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From YouTube: NOV 16, 2020 | City Council Study Session - Diridon Station / Google Downtown West Mixed-Use
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City of San José, California
City Council Study Session of November 16, 2020
Pre-meeting citizen input on Agenda via eComment at https://sanjose.granicusideas.com/meetings.
This public meeting will be conducted via Zoom Webinar. For information on public participation via Zoom, please refer to the linked meeting agenda below.
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D
President,
thank
you
tony,
so
we'll
call
the
city
council
study
session
to
order
for
the
deardon
station
area
planning
and
downtown
west
mixed
use
development
for
the
afternoon
of
november
16th.
I
know
there
is
a
very
extensive
presentation
here
coming
from
staff,
and
so
I
believe
the
way
we're
going
to
proceed.
Everyone
should
see
the
agenda
there
with
five
key
elements
of
staff
is
going
to
present,
then
we'll
go
to
council
discussion.
D
Ideally
I'd
like
to
be
able
to
limit
the
council
questions
to
about
an
hour,
so
we
have
some
time
for
public
input
and
appreciate
that
even
the
public
input
will
also
be
a
bit
constrained.
In
this
study
session,
we've
had
more
than
100
public
meetings.
So
far
we
are
going
to
have
many
more
including
this
week
for
the
more
opportunity
for
public
input.
D
So
I
want
to
apologize
in
advance
for
those
who
may
be
constrained
in
terms
of
the
duration
of
their
public
statements,
but
this
study
session
is
primarily
going
to
serve
to
get
public
information
out
to
the
community
and
to
the
council,
and
then
we
are
obviously
going
to
continue
with
our
very
extensive
public
engagement
process
in
the
weeks
and
months
ahead.
So
with
that,
I
want
to
thank
everyone
for
joining
dave.
Did
you
want
to
kick
off
actually.
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F
F
G
B
So
I
would
just
like
to
start
by
acknowledging
the
amazing
staff
team
that
is
behind
all
of
the
progress
you'll
hear
about
this
afternoon.
More
than
80
staff
from
nine
departments
have
been
involved
with
the
various
planning
and
development
projects
working
together
as
one
interdisciplinary
team.
I
know
everyone
knows
this
has
been
a
uniquely
strange
and
stressful
year,
so
I
just
want
to
especially
acknowledge
the
quality
and
quantity
of
the
work
and
the
commitment
to
it
by
the
staff
involved.
B
Our
team
is
very
aware
that
we're
working
on
one
of
the
most
station
most
important
station
area
planning
projects
happening
in
the
world
today.
So
it's
really
been
a
privilege
and
our
opportunity
and
you'll
see
our
presentation
this
afternoon,
really
showcases
a
variety
of
staff
presenters
agenda
for
today
next
slide,
please.
Our
purpose
is
really
to
provide
an
update
on
progress
in
advance
of
staff,
bringing
a
set
of
recommendations
to
council
for
consideration.
B
Next
spring
city
council
gave
very
specific
direction
to
staff
in
december
of
2018
and
we've
been
following
that
direction.
So
please
think
of
this
as
a
comprehensive
progress
report
for
the
public.
That's
watching.
I
also
want
to
emphasize
this
study
session
is
just
for
learning
and
understanding
and
to
hear
feedback.
There
will
be
no
counsel
action
taken
today.
B
Council
members.
I
also
want
to
note
that
all
the
slides
are
numbered
so
feel
free
to
jot
down
notes,
and
we
can
always
go
back
and
pop
up
slides
at
the
end
and
after
our
presentation,
we're
going
to
have
time
for
council
questions
and
feedback
and
we're
looking
for
what
do
you
like
about
the
progress
that
has
been
made?
Are
we
meeting
your
expectations,
but
also
what
concerns
you?
What
ideas
issues
expectations?
Do
you
have
that
we
should
be
aware
of,
and
then
last
we
will
take
public
comment.
B
B
B
B
So
we
realized
we
would
need
a
new
intermodal
station
to
support
the
improved
transit
service
next
slide.
So
we
have
been
partnering
with
caltrain,
vta
and
high-speed
rail
for
over
a
decade,
but
in
2018
we
formed
a
particular
partnership
to
plan
the
design
of
the
new
intermodal
station
and
to
plan
for
integrated
transit
service
and
urban
development.
B
The
tracks
generally
stay
within
the
existing
rail
corridors
next
slide.
So,
despite
the
existing
transit
access
and
the
proximity
to
downtown
this
station
area
has
long
been
underutilized
relative
to
its
potential.
If
you've
been
there,
you
see
a
lot
of
surface
parking,
lots
and
a
lot
of
old
underutilized
industrial
buildings.
B
B
B
So
in
early
2017,
google
announced
their
interest
in
our
station
area
plan
and
in
developing
offices
in
the
dear
don
area.
In
my
view,
this
was
quite
remarkable
because
it
was
unique
in
silicon
valley
to
have
a
major
tech
company
intentionally
want
to
locate
near
major
transit
and
in
a
real
city
center,
and
it
became
a
solution
to
our
fragmentation
problem
because
a
company
like
google
could
have
the
resources
to
assemble
enough
properties
without
subsidy
or
incentive
to
realize
our
vision.
B
So,
in
june
of
2017,
the
city
council
gave
direction
to
explore
potential
sale
of
public
property
and
to
identify
shared
goals
for
a
potential
development
with
google.
This
was
called
the
ena,
the
exclusive
negotiations,
agreement
and
council
stipulated
no
incentives
or
subsidies,
and
that
google
must
pay
fair
market
value
for
the
land.
B
B
So
after
this
happened,
the
city
and
google
were
very
interested
in
hearing
from
the
community
early
and
often
to
shape
this
potential
project.
So
in
early
2018,
the
city
launched
the
engagement
process
to
affirm
the
vision
for
the
station
area
and
to
solicit
ideas
for
google's
development,
and
you
can
see
from
the
slide
here
in
the
first
10
months
alone.
B
All
of
the
activities
took
that
took
place,
including
the
creation
of
the
deer
down
station
area
advisory
group
with
30
38
members
that
met
10
times
in
full
11
times
in
small
groups.
In
that
first
10
months
alone,
we
also
hired
a
full-time
civic
engagement
manager,
lori
severino
and
the
first
year
of
engagement
culminated
in
a
very
important,
comprehensive
civic
engagement
report,
which
was
an
important
input
to
your
city
council
decision
making
in
december
of
2018.
B
B
B
Now,
with
the
end
of
redevelopment,
the
city
council
was
already
required
by
the
state
of
california
to
sell
former
redevelopment
agency
properties
for
economic
development
purposes.
These
are
the
ones
in
yellow
on
the
slide.
These
are
smaller,
disconnected
properties
that
totaled
6.5
acres.
The
city
also
sold
the
4.3
acre
fire
training
site.
That
is
the
one
on
the
southern
end
in
blue
now
the
city
had
long
wanted
to
relocate
this
fire
training
site
out
of
the
urban
area
and
the
sale
proceeds
finally
made
this
possible.
B
Now
it's
important
to
remind
you
that
professional
appraisers
were
used
by
the
city
and
county
to
determine
the
fair
market
sales
price,
which
was
237
dollars
per
square
foot,
and
what
was
remarkable
at
the
time
was.
This
was
two
and
a
half
times
higher
than
prior
property
sales
and
appraisals
just
one
year
before
so.
The
next
thing
that
happened
was
that
in
early
2019,
google
assembled
a
team
to
start
preparing
a
development
plan
and
in
fall
of
2019,
they
submitted
their
initial
application
to
the
city.
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K
B
B
Excellent
so,
of
course,
in
2020
with
covid,
we
had
to
shift
to
virtual
civic
engagement.
We've
still
been
able
to
reach
a
lot
of
people
and
are
getting
a
lot
of
participation
in
some
cases,
even
more
now
that
transportation
has
been
removed
as
a
barrier
to
some
to
some
folks.
So
we
continue
with
the
civic
engagement.
B
B
They
include
google's
downtown
west
project
application,
submittal
and
the
environmental
impact
report
in
draft
form.
It
also
includes
the
draft
amended
deeredon
station
area
plan
and
the
draft
affordable
housing
implementation
plan
next
slide.
So
this
fall.
We
have
a
variety
of
engagement
opportunities
available
to
reflect
and
receive
input
on
these
milestone
documents.
B
B
In
winter
we
will
have
the
next
meeting
of
the
stationary
advisory
group,
which
we
lovingly
call
the
sag,
which
will
be
a
review
of
the
development
agreement
recommended
by
staff
in
spring.
We
will
be
doing
all
of
the
required
public
hearings
for
the
area
plan
and
for
downtown
west
and
then
proceeding
to
council
and,
of
course,
after
that,
this
area
will
be
built
out
and
evolved
over
decades
by
google
and
other
developers.
B
I
I
I
Our
community
engagement
with
the
station
area
advisory
group,
the
general
public
and
many
stakeholders
affirmed
the
general
vision
to
transform
the
station
area
into
a
dynamic,
mixed-use
urban
neighborhood,
anchored
by
a
world-class
transportation
hub
and
the
sap
center.
We
did,
however,
adapt
the
objectives,
themes
and
goals
to
embody
the
overall
spirit
and
characteristics.
I
The
draft
amendment
amended
plan
includes
design
standards
and
guidelines
to
supplement
the
existing
downtown
design
document
and
to
reflect
the
unique
characteristics
of
the
derdon
station
area.
This
planning
process
includes
aligning
the
general
planned
land
use
designations
with
the
recommended
development
program.
I
The
amended
plan
will
continue
to
be
used
as
the
basis
for
reviewing
applications
for
development
projects
and
guiding
future
public
infrastructure
investments,
so
staff
released
the
draft
amended
deerdown
station
area
planned
three
weeks
ago
on
october
27th.
The
amendment
document
is
organized
into
topical
chapters,
including
station
area
development,
open
space
and
public
life
and
mobility.
I
I
L
L
L
As
rosalind
mentioned,
the
drafts
stationary
plans
urban
design
standards,
build
on
the
downtown
design,
guidelines
and
standards.
The
council
adopted
in
2019,
which
currently
applied
to
the
dirt
on
station
area.
The
pink
and
blue
lines
on
this
map
show
the
proposed
step
back
transition
standards
where
taller
buildings
would
be
next
to
a
lower
height
residential
context.
L
Next
slide,
an
analysis
of
the
maximum
potential
build
out
for
different
uses
was
developed
for
the
duradon
station
area
plan
and
analyzed
in
the
dear
don
stationaria
plans.
Environmental
document
this
table
shows
the
maximum
build
out
program
for
the
downtown
west
project
for
the
remainder
of
the
duradon
station
area
and
the
total
maximum
being
analyzed
for
the
durodon
station
area
as
a
whole.
H
H
H
H
There
are
three
key
principles
that
emerged
as
we
developed
the
plan
and
thought
about
what
we
were
going
to
provide.
19
acres
of
easily
accessible
and
well-connected
public
and
private
open
spaces
are
presented
in
the
plan.
Completing
the
final
sections
of
los
gatos
creek
trail
is
another
important
element
that
we
heard
from
the
community
and
that
we're
proposing
as
part
of
the
plan
and
also
the
provision
of
a
new
regional
community
center.
I'm
going
to
talk
about
each
of
these
all
three
of
those
in
the
next
slides.
H
H
Many
of
the
elements
of
this
trail
are
completed
south
of
here,
and
it
was
incredibly
important
to
us
that
we
connect
the
trail
from
its
current
end
point
just
north
of
ozare
all
the
way
up
to
confluence
point
in
arena
green.
So
that's
what
we
are
proposing
to
do
here.
We
are
seeking,
as
we
always
do
in
our
trail
system,
as
many
off-road
connections
as
possible.
H
As
part
of
this,
there
will
be
intermediate
sections
that
will
be
on
road
because
we
do
not
have
the
property
ownership
now
to
make
them
off-road,
but
we
will
seek
that
in
the
future
and
then
another
important
element
for
us
here
is
from
san
fernando
up
to
arena,
green
again
becomes
a
a
bit
of
a
challenging
area
to
navigate.
We
want
to
make
sure
the
trail
can
be
used
as
a
through
connector,
so
we
will
seek
to
do
probably
an
off-road
flyover
alignment.
That's
what
we
proposed
in
the
deer
and
stationary
plan.
H
H
H
Also
included
in
the
public
life
section,
this
document
is
information
on
public
art
from
our
friends
at
the
office
of
cultural
affairs,
three
major
elements
or
ideas
and
themes
around
the
public
art
crossroads
of
engagement,
which
will
be
tied
to
active
uses,
innovation
which
works
with
art
as
infrastructure
and
ecology,
where
we
integrate
art
into
the
environment.
Next
slide.
H
M
Good
afternoon,
as
nicole
just
mentioned,
I'm
jessica
zenk,
I'm
deputy
director
for
the
san
jose
department
of
transportation,
and
I'm
going
to
start
with
what
kim
also
mentioned,
which
is
that
we
have
a
lot
of
overlapping
and
important
work
underway
within
this
area.
So
starting
at
the
center
in
the
red,
we
have
the
deardon
integrated
station
concept
plan,
our
effort
with
vta
caltrain,
high-speed
rail
and
the
metropolitan
transportation
commission
to
re-imagine
an
integrated
station
moving
out
from
there
in
the
yellow
and
the
green.
