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<br />8 <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br />D. <br /> <br />Due to the size of the project and the Împacts to the environment. an <br />Environmental Impact Report (EIR) was prepared for this project. <br /> <br />1. <br /> <br />For over three years, the City has considered a project to build a <br />thirty-seven (37) story office building consisting of 518,003 square <br />feet of office area. 8,525 square feet of retail area, 18,596 square <br />feet of restaurant area and an eight (8) level parking structure on <br />Broadway. <br /> <br />2. <br /> <br />On October 7, 1999, a Notice of Preparation was prepared, <br />submitted to interested persons, responsible and trustee agencies, <br />and filed with the County Recorder regarding this proposed project, <br />which was at that time described' as a 44 story office building with <br />an adjacent parking structure. These structures would be built on a <br />site which is currently developed with a number of homes which <br />have been converted to a variety ,of older office/business uses, a <br />shoe repair shop, and an apartment building. Most of these uses <br />would have to be removed to make way for project improvements. <br /> <br />a. <br /> <br />On February 12, 2001, a' Recirculation of Notice of <br />Preparation was prepared, submitted to interested persons, <br />responsible and trustee agencies, and filed with the County <br />Recorder regarding this proposed project, which was at that <br />time described abandonment and closing of a segment of <br />Sycamore Street between Washington Street and 10th Street <br />to allow for construction of the proposed 8-level parking <br />structure, a reduction in the height of the office building from <br />44 stories to 38 stories, and the inclusion of helipad on the <br />roof of the office building. <br /> <br />3. <br /> <br />A significant number of community meetings, public meetings and <br />public hearings have been subsequently held to consider this <br />proposed project. As a result of these community meetings and <br />public comments three (3) alternatives to the proposed project were <br />developed and various impacts were identified to be studied. <br /> <br />As a result of this input, the City prepared a Draft EIR for this <br />proposed project, which was submitted for public comment to all <br />responsible agencies, the State Clearinghouse, neighboring <br />communities and districts, neighborhoods in the vicinity and the <br />requesting public. ' <br /> <br />4. <br /> <br />5. <br /> <br />All comments to the Draft EIR were considered and responded to in <br />the proposed Final EIR (which includes the Draft EIR and errata). <br /> <br />758-13 <br /> <br />Resolution No- 2004-XXX <br />Page2of5 <br />