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From YouTube: SEP 23, 2020 | Planning Commission
Description
City of San José, California
Planning Commission meeting of September 23, 2020.
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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A
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A
B
B
Okay,
good
evening,
my
name
is
maria
caballero
and
I'm
the
chair
of
the
planning
commission.
Welcome
to
the
planning
commission
meeting.
This
meeting
is
being
held
via
zoom
conference
call
due
to
the
covet
19
crisis.
Members
of
the
public
may
participate
by
following
the
instructions
listed
on
the
agenda.
You
may
also
view
and
listen
to
the
meeting
on
livestream
cable,
tv,
granicus
and
youtube.
If
you
would
like
to
provide
public
comment,
you
have
two
methods
to
identify
to
provide
public
comment.
B
All
members
of
the
public
will
remain
on
mute
until
the
individual
identifies
they
would
like
to
speak
and
you
are
unmuted
by
staff
following
roll
call.
During
summary
of
hearing
procedure,
you
will
review.
We
will
review
how
the
public
may
provide
comment
during
today's
session.
So
this
time
we'll
do
roll
call
vice
chair
bonilla.
Here,
commissioner
casey.
D
E
E
F
B
Great,
so
if
commissioner
olivario
joins
us
at
a
later
time,
we'll
announce
him
when
he
joins
the
summary
of
hearing
procedures
are
as
follows.
After
the
staff
report,
applicants
and
appellants
may
make
a
five
minute
presentation.
City
staff
will
call
out
the
names
of
the
public
to
identify
the
items
they
want
to
speak
on.
B
You
may
identify
yourself
by
the
raised
hands
featured
on
zoom
click,
star
9
on
your
phone,
or
you
may
call
408,
535,
3505
or
email
planning,
support
staff
at
san
jose
ca.gov
and
identify
your
name
phone
number
and
what
items
you
would
like
to
speak
on,
as
your
name
is
called
city
staff
will
unmute
you
to
speak
after
we
confirm
your
audio
is
working.
Your
allotted
time
will
begin.
Each
speaker
will
have
two
minutes.
B
Speakers
using
a
translator
will
have
four
minutes
after
the
public
testimony
the
applicant
and
appellate
may
make
closing
remarks
for
an
additional
five
minutes.
Each
planning
commissioners
may
ask
questions
of
the
speakers.
Responses
to
commissioner
questions
will
not
reduce
the
speaker's
time
allowance
staff
will
unneed
the
speaker
to
respond
to
the
commissioner.
B
The
public
hearing
will
then
be
closed
and
the
planning
commission
will
take
action
on
the
item.
The
planning
commission
may
request
staff
to
respond
to
the
public
testimony
ask
stock
questions
and
discuss
the
item.
If
you
challenge
these
land
use
decisions
in
court,
you
may
be
limited
to
raising
only
those
issues
you
or
someone
else
raised
at
this
public
hearing
or
in
written
correspondence
delivered
to
the
city
at
or
prior
to
the
public
hearing.
B
B
Section
20.120.400
of
the
municipal
code
provides
the
procedures
for
legal
protests
to
the
city
council
on
rezonings
and
presenting
planning
commission's
action
on
conditional
use
permits
is
appealable
to
the
city
council
in
accordance
with
section
20.100.220
of
the
municipal
code.
At
this
time,
I'd
like
to
call
this
meeting
to
order
and
move
to
public
comment
staff.
Do
you
have
any
speakers
for
the
public
comment
items
not
on
the
planning
commission
agenda.
C
And
his
name
is
under
ingrid
alex.
You
are
unmuted,
please
mute
yourself
and
begin
to.
C
G
Oh,
I'm
sorry,
I
didn't
realize
I
had
to
click
the
button
unmute
right
I'll
start
again
good
evening,
commissioners,
my
wife
and
I
have
owned
this
six
acre
parcel
adjacent
to
helya
park
for
35
years.
It
is
currently
zoned
residential
neighborhood
eight
units
per
acre
last
year.
Following
enhanced
preliminary
review,
utilizing
the
city's
density
bonus
ordinance.
We
were
granted
61
single
detached
home
sites.
G
G
G
Our
site
is
within
a
quarter
of
a
mile
of
two
high
quality
transit
corridor,
stops
along
one
bus
route
and
within
a
half
mile
of
three
other
stops
shared
by
two
high-quality
transit
corridors.
For
the
state
regulation,
our
site,
more
than
satisfies
the
state
requirement
and
all
61
homes
should
be
granted
per
that
regulation.
G
We
sent
planning
a
status
review
memo.
I
attached
a
copy
of
it
in
my
emails
to
all
commission
members
and
previous
copied
members
in
the
planning
department
in
the
almost
three
weeks
since
then,
nobody
has
responded
or
reached
out.
We
request.
You
ask
the
planning
department
to
respond
to
the
issues
raised
in
our
memo
and
to
place
this
item
for
consideration
on
the
next
commission
hearing
date
october
14th.
B
Thank
you
just
as
a
reminder
to
my
fellow
commissioners.
The
planning
commission
is
not
allowed
to
take
to
discuss
or
take
action
on
items
that
are
not
on
the
agenda,
nor
can
we
direct
staff
to
take
action.
My
understanding
is
is
that
this
project
is
still
in
application
process,
and
it
is
our
hope
that
the
issues
that
have
been
raised
will
be
resolved
by
staff
and
the
applicant
before
this
comes
to
the
planning
commission.
H
Yes,
this
application
is
being
processed
right
now
from
a
development
review,
standpoint
and
environmental
review.
It
has
some
challenges
from
our
transportation
impact,
with
possible
transportation
impacts,
as
well
as
other
environmental
impacts,
and
they
are
being
worked
on
and
with
regards
to
the
scope
as
and
when
it's
ready,
it
will
be
scheduled
for
a
hearing
and
it
could
go
to
directors,
hearing
planning,
commission
or
city
council
that
hasn't
been
determined
yet,
but
everything
is
being
driven
by
the
potential
environmental
impacts.
B
Okay,
thank
you
very
much
staff
do
we
have,
and
I
noticed
the
timer
wasn't
working.
So
I
appreciate
that
the
speaker
kept
their
comments
brief
and
to
the
two
minutes
it
looks
like
we
have
another
hand
up
in
the
of
the
attendees
as
staff
do
we
know
that's
to
speak
on
public
comment
or
on
an
item
on
the
agenda.
C
I'm
thinking
public
comment
phone
number
ending
in
one
four
zero.
You
are
unmuted,
please
and
mute
yourself
and
begin
to
speak.
D
Yeah,
I'm
I'm
wondering
why
you're
trying
to
make
st
james
park
a
historical
park
when
it's
just
loaded
full
of
bums
and
people
crapping
everywhere
and
needles,
and
it
was
once
upon
a
time,
a
historic
place
and
quaint,
but
it's
not
anymore,
and
you
know
the
guy
who
just
called
in
he's
trying
to
get
something
built,
and
you
guys
can't
even
get
back
him
this.
D
You
guys
really
shouldn't
be
allowed
to
do
anything
for
like
the
next
five
years,
because
you
can't
complete
anything,
there's
not
enough
fire
inspectors,
there's
not
enough
resources
to
do
things.
Meanwhile,
you've
got
empty
shops
everywhere
and
really
in
the
end.
What
are
you
gonna
do
with
st
james
park?
Here
lies
the
tree
that
hung
two
people
in
1932
or
whenever
oh
here's,
the
place
bobby
kennedy
used
to
spoke
at
before
he
was
assassinated.
I
mean
it
really
isn't
that
historic,
you
seem
to
get
the
bums
out
of
there
and
it's.
D
C
D
Yeah,
why
do
you?
Why
do
you
think
the
businesses
were
out
of
business
before
copenhagen?
Nobody
lives
down
there
they're
safely.
If
you
had
everybody
living
and
all
those
high
rises,
that
safeway
would
be
thriving,
the
well
the
movie
theater
their
rent
went
up,
but
you
know
I
mean
the
the
cafes
and
restaurants
you
got
paper.
I
mean
the
the
only
businesses
that
I
see
in
downtown
san
jose
are
leasing
companies
because
it
says
four
leads
has
got.
You
know
some
sort
of
company.
D
I
don't
know
who
who
can
keep
those
buildings
empty
like
that
they
must
be
a
people
with
trust
funds
or
something
that
are
able
to
take
losses
on
the
building.
I
don't
know
what's
going
on,
what's
left
downtown
original
joe's
is
hammering
lewis.
That's
it.
You
really
say
that
that
creating
all
this
power,
your
time
is.
C
Up,
thank
you.
Go
go
ahead
daniel,
so
I
was
going
to
call
the
next
caller,
but
if
you
have
a
question.
B
I
was
just
going
to
say
that
thank
you.
Thank
you,
robert.
Yes,
so
the
last
speaker
actually
spoke
on
an
item
on
the
agenda
item
5a.
B
If
this
item
item
number
two
public
comments
for
items
not
on
the
agenda,
so
if
you
have
your
hand
raised,
we
assume
that
means
you
want
to
speak
on
an
item
not
currently
on
the
agenda
and
if
you
would
like
to
speak
on
an
item
on
the
agenda
either
5a
or
5b,
please
wait
to
raise
your
hand
until
we
get
to
those
items
that
way
the
clerk
can
call
on
you
at
the
appropriate
time.
At
this
time
go
ahead
down.
You
know
it
looks
like
we
have
another
person.
C
Okay,
john,
you
are
unmuted,
go
ahead
and
unmute
yourself.
I
F
Thank
you.
I
I
have
a
question
for
planning
staff
on
alex's
comments,
and
I
know
we're
gonna
be
addressing
this
as
it
goes
through
the
process,
but
I'm
just
wondering
what
staff
has
done
to
communicate
with
him
and
his
wife
about
their
their
project.
Thank
you.
C
Hi,
this
is
manji
ben
white
with
the
department
of
public
works,
since
we've
actually
been
in
communication
with
applicants
since
january
of
this
year.
C
Furthermore,
the
project
did
hire
kimberly
horn
associates
of
traffic
consultant
to
take
a
look
at
the
project,
and
we
responded
with
the
formal
transportation
scope
back
in
august
and
since
then,
we've
also
met
again
with
communication
in
regards
to
the
the
transportation
aspects
of
the
project,
and
so
we'll
continue
to
provide
both
written
and
verbal
communication
with
the
applicant
in
response
to
the
letter
that
was
submitted.
B
Thank
you,
commissioner
torrence.
If
you
want
to
kick
your
hand
down
that
way,
we
can
move
on
to
item
number
three,
which
is
referrals
and
removals
from
the
agenda.
Are
there
any
items
for
deferral
or
removal
from
staff.
B
Okay,
great:
there
are
no
items
on
the
consent
calendar,
so
we
will
move
to
item
five,
which
is
our
public
hearings,
and
we
will
start
with
item
5a,
which
is
give
me
one.
Second.
B
B
J
Please,
thank
you
so
much
good
evening,
commissioners.
This
is
tai
cha
lee
supervising
environmental
planner,
with
the
planning
division
before
you
tonight
is
a
unique
project
with
staff
recommendations
that
are
not
exactly
something
you
have
seen
before
compared
to
other
planning
projects.
J
So
as
part
of
the
outreach
effort
for
this
project,
the
st
james
project,
we
are
bringing
this
item
to
planet
commission
today
for
a
recommendation
of
the
environmental
impact
report,
eir
for
short
to
city
council
and
an
opportunity
for
you
all
to
provide
comments.
If
you
have
comments
on
the
project
itself
to
counsel,
however,
there
are
no
actions
to
recommend
or
approve
any
project
today
from
the
planning
commission.
J
So
I
will
give
me
a
second
sorry:
there
you
go
so
this
is
a
publicly
initiated
project.
This
is
a
city
project.
The
applicant
technically
is
the
department
of
parks,
recreation
and
neighborhood
services
prns
for
short,
and
this
project
is
for
the
st
james
capital
vision,
11
pavilion
project,
as
this
is
the
first
time
planning
commission
have
seen
this
item.