M
We
have
the
downtown
west
project
proposal
nested
within
the
deardon
station
area
plan,
and
those
are
of
course
the
two
primary
topics
for
today
and
finally,
in
the
blue.
We
have
the
downtown
transportation
plan
again.
This
effort
is
underway
to
improve
public
life
and
access
to
and
within
our
downtown
next
slide
with
the
duradon
station.
At
the
heart
of
this
whole
area,
we
really
wanted
to
start
and
focus
on
the
concept
layout
centered
around
diridon
station.
M
Second,
is
to
focus
on
environmental
and
economic
sustainability,
emphasizing
easy
and
clean
access
to
transportation
and
mobility
that
is
affordable.
Third
foster,
community
development,
social
interaction,
public
life
right.
This
is
about
people
being
able
to
know
each
other
to
meet
each
other
to
make
eye
contact
while
they
get
around
the
area
and,
last
but
not
least,
to
promote
social
and
economic
equity
within
the
station
area,
supporting
the
most
inclusive
and
again
affordable
access
to
transportation,
with
health
benefits
as
well
next
slide.
M
N
An
important
aspect
of
any
planning
effort
in
california,
as
we
all
know,
is
the
california
environmental
quality
act
sequel
for
the
dsap
amendment.
The
super
compliance
document
that
we
have
prepared
is
an
addendum
to
the
downtown
strategy.
Environmental
impact
report,
the
downtown
strategy,
2040
eir,
was
certified
by
city
council
in
2018
and
it
superseded
the
dsap
eir,
which
was
prepared
in
2014
in
providing
program
level,
review
of
all
plant
development
in
the
geradon
station
area
and
its
immediate
environment.
N
The
decision
to
prepare
an
addendum
to
the
downtown
strategy,
2040
eir,
is
based
on
an
expanded
initial
study,
which
was
prepared
by
a
consultant
and
as
part
of
our
records.
We've
included
a
technical
memo
on
the
sql
approach
for
the
desap
amendment,
which
was
provided
by
the
consultant
in
addition
to
the
technical
memo,
there's
also
substantial
evidence
in
the
records
to
support
preparation
of
an
eir
addendum.
N
A
Great,
thank
you.
I'm
jackie
morales-ferrand
and
I'm
the
director
of
housing
and
the
housing
department
recently
released
released
the
draft
deardon,
affordable,
housing
implementation
plan.
The
plan
was
drafted
by
our
consultants
from
strategic
economics
and
the
staff
lead
was
kristen
clements
from
the
housing
department.
A
A
A
This
slide
summarize
summarizes
the
heart
of
what
the
draft
housing
plan
recommends
for
the
deer
down
station
area.
We
have
a
goal
of
25
percent
of
all.
Housing
will
be
restricted
at
build
out
serving
a
range
of
extremely
low
income,
households
to
moderate
households,
and
just
to
give
you
an
example
of
what
we're
talking
about
a
family
of
three
who's
considered
extremely
low
income
would
earn
close
to
forty
two
thousand
dollars
and
for
a
moderate
family
of
three,
almost
153
thousand
dollars
for
the
neighborhood
stabilization
area.
A
In
addition,
this
plan
proposes
to
track
the
number
of
latin
x
and
black
residents
in
this
area
over
time.
These
two
groups
were
selected
because
they
have
significant
housing.
Barriers
have
suffered
disproportionately
from
the
recent
coven
pandemic
and
constitute
a
sizable
share
of
the
total
san
jose
population.
A
A
Two
we
want
to
partner
with
transit
agencies
and
developers
to
apply
for
as
much
state
funding
for
transit-oriented,
affordable
housing.
Three
we're
going
to
adopt
the
updates
to
the
inclusionary
housing
ordinance,
which
you
will
see
early
next
year.
Four,
we're
going
to
update
regulations
to
facilitate
lower
cost
construction
technologies
such
as
mass
timber
and
modular
five.
We
want
to
prioritize
the
use
of
commercial
linkage,
fee
revenues
generated
in
the
dsa
for
affordable
housing
projects
within
the
area.
A
A
And,
lastly,
we
want
to
support
policies
that
increase
the
production
of
adus
in
the
deerdown
station
area
and
surrounding
neighborhoods
because
of
the
number
of
single-family
homes
that
were
found
in
this
particular
area.
Next
slide.
In
terms
of
preservation,
as
I've
talked
about,
we
do
want
to
establish
a
preservation
pilot
program
and
we're
thinking
about
the
same
program
that
you
already
asked
us
to
look
at
in
our
anti-displacement
program.
We
think
it
would
be
a
perfect
fit
for
this
area
because
of
the
number
of
smaller
multi-family
apartments
that
are
already
located
in
this
area.
A
A
We
want
to
consider
options
for
locally
enforcing
any
kind
of
state
regulation
to
make
it
easier
for
our
residents
to
understand
what
protections
they
do.
You
have
we'd
like
to
consider
expanding
our
tenant
protection
ordinance
to
include
duplexes,
which,
when
this
was
earlier
brought
to
the
housing
department.
B
B
Incentive
zoning
programs
are
an
option
that
are
given
to
developers
to
get
additional
height
allowed
for
their
project
in
exchange
for
public
benefits
like
affordable
housing,
for
an
incentive
zoning
program
to
be
feasible,
the
project
at
the
higher
height
has
to
be
more
valuable
than
the
project
at
the
existing
height.
So
we
explored
this
idea
with
our
consultants,
hra
and
as
part
of
the
memo
for
the
study
session,
there's
a
link
to
the
technical
memo,
but
I
wanted
to
summarize
high
level
the
three
main
findings.
B
The
first
finding
is
that
our
city
already
now
has
powerful
mechanisms
in
place
to
capture
value
from
development
by
that
I'm
referring
to
the
combination
of
the
inclusionary
housing
ordinance,
the
new
commercial
linkage
fee
and
the
deeredon
infrastructure
impact
fee
so
taken
together.
These
achieve
the
same
basic
objective
as
an
incentive
zoning
program,
but
they're
not
optional,
they're
required.
That's
better.
Second,
finding
is
there's
clearly
there's
no
more
value
to
capture
on
housing.
Our
city
has
very
aggressive,
affordable
housing
and
parks
fees
on
housing,
there's
no
value
there.
B
There
may
be
some
nominal
value
to
capture
on
office,
and
it
would
make
sense
to
revisit
in
a
few
years
when
we
know
what
the
additional
infrastructure
impact
fee
is
going
to
need
to
be
and
what
class
a
rents
turn
out
to
be
in
the
downtown
area.
So
in
a
few
years
you
could
achieve
the
same
objective
by
considering
an
increase
in
the
commercial
linkage
fee
for
downtown
office.
B
If
that
was
feasible
and
the
last
point
the
memo
makes
is
that
these
incentive
zoning
programs
are
very
complex
to
administer
they're
legally
challenged,
challenged
now
to
do
in
california
and
can
have
the
unintended
consequence
of
discouraging
density
and
creating
an
uneven
playing
field
between
the
deer
dawn
station
and
the
downtown
core
next
slide.
Please
so
also
in
december
2018,
you
directed
us
to
explore
citywide
strategies
and
financing
tools
to
mitigate
potential
small
business
displacement.
B
So
we
are
doing
an
analysis
of
displacement
potential
and
how
to
use
these
tools
and
lessons
learned,
also
in
the
deer
down
station
area
and
as
part
of
our
fall
engagement
activities.
We're
going
to
share
this
analysis
and
have
focus
group
discussions
on
this
topic,
as
well
as
an
online
feedback
form
for
people
that
are
interested
in
the
topic
of
small
business
displacement
and
small
business
opportunities,
and
I
have
one
more
slide,
please
that
just
shows
just
very
high
level
you
can
see.
B
These
are
all
the
active
small
businesses
in
the
deerdown
station
area
and
the
broader
study
area
that
we're
looking
at
and
last
then,
to
close
out
this
section
of
our
presentation.
It's
my
pleasure
to
introduce
laurie
severino,
who
I
mentioned
earlier,
is
our
deerdon
station
civic
engagement
manager,
hi.
O
Good
afternoon
city
council,
thank
you
kim
and
just
to
repeat,
my
name
is
laurie
severino
with
the
office
of
economic
development,
and
my
title
is
dear
dawn,
program
manager
and
I've
been
leading
the
community
engagement
efforts
for
the
dear
now
station
area.
So,
as
kim
mentioned
earlier,
we
are
hosting
a
series
of
engagement
events.
This
fall
to
share
information
and
gather
feedback
on
the
draft,
amended
deodon
station
area
plan
and
draft
deeredon,
affordable
housing
implementation
plan.
This
includes
a
virtual
community
meeting
on
december
3rd
community
partner
events
and
commission
meetings.
O
I
I
The
development
program
for
the
project
includes
4
000
homes,
up
to
7.3
million
square
feet
of
office
space,
approximately
500
000
square
feet
of
active
uses,
15
acres
of
open
space
and
plans
for
transportation
and
infrastructure
next
slide,
as
kim
wallace
previously
shared.
There
are
three
pathways
for
the
project.
I
I
Staff's
recommended
development
agreement
will
be
shared
in
early
2021,
followed
by
public
hearings
and
final
action
by
the
council
in
spring
of
2021..
If
approved,
then
google
and
their
partners
will
submit
building
design
review
documents
for
conformance
review.
Last
steps
would
be
building
permit
applications
and
subsequent
construction.
I
I
I
I
All
of
the
components
of
the
application
have
been
posted
to
the
project
website
and
we
have
provided
several
resources
to
help
members
of
the
public
review
and
understand
the
material.
A
feedback
form
is
located
on
the
project
website
and
google
has
included
a
digital
engagement
exercise
on
their
project
web
page
as
well
next
slide.
I
I
Staff
reviews
a
planning
application,
in
conformance
with
the
general
plan
and
related
city
policies,
design
standards
and
guidelines
and
zoning
regulations,
which
include
development
standards
after
planning
entitlement
approval,
applicants
then
obtain
building
permits
to
construct
their
projects.
Next.
I
I
Google's
updated
application
submittal
goes
into
greater
details
about
the
conformance
review
process
and
illustrates
the
development
of
the
overall
site,
similar
to
other
large-scale
projects.
The
downtown
west
project
includes
a
planned
development
zoning
district,
which
is
a
customized
zoning
district.
It
establishes
a
general
development
plan
that
lays
out
land
use,
permit
type
development
standards
and
development
capacity
and
given
the
size
of
the
project,
additional
development
standards
include
circulation,
open
space
and
infrastructure.
I
L
L
L
H
H
This
slide
just
presents
an
overview,
a
breakdown
of
the
different
categories
of
open
space
and
public
space
that
are
proposed
as
part
of
the
project.
So
the
pink
two
columns
on
the
left
are
what
will
be
is
proposed
to
be
city
dedicated
parkland,
it's
about
32
percent
of
the
total,
so
the
total
proposed
open
space
is
15
acres
of
the
proposal
for
city
dedication
is
4.8
acres
and
we're
going
to
talk
about
those
quite
a
bit
in
the
next
slide.
So
I'll
focus
just
briefly
on
the
five
categories
in
orange.
H
H
Semi-A
public,
open
space
is
that
space
that
might
be
building
frontage
along
some
of
the
commercial.
You
know
active
uses
that
you
should.
You
could
see
in
the
slides
tim
went
through,
they
might
be
cafe
seating
and
support
the
commercial
uses
that
are
adjacent
about
two
and
a
half
acres
of
the
15
is
riparian
corridor
and
or
riparian
setback.
H
So
for
more
information,
you
can
go
there,
but
the
mid
block
passages
are
exactly
what
they
sound.
Like
they
are
passages
that
might
have
commercial
activity
on
the
front
of
them,
but
generally
they're
moving
people
think
about
paseo
de
san
antonio
is
is
the
the
most
logical
kind
of
equal
that
we
currently
have
next
slide.
H
Two
of
them
are
really
dedicated
to
trail
and
the
trail
construction
and
providing
us,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
that
that
getting
us
to
that
goal
of
the
off-road
connected
bike
system
so
to
about
half
acre
worth
of
the
4.8
will
be
los
gatos
creek
trail
segments
they're
shown
on
this
map.
The
other
four
are
very
diverse
in
nature,
but
they
also
have
really
present
really
different
and
interesting
opportunities
for
the
park
system.
So
starting
at
the
left-hand
side
of
the
page,
the
los
gatos
creek
connector,
eight
tenths
of
a
mile.
H
It
will
run
behind
the
existing
or
the
former
orchard
supply,
building
just
north
of
ozare
and
fro
with
residential
fronting
on
that
proposed
property.
So
lots
of
eyes
on
that
space,
walking
trails,
children's
play
areas.
So
a
really
interesting
area
for
us,
the
social
heart,
which
is
an
area
that
we
are
also
really
excited
about,
because
it
really
is
the
heart
of
the
project,
and
it's
really
going
to
be
the
heart
of
deirdon
station
too.
H
As
we
move
forward
and
develop,
there
will
be
arts
and
cultures
buildings
surrounding
that
space.
So
it's
an
exciting
opportunity
for
us
as
a
as
a
park
system
to
have
access
to
that
space.
The
other
two
at
the
north
end
north
of
santa
clara
and
north
of
sap,
really
act
like
more
traditional
parks.
