REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL
SUBJECT
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Public Hearing: City North Framework
Report
BACKGROUND
On August 22, 2018, the City commenced the planning process for the Freedom Circle Specific Plan and Patrick Henry Specific Plan with consultants, MIG, Inc. (MIG), to establish a land use plan and policies for the redevelopment of low-intensity office and industrial parks in northern Santa Clara into high-density mixed-use neighborhoods. The Patrick Henry Specific Plan area aligns with one of the Phase III Future Focus Areas identified in the City's General Plan with the intent that the City consider future redevelopment of the area for high density residential mixed-use development. The Freedom Circle Specific Plan would potentially create a new high density mixed commercial and residential district not previously contemplated within the General Plan.
The approved scope with MIG also includes preparation of a City North Framework (also referred to as a Vision Plan) document per City Council input that the planning process should comprehensively address the broader geographical area in which the Specific Plan areas are located to articulate a unifying vision for these neighborhoods, to comprehensively analyze the infrastructure and service needs to support the new development under consideration at multiple locations, and to establish a framework for how these new neighborhoods will become part of a complete community. The contract scope, approved by the City Council in July 2018, identified this as: "preparation of a consolidated North of Bayshore Plan document that will show how the land uses and infrastructure needs for development of the two Specific Plan areas are coordinated with each other, the Kylli development, Mission College, Great America, and other land uses in the area, as well as how the overall development has been addressed through the prerequisite studies." The City North Framework is intended to fulfill the General Plan requirements for prerequis...
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