Director's ReportTINO CALIFORNIA 95014
OF CuPE VENUE, C~,E-RTINO,
~ TORE A EVELOPMENT
of COMMUNITY D
~AIZTMENT erect
development D•
Comxnunit'y
'ect: Rep°xt °f the -December 9 2008
~ Tuesda o f interest ~O-
mmi.ssion Agenda Date: item
•n Co discussed the followin
n~ g ecember 2 2008 and
Council met on ~ ben 2,
to Ci ommission: on, Decem
annin C t; Council heard the it ~Zeview of the 2005
e Pl mendm~n with
• ecific Plan ~ ovide the following 1) raft Exhibit B
S area; 2) D
1 Fleart of the C1 . ded direction to staff tO peart of the City he planning
2008. They prowl ect to the H matrix °f t
u date with resp ions; 3) Create a d will be taking
General Plan p . on recommendat acing this information an
Coi~nmissi Staff ~s prep
planning endations.
Commission recomm .Dec 16, 2008'
the item to C°unci
Items " Cerem°ny ti'as held on
Miscellaneous Off the cerem°ny
ootbrid e: The ,~T°ppi og the bridge followed
ue pic cle F orted tours ails, public Works Director,
1 Ma Aven 2008, Esc u
November 20, ~ attendanCe• Ralph ~2 s ring 2009•
Thursday' tee 50 pennons were in ublic in early p
Approxima y e would be open t° the p in is being installed
estimated the bridg stallation: Trail surf acre Corridor Phase
date - Trail In ct s y a non-
, Conxidor U arm. as part of the Stev e~ro~e pecif
2, Stevens Cxeek Blackberry F ents for th p
ironmental docum eats also promote
anch and
at McClellan ~ work. The env The docum
' on e for the trail. ith the site s Iocat1On in a
1B constructs all-weather surfac atible w
oleum based, o f materials that are comp
petr • n ,and use The material is
envious pawl g ' al mix of porous concrete.
p eci finer than the usual 3 / 8 ,
flood plain. e ate size ss f clists,
ein constructed with lsp he aggr g and level for cy n
end with the n-ative soi that is firm
The trail is b g _ cessible, and an excelle
olored tO bl m and attractive sunfacull A,DA ac
c envious, f y
roviding a more uiv.fors It is fully p amore rust
p d stn oiler It has
wheelchairs an aintenanCe• -~,vill rov~
_ ather material. and requires little mhe design g°als and p
all we lasting Bets all
aterials, it m for a variety °f users.
pervious concrete is ~ Sgrface m ' 'n
a earanCe than mos nd surface that is invstl g oval attended
pp stable, year rou Sand
a safe, Cre Casteel and D°lly is that was hosted ~
g ent redden
• 'th villa Serra Residen~la Serra apartm e residents of what stet
3 Meetxn w1 ovember 13~ with Vi sz,form th ent comp
tin on N es hear concerns and ~ e villa Serra Apaxtm artmE
mee g issu acts at th Grove ap
prOZnetheus to review 388 unit Villa Serra/ t.
ini~ze construction imp
being taken tO m 116 units to the existing Road and Franco Lour
Villa Serra is addin-g~~ Road be~^'een Stelh g
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CUPEI~?WO
City of Cupe~o
10300 T o CA 9301:4
Cupertu~ , 777-3251
(408)
pAX (40g) 777-3333
Development Dep~tment
comma-~'
MNiA~Y
~~ ber 2 2008
Agenda Date: Decem
Agenda Item No. ---
ication: SpA-2008-01
1
App ' nt; City of Cupertino ecific flan to reflect the change
A.ppl1ca .
• U date the Heart of the Clty p
Application Snmma~'' eral Plan•
adopted in the 2005 Gen
MMENDATIO~~ he changes recommended
RECO o bons: with t
it Council has the followin o phe City Specific Plan
Cy
1 Adopt the draft Heart ~ Plan (abbreviated version as
Commissio tl~e City Conceptual
by the Plann~gft I-ieart of
2_ Adopt the dra
re nested by Clty Council)
q ecific Plan be
. that the Heart of the City Sp• cal revisions
$ the City Co~cll directe ram, to incorporate teclul1ted Planni?~-g
g ACKGROU~D'
In February of 200 , 2009 work grog ~e Connell dlrec
'fled, as part of lts 2008/ he 2005 General Plan. cit.
mods es made tot recommendations to the Coun
reflecting the Chang lan and forward its e
ular meetings on jun
Co~nission to r~V1ew the p ecific Plan at its reg Co~r,ission
e tember 23r~, the planning royal of the
the draft Heart of the Cltyn S d a
After revxewmgh and at a study session o p 2008, to recornmen Pp
10~, August 26 eda absent), on Oct°ber 14,
voted 4-0 (Con1m• Kan ~ .
