REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action on a Resolution Ordering the Summary Vacation of Centennial Boulevard between Tasman Drive and Stars and Stripes Drive, a Portion of Stars and Stripes Drive, and a Portion of Tasman Drive
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Promote and Enhance Economic, Housing and Transportation Development
BACKGROUND
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 Related Santa Clara Project (Project). The Project includes the development of up to 9.16 million gross square feet of office buildings; retail, food and beverage, entertainment facilities; residential units; hotel rooms; surface and structured parking facilities; new open space and roads, landscaping and tree replacement; new/upgraded/expanded infrastructure and utilities all located on an approximately 240-acre site north of Tasman Drive. 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. Subsequently, on March 24, 2020, City Council approved a Development Area Plan (DAP) for Phase 1 of the Project, which includes an underground parking garage, office, retail, food and beverage, hotel, and residential uses.
In anticipation of the Project's original Phase 1 construction start date in October 2020, the Related Companies (Developer) completed early access construction work (Attachment 1) which includes a permanent exit ramp (from eastbound Tasman Drive down to Stars and Stripes Drive), permanent improvements to the Transit Center, a temporary roadway from the Transit Center through the closed Santa Clara landfill (Parcel 4) to Great America Parkway, and a temporary...
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