Reso25-02 0024 PC Reso 901 El Camino Real

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ATTY/RESO.0024/PC RESO 901 EL CAMINO REV: 04-11-25 VR Page 1 of 20 RESOLUTION NO.25-02 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DETERMINE THAT ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF THE 901 EL CAMINO REAL PROJECT HAS BEEN COMPLETED PURSUANT TO SECTION 15168 AND 15183 OF THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) GUIDELINES AND APPROVE THE 901 EL CAMINO REAL PROJECT INCLUDING AMENDMENTS TO THE GENERAL PLAN MIXED USE – DOWNTOWN DESIGNATION AND TO THE DOWNTOWN PRECISE PLAN; AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PLAN, AFFORDABLE HOUSING PARTNER, LAND DONATION, AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING LAND DONATION AGREEMENT; A DOWNTOWN PLANNED COMMUNITY PERMIT; A USE PERMIT, A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT PERMIT, AND VESTING TENTATIVE MAP WITH CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL; AND A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WHEREAS, the applicant, El Camino Real Holdings JV (“Applicant”), has submitted an application for a development project located at 901 El Camino Real consisting of a 6-story, 92-feet tall, including an approximately: 305,225 square foot mixed-use office building with Research and Development, Laboratory uses (R&D, Lab), 6,450 square foot Teen Center/Multi-Purpose space, 3,900 square foot public plaza, and 10,150 square foot passive creek open space on private property (the “Project”); and WHEREAS, the Project site has a General Plan Land Use designation of Mixed Use – Downtown, located within a Planned Community (P-Downtown) Zoning District, and is located in the Redwood City Downtown Precise Plan (DTPP) Downtown General Use Regulation Zone; and WHEREAS, in March 2020, the Applicant submitted a Project proposal for 901 El Camino Real for consideration of General Plan Amendments as part of the City of Redwood City implementation of a one-time process to evaluate multiple pending General Plan Amendments initiation requests which are necessary because the Maximum Allowable Development cap for office has been reached in the DTPP area (“Gatekeeper”); and WHEREAS, on October 12, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution 15897 and initiated General Plan Amendment proceedings for 901 El Camino Real as one of the six Gatekeeper projects located within the DTPP and also to require a DTPP Amendment; and WHEREAS, the Project would develop additional office space within the downtown and General Plan and DTPP Amendments are required by the DTPP to increase the Maximum Allowable Development office capacity; and