REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Consideration of Undergrounding Additional Overhead Services Related to 365 S. Mathilda Avenue and Approval of Budget Modification No. 1 in the Amount of $399,880
Report
BACKGROUND
On April 27, 2020, the Planning Commission approved Special Development Permit (SDP) 2019-7269 to redevelop six City-owned parcels totaling 1.44 acres into a 90-unit affordable housing project. The Project is entitled to construct four-story apartments consisting of 83 units along South Mathilda Avenue and West Iowa Avenue, and seven (7) two-story townhouse style units along Charles Street. The Project includes one (1) manager unit in the total unit count, underground parking, and amenity spaces on the ground floor. The Project provides units for households with Extremely Low (30% area median income) to Moderate (110% area median income) income with 25% of the units for households with developmental or intellectual disabilities. The project utilizes the State Density Bonus Law.
The Project is subject to Sunnyvale Municipal Code (SMC) Section 19.38.090, and SDP 2019-7269 condition of approval BP-29 and EP-9, which require all utilities fronting the project site to be placed underground. These include utilities on Charles Street and Iowa Avenue. The Developer is responsible for undergrounding utilities located on the premises or within rights-of-way contiguous to the Project site. The Developer shares the undergrounding costs with the City when the utilities extend past their property or cross the street and the City bears the costs for more extensive work associated with the undergrounding. For this Project, there are extensive off-site requirements that would be the responsibility of the City.
Previous Actions on the Site
The project site is located in an area with older subdivisions in the City of Sunnyvale. The properties were used for agricultural land and housing as early as 1930, with a former roadway bisecting the property as early as 1911. Tw...
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