They
are
larger
swaths
of
green
space.
They
are
make
their
you
know,
sort
of
standalone
recreation
spaces
with
lots
of
green
area.
H
You
know
st
john
triangle
at
an
acre
and
a
half
in
north
end
park
at
a
little
less
than
an
acre
and
a
half.
So
those
are
two
really
logical
choices
for
city
dedication,
so
the
parkland
dedication
would
include
the
dedication
of
these
lands
and
then,
as
I
think,
a
lot
of
you
folks
know
when
residential
developers
are
meeting
their
parkland
dedication,
they
can
meet
it
through
dedication
of
land
through
construction
of
parks.
H
H
H
I
think
google's
put
forward
some
really
innovative,
interesting
and
different
ideas
on
on
how
they
want
the
parks
and
public
spaces
to
function
here,
and
we
have
been
working
closely
with
them
on
on
what
that
looks
like
and
how
we
as
a
city,
can
help
them
with
that
and
how
they
can
help
us,
and
we
can
work
together
so
that
we
manage
the
city-owned
spaces
in
a
way
that's
equitable,
with
the
privately
owned
spaces.
So
that's
something
we
continue
to
explore.
H
M
M
M
A
second
key
emphasis
is
to
build
in
flexibility,
and,
and
I
mean
that
in
multiple
ways
both
to
allow
for
changes
over
time
in
the
long
run
as
changes
in
transport
technology
and
options
in
the
area,
progress
as
well
as
flexibility
even
from
the
morning
to
the
evening,
because
you
might
need
to
use
that
street
differently
for
egress
from
the
sap
center
versus
during
the
day
when
you
could
have
a
food
truck
here.
Next,
here's
a
snapshot
of
the
proposed
roadway
network
for
the
downtown
west
project,
all
of
the
teal
are
existing
public
streets.
M
M
The
downtown
west
project
also
studied
pretty
extensively
the
potential
effects
on
the
transportation
and
neighborhoods
around
the
site.
Through
that
local
transportation
analysis,
the
downtown
west
project
will
be
constructing
or
contributing
to
a
variety
of
improvements,
and
those
are
mapped
here.
M
For
example,
number
one
just
to
take
one
is
better
connections
primarily
for
people
walking,
as
well
as
biking
from
the
deoridon
area
to
the
gardner-north
willow,
glen
neighborhoods
south
of
280.
This
is
to
ease
long-standing
safety
concerns
and
make
sure
that
people
say
if
they
have
students
at
gardner
elementary.
Those
students
can
get
there
safely
and
easily
better
than
today
next
slide
and
the
downtown
west
parking
proposal
is
nested.
Within
the
framework
that
I
discussed
earlier
for
the
broader
dsap
area,
the
downtown
west
project
will
share
its
parking
within
that
district
parking
approach.
M
It
will
provide
at
least
2
850
spaces
on
site,
so
that's
under
proposed
google,
commercial
buildings
and
up
to
4
800
total
spaces,
it's
kind
of
a
floor
and
a
ceiling
within
that
it
also
will
commit
to
market
rate
demand
based
pricing,
so
that
this
parking
can
really
be
shared
by
people.
Whether
they're
visiting
the
offices,
the
retail
deered
on
station
sap
center
or
other
locations
on
the
residential
front.
The
project
proposes
up
to
2
360,
total
residential
parking
spaces.
E
Since
that
time,
the
public
review
period
has
been
extended
to
december
8th,
so
a
total
review
period
of
61
days
now
the
draft
eir
evaluates
and
discloses
the
environmental
impacts
of
the
project,
including
from
construction.
It
identifies
mitigation
measures
for
significant
impacts
and
evaluates
project
alternatives.
E
E
One
of
the
unique
unique
aspects
of
the
downtown
west
project
is
that
it
is
certified
as
an
environmental
leadership
and
development
project
by
by
the
governor
this
this
ab-900.
It
requires
a
high
standard
of
public
and
environmental
requirements
for
projects
to
demonstrate
enhanced
sustainability
measures
and,
in
turn,
as
a
result,
it
also
allows
them
to
go
through
an
expedited
judicial
review
if
the
eir
is
challenged,
this
ensures
timely
benefits.
E
Av900
does
not
reduce
any
of
the
requirements
of
the
sequel
review
process
required
of
the
california.
Environmental
quality
act
in
fact
requires
enhanced
public
transparency,
including
the
publication
of
the
administrative
record.
This
includes
all
documents
related
to
the
project
produced
by
the
city,
the
via
an
available
link
on
the
city's
website
that
can
be
found
on
the
google
project
website.
E
E
These
each
of
these
topic
areas
is
evaluated
through
impacts,
as
required
by
state
law,
and
the
determination
is
made
via
the
analysis,
to
determine
if
each
area
has
an
impact
related
to
no
impact
or
finding
of
significant
impact
with
mitigation
or
significant
unavoidable
impact
on
each
topic
area.
If
you
go
through
the
eir,
you
see
these,
you
see
these
impact
summaries.
E
This
means
that
when
the
there's,
an
impact
that
is
identified
that
there
can
be
no
choosing
that
there
can
be
no
mitigation
measures
that
reduce
it
to
a
less
than
significant
level,
these
impacts
are
highlighted
in
orange.
On
this
slide.
Next
slide,
please,
as
part
of
the
av-900
process,
there's
also
several
measures
to
enhance
sustainability.
E
This
is
included
in
the
design
guidelines
in
the
sustainability
chapter
and
also
under
ava
900.
One
of
the
biggest
highlights
is
the
fact
that
the
project
will
have
no
net
increase
in
greenhouse
gas
emissions
for
30
years.
Another
huge
improvement
for
the
project
is
the
fact
that
they'll
have
very
low
vehicle
miles.
Traveled
vehicle
miles.
Traveled
means
that
automobile
trips
to
the
area
will
have
reduced
trip
lengths
because
of
the
central
location
of
the
site.
E
E
E
One
key
aspect
of
the
downtown
west
project
is:
it
will
have
a
district
approach
for
the
overall
80
acre
site.
This
means
there
will
be
shared
connected
utility
services
across
the
entire
development.
A
key
component
of
this
is
that
there
will
be
central
utility
plants
for
to
heat
and
cool
buildings.
There
will
be
an
electric
mitral
micro
grid
with
distributed
energy
sources,
on-site
processing
of
wastewater
and
reuse,
recycled
water,
and
all
this
will
be
connected
through
an
underground
utility
known
as
utilador.
E
Next
slide,
please,
in
addition
to
the
district
systems,
there
will
be
other
infrastructure
elements.
This
includes
upsizing
the
storm
and
sanitary
systems,
reconstructing
the
west
san
fernando
street
bridge
over
the
moscato's
creek
and
hydraulic
improvements
to
reduce
overbank
flooding
during
a
100-year
flood
event.
It
also
includes
rehabilitating
the
los
gatos
creek
channel
to
improve
habitat,
and
now
I'm
going
to
pass
it
on
to
lori.
Thank
you.
A
O
Thank
you
david
again.
This
is
lori
severino
with
the
office
of
economic
development.
So,
as
I
mentioned
previously,
we
are
hosting
a
series
of
engagement
events.
This
fall
and
many
of
these
events
overlap
with
the
ones
I
showed
earlier
for
the
deardon
station
area,
as
they
offer
opportunity
to
provide
input
on
all
of
the
draft
plans
and
documents
discussed.
This
afternoon
we
held
a
community
meeting
specifically
on
the
downtown
west
project
on
october
19th
and
the
downtown
west
documents.
O
C
Good
afternoon
I
am
so
very
happy
to
be
here.
I
am
the
director
of
economic
development
and
my
name
is
nancy
klein
and
you'll
be
happy
to
know
that
you've
reached
the
last
section
of
presentation
from
staff
this
morning
or
this
afternoon,
and
hopefully
you
too
are
seeing
why
we're
so
excited
to
share
with
you
the
depth
and
breadth
of
work.
We've
all
been
engaged
in
what
next
side,
please.
C
What
I
wanted
to
do
was
begin
by
sharing
our
team
with
you
on
the
city
side
of
the
negotiations.
Team
is
myself
kim
wallish
and
johnny
fan
from
the
city
attorney's
office,
but
we
have
an
extraordinarily
smart
and
seasoned
team.
The
people
here
from
hrna
advisors,
amitabh,
barthiker,
judith,
taylor
and
thomas
janssen
are
are
very,
very
skilled
and
hrna
in
fact,
has
a
very
deep
history
of
working
on
large
scale,
projects
that
are
often
transit
oriented
and
require
a
ton
of
working
through
complexity
such
as
the
washington
dc
anacosta
waterfront
initiative.
C
M
C
Next
slide,
please,
the
mou
anticipated
that
we
would
have
a
development
agreement
and
community
benefits
in
the
mou.
Key
topics
that
would
be
addressed
in
the
development
agreement
were
identified.
Things
like
the
length
of
the
agreement,
the
vested
project,
approvals,
dedications
of
land,
applicable
laws
and
much
more
and
including
the
community
benefits
requirements
next
slide.
Please.
C
C
Before
we
could
talk
more
about
community
benefits
with
google,
we
first
had
to
go
through
an
extensive
and
in-depth
process
understanding
what
the
elements
of
the
project
are
and
then
determining
how
the
city
requirements
would
be
fulfilled.
As
council
stated
from
the
beginning,
google
is
expected
to
comply
with
regular
city
requirements.
C
The
project
costs,
including
these
city
requirements
and
mitigations,
are
integral.
You
have
to
know
them
to
determine
a
project's
financial
feasibility
next
slide,
please,
we
know
from
going
through
all
the
work
that
you've
been
seeing
to
in
this
presentation
that,
even
before
we
discuss
community
benefits,
the
project
will
bring
substantial
public
benefits,
4,
000,
plus
homes,
commercial
linkage,
fees
parks
and
open
space,
public
art,
deep
sustainability
toward
climate,
smart
goals
and
up
to
5700
construction
jobs,
as
well
as
publicly
available
parking
that
meets
the
city's
obligation
to
the
sap
center
next
slide,
please.
C
C
C
C
We
know
that
the
downtown
west
presents
a
compelling
opportunity
for
google
to
develop
world-class
office
space
in
a
contiguous
manner
that
is
not
available
anywhere
else,
certainly
not
in
the
bay
area.
Still,
we
need
to
recognize
that
google
will
not
invest
in
san
jose
if
leasing
or
building
space
is
not
commercially
viable.
C
Similarly,
we
re
recognize
that
the
production
of
residential
housing
is
a
public
benefit
in
and
of
itself,
and
that
housing,
particularly
high-rise
housing,
is
not
at
the
moment
profitable,
but
nonetheless,
google
has
expanded
their
plan
to
include
a
large
amount
of
housing.
In
fact,
50
percent
of
their
project
is
not
office,
and
this
was
done
by
google
in
the
city
in
response
to
the
city's
housing
production
objectives.
C
C
Recently,
the
deerdown
integrated
station
concept
plan
partners
indicated
that
they
were
maybe
going
to
take
additional
land
to
accomplish
the
integrated
station
concept.
There
is
concern
that
if
too
much
land
is
taken,
the
project
will
not
be
able
to
yield
the
development
capacity
that
is
needed
to
produce
a
sufficient
amount
of
community
benefits.
C
The
other
next
risk
I
want
to
share
a
little
bit
about
is
the
downtown
crane
policy
in
looking
at
this
moment.
At
the
time
of
the
study
session,
the
current
allowance
for
crane
heights
is
not
sufficient
and
would
inhibit
the
build
out
of
the
full
heights
of
the
downtown
west
project.
As
designed,
this
could
have
the
same
type
of
impacts,
limiting
the
development
capacity,
limiting
the
amount
of
community
benefits
and
causing
the
project
not
to
proceed.
C
C
C
C
It's
very
exciting
and,
in
addition,
the
in,
in
addition
to
the
affordable
housing
proposals,
we
envision
that
the
community
benefits
plan
will
include
financial
contributions
to
a
fund
or
funds
to
support
investment
in
community
priorities
related
to
community
stabilization
and
opportunity
pathways.
What
we
mean
by
that
through
the
community
stabilization
fund
or
area,
we
would
serve
homeless
services,
legal
aid
for
those
who
are
threatened
with
eviction
and
the
purchase
of
naturally
affordable
housing
in
the
area
to
keep
it
affordable.
These
are
just
some
of
the
types
of
activities
that
could
be
undertaken
with
those
funds.
C
C
D
Great,
thank
you
nancy
and
thank
you.
Everyone
for
their
presentations
appreciate
the
enormous
amount
of
work
that's
being
done
across
the
city
organization,
with
many
stakeholders
and
key
partners
as
well,
particularly
a
lot
of
work
being
done
community
with
many
many
community
meetings
and
lori.
Thank
you
for
your
work
and
leading
that
effort.
O
Thank
you
mayor.
I
I'm
sensitive
to
the
complexities
and
risks
and
and
nancy
your
point
about
this
by
no
means
being
a
done
deal
for
the
google
project
to
come
downtown.
So
I
think
this
is
my.
My
main
question
is
really:
what
do
we
lose
as
a
city
if
google,
if
the
google
project
does
not
happen
because
it
sounds
like
it's
an
all-or-nothing.
