Reso PC18-05 0019 PC Reso Recommending Approval of General Plan - 851 Main St.

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RESOLUTION NO. 18-05 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT, DOWNTOWN PRECISE PLAN AMENDMENT, TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP, USE PERMIT, AND DOWNTOWN PLANNED COMMUNITY PERMIT INCLUDING TEN GUIDELINE DEVIATIONS AND A HISTORIC PRESERVATION STANDARD EXCEPTION FOR AN OFFICE AND RETAIL MIXED USE PROJECT LOCATED AT 851 MAIN STREET IN DOWNTOWN REDWOOD CITY, IN CONSIDERATION OF A DRAFT SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT WHEREAS, on November 25, 2014, The Acclaim Companies (Applicant), submitted an application for a General Plan Amendment, Downtown Precise Plan Amendment, Tentative Parcel Map, Use Permit, and Downtown Planned Community Permit including ten Guideline deviations and a historic preservation standard exception, o develop an office and retail mixed use project located at 851 Main Street, (Project), which is located within the Downtown Precise Plan (DTPP); and WHEREAS, on September 30, 2015, the Historic Resources Advisory Committee (HRAC) held a study session to review and provide feedback on the Project's compliance with the historic resources preservation requirements of the DTPP and the Historic Preservation Ordinance (Chapter 40 of the Redwood City Municipal Code); and WHEREAS, on September 6, 2016, the Planning Commission (Commission) held a duly noticed scoping session for the preparation of a Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (SEIR), which would supplement the original certified downtown EIR and update the analysis to cover the 851 Main Street project; and WHEREAS, on March 27, 2017, the City Council held a duly noticed public hearing and initiated a General Plan Amendment and Downtown Precise Plan Amendment to allow the Applicant to move forward through the project analysis and public hearing entitlement process; and WHEREAS, on July 13, 2017, the HRAC held a duly noticed public hearing to consider the historic reports prepared by Richard Brandi and Page and Turnbull, the Rehabilitation Plan prepared by Architectural Resources Group, the Project's compliance with the historic resources preservation requirements of the DTPP, and compliance with the City's Historic Preservation Ordinance (Chapter 40). The HRAC determined: (1) The historic reports adequately evaluated the Project pursuant to the DTPP, Chapter 40, and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); (2) The Project will not have a significant adverse impact on the historic landmark located at 847-849 Main Street, and will protect the landmark's continued eligibility for listing on the California Register; (3) The Project is consistent with and fully adheres to the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties; (4) The Project will not create a significant adverse change in the significance of the adjacent historic landmark at 837 Main Street (IOOF Building), and will protect the adjacent historic resource's continued eligibility for listing on the ATTY/RESO.0019/PC RESO RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF GENERAL PLAN — 851 MAIN STREET REV: 03-15-18 PR Page 1 of 6