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From YouTube: MAR 22, 2023 | Planning Commission
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City of San José, California
Planning Commission meeting, March 22, 2023.
This public meeting will be held at San José City Hall and also accessible via Zoom Webinar. For information on public participation via Zoom, please refer to the linked meeting agenda below.
Agenda: https://sanjose.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1088778&GUID=7889BF88-F388-4587-B579-FC834F218012
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Luigi
oliveiro
and
I'm
the
chair
of
the
Planning
Commission,
welcome
to
the
Planning
Commission
meeting.
This
meeting
is
being
held
actually
in
person
and
via
web
meeting.
So
welcome,
oh
and
you
can
also
watch
this
on
the
city,
the
channel.
Is
it
Channel
26
on
television,
also
on
YouTube,
following
roll
call
during
summer
hearing
procedures
we'll
review
how
to
handle
how
the
public
May
provide
common
during
today's
session
roll
call.
Commissioner
lard
Noir
here,
commissioner
barrosio
here,
commissioner
Cantrell
here,
commissioner
Casey
commissioner
Garcia
here,
commissioner
Nellis
wise.
B
Rosario
here,
commissioner
Young
and
myself
here
and
we're
all
happy
to
be
here
in
person,
it's
nice
to
see
everyone
shiny,
happy
face
that
we've
been
conducting
these
meetings
for
quite
a
while
remotely,
but
are
happy
to
be
here
in
person.
So
as
follows,
our
summary
of
hearing
procedure,
the
procedure
for
this
hearing
is
to
follow.
After
a
staff
report,
applicants
and
appellants
may
make
a
five-minute
presentation.
City
staff
will
call
out
names
of
the
public
who
identify
the
items
they
want
to
speak
on.
B
If
you
are
not
here,
you
may
identify
Yourself
by
the
raise
hand,
feature
on
the
web
meeting
or
click
star
nine
on
the
phone,
as
your
name
is
called
City
staff
will
unmute
you
and
each
speaker
will
have
up
to
two
minutes.
Speakers
using
the
translator
will
have
double
the
time
after
the
public.
Testimony
the
applicant
and
appellant
may
make
closing
remarks
for
an
additional
five
minutes.
Planning
Commissioners
may
ask
questions
of
the
speakers.
Staff
will
mute
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
the
staff
to
respond
to
the
public
testimony
as
staff
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
prior
to
the
public
hearing
the
planning
commission's
actions
on
rezoning's
pre-zonings
General
plan
amendments
and
code
amendments
as
advisory
to
the
city
council.
B
The
city
council
will
hold
public
hearings
on
these
items.
Section
20.12400
of
the
municipal
code
provides
procedures
for
legal
protests
to
the
city
council
on
rezonings
and
pre-zonings.
The
planning
commission's
action
on
conditionals
permits
is
appealable
to
the
city
council
and,
according
to
section
20.100.220
of
the
municipal
court
code,
part
of
me
so
we'll
call
to
order,
and
we
will
remind
everyone
that
we
have
a
code
in
conduct
and
everyone
needs
to
be
polite
and
if
you're
not
polite
and
you
will
disrupt
the
meeting,
you
may
be
potentially
removed
from
the
committing.
D
Thank
you
chair
good
evening.
Everyone
just
wanted
to
make
sure
if
there
were
any
ex-party
Communications
that
they
wanted
to
disclose
to
do
so
now,
an
ex-party
Communications
or
any
Communications
you
might
have
had
with
members
of
the
public
or
folks
who
have
interest
in
the
items
on
today's
agenda
and
if
not,
if
nothing
to
disclose,
then
we
can
continue
with
the
meeting.
B
Okay,
we
will
move
on
to
public
comment.
This
is
for
comments.
This
is
for
items
not
on
the
Planning
Commission
agenda,
but
that
do
pertain
to
municipal
government.
The
speaker
would
have
that
opportunity
to
speak
at
this
time.
So
for
the
public
comment,
I
don't
have
a
card
from
anyone
here
in
person
staff.
Is
there
anyone
on
the
hybrid
or
online
version
that
wants
to
speak
on
public
comment,
yeah
I!
Think
that's
a
no!
Is
that
correct?
We.
B
H
I
have
only
recently
become
aware
of
the
kuzer,
affordable
housing
project
in
District
9
and
quickly
discovered
that
it
as
well
as
all
of
the
other
similar
projects
makes
highly
highly
inadequate
Provisions
for
parking
spaces
for
the
future
residents.
The
future
units
will
be
occupied
by
working
men
and
women,
all
in
dire
need
of
either
acquiring
or
maintaining
employment,
for
which
automobiles
are
absolutely
essential.
H
Homelessness
is
extremely
pervasive
throughout
San,
Jose
I
believe
it,
but
it
behooves
us
to
to
use
all
the
available
resources
to
house
and
in
short
order
as
many
individuals
as
we
possibly
can,
the
unhoused
our
entire
need
of
shelters
as
well
as
professional
psychiatric
care.
Construction
projects
such
as
Cruiser,
do
not
address
any
of
these
concerns
and
siphon
away
public
funds
desperately
needed
elsewhere.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you
we'll
be
now
moving
on
to
opening
the
general
plan.
Hearing
2023
cycle
one
and
based
on
the
comments
in
the
agenda
staff
would
like
us
to
start
with
the
2022
General
plan.
Annual
performance
review.
Is
that
correct
Steph,
where
it
has
the
comment
that
it
says
to
be
heard
prior
to
General,
plan
consent
and
general
plan
public
hearing
items.
I
B
J
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K
Thank
you,
Mr.
Thank
you,
Mr,
chair
and
good
evening
planning
Commissioners.
This
is
sanhita
koshal
supervising
planner
in
the
Citywide
planning
division,
section
and
I'm
joined
here
this
evening
by
planner
Laura
Maurer
and
a
deputy
director
of
Citywide
planning,
Michael
Brio
and
my
other
colleagues.
We
also
have
Wilson
Tam
online.
Virtually
he
is
the
transportation
planning
manager
from
the
Department
of
Transportation
to
respond
to
any
comments
that
we
may
have
tonight.
K
So
today
we
are
presenting
the
highlights
of
the
Envision
San
Jose
2040
fiscal
year,
2021
2022
annual
performance
review
report.
The
general
plan
specifies
that
one
annual
review
hearing
is
to
be
held
for
the
Planning
Commission
and
the
city
council
to
review
and
consider
privately
proposed
amendments
to
the
general
plan
and
to
evaluate
its
performance
measures.
Tonight
is
the
2022
General
plan
annual
review
hearing
and
this
annual
performance
review
report
fulfills.
The
evaluation
requirement.
K
S
the
general
plan
sets
for
division
and
a
comprehensive
roadmap
to
guide
the
city's
continued
growth
through
the
year
2040..
It
contains
goals,
policies
and
12
major
strategies,
as
you
see
in
this
slide,
to
achieve
the
vision
of
the
journal
plan
and
it
guides
standards
for
City,
Services,
land
use
patterns
and
the
quality
of
life
and
development.
K
The
annual
performance
evaluation
report
is
organized
around
these
12
major
strategies
and
Based
on
data
from
the
fiscal
year
2021-2022..
For
this
evening's
presentation,
we
are
going
to
give
an
oral
an
overview
of
each
of
these
strategies
and
will
present
a
summary
of
the
implementation
highlights,
for
each
of
them.
Laura
and
I
will
be
dividing
the
presentation.
I
will
first
cover
eight
strategies,
not
necessarily
in
the
numeric
order.
You
see
there
and
Laura
will
then
present
the
rest
of
them
as
I.
Go
along.
K
So
the
report
here
is
a
very
broad
background
of
San
Jose's
growth.
San
Jose
was
founded
in
1777
and
had
a
population
of
66
people
and
was
largely
agricultural
City
for
the
next
170
years,
following
World,
War,
II
and
particularly
beginning
in
the
1950s.
As
you
can
see
in
this
map
with
the
sharp
gradient
there
was
a
large
boom
in
the
area
and
population
growth
and
a
change
in
the
economy.
K
Land
use
Transportation
diagram,
as
shown
in
the
Envision
San
Jose
2040.
The
past
land
use
patterns
have
resulted
in
a
predominance
of
low
density,
single-family
residential
uses,
43
percent
of
the
city's
total
land
use
and
94
percent
of
land
designated
for
residential
uses,
a
single-family
residential,
as
you
can
see,
in
yellow
color
in
this
map.
Compared
to
this,
only
approximately
13.5
percent
is
job
generating
employment
land.
K
These
segregated
land
users
result
in
fiscal
quality
of
life
and
environmental
impacts
to
San
Jose
the
goals,
policies
and
strategies
of
Envision
San
Jose
2046
to
build
a
different
future
for
the
city.
That
brings
us
to
the
first
major
strategy
which
is
community-based
planning.
