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CITY OF CUPERTINO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
l0300 Torre Avenue, Cupertino, CA 95014
Telephone (408) 252-4505
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OF THE JUNE l8, 1979 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETIN~
HELD IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM AT CITY HALL, I
CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA
SALUTE TO THE FLAG
CALL TO ORDER by Vice Ch. Koenitzer at 8:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Present: Vice Ch. Koenitzer
Commissioners Claudy, Blaine,
& Adams
Absent:
STAFF PRESENT
Assistant Planning Director Cowan
Associate Planner Steve Piasecki
City Attorney Kilian
Assistant City Attorney Akins
POSTPONEMENT/NEW AGENDA ITEMS
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
AGENDA ITEMS/PUBLIC HEARING
ITEM #1, Application 3-TM-79 of STATE MUTUAL SAVINGS &
LOAN ASSOCIATION: Tentative map to subdivide approxi-
mately two acres into 23 parcels consisting of 20 town-
house parcels, one condominium parcel, one common area
parcel and one parcel equaling approximately .8 of an
acre to accomodate an office building and, ENVIRONMENTAL
REVIEW: The project was previously assessed hence no
action is required. Planning Commission recommendation
will be heard by City Council on June 19, 1979.
Vice Ch. Koenitzer asked Associate Planner Piasecki to
review for the Commission members.
Associate Planner Piasecki exhibited the map showing the
area and stated that the only extraordinary Condition wa
#16, the proposed resolution for below market price rate
program, as covered in the Staff Report; the application
before them representing the culmination of Zoning mat-
ters, Use Permit, and Architectural Review.
CONSENSUS RULED There being no discussion of Item #1 by
Commission members, and no comments fro~
interested parties, Vice Ch. Koenitzer
asked for a Motion.
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MOTION
Com. Blaine moved for approval of 3-TM-79
with the Standard #1 to #14 Conditions;
Conditions #15 and #16 in accordance with
the Staff Reports and the findings and con-
clusions of the Staff Report.
Second: Com. Claudy
VOTE:
Absent:
Unanimous
Ch. Gatto
AGENDA ITEM #2 CITY OF CUPERTINO: Public Hearing to
consider the adoption of a Comprehensive General Plan
for the City of Cupertino's Sphere of Influence includ-
int territory involved in the proposed San Jose Boundary
Transfer. Said ?lan shall include the following elements:
Land Use, Housing, Open Space/Conservation, Seismic Safety,
Public Savety, Noise, Circulation and Scenic Highways,
and ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW: The Environmental Review Com-
mittee recommends the granting of a Negative Declaration.
Continued Public Hearing,
Vice Ch. Koenitzer asked Assistant Planning Director
Cowan to introduce the 1st Draft of the Comprehensive
Plan for the City of Cupertino.
Assistant Planning Director Cowan pointed out that the
1st Draft represented a lot of work completed by the
Planning Commission over six to eight month's time, and
he said the Plan was now ready in a package for the Com-
mission and the City Council to use as a tool for sys-
I tematically evaluating decisions on an application by
I application basis as a means of assessing capital improve-
ment programs for the City. He advised the Commission
,. that this 1st Draft (hurriedly put together to meet dead-
lines) was being presented with the understanding that a
Final Draft would be forthcoming. He reminded the members
that numbers will change, the City's philosophy will re-
flect change, and relationships of one project to another
¡would change. He said the column to the right of each
page would be annotated (in the Final Draft) to indicate
¡relationships between various sections. He assured the
. Commission that cross-referencing would also be added.
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¡Vice Ch. Koenitzer suggested that as a format for the
review of the assembled 1st Draft that they go through
it section by section, making comments, s~ggestions, and
such changes and additions as necessary. After each
section, he said the public would be asked if they wished
I to comment.
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¡Assistant Planning Director Cowan said he wished to call
the Commission's attention to Page 1-6 and the very impor-
Itant Key Assumptions upon which the 1st Draft was based.
IHe said the Staff felt it was important for those assumptions
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to be stated. He explained that demographi~ infor-
mat~on~ economic assumptions. figures for computations
within the sections of the Plan would change from yea
to year, and much updating vould be required from
year to year, the review taking place in October, and
the re-evaluation resulting in total updating of the
General Plan. In addition to the items mentioned abov ,
which would reflect changes, he said he wished to re-
mind the Commissioners that closings of schools, in-
ability to continue support of present parks and/or
additional parks, and continued acquisition through
annexation, and restri~tions/projections of Propositio
#13 would require concentrated investigation and reso
lution in the future. Although these were only a fev
areas of future interest, he said he mentioned them to
give the Commission a feel for the on-going General
Plan.
