REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Actions Related to Soil Stockpiling License Agreement with Related Santa Clara to Allow the Storage of Dirt on Parcel 4 of the former Santa Clara Municipal Landfill (former Santa Clara Golf and Tennis Club)
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Promote and Enhance Economic, Housing and Transportation Development
BACKGROUND
On June 28, 2016, Council took action on a series of project entitlement approvals including certifying an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and approving a Disposition and Development Agreement (DDA) and a Development Agreement (DA) with Related Santa Clara, LLC (Developer) for the development of the Related Santa Clara Project (Project) located on an approximately 240-acre site north of Tasman Drive.
The entire Project includes the development of up to 9.16 million gross square feet of office buildings; retail, food and beverage, and entertainment facilities; residential units; hotel rooms; surface and structured parking facilities; new open space and roads, landscaping, and tree replacement; and new/upgraded/expanded infrastructure and utilities.
Development of the Project generally located at 5155 Stars and Stripes Drive involves repurposing a closed municipal golf course located on a former municipal landfill property (the Landfill). The City will continue to own the subsurface portion of the Landfill and the Developer will ground lease "airspace parcels" for the development of the Project. While the first phase of the Project (involving about 14 acres along Tasman Drive) is not above the Landfill, all other phases of the Project involve the Landfill area. California State laws and regulatory agencies impose long-term maintenance and monitoring obligations on the City as the owner and operator of closed landfill facilities.
Due to elevation changes in the topography across the entire site, there is a need to import significant quantities of soil in order to elevate the ground level of the overall Project. To fa...
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