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DATE: September 13, 2018
TO: Piu Ghosh, City of Cupertino
FROM: Judy Shanley and Kristy Weis
SUBJECT: Supplemental Text Revisions to the Vallco Special Area Specific Plan Final
Environmental Impact Report
This memorandum describes changes made to the text of the Final Environmental Impact Report for
the Vallco Special Area Specific Plan ("Final EIR" or "EIR") following publication of the Final EIR
on August 27, 20181 and following the Supplemental Text Revisions to the Vallco Special Area
Specific Plan Final Environmental Impact Report memorandums dated August 30, 2018 and
September 12, 2018.
The text revisions include typographical corrections, insignificant modifications, amplifications and
clarifications of the EIR. These text revisions are not considered "significant new information"
pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15088.5 because: (1) the text revisions would not result in a
new environmental impact; (2) the text revisions would not cause a substantial increase in the
severity'of an environmental impact; (3) the project sponsor would adopt the revised mitigation
measures, if the measures are selected by the City Council; and (4) the text revisions do not preclude
meaningful public review and comment because they are substantively similar to the previously -
identified measures. Therefore, recirculation of the Draft EIR is not required.
Text revisions more recent than the September 12, 2018 memo are shown below. Underlined text
represents language that has been added to the Final EIR; text with str-ikee has been deleted from
the Final EIR.
Final EIR page 3: 11EVISE the first paragraph as follows:
Compared to the previous project, the revised project proposes the same land uses and revises the
amounts of commercial, office, residential, and civic space development proposed, as shown in Table
2.1-1. The revised broiect would have the same maximum building heights as identified, for the
General Plan Buildout with Maximum Residential Alternative and Retail and ResidentialAlternative
in the Draft EIR. The maximum building height for future development on the west side of Wolfe
Road would be between 60 and 120 feet and the maximum building height for future development on
the east side of Wolfe Road would be between 60 and 160 feet. All other aspects of the revised
1 The Final EIR consists of the May 2018 Draft Environmental Impact Report ("Draft EIR"), the July 2018
Environmental Impact Report Amendment ("EIR Amendment"), and the August 2018 Final EIR.
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project (including on -site amenities, maximum building height-, setbacks, General Plan and zoning
amendments, and other programming elements) are the same as the previous project described in the
Draft EIR (and as amended in the EIR Amendment and Sections 5.0 and 6.0 of this Final EIR).
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