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PC 10-22-84e CITY OF CUPER'l'INO, S~~ATE OF CALIFORNIA 10300 Torre Avenue,CupP.rtino,Ca.95014. Telephone: (408) 252-4505 MINUTES OF 'l'.HE REGULAR MEE'l'ING OF THE PI.ANNING COMMISSION,, HE!.D ON OCTOBEH 22, 1984 SALUTE TO THE FLAG . I ROLL CALI, Commissioners P~e.se:at: Corm•~:lMaokenz1e Ccm;, Adams Com. Sorensen Com. Szabo C:hr. Claudy Staff Present: Assistant Planning Director Cowan Public Works Director Viskovitch APPROVAL OF MINUTES MOTION: Cm:;. Adams, to approve the Minutes of the Regular Adjourned Meeting of October l, 1984 SECOND: Com. Mackenzie VOTE: Passed 5-0 MO'fION: Com. Adams, to approve the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of October 8, !984 SECOND: Com. Sorensen VOTE: Passed POSTPONEMENTS OR NEW AGENDA ITEMS WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS 5-0 A letter 'ft•ota.'St"flnJrey R. Seiler, .Tr., regarding Item #3. ORAL CO~MUNICATIONS CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS REMOVED FRO~ CONSENT CALENDAR PUBLIC HEAIUNG.S: 1. Arplication 17-U-8l! of NORr::AN :; , HULDEHG AND KENNE'J:H ~. GILBEAU: USE PERMIT to co11struct a 5,280 sq. ft,, two-story offipe buildin~ and ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW; 'l'he Environ.::ental Heview Comr:ii t tee recommends the ::: eranting or a Necntive Declaration. The subject property is locatec..'. on the southe<!.st corner of' Stevens Creek Boulevard and UrnnGe Avenue in the Monta Vista commer-c ia1 area 1:-; a P (Planned Development with neighborhood commerc ia.l, 11t.:l: t :tnclust:rial ar.d residential intent) ~~on:!.ng district. FirBt Hearine; continued. 'l'entative C1ty Council hearine date -November 5, 1984. .; PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES~ OCTOBER 22, 1984 Aasistant Planning Directer Cowan deso~ibed the view graph and nite plan, noting that the project was consistent with the Oeneral Elan and the design plan for the Monta Vista area. He drew attention to the bus turnout question, shating that because of the lowered projection of trattic in the area, Starr felt 1t unnec~ssa~y, especially since it would detract from the flavor or a traditional downtown, and therefore · Starr suggestt~d that the Commissj.on forward a recomt11endatiou to City Council to delete it, he a.a~.ct. He also commented tl~.1 1 ': thf:' concept had been to build a strong traditional center in ~he area, but with the advent of FAR* it was more advanta-eeous for developers to bu1:d out fully in office space, not commercial, and Ste.ff suggested that the Com.11iasion might comdder a General Plan .Amendment to require some purely commercial space to be built 1n the Monta Vista area. In this case, there could maybe be one shop :!.n the future, he advised. There was a Commission and Staff discussion on ~he number and situation of bus stops it1 the Monta Vista area and the future width cf ~tevens Creek Boulevard through Manta Vista. Public Works Dir~ct~r Viskoviiah advised th~t Stevens Creek Boulevard through Monta Vista would not be a major thorough-fare, and that a parking lane where buses could s~op could be provided. He confirmed that if Stevens Creek Boulevard in. that area was widened to tour lanes in the future, a bike Jane could still remain that could be shared as a bus stop. 'l'he FAR* policy for commercial and office use wan discuc;sed in relation to the Monta Vista area, and Staff advised that a slight increase in FAR* was allowed in the area because it was transitional. Norm Hulbere;, the applicant, confi:::'lned that the .first floor was convertable to retail use and pointed out that parking was adequate for such, Com. Szabo wondered how the deletion of the bus turnout would affect the applicant's plans. f.lr. Hulberc said that th:: elimination of the bus turnout would obviate a meaningless strip of landscaping, otherwise the plans would change only slightly. Com. Claudy enquired how the space remaining between the curb and building would be treated. Mr. Hulber~ explained tnat there would not be much space, and that a covered pedestrian walkway, creatine a downtown appear-ance and atmosphere, would be next to the building, and there would probably be some low-Growinc shr~ba, in addition to street treen. *FAR -Floor Area Ratio '' PLANNING COMMISSION Ml:NUTES, OCTOBEF( 22, 1984 . ··.,,,,, Com. Claudy called for public input on the t:hought of requiring conunt1rc:Lal space to