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Resolution No. 9760
Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Adopting the 2755 El Camino Real
Multi-Family Residential Project Mitigated Negative Declaration for which an Initial
Study was Prepared, in Accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act,
and Adopting a Related Mitigation, Monitoring and Reporting Program
RECITALS
A. Prior to the adoption of this Resolution, the City of Palo Alto prepared an Initial Study
and approved for circulation a Mitigated Negative Declaration for the 2755 El Camino Real Multi-
Family Residential Project (the "Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration") all in accordance with
the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970, together with state and local
guidelines implementing said Act, all as amended to date (collectively "CEQA").
B. The 2755 El Camino Real Multi-Family Residential Project (the "Project") analyzed under
the Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration would involve the construction of a four-story multi-
family residential building with 57 dwelling units and one level of below grade parking on a 0.45 acre
site located at 2755 El Camino Real. A more detailed description of the Project is set forth in the Initial
Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration.
C. The draft Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration was made available for public
comment from January 19, 2018 through February 20, 2018.
D. The City of Palo Alto considered the comments received during the public review period
and prepared a final Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration.
E. The Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration concluded that implementation of the
Project could result in a number of significant effects on the environment and identified mitigation
measures that would reduce each of those significant effects to a less-than-significant level.
F. In connection with the approval of a project involving the preparation of an initial
study/mitigated negative declaration that identifies one or more significant environmental effects,
CEQA requires the decision-making body of the lead agency to incorporate feasible mitigation
measures that would reduce those significant environmental effects to a less-than-significant level.
G. Whenever a lead agency approves a project requiring the implementation of measures
to mitigate or avoid significant effects on the environment, CEQA also requires the lead agency to
adopt a mitigation monitoring and reporting program to ensure compliance with the mitigation
measures during project implementation, and such a mitigation monitoring and reporting program has
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been prepared for the Project for consideration by the decision-making body of the City of Palo Alto as
lead agency for the Project (the "Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program" or "MMRP").
H. The City of Palo Alto is the lead agency on the Project, and the City Council is the
decision-making body for the proposed approval of the Project.
I. The City Council has reviewed and considered the Initial Study/Mitigated Negative
Declaration and related Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program for the Project, together with
comments received on the Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration, and intends to take action on
the Project in compliance with CEQA and state and local guidelines implementing CEQA.
J. The Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration and related Mitigation, Monitoring and
Reporting Program for the Project are on file in the Office of Planning and Community Environment,
located at 250 Hamilton Avenue, 5th Floor, Palo Alto, CA 94301, are available for inspection by any
interested person at that location, and are, by this reference, incorporated into this Resolution as if
fully set forth herein.
NOW THEREFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. THE CITY COUNCIL does hereby make the following findings: (1) it has
independently reviewed and analyzed the Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration and other
information in the record and has considered the information contained therein, prior to acting upon
or approving the Project, (2) the Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared for the Project
has been completed in compliance with CEQA and is consistent with state and local guidelines
implementing CEQA, and (3) the Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration represents the
independent judgment and analysis of the City of Palo Alto, as lead agency for the Project. The City
Council designates the Director of Planning and Community Environment, at 250 Hamilton Avenue, 5th
Floor, Palo Alto, CA 94301, as the custodian of documents and records of proceedings on which this
decision is based.
SECTION 2. THE CITY COUNCIL does hereby find that based upon the entire record of
proceedings before it and all information received that there is no substantial evidence that the Project
will have a significant effect on the environment and does hereby adopt the Mitigated Negative
Declaration and related Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program prepared for the Project.
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