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RESOLUTION NO. 16-04 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY APPROVING A DOWNTOWN PLANNED COMMUNITY PERMIT AND SIGN PERMIT FOR THE 801 HAMILTON STREET PROJECT PURSUANT TO THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY'S DOWNTOWN PRECISE PLAN WHEREAS, Applicant, WD Partners, on behalf of Starbucks Coffee Company, has applied for a Downtown Planned Community Permit and Sign Permit for interior and exterior modifications to 801 Hamilton Street("Revised Project, dated March 28, 2016" or "Revised Project") (referred to as 2227 Broadway in the Downtown Precise Plan ("DTPP")), which consists of, is adjacent to, and across the street from several historic resources that are each identified in the DTPP as a "Historic Resource to be Preserved"; and WHEREAS, on March 10, 2015, the Historic Resources Advisory Committee ("HRAC") held a duly noticed public meeting to consider the Project and the historians report prepared by Tom Origer & Associates. The HRAC (a) unanimously found that Revised Project is consistent with the DTPP historic preservation standards and guidelines and the City's Historic Preservation Ordinance (Chapter 40 of the Redwood City Municipal Code); that the Revised Project will not have a significant adverse impact on the subject building and fully adheres to the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring & Reconstructing Historic Buildings; that the Revised Project will not create a substantial adverse change in the significance of the adjacent historic resources and will protect the adjacent historic resources' continued eligibility for listing on the National Register and (b) recommended that the Planning Commission approve the Revised Project, including the Applicant's proposed modification to remove the grand projecting sign and replace it with a wall sign in the transom space above the storefront windows on the Broadway elevation, similar to the Hamilton Street wall sign; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Redwood City("Commission") is empowered by the Downtown Precise Plan to act upon applications for Downtown Planned Community Permits and Sign Permits; and WHEREAS, on April 5, 2016, the Commission considered California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Categorical Exemption Section 15301, Class 1 and its requirements and the previously certified Downtown Precise Plan Program Environmental Impact Report (State Clearinghouse #2006052027), the staff reports, oral and written, and testimony and materials presented by all those wishing to be heard on this Project at the noticed public hearing on this matter; and ATTY/RESO.0025/PC RESO—801 HAMILTON REV:04-11-16 VR Page 1 of 10