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File #: 18-786    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Public Hearing/General Business Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 5/30/2018 In control: Council and Authorities Concurrent Meeting
On agenda: 6/26/2018 Final action:
Title: Public Hearing: Action on a Four Unit Development Project located at 1075 Pomeroy Avenue
Indexes: CC
Attachments: 1. Resolution Approving the Rezoning from R3-18D to PD, 2. Resolution Approving the Tentative Parcel Map, 3. Conditions of Rezoning Approval, 4. Conditions of Tentative Parcel Map Approval, 5. Excerpt of Architectural Committee Meeting Minutes of April 4, 2018, 6. Architectural Review Committee Staff Report of March 21, 2018, 7. Excerpt Architectural Review Committee Meeting Minutes of March 21, 2018, 8. Response Letter to Architectural Review Committee Recommendations from March 21, 2018, 9. Summary Table of Changes from March 21, 2018, 10. Architectural Review Committee Staff Report of April 4, 2018, 11. Public Comments Received After March 6, 2018, 12. March 6, 2018 City Council Report, 13. Correspondence Received After May 15, 2018, 14. Development Plans with Tentative Parcel Map, 15. Agenda Report, 16. Agenda Report, 17. POST MEETING MATERIAL, 18. Resolution No. 18-8553, 19. Resolution No. 18-8554
REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
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Public Hearing: Action on a Four Unit Development Project located at 1075 Pomeroy Avenue

Report
BACKGROUND
The project was continued from May 15, 2018 City Council meeting with re-noticing to the property owner within 500 feet and published in the Santa Clara Weekly on June 13, 2018. The Planning Division received two email comments from one community member and one letter from Craig Mineweaser & Associates regarding the cultural evaluation of the recently adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration report. The applicant's historical consultant, Bonnie Bamburg, prepared a response to Mr. Mineweaser's letter. All correspondence received is attached as "Correspondence Received After May 15, 2018."

On June 7, 2018, the Historical and Landmarks Commission (HLC) discussed this project under Other Business due to an email correspondence received by a Pomeroy Green resident. The discussion focused on an application to the California Office of Historic Preservation (OHP), considering Pomeroy Green to be listed on the National Register. Following the discussion, the HLC wrote a letter to recommend to the Council defering the consideration of the proposed project for the outcome of the OHP process. The HLC letter is also included in the Correspondence Received After May 15, 2018.

The proposed development project includes the rezoning of a 12,400 square foot property at 1075 Pomeroy Avenue from Low-Density Multiple Dwelling (R3-18D) to Planned Development (PD), and a Tentative Parcel Map to subdivide the property into four parcels. These actions would allow the development of four detached townhomes on the property.

The project site is adjacent to the Pomeroy Green and Pomeroy West townhouse developments, both of which were designed by Joseph Eichler, a developer active in the Bay Area in the 1950s and 1960s, known for development projects that made use of a distinctive Mid-Century Modern architectural style.

The project was previously...

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