C
C
So
in
terms
of
dollars,
we
believe
the
overall
project
will
be
exceed
probably
10
billion
dollars
of
investment,
construction
projects
or
construction
wages
from
the
project
and
the
5700
construction
workers
anticipated
will
be
probably
at
least
a
billion
dollars
in
and
of
itself.
So
as
an
a
way
to
answer
that
it's
the
cohesive
development
and
a
tremendous
amount
of
investment
throughout
san
jose
and
staff
really
take
seriously
that
there
are
many
interests
to
satisfy
and
many
shared
visions
that
we
are
working
to
weave
together.
B
This
obviously,
this
area
is
very
attractive
and
would
be
developed
over
time.
The
alternative
is
a
speculative
developer
that
would
come
in
and
develop
it
for
unknown
future
tenants
or
to
flip
it
and
sell
it
off
in
the
future.
It's
extremely
unusual
and
extremely
valuable
to
have
an
owner
operator
company,
like
google
who's,
investing
to
be
part
of
our
community
for
the
long
run.
So
we
would
lose
that
I
think
very
unique
opportunity.
O
O
Great,
thank
you
and
then
I
did
want
to
ask
jessica
zink.
Can
you
go
into
a
little
more
detail
about
the
parking
and
transportation
management?
I
think
it
was
salide
48
and
I
understand
about
the
parking
is
a
shared
resource.
I
think
many
of
us,
I
think
all
of
us
received
the
email
from
the
sharks
and
their
concern
about
parking
and
about
traffic
flow.
Can
you
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
that
jessica
and
kind
of
what
work
is
being
done
around
that
on
that
topic?
O
M
We
think
it's
extremely
important
that
that
commercial
parking
be
available
to
people
who
are
attending
sap
center
events,
as
well
as
people
who
might
want
to
access
the
transit
center
by
vehicle,
as
well
as
people
who
are
going
to
their
job
or
going
shopping
in
the
area,
etc.
The
the
district
approach
is
novel
for
the
city.
M
The
work
that
the
city,
google
and
the
sharks
have
been
doing
has
been
very
careful
to
make
sure
that
sufficient
parking
is
there
for
the
sap
center,
both
at
the
end
of
the
day
and
over
time.
So
there's
a
lot
of
work
to
understand
that
that
phasing
and
then
how
access
and
egress
from
the
parking
is
available.
So
in
the
name
of
brevity
I
will
stop
there,
but
definitely
lots
of
ongoing
work
to
be
done
as
well.
O
M
A
great
question,
so
the
airport
connector
folks
may
recall,
I
think,
two
slides
before
is
one
of
the
key
access
points
planned
for
the
deodon
integrated
station
concept.
One
more
there
we
go.
Thank
you
it's
in
the
the
red
symbol
there.
So
this
is
a
direct,
efficient
connection
between
deirdon
station
and
the
airport.
M
It
enables
a
few
things
number
one:
people
arriving
to
the
station
to
san
jose
from
high-speed
rail
san
jose
international
would
be
the
first
airport
that
they
hit
along
their
route.
So
being
able
to
transfer
to
the
connector
is
one
of
the
the
critical
pieces
of
making
san
jose
international
airport.
A
really
complimentary
effort
to
the
high-speed
rail
station
here.
O
And
I
just
think
this.
The
project
has
continued
to
evolve
and
improve
over
time,
and-
and
I
am
very
grateful-
I
want
to
thank
each
and
every
one
of
you
for
all
of
your
work
that
you
are
continuing
to
do.
I
know
there's
still,
as
nancy
pointed
out,
still
a
lot
of
work
and
analysis
to
be
done,
and
I
am
excited
to
see
the
developments
over
time.
Thank
you.
D
P
Yeah,
thank
you
mayor
and
yeah.
This
certainly,
as
dev
just
said,
a
very
impactful
project
with
a
lot
of
anticipated
community
members
from
district
6
and
district
3,
but
certainly
as
we
know,
since
this
project
was
first
unveiled
or
the
opportunity,
I
should
say
it
has
generated
not
only
city-wide
but
really
regional
significance.
And
so
it's
not
just
my
my
community
members.
P
We
do
get
an
opportunity
to
hear
from
our
community
members
here
today
as,
as
was
pointed
out,
there's
been
a
lot
of
community
engagement,
but
we
have
not
had
too
many
opportunities
where
it's
the
full
council
being
able
to
to
to
receive
a
prestige
like
this
and
get
some
feedback.
And
so
I
think
this
is
a
great
opportunity
before
we
make
some
major
decisions.
P
I
just
have
a
focus
on
on
a
couple
areas,
and
I
think
councilman
davis
pointed
out
in
regards
to
the
fact
that
this
is
not
somehow
a
done
deal.
I
think
you
know
it's
kind
of
felt
like
that,
maybe
for
many
as
we've
moved
along,
because
there
have
been
some
major
milestone
decisions.
Certainly
google
coming
in
and
purchasing
the
property,
but
to
assume
that
we're
going
to
get
the
development
that
we've
all
been
yearning
for
and
that
that's
somehow
a
done
deal.
P
I
think
was
highlighted
and
today
and
and
a
very
important
aspect
of
it
in
regards
to
there
are-
are
still
hurdles.
We
certainly
saw
in
councilman
dis,
pointed
out
in
regards
to
the
sharks
and
and
just
one
of
the
major
community
partners
that
we
have
in
the
area
sort
of
the
have
been
the
destination
for
for
this,
this
area,
around
deer
down
station
for
a
quarter
century
and
so
a
a
partner
that
we
want
to
be
able
to
work
with.
P
I
I
think
we'll
we'll
have
to
continue
to
kind
of
to
dive,
maybe
further
into
that,
but
I
wanted
to
touch
just
overall
in
regards
to
some
of
the
the
challenges
we
may
see
some
of
the
the
development
opportunities.
I
know
that
around
that
the
juror
station
itself,
how
flexible,
is
the
the
sort
of
the
these
different
segments
of
the
project?
P
C
So
let
me
just
start
off
and
then
ask
rosalind
to
comment
as
well.
That
part
of
the
great
part
about
the
project
is
that
it
comes
with
more
jobs
and
more
housing,
and
the
housing
is
very
important
within
the
areas
we'll
turn
to
roseland
there.
There
is
flexibility,
as
we
all
see,
through
the
downtown
core
designation,
for
example,
there's
some
level
of
flexibility.
C
I
Yes,
thanks
nancy.
So
to
your
point,
there
is
a
certain
amount
of
flexibility
already
built
into
the
downtown
west
development
project,
as
well
as
the
amended
dsap
and
as
nancy
reference.
The
downtown
land
use
designation
that
we
currently
have
in
our
general
plan
actually
allows
both
office
or
residential
uses
or
a
combination
of
both.
So
with
that
land
use
designation
that
is
actually
being
used
in
the
downtown
west
proposal,
as
well
as
the
amended
dsap.
C
I
At
any
time,
we
could
come
back
to
council
if
what
is
now
or
in
the
future
being
proposed
does
not
fit
into
a
particular
land
use
designation.
We
definitely
have
that
opportunity,
but
again
I
do
want
to
highlight
that
there
is
a
good
amount
of
land
that
we
are
proposing
for
that
downtown
land
use
designation,
which
currently
does
allow
both
office
and
residential.
P
P
I
I
I
want
to
be
able
to
see
a
project
through
and
it'd
be
great
to
see
this
project
through
that
we're
sort
of
describing
now
the
different
elements,
but
without
really
having
all
the
variables
in
place.
I
just
want
to
ensure
that
that
there's
flexibility
not
only
on
on
our
part
but
again,
as
I
said
on,
hopefully
our
partners,
it's
google,
where
we
we
don't
end
up
in
a
place
where
we
we
we
don't
have
a
project.
I
think
that
doesn't
benefit.
Any
of
us
doesn't
benefit
us
as
a
city.
P
Our
community
certainly
doesn't
benefit
google
and
all
the
time
and
energy
they've
put
in
and
every
other
really
investor
and
and
property
owner
and
those
that
are
interested
in
the
area
here
it
is.
It
is
to
everybody's
benefit
that
we
build
a
a
real
world,
world-class
area
around
this
station
in
downtown
west,
and
certainly
that's
that's
that's
what
I'm
hoping
for.
I
know
that's
what
we're
all
moving
towards.
Q
Thank
you,
mayor
just
have
a
few
questions,
as
you
all
know
that
we
often
have
a
chance
to
poke
around
kick
the
tires
and
ask
questions
outside
of
these
spaces.
So
I'll
just
be
very
brief.
This
is
for
staff,
I'm
not
sure
who
wants
to
take
this
on,
but,
as
you
all
know,
neighborhood
groups
reach
out
to
all
of
us,
even
if
we
don't
represent
the
area
near
the
station,
and
so
I
know,
there's
been
a
neighborhood
group,
the
deer
dawn
area,
neighborhood
group
dang,
which
is
a
cool
name.
I
Thank
you
kim
and
thank
you
councilmember.
Yes,
we
have
been
meeting
with
the
members
of
the
deng
for
several
months
now
and
actually
we
have
made
some
changes
to
the
proposed
height
diagram
to
respond
to
their
concerns,
particularly
about
adjacencies,
to
existing
low-density
residential
neighborhoods.
I
So
we
unders
totally
understand
the
concern
about
height
and
density
next
to
those
existing
areas
and
we've
been
sharing
with
them
throughout
the
process
that
you
know
as
we
work
on
this,
there's
going
to
be
a
series
of
trade-offs
and
again
the
proposed
densities
that
we
currently
have
in
the
amended
dsap.
These
are
maximum
levels
so
that
we're
able
to
clear
this
certain
amount
of
development
capacity
through
the
environmental
process
and
obviously,
as
different
development
projects
come
in
they'll
be
reviewed.
Q
Okay,
yeah
and
that's
to
be
very
honest
with
you,
as
I
mentioned
during
the
meeting,
I
think
we
had
friday
that
that
I
know
that
obviously
there's
a
lot
going
on
in
this
area,
and
so
I
I
would
say,
for
I
suspect,
maybe
some
council
members
that
don't
touch
this
topic
as
often
as
maybe
council,
member
davis
or
peralta.
Is
that
there's
just
a
lot
going
on
and
trying
to
parse
out?
What's
what
and
what's
applicable
to
the
google?
You
know
the
google
development
as
it
relates
to
the
broader
dsap
area.
Q
I
think,
creates
confusion
for
me
at
times
and
I'm
sure
confusion
for
our
residents,
and
so
thank
you
for
that.
The
other
thing
I
would
just
mention-
and
I
mentioned
it
during
our
friday
meeting-
is
just
the
design
guidelines
and
I
think
I
got
a
it
seems
like
I
felt
satisfied
with
the
answer
from
google,
but
the
thought
was
that
you
know
we.
We
have
these
design
guidelines
and
we
have
this
these.
These.
Q
You
know
the
design
of
how
the
project
is
going
to
take
place
and
what
we
found
at
least
as
it
relates
to
south
san
jose.
The
village
oaks
shopping
center
that
was
put
forward
to
folks
that
it
was
going
to
be
a
santana
row
of
sorts
and
in
the
end
it
actually
didn't
look
anything
like
that,
and
even
to
the
present
day.
Q
I
hear
complaints
about
that,
and
so
I'd
really
love
that
as
this
develops
and
and
some
of
those
design
guidelines
could
get
put
out
there
and
some
of
the
design
work
is
put
out
to
the
community
that
we
try
to
get
it
to
look
like
that
as
much
as
possible
and
not
have
something
totally
different.
Thank
you
for
that.
The
other.
The
other
question
I
had
is
related
to
some
stuff.
Q
I've
been
hearing
related
to
the
discounting
of
park
fees,
and
I
know
nicole
you're
on
the
call,
I'm
not
sure
who
else
from
the
parks
department
saw.
The
call
is
it
because
I've
heard
a
little
bit
of
from
from
both
sides.
Some
folks
have
said
that
it
seems
like
in
this
area
and
part
of
downtown
not
specific
to
google,
obviously,
but
that
there's
gonna
be
some
discounting
of
park
fees.
Is
that
or
maybe
there's
something
already
in
place?
Q
H
Sure
I
can
take
that
for
you
and
in
short,
there
is
no
plan
to
to
discount
park
fees
specifically
for
downtown
west
or
for
the
duradon
area.
I
think
there
I
agree
with
you.
There
has
been
some
recent
confusion
over
that.
What
you
will
see
come
forward
in
the
next
within
the
next
couple
of
months,
probably
in
january,
is
an
amendment
to
our
park
fee
program
so
that
we
are
in
line
with
the
inclusionary
housing
ordinance
that
was
recently
passed.
H
So
we
need
to
do
some
cleanup
work
there
and
that
would
the
the
proposed
plan
is
to
get
us
in
line
with
inclusionary
housing.
We
would
offer
some
opportunity
limited
opportunity
for
units
that
come
in
at
a
hundred
percent
of
the
area,
median
income
or
100
ami-
to
receive
the
50
reduction
in
park
fee,
but
that
is
only
if
they
are
part
of
the
inclusionary
housing
ordinance
and
it
would
only
be
five
percent
of
the
total
affordable
units
proposed
in
any
one
development.
Q
Okay,
all
right,
thank
you.
I
and
the
reason
I
mention
that
is.