be designed into Mon ta Vista office buildings• even if such could· not be presently rented. There was no audience responsa. Ann Anger, President of the Monta Vista lmprove~et1t Association, wanted to see the bus turnout deleted, sf.',ce the area waa not large enough to warrant it, eliminating b concrete and aaphalt expanse. MOTION1 Cam. Adams, to close the Public Hearing S~COND1 Com. Szabo VOTE1 l'assed 5-0 Com. Adams felt that deleting the bus turnout could be hazardous for eastbound traffic attempting to pass bus stopped for picking up passenge.ra. Public Works Director Viskovitch pointed out that busses would not have to remain in the travel lane at the bus stop. Assistant Planning Direcl"or Cowan confirmed that orw opt.Lon was to keep the right of way opnn and not build the turnout now, but staff did not recommend it, he said. Com. MackenzJ.e was concerned about the building being 8 ft. from the sidewalk. Assistant Pla.nnirig Director Cowan explained the covered arcade concept, and pointed out that a two-story building with a 5 ft. sidewalk that had benn bu:i.lt to the north of this was very confining and uncomforta!'IJ.e; also, this c!esi &n gave a traditional downtown feeling, he said. Com. Claudy suggested w~.denlr.g the sidewalk by having the greenery at the curb, provided t:he l.us turnout was eliminated. Corns. Szabo and Sorensen were also in favor of eliminating the bus turnout, but Com. ~orensen thought, the second bu il9ing needed to be redesigned. Com. Claudy agre~d that approaching from an easterly direction· the second building was hidden and some. of the downtown feeling would be lost, but did not want the applicant to have to go back and redesign, since the building conformed to their requirements. MOTION: Com. Adams,. to accept the Negative Declaration of the E11vironmental Review Committee. SECOND: Com. Mack<?nzi.e VOTE: Passed MOTION: Com. Adams, to approve Application 17-U-8L1, subject to Standard Conditions 1-15; Conditions 16; 17; 18; 19; 20; 21; Condition 22 modified to indicate Page PC-452 Page 4 e PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES 1 OCTOBER 22, 1984 elimination ot.' the bus turnout and requ:t:i:•1ng that the applicant pull the building f orwar1 aa far as possible, with .t"iuaJ. design approval to rest with Staff; Condition 23; Condition 24;baaed upon the findings of the Starr Report and suboon-clusions of the Hearing. SECOND: Com. Mackenzie VOTE: Passed 5-0 M0'11 ION: Com. Adams, to send a. MINUTE OHDER to City Council, recommending that the bus turnout requirement for this piece of prope~py be abandoned. SECOND: Com. Sza1bo . VOTE: Passed 5-0 There was a Commis:::ion discuss.ton to poosibly allow commercial use were built out at full intensity, not otherwise be allowed. regarding holding a Hearing 1n office buildings that · where commercial uses would GAP IN TAPE, TECIINICAL DIFFICULTIES, RECORDING SBCRE~ARY NOT PRESENT. 2. CITY OF CU?ERTINO; PUBLIC HEARING to consider an amend-ment to the CG (General Co:rJ!iercia.1) zoning district. First Hearing continued. Tentative City Council hearing date -November 5, 1984. Assistant Planning Director Cowan reviewed the changes in the draft Ordinance since the last Meetinc, and said that of the two approaches disc~ssed at that time, i.e.~ performance related and prescriptive, Staff preferred the prescriptive approach, since each aase-was so dirferent. He passed out an analysis of the business license records for various types of activities proposed for control, pointing out there were a significant number of restaurants and just a sprinkling of the other types of uses discussed. He noted that approximately 5,000 business licenses were involved, and that if the Com-mission were to get involved in an amendment to thP. Non-conform-ing Use Ordinance, this number of businesses would have tb file for Use Permits. learn. Claudy thought thht becau3e the Corin:iission would prefer that present.. of the nature of the Hearing, City Attorney Kilian be Assistant Planning Director Cowan conO.r:ned that there was no present e~erge~cy, but said that he would appreciate any strone ideas the Cotr:rn:tssion m.ie;ht have. Con. Mackenzie saw some overlap between Sections 5 and S, and sur::;c;estine; add.inf; to ~·;ect1on 5 "if not linted in Section 6 11 • Com. Adams drew attention to Se~tion 8:1 on automotive service, and wondered how' Staff would treat the typ~ of servicing present at