The Redwood City Council voted 6-1 to move forward with an environmental review of the Redwood LIFE office park redevelopment, ignoring resident calls for delay. The responses considered both an original plan by Longfellow Real Estate Partners and a reduced alternative due to community feedback. The redevelopment intends to transform a 980,000 square-foot site into a modern life science office campus with increased building space. Community members raised valid concerns about environmental impacts, noise pollution, and light pollution, arguing the alternative realization fails to significantly assuage their worries despite a lesser project size.
The alternative proposal, presented as a 20% reduction in project size, is, in retrospect, merely a 13.7% reduction and does not sufficiently address community concerns.
Residents opposed to the project insisted on postponing the council's vote until more community discussions occurred regarding the reduced plan.
The council's decision to move forward with the environmental review allows for consideration of both the original and the scaled-down plans.
Several residents and environmental groups highlighted issues including light and noise pollution, wildlife disruption, and potential environmental hazards associated with the development.
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