Planning
and
prns
staff
wants
to
provide
more
context
before
summarizing
the
action
that
is
needed
here
today.
J
So
a
little
bit
about
the
setting,
the
st
james
park
is
approximately
a
historic,
sorry,
7.5
acre
historic
park
located
in
downtown
san
jose.
If
we
were
still
on
the
office,
I
could
point
it
down
the
street,
but
we're
not
anymore
in
1940s
during
the
early
american
period
as
part
of
the
1847
survey,
the
site
was
one
of
the
three
designated
public
square
sites.
This
site
still
exists
today
as
st
james
park.
J
The
park
primarily
consists
of
landscape,
a
lawn
area,
mature
trees.
Existing
features
include
paved
walkways,
seating
areas,
dog
park,
playground,
restroom
memorials
and
a
wood
stage
and
a
fountain.
Furthermore,
as
you've
seen
in
the
previous
slide,
there,
the
north
second
street
bisects
the
park.
So
it's
splitting
into
two
parcel,
and
this
is
where
the
santa
clara
valley
authority,
vta
light
rail
and
local
bus
officer,
currently
exists.
J
A
little
bit
on
the
historic
setting,
as
mentioned
earlier,
this
is
a
historic
site.
In
1979,
the
saint
james
square
was
listed
on
the
national
register
for
historic
places
as
a
historic
district.
With
the
park
itself
listed
as
a
contributor
to
the
district
in
1984,
the
san
jose
city
council
designated
the
st
james
square,
including
the
park
itself
as
a
city
landmark
district.
K
Thank
you
ty
good
evening,
commission,
I'm
nicole
burnham
of
deputy
director
of
the
capital
programs
in
the
department
of
parks,
recreation
and
neighborhood
services,
and
with
me
tonight
presenting
also
is
going
to
be
katie.
Martin
from
the
city's
public
works
department,
just
a
little
bit
of
background
in
context.
This
project
dates
back
and
was
initiated
in
2015
around
that
time.
There
was
a
lot
of
interest
in
the
park
and
a
lot
of
concern
over
its
current
condition.
K
In
november,
2015
council
directed
pr
s
to
undertake
the
revitalization
of
the
park
and
they
established
a
revitalization
strategy
that
directed
us
to
evaluate
and
address
five
issues.
One
was
addressing
homelessness
and
feeding.
One
was
enhancing
maintenance
at
the
park.
The
third
was
providing
activation.
The
fourth
was
establishing
the
updated
capital
vision,
which
is
what
we're
here
to
talk
to
you
about
tonight,
and
the
last
one
was
about
evaluating
governance
and
funding.
K
So
in
2015
2016,
the
city
initiated
a
design
competition
in
order
to
identify
a
designer
and
select
a
preferred
design
for
the
park
and
cmg
won
that
design
competition
that
they
were
recommended
to
city
council
as
the
preferred
designer
and
design
team.
And
so
since
that
time
we've
been
working
through
the
design
process
and
community
engagement
process
to
build
forward
for
this
park,
and
so
with
that,
I'm
gonna
turn
it
over
to
katie.
Who
can
who's
gonna
walk
you
through
the
actual
park,
design
itself.
L
It
also
has
some
operational
changes
where
it
would
allow
the
parks
department
to
work
with
a
non-profit
partner
to
have
music
and
performing
events
at
the
performing
arts
pavilion,
and
there
would
also
be
transportation,
pedestrian
improvements
that
are
related
to
those
operational
changes,
including,
most
importantly,
the
closure
of
2nd
street
to
reconnect
the
park
as
it
was
historically
as
much
as
we're
able
to
now.
L
L
I'm
the
strategy
that
the
design
team
came
up
with
was
to
have
activate
the
core
connect
the
park
monuments
and
to
reinvigorate
the
historic
edge
so
on
the
edge
of
the
park
we'll
work
from
the
outside
in
on
the
edge
of
the
park.
We
have
new
perimeter,
gardens
that
recall
the
victorian
gardens
that
were
there
originally
from
the
era
of
significance,
and
then
I'm
just
going
to
walk
counterclockwise,
starting
with
the
pavilion.
L
So
the
pavilion
is
in
the
northeast
quadrant
of
the
site,
the
location
and
the
direction
of
the
pavilion
were
determined
in
part
because
of
the
noise
and
acoustic
studies
that
were
done
by
the
design
team
to
minimize
the
impact
on
the
surrounding
residents.
L
Behind
that
pavilion,
there's
a
green
room
and
storage
area
for
use
of
the
park
moving
west.
There
is
a
cafe
with
restrooms
that
would
be
available
for
public
use,
as
we
continue
to
move
to
the
northwestern
quadrant
there's
a
mckinley
meadow,
which
is
the
passive
recreation
area.
You
can
imagine
having
a
picnic
or
kicking
the
soccer
ball
around
on
a
saturday
afternoon.
L
As
we
move
towards
the
south
central
area.
There's
a
building,
that's
a
docent
pavilion,
so
hopefully
it
would
allow
an
on-site
presence
of
staff.
It
also
has
restrooms
in
close
proximity
to
the
playground
for
for
young
children
and
families
moving
further
east.
We
have
two
dog
parks,
a
large
dog
park
and
an
all
dog
park.
J
Thank
you
katie.
Thank
you,
nicole.
So
here's
the
environmental
portion
of
it
to
comply
with
the
california
environment
quality
act
siqua.
As
you
all
know,
I
have
seen
on
all
the
items
that
come
before
you
and
plan
commission
all
project
in
the
city,
private
or
public
would
require
environmental
review.
J
J
So
this
project,
due
to
its
historic
context
and
the
proposal
to
change
the
physical
element
of
a
historic,
landmark
district.
The
project.
Excuse
me:
the
project
went
through
an
environmental
impact
report
which
is
the
highest
level
of
review
under
sigwa
eir.
For
short,
and
please
note
that
the
project
is
changing
a
national
and
city
landmarks,
so
the
project
would
also
need
a
historic
preservation
permit,
and
that
is
not
part
of
this
action
here
today,
and
that
is
a
separate
hearing
process
with
the
historic
landmark
commission
and
the
planning
directors.
J
This
slide
here
is
just
to
give
you
all
a
general
understanding
of
what
the
er
process
for
a
project
is
like,
starting
from
with
the
notice
of
preparation,
all
the
way
to
preparing
the
eir
circulating
the
er
for
public
comments,
getting
those
comments
and
actually
responding
to
those
comments
and
providing
those
responses
to
the
commenters
all
the
way
up
to
bring
it
to
the
hearing
body.
J
J
Please
also
note
that
the
city
also
recirculated
the
notice
of
preparation
in
2019
for
another
30
days
of
public
comments
due
to
regulatory
setting,
changes
from
2016
to
2019.,
a
total
of
30
public
comments
were
received
for
both
of
the
nop
period,
and
these
comments
again
were
got
to
guide
the
analysis
of
the
eir
and
were
addressed
in
the
analysis
of
the
eir.
J
As
previously
mentioned,
the
project
was
analyzed
based
on
the
city
thresholds.
J
Staff
would
like
to
also
note
that
the
announce
analysis
in
the
eir
was
based
on
the
worst
case
scenario,
which
is
the
potential
of
300
events,
5
000
attendees,
and
a
maximum
square
footage
and
full
build
out
of
the
park,
so
all
components
of
the
park.
J
Based
on
that
analysis,
the
eir
concludes
that
the
project
would
have
what
we
call
significant
unavoidable
impacts
to
certain
resource
area
under
sequa
cultural
resources,
which
includes
a
historic
component:
noise,
aesthetic
and
recreation.
The
project
would
not
substantially
conform
to
our
guidelines
and
the
state's
guidelines
for
our
cultural
resources.
Therefore,
it
was
deemed
significant
and
avoidable
and
because
the
visual
characteristic
of
the
park
is
tied
to
the
historic
significance
by
having
a
significant
unavoidable
impact
to
the
historic
and
cultural,
it
also
translates
to
a
potentially
significant
impact
to
aesthetic
and
recreation.
J
The
noise
component,
most
of
the
analysis,
also
analyze
the
potential
of
having
these
events
in
the
pavilion
and
if
the
conclusion
shows
that
the
pavilion
could
result
in
exceedance
of
interior
noise
levels
for
certain
residences
on
st
james
street
beyond
what
is
designated
in
the
city
general
plan
and
the
project
would
have
what
we
call
less
than
significant.
With
mitigation
measure
impact
for
areas
such
as
air
quality,
noise
and
biological
resources.
Added
for
asset
pertains
to
construction
and
also
as
part
of
an
eir.
J
J
And
here
are
eight
of
the
alternatives
that
was
analyzed
in
the
eir,
since
the
cultural
and
the
noise
were
significant,
significantly
unavoidable.
We
looked
at
alternatives
such
as
a
relocation
alternative
to
just
the
pavilion
itself,
which
could
reduce
the
noise.
We
looked
at
enclosing
the
pavilion,
but
still
providing
the
5000
attendee
capacity
or
just
enclosing
a
cell
with
this
footprint
that
it
currently
is
proposed,
and
also
a
pavilion
with
no
concert
alternative
and
a
full
designed
alternative
to
avoid
both
noise
and
cultural
impact.
J
The
eir
was
circulated
for
45
days
from
may
19
to
july
6
of
this
year.
33
comments
were
received
and
most
of
the
environmental
related
comments
and
concerns
are
listed
here.
On
this
slide,
the
two
major
theme
that
staff
would
like
to
highlight
were
there
were
a
lot
of
comments
about
the
noise
in
the
historic
just
as
how,
but
there
was
nothing
about
the
changing
the
inadequacy
or
changing
the
threshold
or
changing
the
significance
in
the
eir.
J
J
Again,
as
part
of
the
sql
requirement,
staff
identified
that
the
environmentally
superior
project
could
be
the
design
alternative,
which
would
avoid
both
all
the
historic
aesthetic,
noise
and
recreation.
J
However,
this
alternative
would
not
be
consistent
with
some
of
the
project
objectives,
which
is
what
we
would
use
to
measure
if
the
alternative
is
feasible
or
not,
and
would
meet
the
goals
of
the
objective
of
the
project,
specifically
objectives
that
speaks
to
enhancement
and
provide
opportunity
for
gathering
and
use
of
the
park
through
music
venue
or
facilitate
a
facility
community
through
music
and
programs.
J
Go
back
here
for
a
minute
speak
to
so,
therefore,
as
required
by
the
municipal
code
and
secret
guideline,
the
decision
maker
of
a
project
of
an
eir
in
this
case
city
council
must
specifically
adopt
what
we
call
a
statement
of
overriding
consideration
for
the
project,
and
these
are
to
accept
that
the
project
set
forth
will
show
benefits
that
the
project
overweight
is
significant
in
environmental
impacts.
J
These
matter
are
supposed
to
have
to
be
supported
by
evidence
and
for
us
we
have
the
exhibit
d
in
your
staff
report
today,
which
is
the
statement
of
overall
consideration
and
the
sql
resolution
itself,
and
the
project
was
analyzed
for
that
under
being
consistent
to
the
environmental.
Sorry,
the
envision
san
jose
2040
general
plan,
the
2015
scene,
gene's
revitalization
strategy
and
furthering
the
mission
of
the
activate
sj
plan
that
all
are
which
city
plans
and
policy
and
goals.
J
Sorry
to
looks
like
I
stopped
a
little
bit
too
early.
Give
me
a
second
here.
I
have
one
more
slide
to
show.
J
Here
you
go
so
future
hearing
action,
as
I
mentioned
earlier.
There
is
an
hp
permit
with
this,
although
that
is
not
an
action
before
planning
commission
today.
