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CIIT OF
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Community Development Department
Agenda No. ~
Agenda Date: April 11, 2006
Application Summary: Discussion on North Valko Master Plan
BACKGROUND:
The Planning Commission's Work Program includes a project to do proactive
planning for the North Valko area, based on the assumption that there have been
and will continue to be requests for conversion of industrial uses to residential
uses. To that end, the Planning Commission sent a minute order to the City
Council recommending that a master plan be prepared for the North Vallco area
so that area-wide planning could occur prior to specific development approval.
On April 4, at its second study session on conversion of industrial lands, the City
Council endorsed preparation of a master plan, and indicated that they will hold
a joint study session with the Planning Commission after the study is underway.
DISCUSSION:
The Planning Commission requested the opportunity to discuss this topic so that
the beginning steps could be taken to implement the master plan. Staff requests
that the Commission provide direction on a scope of work for the study. Staff
expects that a consultant will be retained to help prepare the master plan, based
on the scope of work developed with the Commission's input.
SCOPE OF WORK
The following elements are suggested for discussion in determining the scope of
the master plan.
» Objectives of Study
» Area to be included in the master plan
» General Plan Policy Framework:
o Development Allocation
o Density
o Height
o Parks
o Connectivity
o Conversion Criteria
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» Circulation
» Schools
» Development Standards
» Design Guidelines
» Community Involvement in Planning Process
BACKGROUND DATA
The North Valko area as defined in the General Plan is shown in Exhibit A. The
area to be studied needs to be determined. Exhibit A shows the officejindustrial
parcels theoretically subject to conversion. The area east of Tantau is outlined in
blue; west of Tantau in green, and "edge" properties are shown in red, because
they are mostly likely to meet the conversion criteria. The remaining parcels are
outlined in light blue. Since the General Plan prohibits residential uses on the
Hewlett Packard campus (policy 2-35), that property is not included in the
analysis regarding conversion to residential.
The table below shows the officejindustrial square footage, acreage and
potential residential units for the each of the three areas, if the available units
were distributed evenly.
Area Officejlnd Acres Units Maximum Maximum
Square Feet Available Density Density per
(total is less based on General
than 170 Units Plan
due to Available
rounding)
East of 871,413 46.3 85
Tantau
West of 337,277 24.5 44
Tantau
Edge 299,513 21.6 39 7.86*
properties
TOTAL 1,508,203 92.4 170 25 unitsj ac
*Density is provided for only the edge properties because distributing units into
the other areas would result in unrealistically low densities. Conversion of other
areas would need to be done selectively.
A master plan for North Valko could include the parcels outlined in light blue, if
the objective of the study is to create a master plan for all new development, not
just conversion of officej industrial to residential. For example, if additional
office buildings were proposed by Hewlett Packard facing Pruneridge Drive, a
master plan could address the desired relationship to the street.
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