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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC Minutes - 06-19-1974a �•... -C'-e -7112EX? I\(. c TA• E - qtr ^, C�� � ���� ���_� la:?. �.�;e�, ,F �f OF `Ise � � z..�. O Terre avenue, CM .. t n, 1 i� l.f} .� .t.4'..Z�.� �1�. �.171iC, Cupertino, .�..L1 of .l, c.. ;+itls.�,.. -. _.. Telephone: 252-4505 MINUTES o;" THE REGULAR ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE PLANNING CO? ISSlON HELD ON .WNE 19, 1974 IN TUE COUNCIL CHAMBER, C.TY HALL, CtrE'ERTINO, CALIFORNIA SALUTE TO THE FLAG Chairman O'Keefe called the meeting to order at 730 p.m. with the Salute to the Flag. ROLL CALL Comm. present: Cooper, Gatto,, Woodward, Chairman O'Keefe Comm. absent: Adams Staff present:: Director of Planning and Development Sisk Assistant City Attorney Kilian Associate Planner Cogan Director of t'ublic Works 17iskovicli PUBLIC HEARINGS 1. Application F, --U--73 of VALLCO PARKS L3 t`..: USE PEI:dIIT to allow co_istruction of a regional shoppin.g center costaa.n:ir.g a total of Hipp:cn.;.ima.t.cl_y ?65. 0C sq. ft. of commercial floor area in addition to the existing Sears f9cility within a P (Planned Development with a regional shopping centercommercial use intent_) zone. Said property is located southerl-, of and a.djecent to Freeway Route 280 at its intarsectiou with Wolfe Road, extending southerly on the westerly side of Wolfe Road from said Freeway to Stevens Creek Bode - yard nd extending southerly frein said Freeway on tic easterly side of Wolfs Qed to Vallco Park Way. First Rearing continued. The Director of Planning and Development noted the. entire meeting would be devoted to this one application. At the last Commission ion hearing on this, a statement was made concerning conceptual approval of this plan. A number of questions hod been raised relating to design of center. Additional work had been done by the applicant and additional reposes to ETR had been received. H r, y 5 ;r Page i 6-U-73 VALLCO PAR1 5. Lsi1. . PC -IS 1 Page 2 MINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED PLANNING t;Oi1HISSION MEETING OF JUNE 1a, 1974 Mr. Sisk noted the consultants would be in later as they were meeting with the Council at this tune. He suggested the architects for the applicant could begin the discussion. -Mr. -Walter Ward, General Manager of Vallco Park, noted 20 or more suggestions had ben made -1y the Commission for -'tl: _mm to consider and the questions have been answered and published.. since cr:at time, EIR u.es � They have addressed themselves to every point brought up. One item was not taken care of and that was the child care area. He noted however there ,;++as the ice rink and some rather unique areas for children to playin, but these would be without an attendant. The other thing they didn`t adopt was bringing periphery road -adjacent to the stores. From a safety standpoint this was not desirable. The parking area should be within, the periphery road and the road would mitigate sounds Inecause there are barriers prohibiting trucks going northerly i roe . Sears loading docks clear to Builoc_ks . The -y would -need a plant. nursery -to grow flog;er's and plants for the. c`nt:er- so a greenhouse and nur ery would prcbaably be located in the northern panhandle. Mr. Ja.'r_d said Penney s had agreed to give up selling: gasf line and had moved the TBA to e-asterly side of- store. Mr. Ward also said they had had a number of calls frog'; res .it'll!"^; and t ey al i7 Lep 1, In i-nfor it anion to send -to them.- m. They are planning ing to have _open house tiours &t Voice ice to clear ua taL.-understandings and mnis-.epresentaticns. The areas of most concern to the residents were traffic, noise and air pollution. He compared this- center with the Stanford center in terms .of traffic generation. He. referred. to a study being made on whether regional centers contributed to air pollution. be study is not finished but indications are that if - you have a good flow of traffic in ,and out of center .t would probably lessen pollution b-eeause all shopping could be done in one area with - qout starting cars up several times for short trips to different areas. The question is not how big the center is but how easily traffic can flow through the center. . ..ley feel -their plan will :take the -center- beneficial to the area rather than being detrimental. Mr. Ward also .Y i. ..� r s .o _r r it A r�Aate.i out' -t at I& core -area standards 'c..re n-_sdif-;fed_, a��_ent emissions from automobiles and within several. years these should be 1 1/10 of what they are now. Because so- many teams are working on project, Mr. (Ward said he hoped some action could be taken tonight do use -permit, so the Council could consider -the E1R and use permit on J ,ly 1. - LTilless there. arc } -questions i 1 t have some- t�:.°' `1P_.'3n1S:nTere.L` major glik.at oia.3. tlley WOZl.,E1 lr.:re -to a ia..e �f problem areas ."eFerred t'3 staff. to -h" :forked out through them. 4 4 �jJ7 •. ti,CylIP1ISlCIv i EE -1I �; Jt' M1��13's BS OF IRE 1,DN aIF.T� pz„�, 1. the C oramissIf architect, noted e_foy=e-aud he would h $utterfield, e.rt material giver diem bile ro 'd the i end' I.ir, Ralp auk.: part hats had a aint by point. ,- in p�.r set of drawings to drawings P but mould shop+ these1.1e used a..Particu- like to go over not in great detail,halt" • le and lan was "sea of asphalt". sp as an e,.amp 5caping P to cape with the of Bullocks s would they intended. in back ed Pedestrian walkway of the parking lot landscaped ;here ar, area jar part o f trees and Re pointed out ea for this process the center. he sttbstitut said Qd throughout rants would be be- use - cimen plant he used for gtowng spe traffic along the parking stalls. r•4ssea about They concern was e�-p back of guilo`cks. nbted roperties this area. Mr. �uttelfield residential P truck movement from �, would adjacent to ark-ing and a reef t fr 5D road all p" 1pf and the ossibilitieS have now removed The road is 3 l e -range c.c P This is an 85' area. 55' gives a comfortab.._ be landscaped. Tha' including bicycle paths, Stevens Creels BoulevaratedF was turn acr0 Ls e med . an has been eliat the T out point. Another concern rba. This cut in at that 1 -ears in nd turns d cable R from e`'l only allow r�.gfi.t which is ..a S + and will. was in the tba Y. hf.en change Ihis -ltas- }ine, etc. tl,c. major Ve.