I
just
fear
that
we're
going
to
go
down
a
road-
and
I
know
you
know-
we've
discounted
fees
and
such
in
an
effort
to
spur
development
and
made
things
a
little
bit
more
cost
effective
or
pencil
out
for
developers
and
such.
But
I
I
don't
desire
to
have
a
community
or
a
city
where
we
don't
have
the
resources
to
build
out
park
space
for
folks
for
the
folks,
we're
actually
building
houses
for
to
be
able
to
recreate.
Q
The
other
question
I
had-
and
I
don't
I
don't
recall
if,
on
friday,
I
had
a
meeting
with
some
of
the
the
staff
from
the
city
and
from
google.
So
I
don't
recall
if
anyone
from
parks
is
on
there,
but
I
wanted
to
just
highlight
something
that
I
mentioned,
and
that
is
in
relation
to
some
of
the
turnkey
parks
that
google
hopefully
will
eventually
be
building
out
and
essentially
handing
over
to
the
city.
And-
and
I
forget-
I
don't
have
all
the
documents
in
front
of
me.
Q
But
there
are,
I
think,
a
few
and
if
I'm
incorrect,
please
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong,
but
the
question
I
had
is
related
to
maintenance
agreements
and,
and
so
once
those
are
built
out
turned
over
to
the
city
who
who's
going
to
be
charged
with
maintaining
those.
And
I
I
think
I
recall
that
it
was
essentially
going
to
be
the
city's
responsibility.
Is
that
your
understanding,
nicole.
H
That
is
the
current
intent,
but
there
is
some
discussion
that
we're
having
with
google
about
how
we
might
modify
that
right
ways
that
we
could
work
together
to
establish
a
conservancy
or
an
alternative
method
for
managing
those
parks,
but
it's
a
complicated
nut
to
crack
for
a
variety
of
reasons
and
we're
working
through
it.
I
don't
know
that
we'll
have
an
answer.
You
know
within
the
next
six
months,
but
it
is
something
we're
committed
to
to
looking
at
and
continuing
to
work
through.
Q
Q
What
are
we
going
to
put
in
place
to
make
certain
that
if
a
family
and
a
neighbor
from
some
of
the
housing
there
or
from
the
local
neighborhood
wants
to
go
recreate
on
some
of
that
parkland
that
or
that
green
space?
That's
public
that
they're
going
to
be
able
to
do
so
without
feeling
like
it's
not
really
public,
because
I
know
we've
had
instances
around
the
city
where
there's
public
space,
but
it's
it
essentially
turns
into
a
de
facto
private
space.
H
H
There
will
be,
we
expect
to
establish
a
series
of
rules,
requirements,
kind
of
the
operating
parameters
of
each
of
those
spaces
and
we'll
have
a
clear
understanding
of
how
and
when
and
they'll
exactly
the
circumstances
under
which
they
will
be
publicly
accessible.
Like
I
said
in
my
presentation,
we
do
expect
that
they
will
be
they'll.
They
will
look
and
feel
like
public
parks.
That
is
our
expectation,
but
I
think,
as
the
project
moves
forward,
you'll
see
more
detail
on
that.
Q
C
Q
C
Add
in
something
council,
member
that
and
nicole,
please
correct
me,
but
just
as
a
distinction
in
case
people
folks
miss
this
on
the
parks,
the
that
will
remain
with
google.
Google
will
maintain
those
parks
parks
that
get
dedicated
to
the
city.
It's
the
city's
standard
practice
that,
after
a
period
of
time,
the
city
does
take
over
that
maintenance.
So
it's
it's
consistent
with
the
the
city
practice
and,
like
nicole,
said,
other
opportunities
being
envisioned.
Q
Q
I
didn't
have
a
chance
to
talk
to
you
before
the
meeting,
but
I
know
you
reached
out
saying
you
know
if
I
had
any
questions
but
related
to
the
incentive
zoning
program
so
based
on
you
know,
I
think
it
was
the
four
page
sort
of
hra
consultants.
I
guess
I'll
call
them
for
lack
of
a
better
word,
provided
essentially
some
information
related
to
the
incentive
zoning
program
or
the
possibility
of
one
given
what
they've
sort
of
concluded
and
given
that
this
is
an
update
to.
Let
us
know
where
things
are.
B
I
know
we
were
inspired
by
seattle,
but
what
we
became
clear
was
that
seattle
only
had
incentive
zoning
in
as
a
temporary,
optional
program
that
didn't
perform
very
well
until,
like
10
years
later,
they
put
their
impact
fee
programs
in
place
for
affordable
housing,
so
yeah.
So
I'm
just
giving
you
a
preview
that,
just
based
on
the
analysis,
we
we
won't,
don't
we'll
not
be
recommending
that
it
gets
put
in
place.
So
is
it
gonna
talk
about
it
further.
B
I
mean
that's
up
to
council,
I'm
yeah,
I'm
trying
to
say
we.
We
were
directed
to
do
the
analysis
and
to
come
back
with
the
analysis
prior
to
bringing
our
final
recommendations
forward.
So
if
we
need
to
do
that
more
formally
by
bringing
it
to
council
for
an
action
meeting,
we
can
talk
about
that.
But
we're.
B
Q
Well,
I
guess
you
know
one
of
the
things
as
it
relates
to
incentive
zoning.
I
guess
I
was
I
was
thinking
when,
when
we
put
the
memo
out
sometime
back
and
unfortunately,
I
didn't
have
a
chance
to
review
the
memo
before
this
meeting,
but
part
of
the
interest
for
me
was
that
incentive
zoning
and
the
benefits
derived
from
that
seem
to
be
more
flexible,
so
it
wouldn't
necessarily
or
only
be
for
housing.
It
could
be.
It
could
be
for
park
amenities,
it
can
be
for
x,
y
and
z
right,
and
I
feel
like
this.
Q
Q
For
example,
that's
what
they
plan
to
use
some
of
this
money
for
and
so
that
flexibility
was
appealing
to
me,
because
I
think,
based
on
everything,
as
it
relates
to
the
commercial
linkage
fee
or
other
type
of
fees
that
we
have
even
the
discount
and
construction
fees
and
things
of
like
that,
we've
done
around
the
city
and
downtown.
Specifically.
Q
B
J
We
had
a
incentive
zoning
program
here,
which
was
later
supplanted
by
an
inclusionary
zoning
program
and
the
the
reality
here
is
that,
from
a
policy
perspective,
you
can
use
additional
dollars
to
do
whatever
you
want
right.
Both
incentive
zoning
and
inclusionary
zoning
are
a
little
bit
of
a
tax
on
development
which
which
is
sort
of
it's
sort
of
how
they
work
and
one
of
them.
J
If
you
have
something
more
like
inclusionary
zoning,
where
a
developer
pays
a
fee
for
every
square
foot
that
they
build,
you
have
a
much
more
transparent
relationship
between
the
tax
and
the
amount
of
development.
The
more
you
increase
it,
the
less
development
you'll
have
over
time.
It's
not
like
an
on
off
switch,
it's
more
of
like
a
how
you
know
it's
like
a
break
on
a
car
right.
You
can.
J
You
can
tap
it
with
your
foot
with
a
different
strength,
but
then
you
can
use
those
proceeds
to
build
housing
and
you
can
also
potentially
or
a
later
council
could
decide
to
use.
You
know
if
the
demand
for
development
goes
up
in
san
jose.
You
could
increase
the
fee
and
use
some
of
that
money
for
something
else,
and
so
I
guess
I
just
wanted
to
clarify
that.
Having
two
mechanisms
doesn't
necessarily
allow
you
to
unlock
more
money
than
if
you
just
have
one
mechanism.
Q
J
Q
G
G
On
the
commercial
side,
the
commercial
linkage
fee
obviously
is
focused
on
the
production
of
affordable
housing
and
capturing
value
from
office
space.
But
in
developing
our
memo
we
also
considered
the
deer
down
station
infrastructure
fee
as
a
key
funding
tool
for
a
wider
range
of
community
benefits,
obviously
including
infrastructure
itself,
but
parks,
as
well
as
community
facilities,
and
being
able
to
extract
value
from
office
for
a
directed
set
of
priorities.
G
Typically,
what
we
find
is
that
that
flexibility
is
offered
to
the
developers
in
the
form
of
sort
of
a
menu
of
options
and
a
challenge
that
a
number
of
municipalities
have
found
is
that
it's
very
hard
to
keep
the
sort
of
the
value
of
those
options
calibrated.
So
in
in
many
cases
where
you
have,
for
example,
you
know
recreation,
transportation,
housing
or
other
sort
of
options
to
provide
in
exchange
for
additional
capacity.
You.
H
Q
Okay,
all
right!
Well,
listen!
I
I
thank
you
for
for
the
report.
In
addition
to
the
to
the
memo
that
you
all
submitted,
thomas
and
ap
is
there
would
you
be
willing-
and
maybe
I
apologize
if
it
was
in
the
a
lot
of
the
information
that
was
provided
as
it
relates
to
the
study
session?
But
if
we
can,
if
there's
any
additional
information
that
we
don't
have
our
hands
on,
if
we
can
get
that
that'd
be
great.
If
you're
open
to
sharing
that
kim.
Q
Q
I
take
issue
with
that
sort
of
sentiment
and
I
would
say
is
the
way
I
view
this
development.
I
think
it's
a
good
thing.
I
think
we
all
voted
for
it.
It
was
a
unanimous
vote.
I
think
I
said
at
the
time
that
I
was
cautiously
optimistic,
that
everything
would
come
forward
as
was
presented
back
in
the
day.
It
seems
it
may
be
moving
forward.
Q
I
know
this
is
not
a
done
deal,
but
I
don't
want
us
to
lose
sight
of
the
fact
that
as
a
city
that
this
is
mutually
beneficial
right,
it's
beneficial
for
google,
it's
also
beneficial
for
us,
and
so
I
I
don't.
I
just
cringe
when
I
sense
that
we're
we're
we
as
a
city
in
some
minds
right-
and
you
hear
it
often
that
we're
selling
ourselves
short
right,
and
I
think
that
you
know
we.
I
don't
want
to
make
things
more
difficult
for
google,
but
you
know
we.
Q
D
Q
R
R
It's
I
have
been
playing
catch
up
over
the
last
year
and
a
half
or
so
and
to
hear
have
this
study
session
is
extremely
helpful
for
me
to
hear
where
we're
going
and
and
some
of
the
concerns,
so
I
I
do
have
I
I
appreciate
all
that
will
come
with
this
project,
both
the
deardon
station
improvements
which
are
critical
and
also
the
increased
employment,
centers
and
housing
and
community
benefits
program
or
projects.
But
I
have
some
questions
and
they're
mostly
for
you
nancy,
as
they
relate
to
the
development
agreement
and
the
risks
involved.
R
I'm
mindful
of
the
construction
that
will
be
involved
in
in
the
scope
of
deirdon
station,
the
google
projects,
and
all
of
that
is
it
the
plan
that
there
will
be
a
master
plan
to
deal
with
the
construction,
and
is
that
part
of
the
development
agreement
or
and
at
what
point
will
we
see
that
plan
and
how
is
that
being
negotiated?
Or
will
that
be
negotiated
with
the.
C
Council
partners,
thank
you
very
much
for
the
question.
The
city
is
committed
to
a
very
constructive
construction
management
plan,
and
dave
may
want
to
speak
to
this
at
the
end
of
comments.
Given
his
prior
role
as
the
director
of
public
works,
we
will
do
as
we
have
done
in
the
past.
Some
folks
may
remember.
We
had
a
very
intensive
downtown
set
of
development
and
transit
development
and
and
for
example,
there
was
a
single
point
of
contact
that
guided
many
people.
C
That
happened
to
be
matt
cano
at
that
period
of
time,
but
it
was
a
a
very
smart
person
taken
to
to
making
sure
that
the
job
was
done.
Well.
We
will
work
to
make
sure,
particularly
for
the
sharks,
but
for
all
development
that
we
address
people
getting
in
and
out
of
their
places
of
business
or
in
and
out
of
this
of
the
sap
center.
So
we
need
some
more
information
what's
being
constructed
when
we
don't
have
that,
but
we
are
certainly
committed
to
doing
a
great
job
with
that
dave.
R
So
in
that
plan
will
be,
you
mentioned
the
sharks
and
sap
center
and
and
all
of
that
and
that's
one
area
that
I'm
concerned
with,
I'm
also
concerned
with
the
disruption
to
businesses
during
the
time.
I
remember
when
the
light
rail
was
coming
through
and
other
opportunities
downtown
that
affected
small
businesses
dramatically.
C
Thank
you
for
the
question.
There
will
be
a
number
of
conversations
and
commitments
to
plan.
Google,
I
believe
in
their
development
plans,
will
commit
to
a
construction
mitigation
program.
That's
called
a
chimp,
and
then
you
will
see
that
from
the
other.
For
example,
the
transit
agencies
we've
been
already
engaged
in
support
in
a
conversation
with
vta
on
20
and
28th
street,
and
alan
rock
in
downtown
on
collaboration
and
support
for
small
businesses.
R
C
Well
again,
I
I
I
do
think
it's
fair
to
say,
because
I'm
very
much
keeping
councilmember
jimenez's
thoughts
in
mind.
We,
we
are
not
going
easy
on
google.
