WHEREAS, pursuant to City Council directive, the Department of Community Development has conducted a study of land uses and zoning in the area of the City north of Highway 101, south of State Route 237 and west of the Lawrence Expressway to examine the potential effects of rezoning the sites from industrial to residential, in light of concerns about the current housing shortage and the lack of adequate neighborhood serving commercial centers in the north part of the City; and

WHEREAS, as a result of study, the Department of Community Development has proposed an amendment to the Land Use and Transportation Element of the 1972 General Plan of the City of Sunnyvale, as amended, which would create a new land use category to permit the development of medium to high density housing and up to 140,000 square feet of neighborhood serving commercial space in Futures Sites 7 and 8; and

WHEREAS, the City has prepared a mitigated negative declaration in compliance with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) which determines adoption of the general plan amendment, as mitigated, will have no significant negative impact on the area's resources, cumulative or otherwise; and

WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a noticed public hearing on the proposed amendment on June 10, 2002, and recommended that the City Council amend the General Plan as proposed; and

WHEREAS, the City Council pursuant to published notice held a public hearing on July 16, 2002, concerning the proposed amendment;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SUNNYVALE THAT:

1. The City Council finds and determines that the amendment conforms with and contains the requirements provided for in the "Uniform Planning and Zoning Code of the City of Sunnyvale," constitutes a suitable and logical change in the plan for physical development of the City of Sunnyvale, and is in the public interest.
   

2. The 1972 General Plan of the City of Sunnyvale, as amended, and more particularly the Land Use and Transportation Element, is amended in the following manner:

Futures Sites 7 and 8, 2002 Update

The City conducted a further study of Futures Sites 7 and 8 in 2002, and concluded that a range of residential densities from medium to high and up to 140,000 square feet of neighborhood-serving commercial space would best serve these particular sites. In July 2002, the City Council adopted a mitigated negative declaration and the staff recommendation to create a new land use category for Futures Sites 7 and 8, described as "Industrial to Residential, Medium to High," to allow the development of both medium and high density housing and neighborhood commercial in those areas. The Council also adopted a zoning code amendment at the same time rezoning some of the property in the sites to R-4/PD high density residential planned development.

(c) The 1972 General Plan of the City of Sunnyvale, and more particularly the "Land Use and Transportation Map" map, is hereby amended to change from "Industrial to Residential (Medium Density)" designation to "Industrial to Residential (Medium to High Density)" designation, certain property shown on the map attached and incorporated by this reference.

Adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting held on ___________________, 2002, by the following vote:

(SEAL)