REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Confirm Study Area for the Kifer North Precise Plan (Larger area) or Modify to Include Fortinet Parcels Only (Smaller area); Authorize the City Manager to Enter into Agreements with Ascent Environmental to complete the Planning Study and Environmental Document, and Hexagon Transportation Consultants to complete the associated Transportation Impact Analysis; and Approve Budget Modification No. 33 in the amount of $322,500 if the Larger Area is Confirmed
Report
BACKGROUND
On August 22, 2017 (RTC No. 17-0826), the City Council initiated a General Plan Amendment study requested by Fortinet, Inc. (a network security company headquartered in Sunnyvale) to consider an industrial-intensification designation in the General Plan to allow for development of up to 100 percent floor area ratio (FAR) on certain parcels along Kifer Road. The Council action to initiate a General Plan Amendment study specified study of a larger area beyond Fortinet's requested parcels with the preparation of a Specific, Area, or Precise Plan. City Council further reserved the option to decrease the size of the study area to only the properties requested by Fortinet.
The larger area, consisting of approximately 35 acres, is bounded by Central Expressway to the north, Kifer Road to the south, a private park to the east (adjacent to the Texas Instruments campus), and Wolfe Road to the west.
The smaller area requested by Fortinet, consisting of approximately 18 acres, is bounded by Central Expressway to the north, Kifer Road to the south, Commercial Street to the east, and generally, by San Lazaro to the West (except for seven parcels along the east side of San Lazaro Avenue). See Attachment 1 for a map of the two study area options.
The Council directed that staff come back with consultant scopes of work for both the larger and smaller study areas so that there is maximum flexibility when presented with the contract award and a budget modification. The budget mo...
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