REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
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Related Santa Clara Development Area Plan (DAP) 1 located on Vacant Parcels at Tasman Drive and Centennial Boulevard (Council Pillar: Promote and Enhance Economic and Housing Development)
Report
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Related Companies (Developer) has filed an application for a Development Area Plan (DAP) for the Related Santa Clara Project (Project) located on an approximately 240-acre site north of Tasman Drive. The Related Santa Clara Project was previously referred to as the "City Place Project" and is referenced as such in various City documents. The entire Project includes the development of up to 9.16 million gross square feet of office buildings; retail, food and beverage, and entertainment facilities; residential units; hotel rooms; surface and structured parking facilities; new open space and roads, landscaping and tree replacement; and new/upgraded/expanded infrastructure and utilities.
On June 28, 2016, the City certified an Environmental Impact Report (EIR), approved General Plan Amendments, and approved the Planned Development - Master Community (PD-MC) Zoning and accompanying Master Community Plan document (MCP) to allow for the phased development of the Project. The MCP (Attachment #8) sets forth the development standards, design guidelines, phasing constructs, project implementation procedures, development transfer provisions among parcels, permitted and conditional uses allowed within the proposed land use areas, and City Approval standards for DAP applications. The adopted Project entitlements also include a Development Agreement (DA) and a Disposition and Development Agreement (DDA). Consistent with these Project approvals, development of the entire Project is anticipated to occur in approximately eight phases.
Before the Developer may ground lease portions of the Project site from the City, it must receive City approval of a "Phase Option Notice" defining the boundaries of the development phase and of a DA...
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