I
know
that
there
are
a
lot
of
community
members
who
want
to
know
what's
going
to
go
on
with
the
project,
so
the
project
is
still
going
to
go
to
the
hlc
on
october
7th
and
then
to
director's
hearing
on
the
21st
and
28th
and
the
project,
and
that's
only
for
the
hp
permit.
J
J
The
comment
letter
to
planning
commission
and
a
lot
of
the
comments
revolves
around
the
purpose
of
the
eir
rules
and
planning
roles
of
the
planning,
commissioner,
and
they
also
reiterate
the
the
wants
of
alternative
location
or
smaller
scale
projects
and
reiterating
the
loss
of
historic
significance
that
the
project
is
going
to
bring
and
staff
would
like
to
reiterate
that
the
purpose
of
the
er
is
to
disclose
potential
impacts
based
on
the
er
analysis,
including
the
responses
to
commons
and
the
full
final
eir
itself.
J
Staff
maintain
that
the
analysis
have
fully
disclosed
potential
environmental
impact
of
this
proposed
project
and
not
just
the
concern
of
the
project
nature
on
the
park
itself
and
that
the
comments
present
it
in
the
comment
before
this
meeting
and
during
the
eir
circulation
period
do
not
present
new
information.
That
would
change
our
analysis.
J
With
that
staff
recommends
that
the
planning
commission
recommend
to
city
council
to
adopt
the
eir
with
the
old
statement
of
overrun
consideration
and
the
mitigation
measure
reporting
program
in
all
in
accordance
with
sequa,
and
also
an
opportunity
here
to
provide
any
comments
on
the
project
itself
to
cities.
Council
as
well
staff
concludes
our
presentation
and
are
here
for
any
questions
or
comments
from
commissioners.
B
So
at
this
time
we'll
go
to
public
comment.
I
believe
I
already
opened
the
public
hearing,
but
in
case
I
didn't
I'm
now
opening
the
public
hearing
and
we
will
move
to
public
comment
for
item
5a
pp16-037,
which
is
the
environmental
impact
report,
impact
report
and
historic
preservation
permit
for
st
james
master
plan
park.
I
Hi
good
afternoon,
I
kind
of
take
exception
with
the
gentleman
that
talked
about
people
not
living
in
the
high
rises.
We
live
across
the
street
from
the
park
and
we're
extremely
concerned
about
the
noise
part
of
the
thing
to
get
our
support.
Many
years
ago,
we
were
promised
that
we
would
get
heavy-duty
windows
to
block
out
the
sound,
because
nothing
could
be
done
about
the
sound.
I
So
you
know
it's.
I
would
like
anybody
who
would
like
to
move
forward
to
come
and
live
in
this
area,
spend
some
time
here
and
pay
attention
to
what
and
listen
to
music.
Not
just
have
somebody
professionally
study
it,
but
listen
to
what
happens
to
the
music
somebody
playing
a
loud
radio
bothers
us,
so
we're
bothered
by
that,
but
they
apparently
think
they've
taken
into
consideration.
I
The
second
thing
is
the
sanitation
issues
in
the
area
that
those
are
very
real
and
ongoing,
and
the
lack
of
follow-up
on
them.
The
park
as
envisioned
many
years
ago,
was
mainly
to
restore
it
to
its
original
base,
but
to
add
the
pavilion.
The
original
pavilion
design
also
took
into
consideration.
The
sound
they've
changed
that
and
nobody
has
done.
We
haven't
seen
any
studies
of
the
new
pavilion
design
and
I
mean
it's
just
it's
just
outrageous.
I
That's
a
great
plan,
but
it
would
should
need
a
space
much
bigger
than
what
we
have
here
and
so
as
a
resident
who
lives
across
the
street
and
would
be
severely
impacted,
20
second
mark
project.
Please
put
it
somewhere
else.
I
mean
there
are
other
areas
in
the
city
that
aren't
used
adequately
discovered
meadow
across
the
street
from
the
shark
tank
cesar
chavez.
You
know,
look
someplace
else
that
can
use
this
city.
That.
C
Sorry
time
is
up
next
we
have
phone
number
ending
in
1
40..
Please
state
your
name
for
the
record
and
unmute
yourself.
C
B
Yes,
we
can
hear
you.
This
is
a
time
for
you
to
continue
speaking.
We
don't
respond
to
questions
until
after
public
comment.
Thank
you.
Oh,
I
see.
M
So
the
homeless
people
might
might
not
come
during
the
day
when
there's
a
lot
of
activity,
but
they'll
certainly
come
at
night
when
there
are
places
to
to
sleep
and
use,
use
the
lawns
as
bathrooms
and
throw
trash
around.
So
that's
my
question.
C
Okay,
does
that
complete
your
comment?
Maria?
Yes,
thank
you.
Okay,
thank
you.
Next,
we
have
mike
mike.
You
are
unmuted,
please
mute
yourself
and
begin
to
speak.
D
Hi,
this
is
mike
with
preservation
action
council.
I
just
had
a
couple
of
comments.
One
is,
I
just
want
to
point
out,
because
it's
often
you
know,
we
often
talk
about
this
park
as
being
it's
historic
significance
being
changed
by
second
street
being
cut
through
and
then
the
light
rail.
But
I
just
point
out
what
you
all
I
think
know
is
that
that
cut
through
happened
in
1955
and
the
listing
on
the
historic
register
occurred
in
1979.
D
So
we
can't
really
blame
that,
for
the
you
know
the
denigration
of
the
historic
significance
completely.
D
So
in
general,
we
like
the
idea
of
reactivating
this
park,
cleaning
it
up,
making
it
more
accessible
to
the
people,
and
yet
we
always
have
concerns
about
anything
that
might
affect
the
historic
significance
of
this
district
and
the
comments
by
both
the
hbo
and
the
historic
analysts
are
very
concerning
you
know
the
idea
of
it
losing
its
historic,
landmark
status,
although
that
might
be
a
distant
possibility,
is,
is
always
concerning.
D
We
do
like
that
that
there
is
a
an
attempt
to
keep
the
monuments
and
basically
to
keep
them.
You
know
oriented
in
the
same
direction
that
they
were
originally
in
their
context.
So
that's
positive,
but
we
we
are
concerned
that
there
we
show
the
concern
of
others
that
it
doesn't
look
like.
D
There
was
a
super
serious
intent
to
look
at
alternative
locations
for
the
11th
pavilion
part
of
this
function
and
then
finally,
I'd
just
like
to
say
that
if
the
project
does
go
forward,
we
want
to
make
sure
it
doesn't
go
forward
in
phases
that
start
with
the
pavilion
and
potentially
leave
out
the
historic
restoration
portions
that
we
think
should
really
be
done.
First,
thank
you.
D
Okay,
my
name
is
tim
quigley.
I
live
at
st
james
park,
along
with
john
and
maria
who
spoke
previously
were
the
longest-standing
unit,
the
only
unit
condominium
building
on
the
park
since
the
late
1980s.
There
are
32
units
with
us.
The
james
has
just
opened
on
the
southwest
corner.
We
or
I
personally
support
the
revitalization
of
the
park,
but
I
strongly
object
to
the
pavilion
and
the
restaurant.
D
The
eir
clearly
states
that
there
is
no
guarantee
that
the
sound
levels
and
duration
requirements
will
be
adhered
to
during
the
performances
and
looking
at
the
worst
case
scenario
with
300
performances.
That's
one
every
day
for
10
months
of
the
year,
50
of
which
would
be
5
000..
D
I
know
staff
has
stated
that
they've
satisfied
all
of
our
questions,
but
one
issue
that
has
not
been
resolved
in
this
is
the
fact
that
both
the
mayor
and
the
council
member
perales
have
assured
us
that
there
would
be
an
ordinance
to
prescribe
base
acoustic
parameters
that
has
not
been
forthcoming,
so
the
issue
of
noise
is
still
unresolved,
and
so
I
would
suggest
to
city
city
management
that
you
know
20.
Second,.
C
D
E
Hi,
my
name
is
rick
holden
and
I'm
the
immediate
past,
chair
of
the
friends
of
levitt,
pavilion,
san
jose
and
we've
been
working
on
this
project
along
with
katie
and
nicole
for
the
last
almost
five
years.
I
think,
and
the
the
immediate
thing
that
I
I
would
like
to
have
you
know
is
that
we
have
past
precedent
for
this.
There
are
nine
other
levitt
pavilions
in
the
united
states
and
they
all
are
successful
and
they
all
deal
and
have
dealt
with
the
same
issues
that
we're
talking
about
here.
E
I
encourage
all
of
you
on
the
commission
to
look
at
levitt.org
l-e-b-I-t-t.org
and
you
can
see
where
some
of
the
other
pavilions
are
and
how
successful
they
are.
It
will
change
everything
in
this
part
to
have
the
pavilion
where
it
is.
I
know
it
sounds
daunting
for
300
concerts.
I
certainly
don't
anticipate
that.
I
think
she
said
that
was
worst
case
scenario,
there's
a
requirement
from
levitt
for
50
free
concerts
and
that's
what
we're
aiming
for
to
start
with.
E
N
Yes,
I
live
in
the
same
building
with
tim
and
maria
and
our
bedroom
is
approximately
the
same
distance
as
tim's,
because
we're
directly
above
him-
and
I
hear
what
rick
is
saying,
I
want
to
know
what
his
definition
of
success
is,
because
we've
had
the
experience
of
having
concerts
directly
across
the
street
and
in
no
way
shape
or
form
did
the
noise
abate
at
10
o'clock
at
night.
N
N
If
you
would
make
sure
that
whatever
happened
with
the
concert
venue
was
something
that
didn't
have
loud
speakers.
That
would
make
a
big
difference,
but
the
idea
of
having
loud
speakers
and
a
lot
of
noise
from
you
know
like
mid
afternoon
until
midnight
at
night
is,
is
very
daunting
and
it's
very
infuriating
as
well.
The
other
thing
is,
if
you
put
5000
people
in
that
park,
you
won't
have
a
park.
N
E
Hi
we
have
to
work,
we
work
on
the
park
and
we
represent
the
saint,
clara
historic
preservation
foundation,
and
so
we've
we
have
a
building
that
was
built
in
1892
and
we're
right
next
to
st
james
place,
where
you've
already
heard
from
some
of
the
residents.
E
I
you
know,
I
take
a
little
bit,
I'm
taken
back
by
rick
holden,
who
represented
the
steering
committee
for
the
park
and
is
now
on
the
friends
of
levitt.
I've
visited
several
of
the
leavitt
pavilions
and
if
you
look
at
the
one
in
macarthur
park,
which
happens
to
be
kind
of
similar
to
ours,
right
now,
with
the
disarray
and
the
blighted
ness
of
it
all
it's,
I
went
to
a
concert
there.
I
went
there
with
other
city
people,
you
know
they're.
E
Currently,
their
friends
of
levitt
had
went
bankrupt
and
they
merged
it
with
pasadena's
levitt
pavilion.
So
it
was,
it
was
in
the
the
surroundings
of
the
park.
It
was
terrible.
You
know
it
smelled
like
urine
that
the
toilet
paper
was
on
chains
inside
of
porta
potties.
It
was
terribly
maintained
and
the
concert
was
unenjoyable
and
the
you
know.
So
you
have
to
really
be
honest
with
this.
E
I
don't
know
if
there's
any
other
levitt
pavilions
that
are
within
65
feet
of
a
residence,
some
of
the
newer
ones,
denver
other
ones
have
been
built
outside
of
the
blinded
areas
and
have
been
put
into
fields
just
similar
to
discovery
meadows.
So
we
really
need
to
look
when
you
want
to
make
a
decision
on
this.
E
You
need
to
look
at
where
those
levitt
pavilions
are
located,
which
I'm
even
surprised
we're
using
the
name
levitt
pavilion,
because
in
the
eir
we
did
not,
we
haven't
signed
him
to
a
contract,
yet
we
keep
acting
like
this
is
a
done
deal
and
we're
way
ahead
of
ourselves.
On
this
I
happen
to
also
build
it
to
ignore
all
the
historical
attributes.
