HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESO7691RESOLUTION NO. 7691
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
ESTABLISHING CITY POLICY FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ON
COUNTY CONTROLLED STANFORD LANDS IN THE SAND HILL
ROAD CORRIDOR
WHEREAS, in 1985 the City of Palo Alto, County of Santa
Clara and Stanford University entered into a joint land use policy
agreement to establish procedures and protocols for Stanford land
use development on lands subject to County jurisdiction; and
WHEREAS, the 1985 agreement acknowledged that Palo Alto and
Stanford each have "a. legitimate interest in planning decisions
made by the other, to the extent that the actions of one entity may
impact housing supply, traffic, parking, and utility systems in the
other;" and
WHEREAS, Palo Alto and Stanford have conducted an extensive
environmental and planning review process of the Sand Hill Road
Corridor Projects, including the Stanford Shopping Center,
extension and expansion of Sand Hill Road, the Stanford West
Apartments and Stanford West Senior Housing projects; and
WHEREAS, Palo Alto is being asked by Stanford to rely upon
the information contained in the EIR to make major planning
decisions that will affect housing, traffic, open space, utilities
and natural resources well into the next century; and
WHEREAS, Palo Alto believes it is appropriate to establish
a common environmental database to facilitate planning of Stanford
development in the City and in the County
NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto does
RESOLVE as follows:
SECTION 1. The City Council finds and determines as
follows:
A. The Sand Hill Road Corridor Projects EIR contains
.accurate and valid "reasonable worst case" projections and analyses
of traffic and other environmental impacts in the Sand Hill Road
corridor.
B. The Santa Clara County General Use Permit for
Stanford lands includes a no new trip standard and a transportation
demand management program.
C. Palo Alto will initiate a change to the
Comprehensive Plan that requires the City to closely track Stanford
development proposals in the County, and to monitor and report
annually to the Planning Commission and City Council on traffic
conditions within the City related to the Sand Hill Road Corridor.
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D. Under the terms of the Protocol adopted pursuant to
the 1985 Land Use Policy Agreement, Palo Alto has the right to
comment to the County and Stanford on any Stanford proposal pending
before the County, and Stanford must consider carefully Palo Alto's
comments, and attempt, where feasible and appropriate in its
judgment, to accommodate the City's views.
SECTION 2. The City Council hereby further finds that it
is not in the public interest, and it is further contrary to the
public health, safety and general welfare, for Stanford proposals
before the County to be considered without detailed technical
consideration and integration of the information contained in the
Sand Hill Road Corridor Projects EIR.
SECTION 3. The City Council hereby directs staff to take
all appropriate actions to assure that this resolution is
implemented. Staff shall seek Council direction as to whether to
oppose formally any Stanford project west of Campus Drive West and
Welch Road that impacts the Sand Hill Road Corridor and which does
not make use of, or is inconsistent with, the information and
conclusions set forth in the EIR.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED: June 30, 1997
AYES: ANDERSEN, EAKINS, FAZZINO, HUBER, KNISS, MCCOWN, ROSENBAUM, SCHNEIDER,
WHEELER
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