HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-07-11 Ordinance 5124Ordinance No. 5124
Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto
Approving a Development Agreement Between the City of
Palo Alto and Stanford Hospital and Clinics; Lucile Salter
Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford; and the Board of
Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
The Council of the City of Palo Alto does ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION 1. Recitals.
A Stanford Hospital and Clinics, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation
("SHC"), Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, a California nonprofit pu"blic
benefit corporation ("LPCH"), and the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior
University, a body having corporate powers under the laws of the State of California
("University," and together with SHC and LPCH, collectively, the "SUMC Parties") intend to
replace, retrofit and enhance their facilities in the City of Palo Alto. In conjunction with certain
state-mandated retrofit and replacement work, the SUMC Parties also intend to expand their
hospital, clinic and medical office facilities to meet patient demand. To facilitate this, the SUMC
Parties have applied to the City of Palo Alto ("City") for a development agreement pursuant to
Sections 65864-65869.5 ofthe California Government Code and the City's Resolution No. 6597
("Agreement"). Pursuant to this Agreement, the SUMC Parties would provide certain
community benefits and voluntary mitigation measures.
B. In exchange for these community benefits and voluntary mitigation measures,
and in recognition of the substantial public benefits provided by the SUMC Parties' facilities and
operations, the City would vest for a period of thirty (30) years the SUMC Parties' rights to
develop and use their facilities in Palo Alto in accordance with the Project Approvals, and would
streamline the process for obtaining Subsequent Approvals, as described in the Agreement.
C. Under the terms of the Agreement, the parties have the right to unilaterally
terminate this Agreement, if this ordinance is subject to a referendum or if litigation is
comrrienced seeking to rescind the Project Approvals or the City's decision to enter into this
Agreement within one year from the date of the filing of the Notice of Determination.
SECTION 2. Findings.
The City Council finds and determines that:
A. Notice of intention to consider the development agreement has been given
pursuant to Government Code section 65867.
B. The City's Planning and Transportation Commission and City Council have
given notice of intention to consider this Agreement, have conducted public hearings thereon
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pursuant to Government Code section 65867 and City's Resolution No. 6597, and the City
Council has found that the provisions of this Agreement are consistent with City's
Comprehensive Plan, as amended.
C. The City has prepared and certified an EIR and has imposed mitigation measures
as Conditions of Approval prior to the execution of this Agreement.
SECTION 3. The City Council hereby approves the Development Agreement
between the City of Palo Alto and Stanford Hospital and Clinics, a California nonprofit public
benefit corporation ("SHC"), Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, a California
nonprofit public benefit corporation ("LPCH"), and the Board of Trustees ofthe Leland Stanford
Junior University, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit "A", and authorizes the Mayor to
execute the Agreement on behalf of the City.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk is directed to cause a copy of the development
agreement to be recorded with the County Recorder not later than ten (10) days after it becomes
effective.
SECTION 5. The City Council adopts this ordinance in accordance with the
California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") findings adopted by Resolution No. 9168.
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