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CC 06-11-01 APPROVED MINUTES CUPERTINO CITY COUNCIL Regular Adjourned Meeting Monday, June 11, 2001 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE At 5:05 p.m. Mayor James called the meeting to order in Conference Room C/D, 10300 Torte Avenue, Cupertino, California, and led the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL CALL City Council members present: Mayor Sandra James, Vice-Mayor Richard Lowenthal, and Council members Don Burner and Michael Chang. Council members absent: None. Staff present: City Manager David Knspp, Conlnlunity Development Director Steve Piasecki, Public Works Director Ralph Quails, Administrative Services Director Carol Atwood, Senior Civil Engineer Mike Fuller, City Planner Ciddy Wordell, Senior Planner Aarti Shrivastava, City Attorney Charles Kilian, and City Clerk Kimberly Smith. Also present: Planning Commissioner Marc Auerbach and Planning Commissioner Chuck Corr. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - None STUDY SESSION 1. Review of a request from Compaq Computers to emend the General Plan for a mixed-use development consisting of office, retail and residential uses. The property is located on the north side of Stevens Creek Blvd., between Wolfe Road and Tantau Avenue. Aarti Shrivastava, the city's project planner on this item, highlighted the proposal by Compaq. She said it would be a mixed-use project on 26 acres, comprised of 8.5-acre and 15.S-acre areas. There would be two residential segments of 4-5 stories each constructed over underground parking, totaling 388 units. Compaq also proposes a conference center, four office buildings, and some open spaces. She said that the jobs/housing balance fo~,~iula indicates that for every 1,000 square feet there should be 2 housing units. Mr. Tom Quaglhia, project manager for the Riding Group, discussed the proposal in more detail He said that the project would create a high-quality pedestrian-oriented mixed-use development including retail, office and residential uses along Stevens Creek Boulevard. He said the project also provides a residential rental component and a residential for-sale component in a.high-density residential area. He hoped the Council would allow the initiation of a General Plan amendment for further analysis of the project. June 11, 2001 Cupertino City Council & Page 2 Cupertino Redevelopment Agency Keith Dias from Compaq said that the corporate headquarters are in Houston, but that this is a substantial part of the business and is the sales headquarters on the west coast. City Attorney Charles Kilian mentioned that the skateboard park issue would be discussed at the next City Council meeting in closed session, and also said that any of the ongoing operational amenities that are obligations of the applicant should be written in a development agreement. Dias said that the sales tax issue had been discussed within the corporation and the sales tax for everything they sell in the Cupertino offices would be directed toward Cupertino. Steve Piasecki, Community Development Director, summarized the amenity space and said that amenities, such as a daycare center and 5-10% of a conference center, wouldn't be counted against the order of base level square footage. He suggested finding sources in the cturent general plan to draw down for existing square footage allocation, such as an existing retail space, rather than amending the plan to add additional square footage. He said that this way the jobs/housing imbalance wouldn't be exacerbated. He commented that the applicant did a good job in planning around the open space areas and that there is a proposal to add 12 more affordable housing units. Quaglhia explained that the residential area would consist of 5 stories total, 4 stories residential over retail and the office buildings would be a combination of 4-5 stories. Emie Vasques said that the retail is actually an amenity to encourage walkability among the residents in the area. He said that the plan is for the plaza to become the central point. Greg Randall talked about planting colorful trees and moving the sidewalk back from the curb about 10-12 feet to enrich the streetscape. Burner felt the proposal by Compaq was a thoughtful design, but his concern was about the 50,000 square foot "headquarter bonus" and the additional 200,000 square feet. He said that because of the General Plan and commercial development the City is required to provide 2700 housing units, which would mean high-density housing, but the need is actually twice that. He said that if the General Plan is executed then the housing situation would become worse. He said that Compaq has already received a benefit in the fo~¥~-t of additional square footage and he didn't see sufficient tradeoffs in amenities to offset the 200,000 square feet. He said he wanted to be sure that the comets of Finch and Stevens Creek and Tantau and Stevens Creek are pedestrian friendly intersections. Chang said the plan is headed in the right direction, and he liked the mixed-use proposal, especially the placement and amount of retail He said that he didn't see the need for additional footage for Compaq and couldn't justify it to his constituents. He said that the basic conditions of development versus the additional amenities, need to be weighed in importance to the City. He thought $ stories was too high and the buildings would be more balanced at 4 stories. June 11, 2001 Cupertino City Council & Page 3 Cupertino Redevelopment Agency Lowenthal said many of the things he had hoped to see in the plan were not proposed. These included uncovering Calabasas Creek, and enhancements to the trail along the culvert. Hc liked the mixed-use proposal, but felt that the band-stand area that is proposed would be an amenity only for Compaq and it belongs over in the residential area instead. James summarized the Council comments and said that they all seemed pleased with the mixed-use aspect of the development but there was not a lot of support for extra square footage. She said that the community wouldn't support additional office space, except for possibly amenities such as a childcare center or more affordable housing. She would like Compaq to consider a sales tax agreement such as the one the City has with Apple since it's mutually beneficial. City Attorney Chuck Kilian clarified that if Compaq wanted to pursue the sales tax agreement that it would not be exactly the same agreement as with Apple. NEW BUSINESS 2. Consider establishing sample voter ballot designations for candidates who have agreed to voluntary campaign expenditure limits, Resolution No. 01-125. The City Council concurred with the City Clerk's recommendation that only the Code of Ethics from the Fair Political Practices Commission be distributed to Council candidates for the November 6 election. Lowenthal moved to adopt Resolution No. 01-125. Chang seconded and the motion carried 4-0. At 6:35 p.m. the meeting was adjourned.