This
is
a
commitment
to
effectively
engage
all
segments
of
the
community
in
a
meaningful
planning
process.
The
general
plan
goes
beyond
state
requirements
for
outreach,
Buy
implementing
the
city's
public
Outreach
policy,
which
is
Council
policy
6-30.
K
The
table
here
shows
the
number
of
community
meetings
held
by
the
planning
division
by
fiscal
year.
Since
the
adoption
of
the
general
plan,
a
majority
of
the
meeting
in
the
last
fiscal
year
were
held
virtually,
but
meetings
for
large
projects,
such
as
the
housing
element,
update
or
the
stationary
airplanes,
were
Incorporated
some
in-person
meetings
or
workshops.
K
I
H
K
The
forum-based
plan,
major
strategy
uses
land
use,
designations
and
general
plans,
goals
and
policies
to
address
the
form,
character
and
densities
for
long-term
development
in
the
city.
This
strategy
aims
to
maintain
and
create
compatible
and
cohesive
neighborhoods,
while
allowing
for
flexibility
within
the
land
use
designations.
The
Citywide
design
guidelines
in
downtown
design
guidelines
adopted
in
the
last
few
years
utilize
these
principles.
These
guidelines
help
the
city
facilitate
growth,
set
expectations
for
high
quality
site
and
building
design,
and
maintain
and
enhance
the
character
of
its
neighborhoods
and
communities.
K
Foreign
strategy,
3
growth
areas
will
be
covered
by
Laura
leader
major
strategy.
4,
the
regional
employment
center
aims
to
transform
San
Jose
from
a
bedroom
community
into
a
regional
employment
center.
The
general
plan
plans
for
382
000
new
jobs
and
sets
a
goal
to
River
to
reverse
the
imbalance
of
jobs
to
housing.
This
strategy
supports
job
growth
within
our
existing
job
centers
in
transit
hubs.
One
of
the
primary
goals
of
this
major
strategy
is
to
achieve
a
jobs
to
employed
resident
ratio
of
1.1
jobs
for
every
employed
resident.
K
As
you
can
see
in
this
table,
the
ratio
peaked
in
2017
since
the
adoption
of
the
general
plan,
but
it
has
gone
down
since
then.
The
ratios
in
the
past
few
years
likely
reflect
covid-19
conditions
on
employment
and
children
in
place
order
and
is
a
result
of
simultaneous
loss
of
jobs
in
population
in
2021.
The
jobs
to
employed
resident
ratio
is
back
to
2019
level,
though
with
reduced
number
of
both
jobs
in
employed
residents.
K
This
graph
shows
the
city's
projected
job
growth
out
to
2040
and
the
actual
trajectory
of
our
job
growth.
382
000
new
jobs
are
planned
for
over
the
time
frame
of
the
general
plan.
The
city
would
need
to
average,
approximately
13
000
new
jobs
per
year
to
achieve
the
total
planned
jobs
in
the
journal
plan.
The
city's
job
growth
is
slowing
a
bit
since
the
adoption
of
the
general
plan
in
2011..
K
Major
strategy
5
will
be
covered
by
Laura
leader
major
strategy.
6,
the
streetscapes
for
people
emphasizes
a
human-centered
street
Network,
supporting
a
more
Equitable,
environmentally
sustainable,
economically
Dynamic,
dense
and
Transit
oriented
City
goals
and
policies
of
the
general
plan
encourage
the
development
of
complete
communities
where
residents
can
walk
or
bike
and
have
access
to
parks
and
trails.
K
2022
marks
a
big
year
for
transportation
in
San
Jose
many
streetscape
efforts
that
had
been
underway
were
being
implemented
this
year
or
have
been
approved
by
the
city
council.
These
efforts
will
progress
towards
the
general
plan,
transportations,
General
plans,
transportation
and
climate
goals
by
decreasing
Auto
dependence,
increasing
safety
and
making
streets
designed
around
people
not
vehicles.
K
K
K
Major
strategy-
Aid
fiscally
Strong
City,
establishes
land
use,
goals
and
policies
that
promotes
a
balance
of
Revenue
and
costs
to
allow
the
city
to
improve
delivery
of
Municipal
Services.
A
key
component
of
this
strategy
is
to
preserve
employment
glands,
since
Industrial
and
Commercial
development
has
the
most
beneficial
impacts
on
the
city's
fiscal
health
and
the
ability
to
provide
services.
K
K
Major
strategy
9
will
be
covered
by
Laura
major
strategy.
10
life
amidst
abundant
natural
resources
promotes
the
city's
natural
environment
and
reinforcement
of
the
urban
growth
boundary.
The
strategy
also
promotes
building
a
world-class
Trail
Network
and
continuing
to
build
parks
for
the
city's
residents.
Currently,
the
city
has
210
parks
and
has
completed
over
60
miles
of
off
Street
Trails.
The
overall
size
of
the
parks
and
Community
facilities
developed
in
CIP
has
increased
by
66.3
million
two.
A
number
of
421.6
million
in
the
2023-2027
propose
CIP.
K
Major
strategy,
11
designed
for
a
helpful
community,
supports
the
physical
health
of
the
community
by
promoting
walking,
bicycling
and
encouraging
access
to
health
foods,
as
shown
in
the
bottom
table.
In
2022,
there
was
a
drop
in
Drive
alone
to
75
percent
compared
to
the
previous
year
and
an
increase
to
10
percent
in
walking.
This
can
be
attributed
to
the
post
covid-19
pandemic,
Trend
that,
as
more
employed
residents
work
from
home,
they
are
more
likely
to
make
sure
trips
in
their
neighborhood
without
a
car.
K
Building
on
the
general
plan
and
climate,
smart
goals
and
the
major
strategies
you
already
heard
about
in
2022,
the
city
council
adopted,
move
San
Jose,
a
strategic
data
and
Equity
driven
city-wide
Transportation
plan
that
focuses
the
city's
transportation
resources
on
the
projects,
programs
and
policies
that
will
most
effectively
meet
the
city's
transportation
and
climate
smart
goals.
In
addition,
the
city
has
made
progress
in
implementing
the
vision,
zero
action
plan.
K
Major
strategy:
12
periodic
review,
establishes
a
four-year
review
cycle
which
provides
an
opportunity
for
the
city
to
evaluate
changes
in
planning
context
and
the
city's
achievement
of
key
goals
of
the
general
plan.
Two
general
plan,
four-year
reviews
has
taken
place
since
the
adoption
of
the
general
plan
in
2011.
K
the
last
major.
The
last
major
review
was
completed
in
2021
December
of
2021
and
highlights
us
the
changes
that
were
made
in
the
2021
four-year
review
cycle
included,
allowing
residential
uses
in
underutilized
business
corridors,
removing
commercial
space
requirements
from
affordable
developments,
eliminating
growth,
Horizons
and
residential
pole
policy,
increasing
planned
residential
capacity
in
downtown
updating
vehicle
mice,
travel
tier
2
policy
and
removing
Coyote
Valley
as
an
employment
lens
growth
area.
K
M
So
my
name
is
Laura
Maurer
I'm,
also
on
the
general
plan
team
under
Sunita,
who
is
my
supervisor
so
I'll
be
starting
with
going
through
the
same
in
the
same
order,
but
the
ones
that
she
skipped
over.
So
the
first
one
is
going
to
be
major
strategy
number
three:
okay,
which
is
Focus
growth,
so
the
focus
growth
major
strategy
focuses
new
residential
and
Commercial
growth
capacity
and
specifically
identified
growth
areas
throughout
the
city.
M
L
L
M
L
M
M
M
So
one
of
the
ways
that
we
measure
the
growth
is
looking
at
the
number
of
building
permits
that
have
been
issued
for
different
types
of
development
on
this
slide
here
we're
looking
at
new
residential
units-
and
this
is
based
on
building
permits
that
have
been
issued.
This
is
not
just
for
the
focused
area,
focused
growth
area,
but
for
the
whole
study
we'll
be
looking
at
three
different
kinds
of
residential
units.
M
We
have
single
family
accessory,
dueling
units
and
multi-family
and
just
a
note
in
years
prior
they
had
combined
the
single
family
and
the
edus,
but
we
separated
them
out
and
we'll
explain
a
little
more
later.
So
we
can
look
at
multi-family
units.
We
can
see
that
we
there
was
1279
units
that
were
permitted
in
the
last
fiscal
year.
This
is
in
similar
Trends
with
the
prior
to
fiscal
years,
but
still
below
the
average
that
was
happening
pre-pandemic
times
our
single
family
units.
M
So
looking
at
again
building
permits
issued,
but
this
time
for
commercial
and
industrial
space,
we
can
see
that
for
commercial
space
we
continue
to
have
actually
record
numbers
of
square
feet
issued
in
2019-2020
and
20
20
21,
even
during
the
pandemic.
