CC 06-16-20 #24 Potential Bubb Rd PDA_Staff Presentation1
City Council
June 16, 2020
Potential Bubb Rd PDA
Background
●5/19/2020 – SS on PBA 2050 and RHNA
●Several councilmembers indicated interest in
nominating Bubb Rd as new PDA
●6/1/2020 – Letter signed by City Manager
submitted to MTC/ABAG (met deadline)
●6/16/2020 – CC Meeting to nominate PDA
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CC 06-16-2020 Item No. 24
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PBA Background
●2008: SB 375: requires regional land use and
transportation long-range plan
●2013: 1st Plan Bay Area published
●Present: PBA 2050 under development
PBA 2050 Process
●Horizon Initiative: 2018 - 2019
●“Stress-test” future growth strategies and
policies using Urban Sim 2.0 model
●Futures Final Report
●PBA 2050: In Progress
●Draft Blueprint - July 2020
●Final Blueprint – December 2020
●Final PBA 2050 – September 2021
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Growth Geographies
Growth Geography Description Highlights
Priority Development
Areas (PDAs)
Near public transportation;
Prioritized for housing, jobs, & services
Priority Production
Areas (PPAs)Industrial districts
Priority Conservation
Areas (PCAs)
Prioritized for open space conservation
Note: Not a Growth Geography, but
included in PBA 2050
Growth Geographies Cont.
Growth Geography Description
Transit-Rich Areas
(TRAs) – Fixed Rail
Within ½ mile of a regional rail station
Transit-Rich Areas
(TRAs) – Other*
Within ½ mile of a bus line with peak
period headway times of 15 minutes or less
High Resource Areas
(HRAs)*
Places that offer best chance at
economic advancement, high
educational attainment, and good
physical and mental health**; AND
Within ¼ mile of bus stop with peak
period service headway times of
between16- and 30-minutes
* Only applies to jurisdictions that nominated less than 50% of PDA-eligible areas
** 2019 CA HCD
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Local ImpactLocal Impact
De Anza BlvdStevens Creek Blvd
MillerN. Wolfe RdI‐280
85 Bollinger Rd
SUNNYVALE
SAN JOSE
SANTA
CLARA
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ALTOS
-PDA (Near public
transportation and prioritized
for housing, jobs, & services)
-TRA (½ mile of bus
lines with peak period
headways ≤ 15 mins.)
- Some HRAs
(HRAs with low residential
density AND within ¼ mile of
bus stop with peak period
headways between 16- and
30-mins.)
PDA Eligible AreasPDA Eligible Areas
Eligible areas – 2,783 acres
Designated (red) – 554 acres
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What is a Priority Development
Area (PDA)?
●Focused growth in communities along
existing transportation networks near homes
and jobs.
●PDAs must be:
●Within an existing community
●Within a half-mile of frequent transit
●In an area planned for future housing
and job growth
IMPERIAL AVESTEVENS CREEK BLVD
MCCLELLAN RD
De Anza College
Transit Center ~
0.6 miles
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GP Vision
●Tree lined avenue
●More bike and ped friendly
●Improved street grid network to
facilitate foot traffic from local
workers and school children from
northern and eastern areas
GP Vision – contd.
●Uses allowed:
●Mainly industrial (ML-rc)
●Neighborhood commercial
●Limited residential uses
●Ensure non-industrial uses do not impact
existing industrial uses
●Appropriate landscape buffers and
setbacks when abutting low-intensity
residential use
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Existing uses
●Multiple Apple facilities
●Caltrans Maintenance Yard
●Home of Christ Church
●Smattering other industrial type uses:
●Electronic parts supplier (Hantronix)
●Pharmaceutical Co. (Durect)
●Development company (Duchints)
PDA next steps
●If designated PDA, no change to
adopted Growth Geographies
●Specific plan required
●Must start planning by Dec. 2024
●PDA planning funds available
through competitive grant process
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Possible benefits of PDA nominationPossible benefits of PDA nomination
Funding Priority for funding for planning and mobility
improvements (sidewalks, bike lanes, etc.)
Possible disadvantages of PDA nominationPossible disadvantages of PDA nomination
RHNA Could increase PBA growth projections, which
may increase RHNA (relationship not clear)
Specific Plan Must prepare specific plan within four years
Plan consistency Current plan for area allows housing but there is no
General Plan Development Allocation of housing
in the area
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Consequences of nominating PDAConsequences of nominating PDA
PDA has no effect on:
Land use City’s planning not required to be consistent with PBA
SB 35 project PBA not a factor in eligibility for SB 35 project (area is
already eligible).
Location of
dense housing to
satisfy RHNA
City is not limited to PDAs and Growth Geographies
when designating sites to satisfy RHNA
Alternatives
●Identify Housing Element sites
(including within Bubb Rd Special
Area, if desired) and then nominate
as PDA during PBA update in 4 years
time
●Would allow adequate public
outreach
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