REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
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Action on Amendment No 3. to the Agreement for Professional Services with Perkins + Will for Amendments to the Tasman East Specific Plan
Report
BACKGROUND
On November 13, 2018, the City Council adopted the Tasman East Specific Plan to guide the transition of an underutilized 45-acre industrial neighborhood east of the Lawrence Caltrain Station into a pedestrian-friendly, transit-oriented development, providing for the addition of 4,500 new residential units near transit and jobs. The Specific Plan also incorporates approximately 100,000 square feet of neighborhood-oriented and convenience retail and 10 acres of open space including various outdoor recreational facilities and landscape features, such as a community garden, a public plaza, pocket parks and paseos. As a result of these features, there has been strong development interest within the Specific Plan. To date, there are currently nine projects in the architectural review process with the City that collectively would allow construction of a total of 3,549 residential units.
On April 18, 2016, the City Council awarded a contract to Perkins + Will to assist staff with preparation of the Specific Plan and an associated Environmental Impact Report (EIR). The contract was amended in October 2017 to complete additional traffic modeling in order to update the traffic impact analysis, update the air quality and noise technical reports, provide alternative technical analysis to determine the Plan's impact on greenhouse gas emissions and make substantial text revisions to the EIR as well as the Specific Plan documents. In January 2019, the contract was again amended to perform additional outreach with key stakeholders and environmental analysis that was needed to complete the Specific Plan process.
DISCUSSION
As the City has moved into implementation of the Specific Plan, working with Tasman East property owners, staff is recommending a modification of the Specific Plan to allo...
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