I
think
google
would
tell
you
that
and
at
the
same
time
there
are
deal
breakers
here.
There
are
that
if
we
don't,
the
the
issue
is
capacity.
If
you
had
a
whole
lot
of
space
come
out
of
disk
which
again
people
are
working
towards
solution
and
if
a
whole
lot
couldn't
be
built,
because
you
couldn't
get
the
cranes
high
enough
to
build
the
design.
C
J
J
Gates's
co-founder
at
microsoft,
invested
a
lot
in
the
development
of
that
neighborhood
and
it's
quite
difficult
to
be
a
developer
and
be
the
first
mover
in
a
neighborhood,
because
the
first
building
you
build
is
still
in
a
formerly
industrial
neighborhood.
So
there's
a
little
bit
of
a
dynamic
thing
going
on
where,
once
the
whole
neighborhood
is
built
out,
it
becomes
more
valuable.
J
And
so
I
think
there
is
a
sense
where
having
an
entity
that
will
commit
to
a
very
significant
development
program
over
time
and
that
is
willing
to
invest
in
the
early
buildings
and
then
be
around
later
to
participate
in
the
kind
of
upswing
of
the
neighborhood
and
reinvestment
in
community
benefits,
among
other
things,
that
there's
a
value
to
that.
That's
not
to
say
that
nobody
else
could
do
it,
but
that
when
I've
seen
that
done
successfully
in
cities,
it's
usually
because
someone
has
a
a
big,
significant
ability
to
develop
at
scale.
If
that's
helpful,
I.
R
I
appreciate
that
ap,
but
in
the
meantime,
there's
going
to
be
a
lot
of
disruption.
So,
as
a
council
member,
I
consider
what
the
descript
disruption
costs
will
be
to
the
neighbors
to
the
community
to
the
residents
who
live
down
there,
including
the
businesses,
including
the
sharks
and
other
organizations.
So
I
appreciate
your
your
comments.
This
also
is
not
a
warehouse
area.
It's
a
residential
area
where
people
and
businesses
will
be
displaced,
there's
no
doubt
about
it
it,
but,
and
because
of
this
very
scope
of
of
the
project,
both
projects
there
will
be
disruption.
R
The
question
for
me
is:
how
will
the
disruption
be
mitigated
over
time?
That's
that's
the
question
and
I
know
that
will
be
coming
forward.
So
I
appreciate
all
of
this.
I'm
going
to
conclude
my
comments
and
again
thanks
staff.
I
haven't
lived
with
this
for
a
very
long
time
and
unlike
council,
member
perales
and
davis
who
this
is
in
their
districts
and
they
are
very
aware
of
this
information
and
the
neighbors
communicate
with
them
on
a
regular
basis.
S
You
know-
and
I
know
that
they're
committed
to
this,
because
I've
been
talking
to
them
for
many
many
years.
So
I'm
you
know
and
and
and
I'm
sadly,
I
wish
this
was
going
faster
because
I
I'm
out
of
office-
and
I
can't
vote
on
this,
even
if
it
does
go
fast.
You
know
faster
than
than
it's
currently
going.
I
and
I
also
want
to
besides
the
staff,
which
I
think
is
doing
a
phenomenal
job.
I
want
to
thank
google.
S
S
Have
you
know
all
these
public
benefits
you
know
being
demanded
upon
it,
and
I've
seen
lots
of
companies
come
in
like
adobe
and
and
samsung
and
what
were
where
we
have
experienced
the
opposite,
where
companies
were
asking
us
for
discounts
and
and
tax
incentives
and
and
lands,
or
what
have
you?
So
I
I
I
want
to
be
clear.
I
love
having
a
company,
that's
willing
to
work
with
our
community.
S
It's
it's
a
breath
of
fresh
air.
They
didn't
come
in
here
and
try
to
beat
us
up
on
on
things
and
that's
different
and
and-
and
I
want
people
to
know
that,
because
I
have
had
the
experience
of
being
here
quite
some
time-
and
you
know
this
is
not
the
normal
process
companies
go
through,
and
I
want
the
public
to
know
that
this
is
not
something
that
a
company
goes
through
when
trying
to
set
up
offices
in
a
in
a
in
a
city.
Quite
the
opposite,
I
think
a
lot
of
cities.
S
They
bend
over
backwards
to
get
companies,
giving
them
tax
incentives
and
whatnot.
So
anyway,
I
really
don't
have
much
of
a
comment,
except
for
thank
you,
kim
and
nancy
and
and
rosalind
and
all
your
staffs,
and
I
really
hope
that
this
project
goes
through,
for
the
sake
of
the
city,
the
health
of
the
economy
and
and
the
job
creation
that
will
the
job
and
tax
revenues
and
all
the
things
that
I
think
will
be
coming.
If
this
becomes
a
reality.
E
Yes,
just
very
quickly,
I
I
just
wanted
to
underscore
some
of
the
points
made
by
my
staff
that
I
think
might
not
might
be
lost
in
the
public
because
the
staff
went
by
them
really
fast,
but
I
think
they're
important
points
to
keep
in
mind
using
north
san
jose.
As
an
example,
you
know
we
we've
had
a
vision
for
north
san
jose,
we've
had
a
four-phase
plan
and
we
try
to
develop
some
things.
E
We
all
know
that
the
housing
went
quickly,
but
we're
still
waiting
on
a
lot
of
retail,
commercial
and
so
forth,
but
that's
not
to
say
that
nothing
happened
in
north
san
jose.
What
we
did
see
was
maybe
like
redevelopment
using
old
buildings
and
and
just
kind
of
upgrading
the
fixtures
and
not
but
not
a
whole
lot
of
new
development.
E
C
Okay,
you're
right
and
we
we
did
that
council
member,
thank
you
for
that
point
and
ap
or
thomas
may
want
to
add
in
there,
but
it
is
less
expensive
to
go
into
existing
buildings
and
to
speak
to
value.
Google
understands
the
value
of
being
by
deardon
and
the
value
of
creating
a
very
urban
environment.
C
So
we
we
look
forward
to
getting
this
done,
but
but
very
much
appreciate
your
recognizing
councilmember
that
there
there
are
other
technically
less
expensive
ways
to
accomplish
this.
But
the
goal
of
bringing
the
vision
to
life
and
creating
the
whole
greater
than
the
parts
is
what
google
and
the
rest
of
us
are.
After.
E
And
thank
you
nancy,
and
the
second
thing
I
the
last
second
and
last
thing
I
want
to
say,
is
google
solves
a
problem
for
us
that
I
think
kim
mentioned
when
she
was
speaking.
It
might
have
been
kim
or
somebody
else,
but
in
terms
of
assembling
the
land
together,
we
as
a
council
when
we
agreed
to
sell
land
to
google,
we
sold
some
city
of
san
jose
land,
but
the
rest
of
it
was
redevelopment
land
that
we
were
holding
in
place
and
it
wasn't
just
you
know.
E
They
can
do
what
they
want,
but
that's
simply
not
true.
We
are
very
constrained
by
by
sequa
and
by
private
property
rights
and
the
limits
of
our
our
public
dollars
and
our
resources
and
what
we
own.
But
at
the
end
of
the
day,
we
can
only
develop
what
we
own
and
we
didn't
own
a
whole
lot
down.
There
google
came
in,
and
now
there's
one
large
parcel
an
assemblage
where
you
can
really
do
something.
E
Wonderful
and
so
again,
I
think
that
that
bears
pointing
out
because
it's
not
like,
oh,
if
google
didn't
come
in,
we
could
have
an
alternative
plan
to
do
something
else
equally
great
or
but
it
would
be
city
owned
or
publicly
owned.
That's
that's
simply
not
the
case,
so
I
just
want
to
leave
that
there
and
thank
you.
B
You're
absolutely
correct:
when
redevelopment
went
away,
we
had
to
invent
entirely
new
models
of
how
to
advance
our
city,
and
it
was
very
important,
though,
that
council
said
no
subsidies,
no
incentives,
fair
market
value,
and
it
worked
that
way.
Just
great
puts
us
in
the
position
we're
in
now
to
have
a
cohesive
master,
planned
implementation
of
our
community's
vision.
D
Thank
you,
councilmember.
Any
last
comments.
I
had
to
brief
remarks
to
make,
but
I
just
want
to
make
sure
my
colleagues
have
all
had
an
opportunity
to
answer
ask
questions.
I
know
we're
all
asking
lots
of
questions
and
staff
throughout
throughout
the
day
and
throughout
the
week.
So
I
know
this
is
far
from
our
only
opportunity,
so
we'll
go
to
the
public.
Now
then
I
I
I
want
to
thank
again
all
staff
for
all
the
all
their
hard
work
and
thank
the
community
for
your
deep
engagement.
D
We've
had
really
unprecedented
amount
of
engagement.
I
think
councilman
camps
put
it
well.
This
is
the
most
scrutinized
development
in
san
jose
history
and
maybe
in
the
history
of
virtually
any
city,
and
I
I
also
appreciate
what
customer
dep
said
you
know.
Before
I
became
mayor,
we
had
a
redevelopment
agency.
Lots
of
companies
got
lots
of
subsidies,
lots
of
folks
got
big
tax
breaks,
lots
of
folks
got
big
fee
breaks
and
it
wasn't
because
council
insisted
that
google
pay
full
freight
not
getting
any
fee
breaks.
D
The
very
first
conversation
I
had
over
the
phone
and
subsequently
in
in
person
with
the
senior
team
at
google,
they
were
very
clear.
They
were
never
going
to
ask
for
anything
in
terms
of
subsidies.
Fee
breaks,
tax
breaks.
We
were
all
very
clear
on
that.
I
told
them
we
didn't
have
any
money.
They
said
we're
not
going
to
ask
for
anything,
that's
not
what
we're
here
for-
and
you
know
I'm
I'm
proud
that.
Frankly,
since
the
time
I've
been
mayor,
we
haven't
been
in
the
subsidy
game.
D
We
haven't
been
in
the
tax
break
game
or
or
fee
break
game
when
it
comes
to
companies
that
moved
here
and
we've
had
an
enormous
amount
of
success
and
expansion,
because
it's
hard
work
and
nancy
and
kim
and
chris
burton
and
many
many
others
who've
been
working
to
make
that
happen
rosalind,
and
you
know
what
we've
seen
while
amazon
was
asking
for
billion
dollar
breaks
in
other
cities
throughout
the
country.
We
said
no
thanks
and
companies
expanded
here,
because
they
were
confident
we
could
create
an
environment
that
they
would
succeed
in
now.
D
Not
only
did
they
pay
full
price
for
the
land
and
to
say
full
price,
I
think
it's
an
understatement.
It
was
about
two
and
a
half
times
what
prior
property
owners
got
for
land
only
a
year
before
in
that
same
area.
If
you
look
at
the
square
footage
cost
so
clearly
the
city
and
all
the
public
agencies
that
benefited
school
districts
and
everybody
did
very
very
well
in
those
land
sales
by
virtually
tens
of
millions
of
dollars
in
benefit
they've
committed,
even
though
they
they're
not
in
the
housing
business.
D
They
commit
to
build
what
appears
to
be
at
least
4
000
units
of
housing.
Obviously,
that's
going
to
depend
on
rail
alignments
and
so
forth,
but
if
they
have
the
capacity
that
they
want
to
build,
they're
committing
to
25
would
be
affordable,
that'd
be
about
a
thousand
units
of
housing.
I
don't
know
too
many
too
many
companies
that
commit
to
do
that.
D
Only
they
can
do
it
much
more
quickly
and
much
more
effectively
as
a
private
agency,
which
is
aggregating
parcels
to
be
able
to
create,
I
think,
as
councilman
deep
said.
Well,
an
urban
village
that
is
integrated
where
you
can
have
retail
and
amenities
and
housing
and
jobs
in
a
way
that
works,
because
you've
got
one
property
owner
and
what
we
saw
happen
at
santana
row
worked
because
there
was
one
property
owner.
D
It's
very
difficult
to
enable
that
kind
of
development
to
happen
across
a
host
of
different
property
owners
have
very
different
demands,
and
I
can
assure
you
in
my
efforts
in
trying
to
get
property
owners
to
get
to
cooperate,
whether
it's
downtown
or
north
13th
street.
It's
incredibly
difficult,
especially
if
you
need
to,
for
example,
to
install
a
park
or
a
plaza
or
some
community
amenity.
I
can
assure
you,
there's
no
property
owner
who
wants
that
on
their
property.
D
They
want
that
in
some
other
guys,
property
in
this
case,
you've
got
one
property
owner
that
can
make
it
all
happen
in
an
integrated
way
that
really
benefits
the
community.
So
there's
no
question
in
my
mind.
This
city
is
going
to
be,
and
this
community
is
going
to
benefit
enormously
from
this.
I'm
confident
staff
is
continuing
to
push
in
the
right
direction
and
we're
going
to
keep
pushing
to
make
sure
that
our
residents
and
our
community
benefit
so
we'll
go
to
the
public.
D
This
this
area-
and
I
want
to
make
sure
I
get
the
order
right
because
I
know
they
put
themselves
into
order.
This
is
from
the
yeah
and
I
believe
the
person
number
one.
I
know
they've
numbered
themselves
here.
Thank
you.
I
think
henry
may
have
assisted,
but
there's
six
people
want
to
present
mary
piso,
I
believe,
was
the
first
person.