The
centerpiece
of
the
historic
district
is
a
shame,
and
we
highly
object
to
this
project
on
the
levitt
pavilion.
Thank.
C
Next,
we
have
brian
brian.
You
are
muted,
please
and
mute
yourself
and
begin
to
speak.
A
Okay,
thank
you,
brian
grayson,
a
member
of
the
board
of
levitt,
pavilion
and
there's
several
other
board
members
on
hand
tonight
also
who
are
listening
and
may
may
speak,
or
at
least
will
be
monitoring
the
conversation
I
just
wanted
to
mention
in
terms
of
the
the
sound
issues
I
mean.
A
Obviously,
the
city
and
levitt,
both
the
national
organization,
as
well
as
on
the
local
level,
are
very
concerned
about
that
and
are
looking
closely
at
it
and
that's
why
the
mitigations
that
are
included
in
there
have
a
strong
end
time
of
10
o'clock,
and
I
know,
there's
been
experiences
in
the
past
where
things
have
not
worked
out
well
in
that
regard,
but
it
wasn't
levitt
and
it
wasn't
monitored
the
way
this
will
be
and
if
you
look
at
the
eir-
and
I
imagine,
staff
can
give
more
detail
in
their
response,
so
just
what's
included
in
there
in
terms
of
how
sound
will
be
monitored
on
an
ongoing,
regular
basis
throughout
every
show
that
goes
on
there.
A
So
there's
real
sensitivity
towards
the
sound
issues
and
potential
impacts
to
residents
and
neighbors,
and
so
I
just
want
to
call
attention
to
that
that
this
is
not
something
that's
being
taken
lightly
and
we're
looking
very
closely
at
it,
and
every
effort
will
be
made
to
make
it
as
compatible
as
possible
for
for
all
the
neighbors
and
all
the
people
who
will
attend.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you
so,
at
this
time,
I'll
close
the
public
hearing
and
open
it
up
for
commissioner.
Oh
I'm
sorry
at
this
time,
we'll
let
staff
respond
five
minutes
to
respond
to
the
public
comment
and
then
we'll
close
the
public
hearing
and
then
go
to
commissioner
question.
J
Thank
you
chair,
so
I
actually
wanted
to
answer
one
of
the
very
specific
questions
about
the
eir
itself,
which
is
the:
where
are
the
thresholds
coming
from
and
for
the
noise?
The
threshold
is
directly
from
our
general
plan
policy
ec
1.1
through
1.7
and
in
addition
to
what
a
lot
of
the
member
question
about
the
operation
of
the
future
project
and
we'll
leave
that
to
brns
staff
if
they
have
if
they
wish
to
respond
now
or
wait
till
after
planning,
commission
comments
and
questions
and
to
speak
to
the
eir.
J
Regarding
the
noise
and
mitigation
measure,
there
is
a
medication
measure
to
stop
events
by
10
pm.
Furthermore,
there
are
permit
conditions
that
regulates
the
operation
of
the
park,
including
sound
monitoring,
and
all
that
is
actually
in
the
exhibit
d
of
the
staff
report
at
the
and
all
the
medication
measure
and
conditions
will
be
part
of
the
operation
and
requirement
for
the
city
when
they
actually
do
construct
and
operate
the
site.
K
This
is
nicole
burnham
from
prns.
I
can
just
add
into
what
ty
was
saying,
thanks
for
thanks
for
that
tai
in
echoing
and
building
on
what
she
said.
Leavitt
as
our
operator
of
this
pavilion
will
enter
into
contract
with
the
city,
and
that
city
will
include
that
contract
will
include
performance
requirements
and
standards
that
will
reflect
the
mitigation
measures
that
are
in
the
eir.
K
I
think
the
levitt
folks
are
very
aware
of
what
the
requirements
are
and
what
the
eir
is
intending
to
place
on
them
in
terms
of
operation
restrictions,
and
they
have
agreed
that
they
can
operate
within
that
parameter.
K
If
they
fail
to
do
that,
then
the
city
would
need
to
support
the
community
in
and
intervention,
and-
and
I
I'm
hopeful
it
wouldn't
come
to
that,
but
if
it
would
certainly
the
the
city
would
have
a
responsibility
to
help
manage
the
the
activities
that
are
there
and
katia.
Do
you
want
to
add
anything
more
in
more
detail,
technic
in
terms
of
technical
analysis,.
B
B
Okay,
so
I
will
go
ahead
and
close
the
public
hearing
at
this
time.
It
looks
like
I
have
two
questions
from
two
commissioners,
so
let
me
call
on
commissioner
torrence.
Who's
had
her
hand
up
quite
some
time.
Go
ahead.
Mr
torrens.
F
All
right,
thank
you
very
much,
so
my
questions
about
the
the
pavilion
being
in
st
james
park.
I
know
that
we
have
some
other
outdoor
venues
downtown
and
I'm
just
wondering
how
well
utilized
they
are
like
how
many
concerts
they
host
per
year
so
guadalupe
river
park.
It
doesn't
have
a
pavilion,
but
it
does
have
a
lot
of
events
there
and
I've
heard
music
there.
So
that's
one
that
I'm
counting
and
then
chavez
park.
F
Needed
so
is
there
some,
maybe
prns.
K
Sure
sure
again,
this
is
nicole
burnham
from
prns
and
it's
this
is
these
q
a
are
always
a
little
challenging
on
zoom.
I
can't
see
everybody
so
just
ty.
If
you're.
If
you
need
to
jump
in,
let
me
know-
or
if
I've
overstepped
you,
let
me
know
cynical
burn,
I'm
from
pns.
Thank
you
for
that
question.
K
I
think
the
difference
is
that
the
event
spaces
that
we
currently
have
are
activated
by
community
groups
and
various
kind
of
either
private
or
non-profit
events,
for
example
san
jose
jazz,
one
of
the
biggest
events
that
we
have
in
downtown
san
jose
at
plaza
park,
which
hosts
a
large
number
of
usually
has
a
large
number
of
attendees
each
year.
The
difference
here
would
be
that
this
would
be
a
dedicated
pavilion
for
family
friendly
concerts
right.
That's
the
levitt,
that
is
the
levitt
mantra.
K
50
50
free
family
friendly
concerts
a
year,
so
everything
is
free.
There's
no
charge
for
any
of
the
events
that
that
levitt,
sponsors
and
they're
in
their
geared
toward
more
family
entertainment,
more
daytime
the
size
of
the
events
might
range
from
you
know:
50,
attendees
or
10
attendees
to
you
know
to
the
larger
events
of
up
to
5
000.
K
The
events
of
up
to
5000
are
are
infrequent
at
other
levitz,
so,
but
that,
but
that's
really
the
biggest
difference
that
the
the
we
don't
manage.
K
I'm
trying
to
think
of
the
the
best
way
to
explain
it.
We
we
don't
at
plaza
park,
we
have
the
event
space,
but
we
don't
promote
events
there
and
we
don't
manage
it.
It's
basically
a
rental
space,
whereas
the
the
the
levitt
space
in
st
james
would
be
a
space
that
that
is
more
actively
managed
and
more
consistently
programmed.
F
Yeah,
it
does,
and
so
how
frequently
are
those
other
places
rented
and
utilized.
K
We're
trying
to
pull
up
that
data
right
now.
Cesar
chavez
is
pretty
much
maxed
out
about
225
event
days
a
year,
so
that's
so
fitting
more
in
there,
and
also
the
the
other
challenge
with
plaza.
Is
that
the
stage
isn't
at
capacity.
K
We
have
chronic
challenges,
trying
to
trying
to
manage
that
space
for
events
and
for
professional
concerts,
because
there's
no
green
room,
there's
no
restrooms,
there's
no
concession
space,
and
so
the
the
what
we're
proposing
in
st
james
would
provide
all
of
that
for
us
to
make
it
a
more
user-friendly
space.
K
Discovery
meadow
doesn't
sponsor
as
many
events
per
year.
It's
used
a
fewer
number
of
days,
but
it's
used
for
much
much
larger
events,
so
think
about
the
the
football
championships
that
were
there
in
january
of
2019
right
large.
Many
thousands
of
events
it.
The
discovery.
Meadow
is
also
the
one
space
in
this
in
downtown
that
we
rent
for
truly
private
events
right.
K
So
san
jose
jazz
can
rent
quote
rent
plaza
park
for
the
san
jose
jazz
festival,
but
that
festival
is
open
to
any
member
of
the
public
that
can
pay
the
entrance
fee,
whereas
discovery
meadow
is
the
one
space
that
we
close
down
for,
for
example,
the
apple
conference
has
been
there
the
last
few
years
right
and
so
apple
pays
a
fee
and
rents
that
space
for
private
use
and
the
public
is
not
allowed
in
for
any
price,
and
that's
really
different,
and
it
is
the
only
space
of
that
kind
that
we
have
in
downtown
to
rent
for
truly
private
private
uses.
B
Great
next
still
calling
vice
chair
bonilla.
O
Thank
you,
I'm
gonna
piggy
bank,
a
little
bit
off
of
commissioner
torrence's
comments.
I
think
one
of
the
issues
that
strikes
me
talking
to
a
lot
of
the
residents
in
the
area
is
that,
although
we
hear
residents
who
are
legitimately
concerned
about
noise,
I
think
the
elephant
in
the
room
that
perhaps
was
a
raise
in
the
initial
public
comment,
was
no
one's
actually
enjoying
that
space
right
now.
O
Residents
in
the
area
aren't
using
that
space.
They're,
not
you
know,
walking
through
the
park
and
having
picnics
they're,
not
kicking
the
soccer
ball
as
one
of
the
city
staff
stated.
So
I
think
that's
something
that
needs
to
be
talked
about
that
this
is
a
space,
that's
there,
but
it's
not
being
utilized,
that's
not
to
say,
and
that
there
are
many
more
residents
that
perhaps
aren't
here
tonight
who
feel
that
there's
a
space
that
they
cannot
use
with
their
families.
O
O
Having
said
that,
I
do
have
a
question
assuming
this
project
does
get
approved,
how
long
before
construction
begins
and
in
how
long
until
completion-
and
I
asked
that
only
because
for
a
lot
of
these
big
picture
projects
in
my
25
years
in
government,
you
know
we're
good
at
the
discussions,
we're
good
at
kicking
it
up
to
different
levels.
I
know
when
it's
time
for
shovel
to
the
ground
shovel
never
really
hits
the
ground
until
another
20
30
years.
So
what
is
realistically
what
we're
looking
at
here.
K
K
You
know
one
of
the
things
we
had
a
lot
of
discussions
about
during
design
development
of
this
space
is
the
idea
of
episodic
activation
versus
daily
activation
right
and
so,
and
and
really
it
takes
both
of
those
to
balance
out
the
needs
of
a
park
right
and
to
make
a
healthy
and
vibrant
park,
and
so
what
you
see
in
our
design
is
that
episodic
activation
that
would
be
part
of
levitt
and
what
they
would
bring,
but
their
daily
activation
of
a
significant
playground.
K
You
know
a
signature
kind
of
playground,
this
daily
water
feature
think
about
how
active
the
fountain
is
at
plaza
right
and
how
much
how
much
the
community
loves
that
space.
So
those
kind
of
activations
are
really
important
that
day-to-day,
like
getting
people
in
the
park,
and
so
the
plan
really
intends
to
balance
both
of
those
one
of
the
things
we're
working
on
right
now
is
just
is
understanding
and
developing
a
plan
for
how
we're
going
to
move
forward
with
building
this
out.
K
I
think
you
know.
Levitt
has
been
doing
some
work
to
evaluate
their
fundraising
capacity
and
evaluate
how
much
money
they
can
put
into
building
out
levitt.
The
city
has
about
eight
million
dollars
right
now,
sitting
in
a
reserve
account
that
we're
we
will
be
making
recommendations
on
in
the
coming
months
and
understanding.
