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File #: 16-0613   
Type: Report to Council Status: Passed
Meeting Body: City Council
On agenda: 6/21/2016
Title: File #: 2016-0613 Location: 225 S. Taaffe Street (Block 18 of Downtown Specific Plan bounded by Mathilda, Washington, Sunnyvale and Iowa Avenues) Proposed Project: Appeal by a member of the public of a decision by the Planning Commission to approve: SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT to amend the Final Conditions of Approval for the Sunnyvale Town Center project to allow for rental housing units with a ground floor leasing office and an agreement to provide affordable housing within the project. Applicant / Owner: STC Venture, LLC (applicant) / REDUS SVTC, LLC (owner) Environmental Review: No additional environmental review is necessary; the proposed amendments to the Special Development Permit Final Conditions of Approval are within the scope of the previous environmental analysis for the Downtown Program Improvement Update, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15168(c)(2) and in addition are categorically exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15304 and 15305.
Sponsors: Hanson Hom
Attachments: 1. Public Notice Radius Map, 2. Applicant’s Statement, 3. Project Boundary Map, 4. Sunnyvale Town Center Site Plan (Ground Level), 5. Sunnyvale Town Center Site Plan (Second Floor), 6. Project Status Aerial Photo - December 2015, 7. CEQA Guidelines Findings and Analysis, 8. Findings for Approval of Amendments to SDP, 9. Amended Final COAs (as amended by Planning Commission), 10. DRAFT Amended Final COAs (redlined version)(not included), 11. Concept Plan - Residential Leasing Office and Incidental Uses, 12. Redwood Square Temporary Improvements, 13. Planning Commission Report of May 23, 2016, 14. Planning Commission Minutes of May 23, 2016, 15. Appeal Letter, dated June 7, 2016, 16. Findings for Approval of Amendments to SDP, 17. Excerpt of Amended Final COAs, Part A
REPORT TO COUNCIL

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File #: 2016-0613
Location: 225 S. Taaffe Street (Block 18 of Downtown Specific Plan bounded by Mathilda, Washington, Sunnyvale and Iowa Avenues)
Proposed Project: Appeal by a member of the public of a decision by the Planning Commission to approve:
SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT to amend the Final Conditions of Approval for the Sunnyvale Town Center project to allow for rental housing units with a ground floor leasing office and an agreement to provide affordable housing within the project.
Applicant / Owner: STC Venture, LLC (applicant) / REDUS SVTC, LLC (owner)
Environmental Review: No additional environmental review is necessary; the proposed amendments to the Special Development Permit Final Conditions of Approval are within the scope of the previous environmental analysis for the Downtown Program Improvement Update, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15168(c)(2) and in addition are categorically exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15304 and 15305.
Report
Staff Contact: Hanson Hom, (408) 730-7450, hhom@sunnyvale.ca.gov

SUMMARY OF PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION
The amendments to Final Conditions of Approval for the Special Development Permit (SDP) were considered by the Planning Commission in two separate actions. Part A pertained to allowing for rental housing within the project, a leasing office with incidental residential uses within the ground floor retail space, and an agreement to provide below market rate (BMR) affordable housing units within the project. Part B pertained to all other amendments to the Final Conditions of Approval, including installing temporary landscaping and parking lot improvements within Redwood Plaza. This appeal applies to Part A only and specifically pertains to Conditions G10.b, G10.d.4e, A23.10 and BMR1. (See Attachment 17 for an excerpt of these conditions.) The Planning Commission approved Part A on a vote of 4:1 with one Commissioner expressing concern with the allowance f...

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