REPORT TO HISTORICAL AND LANDMARKS COMMISSION
SUBJECT
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Public Hearing: Consideration to add street names to the City's Approved Street Name List
Report
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Hunter Storm Properties is proposing four new street names to be added to the City's approved street name list for assignment to the private streets within and bordering the Gateway Crossings project site. The proposed street names include Champions Way, Champions Drive, Olympic Drive and Hansen Drive. A fifth private street within the development would take the name Corcoran Drive, which is currently on the City's approved street name list.
BACKGROUND
Chapter 2.120 of the Santa Clara City Code provides for the Historical and Landmarks Commission (HLC) to act as an advisory board to the Council on street naming. The last update to the street name list was 2008 following recommendation by the HLC and approval by Council. Additions to the street name list have since occurred as part of the Tentative Map process for individual development projects that include private or public streets.
As requested by the HLC, staff asks applicants to consider names from the City's approved list prior to requesting a new name(s). In the case of this proposal, the applicant has chosen one name currently on the City's approved list and is proposing four new names with cultural and historical associations. The applicant has submitted the proposed list and basis for the choice of street names to be made part of the Final Subdivision Map for the approved Gateway Crossings Project and is attached for review.
DISCUSSION
The roadway network in the Gateway Crossings Project consists of five private streets that transect and link planned development on the site to public streets and adjacent development. A Site Map is attached illustrating the street layout and its integration into the street network connecting adjacent land uses on the Coleman Highline Planned Development Project to the east in the City of...
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