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Home My WebLink About0350.091• • «D . . . , . . ,,~ '. ,' .. ,-,"-' July 3. 1;91 HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL Pilo Alto, California Pa10 A.lto ~edical Foundation: Final Environmental !mpac:t Report, Comprehensive Plan Amendments. Specific Plan and Develocment Agreement Members of tne Council: REPORT IN BRIEF This report and attachments identify and transmit Planning Commiss1on recclTWT~2ndations on the Pale .Alto Medical Foundation proposal, including the fir.al Er.'IiT4Jnmentil Imp.act P.eport (£.lR), propcs2d Comprehensil!e-Plan Arnep.d~~~ts. and the Specific Plan. The Planning Commission-recommended Specific Plan is transmitted separately in this July 3 Council packet. The Oevelnpment ~greement. the ordinance approving the Agreement, and the resolutions approving the Final E:R. Comprehensive Plan ame~dments and Final Specific Plan will be transmitted to the Ccuncil on Ju1y 11. The CounCil ~i11 also recetv! on July II the Co~ission's recommended modifications to the Ilitigations in the final ErR arid the MitigatiQrl ,",ofl.itoring Program requ.ired by tne California Environmental Quality Act. BACKGROUND Recent Planning {oMiss-lon study sessions and public hearings on the Falo Alto Medical Foundation prnposed project include the folTowir.g meetings. On ~une 5, 1991, t~~ Planning Commission ~e'd a st~dy session on the PaID Alto Medical Foundation Specif~c Plan. On June 12, 199], th~ Planning Commission held public hearjngs on Comprenensive Plan Amendments, the Specific Plan, and the Development Agreement relating to the Medical Foundation proposal. 1t then held a second public hearing on the Specific Plan on June 19, )991, and continued public hearings on the Comprehensive Plan Amendments and the Oevelopme~t Agreement to June 19, 1991 in order to allow public participation on ail t~ree Medical foundation items at both the June 12 and J~ne 1~ meeti ngs. At the concl us jan of ti'1e June 19, 1991 pub1 ic t1earings, and on June 20. 19~1, the Planning Commission made recommendations on the Final [IR, Comprehensh·e PTan Amendments. the SpecifiC Plan and the Development Agreement. Earlier~ the Revised Draft £lR on the Palo Alto Medical Foundation Specific Plan was distributed to the public and interested pub1ic agencies for revie~ and comment from September 11, 1990 through November I, 1990. Tne Planning Commission held a public hearing on the Revised Draft EIR on October 24, ]990. Staff then was directed to prepare a final EIR to include responses to comments made during the September 17 to November I public review period. CfIR:350:9! • .~ \ , ~-- ; :~,-' . _tr - Comments on the Draft EIR received after November 1 and comments on the Fi~al EiR do not receive fc~al resoonses, <onslstent with the provisions of C£qA. Copies of the Final fIR were made a: .. a'llable to t~e public and .. ~re distribut,=,d to tne Planning (omiss'on on Hay 3)' 199L Additional copie~ of H,e final EIR were d1stributed to CitJ Council M.mbers on June 13, 1991. EXPECTED CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS At the conclusion of the Ju1y 15, I~91 public hearfngs on the Pal~ Alto Medical Foundation proposl'~ the City Counctl may consider taking actions on the Planning r~:I!I'T)fss1on recorrmendations. TI'If! appropriate seQlJenCi! of actiorjs is presented below. 1. Certlfy that the Fina~ fnvironme~tal Impact Report 1S adequate and 1S in compl fance 'IIith the California fnvironmer'ltal Qual it), Act (CEQA); 2. Adopt by res~1ution the proposed Comprehensive Plan amendments; 3. Adopt by r~so1ution the Specifi( Plan; and 4. Approve first reading of an ordinance approving the Oevelopm~nt Agreemont between the CitJ of P.lo Alto and the Palo Alto MeGic.1 Foundatfor.. S. Appro'Ve a mitigation monitoring program for fIR mitigations .. including tnose recommended for modificati~n by the Planning CommlssiQn. FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND MITIGATIONS Hote: Mitigations and measures to impiove the project will be found on pages 2.3 to 2.27 of the Final fIR. As preYiousl~ noted, the final fIR was distributed to City Council Members on June 13, 1991. Th~ Planning Commission recommended modifications to several mitigations, and these will be transmitted to the Council ~n July 11. In addition, ~any ErR m,tigations ~ave been incorporated within Specific Plan policies, and other fIR ~itigatfons are reccmmended by the Planning CommiSSion for incorporation withln the appropriate elements of the Specific Plan. COMfREHEHSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS Note: Amendments to the Comprehensive Plan text and map that are being recommended by the Planning Commission are contained in Attachment A. The Comprehensive Pran text amendments recommended by the Planning Commission address potential in(onslstencies between sections of t~e Comprehensive Plan tkat specifically focus on expansion, employme~t and traffic of nonresidential uses in residential areas and major elements of the Medical foundation Specific Plan. The principa1 new CQmprehensive Plan program and supportive text that is recorrli1~nded is in the Housing f1empnt as neW' Housing Program lA. CMR:3S0:9l p:\c.r\pamfcc2 L 7/3/91 Pag, 2 '. • • • ; . :;.> '~ ~~ .. , .~ '.:-... , . • • L Tn1s new program and text ~ould al1o~ one specific ~xception to Housing Program 1, t~at ctnerw1se promotes the Mtintenance of resident;l1 ~re&s near th~ Downtown Area. A5 such, the new ptogram waulo' perm; t 2:n expans; on of th~ P~'Q Alto Medical Foundation on the west block site {bounded Py Bryant Street, Channing Avenue, Ramona Street i.nd' Hamer Avenue} tnat currently is in resldenthl use. me text for this new program aha identifies effects of the proposed Medical foundatiofl pr~ject 'in terms Df employmeilt, tr!ffic and stale of de\le1opment. As a result, cross reference programs in appropriate sections of the Employment, Transportat,on a.nd Urbar. Design e1ements stat~ that t~e Medical Foundation Specific prin is an exception to programs nn reducing employment potential, reducing traffic in neighborhoods, and maintaining the character of old residential neighborhoods. In addition. I new program is recommended in the Transportation element that re~ffirms the need for the Medical Foundation to have an aggressive Transportation Demand Management (TOM} program. Alt~ough ~endments to the Comprehensive Plan are needed to provide for ~edical Foundation expansion de5cribed in the Specific PTan, it is not bel1eved t~at approval of the Specific Plan would require changes to major Comprehensive Plan objectives and policies. Staff has revlewed public testimony and staff research regarding potentta1 inconsist!ncies between the proposed Medical Foundation expansion and the Palo A HI) tompre-henf. i ·~e Pl an . The reco!'i'lTlended Comprenens ive Phn amendment.s addrtss any appearance of inconsistency with Comprehensive Plan ohjectives, policies, programs~ text and the land Use Plin Map~ Twa changes to the Comprehensive P1an map ire recommended in order to assure consistency between the Comprehensive Pian and the proposed' Palo Alto Medical Foundation Specific Plan. These proposed Comprehensive Plan map changes are necessary sa that 1) thE remainder ~f the west b10ck is deSignated Major Institution/Special Facilities to permit expansion of Medical Foundation fici1ities into these ar~as of the west b1oc~ and 2) the Urgent Care site at the southwest corner of B~yant Street and Channing ~venue is redeSignated to Single-Family Residential in order to permit future single-family de¥e1opment on this site after the Urgent (are facllity is removed and relocated wiUin t~e ·Main CQmpus~ facilities of the Medical Foundation. Other land use changes proposed in the Specific Plan would be consistent witn existing Comprehens;~e Plan r.ap designations. SPECIfiC PLAN Note: Th! Specific Plan. with cress references to changes recommended by t~e Planning Commiss{on, is includtd in this City Council packet of July 3, 1991. I" order to assist the reader, the changes recommended by th~ Plannin9 Commission arpear OPPOSite th~ pages containing the respecti¥e Specific P1an policy. guideline Dr text recommended for change. See Attachment 8 of this report for a description of the PlanTs content 00:350:91 p:\cmr\p.mftcl 7/3/91 hge 3 • I I I I . ~ - that is contalned in the May 31, 1991 staff report to the Planolng Commission titled t~e ·Pal0 Alto Medical Foundation Sp~cif1C Ptan.- The Palo Alto Medical Foundation Specific Plan, as recommended bj tne Planning C0n1:l1ssiort, generally is consistent with the policies Or" the Pillo Alto Medical foundation proposed project that the City Council encQrsed on Janu~ry 29 t 1991, february 4, 1991, "d March 18, 1991. Attachment S, the May 31 staff r£port to the Planning Commission, includes the minutes Qf these (fty Council =eet ; ngs. The Planning: Commission recor:rnended a number of changes to t~e Specific PTan that was distributed to City Council Members on June 13, 1991. Thf principal changes recommended by the Planning Commission are: 1. A policy that would require the Foundation to sell tha Waverley/Channing surface parking for low-densjt~ housing and provide all displaced parking in un~erground parking fac11jties (Land Use Policy 12 on page 20 and new Implementation "~asul'e 6 on page 36); 2. A policy that would prohibit above-grade parking facilities (Parking Policy 4 on page 25 and deletion of Phase II Measure 6 on page 36); 3. Inclusion of EIR mitigatio~s that had not ~lready been incorporated in the Specific Plan, into appropriate Plan elements, and changing such ~itigations from -should-to ·s~all· in the Plan (most of these mitigations appear as new Implementction Policies following page 36J; 4. A modification to the mitigation on additional off-site parking during construction that ~ould require rather than encourage the Foundation to supply adequate parkin~ during construction {Mitigation VI 6-b in the EI~ and ne. ImplementatIon Policy 7 follo.ing page 36); S. Inclusion of the public participation process during preparation of PC Zone de~elopment plans into the Imp1ementation Clement of the Spec1fic Plan (ne. Implement,tion Policy 33 f'110.in~ page 36); and 6. A requirement of tne Foundation to pro'll';de a performance bond or proof of financiil ability to complete the project prior to beg'nn~ng of construction (new lmplementation Po1iey 34 following page 36). These principal Spec1flc PTan changes reco~nded by the Plann'ng Commisslon are discussed in t~e followin9 para9rapns. As noted earlier, all changes that are recommended b~ the Planning Commission are described in the 1eft-~and pages of t~e Specific Plan dated J"ly 3, 1991, that is beIng trans,itted in the Council packet with this staff report . .... averl ey/Chann i ne Pa rk_.i.n.9....1ll The Planning Commission recommended a policy that would require conversion af this lot for low-densit~ housing and re1ocation of all displaced parking into underground parking facilities. This polic~ responde~ to neighbcrhood CHR:350:91 p: \cmr\pamfcc2 7/3/91 Page 4 • 1 • - concerns about the visual effects of d1splaced parking being placed ~n an above·grade par\ing structu~e. The recomm~ndatian also reflects i deslre of the COlmIlssion to have this surface parking lot re\lert to lOill-densit,Y resldentil1 ~se thit ~ou1d be ,cm?at~b1e with the ~re~a1lin9 charlcter of the adjacent neighborhood. Above-Srade Parking Structure Tne Planning Commissfon recc~~ended a Specific Plan policy that would prohibit aboye-gra~e parki~9 5truct~res. This policy is in re~ponse t, the aforementioned neighborhood Concerns about an above-grade parking structuri: on the Hedjc:al Four-dation campus. The COli1li1ission believed' Hat revenues obtained by the Foundation from t~a potentia' sale of the Waverley/Channing lot for hous1!'19 could offset the cost of additional IJnderground parking. Inclusion of Mitigations into the Specific Plan The Planning Commission recommended the inclusion of ErR mitigations 1nto the Sp~cific Plan, that had not been incnrporated into the Plan, as a means of assuring that all mitigations, including those addressing less than significant impacts and measures to impro~e the project, could be tracked over time. As noted earlier in this report, a separat"! mHigatioll monitoring program incorporating all flR mitigations and modified mitigations recommended by the Planning Commi$$ion ~i11 be forwarded to the CitJ C~uncil for a~tion in the packet of July II, 1991. Additional Off-Site Parking During Construction Th~ Planning COlmlission recorrmel'lded modifying th"ts mitigation and Specific Plan imple~entat;on policy so that t~e Foundation wouid now be requ~red to sec~re additional off-site parking during project constructton. Again, this mitfgation and Specific Plan polic~ modification responded to neighborhood concerns about potentia' effects of increased neighborhood pa~king during project construction pel·iods. particular1y parkirfg by constr\Jction workers. PC lpne Pu.blic Partici.pation process. The Planning CommisSion recommended that tnis City Council-endorsed policy on the p\Jblic partiCipation process be incorporated int~ the Implementation Element of the Specific Plan so that such. policy would be highlighted for subseQuent implementation. Proof of Financial Ability The Planning Commission recommended the addition of an Implementation Policy to require the f~undation t~ pro~ide a p~rforma~ce bo~d or p~oof of flnanc~al ability prior to start of construction. lhis policy is intended to assu~e that if a project is ultimately und~rtaken, the Medical Foundation has the financial resources to complete it. CMR:J,O:91 p: \cmr\pomfcc! . ' 1/3/91 Page, , ' -- " i "f~~ I .~ ~. I ~ . r-.... '. "'; . I " ., - Qn~Site c;ty project Engineer Staff is recommending one additional pr~wlslcn for the Spec!ffc Plan Implementation Element that wou1d require tne provision of an on-site City Project Engfneer during all constru(tion phases of the project. The Medical Foundation wo~ld be reQuired to pay fees to (ower the City's casts for t~is engir.eer. This City Project Engineer would b~ on a retainer ind would be managed by the Pyb11c Works Department. This City Project Engineer's functions would be similar to those of the Project Engineer that the developers of Ramona Plaza provided for the City. Job responsibilities would include. ~ut not bs limited to, traffic control, loading ind unloading of construct1cn materials, ~ncroac~ment and parking pe~;ts, safe demolition and construction techniques~ a~d ~on;torjng of mitigatinn ~asures and compliinc@ to pllns and specificat'ons. While this provision is being reco~nded aft~r ?1anning Comnliss;on actions on the Medfcal Foundation propDsal, stiff believes that the services provIded by such I City Project Engfneer would be consistent with, and ind!ed reinforce, many Planning Commission recommendations on the Specific Plan. [n conclusion, staff b~lieves the Specific Plan as recommended by the Plann!ng Comni~sfQn, ind t~e above staff recommendation for a City Project Engineer, are consfstent wit~ earlier City Cour.cil·endorsed policies, respond to Medical Foundation needs, and address many concerns voiced by nearby residents and m€mbers of the publfc during the recent Planning Commission public heirings. DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT The Oeveleprnent Agreement, ~s recommende4 by the Planning Comrnlssion, and ~ cover report prepir,d by the City Attorney will be in the July II, 1991 City C.uncil p,c~,t. MITIGATION MONITORING PROGRAM A mitigation program for [IR mitigations and other Planning Comrniss;on recommended provisions will b! transmitted to t~e City Council in the July 11, 991 packet for action follo~in~ the July 15, 1991 public hearings on Medical Foundation items. • 1{tllAU-d, L,~ItU~A.J"- KEN1E1H R. SCHREIBER Director of Planning and ').a11T11711111 Offj c h 1 --._---- L Community [n~ironment 7/3/91 Pige 6 , • , Attachmonts: A. Planning Ccmmiss'on-R~c~mmended Comprehensi~e Plan Arn~ndments B. Phnning COl1J!lissfon staff report of 5/31/91 on the Specific Pl an, with attached excerpt City Council minutes of 1/28/91, 1/29/91, 2/4/91, 2nd 3/18/91 Rel.ted CMRs: CMR:I09:91, CMR:131:91, CMR:184:91. cc: Architectural Review Board ~istQr1c Resources Board Planning Commissfcn Pal DAlto Meoical Foundation Palo Alto Housing Corporation PlIo ~lto C"il~ C.'. 