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File #: 16-0868   
Type: Report to Board/Commission Status: Passed
Meeting Body: Planning Commission
On agenda: 9/12/2016
Title: Forward Recommendations to the City Council related to the adoption of the PEERY PARK SPECIFIC PLAN (2013-7653): * Accept the errata to the EIR and find that none of the circumstances triggering recirculation of the EIR or subsequent environmental review have occurred under CEQA Guidelines Sections 15088.5 and 15162 * Adopt a resolution to adopt the Peery Park Specific Plan and make related amendments to the General Plan * Introduce an ordinance to create the Peery Park Specific Plan district and rezone the parcels in the Plan Area * Adopt a resolution to establish fees for Peery Park * Adopt a motion to prioritize the flexible community benefits * Support the use of $100,000 of City Funds to provide a portion of the local match for the Peery Park Rides Grant Program. * Direct staff to undertake the appropriate environmental analysis and community outreach and return to consider whether the Peery Park Specific Plan should be amended to include additional housing opportunities.
Attachments: 1. Planning Commission Report of August 22, 2016, 2. Study Issue Paper, 3. Resolution to Certify the EIR and related actions, and Adopt the Peery Park Specific Plan with related actions, 4. Ordinance to Amend Title 19 (Zoning) and amend the Precise Zoning Plan Map, 5. Resolution to Amend the Fee Schedule and to add Peery Park related fees, 6. Links to the PPSP and Appendices, 7. UPDATED Recommended Modifications to the Peery Park Specific Plan Document, 8. Links to Draft and Final EIR and Appendices.pdf, 9. Full Text of Council Policy 1.1.9, 10. Meeting Notes and Summaries of the Group Exercises from the four Community Workshops, 11. Summary of the Online Survey Results, 12. Summary of the Comments Received at the EIR Scoping Meeting on June 25, 2015, 13. Comments Received During the Notice of Preparation Period, 14. Link to the Peery Park Specific Plan Webpage, 15. Peery Park Specific Plan District Map, 16. Link to the Comprehensive Land Use Plan for Moffett Federal Airfield, 17. Summary of Comments Received on the PPSP during the Public Review Period, 18. Financial Analysis Study conducted by EPS, 19. Hertitage Preservation Commission Meeting Minutes from June 1, 2016, 20. Sustainability Commission Minutes from May 16, 2016, 21. Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission Minutes from May 19, 2016, 22. Planning Commission Minutes from May 23, 2016, 23. Recommended Modifications to the PPSP for the August 24, 2016 ALUC Meeting, 24. Information on the PPSP Fee, Sense of Place Fee and Wastewater Infrastructure Fee, 25. City of Sunnyvale Water Supply Assessment, 26. UPDATED Public Comment, 27. Draft Planning Commission Minutes of August 22, 2016, 28. NEW Errata #1 and #2 to the Final EIR for the PPSP, 29. NEW PPSP Map with CLUP Safety and Noise Overlay Zones, 30. NEW PPSP Development Project Map with Potential Housing Opportunity Sites
Related files: 16-0907
REPORT TO PLANNING COMMISSION

SUBJECT
Title
Forward Recommendations to the City Council related to the adoption of the PEERY PARK SPECIFIC PLAN (2013-7653):
* Accept the errata to the EIR and find that none of the circumstances triggering recirculation of the EIR or subsequent environmental review have occurred under CEQA Guidelines Sections 15088.5 and 15162
* Adopt a resolution to adopt the Peery Park Specific Plan and make related amendments to the General Plan
* Introduce an ordinance to create the Peery Park Specific Plan district and rezone the parcels in the Plan Area
* Adopt a resolution to establish fees for Peery Park
* Adopt a motion to prioritize the flexible community benefits
* Support the use of $100,000 of City Funds to provide a portion of the local match for the Peery Park Rides Grant Program.
* Direct staff to undertake the appropriate environmental analysis and community outreach and return to consider whether the Peery Park Specific Plan should be amended to include additional housing opportunities.

Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
The Planning Commission held a public hearing on August 22, 2016 to consider the Peery Park Specific Plan (PPSP or Plan) and related actions (see Report to Planning Commission, Attachment 1 and Planning Commission Minutes of August 22, 2016 in Attachment 27). The Planning Commission passed a motion to recommend certification of the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) which included making the findings required by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), adoption of the Statement of Overriding Considerations and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program and adoption of the Water Supply Assessment. In order for the Planning Commission to make a recommendation on a General Plan Amendment or Rezoning action, a motion to approve, approve with modifications or deny must receive the vote of at least four Planning Commissioners. Only five Planning Commissioners were in attendance that evening and the Planning Commission f...

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