REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Peery Park Specific Plan - Draft Project Description, Draft Vision, Guiding Principles, Goals and Policies and Conceptual Policy Framework Diagrams and Maps
Staff Contact: Amber El-Hajj, (408) 730-2723, ael-hajj@sunnyvale.ca.gov
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
The goal of the Peery Park Specific Plan (PPSP) is to physically reshape Peery Park over time through a program of public improvements and private investments in redevelopment to create a thriving workplace district that also provides benefits for the surrounding area.
The next step in the process is to obtain direction from the City Council on the project description and conceptual policy framework so that a draft Specific Plan and draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) can be developed for further public review.
Staff is recommending Alternative 1 - that the City Council direct staff to move forward with the draft Specific Plan and draft EIR based on the draft project description (Attachment 2), draft vision, guiding principles, goals and policies (Attachment 3) and conceptual policy framework diagrams and maps (Attachment 4). Once Council gives staff direction, the draft Specific Plan and draft EIR will be developed. It is expected that these items would be available for public review in summer 2015 and would return to the Council in fall 2015.
This item was considered by the Planning Commission on April 13, 2015. The Planning Commission recommended seven additional considerations/modifications to the staff recommendation. Staff has included six of the seven recommendations into the attached draft documents. The seventh consideration/modification was to add a provision that any project's TDM goal may be increased 10-15% over the current recommendation of 20-35%. Staff rationale for not modifying the draft documents to reflect this recommendation is included in the Staff Recommendation section of this report.
BACKGROUND
Preparation of the PPSP has bee...
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