But
we
saw
a
significant
decrease
in
this
prior
fiscal
year
and
a
similar
trend
for
the
industrial
square
footage
as
well.
M
Although
the
industrial
square
footage
was
more
around
average
during
the
pandemic,
but
also
a
significant
dip
in
the
number
of
industrial
square
footage
that
was
permitted
in
the
prior
fiscal
year
and
though
not
shown
on
this
graph,
it's
to
note
that
the
alterations,
so
this
is
all
for
new
construction.
The
alterations
for
commercial
and
Industrial
saw
a
significant
increase
in
the
amount
of
square
footage,
and
this
is
very
similar
to
the
years
in
Prior
or
I'm.
M
M
Before
I
mix
before
residential
development
can
move
forward
in
urban
Villages,
there
are
only
several
ways
that
residential
units
can
be
built.
They
either
have
to
have
an
adopted,
Urban,
Village
plan
and
a
residential
land
use
designation
or
in
unapproved
Urban
Villages.
They
can
have
a
residential
designation
or
they
need
to
meet
two
different
General
plan
policies,
either.
Policy
ip510,
which
is
the
signature
of
projects,
policy
or
ip5.12
for
100,
affordable
housing
within
unplanned
Urban
villages.
M
There
are
currently
five
Urban
Village
plans
that
have
started
the
Urban
Village
planning
process,
with
four
of
them
being
actually
updates
to
previously
approved
plans
that
were
approved
in
2013,
and
these
are
all
around
the
future.
Alum
Rock
BART
station
area,
and
there
is
one
additional
Urban
Village
plan
that
is
planned
to
start
the
planning
process
this
summer
and
then
looking
at
the
different
policies
that
allow
projects
to
move
forward
ahead
of
a
approved,
Urban,
Village
plan.
M
So
far
there
has
been
one
signature
project
that
has
completed,
and
this
is
the
Sparta
student
housing
on
Santa
Clara,
and
then
this
year
there
were
three
additional
signature
project
policies
that
were
approved
for
affordable
housing.
We
had
two
additional
projects
that
were
approved
in
this
prior
fiscal
year
and
there
are
currently
three
that
are
under
construction
and
we
have
four
more
that
are
pending
at
this
time.
M
M
Our
commercial
vacancy,
though,
has
risen
from
what
from
the
prior
fiscal
year
but
is
still
below
the
vacancy
rate
that
we
saw
when
the
general
plan
was
adopted
in
2011.,
the
last
fiscal,
the
prior
fiscal
year
in
2020
2021.
There
were
not
very
many
public
events,
because
we
were
still
going
through
covid
with
lockdowns
and
events
not
happening,
but
in
this
last
fiscal
year
of
2021-22
we
have
seen
it
return
to
events
in
the
downtown
area,
but
these
have
not
returned
to
the
same
levels
that
we
had
pre-pandemic.
M
M
M
M
The
current
renal
cycle
is
from
2014
to
2023
and
San.
Jose
has
currently
been
assigned
to
produce
about
35
000
of
the
approximately
188
000
units
assigned
to
the
Bay
Area
region,
and
that
equates
to
about
18.5
percent
of
the
Region's
housing
allocation.
The
housing
allocation
is
broken
down
by
affordability
and
about
60
percent
of
the
units
are
expected
to
be
in
the
affordable
category.
M
We
are
in
the
final
final
year
of
this
current
Reno
cycle
and
for
this
cycle
we
have
built
21
898
units
of
that
25
of
it
have
been
has
been
affordable,
housing
units
and
75
has
been
market
rate.
So,
comparing
to
our
market
rate
goal,
we
have
exceeded
our
market
rate
goal
with
115
percent
of
our
of
our
goal,
but
we
have
only
reached
about
25
percent
of
our
affordable
housing
goal.
I
Can
you
go
back
to
the
the
population
side?
Really
quick,
I,
just
I,
remember,
I,
think
in
2004
or
five
being
in
City,
Old
City
Hall
and
my
friend,
who
is
a
planner
up
in
Sonoma
County,
said
that
San
Jose
was
going
to
become
the
next
Detroit
and
I
think
she
met
because
we
are
a
one
company.
Town
like
much
like
Detroit
is
with
Automotive
business
and
the
economy
was
in
the.com
bus,
but
what
I
said
is
yeah.
I
So
you
know,
I
think
it
I
don't
know
if
this
is
a
blip
or
this
is
a
long-term
Trend
but
I
think
as
there's
an
editorial
on
the
Mercury
News
the
other
day
that
probably
California's
Glory
years
of
growth
are
now
over
and
it's
going
to
be.
You
know
much
slower
growth.
I
do
want
to
notice,
though,
because
getting
back
to
the
story
about
how
we
surpassed
Detroit,
and
that
is
that
Austin's
population
I
just
Googled
this
in
2021
was
964
177
people
so
they're
not
far
behind
us
and
their
estimated
population.
I
B
Thank
you
Michael
and
at
this
time,
if
the
commission
has
questions,
there's
a
lot
of
topics
here,
you
could
probably
go
on
for
a
long
time.
I
might
suggest
we
keep
it
to
about
30
minutes
and
then
move
on
the
rest
of
the
agenda.
But
if
any
Commissioners
have
questions,
commissioner
young
is
that
I
see
you're
trying
to
press
a
button
to
go
for
it.
N
N
You
know:
I
spent
my
career
in
local
government
and
I
know
how
much
work
it
is
to
do
a
report
like
this.
Thank
you.
I
know
that
a
lot
of
times
when
I
was
in
government
I
really
wondered.
If
anyone
was
going
to
read
it,
I
did
I
read
the
whole
thing.
It
was
very
well
done.
It
was
very
readable,
excellent
graphics
and
really
comprehensive
I
have
to
say
that
I
learned
a
lot
about
the
city.
N
I
mean
I
thought
it
was
pretty
in
tune
with
what
the
city
is
doing,
but
it
I
was
just
really
impressed
by
how
comprehensive
the
report
was
talking
about.
You
know
all
different
things
that
the
city
does
in
our
programs
and
so
forth.
So
thank
you.
I
do
have
a
couple
questions.
One
is
on
page
16,
which
was
talking
about
a
large
decrease
from
2021
to
2022
in
commercial
construction
and
I.
Just
wondered
if
you
could
talk
about
that
a
little
bit,
because
just
what
the
reasons
for
that
might
be.
M
So
I
guess
yeah.
These
are
still
all
speculation
on
this
I
guess,
but
we're
not
100.
You
know
we're
not
very
very
sure,
but
again,
some
of
the
possibilities
is
the
increase
in
interest
rates,
and
you
know
maybe
the
people
being
very
tepid
about
building
stuff
because
of
the
continuation
of
remote
work
and
hybrid
work,
and
so
they
we've
been
seeing
a
decrease
in
demand
for
office
space
and
that's
usually
the
biggest
driver
of
the
amount
of
square
footage
that
we
see
in
the
commercial
category.
M
It
also
includes
retail,
but
in
general
the
biggest
chunk
of
that
is
our
office
space,
and
so
because
of
the
pandemic,
still
we're
still
seeing
less
of
a
demand
for
the
office
space,
and
we
can
see
that
in
the
rise
in
the
office
vacancy
as
well,
and
so
it'll
be
interesting
to
see
next
year.
If
this
is
a
continued
Trend
or
if
it's
just
a
blip
in
how
things
work.
M
But
it
is
interesting,
I
think,
to
see,
on
the
other
end,
that,
even
though
new
commercial
or
new
construction
is
down,
the
alterations
went
up
significantly
from
the
prior
year
and
that's
not
actually
in
this
report.
But
this
is,
if
you
look
at
the
five-year
development
forecast
that
we,
the
general
plan,
also
puts
out
it,
does
talk
about
this
a
little
bit
and
does
have
some
more
information
on
alterations
as
well.
N
I
I
They
currently
have
and
kind
of
looking
at
what
they
think
they're
going
to
need
in
a
in
a
in
a
world
where
they
are
cutting
staff,
but
also
sort
of
you
know
what
is
the
future
of
work
and
hybrid
work
look
like
so
they
have
made
a
commitment.
They
do
still
intend
to
move
forward
in
San
Jose,
but
the
timeline
right
now
is
a
little
bit
unclear.
N
A
F
I
was
trying
my
best
to
answer
this
question.
Thank
you
yeah
good
evening,
chair
Commissioners
and
the
public.
My
name
is
Wilson
tan
from
the
Department
of
Transportation,
so
there's
zero.
Emission
neighborhood
is
an
initiative
coming
out
of
the
climate,
smart
San
Jose
plan
and
as
part
of
the
American
cities,
climate
challenge
that
the
city
has
just
completed
last
year.
F
One
of
the
things
that
we
have
done
as
a
city
is
to
designate
a
neighborhood
for
a
zero
emission
neighborhood
destination,
and
the
goal
here
is
to
work
with
a
community
in
a
low-income
communities
of
concern,
areas
to
work
with
the
residents
about
Mobility
Solutions.
