CC action 12-02-2014 OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
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To: Planning Department
From: Kirsten Squarcia
Re: Subject: General Plan Amendment, 2014-2022 Housing Element, associated
Rezoning, Zoning map and text amendments and Specific Plan Amendment,
and related actions for environmental review to consider citywide
amendments to the City's General Plan, including the Housing Element, Heart
of the City Specific Plan, Vallco Shopping District, heights, densities,
commercial, retail, residential allocations, and recommendations on the
Housing Element sites, and to rescind all actions taken on these issues during
the November 10, 2014 Council meeting.
Recommended Action: A. Rescind all actions taken on November 10, 2014 and
consider the issues anew, disregarding prior votes and directions; and
B. Conduct a public hearing and take actions on the recommendations of the
Planning Commission which recommends that the City Council take the
following actions in accordance with the Draft Resolutions (Attachments A - F)
with the exceptions noted in Attachment G:
1. Adopt Resolution No. 14-210 for Certification of an Environmental Impact
Report, adoption of Findings and a Statement of Overriding Considerations,
and adoption of Mitigation Measures and a Mitigation Monitoring and
Reporting Program, (EA-2013-03), in substantially similar form to the attached
Resolution (Attachment A);
2. Adopt Resolution No. 14-211, GPA-2013-01 in substantially similar form to
the attached Resolution (Attachment B and as amended by Attachment G), for:
a. Draft General Plan (Community Vision 2040); and
b. General Plan Map Amendments.
3. Adopt Resolution No. 14-212 to authorize staff to, in substantially similar
form to the attached Resolution (Attachment C and as amended by
Attachment G):
a. Forward the Draft 2014-2022 Housing Element to the State Department of
Housing and Community Development (HCD); and
b. Use the prioritized list of Alternative Housing Element sites (in case one or
more of the adopted sites are not accepted by HCD as Housing Element sites).
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4. Conduct first reading of Ordinance 14-2124, "An Ordinance of the City
Council of the City of Cupertino Rezoning Certain Sites in the City for
Conformance with the General Plan and Housing Element Zoning Map
Amendment," Z-2013-03 (Attachment D and as amended by Attachment G);
5. Conduct first reading of Ordinance 14-2125, "An Ordinance of the City
Council of the City of Cupertino amending various Chapters in Title 18 and
Title 19, including the amendment of the Density Bonus Ordinance, the
addition of a Chapter in Title 19 to implement policies in the General Plan, the
addition of a Chapter in Title 13 to improve readability," Municipal Code
Amendment, MCA-2014-01 (Attachment E); and
6. Adopt Resolution No. 14-213 approving Specific Plan Amendment, SPA-
2014-01, in substantially similar form to the attached Resolution (Attachment
F).
Date: January 13, 2015
At its December 2 (and continued to December 3), 2014 meeting, the Cupertino City
Council took the following action:
A. RESCINDED ALL ACTIONS TAKEN ON NOVEMBER 10, 2014 AND
CONSIDERED THE ISSUES ANEW, DISREGARDING PRIOR VOTES
AND DIRECTIONS; AND
B. CONDUCTED A PUBLIC HEARING AND:
1. Adopted Resolution certifying the Environmental Impact Report for the General Plan
Amendment, Housing Element Update and Associated Rezoning Project; and
Adopting Findings and a Statement of Overriding Considerations, Mitigation
Measures and a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program with the changes
outlined in the Housing Element Resolution pertaining to the Priority Housing Sites.
2. Adopted Resolution approving a General Plan Amendment to reallocate and
replenish development allocation, amend the General Plan Land Use Map and
Development Standards, Comply with State Law and Reorganization, and Improve
Presentation and Readability with the following changes:
a. Modify the Citywide Development Allocation (Table LU-1) as follows:
(i) Retain existing Development Allocations except Vallco Shopping District
should show 2,000,000 s.f. of office allocation and 389 residential units (as a
Plan A Priority Housing Site). If there is no Specific Plan adopted by May 31,
2018, the City will consider removing office allocation and 389 residential
units.
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(ii) Identify residential allocation in the appropriate Special Areas in conformance
with the Priority Housing Sites.
b. Modify the Community Benefits Program (Policy LU— 1.3) to remove the program
specifics and replace with general language as a placeholder until the item is
revisited in first quarter 2015.
c. Revise the Community Form Diagram (Figure LU-1) to reflect existing heights and
densities except for Priority Housing sites that are part of the approved Housing
Element.
3. Adopted Resolution authorizing submittal of the Draft Housing Element and
technical appendix to the State Department of Housing and Community Development
for review, with removal of Exhibit HE-2 and incorporation of the changes identified
below related to the recommended Priority Housing Sites.
Column A of the table is a list of the Priority Sites should a Specific Plan for the
Vallco Shopping District be approved by the City Council by May 31, 2018 and
column B of the table is a list of the Priority Sites in case a Specific Plan is not
adopted by May 31, 2018.
Realistic Capacity
Site Existing Density @
(units at 85% of
Size Density 100%
maximum density)
Sites A B A B
Hamptons 12.4 600 750 25 85 99
Vallco N/A 389 0 35 35 35
Oaks 7.9 200 235 25 30 35
Marina 6.86 200 200 25 35 35
Barry Swenson 0.55 11 11 25 25 25
Glenbrooks 31.3 0 58 20 20 20
Homestead 5.1 0 132 35 35 35
Lanes
Total 1400 1386
Minimum density for any residential development on these sites shall be at 20
du/acre.
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4. Adopted Resolution amending the Heart of the City Specific Plan in conformance
with the General Plan.
5. Conducted First Reading of Ordinance No. 14-2124 to rezone certain sites for
conformance with the General Plan and Housing Element with a modification to be
consistent with the changes as reflected in Resolutions 14-211 (General Plan
Amendment) and 14-212 (Draft Housing Element).
6. Conducted First Reading of Ordinance No. 14-2125 to amend various chapters in Title
18 and Title 19 and add a chapter in Title 13 and Title 19 for conformance with State
Law, consistency, and to improve readability with the following changes:
a. Modify the Community Benefits Program (Section 19.144.070) to remove the
program specifics and replace with general language to reflect the Council decision
on the General Plan.
b. Modify Chapter 19.80, Planned Development, to reflect that sites requiring a
Specific Plan shall be governed by the Specific Plan.