PC 11-27-78
CITY OF CUPERTINO, STATE OF CALIFO&>¡IA
10300 S. Torre Avenue, Cupertino, CA 95014
Telephone: (408) 252-4505
MINUTES OF TRE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION
HELD ON NOVEMBER 27,1978 IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL
CUPERTINO, CALIFOIDJIA
SALUTE TO THE FLAG
Ch. Blaine called the meeting to order at 7:32 PM.
ROLL CALL
Comm. present:
Comm. absent:
Adams, Claudy, Gatto, Koenitzer, Ch. Blaine
None
Staff present: Director of Planning and Development Sisk
Assistant Planning Director Cowan
Assistant City Attorney Doug Aikins
Assistant Planner Toby Kramer
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
Minutes of Regular Meeting of November 13, 1978:
Page 2, paragraph 5, line 2 -- Delete "closest to De Anza Blvd."
and replace with "in front of Paylessll.
Page 5, paragraph 1, line 2 -- Delete "granted" and replace with
"deleted" .
Page 6, paragraph 1, line 4 should read: "...development near
IIIOI and Tully Road as a bad example. SeveraL.... brought..."
Paragraph 4, line 1 -- Add "it was recorded" after "Ma.yor's
Meeting'~ .
Moved by Comm. Adams, seconded by Comm. Koenitzer to accept the
Minutes of November 13, 1975 as corrected.
Motion carried, 5-0
POSTPON&~NTS OR NEW AGENDA ITEMS: None.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS: None.
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I MI::IUTES OF THE NOVEMBER 27, 1978 PLAt'1NING COHH1SSlON I'ŒETING
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I The Director of Planning and Development introduced represent&tivEs
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PUBLIC HEARING
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CITY OF CUPERTINO: Public Hearing to ronsider the adoption of a
Comprehensive General Pl;¡n. The meetina will concentrate ('In:
A. Consideratinn of Housing Element anè ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW:
The Environmental Review Committee recommends the granting
of a Negative Declaration.
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: Camm. Koenitzer called attention to Pnlicv A.5 ('In paO'e 13 wheTe thø
I worrl IIre~identialtl s'houl.-:l be aAded on rhe t'hird 1 ine aftpr thø woriÌ
j lIintegratell.
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Th<=> Assistant Pl~nner rev;eweiÌ the Thirn DraÇt of rhe Hnusi"g Elømenr,
dated Nnvemher 21, 1978. She nored the data in this èocument èoes not
include San Josp. In ;¡ddirion 1-0 some minor reorganization. a policy
nn Land Banking has been added.
Ch. Blaine was concerned in that densit-ies have been Dl~cpd an nropertips
and recently, applications have come into the City with lower densities.
They seem to ignore the density ranges placed on the properties.
She believes this document should c^nta;n a statement which would
encourage development at the higher end on thø scale rather than lower
and not necessarily federally fnnded. It could be w<thin all levels.
¡ Comma Gatto said this community sefDms t(Ï be more interested in quality
standards, and the developers realize this.
Cha Blaine said she would like to cnntinue to encourage innovation and
at the same time, encoura~e higher density.
Carom. Adams said economics dictate this_ The developer will go for th~
highest number of units he can put on his prnperty.
Comm. Koenitzer feels the "Granny Units" in RI needs further study.
There followed a discussion of the pros and cons of "Grannv Units".
Comma Adams sees a lot of merit in this; he is in favor of many innovative
approaches, such as "Granny Units". He also mentioned units for college
students. etc. Comm. Claudy said that perhaps W~ should also think about garage
apartments· Comma Gatto felt the term "Granny Unit" was over-emphasized.
Ch. Blaine asked for comments from the auñience. There were none.
MINUTES OF THF NOVEMBER 27, 1978 PLANNING COMMTSSION MEFTIN~
Comm, Koenitzer is disturbed that 7200 new ,obs are being proposed
based on 3400 new housing units. He askÞd whpre all th~se people
are goir~ to live. Comm Adams said this is a Regional problem and
Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Santa Clara, etc., have a much higher
ratio of new homes to new light industrial.
Ch. Blaine said she would be interested in taking another look at
the Land Use Element.
Moved by Comm. Gatto, seconèed bv Comm. Adorns tn cloce th~ Public
Hearing on the Housing Element.
Motion carried, 5-0
Moved by Comm. Gatto. secnnded by Comm. Koenitzer to support the
ERC recommendation for granting a Negative Declaration.
Motion carried 5-0
Moved by Camm. Gattn, seconded by Carom Adams to recommend to the
City Council the Third Draft of the Housing Element, dated Novembe~
1978, with the minor chRnges madp at this møeti~g to Policy A.2, !
A.4, A.5 and B.7.
AYES:
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Carom. Adams, C'audy, Gatto, Koenitzer, Ch. Blaine
None
Motion carried, 5-0
This will go to the City Council on Decembpr 4, 1978
B. Consi~erarion of ~orkin~ Pap~r for Public Open SDace
and Parks Elempnt of Gen~ral Plan.
The Assistant Planning Director intronuced Working Paper #5,
stating that thp intent is to generate sñme ineas.
The Assistant Planninç Director stated that in the vast it h"s
not been recommended to have less th~n 5 acres for a park. The
City is now going to eet involHed in smaller and simplpr parks.
Becal1se of the ]imited rpsources we w~ll nnt have thp expPTIsive
ampnit~es. The City will bp actively negotiating uith the School
nist~ict ~s thpy close schools ann makp land available.
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MINUTES OF TRE NOVEMUER 27, 1978 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETTNG
It has heen recommenrled that Three Oaks Park be sold and the fund~
transferred to purchase of Jollvman Park.
The Director of Plannin2 and Developmpnt said that bv Law, the City
is given the first chance to purchase ~ny park sites that become
available.
rb. Blaine pointed out that many recre~tion facilities such as swimmin9
pools anrl tennis courts are already provided within cluster developments
within the City.
Since th~re were no comments from the audipnce, it was moved by
Comm. Adams_ secnnded by Comm. Claudy to continue this item to Tupsdav,
December 19th -- the second meeting in December.
Motion carried 5-0
UNFINISRED BUSINESS: None.
NEì-I BnSINESS
2. Discussion of change of date for regularlv scheduled meetine of
Decemher 26, 1978.
It was decided the second Regular Meeting wonla be December 19. 1978
at 7 :30 PM.
REPORT OF PLANNING COMMISSION
To permit four travel lanes on Foothill Blvd. from Route 280 to Stevens
Creek Road when the 2 BAS Homes developments on Foothill are completed,
perhaps the City should think about eliminating all parking on both
sides of Foothill near Poppy Drive and shifting the travel lanes to the
East. This statement was made by Comm. Claudy.
REPORT OF PLANNING DIRECTOR: None.
ADJOURNMENT
Ch. Blaine adjourned this meeting at 9:35 PM·
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