1.sk fo.,e Palo Alto Bicycle Ad'isory Committee Unlverslty Pir~ Neighborhood Association Neighbors of the Foundation City of MenlQ Park~ Director of Planning Stoecker and Northway Associates Brady and As,ocfates Western Wheelers Bicycle Club t Inc. Persons tnat submitted public correspondence Other materills submitted in the 7/3/91 City Council Packet: I. The PaTo Alto Medical Foundation Specific Plan lrIitn changes recorrrnended by the Plannlng Commlssion CMR:350:91 p: \cmr\pamfcc2 7/3/91 Page 7 • - , , ATIACHliOO A PLl,!lNlHG COPlltISSION AECOIIMENDEO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TEXT AHD MAP AHEHDKOOS Mqysing Section New Housing Program IA followi ng Housing Program Housing Program lAo New Text: (following n •• Housing Program IA) PlIHFinfo/gz Allow the Palo Alto Medical Foundation new development, up to a ma)(i:num net lrrcrease of 45.000 square feet of floor area, on sites in Medical Foundat'fon use .and on nearby sites in residential use in order to enhance ~alth care fzcilities and ser~ices for resid€nts)of Palo Alto and nearby communities and enhance the Foundation's abil ity to cond~ct medical research. Expansion an1 de~elopment of new Palo Alto K!dical Foundation facilities will require redes1gnation on the Comprehensive Map of approximately the northern half of the block bounded by Homer Avenue. Bryant Street, Channing Avenue and Ramona Street from Multiple-Family Residential to Major ]nstitution/5pecial facilities. Ne~ de~e1opment and e~pansion of Medical foundation fecilities are e~pected to occur on this entire block and on the block where t~e principal facilities ~f t~e Palo Alto Medical Foundation i!.re located, that is bounded by Homer Avenue, Waverley Street. Channing A~enue and Bryant Street. These new Palo Alta Medical Foundation facilities will result i~ increased employment~ some additional traffic and buildings that may be larger than nearby residential structures. Palo Alto will continue to protect its older neighborhoods near the Downtown areil. However, Page 1 :., . , - • -/ '-,- ! I] New Housing Program lOA (Following Housing ProgralJ 10) Housing Program IDA. New employment Program 4A (following employment Program 4) Employment Program 4A: PAAFinfo/gz an txpanSlon Qf th~ Palo Alt~ Medlcal Foundation Int. a residential area sh.ll be permitted In accordance with a Speciffc Plan and subsequent PC Planned Community lcn~ change defining the proposed expansion. This specific exception to establ1s~ed Compr!hens'~e Plan policies on ne~g~borhood protectfon near the Downtown area shall be permitted in order to allow ,n expansion, consolidation and ~P9rading of tn1s he.lth care f.,illty th.t serves Fal. Alto residents and residents of nearby communities. This .xpansion of the Palo Alto Medi,al Foundation will improve the appearan~e of these facilities and eliminate the parking deficit, factors which should benefit th. adj.,ent residential nefghborhoods. FurthermGr2 , I Pil~ Alta Medical roundation facility will be withdrawn from th. r,s,denti.! neighborhood south of Cnannin9 Avenue , and, as a resu1t, this site is expected to return to low denslty resident1!1 uses that would be compatible with the nearby neighborhood. In iddition, two exfsting Pil0 Alto Medical Foundation buildings at the northeast corner of Homer A~fnue and Bryant Street will revert to res ide"t ill use and, a.s a r~sult I the presence of Medical Foundation facilities will be reduced in the residential nelghborhood north of Homer Avenue. See Housing Prcgra~ lA and supporti~e te~t for discussion of an expansion of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation into sites previously designated as residential. See Housing Program lA and following text for description of an expansion of the Palo A1to Medlcal Foundation into sites previously P.ge 2 .~;;-:-;;~_7L~c,...·-n .IIII' rdUlllre.· ",j-t-"-, .' :'~:'.n·>" c<; .. " ..• " - • , ; - ·, New Tra~sportation Program 15A (following Transp<lrut ; on Policy 8) Transportation Progr •• 15A following Transportation Policy 8 and Transportation Programs 24 and 24'\, add new Transportation Program 248 Transportation Progrm 2~B: Nev Urhan Gesign P rogr... 2A (following Urban Design Program 2) Urban Design Program lA: deSignated as ~ultip'.-Fa.ily Residential. See Housing Program lA and supportiwe teAt for discussion of an expansion of t~e Palo ~lto Medical Foundation on sites 9rev~ou51y deSignated as residentii'. Also see Transportation Program 248 for description of a program reQuiring the Palo Alto Medical Foundation to aggressively implement a Transportation Demand Management Program in order tG reduce traffiC on residenti.l streets near the Palo Alto Medical foundation. ReQuire that the Palo Alto Medical foundation prior to commencing a proposed expansion defined in its Spec; fie. Plan. aggressively imp' ement a Trans.portation Demand Managemerlt Program compTying with ~stabljshed City goaTs in order to reduce through traffic on residential streets nea; the PaTo A1to Medica' Foundation. See Housing Prograro lA and supportive text for discussion on allowing an expansion of the Palo Alto Medical foundation into residantia' sites. The Planning Commission recommended Compre~ens;¥e Plan Map changes appear on the followIng page. PAMFlnfo!gz Page ) • - . . ~Ii C~-,·· ." .·.-0-.. 1- I, PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MAP CHANGES . , ·~t ::: I J-L-r ru- ! ::: = .¢: r--= h n lIT rl . h-I 11 It- I I ; j ,- 's':'· ,... Chlnllo from Multlplo Flmllr Rnldlntl to Slngl. Famll, R .. ,danUII . ~I ),-'. --. ,. ..--l l Chlnge 110m MII'Upl. Famllr ROlld ........ 1.-1 I ~o ,"ajor Inll/lutlon/Sp.,'a" FIO!!rU.. . I " " ... -, . J I ~l I [Effi I I L • I , r--- f:-[gm f--I T .~II-II rfA 11[0001 !- : I " -! r- J~II~III~ litHffid~~ ;: I~ E I ~_it f.- IT hi '~~~l I-~~!t f--' I .. ~ .w ~ iii I II 1;[ ]~mrrn~tEJjJ~ I ! :; I ~ II I I I III I I I [ ... .... '11'41 _,A.L~~ " -~~ . 17 ;; ~--" .. -.I __ . -/-7lE£;;J L , . \ ~ ~ j 1 I I J , ! I 1 I I ! , ATTACHIIOO A PlAHNIN& CDMIIISSIOH aECOMIIEHDED COHPREHENSIVE PLAN TEll AND MAP Al!EIIOIIfNTS Housing S,ctfon He~ Housing Program lA fo 11 ooi ng Housing Program Housing Program lA: Ne" Text: (follo"ing new Housing Program lA) PAMFinfo!gl :-.. Allow the Palo Alto Medical faundat10n new development, t.lp to i IMX'ilTlum net increase of 45,000 square feet Qf floor area. on sites in Medical Foundation use and on nearby sites fn residentia1 use in order to enhance hfalth care facilities and ser~ices for residentsff Palo Alto and nearby c~unities and enhance the Foundation's ability to conduct medical research. Expansion and development of new Palo Alto Medici' Faupditfon facilities will require redes!gnation on the Comprehensive Map of approxlaately the northern half of the block bounded by Homer Avenue, Bryant Street, C~anning Avenue and Ramona Street from Multiple-family Resfdentf.l to Major Institution/Spe<ial facilities. NEW development and expans'on of Medical Foundation facilities are expected to occ~r on tnis entire block and on the block ~here the princ.pal facilities of tne Palo Alto Medical Fo~"datiQn are located t that is bounded by Horner Aveny!, Waverley Street, Channing Avenue and Bryant Street. These ne~ Palo Alto Medical Foundaticn facilities will result 1n Increased employment. some additional traffic and buildings that may be larger than nearby resident;.l structures. P.lo Alto will continue to protEct its older neignborboods near the Oowntown area. However, Page I • \ ,."'.r, _ > ~ .' -.-.. ~ ~ ,"-"""" .-: New Housing Pr09r ... lOA (Following Housing Progr ... 10) Housing Progr .. lOA New flljl10yment Progr ... 4A (following Employment Progr ... 4) Eap10yment Progri .. 4A: PAHFinfo/gz -; .. -,~ .. ~~LL"'-'. '-----' i@F'ff > -' an exp.nsion of the P.lo Alto Medic.l Fo"ndation into. residentia' are. shall be permitted in .ccordanc •• it~ • Specific Pla. and subsequent PC P1.nnod Community lone change defining the proposed expan$fo~. This specific exception to established Comprehenslv. Plan policies on nefghborhood protection near the Downtown area shall be peroltt.d in order to allow an expans~on, con~olfJatfon and upgrading of this health care facility th.t serves Palo Alto residents ind residents of nearby communities. This expansion of the P,10 Alto Medical Foundatfon will impr~ve the appearance of these facilities and eliminate th. parking deficit, f.ctors which should benefit the adjacent residenti.1 neighborhoods. Furthermore, a Palo Alto ~edicil Fo~ndation facility will be withdrawn from t~e residential neighborhood so~th of Channing Avenue, and, as a result, this site is expected to return to low density resident;il uses tnat would be coop.tib1. with the nearby neighborhood. In .ddition, two existing P.10 Alto Medical Foundation buildings it the northeast corner of Honer Avenue and Bryant Street will revert to residenthl use and, 1$ i result, the-presenc.e of Medical Foundation facilities will be reduced In the residenti.1 neighborhood north of Homer Aven\Je~ See Housffl.g Prognm IA and supportlve tel't far discus~'on of an expansion of the Pilo Alto Hedical foundation fnto Sites previously deSignated as res1dent;il. See H&ustn~ Program 14 and following text for destription of an expansion of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation fnto sites previously Page 2 • " . . ~ • .... , , I I j ) q i j I - New Transportation Program ISA (following Transportlt'on Policy 8) Transportation Progr... lS~ following Transportation Policy Sand Tr~nsportat1on Programs 24 and 24A. add new Transportation PrograJI Z4B Transportation Progr .. 248: Hew Urban Design I'rog r "" l~ (following Urban Des'gn Program 2) Urban Oes'gn Program lA: des'gnlted .s ""ltiple-Fa.,ly Res'dential . See Housing Progr~ IA and supportive text for discussfon of In expansion of the Palo Alto Hed1cal Fou~datfon un sftes previously designated is residential. Also see Transportation Program 24& for description of I program requlring tne P.10 Alto Medic.1 Foundatfon tc aggressivEly implement a Transportation Demar.d Ma~age~nt Piogram in order to reduce traffic on residentia1 streets near tne P.1. Alto Medical Faundatlon. Require th.t the Pi10 Alto Medical Foundation prior to commencing a proposed expansion defined in its Spec1fl~ Plan, aggressively 1mpl!ment a Transportation Oemand Management Program complying with established City go.ls In order to reduce t~rou9h traffic on rfsidential streets near the Palo Alto Medical Foundation. See Housing Program lA and supportive text for discussion on illo~ing an expansion of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation into residential sites. The Plannfng Comm~ss;on recommend~d Comprehensive Plan M~p changes appear O~ the fo11owlng page. PAMflnfo/gz P.ge 3 , i - ~ -----_. ~ PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MAP CHANGES--, t:: f J--I-r rw- . J ~ . = -= -;= -. n ~ I, :::j IT I II f- f- Cltang. 'rom Mulllple F.mlly R •• •· lo 8Ing'. family. R .. ,denUol -;-~I 'r-'. I' ~..l J Cllonoe from Mulllple Family RUldutlo')-{ I I - .to dlo)Or lnatllutlonl Spo.I." FlOllltI.. -.: ... -I. ~L [Em II 1 I • _r I - r.-~ r--ItT ~II'I ! ., 111.0 001 :0 r- E I II - " l- I :1 W! 1'1 [~ffitB9~ =-= ~ == I ~_it I - J ~ IIIIJ I I i--J.L [ II· ~ ::: L I-~ 1 ~!r -'- , lE'-2 u e I I II li[ I I I I III I I I [ ... ... ~ ..... IT -i I~~ ~ ;: / _7 -. __ ...... •.. --n'T:£--1 -~:~1fo:,f . "'--., . L ?~ • \ ~ - PLANHIHG COHH!SSIOH Palo Alto, California p.lp Altp Medic,' Fpundatign S2esif1c Plan Kellbers of the C.,..isslon: ATTACHME~T B Ibis report ..... rlze. and .. kes rec .... nd.tions on the principal elements of the attached P.10 Alto Medical Foundation Specific Pl.n. IlAClCIiROOHQ m. original drift Speclflc Plln on the proposed Polo Alto Medl~al Foundation proj~t .... reviewed by the Plan"lng C .... lsslon following publ1c he.r!ngs on Dec.-ber 13, 1989 and January 10. 1990. follOWing additIonal Pl.nning C ... ission reYiew during the .prlns of 1990. thot Included dotonoinatlon of appropriate on-and off-slto a1ternathIS for 'crther env!rolllM!ntal review. a Reylsed Draft Enylrollll8ntal l""aet Report (RoYlsed DEa) em the proposed project wu prepared and circulated for public review between SeptOClber 17. 1990 and November 1. 1990. The Planning C ... lsslon held a publIc hearIng on the Revised DEIR on October 24. 1990. On NoY.-ber 7, 19~O, after c ..... tlng on the Revised DEIR. the Pl.nnlng toIals.lon directed st.ff to incorporlte public and Planning C .... lsslon comoent. on the Reyl.ed D(IR .nd prepare a Final £IR. On Deceeber S. 1990. the Planning C ... 15.lon held a public hearing on possible S~clflc Plon poll:y rec .... nd.tlons. Following this public hearing, the Planning CoaRI •• lon. on Oec.-ber 6. 1990 and December 12, 1990, endor.ed • set of p<>1!cy rec_ndaUons for use In preparIng the next draft of t:,e Specific Plan. The PlannIng CommiSSion then forwarded these policy recoaoendotlons to the City Council for endorseoent. On January 14, 1991, the City Council and the Planning Commission held a joint stUdy seSSion on the Planning CommIssion', polley recommendations for the Kedlcal Fo"odltfon's proposed Specific Plan. On January 28, 1991, the City Cou~il held I public h.arlng on the,e PlannIng CommIssIon Specific PIon polIcy rec .... ndatlon. ond on January 29, 1991 and on February ~, 1991, the Council endorsed a .et of policy recommendations to be used In preparing the next draft Specific Plan. On March 18. 1991, In response to • february ~, 19S1 Council dlr~tlye for I sugge.ted heyslng mitigation and I sugsested public participation proce.s, the Cfty Council endor,ed additional policy recomoendatlons for lncluslon in the draft Specific Plln, a suggested a:\pAMFSP CZ - 5/31/91 Page I • -, -.'1-, :--' . .:r -." ~ , J.\ , i I 1 I I L .ltI9.tf~ fOT the 10 •• of Tlntal ~ou.lng and l future public partlclp.tlon procus fOT c"'"P1.tlng the SpecifiC Phn and for prep.,·11I9 a possible PC FI .. ned (...unIty zone change for the Medical F.~atlon project ( ••• attached CMR:109:'1 of Jln.ary 10, 1991, tMR:1J1:91 of January 24, 1991, CKR:l&4:91 of Klrch 14, 1991 and City Cou.cll .I.utos of January 28, 1991, Ja.uary 29, 1991, F.bruar.y 4. 199] and excerpt of the HITCh 18. 1991 leotlng). "£Xl mrs; mmro REYIEli M!! eCJ!O!!~ P1.nning '011'5$1po StudY Session 9" tbt SPICii!, Plln -June $. ]g91 Tils Study Session will provide oppcrtijnlty for the Planning Coonlss'.n and ..-bers of the public to discuss .nd Tlls. que.tlons on the Speclf!c Plln. (Opportunity for fOMOll publIc coaoent on the Specific Pl.n will occur at the public h •• rlll9s scheduled for June 12, 1991 and June 19. 1991.) Public Hearings on: 1) Comprehenslye FI.n ADendment.; 2) Specific Plan; Ind 3) the Dcy'}pQllnt AgrHeltnt • June JZ, li?). FlIn\!lng C .... issfon public hearings on the aboye three ItOll' wIll be he1d Jun. 12, 199), Second PUblic He.rlng pn tbe Sptclfl, Pl.n -June 19. 1991 A .econd PI •• nlng , ... ls.lo. publIc he~rln9 on the Specific Plan will be held on J\me 19, 1991. Upon COIIIPletlon of the second public hearIng on tbe Specific PIa •• the FI~.nlng CoImlsslan will c-.plete It. discussion and then .. u ret_nd,tlo •• on: 1. The fl •• , EIR; 2. ca.prehe.sIYI Flan ~nd8ents; 3. The Specific Plan; and 4. The OeYelopll8l1t Agre_.t. If the Flannlng to.olsslon does not coaplete Its a,tlons on June 19, 1991. it Is re' .... nded that Its deliberation. continue on Thursday. June 20, 199;. Note: A report will be sent to the Fl,nnlng C ... lsslo. on June 14, 1991. that outlines & suggested sequence of a,tlons for the Planning Commission to follow upon completion of the June 19, 1991 public hearing. This report .1.0 will contain finding •• nd speclfl, r.~OInend.tlons for the Planning CDODlsslon to consider for each set of actIons on the Medical Foundation propo •• l. S"e,'" Plan this Specific Plan on the proposed Palo Alto Medlc.l foundation project Is substantially -.difled .nd reduced in seal. and scope from the orl91nal Draft Specific "an that was distributed In the fall of 1989. The prinCipal fe.tures of thIs Specific Fla. and chinges from the origInal Draft Specific Plan Include: a:\PAMfSP G2 L 5/31/91 Pag. 2 ", , -, .. < ,'. \'..,., . , 1. A l"04uetion in net addltlon.1 no.r Ire. fr ... 65,000 $<:j •• '" feet to 45,000 squI .. feot; 2. 3. Use ~f tb. entire wo.tblockfor future Medical found.t~on development; A reduction from three ~o two constr~tlon phases; No parking deficit at the contluslon of eath pha.e; • 4. 5. Reiov.l of Urgent eire building lod conversion of thl. site for low donslty housing; 5. ll.lted new dey,lopoent on the ,"st side or the .. In block; 7. ~t.ntl.n of Psychl.try .od Dunn buildings on the north block; 8. Converslan Dr Medical Secretarle. and HMO buildings an north block to flv. units ar affordable housing; 9. Retention of several leased f&tI1Itle., Including Sports Medicine Ind Edue.tlon buildings; and 10. Retention of SOle •• rface paTklng on the east side of the .. In block and 011 the north block. Thus, the Medicil Faundatlan de.elopoent proposal, IS It 1. described In this Specific Plan, Is a .ubstlntlal11 .mallor project than the propo,., descTlbed la the original Drart Specific PI.n. This Specific Plan gener.111 reflects pollt1 TOcoaoendatlons that weTO ~de b~ the 'lannlng to.oisslon 1n December 1990 Ind wodlfled by the City Council bet .... lite Janulry and ".rch 199]. The fr...work of the City Council's tn40rsed polley rec_ndaUon. generally reflected the fatu. of the earlier Pl.nnlng to.Ilsslon pollc1 rec .... ndatlon •. The SpeCifiC Plan conti ins five principal .lose.ts. They are: Introduction; bnd Use; Parking and Trln'port,tlon; I.pleoentatlo.; and tJeslgn. The fol1owlO9 paragraphs hlghHght the prlnclp.' futures of .ach section Df the Specific Plar., partlcuhrl, those ore .. that reflect policy roc .... od.tlons endorsed by the tlty touncll and ~.rlier policy reca.aendlt!ons SUDallled for tountll consideration by the Planning C ... !sslon. a:\pNlfSP GI - 5/31/91 Plge 3 , ~-~--.