Is
there
a
way
to
invest
in
innovative
solutions
for
transportation
in
order
to
promote
Health,
air
quality
and
better
transportation?
F
So
this
is,
you
know,
ESD
last
year,
or
worked
with
a
couple
of
potential
neighborhood
candidates,
and
after
talking
with
these
neighborhoods,
you
know
we
decided
that
the
Zen
neighborhood
in
district
7
is
a
prime
candidate
for
implementing
a
zero
emission
neighborhood
with
strong
support
from
the
community.
So
we
are
in
the
process
of
collecting
funds
to
actually
Implement
a
potential
solution,
one
of
which,
which
I'm
part
of
is
this-
the
urban
Freight
delivering
a
delivery
Hub.
F
So
we
are,
you
know
we
have
already
gotten
a
fund
from
from
from
a
state
agency
to
provide
to
work
with
actually
AAA.
You
know
delivery
operators
to
vaccinate
an
area
in
the
neighborhood
for
providing
that
kind
of
a
last
mile
delivery
solution
and
that
could
include
a
delivery
Hub
in
which
the
residents
can
use
mobility
of
solutions
such
as
like
cargo
bikes
or
other
things
to
go
to
that
Hub
and
pick
up
their
goods,
and
so
this
is
kind
of
like
one
of
the
many
initiatives.
F
F
F
F
Is
there
a
way
to
find
a
a
hub
so
that
all
the
heavy
Vehicles
can
drop
off
their
goods
at
one
location
as
opposed
to
going
from
door
to
door
and
that
residents
can
use,
or
maybe
there's
some
third-party
operators
that
can
use
a
low
emission
Vehicles,
such
as
like
a
cargo
e-bikes
or
something
like
that
to
deliver
their
goods
for
the
last
mile
distance
between
the
Hub
and
the
residents?
And
so
this
model
has
been
implemented
in
some
cities,
such
as
the
city
of
Seattle.
F
F
Then
we
are
going
to
continue
to
seek
funding
to
actually
implement
the
pilot
at
this
point,
so
we
are
yeah
so
again
like
this
is
just
one
of
the
many
initiatives
about
the
zero
and
Mission
neighborhood
that
we
are
trying
to
work
with
at
the
center
neighborhood
and
I
hope
I'm
able
to
speak
more
about
the
other
elements
of
the
Zen
neighborhood.
That
EST
is
doing
right
now,
but
for
now
I'm
really
unable
to
speak
more
about
the
urban
Freight
delivery.
N
So
just
a
future
item
that
that
I'm
interested
in
and
chair
I'm
not
sure
how
to
bring
that
forward,
but
we
can
discuss
that
offline.
If
you
will.
Okay,
I
have
a
question:
I
guess
Michael
for
you
how
long
in
general
does
it
take
a
commercial
project
to
go
from
application?
To
permitting?
Let's
say
it's
not
it
doesn't
involve
a
zoning
change
or
anything
like
that.
It's
just
a
a
commercial
project.
That's
going
in
on
a
vacant
piece
of
land.
I
Well,
actually,
I
would
I
would
defer
to
some
of
my
colleagues
in
in
the
development
side
of
the
office,
but
I
think
if,
if
you
don't
need
a
degree
rezoning
and
it's
just
a
straight
site
permit
and
you
don't
and
the
sequa
is,
is
you
know
you
don't
have
to
do
an
eir
I?
Would
you
know
think
probably
you
you
could
do
it
as
quickly
as
probably
six
months.
I
N
N
However,
we've
seen
High
turnover
in
these
classifications
due
to
competition
from
neighboring
cities
who
can
offer
higher
pay
for
lighter
workloads
to
address
Staffing
shortages
that
result
in
unnecessarily
slow
approval
process.
The
city
manager
is
directed
to
explore
creative
ideas
for
new
methods
that
enabled
a
city
to
better
recruit
and
retain
mid-level
planners
and
supervisors.
N
N
Do
a
salary
survey
just
like
we
did
with
the
police
department,
see
what
planners
are
paid
in
the
Bay
Area
and
you
know,
make
sure
our
planners
are
paid
appropriately.
I
know
that's
easy
to
say.
You
know
we
have
limited
resources,
but
if
we
want
to
get
projects
through
the
pipeline
which
we
do
affordable
housing
other
things,
we
you
folks
need
to
have
a
staff
to
do
that.
So,
okay
off
my
soapbox,
I'm
going
to
say
one
more
thing
which
I'm
really
proud
of
our
city.
N
Reading
this
report,
you
know
I
know
our
city
has
its
issues
but
I'm
really
proud
of
the
city
of
all
the
the
hard
work
the
staff
is
doing.
Our
residents
they're
really
committed,
and
if
you
read
that,
if
you
read
this
report,
the
general
plan
review
it
we're
doing
a
lot
of
really
neat
things
as
a
city
and
I'm
very
proud
to
be
a
resident.
So
thank.
P
Thanks,
thanks
for
the
presentation,
actually
I
think
it
was.
It
was
amazing
and
I
really
respect
and
appreciate
the
volume
and
level
of
work
that
has
to
be
done.
Thank
you
very
much
for
taking
the
time
and
and
presenting
that
to
us.
I'm
curious,
though
we
talk
a
lot
about
applying
an
equity
lens
to
what
we
do
and
our
approaches
I'm
curious
about
the
demographics
of
the
people
who
are
leaving
the
city.
I
know
myself
that
I've
been
tracking
an
up
and
down
decline
in
African-American
residents.
P
What
I
find
interesting
is
the
cross
section
of
when
we
do
on
house
counts.
Black
population
tends
to
tick
up
a
little
bit,
which
indicates
to
me
that
maybe
we're
not
actually
leaving
that.
Maybe
we're
just
going
to
the
streets,
so
I'm
curious.
How
much
of
that
data
you're
collecting
and
how
that
impacts,
planning
and
decisions
that
you're
making.
A
A
Q
What's
what's
been
observed
in
the
middle
paragraph
it
says:
recreational
land
and
City
Regional
Parklands
are
expected
to
decrease
marginally
compared
to
the
actual
service
level.
As
of
June
2022
due
to
an
anticipated
increase
in
population,
would
you
be
able
to
share
a
little
bit
more
about
about
that
and
then
I
have
a
follow-up.
K
So
we
do
not
do
not
have
anybody
from
the
parks
department
with
us,
but
our
understanding
is
that
there
is
a
clarification
needed
for
that
sentence.
As
you
have
seen
in
the
other
graph.
The
population
is
currently
decreasing,
not
necessarily
increasing,
but
the
idea
is
that
the
finite
amount
of
land
that
is
there
for
parts
and
the.
K
And
and
so
in
the
current
years,
the
fundings
are
going
more
towards
improving
the
existing
parks,
but
it
is
not
necessarily
related
to
The
increased
anticipated
increase
in
population
in
the
short
term,
but
in
the
long
term
there
is
an
anticipated
increase
in
population.
So
if
that
is
the
question,
then
that's
that's.
Where
there's
a
little
discrepancy
with
our
previous
data.
I
I
Is
that
it's
not
that
the
parks
are
shrinking?
It's
that
the
regional
parks
are,
as
a
ratio
of
Park
acreage
to
population
would
is
projected
to
decrease,
because
the
population
is
projected
to
increase
again.
Is
that
what
they're
saying
foreign
just
to
be
clear?
It's
not
an
absolute
loss
of
Parkland,
it's
more
of
a
service
standard
right
in
terms
of
how
many
acres
of
of
regional
or
Community
serving
or
neighborhoods
serving
parks
there
are
per
per
thousand
people
of
population.
I
believe
it
is.
I
That
that's
that's,
I,
think
what
they're
saying,
but
there's
a
little
bit
of
a
disconnect,
because
what
we're
showing
in
our
other
section
is
the
population
is
going
down.
The
population
is
going
down,
then
the
service,
this
the
service
level
in
terms
of
acreage
to
population,
shouldn't
be
getting
worse.
It
should
actually
be
improving,
or
at
least
staying
flat.
M
Yeah
and
like
Selena
kind
of
already
mentioned,
is
that,
though
we
have
seen
a
decrease
in
population
over
the
long
term,
we
still
anticipate
like
a
return
to
that.
So
over
the
long
term,
there
might
be
it
with
the
population
increase,
that's
sort
of
what
they're
trying
to
say,
I
think
but
yeah
it's
from
Parks.
They
helped
us
with
this
part.
So.
Q
Yes,
perfect.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
that
response,
and
thank
you
for
for
weighing
in
my
last
I
guess
overall
comment.
I
think
every
four
years
this
is
done
every
four
years
for
the
next
round.