• draft Specific Plan with changeS• d directed staff to:
October 21, 2008 an ecific Plan
cil heard the item on ment of the Heart of the Sp draft resented
~.e City Cow rief history °n the develop
a b n's recommendations u1 the
prov~.de a Commissio
Incorporate the pla~~~ endix A) ' a e from the Specific Plan
on October 21, 2008 CAPp
' n of the draft to remove langu
pre are a second vers1O ral Plan (Appendvc B)
• p Gene five requirements -fox sideyar
that is already m the reSCr1
iZ1 the draft for more p p
Propose language
Setbacks
01 ecific Ply update
~e City sP
development
aide .future 85 and
ISSI~N' ~ do ted ~ 195 to between Hlghwaoal of the
was a p enerally d overall g
lan
~~ e City Specific P Creek Corridor ghe purpose an It identity and tO
.eart of th ent of the StevensnCe -~Xpressway and ca-mmun y
~de~elop~~n. -Lawre lace
•t limits neax neater sense °~ P ~ laCe•
.stern CL yea is t° create a g elusive gathering, p
tlz1s ar eStrian in e City Specific Plan.
fax as a ped
this axea _ e °f the Heaxt oft was
p levand • the
'1Q Creek you
e historical timelln r Stevens itions f°1
following is th Plan fo cart
teal ,Zone-rag standards aztd
The C°nCep desi~'-
1983 ted coxttanvng ~ one .
~. adop rrtent Z was develo ed•` a landscaped
y Pled -pevelo the Ctt
of the Heart of Idea of "-~a~kurbl DeSig~~ Charette
e con
ss ~ Ce ette was held. ~e ixtcepted• ~e e oaks ~De Asiza
X93 ~P Proce DeStgn Char _ was at th park
boulevard activity on
ben 1993 able tin retail -td the Vallco Fashl nCed ;~
,~ovem. walk a g axea a~ are xefere
em hasized aggxt ~ ~Crossxoads - e three nodes
p
City Cen Thes
College u ext~o Square)• ecificPlan• nd Urban Design
n°w C p of the,Clt S deSl~`
area ~ t Heart a Streetscape a d
etscape concept an
• the Curren and $ottom-ley,
`~-~utg stye
Freedman, prepared the General Flan
1894 Consu c ,
ltan y e S ecific Plan• based °n the -ublic
Februar'Y lines for th ulate~ coon with p
utde were fora' ~ conj and Cit Council.
e land use policies the City,
~ d to the Heart of , n Commission Ci C°mtcil.
4 - Sep'' 95 olicies relate om plannl ado ted b relate
J an. 9 p ~ and direction ~ was. ecifically
in u e Cit S ecific pia S ecific Plan- sp ents ar
~e Heart °f th to the p he1ght requlrem
des
er 2,1g~' tu~,cil adopted Chad ea by cY`angin-g cert~
pctob Co Center to allow
March 3,197 to the City ecific Plan lan
the p a
the Sp .homes within
office allocatio ed changes tO
t 11
Co~,,cil ad°p S~gle f am y
with ex1St~g ale fantil homes. ~ order to prof
ernes
ember 1997 prop evelo ed as sm to the Specific Plaficult tO mere tc
Dec to be red o ted changes S when it is dlf
Co~cil ad p situation exce tiara.
flexibility ~'- film for an lfiC Plan with regd.
July 1~9 deStgn rat Standards b the Spec axea•
develo n1e ed changes to the Cit Center
ad° t densit within
Comcll eSidential
ZppO is and e 2005 General Flan lan Conform-ance•
lone hel ~ it ado ted th uxe General P
Counc Staff ens
ovember 205 _ Co-un.cil directed
~ Zp07
pctober
Present
specific plan Update. plane-~-g
City mcorpoxate thenexal plan
dated to includes the ~e
T. .has been up e draft ~ Commission.
p ATE~D D~ an ~E~bit A~ c° m-mellts . ~' ond:~ g I'lann ~
t Specific Pl endations and d the coxxesp
xecomm the change an d xesponse.
,lions ce for co.~, lent ~ pare an
xef exen d ~ ox staff • rected staf f tO p an that is
aendation an ~o~ncil dl S eciflc ~'
cal -~1eetin$r . an cage m the p
T' ~ all l g
vIA'~ED D~ 200$ City' Coe 1m-:~ati-n.~, dents to
e October 21- Plan by over
draft of the vides for local ~ State law
:viated lan-• t Code pxo t-he General -flan.