~-~- - I I \ "" .. IDtrpduc\lpn lP'9~$ l-14) lbls .l ... nt d.sc~Ibe.: 1) the purpo.e for the Specific Plan; 2} a de.crlptfon of the Plln Area; 3) the planning process; 4} Specific P1.n goals; and 5} te .. lnology. lbe Specific P11n goals, on page. 13 and 14, have been eodlfled froll the galls fn the dTaft p1an and reflect t~e fntent and fr ..... rk of the pl.n as they .re described In the attached doc_nt. land Us, (Page! 15-22) 1be Lind Us. eleoant contains twenty polfcf.s endorsed by the City Council. Tobl. 2 on Page 16 describe, the locatfon .nd ... u.t of space that would be reeodelled, replaced, added or retaIned. Figure 4 on Page 18 111 •• trotes the land us. dllgr .. of-the proposed Specific P1.n. The land us. polfcl •• are ._rlzed In In abbreviated fo,.,. b;!l ... f ..... their wording fn the Specific Plan. 1. Lf.lt project slz. to a 45,000 net Increa.e In floor area; 2. Develop entire west block with Medical found.tlon facllltle.; 3. Retal. Medical foundation flc;lltles on the north block except for tho Medical Secretarl.s Building .t 777 B~.nt Street and the HMO Building at 319 HGmer Avenue, Whloh would be leased to the City for I boUSInS _algatlon; 4. RaaoYO and re,on.trv~t new fa,llltl •• (.t~er than Roth Building) on west side of t~e .. In block; 5. Allow posslbl .... 11 sco;o new constructIon on .ast .Ide of .. In block; 5. Reoodel lee BuildIng, .llow IncTEa.e In building height up to one sto~ and expa.slon within 50 feot of existing perimeter; 7. Restore Roth Building. 8. RetaIn following le.sed facilities: •• Sports Kedlcl.e, 913 EMerson Street; b. EducatIon, l85 Homer Avenue; c. Ked!cal Service, 735 EDlrson Str.et; and d. Surgecenter, 400 forest Ave ••• and 9. Ret.ln gr.ndf.thered .. dlcal office us~ provision for President'. Office It 400 Channing; 10. ~ll.h UTient Care Building (Blake Wilbur) Ind develop site with .Ingle-fully hOE. compatible with the neighborhood; .:\pAllfSP GZ 5/31/91 Page ~ ---------- L I I r- ,~ , I , ,. Il. 12. 13. 14. 15. IJ. 17. Rata'n R-2 zonIng on ~urface parkIng lot at northwest cerner of Cban.lng AVEnue and R&.on. Street lnd l •• s. to City for child c.re f.clllty or other use acceptlbl. to beth the City and the Medical foundation; Retal. R-t zonIng on parking lot &t northeast corner of Channing A.enue and Waverley Street and pesslbly u'. sIte for R-Z type hauslng; Deed partIng lot .t southeast corner of ChannIng Avenue and Bryant Street to the City for open space; Tel'lll.at. use of bul1dlr.g at 820 R .... n. Street and lease for c~rc:h 1 use; Prohibit MedIcal Foundation explnslDn beyond the Specific Plan In any residentially-zoned ,ite In the City and on any CO-N .nd CO-$ z'Dned parcels south of Forest Avenue; LI.lt additional physicians for p~opc'ed specific plan facilities to SO above the current .taff of 139 physicians; Establish. -.xlmum height for new construction of 35 feet except for; .J rese.rch vhlch could be 45 feet; bJ the Lee Bulld!ng wiler. an additional floor tould be added; and cJ additions around • SO-foot perl .. ter of the Lee Bvl1dlng vhlch could be 45 feet; 18. Pel'lllt llr rights over Bryant Street far I pedestrian brldg. tonnectlng .. In and west block facilltle,; It. Relocate west block housing stryct.res within studY area If f .. slble; Ind 20. Ret.ln or re1oeote the former A.M.E. Zion Church structure, If feasible; if not. ret. in ficus tree; p1ace i plaque commemor~t;ng s1gntffcance of former cnurch t document church's ~istorYt and display docu.ent.tlon In the Medical foundition facilities. Parting ind IrinSPOrtatipo (Pages 23-28) Pirklng The pel!cle. In this ele.ent: I} Identify the need to satIsfy existing City parkl"9 ra~lre.ents for ne~ ond exiting development; 2} provide a two-level undertround garage under the ~est bIDet and the southern half of the west side of the .aln block with. two-Iev.l connection under the southern part of Bryant Street; 3) retain surf.ce parting on the north block and eost .Ide of the .. In block; 4) allow "P to 0 two-level parkIng structure on east side of .. In bloct if needed to ... t parking requlreoents; 5) de,lgn undertround parkIng facilities to retain west bloct ficus tree, ather landmark tree. and I' .. ny other trees on a!\pAMfSP GZ 5/31/91 Page 5 - • r .--" J -:~~ !.~ ... / ~ lIT'Oject site ~&. -fu.lble; &11<11i) "" ... It use of ... 1. block surflOO ,.rtfng In l~te .fterno ..... venlngs VId wekends, in conjU1lCtion with -tile City """"" ·\11 Il Ius property. ""uJ.tfgn and Access 1be Specific 'lin clrcul.tlon policies would keep Bry"nt Street open. The Specific PIon ,1.0 d.slgnltes the grantl~ of 11.lt"" "'r rIghts across Bryant St .... t bet .... n the ... 'n and wut block faCilitIes for a pede.trlan-valtw.y. (Til. pedestrl •• '",IJlty would not be consIdered .s .ddltlenal floor area I. the Kedlcal feu.datlen's proposed project.) The Plan ".0 d.scrlbes four lra.sportatlon "'.'9 ... nt policies. !mpl",ntctlgn IJegent (PIg.s Z9·36) Til •• , .... t Idantlfl.s the nac •••• .y attlons for Sp8clflc Plan appro.ol prior to PI .. adoption IS well .s the .ttlons t~ot would follow Plan adoption 'ncludlng the nee •• slry zone chang ••. Til. _1 .... t of the 'lan also descrIbes the principII coaponents of the toe construction phase.. PhiS. I Is Illa,trlt"" In Figure 8 a. Plge 34 and Phlse II Is 111ustrlt"" In Figure 9 cn Page 35. Generally. the actlvltl •• of each phl.e In the Specific Plln reflect the Pllnning Ca..lsslon pollclT9CoaDendatlon. by foc"slng Phase I construction on the ",,$1 bl«t hnd Ind ~se II constructlcn on the .. I. block. Nonetheless. the5peclflc Plan descrIbes the components of each ph as. fft greater detail. The .ctl.llies t. Phlse 1 remain virtually unch&ng.a fro. e.~ll.r Pl&nnlng ca.aissto. ~Ylew. Elements In Pha •• n ...,., Inc1ude « two·le.el ~nd'rvround glr.gl on the ... In block .elr 8.yant and I posslbl. twa·l ••• l parking structure on the el.t Side of the ... 1. block IS well IS the provision of two north block buildings (777 Bryint Street and 319 Koaer Ave.ue) for long-teno affordabla housing. DesIgn [l..,ot (Plges 37-56) The de,lgn .le.ent ~f the Specific Plan 'ocludes design standlrds and guld,lln.5 fer the proposed Medlc.l Foundatlen project. Th. ~uldeljn.s foeus on site pllnnlng •• ~It.cture. 'andscaplng. lighting, pedestrIan circulation. surface parking and parting garage desIgn. The objectlYe of the design .1 ... nt Is to establish a hIgh standard for future d,.elopoent while allowing sufficient flexIbility for Inno,"tlv. building .nd site pionnlng that would be consistent with Medical Fouodatlon spice aod use .eed.. T ••• e de.lgn standards and guideline. wo"'d be applied 10 the sIte and de.elopment pl.n. of. subsequent PC Planned C_n l ty zone c ~.ng •. There is one deslgn·related concerp of the Specific Plln that will need t~ be addressed during subsequent preparation ef • PC Pllnned toaounity zone th.nge. This cencern refers to the proYlslon of a posstble twa· l.v.l parting structure. If needed, (to Issure n. parking deficit would o:\PAMFSP S2 L 5/3l/gl Page 6 -, ...... ' ~ <I , ~ . . ..., . j" I DeCurl on the .Ist Side of the Lee Sulldlog. Since lbove-grlde parking .trvctures .old .. enhance the ylsual qualltle. Df Idj>cent buildings. designing such I structure thtt would eoopleoent. If nat necessarily .nhlnce, the proposed project will be I difficult challenge. On the other hand, the need to ell.inat. the parking deficit at the end Df e.ch phlse provides such an overriding benefit t. the Kedlcal foundation and the adjlce"t neighborhood th.t If no other choice were .vallable. then I ~11 structure wo.ld be preferable to lack of $uffl~"l\t parking. Suff Is not rec.-endlng or suggesting any Imdlflcatlon to the Specific Plan. However. It 1$ highlighting a conce", that will have to be addressed N1 Iny subsequent detailed PC ~on. plan preparation. SlII!A8Y MP CONCLUSION lbe proposed Pal. Alto Medical Foundation explnslon and development projact. that Is described In the .ttached Specific Plan. Is a project reduced In scale rel.tl.e to the project de.cribed In the .o,ller Drift Spoelflc Plan. The p~posed project is sMiller. both in t .... of net ne. floor are. {I •••• 45,000 square feet versus 65,000 squire feetl and In &IOunt ~f repllcement square footage sfnce spoclflc le .. ed facilities, e.g., Sports Kedlclne and the Educltlon building., now would be retained for continued Medical foundation ~s •. This Specific Plan provide. greater flexibility with regard to building location and $I~e within area. deslgnlted for new or remodeled Kedical Foundation facilIties. In .ssence. this Specific Plan provides the framework of a project that would be defined In a subsequent PC Planned Comounlty zone change. At that tl .. , the Medlcil foundation would provide specific site and d.sign plons for the <.-pus portIon of Its prop.sed facilltl.s. Nonethel ••• , this Specific Plan prevldes .ufficlent design crlterl. to assure that any future PC project contains appropriate building s.tback" landscaping and tre. retention, .rth1t~ctUTI' c~4tihiiitl witn ne1g~boring residential areas and functional open .paee area •. Staff believe. that this Specific Plan reflect. the essence of the Planning tomMlsslon policy Tecosmendatlans for a two-phase project focusing on the entIre Vest Block 6urlng tho first phase Ind the western half of the Hain Block during the second and final phl.e. In adJltio., the net lrocre •• e In project ~Ize frao the Planning , ... 1 •• 10.'0 policy recomoendatlon of 35.000 square feet to 45.000 square feet of additional floor area should provide the Medicil foundation w1t~ ooeowbat greater flexibility to meet Its modernlzatloo and expansion needs. Noneth.les •• the proposed project In thl. Specific Pl.n ~ .... llor than tho full sealed project evaluated in the Revised DEIR. In add!tlon. I number of key featur.s In this Specific Plan on the Medical foundation proposal lddress •• ny concerrs expressed by members of the pobllc over the cours. of the exten.ive public review since l.te 1989. These feltures Include: I:\PAMfSP &Z 5/31/91 Page 1 -::-. . "' ..... , r· L ___ .......... ,,;,..-----. __ •. ~. - I ! \ I \ 2. 3. 4. s. •• ~ roduotloo fro. three to two construotlon ph ••• s with .llsln.tlon of aajor excavation on the east side of tha .aln hlock and on the north block; RetentIon of S080 surface parkIng that would be provided for patients uncaafortabl. with using uodergraund or above-grade parkIng foeilitlel; ConcentratIng the proposed project n .. rer to exlltlng c'-1"<:1&l1, ~DIIIICI areas on ~he west ami .WlJ froe lower density residentially zoned IreAS 01'1 the last; KeepIng Bryant Street open with the provision of .pecl.l landscaping aDd p.,.ent f •• tures; A prowls Ion of five affordable rental housing units within the cupu. area on the Narth Block; Ind Ass"rlnces that no plrklng deficit WDuld occur .t the coopletion of elthar constructIon phase. In suooary, the preplratlon and review of this Medlc.l Foundltlon propos.l •• s It I. described In tha Specific Plan. ~as evolved over an Ixtended period af tl... Most Dr the Plan reflects consideration of the Medical Foundation needs Ind ""1. if IIOt all. of tha concerns _"Pressed by IIOIIbers of the publ1c. The needS of this aajor health care flcllity for .ad.mll1tlon and 11.lted exp .... lon h .... beeIl welldoc:_nted ovor tl... As. result •• toff believes that the 'lanning COIDlsslon should .. ke • f.VOTahl. ~t...andallon on this Specific PI .... fter It revl..,. and .. kes • rec...andatlon on the Fin.l EIR and appropriate · __ nt. to tha eo.prehen.1Ye Plan. Staff recoalends that the Planning C ... I •• I.n recommend Cit, Countil approval of the .ttached Specific Plan. Re~tfUllY' Itted. ~~~~ Assist.nt Plon log Official o:\PAHFSP G1 1-- 'If~;f?-/~ KENNETH R. SCHREIBER Direotor .f PI Inning Ind COIIIIIunit, Envl ro .... ,"'t Ific PI 5/31/91 Page 8 • • \ I j, .~ ·:~~~"-~ ~~_§.r:<:;i: .: • .IdA - cc: 5) City Council alnut.s d.ted Jlnu"ry 28, 1981, J •••• ry 28, IHl, F.bl'lllry 4, Ugl end ""cerpts of t~. IIlrch 18, IHI _tin; Architectural Review Bo.rd Historic Resources Board Palo Alto Modlcal foundation 'alo Alto HOusIng Corpor.tlon Polo Alto Child C .... Tlst force Palo Alto Bicycle Advisory CoBIltt.e '.'0 Alto Modlcal found.tlon I/r'ban De.1 gil Co.I tt .. Unlvers!ty Park Neighborhood Assocl.tlon Neighbors of the Found.tlon City of Menlo fart, Director of Pl.nnlng stoecker and Nort""lY AssocIates Bred)' and As sochtes Westera ~ .. l.r Bicycle ClUb. Inc. Persons that sut.ltted publIc correspondence .:\pAMFSP CZ 5/31/91 P.ge g " , . '. pmu.!' Ifl.ABIlIGS EXC£RPI CITY COCNCIL HINUTES PALO ALtO JalllCAL FOUNDATION JANUARY 28. 1991 5. puBLIC REARrNG: PIL~ing Comaisslon pOlicy r9commendations r.qardinq the Palo Alto Medical Foundation'. Draft specific Plan (1.031) (C!!R'131:1.) Mayor S .. toriu," said th. process beqan ,..veral yurs "go with infor..al, fact finding discusdons with appropriat .. staU represen tatives in the city. After recelvinq an application fr"" the applicant, til initial study detenlinad that an envirollllentel impact report (UR) would be reql.lired. There had been considerabla eftort on the part of the applicant, staff, and consultants before the formal bearing process and neighborhood participation •• ~e E~ and the tentative Specific Plan were being construct .. e!. The Planning c""""i&8ion evaluated the aecond draft UR, and reco .... cn dation., with staff-associated observationa and extensive ~lic ~!cetions. were brought before the council. Unless Council detemned at tbe concludon of the public heari"9 that no project vould proeeed, development of recommendations on the policies to g-o,ide the developlUmt of the SpecifiC Plan, including any reC01D>en dations vith respect to nece .... ry COlIIprehenslve Plan "",endlllents would continue. The nert step "oule! be a series of apl .... entation approaches, including planned cOIIIII.Wlity zoning changes, and .. spebific aita and design revi"", incorporating Architectural ilevie." Board and Planninq CommIssion recommendations which would lO1 ti .. tely return to the council. Council Member Levy said be ha~ visited the facilIties and talked to proponent. and opponent. of the Palo Alto Hee!!c.l Foundation {PAMF) • He queriee! hOli IlUch r .. idential la.'KI migbt be rezoned by the Planning coaaissior,'s re~tiDn and bow INch lane! would be rezoned r.81d.~tl .. l. Assistant Planning Otficial George Zimmerman said the west block would be entirely rezoned frOJl multiple-tUlily residential to planned community (PC) and the Urgent Care site would be rezoned from lIultiple-tuily-residential to either R-I or 11-2 on<l redesiq nated on the Coaprehenslve Plan to single fuily. council Kember Levy Clarified PAMF was not qrandfathered into the present us... Boo queried if that restr icted thea frOID I!oc!ern izatiDn or frca enlarqemant. Mr. limaerman said because PAKF wa. not grandfatheree!, they were raetricted tb .. frOll enlarg8llellt. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES O~ _ ".' -. , <? '? I Cit:> , L ,. , ~)i .~ .. ,.J .;.~~ "\ '.:1 ..- \ i \ I , council Ksabar Lev) ueried if inatitutional v ;e on half or the _t ~locl< va. 9ranCtathered 111 an4 wether it .. ..,.,1d r .... in .s l"ng .. the uae r_11Ied. Mr. J~ ... id that ..... correct. Under the PlILnning co_b eion'. reCOllll<OJl4at!on, the clinie-ovned portion ot the north block would ~ retained in clinic • ...,,10 .. and preaUJIedly rezoned to PC. Keabar Levy •• ld PAKP vaa a non-protit organization and did not pay any property taxa.. He queried if P1.XF would continue to pay tees in lieu of tax ... Mayor SutorlWl •• id ye., and the last payaent 1Ulder the .nnual payaent echedule vas received on July 1. 199~. Council IIRIber JAvy queried vbat that aeant for the future. Mayor sutorius sald the agreement established the purpoeas, the oonditiona, and any exelllptio"" or chang ... relating to any 81tuation wbere the tax-exelllpt statuti of PAH7 or any ot ita parcele alqbt change, 111 Which case the reduction in the f"e pr""e88 ",auld be dollar tor deller. It tax-exurpt .tatus VIlS removed, then a tax doller vas ae.iqned and the tee would be reduced by one dollar. Council 11"-" ltenzel queried 1f the Council, as part of the process, eould remove grandtathering of non-residential .... s and residential propertie •• Director of Planni"9 and Coamtnity Enviramoent JCenneth Schreiber beUeved it va. p!> ... ~le; IUId "'hile speeifics woule hav. to " looted at, _h. did not ••• any procedural UpediAent. Council -.. Andersen queried the n.