CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 specifies that when reviewing a project that meets the requirements of this section, a public agency shall limit its examination of environmental effects to those that the agency determines in an environmental checklist or other analysis; and WHEREAS, a CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 Consistency Checklist (“CEQA Consistency Checklist”), dated April 1, 2025 and attached as Exhibit A and incorporated herein, was prepared by the City’s Planning Division, which provides substantial evidence that the Project is within the scope of the GPU EIR; and