Se<U'S 1 for example. i:'LANNlNG COMMISSIOU M'INU'l'ES, OCTOBER 22, 1984 There was a discussion on whether such ~ere major and also whether to allow tirA repair shops, eta. Darlene Thorne, Cupe~t:tno Chamber oi' Commerce asked wh1'ther the businL:-.sea affected had been identified and notified. Assistant Planning Director Cowan advised that there had been a legal notice in the ~rtino po~rie: and a section in the Cupertino Scene, but t at it was impractical to notify all concerned ina!v1duc11y. Ms. Thorne poin~ed out that businesses did not necessarily receive the Co~rier or the Scene, and that since the Item was to be continued, maybe all affEic"ted COUld be notified• Com. Adams sueeested that the Chamber of Commerce could make calls to their memberB. Com. Mackenzie determined with Staff that if the Non-Conformin Use Ordinance was not changed, existing businesses would not have to file for a Use Permit. ;vtOTION: SECOND: VOTE: Com. Adams~ to continue Item 2 until the Meeting of November 26, 1984. Corr.. Mackenzie Passed 5-0 3. Ap~lication 18-U-84 of CUrERTINO CITY CENTER ASSOCIATES (PROMETHEUS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY): USE PERMIT to construct a 140,000 sq. ft. four-story office building, a five to eight storf ~es!dential/parking garage st~ucture and temporary at=grade parking~ The residertt1al/park1ng garage structure consists of 104+-residential units, and 1,300+-vehicle parking opaces. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW: The Environr:1ental Review Cc:nmr.ittee I'ecam.i;~ends the gran-. ting of a Negative Declaration. The subject property is located in the Town Center Planning Area at the south-east quadrant of Stevens Creek Boulevard and De Anza Boulevard approxiQately 320 ft. south of Stevens treek Boulevard and l]'.00 ft. east of South De Anza Boulevard in a P (Planned Development with Eesidential,,. Commer-cial, Office, Industrial and Hotel intent) zoning 11str1ct. F:i.x•st iiearin1~. Tentative C:1.ty Council hearine; date November 5, 1984. Assistant Planning Director Cownn, giving the Staff Report~ pointed out that the first decision would be the architecture and site planning and the second involved designing a nie~h­borhood traffic protection plan. There were some subtle changes fro~ the approved Xaster Flan, he s~id, but advised that it should be kept in mind that the concept of a Planned Development wa~ for a more definitive plan in the second stage. Jn the plan for the parkine structure, the concept of commercial at the first level had been deleted, he advised, and a second change involved the expanse of open space leading to the proposed amphitheater, which had been p1.nched down to PC-452. Paee 6 e PLANNING COMMISZION MINUTES.11 OCTOBER 22, 198lJ a certain extent. Approximately 2.5 acres was to be utilized as temporary parking tor as much as f:1.ve yea.rs durin.e; conat ... ruction, he advised. Com. Claudy was assured t-i1at only the cos.:mercial in the parking structure had be~n eliminatedt Assistant Planning Director Co\'ran r•eviewed the changes in the Site Plan, which meant the amphitheater space would be more directly oriented to ~he r~a1dential communityp he said. Discussing fire safety, he advised that he had met with the applicant and the Central Fire District earlier in the day, and th~the Central Fire District had felt the proposed configuration was workable, subJect to some extraordinary equipment to be placed in the structure, and naybe some special plantines; also, turf block had been installed in the architect's plan for emergency vehicle access. On the parking :ts sue, he con.firmed that th par.Icing structure ras more.• than adequate to meet the parking needs, and that the ap,licant was :requestine; 10% tander:i parkinr; and a shared use concept, which Stai'f was comfortable w.:1.th. CornmHntir11;; on the BMH* program, Staff felt because 0£ the complexities here, the City's BMR* Subcommittee should ner.;otiate and submit their recommendations to City Cou~a~ii~ he said. Mark Kroll, representing Cupertino City Center Associates, described the project and said they were most proud of the residential units, and it would be a challenge to make them work as rental housing. Addressing the neighborhood traffic mitigation plan, he said that considerable time had been spent, and he thought they had come up with a palateable so:ution. W1111am Valentine, HOK, Architects, advised that