F
Thank
you.
Henry
dang
is
the
derridan
area,
neighborhood
group,
and
we
represent
current
residents
of
san
jose,
who
have
dedicated
our
personal
and
unpaid
time
to
read,
respond
and
participate
in
projects
for
decades
that
have
improved
our
city,
and
you
can
see
the
neighborhoods
we
represent
on
the
next
slide.
D
F
T
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
mr
mayor.
This
is
everett's.
Elm
much
has
changed
since
the
2014
plan.
Obviously,
land
uses
have
been
substantially
changed
and
mixed,
which
we
feel
is
vital
if
we're
serious
about
responding
to
market
demands
and
the
housing
crisis
without
leaving
swathes
of
the
area
undeveloped
next
slide,
please,
the
proposed
development
capacity
is
an
order
of
magnitude
greater
than
the
original.
The
amendment
proposes
an
additional
14
million
square
feet
of
office
space,
a
285
percent
increase,
condensed
into
a
comparatively
small
foot.
T
The
110
retail
increase
cuts,
the
ratio
of
retail
to
office
in
half,
which
doesn't
encourage
the
true
mixed
use.
District
residential
units
will
increase
by
488
percent,
without
corresponding
retail
and
with
less
than
one-third
of
the
recommended
parks
and
public
open
space.
This
is
problematic
at
best
next
slide.
Please
next
is
the
increase
in
allowable
building
heights.
In
some
places.
This
is
three
stories
and
others.
T
It
is
an
additional
24
stories,
while
this
is
compatible
with
the
council's
extension
of
the
downtown
boundary
to
include
the
deer
downstation
area,
it
also
creates
new
interface
challenges
that
aren't
typical
of
downtown.
It's
a
bit
disingenuous
to
embrace
adjacency
to
downtown,
while
dismissing
the
adjacencies
that
make
it,
notably
different.
With
that,
I
will
defer
to
my
friend
kathy
sutherland
from
here.
T
F
Thank
you
very
much.
The
work
done
by
the
song
has
not
focused
on
neighborhood
impact.
Until
recently,
the
song
has
been
focused
on
policies:
affordable,
housing,
value
capture,
displacement,
community
benefits
in
2018.
Oh
I'm,
sorry!
Next
slide,
please
in
2018
council
decided
they
would
no
longer
follow
the
oei
guidelines
and
building
heights
were
raised
to
up
to
295
feet.
There
are
huge
benefits
to
increasing
development,
and
the
dang
overwhelmingly
supports
these
new
heights.
Our
concerns
have
been
in
a
few
minor
areas
adjacent
to
existing
neighborhoods
next
slide.
F
F
The
october
map
eliminates
the
original
65-foot
buffer
and
allows
up
to
295
feet
next
to
existing
single-family
homes.
Next
slide,
please,
the
planning
department
is
proposing
a
75
degree
view
plane
as
a
building
height
transition.
This
is
just
15
degrees,
less
than
a
solid
wall
up
to
295
feet
tall
coming
straight
out
of
the
ground.
Next
to
historic
homes,
next
slide,
please,
and
your
next
speaker
will
be
laura.
F
F
Okay,
am
I
unmuted?
Thank
you.
This
is
from
the
alameda
urban
village
plan
and
shows
a
concept
we
hope
to
replicate
in
the
few
areas
of
the
the
deceptive
but
existing
neighborhoods
high
density
mid-rise
up
to
100
feet
at
the
front
transitioning
to
two
to
three
stories
at
the
interface
with
the
existing
residential.
This
concept
was
developed
with
robust
community
input
and
guides
developers
towards
a
solution
that
is
consistent
with
the
plan
and
is
highly
acceptable
to
the
adjacent
neighborhood.
Next.
F
Another
idea
that
needs
dialogue
is
that
of
density
versus
height,
affordable
housing
is
challenging
in
high-rise
buildings
due
to
the
high
cost
of
steel
construction,
which
means
high-rises
large
luxury
units,
meaning
lower
densities.
This
project,
currently
under
construction,
will
achieve
high
density
in
a
building
under
100
feet
high
next,
please,
the
modera
building
next
to
whole
foods
should
be
the
poster
child
for
mixed
use.
G
Thank
you.
The
city
has
set
a
goal
of
three
acres
of
open
space
per
1000
residents.
The
total
projected
population
of
this
development
is
going
to
be
more
than
20
000..
This
would
put
the
parkland
goal
at
62
acres
or
the
equivalent
recreation
amenities.
The
reality
of
covet
only
heightens
the
need
for
adequate
park.
Our
open
space
next
slide.
Please.
G
There
are
parks,
plazas
and
trails
planned,
but
is
it
enough
for
20
000
people?
The
city
has
talked
about
creating
park
space
on
the
east
side
of
autumn
street.
This
would
help
separately.
We
cannot
count
the
riparian
setback
as
parkland.
That
setback
is
there
to
protect
the
health
of
the
creek
and
its
animals.
There
are
other
parks
in
the
area.
Take
arena
green.
It
is
a
wonderful
open
space,
with
lots
of
grass
to
relax
in
or
to
play
games
or
to
congregate
in.
G
G
G
G
G
Concerned
about
the
need
for
a
community
center
of
this
size,
seeing
how
many
of
these
residential
developments
will
have
their
own
facilities
to
entice
people
to
move
to
their
residences.
Amenities
like
meeting
rooms,
weight
rooms,
possible,
indoor
or
rooftop
pools
will
make
having
a
traditional
community
center
unnecessary
or
redundant.
G
You
need
more
open
space,
not
a
community
center.
Next
slide,
please,
meanwhile,
the
closest
community
center
to
the
daradon
station
area.
You
didn't
even
mention
in
this
proposal
or
in
your
words
today
and
that's
insulting,
since
it's
opening
in
2004
with
measure
p
funds,
it's
been
closed
longer
than
it's
been
open
for
neighborhood
use
before
the
city
builds
anything
requiring
more
community
centers.
They
need
to
formulate
a
strategy
to
open
and
staff
their
current
centers
as
gardner
as
well
as
many
other
centers
serve
underserved
minority
neighborhoods.
G
D
T
F
Yeah,
as
you
know,
remember,
packed
and
catalyzed
speed.
I
also
live
downtown.
I'm
disabled
below
extremely
low
income,
rent
vernon
can't
afford
to
move
and
other
meetings.
I've
heard
of
people
being
displaced
in
the
dirt
on
area
by
rent
increases,
even
though
downtown
west
we
vacant
lots
and
construction
sites
for
a
decade.
F
F
G
how
fortunate
we
are
to
have
a
developer
that
wants
to
build
a
livable,
vital,
equitable
city
within
a
city
over
on
the
west
side
of
downtown
kim,
asked
us
what
we
liked
about
the
project
and
there's
just
so
much
to
like
here
so
excited
about
the
open
space,
the
affordable
housing.
The
density
also
asked
about
our
concerns.
We
do
have
a
few,
namely
the
crane
policy.
G
I
was
happy
to
hear
that
aviation
director,
john
aiken,
is
going
to
get
involved
because
it
seems
like
deja
vu
with
oei,
and
we
need
to
behave
like
a
big
city
here
and
have
a
temporary
exception
when
the
cranes
are
up
building.
We
also
have
some
concerns
about
the
traffic
circulation
in
the
parking
there's
no
north-south
primary
street
in
the
dsap
plan,
and
also
the
core
connection
between
downtown
center
and
downtown
west.
Thank
you.
T
And
so
I
just
want
to
know
like
what
your
plans
are
for
the
sap
center
parking
and
is
there
going
to
be
ridiculous
bike
lanes
like
you
have
all
over
downtown,
so
people
can
get
citations
because
it's
not
intuitive
to
drive
down
there,
and
I
mean
I
mean.
Is
this
going
to
be
like
a
boring
glass
and
steel
structure
with
you
know,
looks
really
looks
really
modern,
but
bad.
At
the
same
time
I
mean
this
thing
has
to
look
cool.
Furthermore,
I
hope
there's
no
fake
grass
at
these.
G
Thanks
sam
for
30
years,
the
sap
center
has
helped
the
city
of
san
jose
grow
up
around
us.
We've
invested
more
than
200
million
into
the
city-owned
arena,
and
we've
contributed
more
than
250
million
per
year
to
the
local
economy.
I
want
to
make
sure
everyone
knows
on
the
council
conceptually
we're
supportive
of
downtown
redevelopment
and
increased
use
of
public
transportation.
G
It's
good
for
san
jose
and
could
be
good
for
us,
but
we
are
very
much
worried
about
the
reductions
in
the
street
network,
especially
santa
clara
and
autumn
streets,
going
from
four
car
lanes
down
to
two.
That
is
our
largest
concern,
especially
for
those
all
around
the
arena
who
use
sap
center,
but
can't
take
advantage
of
public
transportation
now
or
any
point
in
the
future
constituents
in
many
of
your
districts
in
san
jose
and
morgan
hill
and
los
gatos
and
santa
cruz
or
the
central
valley.
G
F
F
T
T
F
Thank
you,
mayor
ricardo.
We
are
a
community
at
risk.
I
am
the
founder
of
the
garden
alameda
village
association,
and
you
know
all
I've
been
hearing
about
is
how
great
your
community
output
has
been,
but
it
really
hasn't
been
that
I
have
tried
to
communicate
with
the
lori
sebarino
who's
supposed
to
be
our
civic
engagement.
That
went
very
unsuccessfully.
F
I
have
tried
to
communicate
with
my
my
city,
council,
member
deb
davis.
That
goes
very
unsuccessful,
also
raul
parallas.
It
has
not
gone
successful.
We
can
blame
this
on
kovid
19
and
that
it's
very
hard
to
reach
our
council
members.
But
this
you
know
in
the
age
of
innovation.
We
should
not
have
that
and
also
your
civic
engagement.
It
should
be
a
positive
thing
and
it
hasn't
been.
You
have
not
done
enough
community
outreach,
and
now
we
have
this
amended
a
general
plan
for
the
durodon.
D
T
Okay,
great
I'm
extremely
excited
by
the
new
street
land,
but
I
believe
that
slide.
93
is
slightly
out
of
date,
while
the
slide
47
correctly
depicts
a
santa
clara
autumn,
san
carlos
quadrant,
dedicated
to
active
transportation
and
also
additional
densification,
which
is
enabled
by
the
relocation
of
vehicle
movements
to
the
underground
parking
structures.
I
believe
that's
the
answer
to
scott
nessa's
issue.
With
regards
to
the
disc,
it's
unclear
why
anyone
would
expect
world-class
integration
of
deer,
then
from
the
same
casket
of
characters
who
are
incapable
of
integrating
buffy's
vk
lightweight
militias.
T
B
F
You
mary
helen
doherty,
here
a
resident
of
district
3
and
a
member
of
the
pact
housing
team.
We
believe
the
downtown
west
project
will
impact
far
beyond
the
deer
down
area
and
in
the
immediate
mile
around
the
area.
We
request
that
you
consider
supporting
a
wider
geographic
focus.
The
community
benefits
plan
and
the
proposed
community
stabilization
fund
should
be
focused
on
neighborhoods
most
at
risk
of
develop
of
displacement
not
just
in
and
around
the
diridani
area.
Neighborhoods
connected
via
transit
lines
to
the
station
area
will
be
impacted,
including
communities
like
mayfair
and
many
other
neighborhoods.
F
The
city
has
already
identified
as
at
high
risk
for
displacement.
Also,
a
governance
structure
for
the
proposed
community
stabilization
fund
is
required
that
engages
community
impacted
of
members
in
the
decision
of
how
this
funding
will
work
to
protect
displacement,
communities,
affordable
housing
and
workforce
development
for
local
residents.
Thank
you.
T
Hi
this
is
jeff
morgan,
president
of
first
community
housing.
I
wanted
to
extend
my
complete
support
for
the
plan
for
dear
don
station
that
google
is
putting
forward
and
just
say
that
I
have
a
great
sense
of
gratitude
for
their
significant
investment
in
our
community
to
create
365,
additional
40,
affordable
housing
units
right
next
to
what
will
be
the
grand
central
station
of
the
west
coast.
T
Good
evening,
mayor
city,
council
and
staff,
my
name
is
chad
dutton.
I
am
representative
for
carpenters,
local
405,
san
jose,
and
we
represent
over
4
000
members.
I'd
just
like
to
say
that
we're
excited
to
be
a
part
of
the
conversation
and
helping
google
with
this
concept,
development,
and
we
believe
that
google
is
excited
to
invest
in
the
workforce
development
programs
that
we
have
in
place
and
help
to
design
an
ecosystem
model.
O
Hello,
thank
you.
My
name
is
chelsea
miller,
I'm
speaking
on
behalf
of
destination
home.
We
are
pleased
the
draft
deardon,
affordable
housing
implementation
plan,
envisions
a
mix
of
affordable
housing
units
across
all
income
levels
and
includes
the
potential
for
a
substantial
portion
of
the
housing
units
to
be
affordable
to
extremely
low-income
households.
O
There
are
currently
just
30,
affordable
and
available
units
for
every
100,
extremely
low
income,
households
in
the
san
jose
metro
area-
and
this
is
one
of
the
greatest
contributing
factors
to
our
communities-
growing
homelessness
crisis,
a
focus
on
extremely
low
income.