� vice gao_o. Lower so will not - Arch; tucturally, ro the tba t:lsa with full one pnti.n te. free starir.g , store and is to rear of Penney 5 ,'s does wish to feature, per_ne} re�-vcd her an ide,1tity asoline, however• ,itllout the gwill be 7 landscaped sal� swith fen's play areas, there play area to childre, some ty?-- of e,-virl.=d. facility With regard. Ore Will ,.or ft ,�11 be an unsuP children - p arks and each etc. It for older scu.lptures child use Plastic is a four of definition skating rink asked to make so,nae cesc, they The en as e noted they had be area. In the ' these routes t, B ut r ahh1 l -d through the Re traced ir. n l�.t move Ws 11` -,.ul,.ation r C� ea �' on ho bi. y . rian movements as c11 vPrt.icaI famed pecle.� that at ccalat`.ors and 3 on di oznted out here tl:e e„ cic^�. t g lib .t. , B P level w cle ra ,l re- T1t on the Lower lockable. bicy tPiu., there would be rvi.ce Swere, se se_ store,: wd adver� , ea. iva.. they had mf.rxi.nGiZ,• dential a= Scribed hog,' d' Dining LEs; Would de`' regard to a J There Mr. T;utterf:iel_d r with reb' - vicinity - truck cixcula- r tw a£ the no truck . movement in that traced be too tx:uck r level. Re Th��-e would be bay or, lower be one larsc' servl.ce tion on site. PC -15 7 k' age 4 MINUTES Ol THE ADJOURNED PLAI NING COMMISSION MEETING OF JUNE 19, ?-974 Mr. Pierre Charbrou., architect for Bullocks, was asked tc speak to how they had mitigated problem of service area. Using the model and draw- ings, he traced ti•e truck routes. He pointed out the loading dock is situated 11' below the ground area. With regard to noise, an engineer- ing firm speciaiizing in accoustics had been retained to study this. He gave the qualifications of the fi_rtt's repxesentative and said he would be speaking to this. Mr. Purcell, accoustical engineer, said he would describe their :i_nvastigat.on of the noise at a loading dock in connection with trucks as they t:icht affect adjacent residences. He gave further of hi.s qualifications in his field before beginning. Mr. Purcell oriented the existing conditions. He pointed out the 8' wall which would separate shopping area from residential area, the . heavily landscaped perimeter and the perimeter road c,h i ch would be lightly traveled with no truck traffic. The. 8' barrier would serve. as a).1 .effective accoustic buffer for tier:i.meter traffic. The main problem was the noise of trucks at loading dock. He under- stood deliveries would be made cnl-y once a day. He first describes the general characteristics of what coa t.itut:c^.£;' a noise source and cR i.no anc a-cd how it: i,:3 l ±nim7.:ru1 so It is no loi.1ge'r sa : alno, li'< £: Re pointed out that. whenever 1 truck is plat::ad n a Clef; ressed area, the noise level is increased. To counteract this, they have advised the architect to comieteiy enclose that area. There are two things they are interested in in preventing the propogatton of nG ?C. One of theta is to create a barrier that will cast au accoustical shadow zone and to see there is no reflector for that shadow. They have treated entire wall of building side with highly absorptive material. The underside of rocf and wall separating loading dock f-rom community is also highly absorptive. All activity wil]. be inaudible to the community. He described other assets from this treatment. Mr. Purcell said there are three sources of noise from the trucks; engine, tires acid e.xlaust : The main concern in this instance is the eahaust noise. Using drawings showing configuration of wall and plants, he described how they had contained this exhaust noise fro:r the residential cuimnuni ty. Mr. Purcell said the question had arisen as to how much noise annoys a resident. They had taken as criterion two sets of dta. One with noise levels measured at the site and the projected contours. For eur.r.,z,ocive traffic on 280 and off ramp. They had elected. to .use 60 aba as objactive. Corn-. Gatto questioned accoustical material being nsw•:,. Mr. Purcell said 'she wall cons traction is a Series of wood ouvres-- in front tS_ thick" special fibre glass with 2'" ail space behind iRi: i^ it 85/ absorptive. MINUTES OF THE :ADJOURNED PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING OF JUNE 194974 Comm. Gatto asked what became a buffer when the wall stopped. Mr. Purcell said at that point .the noise levels would be such: as to -be sufficiently buffered by the 8' wall at a distance -of- 85' to the residential community. It was asked if he had looked--`t--the effect of the 8' wall in general on noise in the center. Mr. Purcell said he had not. Comm, Woodward asked about scattering or fringing effect on other ,� side of wall. Mr. Purcell said -while landscaping is - a- mitigating condition to some extent, it provides very little attenuation. - The degree of isolation that is provided by accoustic barrier is determined by three things: position of source