Vice Ch. Koenitzer suggested going through the 1st
Draft, permitting the publi~ to provide comment after
the ~ompletion of each section.
GENERAL PLAN, SECTION 1
LAND USE/COMMUNITY CHARACTER
Page l-6, Com. Blaine suggested a statement on housing
needs trending dovn (residents/household), but trendin~
upward in need for housing units (units/thousand of !
population).
Page 1-7, Com. Blaine asked if footnotes could be put
in to identify single family areas on pages 1-6 and
1-7.
Page 1-7, Com. Adams suggested the same footnoting be
used in identifying industrial/~ommercial areas, the
residential areas often being adjacent to them. He
felt this would be helpful in locating jobs near
housing.
Page 1-8, Vice Ch. Koenitzer referred to Section 7-7.
Two assumptions were included in Se~tion 7 but did not
seem to be in Section 1 vith Key Assumptions. He sug-
gested adding them before Lif.estyle Trends in Section
Vice Ch. Koenitzer commented on reduction of figures
in tables and maps to the point of their being unread-
able. He hoped that a different method or system
~ould be used on the Final Draft of the General Plan.
Com. Blaine asked for a review of previous decisions
on land use in six or seven key areas. Or, she said,
some distinquishing footnote could be in~orporated in-
to the 1st Draft Revision.
The Commissioners had a general discussion of various
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area densities, traffic problems, impacts of various
ingress and egress routes into developed or developing
areas, the State plans for extension of West Valley
J:reeway (which included reference to many of ··the prob-
lems of access, noise, and elevations of the route);
and several specific properties affected within the
areas.
Assistant Planning Director Cowan pointed out that the
discussion was covering areas they had already reviewed
and visited on their Field Trip.(s).
Vice Ch. Koenitzer invited the public to speak to the
Section 1 of the 1st Draft of the City of Cupertino
General Plan.
PUBLIC HEARING
Mr. Kenneth Lee, 2845 Moorpark Avenue, Suite 208, San
Jose, said that he believed that Area F-2 should be
allowed to develop to higher density because of the
physical shape of the lot (400 ft. length & 145 ft.
width) being a considerable design problem for single
family or cluster homes. He recommended about twenty
to thirty-five units would be consistent with the neigh-
borhood. Single family homes would leave a long narrow
strip, would necessitate narrow streets, and would be
placed close enough to the West Valley Freeway Extension,
that meeting the 1975 Noise Standard might be impossible.
Equity of ownership would change with annexation and
that would make it economically unfeasible in today's
market, he said. Mr. Lee advised the Commission that
he had acquired a Site Development Permit from San
Jose fifteen months previously, but that he had not
started construction due to legal problems in acquiring
the land. A map Mr. Lee mounted on the wall showed
the density of the development he proposed to construct;
and, he said, he was certain it would be pleasing to
t~e City. Thanking the Commission for hearing him out,
he asked for their consideration.
Associate Planner Piasecki asked if the plan was act-
ually approved and a Permit issued by the City of San
¡Jose. Mr. Lee said that it was issued in December of
j1978. He pointed out that the architect's design for
fifty-eight units was sound. He gave the Commissio~ers
the specifics of the problems preventing constructiou
to commence.
City Attorney Kilian, when asked about the legal aspects
of the situation, responded that Mr. Lee would have a
vested interest and rights if he held a Building Permit
and substantial construction had commenced -- provided
the Permit had been taken out prior to July 2nd. Com.
Blaine was advised that vested interest would accrue
only to the Bui.ldi.ng Permi.t.
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Com. Claudy asked Mr. Lee if he was talking about Lot
F. Mr. Lee said that Lot F had been deve1oped, and
his concern was with lots and , which were
pointed out on the map exhibited.
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Vice Ch. Koenitzer thanked Mr. Lee for his comments and
for sharing his concerns and problems with the Commissi n.
Com. Adams asked if there could be a consideration for
development other than housing. And, Assistant Plan-
ning Director Cowan pointed out the lack of access; or,
at least, he said, the Route 85 State options on ramps,
elevations, ingress and egress points would keep the
area in question pending firm action by'the State.