Housing
also
enables
the
leveraging
of
key
local
funding
sources.
As
the
measure.
A
housing
bond
is
designated
for
extremely
low
income,
housing
and
permanent
supportive
housing.
O
G
Thank
you,
ben
leach
preservation,
action
council
of
san
jose
comment,
mostly
on
the
deer
and
station
area
plan.
The
cover
of
that
plan
you
may
have
noticed
is
a
picture
of
a
very
attractive,
modern
train
station.
I
wasn't
sure
where
it
was
with
a
little
research.
It's
denver's
union
station.
What's
not
in
the
picture
and
is
cropped
off,
is
the
historic
station
house
that
made
that
project
the
award-winning
fusion
of
new
design
and
historic
restoration
that
made
it
successful
currently
dirt
on
station.
G
The
the
historic
resource
is
an
afterthought,
quite
literally,
it
is
being
addressed
after
all,
the
other
pieces
are
figured
out
and
that's
unacceptable.
I
think
that
we're
looking
at
losing
that
station
because
we're
not
being
proactive
about
planning
for
its
preservation
and
adaptive
reuse.
It's
not
part
of
the
google
development,
but
somebody
needs
to
take
charge
and
assure
that
the
preservation
of
that
building
is
being
pursued.
O
Hi,
my
name
is
priscilla
minna,
I'm
a
program
manager
at
working
partnerships,
usa,
so
we've
heard
loud
and
clear
today
from
folks
on
the
metaphorical
diocese
that
google's
being
subjected
to
a
greater
level
of
scrutiny
than
any
company
before
it.
I
do
hear
that,
and
I
also
think
that
it's
past
dues
for
past
due
for
cities
like
san
jose
to
do
things
differently
doing
things.
O
I
will
say
that
we're
really
glad
to
hear
of
the
plan
community
stabilization
fund
and
urge
that,
for
this
commitment
to
be
truly
meaningful,
it
must
be
overseen
with
strong
community
governance
that
includes
representation,
as
well
as
decision-making
power
from
the
people
most
impacted
by
these
issues.
Thank
you
so
much
to
staff
for
all
the
work
that
has
gone
into
this
and
have
a
great
afternoon.
G
G
It
would
be
great
if
we
could
look
at
the
lands,
the
fellow
lands
at
the
airport
and
see
how
we
might
be
able
to
add
to
the
microgrid
capability
and
finally,
regarding
the
sharks.
We
all
want
to
keep
the
sharks
and
maybe
there's
a
win-win-win
for
everyone.
Perhaps
we
should
be
looking
at.
How
could
we
build
over
highway
87
at
santa
clara
street?
Actually
cap?
It
create
kind
of
a
combination
mixed-use
building
where
it
incorporates
parking
and
crew
incorporates
community
spaces.
Art
spaces
open
space,
it's
done
in
boise.
G
F
Good
afternoon
my
name
is
alma
redondo.
I've
lived
in
san
jose
for
42
years,
and
I've
worked
downtown
at
san
jose
state
university
for
almost
30
years.
I
live
in
district
5
on
alum
rock
at
the
las
mariposas,
affordable
housing
for
first-time
homeowners
in
the
east
side
by
the
mayor,
mayfair
community.
It's
just
in
the
last
15
years
that
I
have
been
able
to
be
a
homeowner
prior
to
buying
into
this
affordable
housing
development.
F
I
was
seriously
considering
leaving
san
jose
because
of
home
prices
and
unaffordability
of
renting
displacement
is
a
serious
issue
for
many
residents
of
san
jose.
The
community
benefit
agreement.
Dollars
needs
to
be
directed
to
anti-displacement
and
it
can't
just
benefit
the
duradon
area.
The
project
affects
residents
outside
of
the
targeted
duradon
area
also,
so
community
oversight
needs
to
be
focused
not
on
just
the
daredevil,
but
all
the
areas
at
risk
of
displacement
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
the
continued
community
discussions
on
this
project.
D
J
J
Key
to
this
is
addressing
our
housing
crisis,
as
well
as
the
climate
crisis,
and
it's
critically
important
to
construct
housing
at
transit
hubs
and
adjacent
to
job
centers.
Reducing
sprawl
and
getting
people
out
of
cars
and
into
transit.
Deer
down
station
exemplifies
the
sort
of
high
capacity
transit
hubs
where
dense
urban
housing
and
job
centers
should
be
concentrated.
J
K
Good
afternoon,
council
members,
my
name
is
olivia
ortiz
and
I
am
part
of
vacinos
activos
and
I
live
in
district
5..
Google
funds
should
be
used
for
affordable
housing,
definitely
especially
for
extremely
low
income
housing.
The
funds
should
be
distributed
all
over
san
jose
to
districts
that
are
facing
a
high
percentage
of
displacement
or
are
under
displacement.
Let's
focus
on
underserved
communities
that
will
be
the
most
impact
with
all
this
development.
K
G
D
T
I'm
kiyomi
yamamoto,
I'm
the
lead
policy
attorney
at
the
law
foundation
and
a
san
jose
resident.
There
are
three
items:
I'd
like
you
to
consider
around
the
stabilization
fund,
strong
community
governance.
The
community
should
have
the
primary
role
in
the
governance
and
decision
making
of
the
fund.
This
helps
to
ensure
that
the
fund's
people-serving
purpose
is
well-defined
and
executed.
T
There
should
be
one
fund
and
not
multiple
funds.
It's
efficient
and
maximizes
the
ability
to
leverage
the
fund
for
future
investment
and,
lastly,
the
funds
should
be
focused
on
neighbors
most
at
risk
of
displacement,
including
bills
within
and
beyond
the
derivative
area.
Keeping
in
mind
that
displacement
disproportionately
affects
people
of
color
and
women
as
a
community
serving
serving
legal
aid
organization,
we
see
the
devastating
effects
of
displacement
and
lack
of
resources
on
a
daily
basis.
T
G
G
Achieving
this
vision
requires
that
the
city
and
this
council
continue
to
plan
for
a
bolder,
more
inclusive
future.
We
continue
to
support
the
staff's
proposed
housing
rich
stationery,
a
plan
with
at
least
25
percent
of
the
new
homes
being
affordable
to
get
there.
We
cannot
afford
to
add
additional
constraints.
G
This
will
only
work
if
we
maintain
the
appropriate
heights
for
residential
sites,
as
initially
proposed
by
staff.
We
also
want
to
thank
the
housing
departments
for
their
analysis
of
the
affordable
housing
and
displacement
issues,
and
we
look
forward
to
providing
more
detailed
comments
in
the
coming
weeks.
Thank
you.
D
G
Our
members
are
excited
to
help
facilitate
small
group
discussions
at
a
workshop,
this
saturday
that
we're
doing
for
the
artist
and
creative
community
to
make
sure
that
their
voices
are
heard
as
part
of
this
project,
and
our
members
were
also
excited
to
evaluate
and
score
this
project
and
we'll
be
talking
more
about
their
perspectives
in
the
weeks
and
perhaps
months
ahead.
So
thank
you
all
for
your
work
on
this
important
project.
Let's
get
the
best
possible
project
built.
Thank
you.
J
Hi,
how
are
you
my
name
is
melissa
naam
and
I
work
as
a
loan
officer
with
housing
trust
silicon
valley.
I
entered
the
affordable
housing
field
because,
when
I
moved
to
downtown
san
jose,
I
encountered
people
who
were
on
house
every
day
as
they
camped
behind
my
apartment
building
in
an
area
with
so
much
innovation
and
prosperity.
I
knew
that
I
want
to
be
a
part
of
the
solution
to
this
incredibly
complex
problem.
J
I
study
public
health
at
columbia,
university
and
research
tells
us
if
we
want
people
to
be
healthy.
If
we
want
people
to
be
well
and
thriving,
we
need
to
ensure
that
they
have
not
only
their
physical
needs
met,
but
their
social
needs
as
well.
The
derodon
station
area
plan
supports
the
economic,
social
and
residential
needs
of
our
community.
Additionally,
this
holistic
development
of
a
neighborhood
that
has
incredible
access
to
public
transportation
will
also
support
equity
of
access
in
a
healthier
environment.
J
Finally,
the
inclusion
of
affordable
housing
among
market
rate
housing
will
open
up
new
upper
new
opportunities
for
people
with
low
incomes,
as
resources
are
shared
and
social
connections
among
different
groups
are
made
possible.
It's
no
news
that
we
need
more
housing
in
san
jose
for
all
people,
for
people
of
all
incomes
and
abilities.
So
I
asked
the
city
council
to
support
the
staff
proposal
to
build
at
least
15
000
new
homes
in
the
dear
downstation
area
and
ensure
at
least
25
of
these
are
new
of
these
new
homes
are
affordable.
Thank
you.
K
Good
afternoon
as
the
downtown
west
project,
or
this
development
continues,
we
will
see
the
impact
beyond
downtown.
We
understand
that
major
development
downtown
will
impact
east
san
jose
and
during
this
pandemic
we
have
seen
that
the
housing
crisis,
the
need
for
resources,
does
not
slow
down
disappear
for
those
impacted
by
racism,
low
wages
and
gentrification.
K
K
Given
that
we
believe
in
three
things,
the
community
benefits
plans
and
civilization
fund
must
focus
on
neighborhoods
most
at
risk
of
displacement,
both
in
and
around
the
diordon
area.
In
areas
like
mayfair
and
santi.
We
must
also
call
for
a
strong
community
governance
that
represents
the
needs
and
impacts
of
the
communities
most
at
risk,
and
we
must
make
sure
that
this
fund
is
unified
into
one.
Thank
you
so
much.
G
This
is
mike
with
preservation,
action,
council,
san
jose.
My
comments
are
directed
to
the
city.
I
love
the
council.
I
love
the
staff,
I
love
and
the
project
titan,
who
has
grown
up
here
and
we
have
grown
around
their
applications
and
loved
them
with
many
of
its
workers,
I
might
add,
who
are
working
in
their
home
office
during
a
pandemic
here
in
san
jose.
G
Please
see
the
value
to
all
of
us
in
saving
as
much
of
san
jose's,
unique
historic
fabric
as
possible.
Specifically,
please
avoid
a
sequa
driven
mess
on
the
back
end
of
this
project
by
committing
right
now
to
each
other,
to
honoring
the
historic
landmark
dirt
on
station
by
saving
it,
preferably
in
place.
The
current
document,
unfortunately,
is
devoid
of
preservation
goals.
I
I
ask
that
you
correct
this.
Thank
you.
D
F
Hi
good
afternoon
good
afternoon,
this
is
marcy
gerstin,
I'm
a
member
of
pax
housing
team.
I
appreciate
the
time
that
staff
and
city
council
gave
to
this
today,
and
I
also
appreciate
the
presentation
of
the
dang
as
to
how
they've
had
their
concerns
about
the
transitional
areas
and
height
restrictions
addressed
like
the
neighborhoods
represented
by
dang.
F
F
F
We
appreciate
that
google
is
thinking
about
how
to
integrate
activation
as
a
key
part
of
open
space
design,
but
it's
not
clear
that
the
activation
strategies
they've
described,
will
be
welcomed
to
families
or
persons
who
want
to
recreate
without
the
requirement
to
spend
money.
Greater
clarity
is
needed.
G
G
Yes,
good
afternoon,
council
and
mayor
and
staff.
Thank
you
again
for
all
your
work
on
this
presentation.
My
name
is
matt
gustafson,
I'm
a
resident
of
district
three.
I
live
in
the
roosevelt
park,
neighborhood
and
I'll
pick
up
where
gabriella
left
off
talking
about
the
housing
department's
community
strategy
to
end
this
placement,
which
has
a
lot
of
maps
in
there,
particularly
showing
that
there's
a
lot
of
neighborhoods
in
district
3,
6
and
5
and
other
districts
in
san
jose
that
are
at
risk
of
displacement
or
are
experiencing
ongoing
displacement.
G
I
just
want
to
suggest
that
the
community
benefits
agreement
should
expand
its
area
to
include
more
neighborhoods
at
risk
of
displacement,
particularly
down
santa
clara
and
alum
rock
prioritize
community
stabilization
and
displacement
mitigation,
and
then
also,
as
gabrielle
said,
to
priorities
of
extremely
low
and
very
low
income
housing
in
the
affordable
housing
allocations.
Thank
you.
D
Thank
you.
I
think
all
the
members
of
the
community
came
to
speak
today
virtually
and
thank
you
for
your
continued
engagement
with
us.
I
know
we
have
many
more
community
meetings
in
the
next.
Actually,
I
think
in
the
next
two
weeks
we've
cut
several.
I
was
about
to
try
to
pull
up
the
schedule.
I
know
it
was
up
on
the
screen
a
minute
ago,
but
just
to
summarize
november
13th
we've
got
a
transit,
walking
biking
and
the
dsap
tour
november.
Oh
I'm
sorry
that
already
happened.
D
Excuse
me
november
18th
is
the
parks
and
rec
commission
focus
on
downtown
west
november
20
to
5
p.m.
We'll
have
a
cafeto
hosted
by
somos
mayfair
on
the
21st
of
this
week,
two
to
four
community
workshop
for
artisan
creatives
december,
2nd
planning,
commission
study
session
december
3rd
community
meeting
and
dsap
and
housing
implementation
plan.
So.