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Resolution making findings and determining that the Gateway of Pacific Phase 5 Project is fully within the scope of environmental analysis in the 2012 Environmental Impact Report and that the 2020 Addendum to the EIR is the appropriate environmental document for the Project.
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WHEREAS, in 2016 the City of South San Francisco ("City") adopted (1) Resolution No. 93-2016 certifying the 2012 Environmental Impact Report ("2012 EIR") (State Clearinghouse No. 2012082101), (2) Resolution No. 94-2016 approving a use permit, alternative landscape plan, design review and transportation demand management ("TDM") program, and (3) Ordinance No. 1522-2016 approving a development agreement with BMR-475 Eccles Avenue LLC, for the construction of two R&D/ Office buildings, a parking structure, and related improvements on an approximately 6.1-acre site located at 475 Eccles Avenue; and
WHEREAS, BioMed Realty ("Owner" or "Applicant") submitted an application requesting approval of a Use Permit Modification, Design Review Modification and Development Agreement Amendment to alter the site plan and exterior appearance of the previously entitled project and to expand the area of property covered by the entitlements to include the adjacent rail spurs property, incorporating the previously entitled project into the adjacent Gateway of Pacific ("GOP") Campus as GOP Phase 5 ("Project"); and
WHEREAS, approval of the Applicant's proposal is considered a "project" for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act, Pub. Resources Code ? 21000, et seq. ("CEQA"); and
WHEREAS, the 2012 EIR was certified in accordance with the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code, ?? 21000, et seq., "CEQA") and CEQA Guidelines, which analyzed the potential environmental impacts of the Project; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15164, an addendum to the 2012 EIR was prepared for the Project ("2020 Addendum") which evaluates whether prepa...
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