relative to the barrier, (the closer it is, the more effective it is); the distance from the source, (the more remote it is the better); and the height of barrier, (the higher the better). He explained accoustic shadows and gave example of attenuation. The predominate level associated with trucking activity is in the area of 125 cycles so this is frequency they had addressed themselves to. They have designed it to be reduced by 10 or 12 dba in the community looking at low frequency element. Mr. Purcell said with regard to 8' perimeter wall, since the traffic wi.11 close to it the noise will be more effectively shielded. The. average vehicle, driving at. 15-20 mph, will be essentially inaudible to the residences in. that- .community in answer to Comm. Woodward, Mr. Purcell said trees with large trunks would not act as a sound barrier. Landscaping is a visual, but not a sound, barrier. Coati. Cooper asked if, the predictions of noise levels as shown in EIR would remain the same in the light of the changing of loading bays and barriers described. Mr. Purcell said he had not dis- cussed this with DM.1M, but as he read the report, the assumptions were based onno accoustical barriers being built. Comm. Cooper questioned different elevations in wall opposite loading bay. Mr. Purcell. explained these were different walls. There is one wall 8' high which borders continuous property line. The accoustical wall occurs along the area of the loading dock itself. He pointed out. the 4', 8' and 12' elements. The trucks will not be seen or. heard. Chrmn. O'Keefe asked if there was any possible way of dealing with sound by replacing it with another sound. Mr. Purcell said he was a proponent of that theory. P'.-157 Page 5 PC --1.57 MINUTES OF THE ADJOtJRNED PLANNING COMM1SSION MEETING OF JUNF 19, 1974 Page 6 , 11 In answer to Coma.--.. Catto, iir. Purcell said lie felt: a wall of 3' T1as optimum design to insure residents .would not be annoyed. A 10' or higher wall would not give that much more benefit. Comm. Gatto questioned extending 11' wall adjacent to Bullocks to east -west drive; -ay. Mr. Purcell said he did not feel the marginal condition would warrant extension Comm. Gatto questioned purpose of access road behind Bullocks that connects existing Sears. Mr. Ward said Lhis was for passenger cars, shoppers that want to come in .from Sears end Portal, Plaza. They do not anticipate a l rcat deal of traffic there. The. ?Dire Department requires a breakway for fire trucks which this will serve. The question of moving barrier over to Sear's ramp was discussed. M:r. Butterfield said this was an existing condition and Sear's would need access there. Comm. Wcodaard said he would rather see it closed off, noting ho:<: it could become a problem. The Plantling Director noted DMJM consultants were now present to dis- cuss traffic and overall question of air pollution. k_,anne. Cooper said. she noticed a service, area near tba and questioned what '._? 1.'_ denoted.. Mr. Butterfield explained this was where:. A3en ey' s trucks would- load and unload. The bay would be facing to the outside. ! C . m y Mc. Ward itherebasically 1iX artSSv .T' to Co -am. Cooper. Mr. Sa, C� '(•7i:: t.11 same square footage in oiglual tba proposal and revision, but the co'nf'iguration was different. They would be keeping the sa1T:e nuioioer of bays. There would be doors for cars to come in on easterly side.. The sal03 room would be incorporated in store lower level. There will be a net reduction in area of app rexintately 2000'. The service area is _where _tires will be changed, .batteries installed, _etc. Cori. Cooper aslrzed to be shown where the bicycle paths were along edge of any roads traveled by autos. Mr. Butterfield pointed out proposed bike routes and options they could use. There are 6' wide hike paths going either way under tunnel. Comm. Cooper said slue had hoped bike paths would be incorporated with landscaped areas rather than along roads and parking lots. She had hoped landscaping areas in parking lots could have been redesigned to present a. less "boxy" effect. She was hoping for wider landscaped areas with bicycle paths incorporated. Mr. Butterfield said this could be decided after bicycle routing through town was decided upon. Mr. Ward said the use permit in. 1962 said there would be no access between Valleo Park and the subdivisions. This includes westerly side of shopping center site. If the City determines a bicycle path and opening should be put there, there should be a condition prohibiting anything motorized. This reconn endation_ would have to come. from the. City. MINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING OF JUNE 19,197 Page 7 Comm. Cooper said she had -three questions: reduction of parking spaces, the wall along westerly side wrapping around end of free- way and a good reason for nothaving a child care center. .Mr. Ward spoke to the wall, noting Condition 22 said an 8' wall would continue westerly from the freeway to the California Water Service property. They think this should be a cooperative basis between property owners, Division of Highways, City and Vallco. He felt the $67,000/year contingency should cover this and that residents who now have walls should receive credit. Mr. Butterfield spoke to reduction of parking spaces. €eunder stood that 20% of the property would be in landscaping and this would be done. He did not recall a 10% reduction in parking space as being a request. Th.e Planning Directorreferred to Condition 25 of Resolution No. 1288, and explained the intent was that when they do get involved in final landscaping design, the ASAC should have the ability to lessen parking area by up to 10% to include more landscaping, Mr. Sheldon Gordon. 