Com. Blaine suggested the area could tolerate a higher
density. However, Assistant Planning Director Cowan re
minded her that a tentative decision had been reached 0
the area, which, of course, would be subject to the
City Council review at the June 19th Joint Meeting. He
said 10 to 20 would be fine on F-2, but 5 to 10 should
be retained on the F-l area -- the recommendation of
Staff.
Speaker: (Identified as the Tour Cuide) said that
Poppy-Gardens ide, rather than go through as Ccm. Claudy
had suggested, should go into a cul-de-sac, turning
down Cleo as shown, with a private street.
Vice Ch. Koenitzer reminded them that they were getting
into details, which no doubt were important, but only
tentative in nature until more definitive information
was forthcoming from the State as to routes, traffic
flow, and connect streets. Assistant Planning Director
Cowan concurred and pointed out that although the Plan
had to be fairly precise, the ranges had to be fairly
broad because the Circulation Plan would influence the
final designations.
Com. Claudy commented that it really changed the origin 1
decision by upping the density permitted in F-2, and
it made the street the dividing line between 5 to 10
and 10 to 20.
Assistant Planning Director Cowan asked that they go on
to the remaining area, the G Series. G-l -- a piece of
property about 1 acre adjacent to single family homes
(suggested density of 5 to 10 range) was designed to
be a transition into an area immediately to the east
(with a commercial-residential mix of 10 to 20 unitsl
acre). The Commissioners agreed it was consistent
with decisions for property along Stevens Creek Boule-
vard and the area of Wildflower Drive, west of Sunrise
(with single family designation). A nursery takes up
1 1/2 acres of the site.
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Com. Claudy asked if it could be developed single famil~
with townhouses density at the upper end. It was agree1'
that even at the high end the project could be designed
to avoid privacy intrusion and interface. Lower high-
residential would also be feasible.
Assistant Planning Director Cowan called attention to
the G-3 area on the map -- 3 acres, which he said was i1
process of consolidation. A Mrs. Morrissy, the owner
of a home on one piece of the property, wished to live I
out her natural life there. He advised that work was i
going forward to develop different plans around her I
property with the intent of eventually putting together
a master plan for the parcels. I
Vice Ch. Koenitzer said he could see no reason for I
changing that plan. J
Assistant Planning Director Cowan advised the Commissio
that the completed General Plan would have all the num-j
bers on both residential and commercial land. He ex-
plained that omission of numbers came about, in some I
cases, because they had received no requests for land-
use information; and, in addition, he said there was I
the question of new policy in the Plan and changes on
the Map (in Minor categories), Zoning was not so much I
the problem as Policy. He asked the Commission to com-
ment on the built-in flexibility of the format used in
the plan.
The Commissioners agreed that the map reflected the
areas fairly. As for details, they also agreed that
after adoption of the General Plan, and upon consider-
ation of specific applications, decisions could be ren-
dered that would show the general thrust of their dis-
cussions and feelings.
Vice Ch. Koenitzer requested that they proceed through
the 1st Draft.
Page 2-7, below Section 3, under Strategy, since the
sections are not numbered, it was impossible to deter-
mine the reference in Section 3 of the Element. Com.
Blaine said it was impossible for her to know which one
was mentioned and that it should be clarified; possibly
placing it under Heritage Resources.
Page 2-8, suggest adding the word "encourage" as well a
assist private efforts to restore properties. A re-
view was suggested for evaluation and approval once it
became a part of the Plan.
Page 2-10, the Cupertino sign is on sideways.
Page 2-16, Policy 2-16, Com. Claudy said he thought
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there must be a word left out and
Another sect~on m~ght be added to
business, or..."
it should
expand on
Page 2-17, Policy 2-18, is reference to isolating
neighborhoods or isolating individual developments?
Add "walls" after electronic security. Certainly wall
would be more in demand for security and privacy as
well as for sound problems.
Par. 17, par. 1, under Strategy, do existing housing
groups function as "micro-neighborhoods?" "Drop out
phrase and leave in area re-development.
Com. Blaine suggested that since defensive space con-
cept was shown, she felt that example of conflict con-
cepts should also be depicted. Assistant Planning
Director Cowan explained that the purpose of the ill-
ustration was to show the ideas going away from the
SO's and 60's apartment-house concepts.
Page 2-24, Policy 2-26, Com. Claudy asked if that
really went there, or if it really does mean limited
commercial office space in planned developments within
the foothills. He said he wished to know if that was
the intent. Assistant Planning Director Cowan said
the policy was adopted in conjunction with the Hillsid
Plan because of a feeling on the part of the Council
that the development of the 750-acre Archdiocese
property would create a need for very local services
in commercial use (gas station, fast-shop store, etc.)