I
think
what
would
be
very
beneficial
for
the
for
the
Planning,
Commission
and
and
for
city
council
is
to
see
some
of
this
data
broken
down
by
District,
I,
think
I
think
seeing
the
park
sites
at
210
in
the
Park
acreage
at
3600
it'll
be
good
to
see
the
ratio
and
the
distribution
across
across
the
city.
B
C
M
I
A
I
I
think
one
or
two
vacant
lots
and
one
of
them
had
been
developed
with
a
little
commercial
building
in
the
last
few
years.
So
so
we
removed
it
because
there
was
only
one
little
parcel
left
and
we
didn't
want
to
go
through
an
exercise
of
planning,
a
village
to
to
knock
down
an
older
apartment
that
was
probably
naturally
affordable.
That
might.
M
C
Good
I'm
just
wondering
how
is
the
general
plan
capturing
you
know
since
covid
some
of
the
restaurants
have
gone
outside,
and
so
maybe
you
know,
increase
some
of
that
commercial
space
into
or
even
like.
We
were
talking
about
Parks
reclaiming
some
public
Space
by
you
know,
taking
over
some
streets
and
converting
that
into
more.
You
know,
Parkland
and
whatnot
I
guess
that
it
would
be
nice
to
see
a
lot
of
that
that
public
space
or
streets
be
reclaimed
and
be
used
for
people
and
and
be
captured.
Somehow.
L
I
Stuff
yeah
I
mean
that's
kind
of
being
done.
It's
not
formal
city-owned
Parkland,
but
it's
sort
of
in
like
an
informal
third
spaces
that
are
happening
and
with
the
Alfresco
program
that
came
about
during
covet
and
it's
being
extended.
We
continue
to
see
you
know,
restaurants,
you
know
putting
tables
out
on
the
sidewalk
in
the
parking
lot
and
it's
actually
a
great
thing
right.
So
well.
I
We're
hopeful
that
that
that
will
continue
and
then
there's
things
like
Viva
Kaye,
which
don't
convert
the
streets
for
good
seven
days
a
week,
but
it
does
convert
a
lot
of
streets.
You
know
one
or
two
times
a
year
that
kind
of
open
them
up
for
for
businesses
and
and
people
to
have
fun
and
ride
bikes
and
rollerblade
and
whatnot
yeah.
C
B
Anyone
else
hey,
we
beat
the
timer.
We
still
have
three
and
a
half
minutes
left.
So
that's
exciting
what
I
know
we
need
to
make
a
motion
to
accept
the
report,
but
may
I
suggest
to
whoever
makes
the
motion
incorporate
the
comments
from
commissioner
Young
on
planning
department
compensation
that
include
commissioner
Young's
comment
here.
You
like
that
one.
B
You
can
include
Commissioners
comments
on
a
concern
about
diesel
emissions
and
distribution
sites
that
it
that
include
questions
from
commissioner
Cantrell
regarding
outbound
Migration
by
ethnicity
or
race,
and
that
it
also
include
commissioner
barrosio's
comment
on
Clarity
on
the
park
ratio
question.
So
that
would
be
my
suggestion
over
mixed
emotion,.
K
A
D
I
Q
A
B
B
R
B
B
It
great
so
then
we'll
move
on
and
we'll
do
a
roll
call
vote.
Commissioner
lardinois.
Yes,
commissioner
barrosio.
Yes,
commissioner
Cantrell.
Yes,
commissioner
Casey
commissioner
Garcia.
Yes,
commissioner,
Nellis
wise.
Yes,
commissioner
Rosario,
yes,
commissioner
young,
yes,
myself,
yes
and
now
we'll
be
moving
on
to
the
general
plan,
consent
calendars.
B
E
T
J
J
B
I
K
B
B
B
N
B
C
L
N
M
M
B
J
B
K
And
Commissioners
my
name
is
Sanita
Ghoshal
I
am
the
project
manager
for
the
general
plan,
Amendment
General
plan
text,
amendment
in
rezoning
file,
numbers,
gp22-001
and
c22-014.
This
is
a
privately
initiated
General
plan
amendment
to
modify
the
Envision
saying:
Jose
2040
land
use,
Transportation
diagram,
designation
from
public
quasi-public
to
heavy
industrial
and
rezoning
do
sorry
from
r1a
single
family,
residential
zoning,
District
2hi,
heavy
industrial
zoning,
District
earning
3.62
prosecutor
site
the
site
is
located
on
the
west
side
of
Interstate
680
and
east
side
of
pectin
Court.
The
site
is
currently
vacant.
K
The
surrounding
area
on
both
sides
are
packed
in
court
comprised
of
industrial
uses,
including
Machining
and
tooling
businesses.
Mechanical
engineering,
Farm,
Electrical,
Supply,
Company,
roofing,
business
construction,
firm
Etc.
All
of
these
uses
are
located
in
the
city
of
Milpitas.
The
project
is
consistent
with
all
relevant
policies.
In
the
general
plan,
as
analyzed
in
the
staff
report,
an
initial
study
negative
Declaration
was
prepared
for
the
project.
The
initial
study
negative
declaration
concludes
that
the
project
would
not
result
in
any
significant
impacts.
K
B
T
Thank
you
good
evening,
chair
members
of
the
Planning
Commission.
My
name
is
Ned
Thomas
and
I
serve
as
planning
director
for
the
city
of
Milpitas.
As
noted
in
the
staff
report
for
this
item,
the
overall
development
Insight
includes
a
larger
3.62
Acre
Site
in
San
Jose,
in
a
separate,
smaller
parcel
of
less
than
an
acre,
which
is
wholly
located
in
the
city
of
Milpitas.
The
smaller
parcel
provides
the
only
viable
public
access
to
the
larger
site
via
pectin
Court,
which
is
a
cul-de-sac
again
wholly
located
in
the
city
of
Milpitas.
T
The
subject
site
was
once
part
of
a
much
larger
property
that
was
bifurcated
by
the
construction
of
I-680.
The
alignment
of
the
freeway
left
the
subject
parcel
as
a
Remnant,
entirely
cut
off
from
the
rest
of
San
Jose.
Future
development
of
the
site
will
only
occur
if
the
city
of
San
Jose
and
the
City
of
Milpitas
can
negotiate
a
mutually
beneficial
agreement
in
accordance
with
city
with
the
San
Jose
City
Council
policy,
6-1-5
pertaining
to
boundary
adjustments
in
urbanized
areas.
T
The
initial
study
negative
declaration
prepared
for
this
project
under
secret
acknowledges
these
facts
and
notes
that
the
only
viable
way
for
the
city
of
San
Jose
to
provide
these
public
services
to
the
subject
site
is
through
collaboration
with
the
city
of
Milpitas
I
submitted
a
comment
letter
on
the
proposed
amendment
and
rezoning
to
the
chair.
I
did
not
see
a
copy
of
the
letter
in
the
staff
report,
respectfully
request
that
my
letter
be
added
to
the
record
for
this
meeting.
T
We
also
request
your
recommendation
to
the
city
council
on
the
rezoning
and
plan
Amendment
note
that
there's
limited
access
to
public
utilities
and
emergency
services
and
that
these
issues
have
not
been
adequately
analyzed
in
the
SQL
document.
We
also
request
that
your
recommendation
that
directs
ask
or
recommend
thank
you,
the
city
council
direct
staff
to
engage
in
discussions
with
the
city
of
Milpitas.
Thank
you.
Thank.
B
I
A
I
Yeah
we've
been
talking
to
Net
and
Milpitas
for
a
while
on
this,
and
they
definitely
they
I,
think
what
we've
heard
from
Members.
They
want
the
property
to
be
annexed
into
Milpitas.
Ideally,
we
went
through
a
number
of
conversations
about
that.
Looking
at
land
swaps
we're
not
able
to
come
to
a
solution,
we
could
I
think
there
was.
You
know
we
could
have
kept
going
and
seeing
what
how
it
might
work.
I
The
the
the
applicant
and
property
of
the
land,
though,
however,
wants
to
be
in
the
city
of
San,
Jose
and
and
we
we
support
that
so
they're
working
on
ways
to
get
storm
water
and
sewer
to
the
site.
It's
looking,
it's
looking
positive
that
they
will
be
able
to
do
that,
and
so
so,
given
the
situation
that
it,
you
know
we're
always
trying
to
increase
our
employment
land
in
San
Jose
and
in
particular
the
applicant
wants
to
be
in
San
Jose.
K
This
is
an
international
planning.
Planner
I
just
want
to
respond
to
the
letter.
The
question
that
Ned
brought
up
about
the
letter.
My
understanding
is
that
a
comment
letter
was
submitted
during
the
public
circulation
of
the
initial
study.
Negative
declaration
and
comments
to
that
letter,
along
with
the
letter,
is
posted
in
the
environmental
library
of
the
city's
website,
but
it
was
not
attached
to
the
staff
report
because
it
was
part
of
the
SQL
review
and
I'd.
