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File #: 17-0767   
Type: Report to Council Status: Public Hearing/General Business
Meeting Body: City Council
On agenda: 8/15/2017
Title: Proposed Project: GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT INITIATION to consider a 100% FAR combining district on 11 parcels in the M-S zoning district totaling 17.85 acres. File #: 2017-7382 Locations: 893-909 Kifer Road (APN 205-42-011), 905 Kifer Road (APN 205-42-009) 917 Kifer Road (APN 205-42-008), 133-135 Commercial Street and 919-921 Kifer Road (APN 205-42-007), 155 Commercial Street (APN 205-42-006), 165 Commercial Street (APN 205-42-010), 167-171 Commercial Street (APN 205-42-012), 181 Commercial Street (APN 205-42-003), 183 Commercial Street (APN 205-42-004), 193 Commercial Street (APN 205-42-002), No address (APN 205-42-001) Applicant / Owner: ARC TEC, Inc. (applicant) / Fortinet (owner) Environmental Review: The project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378 (a).
Attachments: 1. Report to Planning Commission 17-0642, 7-24-17, 2. Fortinet GPI Request Letter and Company Information, 3. Aerial Vicinity Map, 4. Applicant’s Conceptual Development Plan, 5. LUTE Changing Conditions Map, 6. General Plan Land Use Map of vicinity, 7. Noticing Map, 8. Excerpted PC Minutes of 7-24-17, 9. Public comments received since Planning Commission staff report
Related files: 17-0642, 17-0826
REPORT TO COUNCIL

SUBJECT
Title
Proposed Project: GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT INITIATION to consider a 100% FAR combining district on 11 parcels in the M-S zoning district totaling 17.85 acres.
File #: 2017-7382
Locations: 893-909 Kifer Road (APN 205-42-011), 905 Kifer Road (APN 205-42-009)
917 Kifer Road (APN 205-42-008), 133-135 Commercial Street and 919-921 Kifer Road (APN 205-42-007), 155 Commercial Street (APN 205-42-006), 165 Commercial Street (APN 205-42-010), 167-171 Commercial Street (APN 205-42-012), 181 Commercial Street (APN 205-42-003), 183 Commercial Street (APN 205-42-004), 193 Commercial Street (APN 205-42-002), No address (APN 205-42-001)
Applicant / Owner: ARC TEC, Inc. (applicant) / Fortinet (owner)
Environmental Review: The project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378 (a).

Report
Project Planner: George Schroeder, (408) 730-7443, gschroeder@sunnyvale.ca.gov

SUMMARY OF PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION
The Planning Commission considered this item on July 24, 2017. No members of the public spoke on the item.

The Planning Commission voted 6-0 to recommend approval of Alternative 3 to initiate a General Plan Amendment study of a larger study area (bounded by Central Expressway to the north, Kifer Road to the south, a private park to the east, and Wolfe Road to the west) as an industrial intensification site in the General Plan to allow 100 percent FAR with the preparation of a Specific, Area, or Precise Plan.

The Planning Commission inquired about the differences in cost and timing between the applicant's and staff's proposed study area (Alternative 2 and Alternative 3, respectively). The applicant expressed concern about how a larger study area and initiation of an area plan (e.g., Specific Plan) would affect their intended schedule to develop an office campus. If the City Council authorizes initiation of a General Plan study, and the applicant moves forward with the process, the estim...

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