Page 2-26, Policy 2-32a, on a point mentioned by
Staff -- Com. Claudy said he thought all swimming pools
had to be fenced, even those in the floodplain.
Page 2-27, under Energy Awareness....some statement
about designing roofs to take advantage of solar heat
source to utilize solar panel installations. Com.
Adams said he thought the point should be addressed
since cities are becoming involved in building orien-
tation and engineering for energy conservation. He
added that possibly it could be added under Energy Con
servation.
Policy 2-30, Com. Blaine recommended a one-sentence
reference to energy mechanisms not unduly intruding
upon or inhibiting roof lines.
Assistant Planning Director Cowan brought up the fact
that the Scenic Highways Element was not expanded. He
explained that in Cupertino the problem was peculiar
to streets and major arteries -- there being no rural
roadways. He continued that on Page 2-30, Policy 2-36
the question of SO-foot landscaping setbacks was pri-
marily applicable to the heart and soul of the City
corridors; and example of which was the Town Center,
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with considerable set backs, but not as deep as noted
in Policy 2-36. This policy is formulated to get away
from too much greenery (as around De Anza, where the
birms isolate the campus from the community), but the
policy provided for a greenbelt feeling as one approached
the city. Also, the policy has the effect of directing
traffic to the urban part of the city. Com. Claudy ob-
served that without the birms at De Anza the view would be
that of a sea of cars.
Policy 2-30, Policy 2-36, Com. Claudy suggested re-
wording for clarity. At least make it clear where the
landscaping would be installed.
Page 2-31, Use Intensity Constraints should cover a
little more than drive-up windows and pass-through
restaurants if only to refer to a section where the sub-
ject is covered more extensively.
Page 34, General Policies should be numbered conse-
cutively. Policy d. would be the next Policy Number
with sub-parts. Under Policy d, it should recognize
that religions are a quasi-public or institutional
use facility.
Assistant Planning Director Cowan said that in that
area of the General Plan there would have to be inserted
some information on possible use of school sites that
would be scheduled for closing -- possible impacts upon
neighborhoods, possible acquisition of the land, and
the necessity of advising prospective purchasers of the
land what the city expected of development.
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I Page 2-35, Policy F, Vice Ch. Koenitzer said he could
I not fathom who could or could not build on his own lots.
Along with Com. Blaine, he agreed that it was legal
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I language. It was agreed that clarification was needed
! in the paragraphs.
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I Associate Planner Piasecki called attention to a plan
I for preservation of the Cali Mills, which would be in-
I cluded at this point in the General Plan, or under
I Historic Preservation.
Page 38, "integrating while separating'·... -- something
might he missing.
Com. Adams asked if sites bordering industrial or com-
mercial areas must remain in the quasi-public use cate-
gory. In some instances, he said, it might be possible
to develop the areas into industrial-commercial uses
without impingement on neighborhoods. Assistant
Planning Director Cowan said that the closings of
schools would introduce a whole new problem to be
dressed.
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SECTION 3, GENERAL PLAN
HOUSING ELEMENT
Vice Ch. Koenitzer asked that the Commissioners go
through the Housing Element quickly noteing areas on
which they wished to register comments, suggests, or
changes.
Page 3-26, Policy 3-15, Com. Blaine said to her it
seemed it should be the ratio of ownership to rental
units -- the ratio that was in effect. Further, she l
said, the whole issue of condominium conversion should
be in keeping with the Ordinances.
Page 3-26, it was noted that the vacancy factor was no
in the Housing Element. Com. Claudy asked if it was a
implementing tool for this particular document. He
pointed out that the 5% didn't seem to make sense any-
more.
Page 3-30, in talking about HCD money, the Commission
wished to know if some kind of information about use 0
of the money outside target areas was going to be put
in the report. Assistant Planning Director Cowan saidl
he would have to talk to Sue Hastings, but it seemed
to him that it dealt with health and safety matters.
Com. Adams, citing ahead to Page 4-10, asked if it
tied together Housing and Circulation having to do
with increased encouragement of higher housing density
to reduce commute time and amount of travel to and
from employment by housing as many people as possible
locally. He said he seemed to be alone in espousing
increasing the industrial base in order that Cùpertino
people could work in their own hometown.
