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CC 06-22-01 CUPERTINO CITY COUNCIL Regular Adjourned Meeting Friday, June 22, 2001 ROLL CALL At 8:05 a.m. Mayor James called the meeting to order in the Blackberry Farm Conference Center, 21975 San Fernando Avenue, Cupertino. City Council m¢cabers present: Mayor Sandra James, Vice-Mayor Richard Lowenthal, and Council members Don Burnett and Michael Chang. Council members absent: None. Staff present: City Manager David Knapp, Administrative Sen, ices Director Carol Atwood, Community Development Director Steve Piasecki, Parks and Recreation Director Therese Ambrosi Smith, Public Works Director Ralph Quails, Deputy Civil Engineer Michael Fuller, Senior Planner Vela CH1, Senior Planner Colin Jung, Senior Planner Aarti Shrivastava, Deputy City Attorney Eilcen Murray, and City Clerk Kimberly Smith. Participants and audience: Redevelopment Agency attorney Nicole Murphy from Murphy and McNay, Campbell Redevelopment Manager Kirk Heinrichs, Wayne Okubo from the Marketplace Shopping Center, Robert Levy, citizen, and Housing consultant Melanie Shaffer Freitas. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Robert Levy, 10802 Wilkinson, discussed vandalism that had been done to the property of original members of the Monta Vista High School parking task force. He said the parking problem should be solved by the School District. He also said the City should solve the traffic problem around the school and fund busing through taxes. STUDY SESSION 1. Review of Redevelopment options for Vallco Fashion Park. Community Development Director Steve Piasecki said that this meeting was to provide information to the Council on the Master Developer Site (MDS) process. He said that the process entails doing a Request For Proposal (RFP) and the development community has an opportunity to respond and show how they can meet the criteria. In this case, the property owners have a chance to respond to the RFP to be the redevelopers for the shopping center, but it is complicated because the City has a development agreement with the owners at the same time. This doesn't mean the City can't specify a land-use mix that may be more constraining than what the development agreement would like. lune 21!, 2001 ~'~upertlno City Council & Page Cupertino Redevelopment Agency Campbell Redevelopment Manager Kirk Heinrichs discussed the Master Developer Site (MDS) process as a redevelopment tool that allows the City to have more control than usual over private property. He discussed two pwjeets in Campbell. The first step is to identify an area as a MDS, which puts the public, the property owners and the tenants on notice that the agency has a plan to see the property redeveloped. He said that there must be community support as well as the political will to move forward with the process. After reviewing the development proposals, a master developer would be designated and negotiations initiated for a development agreement. The property owners must be allowed to submit a proposal to be part of the review process, with or without development experience. Heim'ichs described the Summerhill redevelopment project in Campbell, which included industrial and warehouse buildings, and he also described the parking structure project in Campbell. He said the agency designated the site as a MDS, put out an RFP, and got an appraisal of the fair market value of the property. The cost of the project came to about $10million. He said the development agreement established the terms under which the pwperty would be developed including the timing of it. Redevelopment Agency attomey Nicole Murphy said that the City has a pre-existing development agreement with Jacobs Group until 2007 and that Jacobs has the absolute right to build up to 500,000 square feet of commercial space. In the development entitlement, Council pledged not to enact any ordinance which would prevent development under that agreement without the Jacob Group's consent. She reiterated that the current property owner(s) must be given the opportunity to submit a competing proposal and the agency would have broad discretion to decide how and by whom the pwject will be developed, including financial ability, qualifications and experience, past track record and the kind of development pwposed. This proposal must be looked at in good faith, along with other proposals. There followed a discussion about ways to encourage the redevelopment of the Vallco Shopping Center. Heindch talked about how the eminent domain process can be used as leverage. The MDS is one way of getting the property owners to become committed. Murphy said an exclusive negotiation agreement could be developed, which would be in effect about 90-100 days. If the agreeaient doesn't work out, then the Council could set out the goals and objectives in an RFP. The Council agreed that they wanted the Vallco Shopping Center to have healthy retail, no commercial, some housing and possibly a hotel, and asked staff to prepare a synopsis of their comments to be given to the Jacobs Group. The Council recessed at 9:46 p.m. Housing consultant Melanie ShatTer Freitas joined the group, along with Senior Planner Vera Gil. Heindch, Levy and Okuba left. The Council reconvened at 10:16 p.m. 2. General Plan A. Major Themes June 22, 2001 Cupertino City Council & Page 3 Cupertino Redevelopment Agency Community Development Director Steve Piasecki reviewed the staff report. He said that the major themes, in draft fo~iii, are outlined in the handout under the rifle, "Guiding Principles." He said that principles are an elaboration of Cupertino's Community Vision statement, which is also stated in the handout. He also handed out "Strategies for Success" that highlighted a quality-of-life assessment process. The first principle, neighborhoods, was discussed. Lowenthal suggested the need for a balance between neighborhood and community, for example with the trails issue. People who come to trail meetings say they want the trail, but those who actually live on the trail don't. Council concurred that community needs to be the number one priority and offered suggestions for rewording the neighborhood principle and to make community the number one principle to reflect this priority. A powerpoint presentation was shown on the General Plan review process, which will also be shown at the community meeting on July 17. Council comments on the presentation included: slow down the pace to allow rime to read ail slides; ask more questions about where additional housing will go and how will traffic be impacted; discuss what kind of housing is desired and emphasize for sale housing that is affordable; almost 50% of commerciai space is in the fo,u of bonuses that are put in at the last minute and never presented to the public; Tandem land is zoned for office and Burner thinks a better use for the land would be for housing; consider a zero- base for commercial or a zero-base fi'om a goals standpoint in regards to growth in order to justify change; Lowenthal thinks community and waikability is one reason for allowing change; encourage combining and connecting developments - how do people get from the mall to the Market Place Shopping Center, and traffic around schools. Council continued to discuss the Guiding Principles section of the Community Vision B. Housing Element Piasecki reviewed maps showing the area for potential housing and Council discussed density, height and affordability. He introduced Housing consultant Melanie Shaffer Freitas. She showed a powerpoint presentation on the Housing Element and the needs end goals for 2001-2006. She discussed the state requirements that the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) indicates for housing development. Council comments on the presentation included traffic issues from high-density housing. Council concurred to set the next City School Summit meeting for August 28 from $:00-8:00 p.m. at the Senior Center. Council concurred to meet as the Redevelopment Agency in a closed session first and then an open session on July 11 from 3:30-5:00 p.m. June 22, 2001 Cupertino City Council& Page Cupert/no Redevelopment Agency ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjoum~l at 12:07 p.m. Kim~City Clerk -