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CC Resolution No. 01-040RESOLUTION NO. 01-040 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY CUPERTINO AUTHORIZING A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN AMENDMENT TO THE GENERAL PLAN TO INCREASE THE DEVELOPMENT ALLOCATION, BUILDING HEIGHT AND SETBACK RATIO FOR A MIXED USE OFFICE/ RETAIL/RESIDENTIAL PROJECT WHEREAS, the City of Cupertino has received an application for a General Plan Amendment as described in this resolution; and WHEREAS, the applicant requests to amend the General Plan Land Use and Housing Elements generally in the block contained by Rodriguez Avenue to the north, Torre Avenue to the east, Pacific Drive to the south and De Anza Boulevard to the west, to allow a mixed use project in the existing Town Center development encompassing about 12.3 acres replacing 130,500 sq. ft. of professional medical office space with preliminarily 223,338 sq. ft. of new corporate office space, 194 apartments, 31,960 sq. ft. of retail/commercial space, 41,739 sq. ft. of existing medical office space and 1,941 parking spaces including 180 underground spaces for City Hall and the Library, planned around a central 0.5 acre civic park in an active pedestrian environment that complements and provides links to City Hall and City Center. WHEREAS, the applicant has satisfied the following criteria for considering a general plan amendment: 1. The amendment appears to support the following existing General Plan goals and objectives: · Community Identity: Policy 2.1 Diversity of Land Use and Policy 2.2 Heart of the City; · Housing Variety: Policy 2-13: Full Range of Housing Opportunities and Policy, Policy 2-17 Housing Variation in the Urban Core; · Urban Design: Policy 2-24 Urban Focal Points, Policy 2-25 On-site Environments and Policy 2-26 Public Open Space Development; · Transportation: Policy 4-2 Traffic Capacity and Land Use Limitations and Policy 4-3 Coordination of Street Improvements. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Cupertino that after careful consideration of the brochure titled "Civic Park, Cupertino - A Community Place", the revision dated January 12, 2001, the information booklet containing site comparisons and local project references, facts, exhibits, testimony and other evidence submitted in this matter, the request to initiate a public hearing to consider a General Plan amendment is hereby authorized subject to the "Project Conditions" in Attachment A; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the sub-conclusions upon which the findings and conditions specified in this resolution are based on and contained in the public hearing record concerning this application, as set forth in the minutes of the City Council Meeting of February 5, 2001, and incorporated by reference as though fully set forth herein. Resolution No. 01-040 Page 2 PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Cupertino this 5th day of February, 2001, by the following vote: VOTE: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL ATTES~i': City Clerk APPROVED: Resolution No. 01-040 Page 3 ATTACHMENT A PROJECT CONDITIONS In order to address the City Council's concerns, the applicant shall evaluate or incorporate the following components as indicated below in order to create a development suitable for the site and to address impacts to the neighborhood: 1. Incorporate adequate housing into the development to reasonably offset the added employees generated by the office use. A minimum of 194 housing units shall be provided in Phase I and additional residential units will be provided in Phase II. 2. Evaluate the provision of for-sale residential units in Phase I or Phase II of the development. 3. Analyze and evaluate at minimum, the following enhancements to the existing circulation system to optimize functioning of the system and to manage additional traffic due to the development: a. Analyze the best locations for signalized intersections on De Anza Boulevard taking into account the effect of new and/or relocated signals on traffic patterns along Rodriguez Avenue and Pacifica Drive, and the left turn movement into Town Center Lane from south-bound De Anza Boulevard; b. Provide offsite enhancements to Rodriguez Avenue to make it pedestrian friendly and link it to City Center including: full or partial closure; diagonal parking; trellises; crosswalks with special pavers; traffic calming; bike and pedestrian facilities; etc.); c. Provide neighborhood calming measures to reduce through traffic in adjacent neighborhoods; d. Evaluate effect of ramp meters at Saratoga/Sunnyvale and not at Stevens Creek on regional cut-through traffic; e. Redesign McClellan Road/De Anza Boulevard to a T-intersection and improving pedestrian crossing to the south of the intersection while reducing neighborhood impacts on Rodriguez Avenue and Pacifica Drive; f. Evaluate signal progression and spacing to optimize and enhance the flow of traffic on De Anza Boulevard from the Hwy 280 ramps to Bollinger Road; g. Illustrate the role of Town Center Lane as an alternative to the commercial/residential grid on Civic Park Drive; h. Based on the traffic impact report, mitigate traffic generated by the project through site improvements, payment of the project's share of area-wide improvements and transportation demand management (TDM) techniques; 4. Conduct a preliminary analysis of services and equipment (tim, police, recycling, PG&E, water, sewer, schools, etc.) to ensure that they are adequate to meet demand caused by the development and, if necessary, provide reimbursement for the project's share of services and equipment necessary to meet demand; Resolution No. 01-040 Page 4 5. Provide a minimum of 180 parking spaces in the underground garage at Rodriguez and Torre Avenues for City Hall and the Library; 6. Provide ground floor retail uses along Civic Park Drive and the cross street immediately east in building G-3; 7. Incorporate a bookstore or a news/magazine stand with a coffee shop in one of the ground floor retail spaces along Civic Park Drive; 8. Face buildings CO-l/G-4 and CO-2/G-5 along Civic Park Drive with small ground floor office spaces which could be converted to retail in the future; 9. Commit to assessment of the economic feasibility of the ground floor spaces in CO-1 and CO-2 to accommodate retail in the future; 10. Evaluate the possibility of providing ground floor office/retail along Torre Avenue in Building A-1; 11. Incorporate exemplary architecture, high-quality natural materials such as marble, stone and brick, and landscaping that significantly enhances the project and sets an example for buildings that follow; 12. Work with staff and the Design Review architect to redesign corporate offices with enhanced materials, design details, scale and openings to make them compatible with the medical office/retail and residential buildings along Civic Park Drive; 13. Provide special pavers such as brick, along Civic Park Drive and its intersections at De Anza, and Torre Avenue, and on pedestrian crossings within the project, across Rodriguez Avenue and across Torre Avenue; 14. Provide street trees and well designed streetscape elements such as benches, streetlights, bollards, low level lighting, etc., along Civic Park Drive, Rodriguez (between De Anza and Torre Avenues) and Torre (between Rodriguez Avenue and Pacifica Drive); 15. Assess options with and without the pinch points formed by the buildings at the intersection of Civic Park Drive and Torre Avenue and provide the option that best meets urban design goals; 16. Incorporate public art located so as to be visible from De Anza Boulevard, Torte Avenue and within Civic Park; 17. Incorporate high quality environmental graphics with a consistent design theme including: gateway features at primary entrances; markers; and directional signage to guide pedestrian and auto circulation; 18. Contribute the sum of $30,000 towards the preparation of a Town Center Master Plan indicating a mix of uses on the seven (7) acres south of Town Center Lane; and 19. Provide a mixed use development consisting of residential and hotel/retail in Phase 2 (redevelopment of site containing three existing medical office buildings). The mixed use development in Phase 2 will be integrated into Phase 1 with the help of high-quality architecture, landscaping and streetscape design.