Assistant Planning Director Cowan responded by saying
that industrial-commercial expansion, and even higher
density housing, might not be realistic because job
and business mobility could not be controlled. At
best, he said he thought it might be a trade-off, but
it would lack discipline and control. He added that
it would require inter- and intra-community cooperatio
and coordination on a vast scale. He advised the
Commission that the problem was being attacked in othe
communities by rezoning industrial-commercial property
back to residential -- Palo Alto being an example.
Page 3-21, Policy 3-4, remove "above those" to clarify
density levels above those may be exceeded.
Page 3-17, par. 3, Vice Ch. Koenitzer said he felt
there needs to be more backup, ...the median income
in Cupertino was within $5,000 to $25,000 a year; yet,
the population earned less than $20,OOb. The tre-
mendous spread in incomes didn't compute.
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Page 3-18, sub-par. 5 reference for the sourCe of the
figure of 2,871 households being less than 80% of the
county figure. Reference the origin of the figures.
Page 18, par. 6, numbers failed to add up to 4,378
households requiring assistance if one used the numbers
3 and 5. Also, Vice Ch. Koenitzer said he needed a ref-
erence for 4,422 and 564. Facts indicate that people
are now living in these places, and he asked how ex-
isting household units could be projected for future
additional supply.
Assistant Planning Director Cowan explained that the
figures come from two sources. He said that information
was in flux, which would tend to keep the unit on
housing in continuous review.
Assistant Planning Director Cowan said there is also
the problem of the City being required to provide
housing for those employed within the community; and,
he agreed with a speaker from the audience that the re-
quirement also covered native children who wished to
remain there. Transients do not go under the require-
ments, and he said no obligation was imposed for the
new and ever-expanding industrial-commercial areas to
the east. Some efforts had been put forth to remediate
the problem, but he said the whole area would continue
to generate and contribute to commute traffic flow.
SECTION 4, GENERAL PLAN
CIRCULATION
Page 4-15, Com. Claudy said perhaps that figure should
be eliminated -- the demographics not doing a real ser-
vice. Com. Blaine reminded the Commissioners that they
had rearranged the map to meet their own ideas of the
specific problems in the City.
Page 4-14, Note 2, Viae Ch. Koenitzer asked if they
wished to mention the Mary Avenue route as providing
access to De Anza, which might be useful in that it di-
verted traffic off the Stelling Road route; and, also,
he said it might be well to mention the Mary Avenue
Overpass, an item which would be coming up.
Page 4-17, under Local Generation of Traffic, is it a
Strategy or a Policy to restrict De Anza and Stevens
Creek to 8 lanes? Vice Ch. Koenitzer, along with Com.
Claudy, questioned the constraints on development in
core areas in order to maintain the l6-trip limits.
Com. Blaine noted that there was vague reference to
bike lanes and improvements but little indicated for
implementation.
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: 1/7, which figure could not be found in the Plan. The
! Figures #4 and #6 were on Page 4-14. Assistant Planning
I Director Cowan assured them it was misnumbering.
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Page 4-20, under Street Standards, should it not men-
tion that the Hillside street standards are not going
to be the same as those on flat lands? Com. Blaine
said that the specific numbers having been given to
standards, the standards should include the narrower
streets. Com. Koenitzer said he felt a great deal of
time and effort had been spent going over the figures,¡
and although it always needed reviewing, it should be ,
changed only after being gone into in depth. ¡
SECTION 5, GENERAL PLAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES i
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Page 5-14, Policy 5-10, Com. Blaine asked if this re- i
fert·ed to fencing. I
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Page 5-19, Policy 5-18, a sentence missing which shoul~
read, ..."City and Sanitation District should work
together..." and having to do with conservation of
water and percolation ponds. Com. Blaine reminded thei
Staff that she had asked for a policy on keeping creek!
beds in natural states, or 1:i.ned i.n as natural a manner!
as possible. She asked i.f that could be included in i
5-19 as a Policy. Also, she said it should reflect .
thei.r conversations about water percolating down
through the stream beds.
Page 5-18, Com. Claudy asked i.f it was true that the
entire Sphere of Influence was to be serviced by the
City of Cupertino. Assi.stant Planning Director Cowan
said that he would make a note to check that out.