You
know
what
how
how
do
we
want
to
move
forward.
So
that's
it's
kind
of
an
active
discussion
right
now.
Actually,
so
I
think
you're,
your
question
is
a
good
one.
K
We
have
money
to
move
forward
with
a
portion
of
the
park
and
we're
in
the
process
of
deciding
exactly
what
that
is
going
to
look
like.
K
L
No,
I
think
that
I
think
what
you
said
is
in
alignment
with
what
it
would
really
take
to
get
shovels
in
the
ground
and
we're
at
25
design
right
now,
so
moving
forward,
they're
still
designed
to
be
completed,
and
then
there's
the
public
procurement
process
to
go
out
and
get
a
contractor
on
board
and
then
to
start,
and
so
you
know
it
takes
a
little
bit
of
time
for
those
things
to
happen
so
20
22
sounds
early.
2022
sounds
much
more
doable.
K
The
only
caveat
I
would
just
throw
in
there
is:
you
know
if
it's
levitt
that
moves
forward
here,
they
need
they've.
They
probably
need
to
ramp
up
some
time
for
fundraising,
so
they're,
so
that
it
could
be
a
little
bit
later
again.
It
partly
depends
on
what
we
what
ends
up
being
built.
O
Walk
me
through
and
thank
you
for
those
answers,
walk
me
through
the
the
restaurant
concession
part
of
it
particularly.
Is
that
something
where
the
city
owns
the
facility
and
then
we
lease
out
and
then
how
do
those
dollars
get
used
and
again?
This
is
just
my
hypothesis
walk
me
through
that.
K
Good
question:
it
could
lead
us
down
a
rabbit
hole
into
a
lot
of
city
park
charter
right
and
what
we're
allowed
to
do
and
not
do
by
park
charter
we
on
the
surface
as
they
we
would
build
it
and
look
to
to
concession
it
out
and
rent
it
out,
hopefully
to
a
local
partner.
I
could
see
us
being
interested
in
one
of
our
current
nonprofit
partners
that
works
in
food
service.
K
I
think
that
would
be
a
really
exciting
and
interesting
use
of
of
that
space,
but
I
think
a
lot
of
that
remains
to
be
seen,
and
I
need
to
work
with
my
partners
in
park
operations
of
what
they
want
to
see
there,
but
I
think
we
would
look
to
when
we
do
have
the
capacity
as
a
department
to
run
food
concessions.
We
do
it
at
happy
hollow
we're
going
to
do
it
at
the
arcadia
sport
fields,
but
I'm
not
sure
that
would
be
our
plan
here.
K
I
think
we'd
prefer
to
probably
try
to
try
to
lease
it
out.
The
question
on
park
charter
centers
around
the
timing,
like
how
long
of
a
lease
agreement
can
we
do
with
a
private
entity?
So
there
are
some
there's
some
details
there
that
we
need
to
work
out,
but.
O
Great
job
at
happy
hollow
by
the
way
I
love
it
there.
My
kids
do,
particularly
as
far
as
the
funds,
though
from
the
lease
would
those
go
into
the
kind
of
the
general
fund
or
those
be
go
specific
to
the
park
itself
and
again,
if
you
don't
have
that
answer,
that's
okay!
I'm
just
kind
of
thinking
out
loud
here
with
you.
K
No,
I
know
again
it's
it's
a
great
question
and
I
don't
have
the
answer
because
part
of
it
depends
on
how
we
set
up
the
concession.
There
are
a
lot
of
scenarios
under
which
it
goes
into
the
general
fund,
but
there
are
some
others
where
it
becomes
some
portion
of
that
funding.
We
can
put
back
in
into
the
park
and
it's
just
a
discussion
we
need
to
have
with
the
budget
office
as
we
move
forward.
O
And
lastly,
I
hear
I
heard
a
lot
from
the
public
about
how
quiet
and
you
don't
want
noise
after
certain
hours.
Going
back
to
my
earlier
comment.
This
is
the
downtown
of
the
10th
largest
city
in
the
united
states.
The
largest
city
in
the
bay
area
is
the
current
quiet
of
the
community
by
design,
or
is
it
part
of
the
issue
that
you're
actually
trying
to
resolve
by
bringing
this
park,
something
that
you
really
didn't
want
to
have
but
you're
looking
for
a
way
by
which
to
make
your
downtown
vibrant?
O
O
L
There's
a
lot
of
mitigation
measures
in
place
in
the
eir
recommendations
on
decibel
levels,
base
levels
times
that
things
can
begin
and
end,
and
so
all
of
that's
in
place
to
help
with
the
mitigation
measures
and
to
make
it
a
comfortable
experience
for
residents
nearby.
But
I
think
that
the
park
definitely
could
use
some
vibrancy.
O
And
katie
thank
you
for
that
and
I
wasn't
implying
that
it
was
an
either
or
proposition
so
I
do
appreciate
you
taking
that
next
step,
but
no,
I
agree
so
that's.
I
conclude
with
my
questions,
chair
kai
and
I
think
it's
a
great
concept,
but
clearly
to
your
point
about
comfortable,
it
sounds
like
there's
some
details,
particularly
on
the
noise
that
need
to
be
worked
out.
O
I
think
fundamentally,
the
question
is:
is
that
something
that
gets
worked
out
at
our
level
or
in
my
mind
I
think
it's
something
that
needs
to
get
worked
out
at
the
city
council
level,
but
with
that
I
conclude,
I
yield
my
time
chair.
A
Thank
you
chair.
I
just
have
some
procedural
questions
for
staff
still
learning
as
a
new
commissioner.
So
I
believe
someone
said
that
the
purpose
of
environmental
impact
report
is
to
disclose
environmental
impacts,
and
I
noticed
that
the
majority
of
the
impacts
highlighted
the
report.
There
was
some
kind
of
mitigation
strategy
there,
but
is
that
required
and
because
I
know
we're
talking
a
lot
about
the
noise
and
the
report
didn't
offer
mitigation
for
the
noise
and,
basically
to
my
understanding,
said
that
no
mitigation
was
really
possible.
J
Sure
so
I
think
I'm
trying
to
find
a
way
to
say
this
without
so
much
jargon.
J
But
yes,
so
when
we
say
significant
unavoidable
impact,
it
does
not
mean
that
we
haven't
applied
all
the
medication
measures
to
the
extent
feasible.
J
So
again,
it's
about
feasible
mitigation
measure
right
and,
for
example,
the
cultural
section
is
we
say
that
it's
significant
unavoidable
just
because
of
the
design
and
how
we
program
it
and
how
we
have
taken
away
certain
things,
such
as
the
diagonal
pathway
and
it
doesn't
meet
certain
guidelines.
We
do
have
medication
measure,
but
the
design
is
as
proposed
and
the
objective
of
that
design
is
as
it
is.
J
Therefore,
we
can't
fully
just
say
rip
up
the
project
and
therefore
no
significant
unavoidable
impact,
so
it
doesn't
meet
the
project
and
it
doesn't
meet
the
the
objective
of
the
actual.
Just
this
is
the
project.
It
is
where
the
project
is
what
it's
proposing
for
the
noise.
In
addition
to
that,
one
mitigation
measure
you've
seen
regarding
limiting
the
time
that
the
project
can
operate
to
or
the
pavilion
can
operate
too.
J
Like
I
said,
there
were
other
conditions
that
have
already
been
vetted
through
pr
and
staff
that
these
are
going
to
be
part
of
their
operational
procedure.
Therefore,
they
won't
call
out
mitigation
measures,
but
more
project
conditions
and
project
components
and
those
are
the
components
that
will
pretty
much
kind
of
not
mitigate
but
restrict
the
operational
when
it
comes
to
the
noise.
But
even
with
that,
when
we
did
the
analysis-
and
we
did
the
modeling,
it
still
doesn't
meet.
J
The
threshold
of
the
sql
threshold,
which
is
the
for
the
noise
purpose,
is
the
general
plan
guideline
and
the
general
plan
policy.
Therefore,
it's
still
significant
and
avoidable,
with
mitigation
measure.
H
So,
just
to
clarify
that
within
an
eir,
the
lead
agency
is
required
to
ensure
that
all
impacts
are
mitigated.
However,
after
mitigation,
there
may
be
residual
impacts
in
some
areas.
You
mitigate
everything
to
less
than
significant
levels.
In
other
areas,
there
will
be
residual
impacts,
and
for
this
one
there
is
a
residual
noise
impact
after
mitigation,
and
the
air
has
is
required
to
disclose
that.
So
that
has
been
disclosed
that
even
with
all
the
efforts
made,
there
will
be
receding,
impacts
after
mitigation.
A
Thank
you
both
for
clarifying
that
and
shares
it.
Alright,
I've
asked
another
question
as
well:
yeah,
okay,
so
then
also
just
more
about
the
timeline
of
the.
So
this
is
the
environmental
impact
report,
we're
being
the
staff
recommendation
is
to
recommend
the
city
council
approve
the
report
and
then
is
this
a
project
I
mean,
I
think
it's
the
first
time
since
I've
been
on
the
commission,
we've
seen
something
that's
actually
being
done
by
the
city
itself
rather
than
a
private
development,
so
does
that
go
through
the?
J
There
is
no
planning
permits
that
would
be
an
action
for
planning
commission.
So
that's
why
the
action
was
more
of
recommendation
to
city
council
about
the
eir
and
making
comments
on
the
project.
J
The
project
does
have
a
historic
preservation
permit,
but
that
is
separate
from
planet
commission
and
that's
going
to
go
through
the
historic
preservation.
Sorry,
historic,
the
hlc,
the
historic
landmark
commission
and
the
hearing
body
for
the
hp
permit
is
directors
of
planning.
B
Great
thank
you,
commissioner,
casey
and
other
commissioners
if
you
could
lower
your
hands
once
you're
done
speaking,
unless
you
want
to
ask
further
questions
in
the
future.
Thank
you.
J
Depending
on
the
the
type
of
events-
and
yes,
the
since
the
mitigation
measure
speaks
to
that
all
events
in
the
pavilion
stops
at
10
pm,
it
has
to
stop
at
10
pm
and
to
add
to
that,
my
understanding
of
prns
would
have
an
operational
agreement
with
whoever
is
going
to
be
providing
the
event.
So
that
would
also
be
in
there.
A
K
Ty,
I
can.
I
can
help
you
with
this
too,
as
nicole
burnham.
I
apologize
for
for
zoom
kicked
me
out
earlier
that
that's
just
not
the
stuff
that
happens
at
city
hall.
I
apologize
for
that,
but
operationally
you
know.
K
Ultimately
we
say
the
city,
but
it
it
falls
to
pr
and
s
right
and,
and
we
have,
we
would
have
a
dedicated
phone
number
of
a
contact
person
that
the
community
could
reach
out
to
during
the
event
if
they
feel
like
noise
levels
are
too
high
or
if
the
concert
is
running
past
10
o'clock,
we
would
be
coordinating
closely
certainly
with
the
levitt
folks
as
the
operator,
but
ultimately
the
responsibility
falls
to
prns
and
and
and
we
you
know,
this
is
an
issue
that
we
do
navigate
at
other
spaces
that
we
at
event
spaces
that
we,
where
we
have
activities.
K
So
if
that
helps
answer
the
question.
A
K
Two
different
things
so
to
sorry,
two
different
things
I
mean
yes
and
but
during
the
events,
there
is
a
requirement
that
noise
be
monitored
or
in
real
time,
so
at
the
sound
board
of
the
event,
there
is
consistent.
Recording-
and
this
is
this-
is
not
unusual
for
event
spaces
like
this.
So
at
the
sound
board
there
is
decibel
level
recording
and
and
monitoring
around
the
space
to
evaluate
in
real
time
what
those
decibel
levels
are
so
this,
so
the
sound
managers
and
engineers
can
can
manage
the
noise
in
real
time.
K
K
You
know,
that's
a
good
question,
that's
a
good
question
and
I
don't
know
I
don't
know
as
I
sit
here
today.
