City of Sunnyvale

Notice and Agenda

Planning Commission

Monday, November 27, 2023

6:00 PM

Online and Bay Conference Room

(Room 145), City Hall,

456 W. Olive Ave.,

Sunnyvale, CA 94086

Special Meeting: Study Session - 6:00 PM | Public Hearing - 7:00 PM

Meeting Online Link: https://sunnyvale-ca-gov.zoom.us/j/91827390357

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Accessibility/Americans with Disability Act (ADA) Notice

Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), if you need special

assistance to provide public comment, or for other special assistance; please

contact the City at least 48 hours prior to enable the City to make reasonable

arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. The Planning Division may be

reached at 408-730-7440 or at planning@sunnyvale.ca.gov (28 CFR 35.160 (b)

(1)).

6 P.M. STUDY SESSION

Call to Order

Call to Order via teleconference and in the Bay Conference Room.

Roll Call

Study Session

The public may provide comments regarding the Study Session item(s). If you wish

to address the Planning Commission, please refer to the notice at the beginning of

this agenda.

Proposed Project: Related applications on a 3.56-acre site:

SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT: to demolish three

existing used auto sales buildings (office and repair garage

space) and construct: 1) a seven-story mixed-use building

including approximately 31,361 square feet of commercial/retail

space on the first and second stories and 111 residential units

(a mix of rental and for sale units) on the third story and above;

and, 2) five two-story single family homes.

23-1084

VESTING TENTATIVE MAP: To subdivide the properties into

six lots (one for the mixed-use building and five single-family

lots).

Location: 1104 and 1124 West El Camino Real (APNs: 198-17-023

and 198-17-029, respectively)

File #: 2018-7798

Zoning: ECR-MU33 (El Camino Real Mixed Use)

Applicant / Owner: Steve Brinkman (owner and applicant)

Environmental Review: No additional review required as per CEQA

Guidelines 15168(c)(2) and (4) - environmental impacts of the project

are addressed in the El Camino Real Specific Plan (ECRSP)

Environmental Impact Report (EIR).

Project Planner: Jeffrey Cucinotta, (408) 730-7424,

jcucinotta@sunnyvale.ca.gov

Adjourn Study Session

7 P.M. PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING

CALL TO ORDER

Call to Order via teleconference and in the Bay Conference Room.

SALUTE TO THE FLAG

ROLL CALL

ORAL COMMUNICATIONS

This category provides an opportunity for members of the public to address the

Planning Commission on items not listed on the agenda and is limited to 15

minutes (may be extended or continued after the public hearings/general business

section of the agenda at the discretion of the Chair) with a maximum of up to three

minutes per speaker. Please note the Brown Act (Open Meeting Law) does not

allow the Planning Commission to take action on an item not listed on the agenda.

If you wish to address the Planning Commission, please refer to the notice at the

beginning of this agenda. Individuals are limited to one appearance during this

section.

CONSENT CALENDAR

All matters listed on the consent calendar are considered to be routine and will be

acted upon by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items. If a

member of the public would like a consent calendar item pulled and discussed

separately, please refer to the notice at the beginning of this agenda.

Approve Planning Commission Meeting Minutes of November 13,

2023

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Recommendation:

Approve Planning Commission Meeting Minutes of November

13, 2023 as submitted.

PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS

If you wish to speak to a public hearing/general business item, please refer to

notice at the beginning of this agenda. Each speaker is limited to a maximum of

three minutes. For land-use items, applicants are limited to a maximum of 10

minutes for opening comments and 5 minutes for closing comments.

Forward Recommendation to City Council to Adopt a Resolution to

Amend the General Plan by Adopting the 2023-2031 Housing

Element and Adopt a Negative Declaration for the 2023-2031 Housing

Element

23-1094

Recommendation:

Alternative 1: Recommend that the City Council make the

findings and adopt the Resolution in Attachment 2 to the

report to a. Adopt the Negative Declaration in Attachment 3 to

the report, and b. Amend the General Plan by Adopting the

2023-2031 Housing Element as included a Exhibit A

STANDING ITEM: CONSIDERATION OF POTENTIAL STUDY ISSUES

INFORMATION ONLY REPORTS/ITEMS

Planning Commission Proposed Study Issues, Calendar Year: 2024

(Information Only)

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NON-AGENDA ITEMS AND COMMENTS

-Commissioner Comments

-Staff Comments

ADJOURNMENT

Notice to the Public:

Any agenda related writings or documents on this agenda distributed to members

of the Planning Commission are available by contacting the Planning Division at

408-730-7440 or planning@sunnyvale.ca.gov. Agendas and associated reports

are also available 72 hours before the meeting on the City’s website at

sunnyvale.ca.gov and during normal business hours at the NOVA Workforce

Services reception desk located on the first floor of City Hall at 456 W. Olive

Avenue.

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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that if you file a lawsuit challenging any final decision on

any public hearing item listed in this agenda, the issues in the lawsuit may be

limited to the issues which were raised at the public hearing or presented in writing

to the City at or before the public hearing.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that Code of Civil Procedure section 1094.6

imposes a 90-day deadline for the filing of any lawsuit challenging final action on

an agenda item which is subject to Code of Civil Procedure section 1094.5.