NEWS
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Input Sought
on Proposed
Downtown Urban Design Plan
at April 23 Public Hearing
Sunnyvale, CA (04/10/02) – Community members are invited to provide input on the proposed Downtown Urban Design Plan at the April 23 City Council Meeting. The Plan, prepared over seven months with community input, provides a conceptual vision for the future development of Downtown. The April 23 City Council meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. and will be held in the City Council Chambers at 456 W. Olive Avenue.
The Plan seeks to develop a shared vision of the downtown’s future and create a
design framework that links the various projects together into a unified
downtown. New developments now under
construction include the Mozart Downtown Office Plaza, the Multi-Modal
Transportation Center, and the expansion of the Town Center Mall, to include a
20-screen movie theater and new retail space.
In addition to providing comments at the April 23 Council meeting, comments can be submitted in writing before April 23 to Robert Paternoster, Director of Community Development, City of Sunnyvale, P.O. Box 3707, Sunnyvale, CA 94088-3707 or by email to planning@ci.sunnyvale.ca.us. Copies of the Plan are available for public review in the Sunnyvale Public Library at 665 W. Olive Ave., at the One-Stop counter in the City Hall Lobby at 456 W. Olive Ave., or on the web at www.ci.sunnyvale.ca.us, and follow the link to Downtown Urban Design Plan. An overview of the Plan will air on KSUN, cable channel 18 on an ongoing basis through April 23. For questions or more information, contact the Director of Community Development, Robert Paternoster, at (408) 730-7450.
The Plan was
prepared over seven-months by the Downtown Stakeholders Advisory Committee - a
21-member committee consisting of downtown residents, businesses, and
developers - with input from the public.
On February 12, 2002, the Committee, by unanimous vote, adopted the Plan
which they will recommend to the City Council at the April 23 Council meeting.
The Plan is conceptual in nature, and provides a vision for the future development of Downtown. If adopted, it will not change zoning or set forth development controls. That must be accomplished through subsequent action by the Planning Commission and City Council to amend the Downtown Specific Plan, the Redevelopment Area Plan, and/or the Zoning Ordinance and Map. Such action would be subject to environmental review and would require additional noticed public hearings to obtain public comment.
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