I
think
it's
something
we
need
to
talk
through
with
the
with
the
levitt
group
and
and
with
the
with
the
attorneys
on
how
we
might
might
manage
that.
A
Because
that's
a
if
I
was
living
in
that
area,
I'd
be
really
concerned
that
nobody's
going
to
really
monitor
this
and
that
it's
just
going
to
be
something
that
falls
by
the
wayside
and
they'll
be
stuck
with
what
was
originally
supposed
to
be
a
mitigation
measure
that
was
already
a
tough
pill
for
them
to
swallow.
Just
becomes
adding
insult
to
injury
at
some
point.
L
The
mitigation
measures
also
stipulate
in
the
beginning,
the
first.
Several
events
have
to
end
by
8
pm,
there's
a
lot
of
things
in
the
mitigation
measures
to
help
kind
of
ease
into
this
relationship
for
the
community
and
the
city
and
the
operator.
So
the
stricter
mitigation
at
the
beginning
that
and
then
leads
into
the
8
pm
event
or
the
10
pm
deadline
further
down
the
line.
So
there's
some
there's
some
chance
early
on
to
kind
of
catch
these
issues
as
they
come
up
and
address
them
right
away.
A
Thank
you
chair.
I,
I
think
really
the
task
at
hand
is.
Do
we
approve
of
the
work
that
staff
has
done
on
the
eir?
Do
we
think
it's
thorough
and
complete?
Do
we
feel
it's
provided
adequate
alternatives
similar
to
a
private
project
if
it
met
the
requirements?
And
you
know,
approving
staff's
work
doesn't
necessarily
give
an
opinion
on
the
particular
project.
It
just
means
it
has
the
staff
that
work
been
adequate,
and
so
I
want
to
support
the
staff
recommendation.
A
E
B
A
B
Great
I'm
going
to
take
a
church
prerogative
and
ask
one
question
before
I
go
to
vice
chair
bonilla
again,
who
has
another
question
and
then
vera
did
you
want
to
make
a
point
of
clarification.
N
Or
no,
actually,
I
I
just
wanted
to
ask
commissioner
oliverio
to
note
when
he
came
into
the
meeting
and
also
was
it
commissioner
bonilla
who
seconded
the.
A
H
Yes,
I
do
have
commission
oliveira
at
650,
but
if
he
can
clarify
that
would
be
helpful.
A
B
Thank
you,
okay,
so
steph.
If
you
could
just
briefly
discuss
the
mitigation
measures
that
are
going
to
be
taken
to
address
the
homelessness
issue,
I
did
notice
that
there
was
a
discussion
related
in
the
report
related
to
moving
some
of
the
food
distribution
to
the
african-american
community
services
agency.
I
think
that
many
of
the
residents
have
sort
of
alluded
to
the
ongoing
issues
within
the
park
that
we
are
all
very
aware
of,
and
you
know
I
think
I
live
downtown.
I
go
by
st
james
park
a
lot.
B
I
think
that
this
is
a
great
potential
addition
to
the
community.
I
would
love
to
see
more
live
music
happening
in
the
city
of
san
jose
in
any
form,
and
I
think
that
the
city
is
doing
a
great
job
of
easing
into
this
and
then
my
second
question
is
related
to.
Can
you
just
explain
a
little
bit
more
about
who's
going
to
be
running
the
conference?
Is
that
levitt
themselves
and
is
that
what
the
relationship
with
the
levitt
foundation
guys
is
that
they
operate
the
content
venue?
That's
a
little
confusing
to
me.
K
Oh
and
I'll
take
the
second
one
first,
because
it's
easy.
Yes,
yes,
that
would
be
the
role
of
levitt
would
be
to
operate,
that
the
the
concert
pavilion,
the
green
room
manage
the
event
lawn
with
support
from
city
staff
right
they'd,
be
responsible
for
booking
the
events
and
hosting
the
events
and
managing
them
with
the
city
likely
providing
some
some
maintenance
support
and
and
now
because
it's
oh,
the
video,
wanted
to
hear
a
little
bit
more
about
the
feeding.
So
you
know
we
talked
earlier.
B
K
B
One
more
hold
on
second
nicole,
before
just
to
follow
up
on
that.
You
mentioned
that
the
city
would
support
with
maintenance,
but
would
love
it
be
primarily
responsible
for
maintaining
the
actual
structure
of
the
pavilion
and
the
grass
area.
Or
would
that
cost
be
something
that
the
city
would
be
responsible
for,
or
is
that
still
being
worked
out
totally
understood?
If
it's
you
haven't
gotten
there
yet.
K
The
details
of
that
are
really
still
being
worked
out.
I
think
you
love,
it
would
be
the
folks
that
are
on
site
every
day
and
sort
of
really
navigating
the
park
and
managing
it,
and
so
you
know
similar
relationships
that
we
have
like
with
guadalupe
river
park
conservancy
they
address
what
they
can,
but
then,
when
they
need
additional
support,
they
call
in
resources
from
the
city
to
to
support
them
on.
You
know
things
like
electrical
work
plumbing
you
know,
resources
that
they
won't
have
on
hand.
Thank
you.
K
K
Sure
that's
well,
that's
always
the
the
trickier
issue
isn't
it.
You
know
I
mentioned
earlier
when
we
first
started
out
talking
about
the
revitalization
strategy
and
which
was
a
multi-pronged
approach
in
it
really
to
address
the
social
issues
that
that
are
happening
in
this
park.
The
first
of
those
five
issues
was
about
addressing
homelessness
and
feeding.
K
We
did
set
up
a
program
for
and
had
a
city
vendor
who
was
city,
supported
and
city
funded,
working
in
oxa
and
kind
of
helping.
Divert
those
community
groups
away
from
the
park
and
to
working
within
the
oxa
group
and
the
group
is
called
opening
doors
and
they
would
work
out
of
the
oxa
building
to
provide
those
feeding
services
and
we
saw
that
benefit
the
park
dramatically,
and
it
did
help
with
a
lot
of
the
garbage
and
issues
associated
with
that.
K
That
program
was
a
pilot
program
that
actually
will
end
this
october.
It
actually
moved
outside
in
april,
because
of
covid
and
when
covid,
when
shelter
in
place
came
into
effect,
we
couldn't
do
feeding
inside
the
oxa
building
anymore.
We
scrambled
found
a
place
outside,
but
the
program
is
set
to
end
in
october,
so
we're
hopeful
that
eventually
we
will
find
funding
to
continue
that.
K
The
other
thing
that
will
happen
you
know
in
the
longer
term,
is
you
know,
as
we
move
into
construction
and
build
out
elements
of
the
park,
we
would
work
with
our
housing
department
and
with
the
homeless
homelessness
team
to
help
navigate
the
folks
who
are
in
the
park
and
find
them
alternative
places
and
and
work
with.
K
B
Thank
you,
commissioner.
Bonilla
you
had
a
follow-up
question.
O
Yeah,
but
I
was
actually
also
making
the
motion
that
commissioner
olivario
beat
me
too.
Having
said
that,
I
think
as
far
as
the
noise
issue
I'll
go
back
to
my
earlier
point,
I
think
this
is
something
that's
going
to
have
to
get
worked
out
at
the
city
council
level,
conversations
with
your
council
member
conversations
as
a
whole,
but
candidly,
it's
not
like
we're
reinventing
the
wheel
here
when
it
comes
to
noise
mitigation
and
decibel
level
controls.
I
mean
these
types
of
things
literally
happen
all
over
the
country.
O
So
of
all
the
concerns,
I
think
it's
the
one.
That's
got
the
best
framework,
just
a
matter
of
discussion
and
negotiation.
So
with
that,
I
conclude
my
comments.
B
Great
commissioners,
do
we
have
any
discussion
on
the
motion
from
commissioner
olivario
and
seconded
by
commissioner
bonilla
to
accept
this
staff
recommendation.
B
Yes,
the
motion
to
approve
commissioner
oliveira:
did
you
want
to
speak
any
further
to
your
mission.
B
H
Sorry
do
we
have
any
other
information
to
city
council
in
addition
to
the
motion
to
certify
the
eir
there's
a
second
patch
that
comes
with
other
additional
information?
Is
there
any
other.
H
That
and
any
other
comments
that
the
city
council
will
find
useful
in
making
a
decision.
A
I
would
just
say
chair
to
to
planning
staff
that
I
don't
really
know
what
commentary
I
could
make
to
city
council
as
they
have
purview
over
the
park
budget
and
the
prioritization
of
that
budget.
We
certainly
make
recommendations
in
the
main
meeting
on
the
capital
budget,
but
there's
no
money
to
build
this
thing.
This
is
a
long
road
to
go
and
we're
just
approving
the
eir.
So
I
don't
have
any
comments
personally.
B
Okay
with
that
we'll
go
ahead
and
take
the
vote.
So
commissioner,
bonilla
aye,
commissioner
casey
aye,
commissioner
garcia
aye,
commissioner
lard
noir.
B
Commissioner
olivario
hi,
commissioner
torrence
hi
and
myself,
chair
caballero,
is
an
eye
that
motion
passes,
I'm
just
going
to
give
staff
a
couple
minutes
to
record
the
vote.
P
Thank
you,
madam
chair
good
evening,
commissioners,
members
of
the
public
myra
blanco
project
manager,
with
planning,
building
and
code
enforcement
for
the
planning
commission
this
evening
is
a
conforming
rezoning,
ordinance
to
rezone
the
project
site
from
ip
industrial
park.
Zoning
district
to
cic,
combined
industrial,
commercial
zoning
district,
a
conditional
use
permit
and
a
vesting
tentative
map
to
allow
the
demolition
of
existing
buildings
and
the
phased
construction
and
operation
of
a
private
school
for
grades
toddler
through
12th
grades
ages,
2
through
18.
P
P
The
site
is
developed
with
three
warehouse
buildings,
fronting
ray
street,
an
office
building,
fronting
parkmur
avenue
two
commercial
office,
buildings,
fronting
meridian
avenue
and
a
detached
four
level
parking
garage,
fronting
harmon
avenue.
The
project
site
is
adjacent
to
a
commercial
office.
Building
on
the
north
and
residential
uses
to
the
northwest
of
the
site.
Other
uses
near
the
site
include
a
commercial
shopping
center,
multi-family
residential
to
the
north
and
east,
a
motorcycle
dealership
to
the
north,
a
private
school
to
the
southeast
and
a
commercial
office
building
to
the
south.
P
Further
south
is
interstate
280.,
the
valley,
transportation
authority.
Greenline
light
rail
line
is
also
located
along
the
southeast
corner
of
the
site.
The
project
site
has
a
general
plan
designation
of
combined
industrial
commercial.
This
designation
allows
a
significant
flexibility
for
the
development
of
a
varied
mixture
of
compatible
commercial
and
industrial
uses.
P
The
project
includes
an
application
to
re-zone
the
project
site
from
ip
industrial
park.
Zoning
district
to
the
cic
combined
industrial
commercial
zoning
district,
which
would
be
in
conformance
with
the
designation
pursuant
to
municipal
code,
section
20.120.110,
the
cic
zoning
district
requires
a
conditional
use
permit
for
private
elementary
and
secondary
school
and
day
care
center
uses.
As
such,
the
subject
conditional
use
permit
cp
19-013
before
you
this
evening,
would
allow
the
phased
construction
and
operation
of
a
private
school
in
four
main
phases
at
full,
build
out.
P
The
maximum
school
enrollment
would
be
2
744
students
and
480
faculty
and
staff.
The
campus
development
would
include
the
adaptive
reuse
of
some
existing
buildings
and
new
construction,
resulting
in
a
total
of
seven
buildings,
including
classrooms,
a
theater
gymnasium
and
aquatic
center
administrative
space
and
sports
field.
