REPORT TO PLANNING COMMISSION
SUBJECT
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PUBLIC HEARING: Action on an Addendum to the Freedom Circle Future Focus Area Plan Environmental Impact Report and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, General Plan Amendment, Rezone, and Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map for the Property Located at 2518 Mission College Boulevard to Allow the Development of 1,792 Residential Units and Associated On- and Off-Site Improvements
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
Applicant /Owner: Irvine Company/ Freedom Circle LLC
General Plan: Very High Density Residential (VHDR)
Zoning: High-Intensity Office/R&D (HO-RD)
Site Area: 25.74 acres
Existing Conditions: The site currently is a business park containing 12 two-story commercial buildings with surface parking and landscaping. The business park was built around 1978 and is currently mostly vacant.
Surrounding Land Uses:
* North: Mission College Boulevard, Office Uses
* South: Freedom Circle, Retail and Office Uses
* East: Freedom Circle, Vacant Parcel (Approved Greystar project for 1,075 residential units)
* West: Freedom Circle, Retail and Office uses
Staff Recommendation: The Planning Commission adopt resolutions recommending the City Council adopt the Addendum to the Freedom Circle Future Focus Area Plan Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program; and approve the General Plan Amendment, Rezone and Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map for the property located at 2518 Mission College Boulevard to allow the development of 1,792 residential units and associated on- and off-site improvements.
BACKGROUND
On April 22, 2024, Irvine Company (applicant) filed an application (File Nos. PLN24-00160 and PLN24-00213) for the subject proposal to redevelop the 25.74-acre parcel (APN:104-40-019) as a residential apartment community "project", with 1,792 residential units, approximately 3,500 square feet of retail and 4.225 acres of public parks and associated on- and-offsite improvements.
The subject pr...
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