REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Consideration of the Schematic Design-Master Plan for the New Public Neighborhood Park proposed to be located at 1205 Coleman Avenue (Gateway Crossings Hunter Storm & Holland Partner Group Residential Project)
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Enhance Community Sports, Recreational and Arts Assets
BACKGROUND
On July 9, 2019, the Santa Clara City Council approved the Hunter Storm Gateway Crossings mixed-use development located at 1205 Coleman Avenue (Project). The Project encompasses approximately 21.4 acres and is bounded by Brokaw Road to the north, Coleman Avenue to the east, a parking lot and undeveloped land to the south, and a storage area and railroad tracks to the west. Most of the Project site is in the City of Santa Clara and is part of a larger 244-acre Santa Clara Station Focus Area in the City's General Plan. The Santa Clara Station Focus Area will serve as a gateway into the City with office, hotel, retail, and high-density residential uses that maximizes the use of existing and planned transit and provides for improved pedestrian, bicycle, and transit connections.
The Project is approved to construct 1,565 apartment units and will meet its parkland dedication requirements through a 2.01-acre public neighborhood park (Phase I) and a 0.53 acre (22,972 sf) mini park (Phase II), as well as private on-site recreational amenities, and payment of City Mitigation Fee Act fees due in-lieu of parkland dedication in compliance with City Code 17.35. Both public parks will be designed and constructed by the developer and dedicated to the City in fee title and will be maintained by the developer after dedication for the life of the project per the Development Agreement.
Initial Park Schematic Design Review & Approval
In 2019, an initial schematic design for the two-acre public neighborhood park parcel was developed by The Guzzardo Partnership, Inc., landscape architects (Attachment 1). The schematic design proposed: a natural grass pla...
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