STUDY SESSION REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL
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Land Use and Transportation Element of the General Plan (2016-7708)
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STUDY SESSION OVERVIEW
This report is for the City Council Study Session on the Land Use and Transportation Element of the General Plan.
As background, the Horizon 2035 Land Use and Transportation Element (LUTE) 2016 draft is available for public review (Attachment 1, or follow the link in Attachment 5). The Horizon 2035 LUTE was created with the assistance of the Horizon 2035 Committee that recommends a series of Goals, Policies and Action Statements concerning land use and transportation in Sunnyvale-with a projected buildout date of 2035. The LUTE includes two of the seven State required elements of Sunnyvale's General Plan and establishes goals and policies for the physical development and transportation system of the city. The LUTE will be incorporated into the Land Use and Transportation chapter of the General Plan; that chapter also includes Economy and Open Space sections, which will not be modified by this update. Attachment 2 is the Table of Contents for the entire adopted General Plan. The Housing Element (Chapter 5) was updated in 2015; other elements will be updated in the future. The LUTE incorporates major land use and transportation changes in areas highlighted in the Changing Conditions map (Figure 1 on page 11 of the Draft LUTE), including areas of the Peery Park Specific Plan, Lawrence Station Area Plan, El Camino Real Plan, and proposed Village Centers.
The Study Session will focus on two policy issues that continue to surface as areas that staff would like more input: (1) Village Centers and (2) Parking and Transportation policies. Attachment 3 includes a listing of policies and discussion of Village Centers and Parking and Transportation. For purpose of the Study Session, staff requests that the City Council review these materials and be prepared to provide policy input on these two topics.
The Horizon 2035 ...
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