AGENDA

SUNNYVALE PLANNING COMMISSION

AUGUST 9, 2004

1.     2004-2004-0531 - Classic Communities [Applicant] Golden Gate Commercial Company [Owner]: Application for related proposals on a 2.6-acre site located at 624 East Evelyn Ave in a C-1/ITR/R-3/PD (Neighborhood Business/Industrial to Residential/Medium-Density Residential/Planned Development) Zoning District.  (APNs: 209-13-059 and 209-13-020) (Negative Declaration) SL (30 minutes) (Also to Planning Commission on 08/23/09) (30 minutes)

• Special Development Permit to allow the construction of 47 new townhomes, and
• Tentative Map to subdivide two lots into 47 lots and one common lot.

 2.  Review of Planning Commission on Guidelines (20 minutes)

3.   Comments from the Chair (5 minutes)

CALL TO ORDER/SALUTE TO THE FLAG

ROLL CALL

SCHEDULED PRESENTATION

None 

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS/CITIZENS TO BE HEARD Speakers are limited to three (3) minutes. If you wish to address the Planning Commission, please complete a speaker's card and give it to the Recording Secretary. If your subject is not on the agenda, you will be recognized at this time; but the Brown Act (Open Meeting Law) does not allow action by Planning Commission Members.  If you wish to speak to a subject listed on the agenda, you will be recognized at the time the item is being considered by the Planning Commission.

CONSENT CALENDAR

APPROVAL OF MINUTES – July 26, 2004

PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS

1.     2004-0534 – John Tze [Applicant] Fal Investments Llc [Owner]: Application for related proposals on a 4.9-acre site located at 776 E El Camino Real in a C-2 (Highway Business) Zoning District. (Negative Declaration) (211-25-001) RK (Applicant requests a continuance to 08/23/04)

·         Rezone from C-2 (Highway Business) Zoning District to C-2/ECR (Highway Business/El Camino Real Precise Plan) Zoning District,

·         Special Development Permit to construct a new 61,000 square-foot shopping center, and

·         Parcel Map to subdivide one lot into for four lots.

2.    2004-0576 - Fourth Quarter Properties (Partnership Common Names: Forum Development Group, Lehman Brothers and Standard Pacific Homes [Applicant] Target Corporation, WL Partnership, Sun Town Center Properties Corp. (Macy's),  Sunnyvale LLC (Mall), and Sunnyvale Redevelopment Agency [Property Owners]: Application for a Special Development Permit to allow the redevelopment and construction of a mixed-use development that includes up to 274,000 square feet of office, 292 housing units, and 1,000,000 square feet of commercial space, including a 16-screen cinema, on an approximate 36 acre site (including the closed Town Center Mall) of Block 18 of the Downtown Specific Plan located at 2502 Town Center Lane in a DSP Block 18 (Downtown Specific Plan Mixed Use) Zoning District.  (Mitigated Negative Declaration) (APNs: 209-34-009, 209-34-010, 209-34-016, 209-34-017, 209-34-018, 209-35-001, 209-35-005, 209-35-010, 209-35-011, 209-35-012 and 209-35-007)

3.    2004-0505 – Classic Communities [Applicant] Sunnyvale Nursery Incorporated [Owner]: Application for related proposals on a 2.05-acre site (Sunnyvale Nursery) located at 1485 Sunnyvale-Saratoga Road in an R-2/PD (Low-Medium Density Residential/Planned Development) Zoning District.  (Mitigated Negative Declaration) (APNs: 323-30-055; 323-30-070; 323-30-072 and 323-30-073) DO

• Special Development Permit to allow the construction of 25 single-family homes, and
• Tentative Map to subdivide four lots into 25 lots and one common lot.

 4.      Proposed Announcements for City Council Hearing.

NON-AGENDA ITEMS AND COMMENTS

·         COMMISSIONERS ORAL COMMENTS

·         STAFF ORAL COMMENTS

City Council Meeting Report

Other Staff Oral Report

INFORMATION ONLY ITEMS

ADJOURNMENT

Notice to the Public:

Agenda information is available by calling Alice Gamboa-Navas, Administrative Aide at (408) 730-7440. Agendas and associated reports are also available on the City’s web site at http://www.sunnyvale.ca.gov, or at the Sunnyvale Public Library, 665 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale, 72 hours before the meeting. Please contact Community Development Department, Planning Division office at 408/730-7440 for specific questions regarding the agenda.

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.

Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance in this meeting, please contact the Planning Division at (408) 730-7440.  Notification of 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. (29 CRF 35.104 ADA Title II)

VISUAL PRESENTATION

To assist you in utilizing the technology available in the Council Chambers, the publication “How to Make Your Presentation More Effective” may be helpful.

Ask the Project Planner for a copy.  Copies are also available on the table located at the back of the Council Chambers prior to scheduled Planning Commission and City Council meetings.  You may also pick up a copy at the One Stop Permit Center or the City Clerk’s Office during normal business hours, or visit the City’s website at: http://www.sunnyvale.ca.gov.

PLANNING COMMISSION SCHEDULED PUBLIC HEARING  DATES FOR 2004:

January 12	April 26	August 23
January 26	April 29***	September 13
February 9	May 10	September 27
February 23	May 24	October 11
March 8	June 14	October 25
March 22	June 28	November 8
April 5***	July 12	November 22
April 7***	July 26	December 13**
April 12	August 9	January 10, 2005

*         Joint City Council Study Issue Workshop

**       City Council Study Issue Workshop

***      Special Planning Commission Meeting

Planning Commission typically meets the 2^nd and 4^th Monday of each month.  Study Sessions are held at 7PM in the West Conference Room.  Public Hearings are held at 8PM in the Council Chambers.  Public Hearings are broadcast on KSUN.

Channel 18 – KSUN

Monday, August 9, 2004       Planning Commission Meeting – (Live) 8:00 p.m.

Thursday, August 12, 2004    Planning Commission Meeting (Replay of August 9, 2004) 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, August 14, 2004    Panning Commission Meeting (Replay of August 9, 2004) 11:00 a.m.

Sunday, August 15, 2004      Planning Commission Meeting (Replay of August 9, 2004) 11:00 a.m.

GUIDELINES FOR ADDRESSING THE PLANNING COMMISSION

Public Announcements – Beginning of Meeting

§         3 minutes or less per speaker.

§         Speakers are requested to give their name (address is optional).

§         Recognition of a special achievement.

§         Announcement of public event with definite time and date.

§         Public events that are of Planning Commission interest that occur in the City annually. (Only announce one time for the year).

Public Hearings – Order of Hearing as Follows:

§         Opening remarks by the applicant (if applicable).

§         Speakers are requested to give their name (address is optional).

§         Anyone interested in addressing the Planning Commission (may only speak one time).

§         Closing remarks by the applicant (if applicable).

§         Time limit of 3 minutes per person (to be extended at discretion of Chair).  Please make comments brief and be prepared to provide new input.

Citizens to be Heard

§         Any item relevant to the Planning Commission.

§         Speakers are requested to give their name (address is optional).

§         Speakers are to turn in a Speaker Card to the Recording Secretary.

§         Items not on the agenda.

§         Items that do not fall within the scope of the Public Announcement section.

§         Time limit of 3 minutes, 15 minutes total for this category (to be extended or continued to end of Planning Commission business, at the discretion of the Chair).  Limit to one appearance during this section.

If you wish to provide the Planning Commission with copies of any handout materials you are presenting, please provide sufficient copies for each Planning Commission member, the Recording Secretary and other staff present.