Let
our
SQL
planners
respond
to
anything
related
to
that.
If
they
want
to
add
anything.
E
Hi
Cassandra
vander's
Loop
environmental
supervising
planner
I
just
wanted
to
clarify
the
letter
actually
was
submitted
after
the
circulation
of
the
SQL
document,
but
due
to
the
proximity
of
when
we
received
it,
we
did
include
it
in
the
response
to
comments
which
was
posted
on
the
city's
website.
Last
week,
March
15th.
J
Yeah,
so
I
definitely
don't
understand
all
the
complexities
of
the
I.
Don't
know
if
dispute
is
even
the
right
word
here,
but
Michael
just
to
put
it
in
simple
terms.
You
know
the
speaker
was
talking
about
good
faith.
Negotiation
between
the
cities,
in
your
opinion,
has
has
that
happened
or
is
happening.
It's
just
that
an
agreement
wasn't
come
to.
I
I
C
A
I
No
direct
access
from
the
city
of
San
Jose
I
mean
if
we
could
put
up
a
map,
you
could
probably
see
it
pretty
clearly
but
yeah.
It's
a
little
island
of
San
Jose.
It's
it's
bordered
by
680
on
the
east
side,
Milpitas
on
the
North
and
the
west
side,
and
a
Valley
Water
channelized
Creek
on
the
south
side.
I
C
Okay,
that
makes
sense
one
of
the
concerns
or
just
questions
I
had
was
you
know
the
residents.
It
looks
like
to
the
rear,
I,
don't
know
exactly
the
direction
here.
I
know
that
there
seems
to
be
some
grass
area.
I
didn't
know
what
the
setback
was
and
the
distance
from
the
residential
to
the
proposed
heavy
Industrial.
I
B
K
C
K
E
I
could
quickly
chime
in
that
heavy
industrial
hi.
Zoning
district
has
a
required
25
foot
setback
from
a
residential
district
for
buildings,
25
feet
also
for
the
parking
and
circulation
from
a
residential
district
100
feet
for
loading
docks
from
a
residential
zoning
district
and
a
maximum
height
of
50..
So
assuming
the
project
would
comply
with
the
zoning
District,
which
is
typical.
It
should
at
least
have
a
minimum
of
25
feet.
C
I
I
think
I
mean
I,
believe
that's
one
of
the
things
that
correct
me:
I'm
wrong
and
Ed's.
Bringing
up
I
I,
don't
know
how
the
service
issue
related
to
police
and
fire
are
dealt
with
and
the
agreements
on
that
I'm
a
little
unclear
on
how
that's
resolved
at
this
point,
yeah,
but
I
mean
the
issue
is
like,
for
example,
you
can
get
there
from
San
Jose,
but
it's
not
like
it's
a
little
bit.
You
have
to
you
know,
there's
a
little
bit
of
a
Securities
route
so
that
may
I
I
I.
L
A
C
B
Any
other
comments
I'm
just
looking
at
the
map,
though
you
know
you
have
680
freeway,
you
have
a
freeway
interchange
as
those
are
both
neighbors
of
the
property
and
an
industrial
side,
so
it
seems
very
appropriate
for
the
use.
So
is
there
a
motion
on
this
item
or
would
someone
be
kind
enough
to
make
that
motion.
B
B
Garcia
yes,
commissionerlus
wise.
Yes,
commissioner
Rosario.
Yes,
commissioner
young,
yes,
myself,
yes,
and
so
that
item
carries
and
now
we'll
go
on
to
the
public
hearing
which
we
will
take
up
item
gp19010
PDC
20-023
General
plan
amendment
to
amend
the
general
plan,
designation,
Combined,
District
commercial
and
that
would
go
to
staff.
U
U
All
right
there
we
go
I'm
joined
by
my
colleague,
Myra
Blanco,
in
the
environmental
planning
team
of
item
before
you
is
the
granite
rock
Capital
site,
modernization
project.
As
the
chair
stated,
this
is
a
general
plan.
Amendment
a
plan.
Excuse
me
a
plan
development
rezoning
and
a
planned
development
permit.
So
three
actions
are
taken,
so
this
site
is
located
at
120,
Granite
Rock
Way
in
Council,
District
Seven.
So
the
general
plan
Amendment
would
amend
the
existing
General
plan.
Land
use,
designation
from
cic,
combined
industrial
commercial
to
heavy
Industrial.
U
The
applicant
has
also
applied
for
a
planned
development
zoning,
so
the
site
is
currently
located
in
two
zoning
districts.
It's
split
it's
in
the
IP
zoning
District,
as
well
as
an
ippd
planned
development.
Zoning
District
they
would
be
rezoning
the
site
to
a
new
heavy
industrial
plan,
development,
zoning
district
and
then
the
third
action
here
is
a
plan
development
permit
and
that
would
allow
the
demolition
of
four
existing
buildings
totaling
about
15
000
square
feet,
as
well
as
the
removal
of
30
trees
in
the
expansion
and
modernization
of
the
existing
granite
rock
facility.
U
Nine
120
foot
high
aggregate
silos,
a
new
concrete
facility,
a
cementitious
rail
car,
unloading,
storage
and
distribution
facility,
a
new
asphalt
facility,
a
new
warehouse
and
storage
facility,
as
well
as
a
new
quality
assurance
Office
Space,
so
just
to
give
a
little
context
of
what
we're
doing
here
again
so
right
now
the
site
is
combined
industrial,
commercial
and
again
that
would
go
to
the
heavy
industrial
General
plan.
Land
use
designation.
U
The
site
currently
operates
as
a
heavy
industrial
use,
so
this
would
be
in
line
with
what
is
currently
existing
as
well
as
what
is
proposed
with
regards
to
the
planning,
as
you
can
see
on
the
map
here,
it's
it's
actually
again,
it's
split
zoned.
So
right
now
it
has
an
IP
zoning
district
and
the
IP
PD
zoning
District
that
plan
development.
Zoning
District
was
what
was
originally
zoned.
U
What
the
site
was
originally
zoned
to
when
was
annexed
to
the
city
in
1976,
so
this
proposed
zoning
District
would
rezone
the
entire
site
into
one
new
plan:
development.
Zoning
District
oops.
Excuse
me
one
too
fast,
so
the
project
was
reviewed
for
conformance
with
the
envisioned
San
Jose
2040
General
plan,
specifically
with
regards
to
maintaining
and
expanding
industrial
facilities
as
well
as
recycling
facilities.
U
It
was
also
reviewed
for
conformance
with
the
municipal
code.
This
project
is
consistent
with
all
applicable
zoning
requirements
of
the
existing
and
proposed
heavy
industrial
plan
development.
Zoning
District,
specifically
for
this
site,
where
it
deviates
from
the
heavy
industrial
zoning
district,
is
the
height
of
the
aggregate
silos,
as
well
as
the
front
setback
for
the
office
building.
So
the
height
of
the
aggregate
silos,
as
well
as
the
concrete
facility,
would
go
above
what
is
typically
allowed.
However,
this
was
already
existing
as
part
of
the
original
plan
development.
Zoning
District.
U
So
it's
about
maximum
height
of
175
feet
allowed
168
feet
is
what
is
proposed
and
then
the
front
setback
for
the
office
building
is
12
feet,
whereas
normally
it
would
be
about
15
feet
for
the
heavy
industrial
zoning
District,
and
then
we
did
do
some
public
Outreach,
so
city
council
policy,
6-30
required
a
community
meeting
for
the
project
we
held
one
in
January
of
2021.
This
was
a
joint
eir,
scoping
and
community
meeting
and
then
lastly,
I'm
going
to
hand
it
off
to
my
colleague,
Myra
Blanco,
to
discuss
the
environmental
review
of
the
project.
S
The
city
is
the
lead
Agency
for
the
project
prepared
an
environmental
impact
report
in
compliance
with
the
requirements
of
the
California
Environmental
Quality
act,
also
known
as
sequa,
and
the
siqua
statute
and
guidelines
when
an
eir
is
the
anticipated
SQL
document.
The
first
step
in
its
preparation
is
the
publication
of
a
notice
of
preparation,
also
known
as
an
NOP.
The
NOP
for
the
project
was
publicly
circulated
for
over
30
days
from
January
14
2021
to
February
15
2021
and
extended
to
February
23
2021..
S
The
NOP
provided
a
general
description
of
the
proposed
project
and
identified
possible
environmental
impacts
that
could
result
from
implementation
of
the
project
during
the
circulation
of
the
NOP
City
staff,
also
held,
as
Alec
mentioned,
a
virtual
joint
scoping
community
meeting
to
discuss
the
project.
The
contents
of
the
NOP
and
solicit
public
input
regarding
the
Project's
environmental
review
comments
received
during
the
NOP
circulation
period
were
considered
in
the
preparation
of
the
eir.