P
On
july,
18
2019
the
city
hosted
a
community
meeting,
in
conformance
with
the
public
outreach
policy
comments
at
the
community
meeting
were
made
with
respect
to
the
timeline
for
planning
and
building
permits,
school
operation
and
traffic
circulation
and
traffic
impacts
to
the
general
community.
These
have
all
been
addressed
in
the
staff
report,
since
posting
of
the
draft
ordnance,
resolutions
and
staff
report,
additional
comments
and
letters
in
support
of
the
project
have
been
submitted.
P
These
have
also
been
made
available
to
the
commission.
As
analyzed
in
the
hearing
documents.
The
project
is
consistent
with
the
general
plan,
land
use,
designation
and
the
goals
and
policies
within
the
general
plan.
Additionally,
the
project
is
consistent
with
the
combined
industrial,
commercial,
zoning,
district,
commercial
and
industrial
design,
guidelines
and
city
council
policies,
including
city
council
policy,
6-14.
P
The
first
amendment,
together
with
the
deir,
constitute
the
final
environmental
impact
report
or
feir
for
the
proposed
project.
Potential
environmental
impacts
to
air
quality,
biological
resources,
cultural
resources,
hazardous
materials,
noise,
transportation
and
traffic
are
found
to
be
less
than
significant,
with
mitigations
incorporated.
P
Therefore,
staff
is
recommending
that
the
planning
commission
recommend
to
the
city
council
to
adopt
a
resolution
certifying
the
environmental
impact
report,
approve
an
ordinance
rezoning,
the
site
from
ip
industrial
park.
Zoning
district
to
cic,
combined
industrial
commercial
zoning
district
and
adopt
a
resolution
approving
a
tentative
map
and
conditional
use
permit,
subject
to
the
proposed
conditions,
planning,
public
works
and
environmental
staff
are
available.
To
answer
any
further
questions.
I
believe
the
applicant
has
three
speakers
to
queue,
and
this
concludes
staff's.
P
B
Great,
do
we
have
the
applicant
here.
C
P
Ibarr's
assi
will
be
sharing
his
screen
and
we
have
three
speakers:
lloyd,
nathan,
ibers
aussie
and
laura
worthington
forbes.
Q
Presentation,
jack
caballero
vice
chair
boy,
neo
planning,
commissioner,
my
name
is
lloyd
nathan
and
I'm
the
executive
vice
chairman
of
the
board
of
avenues.
I'm
delighted
to
present
avenue
silicon
valley
this
evening,
our
fifth
global
campus,
to
be
located
at
570,
meridian
avenue.
Q
We
selected
this
location
because
silicon
valley
is
a
global
leader
in
innovation
and
san
jose
has
an
ethos
that
aligns
with
our
philosophy
and
mission.
This
campus
will
be
a
major
investment
for
avenues
of
approximately
400
million
dollars.
A
total
build
out
avenues
has
been
established
as
one
school
with
many
campuses
providing
transformative,
world-focused
learning
experiences
to
students
around
the
globe.
Q
We
currently
have
campuses
in
new
york,
sao
paulo
shenzhen
and
online
educate,
approximately
3
000
students
from
ages
2
to
18
and
have
plans
to
have
a
campus
in
each
of
the
world's
leading
cities.
Our
mission
is
to
prepare
students
for
an
unknown
future
to
be
worldwide
leaders
uniquely
equipped
to
understand
and
solve
global
scale
problems.
Q
Our
board
made
the
decision
three
years
ago
to
locate
our
next
campus
in
the
capital
silicon
valley.
After
a
long
search,
we
found
the
perfect
home
on
these
11
acres.
In
midtown
avenues
is
deeply
committed
to
compelling
urban
design
and
place
making.
Our
team
has
been
working
for
the
last
two
years
to
create
a
campus
master
plan,
which
we
believe
will
help
continue
the
incredible
transformation
of
both
avenues
and
the
midtown
area.
We
hope
the
commission
is
pleased
with
our
work
and
thank
you
for
this
opportunity
to
present
to
you.
R
Thank
you
good
evening,
members
of
the
planning
air
commission,
I'm
ibar,
sashi,
with
efficiency
lab
for
architecture.
It
has
been
my
pleasure
to
help
create
the
avenue
silicon
valley
campus
design,
I'd
like
to
present
to
you
the
project
to
its
faces.
Let's
start
with
today.
Here's
an
aerial
view
of
the
existing
site
with
the
designated
buildings.
As
you
see,
first
phase
would
be
phase.
R
1A
would
include
the
adaptive
reuse
of
two
floors
of
the
existing
570
meridian
building,
as
well
as
part
of
phase
1b,
would
include
the
demolition
of
the
highlighted
buildings
in
this
slide:
race,
street
warehouses
and
1401
parkmoor
avenue.
Building.
Here
you
see
the
aerial
view
of
phase
1b.
This
phase
would
include
the
adaptive
reuse
of
550
meridian
and
the
remaining
adaptive
reuse
of
570
meridian
buildings.
R
A
new
portal
structure
will
be
constructed
between
them
connecting
both
buildings
as
well
as
creating
a
covered
outdoor
space
for
the
campus
building
4,
the
gymnasium
building
will
define
the
east-west
pedestrian
axis
of
the
master
plan.
The
campus
wall
site
improvements
will
include
a
sports
field
and
playgrounds
along
meridian
avenue.
R
Here
is
a
build
a
view
of
building
four.
The
campus
wall
and
you
can
see
the
political
structures
portal
structure
at
the
background,
and
this
is
a
view
along
meridian
avenue,
showing
the
integration
of
the
portal
with
the
two
existing
buildings,
a
close-up
view
of
the
portal
structure
and
a
view
within
the
portal.
You
could
see
the
interconnecting
stairs
and
bridges
integrated
with
green
walls
that
will
form
the
heart
of
the
campus
life
phase.
Two
would
include
the
construction
of
an
academic
building
defining
the
eastern
edge
of
the
sports
field.
R
N
Good
evening,
members
of
the
planning
commission,
I'm
laura
worthington
forbes
and
I've
been
working
very
closely
with
city
staff
to
coordinate
the
project
entitlements.
I'd
like
to
highlight
just
a
few
key
considerations
at
first
the
project's
entirely
consistent
with
and
implement
all
applicable
job
plan
goals
and
policies,
and
following
the
comprehensive
sql
analysis,
there
are
no
related,
significant
unavoidable
impacts.
N
Further
the
applicant
has
agreed
to
all
the
conditions
of
approval
will
be
implementing
a
progressive
transportation
demand
management
plan
and
a
rigorous
trip
crap
to
minimize
trips,
and
the
project
will
also
assist
the
city
in
accelerating
some
very
necessary
street
upgrades
to
improve
pedestrian
and
bike
safety.
And,
finally,
the
project
will
advance
the
city's
economic
growth
policies
by
generating
collectively
just
over
a
thousand
jobs,
and,
with
these
points
in
mind,
avenues
respectfully
request.
The
planning
commission
recommend
the
city
council
approve
all
staff's
recommended
actions
to
approve
the
project.
N
B
E
Good
evening,
members
of
the
planning
commission,
my
name-
is
eddie
trong,
director
of
government
relations
at
the
silicon
valley
organization,
we're
the
region's
chamber
of
commerce
representing
the
interest
over
1
200
businesses
in
the
region.
First
of
all,
I
want
to
share
my
organization's
very
strong
support
of
the
avenues
world
school
project.
We
recognize
the
value
of
having
such
a
unique
educational
opportunity
for
children
aged
preschool
to
12th
grade
come
to
san
jose
avenues
is
one
school
with
many
campuses
providing
transformative,
world-focused
learning
experiences
to
students
around
the
globe.
E
The
svo
coordinated
very
closely
with
avenues
in
the
early
stages
of
the
project
design
and
the
development
at
the
midtown
location,
and
we
are
very
pleased
with
the
map.
The
campus
master
plan
that
the
school
has
created.
The
urban
design
on
one
of
the
last
large
infill
sites
in
this
part
of
the
city
will
facilitate
the
continued
progress
of
this
neighborhood,
which
will
make
it
more
safe,
walkable
and
resident
friendly.
E
The
campus,
it
also
is
a
major
investment
that
will
benefit
san
jose.
Neighbors
avenues
will
employ
more
than
450
teachers
and
staff
to
educate,
2
700
students
who,
along
with
their
families,
will
bring
vital
economic
support
for
local
businesses
in
the
area.
A
key
consideration
of
our
support,
the
sbo,
looks
forward
to
formally
welcoming
avenues
when
it
opens,
and
we
request
that
the
planning
commission
and
the
city
council
approve
the
conforming
rezoning,
the
conditional
use
permit
tentative
map
and
the
final
eir
for
the
school.
Thank
you
for
your
consideration
of
my
comments.
E
Hi,
thank
you
for
your
time.
My
name
is
james
and
I
am
currently
the
chair
of
the
district
six
leadership
group
comprised
of
the
different
neighborhood
associations
in
district
six.
I
was
also
president
of
the
buena
vista
neighborhood
association,
which
is
the
closest
neighborhood
association
to
the
school,
and
we
voted
to
endorse
this
project.
We
feel
that
it's
going
to
be
positive,
both
economically
and
as
a
civic,
will
have
economic
and
civic
spillovers
to
the
neighborhood
and
the
urban
village.
E
Jobs
were
already
mentioned,
and
one
of
the
things
that
I've
seen
is
that
across
the
street
from
the
this
new
campus
is
basis
school
and
I've
actually
seen
students
walk
across
the
street
and
take
light
rail.
So
it's
possible
that
you
know
that
the
light
rail
will
get
more
use
from
it.
But,
more
importantly,
we
see
them
as
an
advocate
partner
for
improving
our
community,
both
as
an
asset
to
the
neighborhood
and
to
the
urban
village.
E
Additionally,
I'd
like
to
point
out
that
the
architecture
is
is
phenomenal,
considering
that
they
are
working
with
a
lot
of
what
is
what
is
already
there.
So
it's
not
only
aesthetically
pleasing,
but
also
environmentally
pleasing
thanks
for
your
time.
M
Hi,
this
is
sandra
and
scott
weber.
I've
got
my
husband
here,
we're
residents
of
district
six.
We,
our
kids,
grew
up
in
singapore.
We
were
in
a
situation
kind
of
similar
to
this.
M
We
were
over
there
for
16
years,
lived
close
to
a
school
of
similar
caliber
and
two
things
of
note
is
that
notice
that
this
is
a
one
application
global
application,
so
you
probably
will
have
exchange
students
a
lot
of
our
exchange
students
at
that
school
like
to
live
very
close
to
the
school,
with
teachers
or
whatnot
teachers
like
to
live
close
to
the
school.
We
actually
also
like
to
live
close
to
the
school.
M
The
other
thing
that
we
noticed
was
the
community
benefit.
There's
in
singapore,
there's
a
lot
of
government
supported
public
housing
called
hdbs
and
they
benefited
as
well.
When
the
school
came
in,
there
was
a
lot
of
spill
over
into.
I
would
say
what
we
have
is
hawker
centers,
so
it's
coffee,
shops
and
whatnot,
so
the
local
people
there
really
benefited
in
that
area,
and
it
was
just
a
great
blend
of
people
expats
who
are
coming
in
as
well
as
locals.
M
So
the
things
you
don't
see,
the
benefits
of
the
surrounding
impact
for
the
community
is
the
intangibles
are
really
there,
so
whether
it
be
the
community
school
partnerships
and
programs
meetings
that
you
know
the
local,
modern,
pop
shops
or
even
eagle
scout
projects
in
the
local
area,
so
yeah
we're
all
for
it.
You
got
you
got
shenzhen
and
sao
paulo
and
it's
yeah
we're
all
for
it's
a
great.
It
looks
like
it's
going
to
be
a
great,
a
a
great
benefit
to
the
whole
community.
S
Yes,
hello,
my
name
is
martin
gilottara,
president
of
spear
motorcycles
and
triumph
san
jose,
both
my
wife,
shea
and
I
own
both
dealerships.