1801 Century Park East, Los Angeles, answered question on child care. He ascertained Cou;m. Cooper meant an area designated within the center where parents could leave their children under supervision while they shopped. Mr. Gordon explained he knew of nonc in operation today because of the difficulty in obtaining insurance, in lieu of that, they have placed child oriented equipment within court and mall areas. Mr. Gordon explaine( the ice rink is owned by the center and is a non --profit operation as a con1mu'.2ity function area along with the cor,Tmunif ty room.Comm. Cooper asked if center would be responsible for any injury in the play areas. Mr. Gordon said yes, insurance would cover that but it was di_ffere.nt when parents were watching a child play in the- mall or when the parent left the child in the total care of a center, Comm. Woodward asked if any thought was given to a child care center for employees. Mr. Gorden said it was an interesting idea, but - they had not considered it. Comm. Woodward asked what provision had been made in .:he comps -ex for access by the handicapped. Mr. Gordon explained provisions made, noting every area in center could he reached by wheelchair.. Comm. Woodward noted plans seemed to indicate pedestrians would be crossing at unsi.;nc.led ingress -egress. After discussion it was agreed that pedestrian traffic would be routed to the pedestrian Overc'rossiug, PG -I37 I U'JS c t 1R.z.0 OUR.JEi) PLAP 1:t4G COMMISSION MEETING O JU IE 19,.1914 ;age G. Comm. Gatto questioned if access from ~Sears through Portal Plaza would be retailed or blocked off. The Director of Public Works said this was de- signed road P1^ signed to be a ring for Sears an.0 Portal Plaza.. Coaun, t=dtto noted. this- was a prime shortcut through residential area and would encourage movement through the residential to get to shopping a.r.e.a , Mr. Ward said -.: perhaps. with enough humps in the road traffic could be discouraged:. } The Planning Director said ,- ba'kin fac.i,lI ty that had bcen a proved for Portal Plaza would be relying. on that road. The danger of Portal Plaza parking lot being used as shortcut and measures taken by traffic circula- t:ion and landscaping to mitigate this were discussed. With regard to left turn traffic into Portal Plaza, Comm. Woodward asked about getting; left hard stacking lanee i?oz of Public Works there would have, to be. a left hand stacking lane when intersection is signalized. Plans ;'ould be brought in after recess. At 10:20 p.m. a recess was announced with meeting reconvening at 10:35 p.m. The Planning Director, exhibited plan recently approved for change in Portal Plaza, pointing. out landscaping barrier down pzrimeter of property. Lie also pointed out traffic, circulation. measures that would speak to this concert. Mr. Hans Kor've DeLee" Cother O gani:z�ation, said they .have incorporated stop sin controls fCi r. (fit) relent froia Portal Plaza eas tbc(nd- onto pe'ri- A road for �thb,intersection with :<<'. i_l_r. and 'i �'�i., i.'Ell.d on perimeter road at the . lrz, y,;,' `�`,. the driveway to io ...3._ Plaza that woui_d ;::make a stacking lane unnec..ssary. . Comm. Gatto suggested going. through application, item by item. Comm, Cooper noted she would be interested in getting additional information requested. by Council. on 'r 1R. The configuration of the regional center and whether use would be more south and :forth oriented or east and west was: discussed. In answer to Chrmn. O'Keefe, Mr. Korve said 40 trip generations per 1000 sq. ft. bad been used, and. had worked out. This center. weat up to. 35/1000. f t• s t e� lnc It isn t until you get into .miller.- cen..ers with si_pt. ,,.<zr..c.ts that you get into higher trip' generations . Any service oriented center has a higher trip generation. .Mr. Ken Heald, RUM, referred to plotting of trip generation rates as - recorded by Division of Highways in 59 centers in CaJ.itornia. 40/1000 to 45/1000 is in high end of any shopping center if it is above 500,000 sq. ft. level. PC -157 t -MINUTES OF THE ADJOUl NED PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING -OF JUNE 19, 1974-- e Chrmn. O'Keefe asked what measure would be used to deal with situation if north -south traffic on Miller, Wolfe and Blaney were to grow beyond !expectation. Mr. Korve said signalization would not be the answer. ;Signal interconnection would provide for platoon of traffic. In answer to Chrmn. O'Keefe, Mr. Korve said ramp metering could mitigate problem caused by 45 degree angle of freeway offrampStacking caused by — _ metering was discussed. Mr. Korve said once people became familiar with it, this would not be a problem. With ramp metering you can carry close to 3 times as many cars on each lane. You save time even waiting in traffic queue to get on freeway. In answer to Chrmn. O`Keefe, The Director o -f -Public -Works said they had addr-e.ssed. themselve.s in the General Plan EIR tooverall legion and what lane requirements would be on other streets. As far. as 1995, using General Plan evaluation, they did not see any improvements due to their developments with Cupertino that would require extensive improvement on other jurisdictional streets. J.Chrinn. O'Keefe asked what improvements would be needed on Miller south 1 of Stevens Creek Boulevard. The Director of Public Works said there is a portion that is two lanes. A portion is now being widened and other portion that could be widened upon development. If -a- problem occurs, the town can enter into an agreement with County to improve to 4 lanes required:; The City Attorney has ruled the City can.