S
The
notice
of
availability
of
the
draft
eir
was
also
published
on
the
city's
environmental
review
documents
website
and
the
link
was
emailed
to
all
interested
parties
and
NOP
commenters.
The
NOAA
was
further
publicized
by
filing
it
with
a
County
Recorder's
Office,
the
San
Jose
post
record,
the
Mercury
News
and
the
city's
news
and
stories
page,
which
is
above
and
beyond
the
secret
requirements
for
notification.
S
The
eir
provides
analysis
for
the
discretionary
approvals
associated
with
the
project,
including
the
general
plan
Amendment,
the
plan,
development
rezoning
and
plan
development
permit
the
err
analyze,
the
granite
rock
modernization
and
Expansion
Project,
including
proposed
changes
in
operations
at
the
existing
recycling,
manufacturing
and
distribution
facility
for
aggregate
asphalt,
concrete
and
other
construction
materials.
The
addition
of
an
asphalt
plant
and
cementitious
distribution
facility,
the
addition
of
a
one-story
ten
thousand
square
foot
materials,
warehouse
and
storage
facility,
a
new
5500
square
foot,
quality
assurance
quality
control
facility
with
office
space.
S
Removal
of
an
existing
equipment,
storage
and
maintenance
yard
rails
for
extensions
to
accommodate
approximately
55
rail
cars
tree
removal.
All
within
the
proposed
24
hour
per
day,
seven
days
per
week,
context
the
eir
identified
significant
impacts
to
biological
resources,
cultural
resources,
greenhouse
gas
emissions
and
hazardous
materials.
These
impacts
would
be
reduced
to
less
than
significant
levels,
with
the
implementation
of
identified
mitigations.
The
impacts
and
mitigation
measure
are
outlined
in
the
associated
mitigation
monitoring
and
Reporting
program
and
is
also
part
of
the
hearing
documents.
S
So
during
the
45-day
public
review
and
comment
period,
staff
received
11
comments
on
the
draft
dir
four
from
regional
and
local
agencies
and
seven
from
members
of
the
public
organizations
and
businesses.
These
comments
primarily
had
questions
and
are
comments
dealing
with
Transportation,
hazardous
and
hazardous
materials,
project,
description
and
tribal
cultural
resources.
Staff
prepared
responses
to
these
comments
in
a
First
Amendment
First
Amendment
responses
to
Commons
document,
which
was
posted
to
the
city's
environmental
review
documents
website
on
March
14
2023.
All
commenters
were
also
sent
notice
of
the
first
amendment's
availability
via
email.
S
So,
following
the
publication
of
the
First
Amendment
staff
issued
an
Errata
memo
which
addresses
a
common
staff
received
on
March
6
2022
regarding
the
environmental
impacts
to
a
residential
unit
at
the
Snell
Mini
Storage,
which
is
a
self-storage
facility
located
adjacent
to
the
project
site.
As
stated
in
the
memo,
the
presence
of
a
residence
at
the
Snell
mini
storage
facility
was
not
known
at
the
time.
The
draft
dir
was
prepared.
City
staff
worked
with
the
environmental
consultant
to
determine
if
any
new
significant
impacts
would
occur.
S
Given
the
site's
proximity
to
the
project
site,
a
supplemental
air
quality
analysis
prepared
by
illingworth
and
rodkin,
and
determine
that,
based
on
the
modeling
results,
the
concentrations
at
the
Self
Storage
receptor
would
be
substantially
lower
than
those
at
the
projects.
Maximally
exposed
individual
I
already
identified
in
the
draft
eir
due
to
the
central
location
of
the
proposed
project,
construction
and
operation
and
therefore
the
analysis
of
impacts
in
the
draft
dir
do
not
require
revisions
and
the
impacts
identified
remain
unchanged.
S
U
Mayra
I'll
just
do
my
last
slide.
Sorry,
so
staff
recommends
that
the
Planning
Commission
recommended
city
council,
the
adoption
of
the
eir,
as
well
as
the
approval
of
the
general
plan,
Amendment
the
rezoning
and
the
plan
development
permit,
and
with
that
we
have
Eric
shaneauer.
The
applicant's
representative
thank.
G
G
First
of
all,
we
want
to
thank
staff
for
all
of
their
hard
work
to
bring
this
project
forward.
The
planning
staff
secret
staff
public
works
when
you
have
to
analyze
an
existing
and
proposed
industrial
facility,
it's
fairly
unique,
so
it
takes
extra
focus
and
extra
effort
to
analyze
it
properly
for
conform
conformance
with
City
policy.
G
So
we
appreciate
all
of
their
efforts
on
the
screen
is
an
aerial
photograph
of
the
existing
existing
property
and
there's
three
key
things
to
note
number
number,
one
on
the
top
of
the
page,
the
properties
linked
to
the
main
rail
freight
line
that
enters
the
Bay
Area
from
the
south.
It's
parallel
to
Monterey
Highway.
This
site
was
created
in
1822
because
of
the
rail
line
and
its
critical
component
for
the
operation
of
this
facility.
Second,
as
you
can
see,
there
are
no
sensitive
uses
nearby
the
site.
G
G
G
This
is
a
major
construction
material
facility
for
the
Bay
Area
and
it
provides
key
construction
materials
to
Major
projects
throughout
Silicon
Valley,
including
the
Berryessa
BART
station
monetta
San
Jose
International
Airport,
the
new
San
Jose
State
University,
interdisciplinary
science
building,
the
Capitol
Expressway
VT
rail
VTA,
rail
extension,
Levi's
Stadium.
They
just
recently
opened
Laurel
curve
Wildlife
under
crossing
under
Highway
87..
G
The
key
benefit
to
the
community
besides
creating
more
construction
materials
that
we
all
need
is
environmental,
environmentally
beneficial
improvements
to
the
property.
So
we
will
be
shipping
much
more
materials
by
rail,
taking
hundreds
of
diesel
trucks
off
the
street
that
are
heavy
and
create,
wear
and
tear
on
the
highway
and
the
road
and
create
traffic.
Most
of
the
materials
that
will
come
in
will
be
offloaded
and
transferred
in
fully
enclosed
conveyor
belt
systems.
Instead
of
open
piles
with
tractors
that
creates
dust
and
noise,
most
of
the
materials
will
be
stored
in
enclosed
silos.
G
Now,
instead
of
open
piles,
air
Handling
Systems
will
Abate
dust
in
these
enclosed
areas
to
help
reduce
dust
in
the
air,
the
entire
site
will
now
be
paved
as
I
showed
you
in
the
aerial.
Most
of
the
site
is
currently
not
paved.
Modern,
concrete
truck,
washout
and
reclaimed
systems
will
be
built
so
that
you
can
wash
out
concrete
trucks
that
actually
reclaim
those
materials
or
reuse
them,
instead
of
them
being
washed
into
the
ground
or
into
the
storm
drain
system.
G
B
V
Hello
good
evening,
my
name
is
Dave
Lujan
I'm
here
representing
stucco
Supply
Co
of
San
Jose
and
the
Smith
family,
Property,
Management
I'm,
also,
the
executive
secretary
on
the
board
of
directors
for
the
Monterey
Corridor,
Business
Association,
and
on
behalf
of
the
mcba.
We
want
to
offer
our
full
support
and
have
submitted
a
letter
of
support
for
the
modernization,
renovations,
Redevelopment
and
improvements
that
granite
rock
is
proposing.
Stucco
Supply
Co
is
a
local
stucco
manufacturer,
which
was
established
in
1955
as
fellow
manufacturers
and
handlers
of
some
of
the
same
materials.
V
We
can
appreciate
the
plan
that
granite
rock
is
proposing.
We
can
also
appreciate
the
long-standing
reputation
in
granite
rock
has
in
the
community.
The
positive
impacts
of
their
plan
cannot
go
understated
as
an
association
that
represents
many
small
businesses
and
Manufacturing
facilities.
We
feel
it
is
vital
to
retain
these
types
of
businesses
that
help
provide
living
wage
job
opportunities
and
help
to
build
communities
around
us.
V
We
as
an
association
want
to
embrace
the
mix
of
Industrial
and
Commercial
businesses
in
our
communities,
as
well
as
continually
strive
to
improve
the
quality
of
the
communities
we
work
and
live
in
the
Monterey
Corridor
Business
Association
appreciates
this
opportunity
to
speak
with
you
tonight
and
we
offer
our
full
support
to
granite
rock.
Thank
you
very.
B
B
G
P
S
For
the
purpose
through
the
chair,
this
is
Mayor
Blanco
with
pbce.
So
for
the
purposes
of
sequa,
we
look
at
the
odor
complaint
submitted
to
backmed,
so
that's
outlined
in
the
document
for
this
project
site
there
weren't
any
complaints,
and
so
significant
complaints
would
be
considered
if
there
were
five
or
more
confirmed
complaints
in
a
year
averaged
over
three
years
and
those
are
not
present
for
this
site.
