AGENDA

SUNNYVALE PLANNING COMMISSION

JUNE 28, 2004

 

7:00 PM - Study Session – West Conference Room

 

1.    2004-0365 – Deborah Ungo-McCormick [Applicant] Hardage Hotels Llc [Owner]: Application for related proposals on a 2.4-acre site (Woodfin Suites Hotel) located at 635 E. El Camino Real in a C-2/PD (Highway Business/Planned Development) Zoning District. (APN: 211-08-030) (Negative Declaration) SL (20 minutes)

·      General Plan Amendment to change the land use designation from Commercial General Business to Medium Density Residential;

·      Rezone from C-2/PD (Highway Business/Planned Development) to R-3/PD (Medium Density Residential/Planned Development) Zoning District;

·      Special Development Permit to allow the re-configuration of an 88-room hotel into 58 condominium ownership units, and

·      Tentative Map to subdivide one lot into 58 condominium units and one common lot.

2.      Training – Legal Issues (25 minutes)

 

3.      Comments from the Chair (5 minutes)

 

8:00 PM - Public Hearing – Council Chambers

 

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 – June 14, 2004

 

PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS

 

1.     2004-0300 – Mark Anderson [Applicant]:  Application for related proposals on an 8,320 square-foot site located at 529 South Murphy Avenue in an R-2 (Low Medium Density Residential) Zoning District. (Negative Declaration) (APN: 209-39-004) CC (Continued from Planning Commission Hearing of 05/24/04.  Also to City Council on 07/13/04)

 

·    Rezone from R-2/O (Low Medium Density Residential/Office) to  R-2/O/PD (Low Medium Density Residential/Office/Planned Development) Zoning District;

·    Special Development Permit to allow the remodel of an existing 2,185 square-foot two-story house and the construction of a new 2,014 square-foot two-story house and,

·    Tentative Map to subdivide one lot into two lots.

 

2.  2004-0306 – Yvonne E. Jacobson [Applicant] - Application for related proposals on a 3.71 acre site located at 707 South Mathilda Avenue, 711 South Mathilda Avenue, and 0 South Mathilda Avenue in a C-2/ECR (Highway Business/El Camino Real Precise Plan) Zoning District (Mitigated Negative Declaration) (APNs:  201-22-009, 010, 012 and 201-35-005) JMc (Also to City Council on 07/13/04)

 

·         Annexation of unincorporated Santa Clara County into the City of Sunnyvale;

·         Cancellation of Williamson Act;

·         Disestablishment of agricultural preserve;

·         Special Development Permit to allow a 14,940 square-foot commercial building and 36 townhomes;

·         Tentative Map to subdivide one lot into 37 lots including one common lot.

 

3.  2003-0613 - Forum Development Group LLC/Lehman Brothers [Applicants]: Application for a General Plan Amendment and associated text amendments to Title 19 (Zoning) of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code and Downtown Specific Plan (DSP) to increase the maximum development intensity permitted within DSP Block 18 from 200 housing units to 300 housing units and general office square footage from 202,000 square feet to a total of 300,000 square feet.  This application will also include evaluation and consideration of a revision to the calculated maximum allowable housing units of up to 100 housing units within the greater DSP area by updating unit counts based upon the current maximum density and actual land area of residentially designated DSP blocks.

 

The City has analyzed the environmental effects of this project within the scope of the previously certified Downtown Improvement Program Environmental Impact Report (EIR) of 2003 (SCH: 1988110816) and has prepared an addendum to the EIR to be considered with the GPA demonstrating that new environmental documentation is not required.

 

 

4. 2004-0162 – City of SunnyvaleEvaluate the Possibility of Using City-Owned Properties for Storage of Recreational Vehicles, Boats and Trailers RK (Also to City Council on 07/20/04)

 

5.   Proposed Announcements for City Council Hearing.

 

NON-AGENDA ITEMS AND COMMENTS

 

·         STAFF ORAL COMMENTS

City Council Meeting Report

Other Staff Oral Report

·         COMMISSIONERS ORAL COMMENTS

 

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 Study Session with City Council

**       City Council Study Issue Workshop

***      Special Planning Commission Meeting

 

Planning Commission typically meets the 2nd and 4th 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, June 28, 2004         Planning Commission Meeting – (Live) 8:00 p.m.

Thursday, July 1, 2004          Planning Commission Meeting (Replay of June 28, 2004) 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, July 3, 2004          Panning Commission Meeting (Replay of June 28, 2004) 11:00 a.m.

Sunday, July 4, 2004            Planning Commission Meeting (Replay of June 28, 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.