-r of physic!..". in 1970, 1~80. aDd 1990 eaployed at PAXF; and if the proposal aa aoditied vas approved, the nuaber of physicians anticipat .. d by 2000 or ~010. Council Member Cobb queried the appropri",te sr.", .. "f litlg",Uon and protection for the immediate nei9~rhood. He was interested in focuaing thou9ht on reatrl'Oting the dev"lop".nt on the ""'in and west blocks, the potential use of the earth cp.a.ce on arya.nt. Stre~t, and preventing further I11p4ct 011 the neighborhood. If the project WAS to continue .ovin9 forvard 6 be va. interested in how a pel icy decision arod direction C0ll1d be crafted to the Planning Comaiasion which would have the great_t f1",,~Ulty to the people developing -the Specific Plan and have a creative and protective desiqn for 5urraundinq neighborhoo4s. council Kealler Woolley vented the public to address priorities in ter1llS of the preservation of the older buildinqa and the use of space. Aasuaing a de:tlnite par .... ter tor the project va. ulU aately detera1ned, abe queried Whether the public would IICst lilt. to see the .pac. used ••• ingle-stcry buildings 80 that _at of the space vas built upon, .ulti-atory buildinq. with landseap Inq, or surface or underqraund parking. Vice Mayor Fazdno V&8 interested in the requireaents that COUld be ... de vith r .... pect to both atart IUId collpletian of construction and L 65-275 1/28/9f1 , . , '~ -' - • \ I \ , ... - __ the City CO<I11S bleB any .dtion vith r_pect to direct or iDdirect aMnCinq of the construction. lIe ... as interested in any plana PAKP baoS with raqard to develo_t or othu dt .... in the downtown erN. roogardla... of what. bappena<l with the aub, ect propo ... l. and the whole i" .. u. of traffic and parl<ing and what ait:1qations the ne!gohborhoo<J felt were abaolutdy essential in urder for parlc1nq and traffic Jaau_ to be addressed. B .. queried if any negotiation» were going on betw..n PAHP and StanforlS. llayor Sutorius .. aid the out""'" "lIoul<l be beneUcial to th. cOIIIIWIity and with the ~ ... t iJlpact upon the bmediate neighbor hood. Be would like to ""e PAHP'. praary activities confined to the vest. and .. in blocl<a. Tnl! City could not control the buildi"'1 at V.verley street and Ch&nning Avenue which was occupied by the pr",,!dant. Zn order to provide for an aesthetic. functionally effective dte d ... i'1" for the vast and north blocl<s, be encouraged support of an air space opportunity for an all-Weather covered bridge between the tvo taciliti .. which would improve sorety. 'rhe design would. be enhanced 1f the heiqht Halt of 44 teet was increased to a lI&xuum of 58 teet to allow one additional flocr on the lead building. 'rhe north block should be cleared of clinie and found.tioll "PAce requirements .0 the City could be in eontrol of both ue •• and their use ccnopatil:>il1ty. Kayor SUtor!us declare~ the Public Heari~ open. Robert Jampll.s, H.D., President of the PAlO'. 300 1I000er Avenue. sai~ ~~.n the projec:t starte~ three and one-halt years ago. it was to develop a lo~-range plan Yhlch Would benefit the neighbors, PAlO' patl. ... ta. end the City. After. year of talking to the neighbors. they CUM up with a Specific Plan to contract off 9 blocks to 2-1/4 blocks and erose CharJ1ing Avenue, 1Iove everything, and leave the ne1gohborhoo<J a""tIl of Channing Avenue; to provide ac:lequate parki"'1 during aU ph..... of the project; c:onform to the neiqhborhood and be a source of pride tor everyone.; and continue practicing •• clteine. PAIU' ...... large multi-specialty group practice "ith sophisticated technoloqy acquired to qive the patients the best of ure.. PAMF had no plans of zovinq e.lse'Whe.re. However I the Elit mandated that they look at other eitas. PAIU' talke~ "ith stanford and llaximart and looked at property owned by !I."lett Packarc! at the corr.er ot P.qe Mill Road and El COline. Real and the site at University Avenue ancl llayshore lload. PAIU' vas a long way from any deata but hopad Stanford would be • viabl" alternative. Be emphasized the neec! tor the specific Plan as tbe realities of .ovinq Were small; and reqardless, a site would al~ays be main tained in downtown Palo Alto a, ~ither an urgent care or primary care presence Gor4on Russell Chairman of the Board of Tru&tee& of the PAMP, 300 Homer Street, said the PAKF hel~ its charter as e not-far-profit orqan!sation and consisted of the clinic. the Palo Alto Research Institute, and the Health Education Division. The ai.sion of the PAIIF was to .dntain the quality and the cost of care and the re"earch in the ...... way it had for 60 year.. PAKF was affected by the reductions in the relabunoemsnt rates. especially reqarding care of the elderly a.'Id the disac!vantaged. and were try i"'1 to cast • three-yeu budget which considered what portion of car~ the L 65-276 1129191 "." • • i . · . Le4eral 9overtmU\' oigbt provid". A aajor itficul1:y vu the inadequacy of the fadUti_',. inclUding the clinic an<l the rca.arch institute, W!clln_e4 upgradit>g to oo .. pat. in the world or r_e.arc:b and tQ ... !ntaln tbe .tancS&rd ot excellence. To selva tile to.cil1ti_ probl_, they had to rely on the financial o.~C'!:, help .trOll Lrle.ntt., :troa patient., and trOll the trustees as donors to t.b:e .cUn.l.c and to tbe PAHl', and ~ey needed .. vorltable agr_en1: with the city. Spocitically; ·PAHl' _ed 240,000 square feet of lan<! and an additional 45,000 ~are feet of floor apace at ainimum, reHet trOll any cap on _lo)'>lent to op"rate and plan judicially, and relief ·frall any raquir~t for the .. ltlgaUon as proposed. PAHl' reqyes1:e4 appre",al 0: tbe Specif ie. Plan and support as tbe plan ..... t torward, """,loy.f.t>g ..... 1tivity and care for tb .. environ a.nt and for the neighbors. ~. PAKF was comnitted to providit>g the highest quality ofh.~ltb care and the JIOst outstandit>g ~evel oL health care res.aarchan<l health education available anywhere in the western on i ted sta tea . David Druker, JC:. D., ExectJtive Director of the Palo Alto Clinic .. said stanford wa. not a viable alternative tor relocatil\9. He wanted to focus on the affect the shortage of space vas havinq on aeeess to bealth care at the Palo Alto Clinic, and 35,000 ~quare feet of expansion vas not enougb to fix the problem. While PAHF had thl! best doctors, n\lrsea, and support sta t tin the vor Id, patients could not get i"to the system to see their doctors. Primary care access, e.q., the qeneral internist and pediatricians, bad tull schedules with long waiting times tor appointJIenta. ~AMF· needed to hire more primary care physicians to provide better access but did n<>t bave BpaC8 available for th... There was a critical .barteg_ ·of apace at the Org~t C.re Center where five phyBiciana practiced out ot a1>< .,. .. iMtion roo .... , and at lea.t ten roollS wera ,needed. 'l'be Depan:.ent of I!adioloqy had one office for six positions. The Departllent of Oermatoloqy bad waiting times fro. :four to .1x weeluI tor appoin1:lllenta. The newest phy&ician practiced in a converted closet. PAHF hae been chronically short of spece .;Lor years .. .but the problem had qott.en more acute, and the City needed to tbink about the future of health care in Palo Alto since PAMF took car~ of over ~o percent o~ the pop~lation. It vas not just a PAHF probl .... bUt a Palo Alto problem as vell. The nUlllber of priloary care physicians 1r. Palo Alto in private practices had dwindled in the I.at several years due to the cost ot bousinq and the changi119 reimburaamantpol1cy ~y government and insurance comp&nies Which ... de it virtually tapes.1ble tor 11010 practitioners to survive. There was no question the trend toward primary care physicians joining group practic.... like PAM1' and Kaiser, would accelerete. Big organizations 'Would continue to provide an increased amount of that type of care. To continue to care for the citizens ot palo Alto and particularly for the graving number of MediCare patients, PAKF needed more space for priJlllary care physicians and 35,000 s~. teet was not enougb. John Northway, 437 Lytton Avenue, consulting architect, reiterated that no project vould be designed until atter the SpecifiC Plan and EIR were finalized. i1>e 65, COO llquare feet requested in the original SpGcific I'lan 'Was -not an neqotiata.d nusber and was developed after working wi tb the .""feal staff. If the plan was reduced .to .45,000 aquaze feet, the 20,000 square. Le.t would have to 65-277 1/28/91 ! .-1 I i I l I I \ , . • f (be tound in oUrer locatloM. PAKI" va. currentlY considerIng w!1,at ~on-patient orien~ tacilitlea could be moved ott campus. 'Rogardlngo the bouslng lIitigaUon, on page ~09 of the dratt UR, there ~ e clear .tatement that the amount cf land available tor bou.lngo .tt ... the specific Plan va. ex"""ted vould be gr&ater than what =-ntly existed tor hOl<Jlil'l9 usage. The vest blocl< area currently occupi~ by PAKF vae a conforming use and 33,750 square teet vas the a.ount ot land currently availablo tor housing USe. Tony Rosaa&n, 380 Hay •• Street, San Francisco, .ala several IGgal i88u" arose in the study seuion vhich had been addressed in written coa.unication. PAMP ottered to mal<e available a lot tor a child care facilIty at the cornu of Channing Avenue and l\aJoona Street. While the Child Care Task Force vanted the site, it vas not in a positIon to prepare a specific design any lIore than PAKF was ready to incorporate it into the SpecifIc Plan, The en,'iron mental docuaentat!on on a child cere facility would take place vhen .. facility vas proposed. The council could record as part of the Specific Plan and final ErR that PAK7 va. making the site avail able, Regarding the housing lIitigation, the sum vas so great it rendered the project financially infeasible, The proposed $848,000 .itigation va. aiaply unprecedented and not authorized or called for in any at the planning documents or zoning ordinances of the City. The record contained a propoad that PAMP transfer the north block to the Palo Alto Housing Corporation, Yt.ich aiqht be a good idea and eventuate from dialogue between the applicant and 'the councll, but the transfer had to be at faIr aarket value, It PAKF Bade the transfer, it vould still incur ~~e costs of bQildinq on the _in block or ..... t block, and the facilities tro.ns!erred on the north block vould not be a tree traru:action for PAMP, PAKF needed to knoW whether the Council believed the proposal vas consistent vith the COJRPrahensive Plan, The notio!> that the Plan lliight be inconsistent ori9inated vith a letter that sandy Sloar; wrote to senior """latent city Attorney Sunn Case last Much dut'1ng the early staqes of environmental review. PAKF believed the Compre hensive Plan was not inflexible with respect to employment growth and traffic increases hut needed to know it the council ~greed so PAKF co'Uld prepare the final dOCUlllents e.ccordingly~ ~egardi1l9' the status of the ol~er houses on Bryan~ Street were available to any non-profit cr profit corporation willIng to move them. PAMF was willing to cooperate in the preservation ot the houses, Judith Kemper, 326 Addison Avenue, queried the short-and long-term environmental impacts on the adjacent neighborhood from construc tion, noise ... dust" and dirt.. While ahe .believed .;: .... rvice provid.ers shOUld Bove into .residential areas 80 the traffic and transpor tation would not b<e necessary... the ErR estimated. an increase of 2,,000 ro~ trips·a day ror 65,000 square feet or 8 additional cars in the neighborhood every ainute vhich the City could not absorb. Services needed to be: spread to residential pockets.. The dif ference between the 45,000-and 35.000-square foot plan vas the nWlber of parkin9 places required, She Gupported the lesser square footage so the treea along Bryant street could be retained eve" thou'lh parking would be r£<!uced. The trees were important an:l the older hOlle character should be preserved. Tbe downtown area vas excellent for pedestrian-type activiti.s, She encouraged the COuncil to liJllt the expansion to J5 ... 000 square teet and not rezone L 65-278 1/28/Q., L 0~l "-"~.' . .-1 I , , r .ny P.t"~1_ ill .. th.t Pb4". and incl,,<t. ., .. ;:!"r<l'l1.'9 of l:hoe ·~fon vith l:h. Goul:h .01' ~o~ .. t AV"nu. (SOfA) ~14n. "'QI>l>ft k.oulton, 3lt AddLion JIve" .... , did not ""PP<>rt th. ~.""!(m. SlIe tftt'e<I ~AMF v<>u.l4 not =nte1n it .. '11:"owtl) end :-~",.ted Coune.il tollow tho> r·~tto"" et both l:h" l<.la""1"9 eo..ito"i"n _1'14 ftaft al'J4 \U''1ed th40 .. atabU.Iuact"t; ot Uno r""t>:1 ctt"".. 0" .... A !,loy_, client... PArlU"'1. 1)O.r"., ."" ...... t. IU"l'><!$al. bploy,of!nt ah<f pe.U""t C<lp" (:Quld ~ <lntOl"ce<! by alla.HI l'l9 cUnic "''''''''':d", lind Un... <;:Qul<l I>r! I .. vt.d it lOlIIpl"l'....... /IJe""'eded .. certain lev"l. P~kt"9 .b~I" ~ r .. ~jct.a en .tt. ""'" ttl "urrORhdin'1 nei'1hbor_ bOO<!.. PlUU' ~Qul<l ,.. 3:~hted aC>eo:t',Ullg to thf! .tan<lar<t. ell ""1.... .na -.,v.t:,-"_tu l"'U"te:nu tor r •• 1d""tiAl are.a. .l>AI(F generat"", t"""at:rial M1..... ana P1"""ueed fl><I""erial w .... t .. --an industri.l plal>t i" th. ~ddl • .ot .. r.aidel>t!al nel'1~JbarhOOd. She ebj.cted to prej.c:>t Ph •• t~t ana Pb4ae on4 ahoUld be li.ite~ to rQ<>d.U"... vith ·d<I.ltiQn«l tacJ.Ht1 ... to the q.f.n bloek. The west 1>1<>ak lIb,,"ld bet be re2ont!<l r .... ld*hti .. l until the eUect$ of ph ..... on. Ver.~. $h~ preferr~ the expansion take PI .. " .. en the ¥BIn bl<>ak end the ~king on th. north end ot the proj.ct. Sb. tbcught traUl" .. hOllIeS k dhArted a .... y tr.,. lu:!<!bon ""Vell\ ..... l>lQ<;:k thrott'lh ~ .. tt!e 0" ""dbon ll-...nll ..... llV!atoneQ in to"e C:Q"'Pl'eh.n~ dVe P1lltl, end <tired: tratfic Mrthward. $:'. tIl""9ht 41S,ClQO -"llere teet va. a bargainj~ POstti~ an<! ~l,5C10 aquare t •• t vOuld be .. .. ClOd cOlOproai... lihe aUl'fIOrted the de".l"'Pl!>ent agr ...... t ""d entorCaable Plan to ."n!tQr ~t1g.tion, but deel_1ena Wer$ bring "'de "1 tIl<>qt :n..i9~rbCC<l u.PUt. Elliett &olter. %a$ Walt.r Hay. Orlv., had ~.n « P«tient at PAHF t"r 4 0 l'ftr.. Th. e""'l>Ua :\>1 ..... ad<!t-."'ad nd'1hhorhl>C<l eenc.""",,, aM ~ consolidatien plan ot tw" ahd • ~er hlcck$ "a ~ppO$*d to n1n. bl~ "'4e .en... s1t\c. tvo ae.-".. <:>t 1&"" WOUld be "v"il,",l", t".. ~ .. .tdlltlti.l d"'''.lOj)&ent, th" /lJetra .... si" .... 'ti .. , *It.tgau,,,,,, plAlt l'equ .... t 01 $'8 •• ,000 "'s IUltah, eSPf!"ially ill vi .. " "f. the aCCept.ed $3.00 Per ........... tcct lloul>ilIg miUgatiol). II., "equ .. t"" e.:.uneU apprt>va til" Plan, 9't'<IJlt 35.000 .qu ...... teet ot I)~w i>u 11d1 l'l9, 11.it th" 1>o""i"9 -1t1 .... 1:101) to $3.00 Pl>r ~ .. re toot "'" the " ..... buildl,,9', revolt. the $8 •• ,000 lO!tlg .. ti"n, an<! elilOin,.t. any ""Pl¢yllient cap. lIi!lho~ Marvin St"art, 8110 If~.ter 6t" ... t. Ho. S01, ''''~ .. et .. <! ~ preVious .tete,.."t .f.n that ..... at <>'t tIl'l r".M'I1!t4 "1: l.yttOl:! 1 "l\<I ~ were on Me4iCal net M"diC4re. He vAa iapre$$s~ by th'l "ar~ giVen lOV-in.o(>llle pe.ttenf:a. lIiH Hc:qhaban, 1011' W"'''''''''ley sere.t. sai4 the J..""<10 \o'a" in<tr"lAM_ eeU..., lind the "".1/ 1'''1' a C~I:eh.tJai""I>J.an. l:\>eJ:yOl)" 10'''1)1:.<1 PAHF to ecnt!nu. t.o be "QCC ••• tul. And n. ~.d cOUllcil to begin the SAtellit. ·~~icn n<>w And hOt turn Pal" ~lte iner .. en tally into an Un<J""ir~le Plato. 1:.0 l!v~ • .ltol>ert; """V&n, ~l~o 1I~.oll ~tr ... t. .... i<l WhU. PAJ!F <I.~ "n ""eell .. "t job ot Pt-o"ldlnq """lth oa ... , 1s ~cent ot the Patiellts c ...... fro", ,utUde 1>,,11> Jllto. l'AJtF va. a large reglonal health t.u.in ..... a..., ts a.pirat1on. tl> beceae _uen larger would be at til. .~nae of ' fH c:>t1"9 Palo Alto wIth a gr .. ter j Ol>aln"\l$lng ~tenc. aM attic ""'"... •• t1on. Studies <tonctrn1"S' l:he t"ture of the litre .. L 65-219 l/28/h /~,,~ • \ .~ f I - • I .. i . listed trRftic congestion aa the r.uaber one probl... seventy eight per~ent of PAMF's patient. would be better aerved if there war •• atallite loeationa in the patient.' own cities. a, ... Uyn widell, 738 Guinda strut, a aomber of the Board at TrUataea of the california Preaervatlon Foundation, noted the letter .. fro. the executive director of the California Preservation Foundation and Jtathy lIurns, Executive Director of the Western ~eqlonal Oft ice of National Trust for Historic Preservation (on fUe in the City Clerk'. Office) • .,hich offer .. d as.r"tance and financial r .. ourees tor the rehabilitation an4 preservation of praparti ... ell indieat~ in the .nvtroM.ntal report. She spoke on bebalf of the University African J1ethodi.t Episcopal CAMEl Zion Church, which received aini.al consideration through the process. The coft9regatlon mkde an appeal to the Historic Resources Board (IUU!) to save the church and to work with the coft9regation arod. the blacl< COlDW\lty for suggestions and ideas for use. The reco_en dation 1n the EIR was to &aVO the tree next to the cburch and install a placque documenting the church's bistory in the oftices of PA!Il'. She believed the token gesture was unacceptable and trivialized the contril>Ut1on of a large number of blacl< Palo Altan". She "qed consideration of the report submitted by Ken Al ..... n on February 2S, 1.990, the presentation of the Ma: Zion before the Palo Alto HRB on November 22, 1989. and the otfer of assistance by both the california Preservation Foundation and the National Tru8t for Historic Preaervation dated January 28, 19~. Willi .. Clark. 