-spena funds in other jurisdictions if it can be shown benefits would be gal -nod by the improvement. Mr. Ward answered Chrmn. O'Keefe that ice rink hours had not be set but will be responsive to demands. Comm. Cooper asked how it was determined no improvements would be necessary on Blaney and Miller. The Director of Public Works said that dated beck to General Plan traffic evaluation. He pointed out that when he speaks to 1.995, he is working with different a.ssumpti ons , He explained how these assumptions for 1995 were arrived at, using a computer model to extrapolate :de-;ie'lopment and assign traffic.. Different alternativeswere then applied to the streets involved. In answer to Comm. Cooper, Mr. Butterfield said they intended to make the ice rink of competition size suitable for icehockey and r_ompetit.ion: The meeting was then opened to the public for comments. Ms. Madeleine Natranson. 10197 Cold Harbor Avenue, Cupertino, said her life would be affected by this development. She congratulated the gentlemen on. their smooth presentation but noted nonee of their lives would be affected on a clay to day basis. She didn't need the EIR. to tell her there would be a change in the quality of her life. She said she hasn't. heard anything about the schools this traffic will. PC -t5:7 } MINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED PLANNING COIi1ISSION MEETING OF JUNE 19, 1974 ?age 10 be going by. She aid not feel_ there are adequate north -south route,w. Miller is crowded now. She hasn't heard that Vallco will be going for widening of roads . Site down' t: like ramp metering. She can't believe all these cars Wahl not produce pollucion, Quality of life is more important than revenues. Mr. John E. Armstrong,. 19550 Baywood, Cupert:Lno, said the information about traffic is not clear in his mind. What he had heard at the Council. meeting Monday night was thai_ the size of the shopping center bad. no corelation to the amount of traffic; yet tonight it was talked ibout +0/1'.)0(? ratio. Lie asked for clarif .cai i.on. Mr. Korva said he thought the iMJh1 representative was trying to say a certain size and mix makes a successful center. Mr. Heald of DMJM said it is unclear from the data that there is a linear relationship between the .seduc- tion in size and traffic generation rate. The trip generation would be the same, but: the amount of traffic would be reduced proportion ately Chrmn. O'Keefe said he could not accept completely the idea that a certainmix of shops was essential for a successful center. Mr. Paul. Heidri.ck of Bullocks poin.t_ed out advantages of a preplanned center. Lie feels they have reached a point where. a decision should be made and to cha-+hge it materially now would. be. a real mistake. Comm. Coopo asked if the City might not be 7.n a safer position to retain shopping center coI 1etoiy on one Situ ok the road at this al. time to assure no a ui_tiier gY:owti:S . Ur: Reidrick s.i.Ld the loc. lien ,wo-o ..d not be very attractive to them without the added store and the added footage. There are significantly, different sales forecast from reduced ceciter. The possibility of a two store center was discussed. Mr. Heidrick said Bullocks was .interested in the community and the welfare of the community. Their best judgement at the moment is that two store centers are not economically viable. The possible opposition to Bullocks was discussed. Mr. Ward answered Comm. Cooper's concerns that more stores might be coming in Vallco by saying it is not likely to happen in his life- time. The possibility of other centers or stores locating in or near Cupertino was discussed. Mr- Gordon said based on his 20 years of ei'-.perieoce if you have a three department store center with Sears, Penny's and Bullocks it would be highly unlikely there would be any meaningful competition develop in West Valley for years to come. With respect to additional information requested by Council for the EIR, Mr. Gene Garnett, DIMJNN, said .representatives of ESL were present. They have assigned a defined program -approach as to what inforrmatioi will be taken and the results of this information. Council has agreed to the plans and understands fully methodology• to be employed and results to be given. Hopefully this information will be ready for the July 1 meeting. MINUTES OF TEE A 3OURNED PLANNING COMMISSION -METING OF JUNE 19, 1974 PC -157 Page 11 Chrmn. O'Keefe note -d. -the Planning Commission as in receipt of documents concerning peak noise levels. A discussion was held on format of procedures to be followed. Comm. Gatto noted prime discussion items during General Plan study was level of intensity as relatedto traffic, air pol.luti on, and noise. He would like to discuss the impact of these three element as related to (1) overall General Plan, (2) specific protect on: local level and (3) alternate development patterns. Mr. Garnett said he did not have the technical people present for each area. - He said the prime question from last Commission. _meeting was alter- nate use for east side and they were prepared to answer this. They were also prepared to describe additional input into sound and air quality portion of report which was Council. request. Mr. Garnett said he now had answer to Comm. Cooper's question.: from earlier meeting with regard to energy consumption of shopping center versus residential. Comm. Cooper said this was not what she had asked for, but she would . like to know. Mr. Garnett- said it was 6 to 8 watts per sq. ft. for a shopping center, 4 to 5 watts per sq ft. for