the:.;·· · dimensions were slightly changed, but tha the concept was exactly the same. He explained that the ?lan was still to have the same amount of retail, but to put it together more, and have 1t all at ground level. He described the concepts for the future hotel area. * GAP n: 'l'APE, 'rECHNICA:::, DIFFICULTIES' HECOHDING SECRETAH'Y NO'l1 PHESE~l'l'. Maurice O'Shea, 20367 Clay Street, Cupertino, listed traffic problems caused by co:mnuters dr±vine through the neighborhood at high speeds and trying to find routes through. He also mentioned the new rieht turn on Bollinger/De Anza intersection, saving_ that nobody wanted to use it and so were winding thrJ~gh the neighborhood. · Bob Shakely, 20061 Suisun Drive, sa1d there was a grid-lock of traffic eve"'y peak hc.ur .. and he was amazed at 'che apparent lack of traffic projection and analysis. * mm -Below l»;arlcet Er.ttf' ** See last page ·~ ' PLANNING COMMISSION M:rNU'VES, OCTOBER 22, 1984 Public Works Director V13kov1toh gave the history of trattio analyses in the Oi·cy and stated that the material wat1 available ror public ~orut1nyy Com. Claudy expla..1ned to Mr. Shakely that the ConunitHJ1on and Sta!f had been working on traffic analyses and plans for approximately f!ve years~ and had only approved about half the space developers wanted to build because or traffio issues. He explained the construction tax tor traflio impYovement, and ~e mentioned the possible solution or closing area streets to keep traffic out. Alan Brink~r, 20202 Rodrigues, as a builder was in favor of growth and development, but this project bothered him, since the area was r•ppidly becoming more impacted by trart·10 tryin to get through from the Wolfe Road area. Cars were starting to come up on the graes, he said, but as they did not belong to the neighborhood, i1rive~s were not concerned" The area was not safe. Toin~. Hoege1';. 20173: Somerset .. Drive.,! s4ggea'bed·:the. ·pl::?oj'ect: be shelved~until H1ghwdy 85 was completed, and then a single story project could be considered. He suggested a design for the De Anza/Bollinger intersect~on, to eliminate traffic back-up, and also suggested partial closure and turn ~estrid tions on Torre. Com. Claudy asked Mr. Damon, Barton Aschmnn, if he ha~ a minimal impact suggestion for the neighborhood. Mr. Da.mon s9.id that Barton Aschman' a f'eeline. t1as that peak-hour signing would be a minimal :t.mpact and the best way. Mx• .. Jack Wedgwood, 20137' I.as Ondas Way (a previous speaker) said the neighbors appreciated the Planning Commi:::sion's difficulties and just wanted che1r rrustratione heard. They realized so~e sort ~r development had to take place., but had problems with the prpposed so:utions to present and future traffic. The difficulties with tonight's solutions were in enforcement~ he felt. GAP IN TAPE :;::{!;~\'>·· ·· pc.:.452 Page 7 Public Works Director Vis.Kovitch cm!llllenting on the Bollinger De Anza intersection, said it was a major improvement to De Anza Boulevard, and was a multi-jurisdictonal project, based on the latest standards. A major eoal l~Ls to make De Anza Boulevard .flow, he said, b€·cause that wc·.tlcl divert the ti~afffc from residential streets. He advised that in the last few r:Jontha more tra:!'fic hnd been diverted t(. De Anza and yet 1 t flowed better. PC-452 Page 8 -PLANNING COM!'1IS~ION MINUTES~ ,OCTOBER 22 1 1984 Mr. Kroll pointAd out that Prometheus had been part1c1-pa.tlng in the area for the past five-yiaa.ra and kn.ew the traffic problema. He felt they haj tried to m1t1gabe th~. traffic, and pointed out the~ the development and the trade- oft of impro'tremer1t a to be ma.tie by the development,. had both heen explored in General Plan Hearings. Eleanor Werner~ 20076 La Roda, a realto~,. offered to chair a neighborhood negotiating committee it necessary. MOTION: Com. Adams, to cont1nu~ the He~1·ine; on Application 18-U-84 until October 24~ 1984 at 7:30 p.m. SECOND: Com. Szabo VOTE: Passed 5-0 Adj ourmnent: approximately 11:30 pmm. AT'l'EST I APPROVED: .:/10 ... J'ohn Claudy ·7<:.: Chairperson t*Mernbers of the public who spoke 0 unrecordea;on It~m 3:- 1 Tony Scottp 20230 John Drive, Cupe~tino Darlene Thorne, 20097 John Drive, Cupertino Tim Sullivan, 20392 Silverado D~ive, Cupertino Milton DeBuhn, 10609 Farallone Drive, Cupertino s. Gonzae, 10535 s. Blaney Avenue, Cupertino Scott Cowing, 10786 s. Blaney, Cupertino R. Smith, 20260 Pacifica Drive~ Cupertino