501 Portola Road, Portola Valley. joined the PAMF as physician nuaber 26 in 1947 and served on the City Council between 1967 and 1973. In 1949 serious consideration va. given to acving to the Gre.r horse pasture Bt. the corner of Embarcadero Road and Newell Road ·to build an l;:l;egrated clinic and hospital. which Would have solved the traffic flov problems. A fev years later the clinic l><>I>9bt and later 501<5 20+ acres wbere Hewlett Paokard vas built at Alma stre.t and San Antonio Ro.ad. While the di!cision& not. to relocate the entire facility to ona cf those sites might seem like opportunities lost, declaio:ls were not made on hindsight .. PII.MF had lon<; acce.pted its res.ponsibility a5 e.r~ i'l:lpOrta.nt resource. serving the health care needs of Palo Alto and the area between San Carlos and Sunnyvale. PAM!' had net expanded, the population had. To adjust to the nst century changes and technology in health care distribution systems. tacility modernization and modest space expansion vere absolutely essential. He hoped the Council would agree to upgrading a vital community health &ervice resource with the least lapact on the neighborhood and within the broadest, not the most restrictive, guidelines of the comp~ebensive Plan~ RECESS; 9;49 PrN: TO 9;52 p,M. Michael Price. UCi Kipling Street, believed PAM!' should ruodel but not expand beeauaa expansion would stres. .. the neiqhborhood.. 'It was not just a neighborhood issue since most of the patient.a: lived outside the neigbbcrbood. Elizabeth Kittas~ 343 Shasta Drive, said the Board of the palo Alto Stanford Heritage had followed the development of PAMFls plan, and sase board members had partiCipated in the process. They applauded L 65-280 1/28/91 • ,.J •• \ - i i I " . PAIlF'. =-ttaant t. .... tor. the Jloth Buildi"" .>cI its .ural .. , the continued ca.aitaent to the psychiatric-clinic building, and the ntentiOll ot hou... on their aites aa re.idency. They were COl\Canled aboUt the Planning co-i ... ionoanc! _teU ... """""endation to disal •• thoae p .. operties of hiatoric intereat incapa~le of f~er contributions. Six hOlLOao frca the Prof ..... orville ere.. ve ... propot08<2 for c1...,Ution to .aake way for new housing, Which no utter boW •• ""tl>ly deai""ed, could not contribute as !OUch to the chu.ct.r of the Prof_.orville area. 'l'be lIME Zion Church vas the Cint black conqr89ation on the Peninsula. MemberI' of the church included faaili.. living in Palo Alto OVer 100 years. Ita retention would provide 8uitable recognition of the contributions of that "9r"oup and caul c1 be.,.,.. pert of the "eat block caapu1I plan. AS .. non-profIt f~ation, PAM? vas eligible tor certain preser vation ,..ante and loarul, and the _atory uso of the atete historic building code would allow ,..eater flexibility in preserv ing historic integrity. It vas pr .... t ..... to allow those 1>U1lcHnga, Which vere a part at the City'''' history, to be destroyed when suitable alternatives tor their continued viGility .ight be found. Ken Al ...... n. 1057 JIaJIona Strut, ."pported the preservation and a1ao the PAKF expsnaion. lie cUd not support th.. Planning Coaais.ion's recoamendation. PAKF had done everything incremen tally over the past few year_, and the proposal was I:n opportunity to work together. He ehowec2 a sUde presentation which illustrated several opportunitlel' for incorporating housing on the vest block, north block. and th .. Urgent care site. HC)USing aiti\lation VIIS not needed if housing vas provided. on site. He urged the Council to provide 0. policy, solve the ullUe or how larqe. and then q .. t together vith .. group consisting ot representatives froa the City. the neiqhborhood. and PAIIF. Chop I<eenan, 0 700 ElDer"on street, supported the 45,OOO-square toot plan, vith applicable and equitable cond1 tiollS. The emploYllent cap was an bpractical condition. It ..... s illlportant to tOC1.lS on how the housing siti\l"tion v,... a6<\rea.ed. Other opportunities lIad ,..eo.ter equity tllo.n the $850,000. The parlting change beinq proposed W,," excellent, and elbinating all the parking in the "oi\lhborhood vas .. positive. long-ten! solution. PJoO vas the anchor tenant of downtown Palo Alto, with II $50 a11110n payroll. w'nich was vit"l to the comaercial neighbors. MI a JI8lRI>er ot the Palo Alto Chilc2 Care Task Force (PACCTl">. he .... grateful that ;>AM!' vould all"", e. long te ... ground lea.e tor .. child car. facility. Which would be " benetit to the eomDunity as well aa .sploy.es of PAKF. He urged support of the Specific Plan. Susa.n corn.1nq~ 119 Bryant Street. urged the approval of enouqh space feZ' PAlO' to remain in the downtown area. and continue to change and develop as medieine changed and developec2. She had confi~ence in the care at PAKF and appreciated that a physician wa& always avaUGle in the urgent care center or in the adn building in case ot evening or weekand moerqenaies. Sbe appreciated the aUordGle hnlth plans for ... 11 busine •• in the cOIIIIWlity. She belieVed PAKF va ... apecial coaaunity resource, and the benefits tar outweighed the inconvenience during the construction project. L - 65-281 1/26/91 .<;;~." , , $',..;,.. ,.-1 --"looo t " I \ I \ , i Mary lIUtJIiltovslU, HO Itipling Street, sde! the isSIl. va. about be~ 900d nelghb u, and working in the neighborhood' did not con.Utute ruie!ency. She v .. opposed to 12 years of constructiol\ work 1n her neighborhood. People parlee<! in front of their bou .... every <Say and hi9h intensity lights vere on \L.,tll 9: JO p... She belIeved the axpansion disregarded the environment and "hould not be approved. Lynn Belton, 41. EVerett Avenue, lived within walking distance ot PA!17 and was " • ."ber of the PACClT. She recouende<! the City d .. vbe " vorleahl .. ".,r_ent vith PM!}' tor the expa,naion plan which vould create aolutions for tratfic. beauty, end neighb<1rhood concern. She eu"ported the expandon and 10n<]-teno plan because PA!17 ........ 1111n<] to participate in the child ("are bcili ty and ..... 5 =ncerned about the c01IIlIlunity and .. pprachted the excellent medical service provided. Dena Mossar, 1024 Emeraon Street, said Palo Alto had changed and vould continue t" change. Tbe change vould be beneficial as long as re.ponBi~ility was accepted tor planning to ensure a positive outeo... A planne<! procesa change require<! preservation of historic buildings, neighborhood character, open space, and attigation to ~ing Palo Alto in step vith the needs of the region, 1. e., day care, traffic reduction, iIIIprov_ent ot job"/housing iJohala.nca, end attordlll>le housIng. The Council should Inai"t that PAlO' deal vith the preaervati,m anc:\ restoration ot older Mil,H,;g., des 1911 COIIpII tibili ty in the existing neighborhood, open spa"e, consolidation and protection of the historic nei9~rbood surround ing PA!17 propertj.ea, and ilIlproveaent of parking "".<1 traffic. She urqed the Council to establi"h poliey guidelines to shape th .. planning and 4aaiqnate a city/neighborhood/toundation group to work out the d~tail" of the plan. Jim 8urch, ~20Homar Avenue, also spoke on behalf of reFidents at 82]. Waverley Street. H .. queried the statement regarding PAlO' going from 9 bl:>el<. to 2-1/4 blocks. He did not believe parking would be pulled out of the neight>orhocd vithout traffic lIitigatior.. parkIng should be restricted to residents only~ Palo Alto was unique, and thought must be 9iven to vhat it would be like in the year. to C01i1e. He was concerned about the char-ge trom a clinic to .a foundation. He supported the clinic" continuing to offer excellcont bealth care In a size and aanner appropriate to the sl.e of Palo Alto. A lIIe9a-facility and a ... orld-class research and .edical cowplax should not ~ in .. reaidential ar .... Walter &ortz, l.67 &olivar Lana, portola Valley, had been vith PA!17 20 yeara and participated in the care of older people. PAKF hod developed a nuabar of pro,.rllmS which served older people who caa. from within one 0>: two ailes in Palo Alto. PAKF had outreacb groups in Lytton Gardens and StevenBon House and had devisee! other appcrtllniti •• tor the ..... 11 beIng of old.ar people. More care of older peeple V" .. ~lnq given at the Star.ford _geney roo", ~cau ... PAMF d1d not have the capacity to deliver the care. He estiaated if PAIfY vere not constrained by spa"., it could significantly increase its pr .. ant activitie... He urC;;a4 the council to consider the PAlO' expansion favorably. L 65-282 l"P./Q1 • t.i"-:.-'. .. \ .. ;. .' . , rony .Ba4qer I 381 Sa. berne Avenue, WSIS conee=n.e-. lIfith ne!9;hborbooda in 9U1<1ral. ae I>eli4tvtod the cc:ooprah.uulive Plan ... "" beinq ignored. Moat people 1n ~.VQr of the expansion 4i4 not lIve next to PAKF. :n.. quality ot ~1te ~or the people in the downtown are. was borderline. PAM7 lIhoul05 conaider expansion in a .atelHte facility and reaoo5.1i09 of the present facility. Bill Peterson. ~28 FUlton street. urqed a etrl~t interpretation of the COIIPrehensive Plan. He aaw the benetltt< to Pdo Alto fro," PAKF as bei09 urqinal and the coat to the neighborhood was spectacular. -A lot ot tiM had l>een .pent dovn:onlng re8i05ential areas, and PAKF was propo.ing to .et s trend In the opposite d.irection. The expansion ... a. inconsi8tent with the cOilprehenaive Plan and should l>e l1aited to remoo5eling ot existing taeilities. John Toor, 744 Waverley street. first believed the expansion would be '1ood because PAKF "'ould be consolidated into a 2-1/4 block ca.pus, the overall appearance upgraded, and the parking deficit addx-e •• ed.. The c;:ampus eoncept vas a sbU! f and the neighborhood probably originAlly envisione<! removal of the COIIIDlerciol buildings in the residential ere... PAKF vas not plan.'ling to convert the vacated buildings back to ruidential but leasing thea to other .,.,..ercial interuts. Several outlyinq building_ were OlIitted troll the calIIpla plan. The end r .... ult would bave baen a acre cupus-like atmosphere for PIIKF employees but vi.wed from ot.:.taide it would look the ........ The parking defic! t would l>e addre •• ed bY parking 'larage.with the removal Qf the _jority of the surface lots. Parking 'lara9es ... ere convenient for U1ployees but unfriendly to tho occasional ...... r, an4 parking on the streets would. not be any eesler. Be BU'Neste4 aoving sOlIe of the fBeiliU ..... leaving the cl1nic on a1 te and expanding the pr aary car... FrOll e il<lainess stsndpoint. there was • real nee<! tor reJllOdellnq and expansion. but as stated PAKF w~s a private bU.i~ •• s in a competitive environment. ·While the PIIKF wa$ non-profit. i.e •• it did not pay property taxes. the phyaicians were in business to lIlalte a profit. Ha d.id not &eo. the logic o~ re~Qning an entire squar. bloc~ of residential space into coaIlHrcia,l spaoe to benefit. one buoiness. While he coul~ live liith the 3S, DOC-square foot coaprcmille, the Council needed to find. a way to lillit the physical and use-intensity qrovth in the subject .r~a and the SOFA area~ Helen Kusenbaua, 734 Waverley Street, served on a city task torce# and believe<! it the council was concerne~ with the visions of Palo Altans. the expansion w01>ld be .... jected. If the damage was measure<! aqa1net the benetits. the public: qood justified only consolidation and. remodel and not expa.nsion. As a resident in the imllediate ne19hborbood, she urqed the Council to uphold the riqnts of individuals. Tbe neiqhborhooo5 should be protected and employ ment levels lIhould not run rampant. Tbe spirit of the COlIpreben sive Plan should be upheld. While a significant benefit of the expansion vaa medical care, lov-cost •• dieal care would. not be provide<!. and PAI!F did not care for elderly residents vithout Medicare, take care of the hoa!!le •• ,. or residents who could not pay the feu. Mary sylv~stet, 135 Melville Avenue, represented PACCTF. Xn 1988, PACCTF cr.ated the Palo Alto Child car" Kaster Plan "hich iden- 65-283 1/28/91 - I i \ . .-1 -:---, . 1 .. \ ",> \ '.- tifi.." child car~ " •• ds in Palo Alto and d.veloped a plan tor action to> addre8o, ,tho.e needs. A key point vas the need for child car. in downtovn Palo Alto and the develapaent of .. center to serve ruidente and -..ploy.... :rn Kov_r 1990, PAXI' aqreecS to donate land located at ChAnning Avenue and Raao~. Street tor the develop .ant at a cbild care ~acil!ty on a long-ter. lea •• baaio for $~.OO par year. PACCTF _=a9ed the Council to approve PAlU" .. revised expansiDn plans of 4S,OOO aquaIQ feet. PACCT}, was aaked by the Finance and Public Works (F"PW) Comaittae to return vith .. specific child care plan, and wbile the financing vas available, the land .... needed before the Lund .raising could begin. A unique pubHc privata partnersbip cculd be created to serve the child care needs of the CCIIIIIU%>lty. PACCTl' appreciated PAMl"a generous offer on behalf of the feailie .. and children of the community. walter Elcb, 481 San Antonio Road, bad lived in Palo Alto 14 years and bad benefitted ~ive years ago from PAMF'. ccncentration of .edica.l talant at .. aingle location. The treatlllent or PAMl". reque.ts •• _eel punitive as contrasted to the. many COIdDeX'C 1a1 expansions In the City, e.g., the El Camino way zoning, The City did not repl~ce housing when the park north ot Lytton street vas developed. The city bad plans for a multi-million dollar expansion of CUbl:>erley as a c~\1nity center, which had attracted little support, and IlUch opposition from residant.. The on90ing contribu tion of PA!!P to citizens at Palo Alto did not seem to count as judqec! by the staft and l'lanning Commission's actions. Modern medicine required centralization. He urged approval of PAMF'. axpanslon plans vithout the housing mitigation fee. Dick Dunbar, 326 AddisQn Avenue, urqed the Council not to approve the plan or razone the vest block frOlD residential to PC. )lathing in the Specific Plan fer PAMF vas supported by the Comprehensive Plan. PAHF va. cut of scale for the neighborhood and in .. residential nei'ihborhood. He urged the Council to treat the entire area aa PC and not isolate the Specific Plan from other plans in the neighborhood. John &eAhrs, 1830 Guinda Stre<!t, nill the City derived its character from the accommodation of residential concern. Public safety, health, and velfare should receive the highest priority. H1s son had a serious accident 2S years ago and liurvived due to the efforts of PAXF. Without increaentalism, concentration, and close association of medical skills end t8lents, medic~l ~ervice6 in Palo Alto WOuld seriously depreciate. H. supported PAMF's plan. Jess Wilson, 318 Lincoln A~~ue, thanked the Council tor attending the ne1ghborhooc5. Jleetings4 He was a 1D.ember of the University Park Association which had not taken a position on PAMF's expansion. Tbe residenta, within the boundari"s of the University Parle As.celation, bad spant a lot Of time helping to deSign an accept able plan and questioned the need for a res. arch tacility in the dcvntovn area. A satisfactory solution 'leo the parking and traffic bad not !>aen presented to d"te. Tne develop .... nt of 5atellite health .... re givers, .uch as the Fremont satellite, would be an ideal "olution to the crowding in the neigbl:>orbood. Tbe proposed construction tt.e of approximately eigbt years to twelve years was 65-284 1/28/91 F--___ ' ~-------.- L - :. :'y- •• , - \ unaaUa hi c:tOry. on. pr ... rvaUon of .tructur ... that anbanclld the ".,l¢borhood teel vs. iaportant • . ' "LOU Goldnlth. vic. Pr .. id""t ... ala Alto lfousif19 Corporation (PABCI,_id .. CDMultant ~ tlle City. tlle PARC participate.s in the boUaift9 a..peets of PAKf's proposed proj.,ct. At the City's request, PUC revi_1Id the dratt Specific: Pl.n, dran EDt, and revilUd <Iran BIll, . .and an ~orzal ...... tinq .,i tll a.lObers ot P»IP, City .taft, and neiqhbors r.sulted in tlle tormulation of e n~r of alternative plans. In keeplnq vith the Houaif19 El ..... nt of tlle cCMprebenslv. Plan, PARCpreferred the aitig.tiDn include a site auitable ~or a "low_erate inc""", housing de""lopaent rather than .an equivalent in lieu callb pAyaent and believed tlle north blocJt property va. the bert .ait. ~or . suc::h housing. The re"uction of l'AIU". expaneion to 4~, 000 square teet appeared to _Ite tlle rde .... of the north block .ore feasible. PAflC suqgested the city ar.d PAIIF have an arr.ft9 ...... nt where the City CQuld obtain an option lor the Is"" bank to buy the north. bloclt property from P»IP upon trsnster of the north block activitiea to other space durif19 the first phase of coMtruction. Tbe .elling price tor the north I>loelt site vould pres_Iy be baslld on the appraised lIarket value of the property at the tiae of the sale. reduced bY the dollar equival.nt of whatever the housing aitigation the City required. The probl ...... vould be the extent Dt the IlitigaUon r"'lUired and the equivalent "ollar value to be placed tllereon. In considering the project hO\lsing ilIpacts, PARC spplied basic prinCiples t.Ilat could. be applicable to future siail'>%" situations. The los. of rental housl"9 iapect fit with Proqr .. , ot the Housing Element. aM the conversion of residentially-zon'" land to non-residential use came unlSer Proqr.... 