Environmental Planning Commission

CITY HALL 500 CASTRO STREET City of Mountain View Agenda Environmental Planning Commission Commissioners Capriles, Cranston, Hehmeyer, Lo, Yin, Vice Chair Cox and Chair Baird Wednesday, April 3, 2019 7:00 PM Council Chambers, 500 Castro St., Mountain View 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL Commissioners Capriles, Cranston, Hehmeyer, Lo, Yin, Vice Chair Cox, Chair Baird 3. MINUTES APPROVAL - None. 4. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons wishing to address the Commission on any matter not on the agenda. Speakers are limited to three minutes. State law prohibits the Commission from acting on non-agenda items. 5. PUBLIC HEARING 555 East Evelyn Avenue. Public Hearing for Consideration of a General Plan Map Amendment from General Industrial and Medium Density Residential to High Density Residential; a Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment to the R4 (High Density Residential) District to change the maximum density from 60 units per acre to 80 units per acre; a Zoning Map Amendmentfrom P-30 (Sylvan-Dale) Precise Plan and R3.2-2 (Multiple Family Residential) to R4(High Density Residential); a Planned Community Permit and Development Review Permit to construct a 471-unit apartment complex with below-grade parking, relocate awireless communications installation and dedicate a 0.68-acre public park, a Heritage Tree Removal Permit to remove 16 Heritage Trees; a Vesting Preliminary Parcel Map to adjust existing property lines, and Certification of the 555 East Evelyn Avenue Residential Project Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR), for a project located at 525 - 569 and 769 East Evelyn Avenue. Recommendation: That the Environmental Planning Commission (EPC): City of Mountain View Page 1 Printed on 4/4/2019 Environmental Planning Agenda April 3, 2019 Commission 1. Recommends that the City Council Certify the 555 East Evelyn Avenue Residential Project Final Environmental Impact Report (see Exhibit 1 to the EPC Staff Report). 2. Adopt a Resolution Recommending that the City Council Approve a General Plan Map Amendment for the properties located at 525 through 569 and 769 East Evelyn Avenue from General Industrial and Medium Density Residential to High Density Residential (see Exhibit 2 to the EPC Staff Report). 3. Adopt a Resolution Recommending that the City Council Approve a Zoning Text Amendment to the R4 (High Density) Section of the Zoning Ordinance (see Exhibit 3 to the EPC Staff Report). 4. Adopt a Resolution Recommending that the City Council Approve a Zoning Map Amendment for the properties located at 525 through 569 and 769 East Evelyn Avenue from the P-30 (Sylvan-Dale) Precise Plan and R3-2.2 (Multiple Family Residential) District to the R4 (High Density Residential) District (see Exhibit 4 to the EPC Staff Report). 5. Adopt a Resolution Recommending that the City Council Conditionally Approve a Planned Community Permit and Development Review Permit to construct a 471-unit apartment complex with below-grade parking, relocate a wireless communications installation, and dedicate a 0.68-acre public park, and a Heritage Tree Removal Permit to remove 16 Heritage Trees (see Exhibit 5 to the EPC Staff Report). 6. Adopt a Resolution Recommending that the City Council Conditionally Approve a Vesting Preliminary Parcel Map to reconfigure the existing lot lines (see Exhibit 6 to the EPC Staff Report). Attachments: Staff Report Exhibit 1 (Resolution to recommend the City Council certify the Project EIR and MMP) Exhibit 2 (Resolution to recommend the City Council approve a General Plan Amendment Exhibit 3 (Resolution to recommend the City Council approve a Zoning Text Amendment) Exhibit 4 (Resolution to recommend the City Council approve a Zoning Map Amendment) Exhibit 5 (Resolution to recommend the City Council approve a Community and Developm Exhibit 6 (Resolution to recommend the City Council approve a Preliminary Parcel Map) Exhibit 7 (Project Plans) Exhibit 8 (Draft EIR and Final EIR) City of Mountain View Page 2 Printed on 4/4/2019 Environmental Planning Agenda April 3, 2019 Commission 6. COMMISSION/STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS, UPDATES, REQUESTS, AND COMMITTEE REPORTS No action will be taken on any questions raised by the Commission at this time. 7. ADJOURNMENT Adjourn to the Regular Meeting of Wednesday, April 17, 2019, in City Hall, 500 Castro Street. Meeting date, time, and venue are subject to change. Please check online at www.mountainview.gov as an agenda will be posted the Friday prior to the EPC meeting. City of Mountain View Page 3 Printed on 4/4/2019 Environmental Planning Agenda April 3, 2019 Commission AGENDAS FOR BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES - The specific location of each meeting is noted on the notice and agenda for each meeting which is posted at least 72 hours in advance of the meeting. Special meetings may be called as necessary by the Commission Chair and noticed at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting. - Questions and comments regarding the agenda may be directed to the Planning Secretary at (650) 903-6306 or community.development@mountainview.gov. - Interested persons may review the agenda and staff reports at the Community Development offices, 500 Castro Street, First Floor; the Friday afternoon before each meeting at 4:30 p.m. or soon thereafter; or online at http://laserfiche.mountainview.gov/Weblink/Browse.aspx?startid=29360; and they are available during each Commission meeting. AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, 1990 - Anyone who is planning to attend a meeting who is visually or hearing-impaired or has any disability that needs special assistance should call the Planning Secretary at (650) 903-6306 48 hours in advance of the meeting to arrange for assistance. Upon request, in advance, by a person with a disability, agendas and writings distributed during the meeting that are public records will be made available in the appropriate alternative format. Also upon request, in advance, an assistive listening device can be made available for use during the meeting. SPECIAL NOTICE - The Board, Commission, or Committee may take action on any matter noticed herein in any manner deemed appropriate by the Board, Commission, or Committee. Their consideration of the matters noticed herein is not limited by the recommendations indicated herein. - It is the policy of the Environmental Planning Commission that all evening meetings of the Commission, including Study Sessions, be adjourned no later than 11:00 p.m., which time is referred to as the normal time of adjournment. No new item of business shall be taken up by the Commission after the normal time unless the Commission has determined by majority vote to set aside this policy. In the event it appears that the entire agenda cannot be completed by the normal time of adjournment, the Commission may take up and act upon the more pressing agenda items. All agenda items not considered at the meeting shall be on the agenda of the next regular, special, or adjourned regular meeting unless the Commission directs otherwise. -Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the Environmental Planning Commission regarding any item on this agenda will be made available for public inspection in the Community Development Department, located at 500 Castro Street, during normal business hours and at the meeting location noted on the agenda during the meeting. ADDRESSING THE BOARD, COMMISSION, OR COMMITTEE - Interested persons are entitled to speak on any item on the agenda and should make their interest known to the Chair. - Anyone wishing to address the Board, Commission, or Committee on a nonagenda item may do so during the "Oral Communications" part of the agenda. Speakers are allowed to speak one time on any number of topics for up to three minutes. City of Mountain View Page 4 Printed on 4/4/2019