office buildings and L to 2 watts per sq_, ft. for residences. Comm.. Cooper noted what she had wanted was to know what the total usage of a regional shopping center was (comparable •to Eastridge) and what that meant- r_ in terms c.7<. percentage usage of a sxlbsi-ation, the asked Mr. Garcett to get this information,based on present - usage of Eastr_idge. With regard to air quality, a discussion was held on ]federal standards for monoxide levels. Cor.jm. _Gatto questioned. alternate effects with this lrroposal versus total industrial or half shopping and half industrial. Ms. Lee Patmore said the half and half would give the worst of both worlds as there would be the hydrocarbons in the morning and carbon monoxide in the evening. She referred to an additional study being made to clarify difference between pure -'I shopping center versus pure industrial. Ms. Patmore answered Comm. Getto that cars are the main source of ^Ionoxides, She said if the x+eder.al emissions controls -go into effect there should be an 801 reduction between 19/4 an& 1985. Lead is caused 100% by automobiles and the Federal control. on gas is helping this. Comm. Woodward asked if other pollutants spread out over a large area or if they T.o se up from area quickly. Ms. Patmore_. explained how smog is produced, noting, this is a problem, hers in the. Bay area. All pollutants di.speise the same way. She said they would be doing -some supplemental studies on air quality measurements. PC -i_57 MINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED PLV NI„G CC; IMSSION MEETING OIL JUNE 19, 1.974 Page r.2 i Comm. Cooper asked what the charge was from Council-. Ms. Patmore said they were going out and ir.easure carbon monoxide .levels for a 12 hour period fc one day at four s:i_i:'s: ₹:omestead and Wolfe, near the ramp at 2.81) which will be signalized, at Prune.ri dge': residential area and at south of Erevens Creek Bcu.ieva.rd just: off Wolfe. They will be measuring present poLlution levels. In addition, Ms. Fetmore said an analysis was being mode of effect of { Z� shopping c 77 Yseon t s: Wolfe,havingcenteronwestaridindustrialon { and the effect of si:ackiri-, on ':oaf r mr. at 230 ci.th ret;uZd to Itoi.3e. She sold the ?,iiaastlrcne?it.s they would cr_ taking wculd be to extend , description of exi.stin'i area noise. 1 in answer to Chrmn> O'Keefe, Ms. Patmore ,toted the meturology y and average i:'f?t coeditiOnS used i"ii thel model to detexT,:ti.ne a'..t quality were the "vp"CS L' y a3_worse tllc l T cA generally ' econIIlC:"Ids so ti Z j woutu be E r r1.?:1.g on safe side. See exulained howl these measure_riei1t.s we've determined, it was no'ced that the findings from the it now studies would be aub .`_tshed an adden.cjm. Kr, , Ken Heald referred to his four page set of to les which he had prepared. i ;e i - , E' T.LC?ireC.. 1".[`iti. CT �."l.: :.i 0c'�..v,:i. tire 7.h `.E ;�•Cn�. t.rZ?ii_ .:L':..:I.L.C. ?i3€'C'E:r3'f.F_ r:'.9 j t:r•i 1 ends with center a:3 planned, and. 29.54 I..'ir..`t iiepping west side of i Wolfe an -1 industrial on the C't. Peak :it" ur traffic will determine ;magnitude o'f facilities chat will be needed. flier:. is a substantial 1 CI:i ffer nee in tote_ daily t— :..p end;,,- deperid ny on t-1:edieated uce, Comic_ Cooper ascertained the total volume extrapolated was 17,000 cars a day to the center. _M'r, bald answered Comm. Gatto that the 34,000 cars a. day were considered to be in addition to existing shoppers already coming to the center which would put them on the high side of estimating traffic in every case. Comm. Gatto asked the Director of Public Works if the tra.f:ic totals for this acreage reflected the .nuaher anticipated in the General Plan and was answered that it d:id. Mir. Garnett questioned the parking requirements for the center. He wanted . to bring one 5 acre area to the attention of the Commissi cn, noting these i five acres were part and parcel of the total parking stipulation of center. 11t would have to be eliminated for parking credit: of suture development lunle_ss it was double decked. Carte. Cooper ascL2rtained that no revenue projections were done based on scenario 114; the only analysis related to traffic. Mr. Ward spoke to condition #/19 in Mr. Sink's :neino of May 24. He said if funding has: to be over longer period of time, they will expect participa- tion cf property owners in Vailco Park on as equitable basis. MINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED PL. NNfl G COMMISSION MEETING OF JUNE 19,1974 PC -157 Page 13 With regard to condition #22, he reiterated their feeling that it should be on an equitable basis between Vallco, Division of Highways, City and homeowners. Vailco would be willing to advance the funds so it could be done at time of construction of center. The Planningl, Director noc d }haaia-vancthing khat., would be handled at Council level. Mr. Ward said they would be willing to do what the Director of Public Works deemed necessary with regard to condition #26, but they felt it needed further study. The Director of Public Works said he felt the curb cut on Wolfe Road should be eliminated since it was so close to Val. co :'ark Way and agreed it should be studied further. There would have to be a curb cut on Vallco Park Way. to serve soetheri arki -lot -next- tn_t,:he--finan.cia-.1__� ante -r F-- C;hrmn. O'Ke.efe ascertained that:: Mr. Ward accepted condition 125. Ward h : understood 10%, — — Mr. said ..c it to be up to not a flat 10%, and this he would agree to. Comm.. Gatto questioned status of 5.96 temporary parking lot. Mr. Ward, said they had arranged with department store that if office park