City of Sunnyvale - File #: 15-0604

• File #: 15-0604
• Type: Report to Board/Commission
• Status: Passed
• Meeting Body: Planning Commission
• On agenda: 11/14/2016
• Title: Forward Recommendations related to the LAWRENCE STATION AREA PLAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (2013-7653) to the City Council to: 1. Adopt a Resolution to: * Certify the EIR; Make the Findings Required by the California Environmental Quality Act; Adopt the Statement of Overriding Considerations and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program; * Adopt the Water Supply Assessment * Amend the General Plan to Create the Lawrence Station Area Plan General Plan Designation; and Update the General Plan Map to Reflect the Lawrence Station Area Plan Area; * Adopt the Lawrence Station Area Plan, with Modifications; * Adopt the Lawrence Station Area Plan Incentives and Development Cap Administrative Regulations. 2. Introduce an ordinance to: * Add Chapter 19.35 (Lawrence Station Area Plan District) to Title 19 (Zoning) to the Sunnyvale Municipal Code; * Amend the Precise Zoning Plan Zoning Districts Map to add the Lawrence Station Area Plan District and Rezone the Parcels in the Lawrence Stat...

REPORT TO PLANNING COMMISSION
SUBJECT
Title
Forward Recommendations related to the LAWRENCE STATION AREA PLAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (2013-7653) to the City Council to:
1. Adopt a Resolution to:
* Certify the EIR; Make the Findings Required by the California Environmental Quality Act; Adopt the Statement of Overriding Considerations and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program;
* Adopt the Water Supply Assessment
* Amend the General Plan to Create the Lawrence Station Area Plan General Plan Designation; and Update the General Plan Map to Reflect the Lawrence Station Area Plan Area;
* Adopt the Lawrence Station Area Plan, with Modifications;
* Adopt the Lawrence Station Area Plan Incentives and Development Cap Administrative Regulations.
2. Introduce an ordinance to:
* Add Chapter 19.35 (Lawrence Station Area Plan District) to Title 19 (Zoning) to the Sunnyvale Municipal Code;
* Amend the Precise Zoning Plan Zoning Districts Map to add the Lawrence Station Area Plan District and Rezone the Parcels in the Lawrence Station Area Plan Area to Lawrence Station Area Plan (LSAP) District; and
* Amend Sunnyvale Municipal Code Table 19.54.080 (Telecommunications Facilities Permits), Section 19.16.020 (Zoning Districts - Creation), and Section 19.90.010 (Special Development Permits) to Implement the Lawrence Station Area Specific Plan

Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
In 2007, a study issue was sponsored to review options to increase ridership at the Lawrence Caltrain station. Options included increasing housing opportunities near the station and adding additional transit options (see study issue paper, Attachment 2). The study was ranked in 2008 and the initial effort to complete a feasibility analysis was completed in 2009 (Attachment 3). Following those efforts, the City received a grant from the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority ("VTA") to complete a study of potential alternatives for the area, followed by a grant from Metropolitan Transportation Commissi...