REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
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Action on Adoption of Ordinance No. 2003 Approving a Development Agreement between the City of Santa Clara and TOD Brokaw, LLC for the Property Located at 1205 Coleman Avenue and Ordinance No. 2004 Amending Chapter 18.22, "Regulations for Various Mixed Use Combining Zoning Districts" of Title 18, "Zoning" of "The Code of the City of Santa Clara, California" to add a New Article III, "Regulations for VHDMU - Very High Density Mixed Use Zoning Districts" and Approving a Rezoning of the 21.4 Acre Project Site Located at 1205 Coleman Avenue, Santa Clara, to the New VHDMU Zoning District
Report
BACKGROUND
At the July 9, 2019 Council meeting, proposed Ordinances No. 2003 and No. 2004 were introduced and passed for the purpose of publication. Pursuant to City Charter Sections 808 and 812, summaries of proposed Ordinances No. 2003 and No. 2004 were published on August 14, 2019, and copies were posted in three public places. The Ordinances now come to Council for final adoption.
DISCUSSION
The action before the Council is the final step in the approval of the Gateway Crossings project proposed for 1205 Coleman Avenue: the adoption of two ordinances that were introduced on July 9, 2019.
Ordinance No. 2003 would approve a development agreement between the City of Santa Clara and TOD Brokaw, LLC, for the construction of a residential/commercial mixed-use project with 1,565 dwelling units, a 225-room hotel, and 45,000 square feet of ground floor retail, of which 7,500 square feet will be leased to the Santa Clara Police Activities League. The maximum allowable height of the development is 150 feet. The term of the proposed Agreement is five years, with the potential for a five-year extension if a portion of the development is completed within the first five years. The Agreement commits the developer to providing 10% of the dwelling units at affordable rents, payment of local and regional traffic fees, dedication of 2.6 acres of parkl...
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