is expanded, they retained air rights and can construct park!ng strue tule. . comm. Gatto moved to close public hearings, seconded by f',7ft,n. O t Keefe. Motion carried, 4-0 --- Comm. Woodward - said The felt. the basic-prtblem was_ ppl} ing-ln tiga- _ ti-ig measures tc adverse aspects of impacts that haac- appeared in the FIR, There r.e are seine that can be treated and some that can be treated only; by critical means. The three main ones are traffic, noise and air pollution. He believes conditions placed on an es.ica._, tiou and contribution that ValVallco has made in t eras of Bollocks parking are adequate in regard to the westerly neighborhood and will reduce levels to an acceptable level., of noise, With regard to pollution., unless on -site measurements show a greater impact than has bte.0 presented to them, the application. could be passed on to City C:ouec.;i.. The pollution problem belongs to all of us. Cars are there now going to other places. Industrial creates traffic also. The County has opened up Nil ier and the. City could tap steps to mitigate some of the neighborhood problems Liat exist. Conditions take into account. most mitigation which is open to them aside from more severe. remedies, Public fe.nr-- ing closed PC -157 Page 14 MINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED PLANNING `COM ISS.1ON METING OF JUNE 19, 1974 Comm. Gatto opened that Comm. Woodward bad cored most points. He noted this project is .in con otbInce? with Cenoral Plan •^..mendme.nt. Fec local project impact is unique in that most eagional centers do not abut resi- dential areas. The combos of mitigating measures that have taken place will create an ncceptt )le solution to this centerThe alternate con- sidered (basically bulldin:g on west only) creates no different impact on western area; it is reported mixture of cw Lmercial and industrial will have a higher degree ci hazard. He noted one ooudit'ion T.'hich should ;;e spoken to. The lights in Sears parking Jot were to be replaced with lo�a cut off lights.. Aisc the truck barrier, should be indicated en the south side of Val lco Park hay. Comm. Cooper said this was probably the most difficult decision she would have to make. She noted the people of this commnanly have a vary serious interest in what goes on and they have expressed thoir concerns openly and vociferously. She feels the project a8 it stands would be an aesthetic addition to the City of Cupeitino, cad if there is going to be shopping center to Cupertino, she would want Vallco Park to do it. The SHIR with all its frailties and strengths is really only studied opinions, hut one must go an the data one receives. As far as adve 'se. affecce,, noise mitigating torC e?reasonable and workable.�_1.y Lhe i s visual . factors i� St�' �.t.l ^2.. ty ! !_'..;:Eta;'$:: of 'the center will nut bE'_-s.cc":frwm(.'.1Ztc"i.L. Traffic in and of la: is detrimental. She would like to have one of the data that has been tom .sed to the Co.i1;1:_L 1. She is disturbed lout some of the cosmetic _'rmiv r:omises on the. part of .fa .ico. She is nut pleased with bike routing, u n r: e !. t:c?i; }iaa;�;r Te�i.ttl uti:iGJ...i'� t?.. �I.S in C`li-�'. 4. i :Z lt; tlk: :?-t _, c•,"o rch t -��• ii1¢, She also i; not pleased aish _;ane .a J. flow of landscaping n .parking areas of project. Chrmn . O'K.eefe said the noise is with us. Vailco will deal with it in a positive way and people to the west will be offered a solution. The air quality rests at. Federal level. The traffic is with us because of con- figuration of highways and is here to stay. Another factor to be con- sidered is the image of the City of Cupertino. This is the major factor in his mind. The City will survive with or without. center, There Yili he a different Image in terms of impact. The weekend would be si:griifi— cantly different between shopping center and another land use devei,opment. in general, he was in agreement with everything that has been said. He then asked for further comments or a motion. Comm, Gatto moved to recommend approval of application G --U-73, subject to 14 standard conditions and the following specific conditions: (15) The approval is based upon the attached site plans labeled Exhibit A. 1st Rev., A-1 1st Rev., B lit Rev., E-1 1st Rev., C 1st Rev., C -1 1st Rev., D, E, F -1, and --2, as may he modified by additional conditions contained herein. MINUTES OF THE ADJOUPNED PLANNING COM ISSION MEETING OF JUNE 19, 1974 1 (16) Prior to issuance of a building permit, the developer/owner shall acquire the necessary air rights for the crossing of Wolfe Road with a structure as proposed on the site plan labeled Exhibit A, 6-'J-73, in a manner as approved by the City Council. 17) Prior -_to ssuance of a building,permit, the developer/owner shall enter into an agreement with the City of Cupertino providing for the location of mass rapid. transit facilities within the parking lot areas defined on the site plan labeled E: libit A, 6-U-73. Said agreement shall provide fci fee ownership, easements, air rights or another appropriate interest to be determined in the future by the City of Cupertino and an appropriate transit authority. Addition- ally, said agreement shall define the. potential for a wide range of facilities tc be placed within the area. (1�3) Prior to issuance of a building permit, the developer/owner shall enter into an appropriate agreement as approved by the Cupertino City Council, providing for an annual contri- bution of $67,000 for a period of 20 years. Said amount shall be utilized in a manner as approved by the City Council to enhance the environmental quality of the community. PC -157 Page Page 15 (1.9) The required improvements to public reads within the Vall.co Par} area shall be .as stipl.;lated in the Public Works Di.rec- for report. dated October 16. 