Page 5-18, 5-14 or 5-15, Com. Adams noted that he did
not see reference to covering up quarrying operati.ons
after they had terminated; and he suggested it should
be incorporated into the Plan in this area -- reg-
ulations pertaining to air, noise, water, and scenic
degradation, and as buffering. Possibly, he offered,
a separate Policy should be added. The Commissioners
agreed that future Permits should include the con- ,
striction of rehabilitation work and the restoring of I'
land after the close-down of operations. It was
pointed out that the County adopted and imposed re- I
qui~ements that Kaiser restore the upper part of Los ì
Altos Rills near the operation. Also, new and re- II
opened quarrying operati.ons within Cupertino should be
mentioned. ¡
Page 5-4, Policy 5-3 -- does agriculture equate with
grazing, and should not both be encouraged in hillside
locations, but with monitoring.
Page 5-5, second par. from bottom - last line -- does
that refer to Kaiser Report and the particulate ad-
missions known as dust from the quarrying operations?
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Page 5-10, under Wildlife & Vegetation -- again the
English sparrow; native-bird correction.
Page 5-17, par. 2, ...the switch from gallons/day to
acrefeet/year, gallons/year, etc.. Dazzling precision
there, but suggest standardizing on one basis. A comma
seems to be indicated.
Page 5-30, Policy 5-29. Assistant Planning Director
Cowan pointed out that emphasis on acquisition is in
response to the Town Center Park situation"-- the
closing of the school there and acquiring the site. The
City Council, he said, having been through the ac-
quisition program, was familiar with the project and
might pursue that during the Joint Meeting.
SECTION 6, GENERAL PLAN
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
Assistant Planning Director Cowan advised the Commission
that some policies not in the 1st Section, but which
were meant to be included, would be put in.
Page 6-12, Table 6, Com. Blaine suggested a description
of club rooms, where people get together one time, and
where you have a very high density for short periods."
She asked where that would fit in the Plan. The Com-
missioners again mentionad churches and religious or-
ganization, and such buildings should be inserted. And,
this information would be available for developers. It
was felt it should go under low level of acceptable
risk, G-4. Assistant Planning Director Cowan suggested
putting it under Table 5e, Page" 6-14, and flagging it
to indicate the Uniform Building Codes should address
the problem more adequately.
Page 6-26, seismic/geologic section should include a
provision for club houses as public use places. The
Commissioners discussed a provision for high-technology
useage of dangerous substances or hazards of industry.
Page 6-34, Policy 6-11, Com. Blaine recommended some
statement about evaluating our municipal storage
facilities -- remedial action.
SECTION 7, GENERAL PLAN
IMPLEMENTATION
Assistant Planning Director Cowan explained that on
Page 7-1, par. 2, the reference is to Kaiser...and
Gypsum...intends to buffer...is only for quarrying and
manufacturing processes. He said Page 7-2 mentions
them as Key Assumptions.
Page 7-2, Policy 1, is covered in the front of the 1st
Draft, and is under implementation to indicate an on-
going Staff Report or effort.
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Page. 7-4, J:m.plementation ChArt, Assistant Planning
Director Cowan explaine.d would be in constant change.
Th.e.rat:to of pr:tor:tty to unprogramme.d e.fforts would
fluctuate.. in di.re..ct re..lation tocurre..nt activities,
and also tangentially from instructions of city gov-
e..rnment age..ncies.
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Page.. 7-4, Policy 2-25, Com. Blaine asked if circles un
marked indicated a lack of work or disinterest (as in
the markings on the San Jose Annexation and the Sara-
toga-Sunnyvale Road, Stevens Creek Boulevard circle in
the taBle). Associate Planner Piasecki said such a
schedule of markings would indicate that efforts in
one area was depriving them of time for another equall
inportant area -- the implementation chart not being a
report on activity, but rather an indicator of trends.
Assistant Planning Director Cowan explained to the
Planning Commission members the procedure and the
necessity of reviewing the Plan each October. The
annual update would update some programs, delete other
programs, add programs, and generally re-evaluate the
progress of the City of Cupertino and the directions
of its development.
Page 7-5, Policy 3-19 and Policy 3-20, Associate
Planner Piasecki explained would change seasonally,
would change in relation to City resources, would
change with emphasis on single or sundry projects,
and would change with time-increment analysis of the
daily duties, responsibilities, and assignments of the
City government Staff.
Assistant Planning Director Cowan congratulated the
Planning Commission on having touched upon so many
bases so efficiently during the course of the meeting,
and said he felt they were all ready for the Joint
Meeting of the Planning Commission-City Council.
ADJOURNMENT 12:15 a.m., June 19, 1979.
ATTEST:
APPROVED:
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