P
P
I
Well,
I
mean
if
they
move
forward
with
the
project.
They
don't
have
to
move
forward
with
the
project.
They
can
do
so
at
their
discretion,
but
if
they
move
forward
with
the
project
they're
that
they
have
to
implement
all
the
conditions
of
the
permit,
they
can't
selectively
decide
to
do
a
but
not
B,
so
that
they're,
you
know
they're
obligated
to
to
okay.
I
C
Hi,
how
are
you
I
I
grew
up
very
close
to
the
site.
I
went
to
Andrew
Hill,
High
School
and
the
vacant
parking
lot.
That's
next
door
is
the
drive,
the
Capitol
Drive-Ins.
You
know
I've
gone
there
when
I
was
in
high
school,
go
to
the
flea
market
on
occasion
and
I
know
with
inflation
right
now,
so
many
more
people
are
going
to
the
flea
market.
I
see
that
place
packed
with
families
and
children.
C
C
One
of
my
concerns
is
that
the
trees
along
the
frontage
of
Monterey
and
some
that
front
the
flea
market
right
there.
It
looked
like
the
ones
I.
A
lot
of
those
are
like
large,
mature
trees
and
I.
Don't
know.
Maybe
staff
could
go
in
more
detail,
but
I
didn't
see
any
tree
replacements
in
the
area
along
that
about
the
the
capital
Drive-In,
where
I
know,
there's
so
many
people
that
go
right,
as
you
could
see,
even
from
the
aerial
photos,
I
mean
it's
packed
with
people,
so
I
just
wanted
to
know
I
mean.
C
Obviously
it
looks
like
you're
going
to
be
improving
this
site.
So
it's
going
to
look
better,
but
I
just
wanted
to
to
know
about
any
tree
screening,
because
currently
there
is
a
lot
of
trees
there
on
that
specific
site.
But
looking
at
the
plans,
I
didn't
see
any
tree
replacement
in
that
specific
area
and
if
there
was
any
way
to
preserve
any
of
those
trees.
U
U
U
I
I
was
looking
at
it
today
and
I
think
they
are
I.
Think
a
lot
of
those
that
are
on
the
drive-in
side
are
on
the
on
excuse
me,
a
lot
of
those
on
the
drive-in
side
are
actually
on
their
property
and
there's
really
not
many
trees,
there's
no
trees
being
removed
on
the
granite
rock
property
on
that
side.
U
U
C
Yeah
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
there
is
adequate
screening
for
folks
that
are
not
only
on
Monterey
Road,
but
also
that,
are
you
know,
enjoying
the
driving
enjoying
the
flea
market
or
whatnot
I
I
would
just
like
Nice
Landscaping,
something
that
looks
aesthetically
pleasing
there.
I
guess
you
know
something
that
looks
nice
would
be
nice
tree.
Screening
would
be
ideal
and
I
know
that
I
read
that
it
was
a
24
7
operation.
Is
that
something
that's
being
proposed,
or
is
that
currently?
What
is
the
current
operations
in
regards
to
hours
of
operation?.
G
G
7
is
because
Union
Pacific
Railroad
only
delivers
materials
overnight
between
midnight
and
5
A.M
and
we
have
to
meet
the
construction
needs
of
construction
projects,
and
we
have
a
lot
of
construction
projects
are
generally
during
the
day
if
you're,
building
an
apartment,
building
an
office
building
Levi's
Stadium
during
the
day.
But
when
you
do
road,
paving
that's
at
night,
if
they're,
Paving,
101
or
680
or
rebuilding
a
roadway
that's
at
night,
so
we
have
to
be
available
to
provide
Mater,
receive
and
provide
materials,
pretty
much
24
7
to
meet
the
construction
needs
of
the
valley.
N
G
C
N
N
Jose
I
know
that
a
lot
of
times
you'll
hear
about
folks
moving
large
industrial
operations
like
this
out
of
the
city
because
of
cost
so
we're
very
grateful
that
you're
keeping
it
here,
you
know
a
facility
that
will
provide
well-paying
blue-collar
jobs
as
well
as
I,
would
imagine
a
good
amount
of
sales
tax
to
the
city
for
all
the
materials
that
are
sold
to
me.
This
is
a
no-brainer.
This
is
a
win-win
project.
N
R
I
I
can
respond
to
that
so
that
there's
right,
there's
the
VTA,
Park
and
Ride
lot.
There's
a
number
of
underutilized
lots
used
for
car
storage
or
truck
storage
and
various
things
so
yeah
so
Council
as
part
of
the
four-year
review
of
the
general
plan
as
a
result
of
the
task
force
recommendation,
which
was
as
a
result
of
the
Monterey
Corridor
task
force,
recommendation
a
lot
of
added
those
properties
and
essentially,
as
an
Urban
Village.
It's
called
a
the
capital
station
area
planning
area
and
we
are
in
the
process.
I
It
was
put
on
pause
because
the
staff
person
left
the
city
but
where
we
have
someone
now
so
we're
restarting
it.
But
we
are
doing
a
planning
effort
for
that.
Pretty
small
area
to
look
at
Redevelopment,
allowing
Redevelopment
of
that
that
those
properties
for
residential
development
of
some
kind
TBD
there's
no
submitted
application,
though
right.
O
I
I
J
Yeah
I
I,
guess
I'm,
just
curious
more
just
as
a
general
question
about
that.
How
does
that
because
I
mean
I'm
familiar
with,
you
know
situations
where
you
have
existing
residential
and
there
might
be
industrial
proposed
near
it.
But
how
does
that
work
when
you're
proposing
new
residential
near
an
industrial
facility?
How
is
that
accounted
for.
I
I
E
And
to
respond
to
your
question
about
future
residential
there's
General
plan
policies
that
also
speak
to
protecting
quote-unquote,
protecting
industrial
from
the
encroachment
of
residential
uses
onto
especially
heavy
industrial,
so
they'll
be
required
to
do.
Studies
also
to
see
if,
if
placing
residence
is
near,
an
existing
heavy
industrial
use
is
appropriate.
N
B
Thank
you,
commissioner.
Yes,
certainly
the
importance
of
this
project
and
how
of
the
business
and
how
it's
supplied.
So
many
construction
projects
is
very
impressive
and
I.
Think
owning
the
property
for
144
years
probably
helps
the
applicant
move
forward
with
this
process,
because
if
they
didn't
I,
don't
know
what
would
happen,
but
certainly
having
these
juices
in
San.
Jose
are
important
because
otherwise
those
materials
are
being
trucked
in
from
Outer
areas,
with
all
the
variety
of
negative
environmental
impacts.
B
So
I
know
that
there
was
a
motion
and
a
second
any
other
comments
or
questions
we'll
vote.
Commissioner
lardon
law-
yes,
commissioner
barrosio.
Yes,
commissioner
Cantrell,
yes,
commissioner
Garcia.
Yes,
commissioner
and
Ellis
wise.
Yes,
commissioner
Rosario.
Yes,
commissioner
young,
yes,
myself,
yes,.
I
No
we're
done
close
here.
I
just
want
to
make
one
comment,
and
that
is
I
just
want
to
congratulate
the
general
plan
team.
This
is
their
first
annual
review
report
and
their
first
annual
review
where
they
brought
items
to
council
I.
Just
want
to
note
that
the
general
plan
team
that
we
had
for
a
number
of
years,
all
kind
of
all
pretty
much
left
at
the
same
time
about
a
year
and
three
months
ago,
and
there
was
really
no
General
plan.
I
Team
Laura
was
hired
and
she
was
the
General
plan
person
and
then
sanjita
was
hired
and
was
recently
reading
it.
So
they
had
to
kind
of
a
reverse
engineer.
A
lot
of
the
processes,
particularly
the
the
annual
review
report
that
you
guys
read
tonight
so
or
talked
about
tonight.
So
I
just
want
to
thank
them
and
say
great
job.
B
I
One
was
834
and
the
other
one
was
something
similar
to
that.
There's
pages
of
them,
255
properties,
then
I,
don't
know
this
would
have
gone,
but
there
was
a
Burbank
annexation
and
rezoning
that
on
antiques
Colony,
yeah
West,
San
Carlos
they
approved
that
one.
Then
there
was
a
big
office
development,
redeveloping
the
infamous
Fry's
site
on
Brokaw
and
880.,
with
1.9
million
square
feet
of
office
wow,
so
that
was
also
approved
by
Council.
I
I
And
then
there
was
also
another
annexation
on
Burbank
on
West
San
Carlos
that
was
re-noticed
to
March
28th,
and
then
there
was
an
appeal
on
the
Apollo
residential
project
on
Stockton,
Avenue
adjacent
to
Caltrain
and
future
High-Speed
Rail.
That
was
that
that
appeal
was
dropped
at
the
request
of
the
applicant,
so
that
didn't
actually
happen,
and
that
is
all
I
have.
Okay,.