1973, _attached hereto. The improvements shall be as set forth in ti,e section entitled "STAGE II" o,'i pages 2 and 3 of t- id report. in i.tic,n, the cost of all traffic sign^1 modifications and/or t.!:�zte11a-- r. tions necessary to acco a od^te the proposed street 1, c.' CL"-C'L. I3 j' the r/GWnv�2. `r""lf._ developer/owner further agrees to participate in the funding of the 1'alltau A\r' oxiercrossi.ilg in order to expedite the construction, so Fps to b'e assured of its completicn, prior to completion of the sho ;ping center. (toDrive, .,�0) I':rov:i. i.cr.� shall b=� made to r_:.ninate Aubua::�-� Merritt Drive and Amharct Drive in the form of a modified cul--de-- sac as approved by the City Engineer. The improvement may ,,� provide for4dc,�_�zo-Sal landscaping as required by the th _ Architectural and Site Approval Committ:ce. (21) improvements to public roadway shall include the land- scaping, automation, and construction, of median strips where doomed appropriate by the City. PC -157 Page 16 �1IINUTES OF TIE ADJOURNED PLANNING CO II`ISS'I"C'N MEETING OF JUNE 19, 1974 (22) An 8 ft. high masonry wall shall be constructed on the westerly boundary line of the project to mitigate noise intrusion into the adjoining -sirgi.e-family neighborhood. The 8 ft, het ght of said sound wall. shall, be measured from the finish grade '-a • oil the residential property. Ths sound wall s�.:ll continue offsite to protect residents living on Dras-e. Drive beginning from the northwest tip of the shopping cancer site, then • along the coimion residential/flood control district property line to the triangular shaped California Water Service Company property. (23) The proposed 25 ft. wide l.andsc.ping strip between the adjoining residential, neighborhood and the perimeter road/parking :tot shai1 he'..eva.l_uatedby the Architectural and Site App, -oval Committee to deterriine if additional width is necessary to i.ncl,.ode space for bicycle paths and landscaping screening. (2 4) The applicant shall enter into an agreement with the owner of Portal Plaza and the Sears, Roebuck and Company to reconstruct: and landscape the' common o_rimr_eter.roadway adjacent to the Portal Plaza Shopping Center site. (2.5) In order to provide for peripheral and 1.nm:el:nal 1..-?idscap.n€ and bicycle paths, ITiie Architec.tura2 and S:*Ltte! Approval Committe is authorized todeleete the number of a f -street ranistalls designated. on the legend of FYdiihit A, 1st Revision by 1OZ. (26) The cub cut located on tCe ea.s-tern right of way edge of Yolfe Road approximately 150 ft. northerly of Vailco Park Way shall. be. eliminated. A median break shallbe provided on Vall.co Park Way to allow left turn movements . from Vailco Park Way to the. 5.86 acre parking lot located southerly of Vallco Park Way and the parking lot southerly of the J. C. Penney store._ (27) A detailed document shall be prepared by the developer setting forth measures to mitigate adverse impacts resulting from construction activities. The document shall include a proposal for delivery truckrouting, noise attenuation for equipment-, dust control, rodent control and hours of construction activities. The Planning Commission shall review and approve the. document under "Unfinished Business" prior to issuance of a building] permit. (28) The sound wall on the westerly boundary line shall be constructed. concurrently with the initial phase of construction for the center. The sound wall shall be completed prior to initiation of construc- tion activity that will have a substantially significant noise impact as defined in the "Construction Activity" document described in Condition 27. MINUTES OF T1E ADJOURNED PLANNING-CO1ISS1O'N_M1EETING GP.J:.!7xu 194974 PC --1.57 Page 17 (29) That the existing parking lat. electroliers on the Sears site shall be replaced by electroliers in conformance with those approved by the Architectural and -Si te..Approval Committee for the remainder of the shopping center. (30) That the truck barricade along the westerly portion of the project as shown on Exhibit. A, 1st Revision, near Amherst Drive, shall be moved to a. point southerly .of the Vallco Park Way entrance to the underg:cound parking facility. One truck barricade shall be p7.aced on the. perimeter road and one additional truck barricade shall beplaced southerly of Va..ilco Park Way across the north/ south collector aisle adjacent to the shopping center building. The motion was seconded by Comm. Woodward. Ch.rmn. O'Keefe asked the City Attorney if financing of wall as covered in Condition 22 could be left to- staff. Mr. Kilian said this would be handled by the City Council, also Condition 26. Comm. {' Jodv rC. would like to make a change on Cond:i.Lion 28, xemc": iTlgj lL: '•;or uuscl anyl81_. '!. The City .fit e�; lr. ra. t }' �.l. � r. t. c; :t"n._ is L,... d �_t �•�. _iv a CC_., p. rk.ri ₹ f�.; to a-1:- developer if this was agreeable. Mr. Ward said they would accept. ail the change. } AYES • Comm. Cooper, Gatto, \rIood,va.rd approved NOES): Comm. O'1<eefe _ _ __t _ _ _ ___ � • lotion co d , . 3 - - ; --- L E ' -- — d -- 1.t was noted this would to c] 1f.Ui :;ti.:231_ty to the C_'.? :•' Council. I(};- hearing on July 15, i974. It was ing U.'..<iT1iiuo11s_. at 1_= 30 +'.'.I. agreed by to the 77_.%I, 111.= Cctmui.ssi oilers to me:c.: f', on J.Eurod y, di so.:: the l5Cei Jun 20, 1974 c'st. 7:30 Is! Daniel n:iel p (1 YT p:,C.i e tit?Ss.rlall A'J'TEST: fr. a.r₹ 1- I vii _T