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Manager’s Report
TO:HONORABLE~CITY COUNCIL
FROM:CITY MANAGER DEPARTMENT: PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT
DATE:MARCH 1, 1999 CMR:161:99
SUBJECT:STANFORD UNIVERSITY’S 1997-98 ANNUAL REPORT ON SANTA
CLARA COUNTY GENERAL USE PERMIT
This is an information report and no Council action is required.
BACKGROUND
In 1989, Santa Clara County adopted a new General Use Permit (GUP) regulating
development on unincorporated Stanford University (University) land. This GUP established
maximum population and building area square footage for the campus and imposed
numerous conditions. One requirement was the submittal of an Annual Report on the status
of the GUP. The Annual Report will be reviewed by the Santa Clara County Planning
Commission on March 4, 1999.
DISCUSSION
Staff received the Annual Report on January 22, 1999 and has reviewed the content. The
report covers the fiscal and academic year starting September 1, 1997 and ending August 31,
1998. The Annual Report presents annual population and square footage data and outlines
the University’s compliance with housing, transportation, and other conditions established
in the GUP. Some of the salient points in the report:
The 97-98 adjusted daytime population is 32,967 people. This is up 164 from 96-97
and 938 below the threshold of 33,905.
27,042 added square footage is reported for 97-98. The cumulative total square
footage under the GUP is 1,653,430, leaving an available balance of 446,870 square
feet.
The Rich W. Lyman Graduate Residences (112 two-bedroom apartments) and the
Schwab Residential Learning Center (220 graduate students and 60 beds for year-
round Executive Education Program use) were completed and occupied. Removal of
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the Manzanita Park trailers decreased student housing by 158 students for a total of
9,183 undergraduate and graduate students housed on campus.
Marguerite shuttle lines use increased an average of 5 percent over the previous year,
with a total ridership on the base system of 3,100 boardings per day.
307 additional secure bike parking spaces were added and the Clean Air Credit
incentive commuter program had 2,329 participants.
Stanford included in the report as Appendix A the November 1998 (revised January 1999)
Status Report discussing development trends on campus, the University’s expectations for
the remaining GUP square footage, and development plans beyond the limits of the GUP.
This Status Report was requested by Santa Clara County Planning Office. Stanford’s
expectations for the remaining square footage increment include a small storage facility for
the Carnegie Institution, a small locker room expansion of the DeGuerre Aquatics Center,
Alumni Center/office development, in fill and redevelopment housing at Escondido Village,
a chemistry/biology laboratory, a mechanical engineering laboratory and removal of
miscellaneous modular buildings. Applications for two additional housing projects (i.e.,
West Campus Drive site and Quarry/Arboretum site) are expected after the expiration of the
existing GUP. Infill sites within the core campus for 35 to 40 faculty and staff Single family
homes and apartments are being identified. The single family housing is exempt from the
GUP and the two multiple family housing sites will be considered in the next general land
use approval.
Because some of the thresholds under the current GUP are being reached, a new General
Land Use Plan and Permit will be required in the near future. Stanford has begun this
process and Appendix B includes possible approaches to a new General Land Use Approval.
ATTACHMENTS
1997-98 Annual Report #10 (Council Members only)
PREPARED BY: James E. Gilliland, Assistant Planning Official
DEPARTMENT HEAD REVIEW:
G. EDWARD GAWF
Director of Planning and Community Environment
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:
SON
Assistant City Manager
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Architectural Review Board
Planning Commission
Stanford University (Andy Coe, Larry Horton, David Neuman, Catherine Palter)
Stanford Management Company
City of Menlo Park (Jan Dolan, Don de la Pefia, Don Dey)
College Terrace Residents Association (Pria Graves)
Crescent Park Neighborhood Association (Carla Schneiderman)
Downtown North Neighborhood Association (Jim Newton)
University Park Association (Susan Beall)
University South Neighborhoods Group (Laarni yon Ruden)
League of Women Voters (Ruth Lacy/Doris Petersen)
Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce (Susan Frank)
Santa Clara County (Leode Franklin)
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