-he General P txibutionr locatio d
dy ~ t is Gover.~.en lementation of s tl~.e dls zdards an
oxn a
tic such d star ort Bald
540 of the Cah 11e systema lm eciflc plan the plan an su p
ion .64 cific plan-s f°x t, ements fox a sp xea covered by e requ~ed tO a ~:~.ancino
Saxe spe un1 xequlr ithin the a frastxuct on axes an
.rn~im d w -meal .
~blishes of lan will prOCeed' ~ ernentatl
the -uses azn °f imp
~ eXtent of ent ~,
.v,~lv-ch deVel°pma pxogx des t-he .minim
~teria by and fhlally, he above, lonbex inclu be xefexenCea
~velOpment ed to do all of t ntial1y ,and no °t legally staf
ores need ed substa iflc plan, it cannl plan. Thexefoxe,
teas abbreviat fox a specxne a C°nceptua
S eciflc flan is ed by state law Dula beco See -~Xhibit B~'
:f the meets establish ad, the plan w foal plan ~
plan• htste
require lan- as a Coxtcep and setbacks r
as a Specific viated p ~ n cage for sidey des
abbxe SETBACKS:
beled the EYAXZD five lag Opg, to allow f °r ~x
la , 2
has -NGUAGE FoR 51.E ~.Cil, prescxip ~ovembex 19 . e azd setback lan ex~
~.ES~RIPT~`~LAz of the Clty Co an draft dated rescxiptive sld n abbreviated
P ex, the dixeCtlol foal I'1 e dal pia
I' ~ the C°ncep ha ed lots• ~ e Concep
een added In xow and °da s page `~ °n th
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~.ic Plan with plax~u~~ -
p,.ttach~ent ft ~-eart of the City Spec
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C°ncep lan
comments t of the City COncep~~1 P
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S wake uP the abutment;
Z~i~elve, 3-ft-diameter, Sand pile caP• ~ dsca in
E" ~~~~ concrete foots~.g } 2 acres of native fan P
~,~~-r;EE~G-~ iles,~th dearly lenient the bridg
~_' ~D ~EG~'a~`'• p coon comp
Q11~.ft V~~•~~ ~~~ and Auer faundauons- reconst~ trails. `I`he tot
~E TERtJ`iS "tNN ~,t~~OEt~t ~~ develop- fete ~ntb souArlj;all ~~~ and pedestrian diree~
t~~~ ~~~-~ ~ com i and soft' comg of lighted bid ~ on going
$E~~~ ~SC~ aions role in ~ e in ~~ ~~' 040 ft ~ rri~ i~,nth X9.47 ~i
a m the rem tie and footbndg Bi- as. does 2 a an,
' referring avenue d et is S1~-• ete, but t~s
T}'pi 1 to a new b ~ ~
m~ ~eY noa' also app y. ,the steel Mary ~ Lnter- royect g
o en m early e crossing Po bridge const~cn°n..~ geed tend, cone ~ such, ~
~~` desi th
Scheduled to P bridg ector ,-~ebridge ~~~as or y launedbudb
e is the first cabled-stay 1G.3-ft: monde cosiii Stantially over the P a study to develop abut
c}Tclc Footbridg The 540-ft-long by onal bike route si bid out sue'' cted a value eng-neeru'g Lbe py'
California a in a red za ~ team condo ncluded that ol'angilxg
state in a and closes a g' P ch as g le~ h- s'~ ati~es and w e best option for n
sans r-280 ~ Cupert~i Vibes to ~n,ork centers n multip ive to astern d seismic Perforrr~a
respons al steel vas th
ban cones ah School, ~~plete ~i%~th a
Dining bur -Ht~mestead ~ wale. anal superstructure to sb"uc in sii er
1 College Sway ~ {t wide including Speed of erection an
ple reasons c erformance, the reducaan P
force
C~mmcuiitY anies ~ Cupertino and c,~e and a 13.5- lateral
nology camp beam superstru locked coil-stag «~ terms of seisms P lam. e reduction a ~G~ral ~~
~uCt,1ra1 steel girder-and it is supported by `~ a clear span °f tyre and Pylon mass leads to g -red Zob-~ "In the
tine] decl~, 4 ft steel tot~iers, ~~' dadons size;' sa}~'s rB Corporation.
precast concrete P om tu'o 9 - s TheLe ~~ therefore four e's desi~'eT'
cables, ~s~euded fr d ad'acent re~ between die 1~,~ith the bridg
,~ 5 ~ o~,~ the eight-lane Inters e ~r~ et split ej' Y ~~ casasrc~ueT!
3 of steel in p~cEtnsER Zoos nt-aaE~N ~
z40 tons su erstxu~re rolled sections'
rouges (W shapes} and , P
towers