10 of the Housing element, vhich di8=aqed conversion. PARe related the ~c:t to loas of below-aarket-rate (B/IR) units the houeing devdopaent would eftcrd u""u the zoning. All impacts ascribed to PAKF'e project could be .atlstied bY sulti f .. ily rental housing developaent on the north bloclt containing a .inilztm of 27 units of which 16 ,units were 8MR. The M-)O zoning would perllit up to 34 units, including the !lim benu". PUC had ess\lDled. the land cost for each BKR unit 'Would be based on the dollar equivalent of BMR contribUtions under Chapter 16 •• ' of the Palo Alto Municipal Code (PAKCI, Which was currently over $60.000 per unit and escalated with the coat of the Consumer Priced Index. Because lMl<i"9 the la"" parcel evailable v"uld open the posaibility of obtaining other sUbsidy funds to reduce the rentels on the non- 8MR units. PARC believed the $60,000 ~iqure was rair and rea"onable compen""tion for _ un1 ts. Council KeIIIber Renzel queried vhether Kr. Goldnith r.!erred to the BKR rental units Dr the standard BKR tor sale unIts. lIr. Goldnith .. aid 1IJo!R'" could be either. The .. inilllUII requirement under Proqru 9 called for replacelllent of at least the s"",. "umber of rental unit. as thoae displaced, which would be H, aM required 20 percent to be _'so KAtherine Barnett, '451 Alger Drive, said the Comprehensive Plan offered a plannll>9 guideline for the future of Palo Alto a"" guidance tovartI solving today'. proble.... BUell as the expansion of PAKF.. As a nur •• for 75 year ... sh. knev h.alth care was equated L 65-285 1/28/91 , .. '1(' .-. - I ! \ \ .. with clWInv-, but .a • Palo Alto relllc!.nt, she knew ell Of 'the chanq_ vue not. .beneficial. 8ucb •• !nerea..ed trattic.. 111.ct coaprehenaive Plan guideline • .aintained the general low-density character of the ~i.tinq .ingle-faaily areas, sleved the employ -.>t growth, ... intained edatinq hou"ing, and provided new houainq tor lcw-.oderate-aiddle ineo.e hOU3/lholcls, and r"cluced the groWth ot au~"o trattic. n.. Council .hould vot .. "no" on plans that increased traffic in r .. ldantial er8&. She urged the Council to adhere to the quidelines of the Comprehensive Plan and raa~ P~ ¥lUI not requeating a variance I:>ut & total disregard of the Coapreh ..... i ... Plan. Slle urged the Council to endorse the 35,000 square f .. t l'AKP expansion. Richard Rathl:>un, 575 Itelloqq Avenue, appreciated the PAKF, but was concerned by the incr .... nt&l chang .. in the City over the last 50 years.. He •• v the expansion as an incremental d8'9radation of the quality of life in Palo Alto. Be urged the council to vote against the expansion of PAXP. ae would support the expansion if the facIlity could be upgraded without iner •• sinq traffic and be .or. a •• th.tic without riskinq the »edical support at palo Alto reaidants. Harold Luft, 1020 lIaJIona street, "greed vith the proevious "pealtan' comments but rea11&ed PAKF was not going to be cleaned up without so .... expansion. The council needed to set some goa18, identity constraints, .. "d bring flexibility into the process. PAM!' ne~ded Iln attractive, workable design which would henetit everyone, reduce the iapact or traffic, consolidate the site, wake sure there vas housing for increa.ed eaployaent within current quidelines, lIinisbe the construction tise, uxiJIize the ope" space, retain the (jlder hOAea and trees which were part of the nelqhborbood, retain the Un! verd ty AIlE Zion Church it possible, and provide a day care tacUity. Be suggested Bryant Str6et he kept opEon and 35,{)OG- 45.000~e feet be an ~~ Ii.it. The parking deficit had to he eliminated. TIle Councn should consider as part of the SO,A study &11_1119 PAKF to expand into the co .... ercial zone at south Forest. The Council could consider redrawing lot lines,or movi~9 the existing lot lines on Bryant Street to the Urqent Care .ite. Tile proposal could he improved. It "' .... ilOportant to .. ainu in and develop trust ... ong PAKF, the neighbors, and City staff. He believBc1 the eaploysent cap was necessary. Itatherine Bagget, 850 Webster street, No. 818, urged the Council to act with favor on PAKFls request Cor expansion. George Varian, 327 Addison Av~nue, .oved to Palo Alto 20 years aqo to .be able to walk to a store or bicycle to worl<. The SOFA neighborhood needed enough housinq to support neighborhood-service businesaes within valJcinq distance. The Council nooeded to 100l< at the character of the busine .... and building'S in the neighborhood and thos. things which provided for pedestrian access. Medical aervices did not provide pedestrian acceGs. _The total baOunt of •• dical and research .. pace needed to I>e budgete". The Specific Plan should COVer a plan for COlIIlIunity use and not just a plan for PAKF'. use .. 65-286 1/28/91 - ", .. ~ ~,. , " L ; -,,--, .•. ~~~ '" __ : '_,: -.-;1 Janet owe~, 8'3 ':)reno AvanUe* Hid Beve. ... year. aqeo city oUiciale and cltlterus evaluated the jobe/houaing ~lance and d_ilJfted pollci .. to aprove the aituation. J:t wu important that TaIIidentid I:oning be preserved.. While PAMF provided valuable services to the co.auni ty, abel ter va. an even acre bas i c need. A precedent.uat not be _t for non-r .. ldential \lBe in housing areas. Sbe beUeved it va. _sible to _t the health needs of the .,.,.....,,1ty vithout exacerbating the housing proble... Sbe urqed everyone involved to protect the bouainq opportunities and a health clinic facility to aerY .. Pale Alto. Bob JIo8., ~010 one Street, applauded the child care idea but providinq a aite did not build, etaff, or operate a facility, and would not compensate for the incr .... e in the jobe/housing ilobalance created by 'the proposal. He u..--qed the Council to retain the atti!1ation fee. Palo Alto had a shortfall of lIore than l,~OO hOUSing uni til, and the .><pane!on of PAKl' would put pressure on other nel!Jhborhoods to Intensify use and increase the housing den.oity. As a tax-exe.pt organization, PAM!' paid less than $35,000 in property tax last year. If expansion of PAKl' removed other properties from the tax r~ll., it exacerbated the City's financial situation. -ite<;larding bousing, h. supported PJ\lIC'" suqqestions. lie urged the parking deficit be reaedied before any expansion occurred.; and while he preferred no net expansion, it' expansion vas approved, it should be ainiaal. only an omploYlOent cap would control future grOWth. He BUqqested the 1\!!E Zion Churcl\. be retained as an a<Sainiatration or .torage building. Mainiatrative and non-direct health care service. should be located off site. PAMF'. Specific Plan violated CCmprebensive Plan poliCies, and he urged the couneil to .... ject the plan. John Mock, 2813 Alaa Street, supported the Planning Commission's rec:oaaendaUons oYer the stoft co.aenta, although they did not 90 far enc>U!Jllto protect the co..unity or integrity of the cOJOpreben sLve Plan. The >1iacussion should be conducted with the benefit of the analysis and response to comment. on the revised draft. ErR~ :If the Council proceeded, even in teras of general policy,. it would be actin<;! without the decision-making information whiCh an EIR specifically provided. The revised draft EIR vas inadequate and failed to address o!fsite alternatives. It did consider the vbolesale replacement ot clinic ott.ito, WhiCh did not eorre5pQnd with the proposed project. PAKl' admitted it could do offsite expansion wbich vas where the ~ of the expansion should occur. His extensive c:a.aenta on detail. and related issues were discussed in the EIR. The Planning Commi •• ion recommended a 35,COO-square foot increase and .taft r4COJm1ended not IlOre than "'5,000 square feet. The community vas a.ffected by new construction;-there.fore, new construction' should be liaited to 35,000 square feet. J:t vas •••• ntial to have a liait on the iapacta of the project. While patrona!1o of PAKl' could not be liJIlted, 8oaethi"9 equivalent to an ewploy.ent cap vaa needed. Be supported an overbead pedeatri&» crosainq, retaining the ed.Unq housing, and not replacing 10,. COOlt rental !lousiD!J vith condoa1nl...... Housing attigation pS)'1IIents could be spread over a number of years but not reduced. If PAKl' wanted to have substantial exp ..... aion, the idea of llakinq Palo Alto into .atellit. va. "xc:ell."t and disapproval of the plan might accoaplisb that. Ho w .. interested in vhether the lIKE Zion Church L L 65-281 1/28/91 • ., •.. 'O.~;. . , -f , . " ~ , . . ·t·",· <~;t,: • \ i , could be UHd .. part; of th .. c:h.ild care facUity. Counc>il deter action until all into ..... tion had been He urqed the received. Jan Aarts, 561 Jackson DriVe, had lived in the City for 3. years and .,.. eJCtr .... ly pl ...... d with tho. care at PAIIF. PAXF waa part of the quality.of life in Palo Alto and belped Palo Alto retain its cbAracter. A liait on the nwoher ot _loye_ could r .. ult .1n apr_ cere tor patients. He .ugqe.ted a lWt on tbe nlmber of patientll froll outllide tbe City. rile aiti9atiDn fee of $848,000 was excasa1ve. A reasonable expansIon, consollc!atlon, and ~ern i.atiDn was needed to attract tbe best doctors and aedical staft and uinta in the 'l'lality of _ieal care expactOld by tbe ciUzens. Karle Alo;uard, H.D., 1020 Waverley Street, urqed Council to upbold tbe eo.prehenslve Plan, vb.1cb vastbe only val' to defend the n.ighborhood fro. the illp,8ct of construction noi8~ and increased traffic. PAXF had not been a qood neiqllbor, and .. ost of the conatruction to date had been unattractive. H .. velc01lled th .. opportunity of tbe r ... odd end hoped council would !ltve con dderation tD the o.-der in Whicb tba expansion occurred &0 that the quality ot the neighborhood would come first. Be vas particularly concerned about tbe eiqht to twelve-year construction period and qu"ried vIIetber the neiqhborhood bad been polled for its point of tile viav on the project. Mel Pratt, 1136 Waverley street, had been a resident ot the neiqllborllood all his life and co.pliwented PAMY for worleinq vith the neiqllborhood on the project fer ao .any years. P~ had eade eany_ifieationa based on neiqllborhood req>Je&tII in terms Df trattic, parlc.1nq, end aovinq beYDnd cbanninq Avenue. He supported PAHP'. plan a. did eany people in tbe neJ.qnborhood. It was iwportallt to leMP tile older bDusill9' and not etart a redevelDpllent of tbe neiqllborbDOd. H" w .... not opposed tD leeepill9' the ur!i'ent care blzUdinq if a01lle other use could be found. The parleinq lot was one ot the aore attractive lots in Palo Altoi and lince he lived across the street fr01ll the lotI he va. concerned about developing less attractive housinq. The buildinq could be u.e<l for a colllllunity •• etlnq hall, museum or libruy for the palo Alto Historical Association or as a Palo Alto history center. Pauline Parker. 430 Xinqsley Avenue, respected the care received by IIer taaUy at PAHP for the last 27 yean. She supported the other speakers reqarding the add.ition of even .ore statf attar the expan.ion. It vas the ti.e to enforce the Comprehensive Plan aD Pk~F could honestly look at the alternatives. Jean Raaacclotti-Alon8o, 959 Waverley Street, said the CODprehen siye Plan repre!-2nted the teeling of the entire city. Tile _ployment objective was to reduce employment potential and protect residential nei!i'hborhocdB froa tllrDuqll traffic. Objectives under tbe Orban Deslqn vere to retllin the uniqueness and diverdty of Palo AltD'. neiqhborhDods, maintain tile pre3ent scale Df tile City blzt _ify those elea""ts wIIicll ~y tbeir ea.sivenes" wer .. OVer Wbelalnq and unacceptable, discourage massive ainqle ~ses through ltaitatiDna on heiqht and density tD protect surroundlnq uses and co_unity valu.... IIhlle sbe was qrateful the PAIIF prDvided excellent bealtb oare, tbe last s .. ntence ot tbe Orban Desiqn atllted L 65-288' 1"A /Q' -, , ,.-" \ 1 \ \ -,-------~-----'.-~-' tat Palo AlUM ' . .-t rad.n keenly avare ,: . the City'. "11J11 cbarIocter aM vbat, 11' anything, tbr_bned it. llayer sutorJ,.. declarlOd ttle PlibUc HNrI~ .:1" ... 01. Dr. Jaop1Lot aaid PAKP vould .... pol><l 2'0 Council Member Anderaen' .. q»nti __ rrow .night,. " , ..,-n~1 Jl4yor sutori ... .aovee!, and it vaa duly aecoMe<!, that the Council eontinua th ... eetinq of January 28, 1991. to January 29, 1"1, at 7.30 p ••• .MZ~_ '-0. lIA.1W!!II""": ~e _tinq adjour:.ed at 11,55 p ••. to oru .. day, January 29, 1"1, at 1:30 p ••• 1n the Council Chambers. APPlIOVJa): City Clerk llayor JlO'J'!:: se .... airmtn (.ynopaie, are prepared in accordance vith Palo Uto lNnicipal COde sections 2.04.200 Ca' and (1)). The City COUrtell eM stan<1inq Coaaittee _tinq tapae are ... de .... lely tor th. p<a1M>8e ot facilltatinq ttle preparation ot the ainutea ot the _ing8. City councll aM Standinq Coaaittea _tinq t.a~ are recycled tvo year1I trOll the date ot the _tinq. The ta~ are available for lI4IIIl>er8 of the pu:t>lic to aaten to durinq regular office boGra. ... _---c'::;-----... -.. L - 65-2119 1/28,'1 . A.<'_~~~jt!l.· '. I I , I, I I ti " -.-". 1. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES Adjourned Meeting of January 28, 1991 to January 29, 1991 PUBLIC HEARING, Planning commission policy Reoaamendations re the Palo Alto Medical Foundatjon's Draft Specific Plan 65-291 Adjournment at 11,25 p ••• 65-310 65-290 01/29/91 ~'-..... . -,"-' . • 1 , •.. ~ j i , I , , Adj~ed Meeting at January 28, 1991, to January ~9, 1991 The City council ot the city of Palo Alto aet on this date in the Council Chaaber. at 7.39 p ••• PRESENT. Ander • .", COb!:>; FuzIno (arrive~ at 7:46 p .•. }, Xnl •• , Le\~, Ran%el, Sutor Ius , Woolley Mayor SUtor Ius indicated that council M_r McCown would not be partlcipatin9 1n the .eeti1l9 because of a conflict ot interest. PUBLIC IIEAJU)IGS 1. PUBLIC IIEARlJrG. Plann1ncj eo.abBion policy recomaendations re the Palo Alto Medical Foundation'. Draft Specific Plan (COntinued trca 1/28/91} (lOll} (OOl:lll:l} Council Meaher Andersen aeked hew aany phy.ician. the Palo Alto x.cucal Foundation (FAMI'} bad in 1970, 1980, and 1990 and the projections for 2000 and 2010. Dr. David Druker, Executive Director, Palo Alto Medical Clinic (PAIlC) , said in 1!175, there ..... re 118 physicians at the ... in center; in 1980, there were 123; in lU5 thero ware 133; and there ware pr...-ntly 139 total physici..,... While fiqurea for 1970 vere not available, John Jom..on who va. the Executive Adainistrator at the tiae, recalled approximatel)' 90 physicians at the .... in center in 1963. The total JlWIber of physicians employed by the FAKC vas 160 l>eca ... e 21 additional phydciane vere off-site. PAlIF consistently projected qrovtb at the downtown 8ft. at apprexilll4tely 50 addi tional phyaicians. ~e CS1000-aquare foot expanSion level would not eignificantly iapact the physician count at the site. Council IIesber AMersen asked h"'" aany physicians currently on staff vere involved in patiomt care and reaearch. Dr. Druker said all physicians vere involved in patient care except Dr. Rellington who bed a cDJlbin~ appointaent at both the Research Institute and the PAKC. Council JIeaI:>er Andersen aaked hov .uch space "'as utilized per .. dical doctor. 65-291 01/29/91 -' .. " .. ,-,"<" \ t \ ' .-( ,,-;~~:- :J" - Or. Oruker clarified it 20,OO\) 8.zuare feet ot space vas moved to a di~terent sIte, it qav8 thea 65,000 .quare teet, which was a little over 1,200 square teet per doctor. Mayor sutoriuo asked ter clarification reqardinq the need for -relief-fro. housing mitigation.. Dr. Robert Jallplis, President of the PAXl", said the housing .itigation wa. difficult because tho funds used to build the facility ""uld COIle frOll philanthropic dollars. While everyone und .... tood that parkinq and landacapinq were part of constructing a buildlnq, it would be ditticult to aOk tor money to be used for bousinq. The PAXl" va. asked by the Planninq Commiasion and City ataff not only to qive square tootaqe for bousinq .. ltigation of about $135,COO with 4S,OQO aquare feee, but a180 to add 14 units which amounted to $848,800 dollars, tor a total of about $1 million. The PAKP did not believe that could be done In .,.oed faith. The PAKP was wilHnq to .. 11 their lend on the north block for fair market value to the city_ With respect to the child care center, while it YOuld be .... ie.t to provide money, the PAMF vas cognizant of the tact that without land a child care center could not be built. The PAXl" had the lend and could raise the .. oney to build the center. The PAXl" believed it could give up the land on the north blO<:!<, .ake a transfer which c~ld. be negotiated vith the City end the Cow>cil, and elJ.ainate the housinq .itiqations and subetitute the land which v •• iaportant to the City, allowing the PAKF to realize enough money trom the transaction to replace the facilities presently on the north block, on the west or main blO<:!<s. The City could. then take over and realiZe any dollar accumulation and appreciation of the land troo 1991 until the PAMF moved out~ He believed the tiqure8 to be aore than the present hou&inq .itigation. Kayor SutoriU6 believed if the council 'Wanted to pursue such is concept, it should identify a process and a time fraMe for such negotiations to occur. council Member Renzel asked it one of the properties on the north site was a Cateqory 2 hi.tor1e .tructure and wf"....at kinds of problems that could pre&ent. Assiatant Planninq ofticial Gearqe Zimmerman 8aid the Psychiatry Building was a C&teqory ..c Hi.torie structure. Structures were rated from categories 1 and 2 Which were cona1~ered significant. to 3 and 4 which were considered contribUtory. C~ncil Member Levy asked if PAH1 propoBad to develop the ene ecre of land. Dr. J""'Plia said yes. Council Kember Levy asked for an •• timate of the value today of an acre of land in Downtown Palo Alto. 65-292 1/29/91 , 'A,-~ ~~. ;~ ,_--_<-.