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An ordinance adopting the First Amendment to the Development Agreement between Alexandria Real Estate Equities -San Francisco No. 21 LP, Alexandria Real Estate Equities -San Francisco No. 42 LLC, and the City of South San Francisco for the office/research and development (R&D) campus at 213-221 East Grand Avenue.
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WHEREAS, pursuant to City Council Ordinance No. 1403-2009, the City of South San Francisco ("City") and Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE)-San Francisco No. 21 LP, ARE-San Francisco No. 42 LLC, entered into a Development Agreement ("Development Agreement") for the development of an Office/ R&D Campus at 213-221 East Grand Avenue ("Project"), which was effective as of February 13, 2009; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 114-2008, the City Council approved a Use Permit, Design Review and Transportation Demand Management Program for the Project; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 113-2008, the City Council certified an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) (State Clearinghouse number 2008022094) for the Project on February 13, 2009, including a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program and a Statement of Overriding Consideration; and
WHEREAS, on January 11, 2017, Alexandria Real Estate Equities ("Applicant") submitted an application proposing to move the parking garage to the east side of the Project site and requesting a parking reduction to a ratio of 2.23 parking spaces/ 1,000 square feet (sq. ft.) at 213-221 East Grand Avenue for the Project in the Business Technology Park (BTP) Zoning District, which requires approval of a Development Agreement Amendment, Use Permit Modification, and Design Review; and
WHEREAS, environmental analysis for the proposed Project was conducted, which concluded that the environmental effects associated with construction and operation of the revised Project are fully within the scope of the environmental analysis conducted in the 2007 EIR, such that the Project does not meet the criteria under...
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