REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
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Update on Settlement Agreements with the City of San Jos? regarding development projects (e.g., Santana West and CityPlace)
Report
BACKGROUND
The purpose of this informational report is to provide an update on the following three (3) settlement agreements that the City of Santa Clara (Santa Clara) has with the City of San Jose (San Jose): 1) 2006 North San Jose Settlement Agreement, 2) 2018 City Place Settlement Agreement, and 3) 2018 Santana West Settlement Agreement.
As a year has passed since Santa Clara and San Jose reached a settlement over disputes related to the City Place and Santana West developments, staff is providing this update to inform the Council of recent changes that may be of interest to the Council or the general public.
This report will provide a brief background of the three settlement agreements, the key terms and timelines associated with each agreement, and the status of the key items which includes progress that both Santa Clara and San Jose have made towards fulfilling the key terms.
2006 North San Jose Settlement Agreement
In 2005, San Jose approved the North San Jose project, EIR, and Development Policy (collectively referred to as North San Jose), which includes 32,000 residential units, 26.7 million square feet of new industrial uses, and 1.7 million square feet of retail/commercial uses within northern San Jose. This 4,700 acre area is primarily bounded by Highway 237 to the north, the Guadalupe River and Highway 87 to the west, Coyote Creek to the east, and Interstate 880 to the south. In November 2006, Santa Clara entered into a settlement agreement with San Jose regarding litigation related to the North San Jose project. Additionally, the County of Santa Clara (County) and the City of Milpitas filed separate litigation actions against San Jose related to North San Jose and additional settlement agreements with these entities were executed with San Jose.
Included within the North San...
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