REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action on Tasman East Specific Plan, Creation of a new General Plan Designation and General Plan Amendment to Transit Neighborhood, Creation of New Tasman East Zoning District and Rezoning of the Tasman East Area to that Zoning District, Environmental Impact Report, and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program
Report
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Planning Commission heard and deliberated on the Tasman East Specific Plan on October 24, 2018. The Commission recommended approval, with modifications to the staff recommendation, of the Specific Plan and associated environmental clearance and land use changes. The Tasman East Specific Plan proposes 4,500 residential units and 106,000 square feet of commercial uses in a manner that implements the General Plan vision for the area as a transit-oriented neighborhood.
BACKGROUND
The City Council is being asked to conduct a public hearing and take four actions related to preparation of a Specific Plan for the City's Tasman East Focus Area:
1) Determination of the adequacy of the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) prepared to analyze the potential environmental impacts for the project;
2) Adoption of the Specific Plan;
3) Adoption of associated General Plan land use diagram and text amendments including the creation of the Transit Neighborhood General Plan Land Use Designation; and
4) Adoption of the Transit Neighborhood zoning district (as well as the establishment of correlating parking standards) into the Zoning Code and application of that zoning district to the Specific Plan project area.
The Tasman East Focus Area is bounded by Tasman Drive to the south, Lafayette Street to the west, the municipal golf course to the north, and the Guadalupe River to the east, and is specifically intended to support new residential development in close proximity to jobs, retail, services and entertainment, and to support alternative travel modes based on its proximity to the Lick Mill and Tasman VTA Light R...
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