REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Consider Budget Modification No. 34 in the amount of $200,000 for the Peery Park Specific Plan Housing Study, and Find that the Action is Exempt from CEQA
Report
BACKGROUND
In September 2016, the City Council adopted the Peery Park Specific Plan (PPSP). The Council approval included an alternative that stated: "Direct staff to undertake the appropriate environmental analysis and community outreach and return to Planning Commission and City Council to consider whether the Peery Park Specific Plan should be amended to include additional housing opportunities. Further direct that the PPSP housing amendment study for the California Avenue and Hermosa Court sites be completed within three years of PPSP approval and that, if formal applications to amend the Plan to include housing have not been submitted by either of the owners of the two properties within one year, staff will return to City Council for a Budget Modification for staff to proceed with the housing amendment study."
Since the adoption of the PPSP, staff has discussed the potential of studying housing within the two opportunity areas with the property owners; however, no formal application has been received for either area. Attachment 1 contains a map of the PPSP area with the housing opportunity sites shown in red.
EXISTING POLICY
Sunnyvale Charter
Pursuant to Sunnyvale Charter Section 1305, at any meeting after the adoption of the budget, the City Council may amend or supplement the budget by motion adopted by affirmative votes of at least four members so as to authorize the transfer of unused balances appropriated for one purpose to another, or to appropriate available revenue not included in the budget.
Sunnyvale General Plan
Land Use and Transportation Element
Goal LT-4: An Attractive Community for Residents and Businesses
Policy LT-4.2: Encourage nodes of interest and activity, public open spaces, well-planned development, mixed-use projects, signature commercial...
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