MEMO 082019 Vallco Shopping District Special Area General Plan Amendments and 1st reading
To: Planning Department
From: Grace Schmidt
Subject: Subject: Vallco Shopping District Special Area General Plan Amendments
and Associated Zoning Amendments; and Second Addendum to the
Environmental Impact Report for the 2014 General Plan Amendment,
Housing Element Update, and Associated Rezoning Project
Date: September 20, 2019
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At its August 20, 2019 regular meeting, the Cupertino City Council took the following action:
Selected Location D: East of Wolfe Road and North of Vallco Parkway, as shown
on Exhibit 10 of the Staff Report, as the location of approximately 13.1 acres on
the site to be designated and zoned for residential use.
Adopted Resolution No. 19-108 adopting a Second Addendum to the
Environmental Impact Report for the 2014 General Plan Amendment, Housing
Element Update, and Associated Rezoning Project.
Adopted Resolution No. 19-109 (GPA-2019-01 amending the General Plan to
remove Office as a permitted use from the Vallco Shopping District Special Area
and remove associated office allocations.
Adopted Resolution No. 19-110 (GPA-2019-02) amending the General Plan and
General Plan Land Use Map to establish height limits and enact development
standards for residential uses within the Vallco Shopping District Special Area
and identifying a recommended location for future residential development on
13.1 acres of the Special Area based on location D as shown on Attachment 10 of
the staff report, as amended to (1) reflect changes shown on dais materials
provided to Council and made available on the City’s website as written
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communications from staff; (2) add a required building plane adjoining the
western side of the shopping district shopping area also known as the Portal
neighborhood with a slope line of two feet of setback for every one foot of vertical
building; (3) add of the following language to the resolution: "Now therefore be
it further resolved that the City Council directs staff to initiate a Specific Planning
process for the portion of the site designated “Regional Shopping” and consider
as part of that process a plan that would include a maximum of 1,500 units of
housing for the entirety of the Vallco Shopping District's special area inclusive of
any and all housing and density bonuses, including added incentives for features
such as housing for extremely low income households and housing for persons
with disabilities including developmental disabilities, and reduce the amount of
retail required to 400,000 square feet exclusive of the parcel known colloquially
as the Simeon Property;" (4) set a 60-foot height limitation for the entirety of the
Vallco Shopping District Special Area; and (5) designate 13.1 acres of the Vallco
site as Regional Shopping/Residential in location D as shown on Attachment 10
of the staff report.
Conducted the first reading of Ordinance No. 19-2187 (MCA-2019-01): "An
Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Cupertino eliminating references in
the Municipal Code to the Vallco Town Center Specific Plan and adding language
establishing development standards for a new Mixed Use Planned Development
with Multifamily (R3) Residential and General Commercial zoning designation
(P(R3,CG))" as amended to reflect changes shown on dais materials provided to
Council and made available on the City’s website as written communications
from staff.
Conducted the first reading of Ordinance No. 19-2188 (Z-2019-01), "An Ordinance
of the City Council of the City of Cupertino amending the zoning map to rezone
13.1 acres within the Vallco Shopping District Special Area to Mixed Use Planned
Development with Multifamily (R3) Residential zoning P(R3,CG) and General
Commercial uses and the remainder of the Special Area to General Commercial
(CG)."
Council also directed the City Manager to attempt to engage with the property
owner to discuss potential alternatives.