REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Peery Park Specific Plan Amendment Initiation Requests
Two applications in the Peery Park Specific Plan (PPSP) area with requests to increase the allowable office/industrial square footage and to study housing on one of the housing opportunity sites (HOS) (not currently permitted in the plan).
File: 2020-7814
Location: 400-840 W. California Avenue (APNs: 165-26-009-020)
Proposed Project: Peery Park Specific Plan Amendment Initiation
Request to initiate a study to consider 1,027 housing units on the western 13.1 acres and a net increase of 487,000 square feet of office/industrial on the remaining 16.2 acres of the property.
Applicant / Owner: Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill LLP (applicant) / Steelwave LLC (owner)
File: 2021-7022
Location: 505 & 525 Almanor Avenue (APNs 165-44-001-003)
Proposed Project: Peery Park Specific Plan Amendment Initiation
Request to initiate a study to allow a new 135,000 square foot office building and parking structure.
Applicant / Owner: RMW Architecture & Interiors (applicant) / Invesco Advisors, Inc (owner)
Zoning (both sites): PPSP - Innovation Edge (PPSP-IE)
Environmental Review: The decision to initiate a Specific Plan Amendment (SPA) study does not require an environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(a).
Project Planner: Amber Blizinski, ablizinski@sunnyvale.ca.gov, (408) 730-2723
Report
SUMMARY OF COMMISSION ACTION
The Planning Commission considered this item on October 10, 2022. Three members of the public spoke on the item, two residents who were opposed to the projects and one community member who spoke in support of the project if union labor is used. The final excerpt meeting minutes are in Attachment 13.
The Planning Commission voted 6-1, with Commissioner Serrone dissenting, to recommend approval of the staff recommendation (Alternatives 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5) with the following modification:
* Modify Al...
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