REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE TO JULY 25, 2017
Proposed Project: Related applications on a 2.1-acre site:
REZONE: Introduction of an Ordinance to rezone the property at 1314-1320 Poplar Ave. from R-1/ECR (Low Density Residential/Precise Plan for El Camino Real) to C-2/ECR (Highway Business Commercial/Precise Plan for El Camino Real); and
SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT: Redevelop a former mobile home park (Conversion Impact Report certified and closure approved in January 2016) and existing duplex property into a 108-unit apartment complex, where 20% of units will be affordable to very low income households. The complex will consist of one five-story building (four stories above amenities and parking on the ground floor plus one level of parking underground) facing El Camino Real and one three-story building facing Poplar Ave.
Location: 1008 E. El Camino Real (APN 313-03-011) and 1314-1320 Poplar Ave. (APN 313-03-013)
File #: 2016-7293
Applicant / Owner: St. Anton Communities / Sunnyvale Park LLC; Alhambra Apartments LP
Environmental Review: Mitigated Negative Declaration
Report
Project Planner: Rosemarie Zulueta, (408) 730-7437, rzulueta@sunnyvale.ca.gov
BACKGROUND
This item was scheduled and advertised for the Planning Commission meeting of April 24, 2017 and City Council meeting of May 23, 2017. The applicant has requested a continuance to allow additional time to redesign the project.
At the public hearing on April 24, the Planning Commission continued the item to their June 12, 2017 meeting.
The applicant requests to continue the City Council hearing to July 25, 2017. As a notice has already been published for a public hearing at the City Council on May 23, 2017, it is necessary for the City Council to continue the public hearing to July 25, 2017.
PUBLIC CONTACT
Public contact was made by posting the Council agenda on the City's official-notice bulletin board outside City Hall, at the Sunnyvale Senior Center, Community Center and Department of Public Safety; and by making the agenda and report available at the Sunnyvale Public Library, the Office of the City Clerk and on the City's website.
A notice for this project was also published in the Sunnyvale Sun on March 24, 2017 for the May 23, 2017 City Council hearing. Continuance to a date certain serves as legal notification of the rescheduled hearing date.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Continue the public hearing to the July 25, 2017 City Council meeting.
Staff
Prepared by: Rosemarie Zulueta, Senior Planner
Reviewed by: Gerri Caruso, Principal Planner
Reviewed by: Trudi Ryan, Director, Community Development
Reviewed by: Kent Steffens, Assistant City Manager
Approved by: Deanna J. Santana, City Manager