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EIR No. 2004-01; ZOA No. 2004-06; DA No. 2004-04; CUP No. 2004-28; VTTM No. 2004-06; and SPR No. 2004-05 February 22, 2005 Page 3 All items have been revised to address the direction of the Council. In addition, an exhibit titled Clarifications to the Draft Environmental Impact Report (Exhibit B) has been provided to address comments raised at the City Council meeting. To facilitate the City Place development proposal, a series of actions are necessary. Those actions include Environmental Impact Report, Zoning Ordinance Amendment, Development Agreement, Conditional Use Permit, Vesting Tentative Tract Map and Site Plan Review. Environmental Impact Report The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires the preparation and approval of an environmental impact report (EIR) for this proj ect. The environmental issues analyzed in the EIR include aesthetics, air quality, cultural resources, land use, hazardous materials, hydrology/water quality, noise, traffic and circulation, public services and utility services. The environmental impact report has identified a significant and unavoidable impact to air quality and traffic. No feasible mitigation measures are available to reduce these impacts. Accordingly, a Statement of Overriding Considerations will be needed in order to approve the project. All other potential impacts associated with the project were determined to be less than significant or were provided with mitigation to reduce impacts to a level considered less than significant. Zoning Ordinance Amendment In 1993, a specific development zone (SD-59) was approved on the site to accommodate an extremely intense mixed-use project. The entitlement included a 22 and 32-story office tower, 19-story residential tower (216 units), hotel, parking structure, restaurants, health club, retail space, cinemas and live theater, and attached residences (64 units). The total proj ect gross square footage was 1,964,770 with parking to accommodate 5,464 spaces. The specific development plan proposed for City Place incorporates the intent of the previous entitled project without the high-density residences or intensity of commercial space. The specific development text lays out criteria for the review of the project. Due to the lower scale and intensity of the proposed project, the development of the site is in many ways different than that previously approved and therefore requires an amendment to the current SD-59. 75A-3