REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Approve Moffett Park Specific Plan Update Work Plan and Guiding Principles
Project Planner:
Michelle King, 408-730-7463, mking@sunnyvale.ca.gov
Report
SUMMARY OF COMMISSION ACTION
The Planning Commission considered this item on March 11, 2019. The report to the Planning Commission is Attachment 1 and minutes are Attachment 8. The Planning Commission voted 5-0 (Howe absent; Rheaume recused) to approve the work plan with modifications. The recommended modifications and staff comments follow.
1. Conduct outreach with the Valley Transportation Authority Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (VTA-BPAC) and the Sunnyvale Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission. The routes, including the Moffett Park to downtown route, should be reviewed in detail.
Staff comment: The draft work plan includes the Sunnyvale Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission (BPAC). VTA-BPAC referral has been added to the work plan.
2. Review the impacts of the VTA light rail prioritization.
Staff comment: Staff confirms that VTA prioritization should be included in the TIA and has been added to the work plan
3. Work to facilitate the most direct pedestrian route to the Mary Avenue Overcrossing.
Staff comment: Pedestrian amenities, including access to any existing and future planned facilities will be evaluated. There is no need to add any text to the work plan to assure this step is included.
4. Study and report the effects of the plan on public safety and water services and develop a long-term plan if water restrictions are implemented.
Staff comment: These items were already included in the draft work plan.
One member of the public spoke on this item requesting that City staff work with VTA-BPAC and to work to include affordable housing in the Specific Plan update.
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.
ALTERNATIVES
1. Approve the Guiding Principles, outlined in the staff report and the Work Plan (Attachment 7 to this report) for the update of the Moffett Park Specific Plan and direct staff to proceed with the understanding that the budget for the plan is funded by the initial applicant and/or other parties interested in the completion of the plan update.
2. Approve the Guiding Principles and Work Plan with modifications.
3. Do not approve the Guiding Principles and Work Plan as submitted and provide direction to staff on revisions to the Guiding Principles and Work Plan.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Alternative 1: Approve the Guiding Principles, outlined in the staff report and the Work Plan (Attachment 7 to the report) for the update of the Moffett Park Specific Plan and direct staff to proceed with the understanding that the budget for the plan is funded by the initial applicant and/or other parties interested in the completion of the plan update.
Staff is recommending the Guiding Principles to help direct the plan update and recommends approving the Work Plan (amended to reflect Planning Commission recommended additions) which outlines four major areas for the study. The Work Plan incorporates feedback from the preliminary outreach to Moffett Park stakeholders and a few key agencies (Valley Water, Valley Transportation Agency).
In the February 2018 Report to Council, it was contemplated that preliminary land uses would be presented in the Work Plan. Staff is recommending further study before presenting land use options to Council and will return to the Planning Commission and Council with land use scenarios for further study and to select the study alternative for the EIR. At this preliminary phase of the study, staff is recommending that residential uses be included in the Study; however, the actual appropriateness and possible numbers will be based on the market, fiscal, and capacity analyses.
Staff
Prepared by: Michelle King, Principal Planner
Reviewed by: Trudi Ryan, Director of Community Development
Reviewed by: Teri Silva, Assistant City Manager
Approved by: Kent Steffens, City Manager
ATTACHMENTS
1. Report to Planning Commission 19-0217, March 11, 2019 (without attachments)
2. Google MPSP GPA letter
3. Report to Planning Commission 17-0947, January 22, 2018 (without attachments)
4. Excerpt of Planning Commission Minutes, January 22, 2018
5. Report to City Council 18-0100, February 6, 2018 (without attachments)
6. Excerpt of City Council Minutes, February 6, 2018
7. Work Plan for Moffett Park Specific Plan Update (updated after Planning Commission)
Additional Attachments for Report to Council
8. Excerpt of Draft Minutes of the Planning Commission Meeting of March 11, 2019