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ATTY/RESO.0012/CC RESO INITIATE AMENDMENTS TO RWC GENERAL PLAN (STANFORD CANCER CENTER PROJECT) REV: 04-08-26 VR Page 1 of 2 RESOLUTION NO. 16397 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY TO INITIATE PROCEEDINGS TO CONSIDER AMENDMENTS TO THE REDWOOD CITY GENERAL PLAN AND THE STANFORD IN REDWOOD CITY PRECISE PLAN AS REQUESTED BY STANFORD HEALTH CARE IN CONNECTION WITH THE STANFORD CANCER CENTER PROJECT WHEREAS, the Applicant, Stanford Health Care, has applied to redevelop the property located at 550, 575-585 Broadway, & 1201 Douglas Avenue with a medical cancer center, including an inpatient cancer center, a clinical and outpatient building. Additional supporting infrastructure, including a central utility plant, three new parking structures, and an amenity facility (“the Project”); and WHEREAS, the implementation of the Project requires an amendment to the Redwood City General Plan to modify uses from Commercial-Office Professional/Technology to Hospital for Blocks C,D,E, and G; and WHEREAS, the implementation of the Project also requires an amendment to the Stanford in Redwood City Precise Plan to allow for incorporation of a .35-acre parcel (1201 Douglas Avenue), increased square footage, and modified design standards (including increased footprint, height, and open space) for the cancer center; and WHEREAS, Redwood City Municipal Code Section 18.61 establishes procedures for initiation of amendments to the General Plan and provides that the City Council may adopt a resolution of intention to initiate proceedings to amend the General Plan; and WHEREAS, Redwood City Zoning Ordinance Section 52.5 establishes procedures for initiation and amendments of Precise Plans and provides that an interested party may request the City initiate the amendment of a precise plan by submitting said request to the Planning Director or designee. The interested party is the Applicant, and the request of initiation is accompanied by materials supportive of the request and showing the nature of the requested Stanford in Redwood City Precise Plan amendment that include statements justifying why the proper functioning of the community requires the amendment of the Stanford in Redwood City Precise Plan as proposed and why the proposed amended Stanford in Redwood City Precise Plan is more suitable for the area than the existing Stanford in Redwood City Precise Plan; and WHEREAS, the City's policy and practice is to bundle all related requests and have them acted upon by the highest approval authority, in this case being the City Council; and WHEREAS, the adoption of a Resolution provides City staff the direction to study the proposed amended Redwood City General Plan and Stanford in Redwood City Precise Plan. It, however, does not constitute nor imply approval of any of these actions