-~~i; "',1 Mayor sutoriua recalled that in th" aatuial. Mr. Goldsmith shored vith the council he indicated a r&nge ot $1.5 to $2.0 .illion. Council Kamber Cobb vas concerned aboUt coming up vith the most nalqbborhood-friendly desiqn possible. If the proj"ct vas restricted to the .ainand~ .. t bloCk_, he queried if the arcnl tect.. "auld be able to achieve a hiqhly nelqhborhood-friendly desi91'. John Northway, S~er and Northway Architects, aaid the objec tiv .. ot the project vere to .traiqhten out the aedical circullltion probleas that existed within the PAKF and to qet .ome additional square footaqe tor .ore physiciano and to 4 .. 191' a complex vorthy of the PAKr end the neiqbborhood. Ph ... e 1 wao the vest block includinq the n~rth block; Pha.e II va. r .. 04alinq and replac .... ent of OI1tdated structure .. ; and Phase III w... additional medical facilities on the existinq parkinq lot. In terms of circulation, the Lee build inq wOI.Ild al waye be the pr bary care center. Tile probl.. with the Planninq COIIIIaission'. rec01\Dlendation ..,.... by el~tinq the north block, which h&d potential to become bousinq, equare rootage VOl11.d have to be transferred to either the _atn block or the "sst block. ~e ",.st block was to acco .. 04.te only abol.lt 31,000 additional square feet and, if council ~anted 45,000 equare feet, there would be an additional burden placed on th" v""t block in te%'IIlI of the Floor Ar .... Ratio (PAR) and densHy. A vor •• situation than the pre.ent one adqbt be created because patients would beY" to eros. Bryant Street. He was concerned it would be too denae to be nei9hbcrhood-triendly. Council I!eIIl>er Cobb clarified Mr. Northway...... arquinq aqainst rs.,trictlnq 4evelClp'llent to the ...... t and _in bloc](s. I!r. Jlorthvay bel.ieved they shOl.lld look at the qroas aquar .. footaqe allowed on tbe two-block area, and the.n "Work with tbe neiqhborhood qroup to determine the best dtatribution. Council Kember Cobb asked if there was value in terms of achievinq II better design to allowing some use of the space over Bryant street for a walkWay • .Mr. Northway believed there 'Was. One of the problema \lith having a lot of space on the west block was patients needed to get fIO~ tbe ... in block to the vest block. I.n considering circu.lation for aedical .pace, one had to aS8Ul1e circulation occ'llrrinq on the worst otor.y day of the winter. Council Kember Cobb asked if there Yas value in terms of design in ~llovinq so .. flexibility in the area of buildinq height. Mr. Northway believed there 'Was some value to havinq .edical facilities concentrated" a.nd also it 'Was: easier to 90 vertical than horizontal. If it was feasible to add another .tory to the buHdinq and alao keep the practica qoinq, the option would be L 65-293 1/2 9/91 l • ~~, ~,," L "'-, worthy ot eXploration. "the preference would be for council J:lot to preclude are58 that could be interesting to explore. council M_r CO~ aaked it there was value in looJcinq at the epaco ovu the .. in block parJcinq area. Mr. 1I0rth ..... y believed there ..... value in b.vinq that kInd of naxtl> i11 ty. councU MelII>er Cobb aeJced if there vare any arau Mr. 1I0rthvay would chanqe in 100kl119 at the Planninq eo_iuion recclllHlndaUon, to the en4 of achievinq qr .... er flexibility to aCC'-OIIIplbh the better d ... lgn. Mr. Northway referred to the .tatt report (CI!R:109: SIll, and in the area ·Project Lcx:4tion .nd Beiqht,· peqe J, itee 4, it would probably be nec ••• ary to relocate some ot the exp~nsion sp~ce on the adn I>loc:lc eo they uqht need to do aore than remodel the .... in buildinqs. Alao, included in the itea v •• the reconstruction of the apace trOll the Roth 2 Buildinq and the Radioloqy Bu116ing. In It.a 4 there "hould be the possibility of havil19 aore square foota98 on tba aain block than just ttle renovstions and reconstruc tIon. In It .. 5, they should have the optIon ot lookinq at wbat might bappefl to the Lee parklnq lot in teras of qroupinq additional square tooteqe. In It .. 7, there .... s a lot of enthuai .... at the neighborhood _eUnq. tor .. dding onto the Lee buHdinq t" the same beight ot the Lee building, which v •• U teet. A fair aaount of square footage could be obtained by edding 20-foot bays vithout IIavlnq to 90 the extr. height. Council Kember Cobb clarified the architect. wouleS velcoa. the process of vorkinq with people, including the neiqhborbood, in doing the specific plan. Mr. Northw .. y .aid .. bsolutely. Be woo apreased the previous eveninq that the reaponse of the neighbor. wos very much .... ha~ the arcb.it,ecta were f"lin9'~ The. IlOre idea. included, the better the solution. COU:'1cll Meaber )(ni... understood Mr. Northway want t.!,rough a 10119 proce .. vith the neighborhood prevIously. n. subject project altered considerably the density and configuration, and she asked how that would altar wbat the architects could 60 in that particu lar area~ And could they qet the same ~pus teel, open space and qr •• nery in an ar.. ot the neighborhood that was troubled and doainated by parking, cars, and in some cases not a totally kempt look. Mr. Northway said there would be less square footage to place onto the aite. The architects developed. ",odd wbich vas very helpful in shovinq people dIfferent 16e •• and running different scenarios. He vas confident they could achieve a lot ot vhat people talked about. L 65-294 1/29/91 • , , ..., .•... -. ..... 1 ,'';::r .~t~ r l COuncU ~ lCni .... lc.ed ""ether the architects vera cc3fortable deallD9 with the ~5,OOO .quare teet, given the configuration tho FlanniD9 eo.ai •• ion ca.. up with. 1Ir. North .... y belieVed .0. The architect. flexibility to use the entire two 1>1ocka and keep the 8con08ics in balance. The archi tecto were not 901ng to aove .0 tar into the Lee parking lot th~t they had to buil~ more underground parking tban justified by the square footage. Oi .. eetor ot aanniD9 and COlIIOW:Iity EnvirolUllent 1:8n Schreiber said the City was not us. to deal1D9 with .. specific planniD9 process "hich vas different frOll the !>Orad planned c","",unity zone process. The Specific Plan would centain guidelines tor dasign and tor mass and bulk, but woul~ not contain the detailed design. After adoptio~ of the Specific Plan, the arcbitecta would undertake a design development proceall, Which 'll'a. where the process would involve the neiqhbors. The next Plar.niD9 C.,..,.iasion action would be the Specific Plan which would be before d .... ign development. Council JleJlber Levy uked for clarification about the possible treat.aents at the .... In blocJt of the surface parlciD9 are., and vhether ths arcbitecta envl..ioned the flexibility to do .""e undergroundiD9 there. Itt. Horthway sald two things vould be pulllD9 at the proj eat: the econOll1cs and to do a complete d .. 1gn on the two-hlock area. They >Light be able to do some underground parkiD9 where the Lee buildiD9 area was and not in other places. Tbere vould JuLv" to be balance. He preferred to not underground .ore than 630 car... The archi teeta WQuld have to work with tbe dasit;n to have 8011e airture. of sur.face and underqround. llAny of the nei9l1l><>rs oppoeed 1a...... areas of surface parking and it vas one of the design criteria to be addre"Hd. Council Member Levy referenced the Univeroity African Jlethodi"t Bpi"copel Zion (AXE) Cburcb. and aalCed if the churcb could t>e save~ and usad.. Hr. Northway said the PAHF bad no function for the building. The PAHF offered the build1D9 to the conqreqation and to the cbild care orqanization and both refused. In order to keep th~ building at its current location, it would JuLve to be moved while the parking hole was dU9, and then IIOved back. Council Member Woolley clariflec!, based on Dr. J .... plia' .arlier resark.s concerninq the north block, lIba.'<1 Mr. Nort.hway ref(Jred to -the sit.,· he vas reterring: to placinq all the ultimate PAKF bUildinq functions on the vest and main blocks. Itt. Northw.y seid that with the housing offer. block • . -,..,-- L was correct assuming Council went forward Ther. were 43 parlcing spaces on the north .- I " I. I \ I I r I I , • j:" ~-- '. council Hesber Renoel ask"" about the tu.in<J of tile planned south ot For •• t Avenue (SOFA) study. Hr. 11 ...... .-n said a •• etin<J yould occur vi thin the next tIlree veelte .,1 til the P lannin<J CoIIai ... 10n Chair and the member. of th. subco_ltt... Only two _etin<Jo ware anticipated before tile aub coaaittee identified the k.y i •• u •• , appropriate strateqiea, and priorities to recommend to the Plennin<J Caaai •• ion which ~ould then be toO/arlSed to the Council. council Member Renoel quar Led tile tu.1n<J of worJ<ln<J to""rd .. Specific Plan for the PAHP. Hr. Schreiber .. ld the achedul ••• di"cussed with tile consultant ~>ld have the Specific Plan developed relatively quickly after council provided the policy direction. Staff envisioned February and Karch to develop the Specific Plan and by the end of April, it not ae>oner, staff would return to the Planninq COmmission for revie., in April and Hay. The objectIve would be to return to Council with the specifiC Plan before the end ot the Bu..er. coun~il Kellber Renoel asked how 10n<J the SOFA .tudy would take. Hr. Schreiber .aid the council aB.i~ent to the Plennin<J Commis sion was to identity preferred land use policies for the SOYA area and report bock to the council. It vould then be up to the council to identify what actions, •• 9., additional studies or laplsmenta tion action. were desired. Alternative" for the SOFA study could range troa a relatively in depth and tr-conaUllinq process to a relatively simplY modification of the underlyinq zone. It va" iapossible to provide a .sn •• of where the policy issues would qo. Xf the desire vas for a relatively co.plex set of changes for the SOFA area, then the process would _laost certainly laq behind the Specific Plan schedule. Council Member Renzel was concerned about hoy the City approached the Specific Plan which had elem~ntB whiCh required chanqes to the Comprebenaive Plan, e.41., l&ndi tlSa aap chanqe& it it "ere to be in confor&ance to the other ele.enta of the plan I such as transporta tion, boualn<J, and a nUliber of aitiqaUon _ .. sur".. In vielfin<J the area, was there. an opportunity to answer it aa an element and its impacts in conformance with the Cooprehen.ive Plon. She queried whether SOFA could use the specific Plan as a .eans to coapensate an intensification and whether there was a possibility for convergence. Mr. Schreiber clarified the PAKFls Specific Plan could be used to the extent it preceded the SOFA discussion. Tbe area.s could be approached ac distinct, and staff believed there: 'Were overlaps and. interface 1 ... ues but neither PAHP nor SOFA were dependent upon each other. Decisions on the PAHl could impact SOFA to the e><tent .edicel office-related uses uy chan<Je in t.ru of their status in SGTA. 65-296 1/29/91 I I I ! .~~!' ~'" .-. i I 1 I \ " COUncil IIeaber Ranul .. id .it would have to be considered in cuaulatlve t.paota. Mr. Scbrei~ eaid yes. council )IeJIboor Renul queried whether 180, oon round tr ips per year would havs a CIDIIllaU ve t.paet on the neighborh0G4. She was uneasy about the Specific PLan while atill facing the comprehensive Plan and SOFA plan and not having .. way to lRrge th.,. in a logical planning t~. Mr. Scbreiber'eald wsi"" the california Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) , staft bad not found a significant transportation impact trca the PAXP project. WIlile patient nUllll:>ers in aggregate could be large, there vas not .uch Lapact spread over a year. council MeaiIar Ren.al queried PA!Il"'s dasire to deal with the reaearcll facility first and then .. died facilities since there vas an urgent need to bprove the delivery ot health care, and wet..lJ.er the sequencing was set or whether it was possible the PAXP might fir"t· deal with the health-delivery portion in the research area. Kr. ·Horthway .. aid the proce... va& Bet in aotion when the PAM!' believed it .!qht get less than 65,000 aquare feet, and now was determining ""'at needed to etay on the ca:m~". and What cDuld be _oved ott. !'be· reaearch inati tute "as an integral part of PAXP; but if the reduced square tootaqe turned into a reality, the _ical vould haft hiqh priority. Council Meaber Ran.el queried it the sa additional doctors would utilize part ot the research area. Mr. NorthWay .... id the research area did not generate as .... ny trips as the _ical ar __ • !'be bUilding of the research institute """ an illpOrtant part of the project and donon hali specifically given IlOney for the project and vere promised it "culd happen in th" early staqe. at building projects. Council Member Cok>b said it wu a difficult decision. people lives ~ere at atake at every level and Council's decision needed tc serve the entire COlIIaunity and reapeet the neighbors. Be would continu.! to work toward achieving the highest level of neiqhborhood protection and neighborhood friendly situation that could possibly ~ cre .. ted. If and when the Specific Plan returned to the Council, if it vas not cM ""'ich treated the neighborhood with the qreateat of care and conSideration, he would not support it~ He comaended the work of the staff and the Planning commission to that point. InitiAl project Endor'ement JIOTIOB: Council Maaber cob}) .oved., seconded by xni5., to endorse., Subject to revision before .alting any referral to the Planning Cocai •• ion a. a policy, that a proposed Palo Alto Medical Founda tion project, dea=ibed in sUft report (CIII!: lag .1) under Projeet 65-297 ]./29/91 r-p ,.. L I - • '~"':-. ~. 7{. -'.'" . · ! I I I I I SIze and Project Location 2L~ Bei9bt, be 'liven conceptual approval at thb poliey phase of the public review, provide<! that appro priate .iti9ations and .:ondi tiona idenUfi..:! in tho Revb..:! DEIR or required by COuncil that r •• pond to the project'. upsets •• well a. to the lagitbl"ta conc:ern& of the ad.jacent neighborbood are .ddr ... ..:!. Council llellber Cobb beli.ve4 the PA!IF had been sn important part of the co_unity for. 10119 tj, .. , and it YU part of what _de the City unique and extraordinary. 'l'be City needed to enable the PA!IF to continue to p lay the role .t t played in the past, but it needed to be done in an extr .. "rdlnar 11y se.nsi ti ve manner to the neiqhbor bood. He beUeveli that could "'" acbieved if everyone yorked together. Council Member Kniss echoed the a90n1zil19 nature of the decisions Council had to make. Hopefully, the eomproai8e would enable everyone to 'let so_thll19 they wanted to 'let. She boped the campus teel to the clinic prevailed 80 the nei9hbors could be proud. to bave it In their neighborbood. Mayor Sutorius queried whether Council Mellher Cobb ainor lIO<iifica tlon to tn •. Planninq comai •• ion reco.aendation presented any probl ... City Attorney Ariel Calonna sald no. Be reiteratecl Council's action v .... preU.inary at that point. 'l'ba Specific Plan doc\11llent would return to the P lanni1l9 CoImiaalon and then return to the Council. council'" ",cst significant action youlcl be certification of the into .... ation contained in the EnvirolDllental Impact Report (EIR). That action together with appropriate aitigations findings would occur before any final approval could occur. All of COUncil'. statemants that even!nq were qualified to tho extent the E:IR had not yet been considered. Council HeJlber Renzel clarif1ac1 the poliC"j QU9stion would be revisited at the end of the aotions. Mayor SUtorlus said yes. Council Mellber Renze1 said with the proviao that the poliey question Would be revisIted, ahe would support the qeneral .otion. She also reserved ber ri9ht to oppose the Specific Plan it it clid not ac:complillh anythII19 pos! ti va for the nei'1hborboocl. If sbe was uncoatortable with the subsequent actions that eveninq, she -.ig'ht not support the polley question. While the specific plan proce"" did offer the opportunity to get a better development, sbe w,,", concerned about receiving adequate benefits to offset what she considered to be -.ajor changes to the Comprehensive Plan. direction. Council Mnber Levy was • .,..,wbat troubled by the nature of Council'. action because it .. _ to be endorail19 the project before it had one; however, conceptually, be would like to endorse " the poliey. Many speakers .polee to the pitfalls of "incre- - 65-298 1(29(91 , ---....., ,- I I ... "talba," and _ell of it va. in the subject neighborhood, council needed to look at the total picture and how to brill9 evarythin9 baclt into balance, •. '1., traUic, parking, the outreach of tha PAXC, bproving 1b1 ability to aerve the public, and enhancill9 tl>a r .... i4ential coaunity. Be supported the policy of .topping tha incr~tal .outreach and coaill9 together with a total special project. Vice xayor Fazzino baliaved it would be ~ore appropriate to get a policy on tha table and then mova thrOugh the lIitiqatioM, Be supporte<! tl'la IIOtion and believed generally "pecific plan develop ment agre~ent. ware outatandill9 tools to address the challenges fac1nq the neighl>orbood with respect to expanaion of the PAMC. It was l~portant tor the PAKC to remain in Palo Alto, and the City should accommodate that to the extent recommended by the Planninq commission. Sbultaneously with the specific plan, the city had an opportunity to control growth in the downtown area, It W!l5 essential to tie growth between the PAKC, Alma and the SOFA area to the expansion plana of the PAKC. It waa a180 critical to establish tougb .itigation .. asur .. with regard to parking. traffic, noiae and construction Bchedules. He concurred with Couneil Ke1Ob4!r Levy re9ardill9 "incruentalis_," and th" spaeiHc plan offU'ed the opportunity to avoid those probl..... Council needed to adopt a qeneral policy that evening without delOi<]l1ing the project. The neighbors, PAMe, and the Planning commission should be allowed to take Council'. policy direction in broad concept and develop an acceptable project. IlO'f:tOB l'UBBD 8-0, KcCown "not -participating." Dournne., of Prp1ttet irpylsiONl .acntoa. council Member CObb JaQved, seconded tly Fazzino., to endorse,. .e.a a policy, that the PAXF and the City enter into a development agreeaent er other appropriate Eechoni$m that assures all provisions, conditions and benefit" of the project, as defined in both the specific Plan and the PC Planned Community zone challge, are set by the PAN? Council Kember R8nzal was concerned about the use of a developJllent agreement because they tende4 to otfer auch more to the applicant than to the CIty. She preferred tor .taff to be directed to return to council with • reca.aendation on how the city could achieve the 9081. of the specific pl-.n in )lOre or less the SaJBe tae frame as. the project'. bcmefitll were 91'*t1ted to the P}IKF 8GB8U'l'ftI: .KO!IOIIr Council.Meaber ,Renzel moved" seCO!1ded by Fazdno, thet steff be directed to return to council with " reco.mendaticn on how to achieve the qoals of the Specific Plan. Vice Kayer Fazzino queried whether it Would be possible to conatruat simple lanqua9. to be included in the motion to address the concerns in the .ubetitute action. While moot agreed that a developaent .qr~t could york in -.oat ca.