HomeMy WebLinkAbout2004-11-08 City Council (8)City of Palo Alto
C ty Manager’s Report
TO:HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL
FROM:CITY MANAGER DEPARTMENT: PLANNING &
COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT
DATE:NOVEMBER 8, 2004 CMR: 474:04
SUBJECT:APPLICATION BY HOOVER ASSOCIATES ON BEHALF OF
RICHARD PEERY FOR SITE AND DESIGN REVIEW OF A NEW
73,932 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE BUILDING WITH AT GRADE
PARKING AND RELATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS LOCATED ON A
5.66-ACRE SITE AT 2300 EAST BAYSHORE ROAD WITHIN THE LM
(D)(3) LIMITED INDUSTRIAL SITE COMBINING ZONE DISTRICT. A
DRAFT INITIAL STUDY RECOMMENDING THE PREPARATION OF
A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION. FILE NUMBERS:
03-EIA-17, 03-D-04.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recomlnends that the City Council contilme the 2300 East Bayshore Road, Hoover
Associates, Application Numbers 03-D-04 and 03-EIA-17 to a date uncertain to allow staff to
amend the Mitigated Negative Declaration to include a cumulative impact analysis for the horizon
year of 2015.
SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND:
Previous staff practice has not been to perfoma an exhaustive cunmlative impact analysis for
smaller projects generating less than 100 peak hour trips. However, when staff prepared its
response to comments raised at the Council’s October 25, 2004 hearing, it determined that traffic
impacts may arise as a result of expected traffic increases and the implementation of planned
projects. The California Environlnental Quality Act requires re-circulation when additional
impacts are identified. Staff would like the opportunity to request the applicant to provide this
additional analysis for review by the Transportation Division. Staff is therefore recommending
that this analysis be conducted and included in an amended Negative Declaration, which would be
re-circulated for public review.
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Staff anticipates that the revised Mitigated Negative Declaration could be circulated for public
review and return to the City Council no later than February 2005.
DEPARTMENT HEAD REVIEW:
IE
Director of Planning and Community Environment
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:
Assistant City Manager
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