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File #: 20-7546    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Public Hearings Status: Adopted as Amended
File created: 5/20/2020 In control: City Council
On agenda: 8/18/2020 Final action: 8/18/2020
Title: Subject: Consider approving a development proposal to demolish a 71,250 square foot retail center (The Oaks), remove and replace 74 protected trees, and construct a mixed-used development consisting of 267 housing units (88 Rowhouse/Townhouses, 179 senior apartments of which 131 are senior licensed assisted living units and 48 are affordable or below market rate (“BMR”) senior independent living units), 27 memory care licensed assisted living residences (“memory care residences”), and 20,000 square feet of commercial space. The applicant is requesting a Heart of the City Exception for retail frontage along Stevens Creek Boulevard. The applicant is also requesting a density bonus, including associated density bonus parking reduction and density bonus waivers for height, slope line setback, and dispersion of BMR housing units, as well as an incentive/concession for the consolidation of BMR housing units in a single, senior building. City approvals would be certification of the Final Env...
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. A - Draft Resolution for EA-2018-04, 3. B - Draft Resolution for DP-2018-05, 4. C - Draft Resolution for ASA-2018-05, 5. D - Draft Resolution for U-2019-03, 6. E - Draft Resolution for TM-2018-03, 7. F - Draft Resolution for EXC-2019-03, 8. G - Draft Resolution for TR-2018-22, 9. H - Planning Commission Resolution No. 6908, 10. I - Project Description, 11. J - Below Market Rate Project Description, 12. K - Letter from Andy Faber to Eric S. Phillips dated November 30, 2018, 13. L - Letter from Andy Faber to the Planning Commission dated April 22, 2020, 14. M - Density Bonus Waiver Request: Enhanced Senior and Family Living Project, 15. N - Letter from Randy Bekerman, representing Atria Senior Living dated June 24, 2020, 16. O - Letter from Andrew Faber to Gian Paolo Martire, dated July 31, 2020, 17. P - Letter from KT Urban, Atria, and Related to Gian Paolo Martire, dated July 31, 2020, 18. Q - Memo from RRM Design Group, Westport Density Bonus Waiver Review – Enhanced Senior and Family Living Project, dated July 7, 2020., 19. R - Memo from Sally Nielsen, Vice President, Hausrath Economics Group, Westport Cupertino: Peer Review of Economic Justifications for a Density Bonus Concession, dated August 11, 2020., 20. S - Westport Cupertino Retail Layout Analysis, 21. T - Alternate Retail Plan, 22. U - Memo from RRM Design Group, Westport Design Review – Tower Element, dated May 1, 2020., 23. V - Final EIR, 24. W - ERC Recommendation dated April 16 2020, 25. X - Public Comments, 26. Y - Project Plans

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Subject:  Consider approving a development proposal to demolish a 71,250 square foot retail center (The Oaks), remove and replace 74 protected trees, and construct a mixed-used development consisting of 267 housing units (88 Rowhouse/Townhouses, 179 senior apartments of which 131 are senior licensed assisted living units and 48 are affordable or below market rate (“BMR”) senior independent living units), 27 memory care licensed assisted living residences (“memory care residences”), and 20,000 square feet of commercial space. The applicant is requesting a Heart of the City Exception for retail frontage along Stevens Creek Boulevard. The applicant is also requesting a density bonus, including associated density bonus parking reduction and density bonus waivers for height, slope line setback, and dispersion of BMR housing units, as well as an incentive/concession for the consolidation of BMR housing units in a single, senior building. City approvals would be certification of the Final Environmental Impact Report, Development Permit (including findings regarding density bonus, parking reduction, concession, and waivers), Architectural and Site Approval Permit, Tree Removal Permit, Use Permit, Heart of the City Exception, and Vesting Tentative Map; (Application No(s): DP-2018-05, ASA-2018-05, TM-2018-03, TR-2018-22, U-2019-03, EXC-2019-03, EA-2018-04; Applicant(s): KT Urban (Mark Tersini); Location: 21267 Stevens Creek Boulevard; APN #326-27-042, -043. (Continued from June 2).

 

Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council consider the evidence presented and approve the project in accordance with the following draft resolutions (Attachments A-G). If the City Council wishes to approve the project, adopt the following resolutions:

1. Resolution No. 20-105 certifying the Final Environmental Impact Report and adopting the mitigation measures and Mitigation and Monitoring Reporting Program (EA-2018-04);

2. Resolution No. 20-106 approving the Development Permit (DP-2018-05);

3. Resolution No. 20-107 approving the Architectural and Site Approval Permit (ASA2018-05);

4. Resolution No. 20-108 approving the Use Permit (U-2019-03);

5. Resolution No. 20-109 approving the Vesting Tentative Map (TM-2018-03);

6. Resolution No. 20-110 approving the Heart of the City Exception (EXC-2019-03); and

7. Resolution No. 20-111 approving the Tree Removal Permit (TR-2018-22).