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Subject: Vallco Town Center Special Area: Specific Plan and associated amendments to the General Plan, Zoning Map, and Municipal Code, to establish and modify development standards, including heights, density, and residential, commercial, and office development allocations; CEQA environmental review of project impacts and mitigation; Development Agreement.
The Specific Plan provides for two Tiers of development that include the following development allocations: Tier 1 - up to 2,034 residential units, up to 750,000 sq.ft. of office development, and minimum of 600,000 sq.ft. of commercial development; and Tier 2 - with community benefits, up to 2,923 residential units, up to 1.5 million sq.ft. sq.ft. of office development (with an additional 250,000 sq.ft. of office amenity space) and a minimum of 485,000 sq.ft. of commercial development which includes civic spaces. The Development Agreement provides community benefits, including a new City Hall (warm shell), a Performing Arts Center (warm shell), affordable housing to moderate income households, and financial and in-kind contributions toward local transportation improvements and public schools. Planning Commission recommendations are included in the report, and include a middle tier, between Tier 1 and Tier 2 development, with 2,923 residential units, reduced office allocation and a commensurate reduction in community benefits. (Application Number(s): GPA-2018-02, Z-2018-01, SPA-2017-01, MCA-2018-01, DA-2015-02 (EA-2017-05); Applicant(s): City of Cupertino (Specific Plan, General Plan Amendments, Zoning, Municipal Code Amendments and Environmental Review) and Vallco Property Owner, LLC (Development Agreement); Location: 10101 to 10333 North Wolfe Road; APN: 316-20-080, 316-20-081, 316-20-103, 316-20-107, 316-20-101, 316-20-105, 316-20-106, 316-20-104, 316-20-088, 316-20-092, 316-20-094, 316-20-099, 316-20-100, 316-20-095)
Recommended Action
The Planning Commission recommends that the City Council conduct a hearing and
1. Adopt Draft Resolution No. 18-084, certifying the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR), adopt CEQA findings, a Statement of Overriding Considerations and adopting and incorporating the mitigation measures into the Project, and adopting a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program.
2. Adopt Draft Resolution No. 18-085, approving General Plan amendments required to implement the Specific Plan.
3. Adopt Draft Resolution No. 18-086, approving the proposed Vallco Town Center Specific Plan, and associated clarifying/supplemental language.
4. Conduct the first reading of Ordinance No. 18-2177: “An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Cupertino Amending the Municipal Code to Allow Adoption and Implementation of Vallco Town Center Specific Plan.”
5. Conduct the first reading of Ordinance No. 18-2178: “An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Cupertino Rezoning the Parcels within the Vallco Special Area.”
6. Conduct the first reading of Ordinance No. 18-2179: “Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Cupertino Approving a Development Agreement by and Between the City of Cupertino and Vallco Property Owner LLC for the Development of Vallco Town Center.”
The Council may adjourn this meeting and continue this item to a date, time, and place specified in the order of adjournment. The continuance may include the public hearing or may occur after the close of the public hearing and include only Council deliberation. Staff recommends that if the meeting is adjourned and this item is continued, the adjourned meeting will take place on Wednesday, September 19 at 5:00 pm. in Cupertino Community Hall, 10350 Torre Avenue.