It's
a
it's,
a
family-owned
business,
we're
not
a
corporation,
and
we
believe
avenues
is
a
great
addition
to
the
neighborhood,
clearly
complements
nearby
businesses
and
residencies
in
in
a
very
good
way.
S
We
saw
some
of
the
slides
of
the
project
and
you
saw
the
infrastructure
and
improvements
to
the
property
and
to
the
community
that
the
avenues
is
bringing,
and
I
think
all
this,
together
with
the
activity
of
the
school,
clearly
will
bring
an
increased
value
to
the
properties
in
the
community
to
all
the
neighbor,
both
business
and
as
well.
Residencies,
and
something
I
would
like
to
highlight
is
the
early
outreach
effort
that
the
school
had
and
the
level
of
collaboration
with
businesses
like
ours.
S
Before
setting
up
this
business,
I
was
in
the
corporate
life
and
in
large
global
corporations
doing
the
same
type
of
work.
Getting
you
know,
establishing
basically
infrastructure
into
new
locations,
and
the
work
that
avenue
has
done
in
terms
of
the
outreach
is
second
to
none.
We
have
been
engaged
as
neighbors
from
day.
One
and
and
and
I
think
it's
is
excellent,
so
we
are
all
in
full
support
of
this
project.
Thank.
C
You
thank
you.
Next,
we
have
john
and
marisol
leiba,
I'm
not
sure
which
one
is
speaking.
First
go
ahead
and
unmute
yourself
and
begin
to.
A
Yes,
okay,
I'm
a
former
planning,
commissioner
and
former
president
and
board
member
of
the
buena
vista
neighborhood
association,
whose
eastern
border
is
meridian
avenue
the
western
edge
of
the
project
site.
Like
mr
rincon,
I
was
also
chair
of
the
district
6
leadership
group
for
a
time,
I'm
speaking
for
myself
this
evening,
I
believe
I
voted
for
the
cic
conversion
of
some
of
these
parcels.
When
I
was
on
the
planning
commission
in
2018.,
I
wanted
to
share
my
continued
support
for
this
project.
A
A
Most
importantly,
they
were
receptive
to
adjusting
their
plans
and
making
changes
and
improvements
to
the
plans
for
betterment
not
only
of
their
school
and
facilities,
but
of
the
greater
community
at
large,
so
great
work
all
around
with
respect,
I
ask
that
you
recommend
this
project
for
approval
by
the
city
council.
Thank
you.
B
Great
thank
you
at
this
time.
I'd
like
to
see
if
any
of
the
commissioners
have
any
questions
for
the
applicant
before
we
bring
them
back
up
to
speak
for
five
more
minutes.
Mr.
F
Okay,
I
think
I'm
unmuted
and
I'll
take
my
hand
down
all
right.
Thank
you,
chair
for
letting
me
ask
my
question,
so
this
sounds
like
an
amazing
project
for
this
area
and
there's
so
many
things
I
really
love
about
it.
As
a
mother
of
four
children,
private
school
was
definitely
something
out
of
my
reach.
F
I'm
a
teacher,
my
husband's
a
teacher,
and
so
this
will
be
the
kind
of
school
we
would
dream
of
sending
our
kids
to,
but
but
couldn't-
and
I
know
there
are
many
others
in
the
community
that
this
would
be
out
of
reach
up.
So
I
know
you've
done
a
lot
of
work
to
communicate
with
the
neighbors,
the
neighborhood
associations,
the
business
community.
F
F
T
Share,
I
think
we
need
to
activate
lloyd
nathan,
again
who's
the
best
person
to
answer
this
question.
It's
sean
morley
by
the
way,
I'm
one
of
the
team
members
who's
going
to
be
responding
to
questions.
Q
Thank
you,
that's
very
important
to
us.
If
a
student
qualifies
to
attend
avenues,
our
goal
is
to
find
a
way
to
support
them,
and
not
just
with
words.
We
have
a
robust
financial
aid
program
and
by
way
of
example,
last
year
in
new
york,
we
provided
tuition
assistance
in
the
amount
of
10.8
million
u.s
dollars
for
259
students
and
in
sao
paulo
last
year,
at
our
campus
there,
which
is
obviously
a
younger
campus
three
million
dollars
to
110
students.
F
Thank
you
lloyd
for
that,
and
so
what
would
students
need
to
do
to
qualify
what
kind
of
testing
and
things
are
used
to
earn
those
scholarships.
Q
A
Thank
you.
So
I
read
the
staff
report
and
there
was
a
mention
that
this
qualifies
as
a
large
project,
so
a
public
engagement
process
was
required
and
I'm
curious.
I
don't
know
if
this
is
more
of
a
question
for
staff
or
for
the
applicant.
Was
there
any
negative
feedback
from
the
public
during
that
engagement
process
and
what,
if
any
thing
did,
was
done
to
respond
to
it
or
to
modify
the
project.
P
T
And
just
on
behalf
of
the
applicant
sean
morley,
so
in
addition
to
the
the
formal
community
meeting
that
staff
sponsored
through,
we
have
held
dozens
of
meetings
with
individuals
and
groups
throughout
the
process.
I
think
you
heard
some
of
the
comments
from
some
of
the
speakers
today,
which
was
quite
pleasing
to
hear
we
really
haven't
had
any
identified
opposition
per
se.
We
addressed
a
number
of
questions
as
myra
raised
during
the
process
and
to
fine-tune
the
design
and
then
address.
T
You
know
some
off-site
issues,
as
laura
mentioned
during
the
process.
You
know
there
are
some
ongoing
operational
issues
with
respect
to
traffic,
especially
for
pedestrians
and
bicycles
in
the
area,
and
you
know,
avenues
was
able
to
to
work
through
a
a
fairly
unique
funding
solution,
with
staff
to
front
load,
a
bunch
of
revenue
to
essentially
fix
and
improve
the
essentially
the
race
intersection.
T
B
So
I
have
a
couple
of
questions.
The
first
one
is
that
laura
mentioned
the
tdm
policies
being
fairly
aggressive.
Could
you
describe
a
little
bit
about
what
avenues
will
be
doing
to
support
the
use
of
non-car
driving,
whether
it
be
light
rail
you're,
fairly
close
to
a
light
rail
station,
public
transit
or
bike?
And
then
also
can
you
discuss
any
improvements
to
the
area's
bike
lanes?
B
I
did
notice
that
you
have
642
parking
spaces
and
751
bicycle
parking.
Sending
several
many
students
will
be
riding
their
bikes,
as
was
mentioned
throughout
the
presentation.
So
if
you
could
address
those
two
points,
that
would
be
great.
N
Yes,
let
me
dive
into
those.
So,
first
of
all,
we
have
a
very
aggressive
trip
cap,
so
we're
minimizing
two-thirds
of
our
a.m.
Peak
hour
trips,
just
with
the
trip
cap
alone,
and
then
on
top
of
that
as
part
of
a
very
progressive
tdm
program,
we're,
including
a
commute
trip,
reduction,
marketing
and
educational
campaign,
and
really
what
that
means
is
that
we're
promoting
the
use
of
transit,
shared,
rides,
walking
and
bicycling
through
that
2dm
coordinator,
that
we'll
have
on
an
annual
basis
and
monitoring
monthly
and
weekly
use.
N
We
also
have
an
aggressive
school
carpool
program
and
one
of
the
things
that
we
looked
at
very
carefully
in
coordination
with
the
traffic
engineers
as
well
to
minimize
the
amount
of
congestion
on
the
site
at
any
time
is
a
staggered
and
start
time
for
each
of
the
lower
grades
and
the
upper
grades
and
then
a
couple
of
other
things
in
terms
of
incorporating
the
measures
to
reduce
someone's
opportunity
to
get
in
a
single
occupant
vehicle.
N
I
mean
we
really
want
to
encourage
the
use
of
through
subsidized
transit
passes
and
then
a
free
shuttle
program
as
we
ramp
up
our
school
operations,
we'll
be
providing
shuttle
service
between
the
school
and
areas
with
the
highest
concentration
of
student
residences
and
then
with
respect
to
bikes.
You
know
we're
going
to
have
bike
storage
on
site
and
a
bike
sharing
program,
and
those
are
just
a
few
of
the
options
under
the
tdm
program.
N
You
know
sean
mentioned
that
we
have
an
off-site
improvement
program
and
I
think
one
of
the
important
things
to
note
here
is
that
the
city,
in
collaboration
with
vta
and
with
the
cpuc,
has
really
been
prioritizing
a
plan
line
for
that
whole
area,
and
we
are
going
to
accelerate
some
of
the
funds
to
make
some
pretty
significant
pedestrian
and
bicycle
improvements,
particularly
at
the
intersection
of
ray
street
and
and
park
moore.
B
S
B
Commissioner
oliveira
was
the
second
I'm
going
to
pause
on
that
for
just
a
moment
and
give
the
applicants
their
final
five
minutes.
If
they'd
like
to
make
any
closing
remarks
and
then
we
can
close
the
public
hearing
and
discuss
the
motion.
T
And
sean
morley,
I
think
we
just
lloyd
nathan's,
got
a
couple
of
concluding
comments.
If
you'd
give
us
a
minute,
if
he's
active,
lloyd,
go
ahead,.
B
Q
We
would
also
like
to
personally
thank
the
incredibly
professional
staff
in
planning
building
and
code
enforcement,
including
the
secret
team,
public
works,
transportation,
environmental
services,
fire
and
economic
development
for
working
with
us
over
the
last
several
years.
Even
through
the
covid
crisis,
they
worked
tirelessly
to
keep
the
entitlements
process
moving
forward.
I
thank
the
planning
commission
again
for
hearing
us
and
I
will
now
ask
laura
and
eyeballs
to
make
any
concluding
comments.
N
Thank
you
lloyd.
Can
you
hear
me
great?
I
have
no
additional
comments,
but
we
would
like
to
simply
reiterate
our
request
that
the
planning
commission
recommend
to
the
city
council
approval
of
the
staff
recommendation
action
to
approve
the
project,
and
we
thank
you
all
for
your
time
and
consideration
this
evening.
R
B
Wonderful,
so
that
concludes
the
public
hearing
portion
and
do
we
have
any
discussion
on
the
motion
to
approve
the
staff
recommendation,
which
was
made
by
vice
chairman
and
seconded
by
commissioner
olivario?.
B
O
B
Rice
church,
commissioner
casey.
C
B
Commissioner,
wonderful
commissioner
olivario
hi,
commissioner
tauren
I
and
I
am
also
an
eye
of
the
chair
staff.
If
you
want
to
show
the.
B
T20-1620-01
all
right
now
we're
going
to
move
on
to
referrals
from
city
council,
board
commissions
or
other
agencies.
Do
we
have
any
reports
for
any
reply.
H
Is
september
15th
two
items
were
approved.
This
is
a
conforming
rezoning
of
certain
rail
property
at
931,
meridian
avenue
that
was
approved
an
amendment
to
the
city,
zoning
ordinance
with
regards
to
accessory
dwelling
units
and
then
requirements
for
day
care
center
uses.
That
was
also
approved
yesterday
september
22nd,
the
audit
of
development
fees,
which
is
work
in
progress.
The
report
was
approved
by
city
council
and
then
the
city-wide
residential
anti-displacement
strategy
was
also
approved.
That's
it.
B
A
B
Motioned
by
and
seconded
by
commissioner
torrance,
thank
you.
I
will
take
a
roll
call
vote.
Vice
chair,
bonilla.
T
B
Commissioner
tauren
I
and
I
will
be
abstaining
as
I
was
not
at
the
september
9th
meeting
item
number
7c
subcommittee
formation
reports,
an
outstanding
business,
don't
believe
we
have
anything.
B
H
B
Commissioners,
seeing
no
hands,
we
will
adjourn
the
meeting
and
our
next
meeting
is
october
14th
at
6,
30
p.m.
So
we'll
see
everyone
there
have
a
wonderful
evening
and
thank
you.