Council committee denies EIR appeal, approves 318‑unit mixed‑use project at 550 Shatto/Shadow Place

The Planning and Land Use Management Committee denied an appeal of the project’s certified environmental impact report (EIR) and upheld the Planning Commission’s approval of a mixed‑use development planned at 550 Shatto (listed in the record as 550 Shadow/Shadow Place). The committee action preserves the commission’s findings and clears the project to proceed under the environmental certification adopted by staff and the commission.

The committee’s vote followed extended public comment, testimony from planning staff, and formal presentations from the appellant and the applicant. Planning Department staff presented the project and recommended that the council deny the appeal and sustain the Planning Commission’s determination. Planning staff said the project had been evaluated for environmental impacts, that mitigation measures were identified, and that findings in the administrative record supported certification of the EIR.

The appeal was filed by an environmental organization identified in the record as Safe First (also rendered in the hearing transcript as variations…