&UI, COuncil wanted to L 65-299 1/29/91 ,~ • , ..J · .. ,. be assured that all provisions of a Specific Plar. were .atistac torlly ... t. Itt. Schreiber said staff proposed tb. \Ise of a devel0Pl>ent aqreeaent euentlally for the " .... 0". identified by M.!oyor SlItorius. Staff believed it vould provide • acre precis~ mechanism for tyi"9 various conditions orphaain9 b8ues, etc., toqether. Hr .. calonn. 8uqqesterj including the vords "'or other appropriate aechanisaa-after the word -agreement-in the main motion would acc~lish the qoals ot the substitute motion. In addition to the policy reco~end.tio"" he val a1ao looking for a direction aimed at the city ""nager and City Attorney to go forward with the process of 1Iopl .. ."ti"9 the particular policy. It was not one which vas necessary to wait on. LAJIG1IMI nOll O'I'IID »PIl0PRZUI JlllCllaNJ:8II" &rrIiII \'IIlI WOJU) "AQRBI KJIII'I'" DICOllPOIIA~JII) nrro \'IIlI DD ItOTIOIr BlI! DZBJt NIl) SBCOJID BtJII8'fIt'VTZ .02'10. WI~" .OUOS PU&ID 8-0, MCCown "not partic:ipati"9 •• Pro1aet Size xorzO.. Council Member Cobb lIoved, seconded by Woolley, to endorae. as a policy, .. specific plan project that wO\lld result in a aaxl_wa net increase of 45 1 000 $quare feet of floor area, provided there 1c no parki"9 daUcit. council Member CObb ".id the square teet ns a necessary pr01ect. The project cap increased. PAIlI' .... d. it clear that the 45,000 ele_nt in aaJtinq it a successful would a.aure that levsl was not Council Kember Renzel opposed the motion. She believed the Planning Commission recommendation of 35,000 square teet v~s the most she COUle! accept.. The use va~ very intense and the possi bility that patient care vou14 replace research facilities would chang_ the traf f Ie impacts to 80118 deqree wi ch concerrled her. Council chould acoapt the Planninq COmmission reoommendation. "uoh of the space occupied by the PAlIl" vas on residential land and although the city propo .... d to bpo"" mitiqations. the 45,000 square teet wal a different maxi.ua than contained in the Comprehensive Plan tor the ara.. She val concerned about consolidating lIore facilities to two blocks and adding significantly to the den&ity and leavi"9 the ..... e density on the other 11 blocks. Council Member Kniss vas persuaded by th .. architect that the 45,000 square feet could fit veil vithin the neighborhood and vould allow the necessary flexibility to achieve the c ... pus teel. She would. therefore, support the motion. 65-)00 1/29/91 '''''~~' <cc ~~. 'c (~ ~"L., '~"c;~h ",-.i#~~'; • \' --,~ ,~. r I "-~ ,-l>w1 .... _____ ~_,_--'-,.... i . i Vice llayor Fazzino boolieved it '''''" iooport .. "t for cOUllcll to recognize the tough decisions it would have to make rega~ing the allovable developaent in the SOFA area. He preferred to commit to ttle PMlC the entire area between Waverley a.nd Ah:a Street. I lind wen council con.idere.d. tb. SOFA area, it could reduce t."'e potential for devel_nt 1n that .. rea in light of the deciaio<> to BUPPCrt. the "5,000 square teet for the P)J{P .. MOT%a& P~SBD 7-1, Renze! -no,· MCCown -not ~rticipat1ng.· Pr0iect cap X01'IOJC.I cou.neil Xeaber Cobb IiIOVed, seconded! by Woolley, to endorse .s a policy. prohibition ot L~y future PAHF expansion, beyond the specified project sIze and sites approved in a Specific Plan, from all residentially-zoned areaa and fro. CO-S and CD-N zoned sites south of Poreat Avenue. In ad<11tion, a.a .. policy" establishJlent of an .-ployaent cap on the number of physicians the details ot vhich "'ill be worked out in the Final Specific Plan. Council Kember Cobb referred to the firot part of the motion and believed. the nei9hborhood need.ed specific, clear la.nguage. to under stand botb the terms of the pbydcal real estate and numbers of square feet on the real estate vas a cap and was built into the process. Vic ... Kayor Fazzino endorsed the COlll!llent& with respect to the first part at the aotion. With regard to the eaployment cap. be did not believe it addressed the u.p.ct8. It was lIore reasonable to approach the i.aue of transporta'tion and. tbe number of cars on the site. COW>cil was .lr .... dy advised it would be nearly impossible to ioopl ...... t th ..... ployment cap. While Council would feel great about establishing an employ.ent cap, it did not address the real issue of tranoportation and parking. He encouraged defeat of the motion. Council Kember Levy believed oounting the number of people who worked at a site was more important in deteraining the impacts than the square footage allowed. Tbe eubject use was more complicated than the industrial park USII8 which did not have many visitors. He wal not sure the ph.ysician ~CAp was the riqht proq tor the intensity 0% use but raoognbed staff had a difficult ti .... developing e aeasurable tool and the action was a good stllrt. He endorsed the direction of council end hoped the concept would be used more videly as a way of getting to the intensity of various uses in the coamunity. Council Member Renzel said. the doctQr& involved. in patient care saw an average of 10 patients each, which represented a Significant nwaber of trip". While abe belieVed the limit of additional doctors abould be lea. than 5Q, ahe would .upport the IIOtion as a way to get a handle on future traffic. Council "ember Andersen originally suggested the physician process rather than pati.tmt cap or automobile cap because it was easier to 65-301 1/29/91 • .. "'.;;:, 1 \ "~ !~'- ~.'.;.' ';lp>' , ,- .. , '. administer, And allowed the PAKP to aake the long-term projections it needed. It alao provided an indication to the neighborhood as tt' capaci ti... He was 1I0 .... WIl.t disappoInted the PAM}' intended to put as .any physicians in the facility aa possible and ~ve the r.sa.reb out. PrQ8 a traffic generation perspective, if research vas relocated., it clearly inc:r-.aaad traffic generation.. There lilSS a three to one difference in trip qeneratlon between research and .. medical 4octor, and be encouraqed the PAXF to reconsider 10.:& ti119 a8 .ucb ot the regearch .s possible in the main facj lity.. The .quare tootaqe Vaa net •• .-uch the issue .s traffic. While he agreed vIth Vice lIayor Fazzino in that an intrusion Into the marketplace by .~ qovern.ental entity with regard to the "mpl"r-ent cap had adJl;Inistrative haasles, in tho> sllb:jeot instance, he believed it vas clean and dmple, and could be ~onored vithout diftlculty. He aupported the I1Oti"n. Vice lIay"r Fazzino ... id the preaance of an employee "a. not the issue, and it vaa inappropriate tor the City to tell the PAMC how to adaini_t .... health car.. '1'lI. nwaller ot trips could be controlled as could the percsntage ot sinqle paasen;er trips, vhich wa. What council should tocus on. councU MeJlber lloolloy aS8.x:iated with the cOllllllents ot council M_ And""sen. While ahe underatood the PAHP did not vant to go throuqh the process again, .Olle aechanis. to indicate when the 11ai ts were being approached could be of ben"ti t to the neiqllbor hood, PAIlI'. and the City. She would be interested in staff possibly returning after givinq consideration to wbether the cap at 50 physicians vas the right number; how workable the cap wasj and hev etfective would it be. lIayor SUtOriU8 said • solid Transportation Dezand Manag .... ent (TD!!) Progr .. existed at the PAKl' and they were 8lIIOng the leader. in the downtown area in proaotinq the 'l'D1l progr .. tor other employers as well. He wall confident that qood 'I'DM prootices would continue and be .. plitied a8 approprIate. '1'lIe physician cap was presented by the PAHP not the City. xenzoa DIVIDBll FOIl I'l1IlPOSP OJ' VO'1'OIa J'1R87 PUt! OJ' .00001011 ,l\SSBJ) 8-0, MC::Covn "not participating" 8BCOIID PUt7 OJ' IIOT1OII UGUtDIIIG BKl'ld)naDI'I CAP oa JIlDIiIBII 01' pn.:Z:C.iU8 PAl8SO 6-2.. Faz.zino, Kniss -no., III McCown -not pnticipating. " RECESS FROM ';'s p,m. to 9;55 p,l~ Prgject Ipcotign Ind Height Council Member Renzoal sald while a fair ... ount of guidance had been given in teras ot what Council wanted to see, it seemed it would be beneficial to Council and the PAHF to be tlexible about phasing .nd what happened on each block. She preferred :more underground L 65-302 1/29/91 t I I '.~j: .. ~.;, 71. ···· . . . " -.--' . \ ~ ".~;; ,'. ·:>ki~~i!..j,_;< .' ';;-;')~.§ i::, I~~ - \ i I 1 parkill9 ·beill9 deaiqnated tor .... ployses and surtace parking' tor patient. CQun<:i1· Mesl>er Cobb a<}reed. It wall ieportant tor Co""c:il to provide apprgpriate quide 1 inell with as .uch flexibility aa possible to the PAXI' .0 the architecta aNS desiqnera could return with tb-e best peedbla plan. Guideline •• i9ht be to contain the project to the .a1n and ~t bloCks. Council should avoid vriting' specific lanquag e • ltayor S:.Itor1uo sllked what kind of qu1dance would be bi>ne!iciel tor staft, the Planninq Com.i •• ion, and the PAMF. Mr. SChreiber under.toed Council's desire tor desiqn and creative fluibiUty but Council needed to c01IIIIIent on the "est blccJc: ancl the t~~ ... ental issue of whether it Should include halt housing' and half PAMF. The ataft and Planning' commission recommend~tion was for it to include all PMF. The north block related back to the housing' discu •• ion. The iaau •• on the main block related to the desire for flexibility for ."'"' additional square footege whie" could be .. naw building' Dr an expanded, higher. biqqer Lee building'. The surface parking' lots emerqed as .. siqnificant issue during' the Planninq com.ission process. There was a fundamental desiqn bous in tenuI of builc:lill98 "ersu. parking lots and in terms of surface parkinq veraue ltncIerqround parking'. The co ... iss!on and staff concurred there were values to surface parking and it would ba qood to hear Council'. reactions. There "as also the height issue. Council _ Ander.en endorsed flexibility on the part of the deaiqn and was peraonally comfortable exploring' the advantages of increasing' the height to provide .... ore efficient and appropriately deaiqnecl facility fr~ the neiqhborhood'. point ot view. He was comfortable with utilizing' the north block for housing', and "a. ple .... d with the direction of the PAMF in that regard. He encouraqed the use of the main block for open space in that the caapus concept required use of the space in a more creative way. He vas not enthusiastic about considering a parking lot as an open space facility_ He also would like to see as many of the existing structures t!s possible ret.a1ned. in the -relocation process.. He had not heard any cr.ative solution to the AXE Zion Church, and would lilte to see it utilized in a day care center if possible. council _r Levy "greed with qiving' the PAMF flexibility in working' with the main bloclt althouqh the neiqhborhood clearly sboved. a preference for surface pa.rklng~ Under Item No. lSI he aU9Q •• ted language such aa -retention of significant surface parking' on the _in-block" bUt would qiva the PAMF more flexibility in that reqard. He agreed with Council Member Cobb that Council should not write the specifications. Council Meaber ltni •• supported flexibility in the planninq. Th~ underqround parkinq should be cieBiqnated for employees since patients did not want to park un4erqrouncl. 65-303 1/29/91 t ~~~ ......... -"",-.......~-. \L • ~--7 L xo'rxo.:r t:O\ln-=il M~ Woc-lley .oved, seconded by Kniss, that the Palo Alto Medical Foundation propo6~d projact be confined to the .,.st and _in blocka; that an additionAl floor in tho Lee building be qiven conoideration; and ~t counoil i. flexible in terms of surtace parking. Council Member Renzel concurred with the thrust of the ,"otion. In terll!e of the flexibility r&qor4inq surface parking, the neiqhbors were ~ncerned about l.osinq surface parking because patientl!l 'Would not use the Imderqround parking. She concurred end el<P<!cted that any parking plan would have to include some Burfac~ parking for patients. She was Wlwllllng to Bay all the pat"kinq hod to be surface on the aain perking lot. She preferred that some of the outlyinq parking lotll be drawn into the two block.. It the City was to end up with a -campus-feel, th1nqa would need to 90 \lp rather than out and t!lere would: n.eed to be generous &etbacks aM open space. Even thouqh parking lots were not beautiful open space, they were open space. She preferred the urqent care facilities be relocated early so the housinq on the west block aiqht be more readily .oveQ to the site, which would be the best thiD; tor the neiqhborhood. She was concerned about identityinq phases in Item No. 4 in ter.s of the flexibility issue. Mr. SChreiber said the city hired a consultant to draft the. specific Plan Bven thouqh the PAKF woulQ pay for it. Direction would have to be qiven to the oonsultant in teras of what should qo in the draft Specific Plan. Onless directed other>lise, he would intend to qlve the consultant the Planning comaission recommenda tions liS modified by COWlcil. The elqht it .... listed in the report (CMlI,l.09.91) represented a year's worth of 'Work by the Planning Co .. lllsion, and wording vas carefully drafted. 8_I~ IIOTIOJIf sutcrlus, to approve with the language in council Mem.ber Cobb 'Iloved, seconded. by the Planning commie.ion recommendations 1-8, Item 2 revilled: 1. West block developm.ent, as proposed in the Draft Specific Plan~ includinq two subterranean levels of parkinq; 2. The project will be restricted to the vest and ""'in block and that the north block be pursued tor housing purposes. 3. -Relocation ot the Urgent Care facilities into the ~est block and redevelcpsent of the Urgent Care site into single-fa~ily housinql 4. Re.odelinq of main bloclc bUildings (Lee and Roth) consist~nt with Phase II as pro,posed in the Dr3tt Specific Plan; s. construction 4uring Phase II of a two-level subterranean garaqe on the vsst eide of the main bl~k paralleling Bryant street and extendinq from Channing Aven~e to a point rouqhly L .. -._, --"- 65-304 1/29/91 , ., . .' 71.· ··.i " . , . "-"j ~r }:' .. , I , -j •• o· . ,..: ... aidvay between Hoaer and Channing Avenues ~ith a two-level connection under Bryent Street to the w~.t block qaraqe; ~. btention of exbtlnq Murte"" parking on a) ... in block; and b) Channing and Waverley parkinq lots; 7. Retention of Sports Medicine and Education buildings; use of President'. ottice to be deterained; and 8. The ~ heiqht would he 35 feet except tor the Research BUildincJ which would have II ... xill,,", belqht of ~ 5 feet • •••• , •• IT. council Kember Ranzel aoved. seconded by woolley, to a.end It. ..... 1 that relocation of ~ urgent care Facilitie:& end redevelopilHlnt of Urqent care alte into _inqle-family bousinq occur In Pha •• I of the project if feasible, deletinq the reter.nce to the vest block. Council Keaber Renoal ~lieved it would be beneficial fro. a land use planninq and political perspective tD qat the relocation and redev.lopaent done tirst and it allowed flexibility for movinq the older structures off of the vest block which .he "'vored. Council Member CObb queried whether the modification in terllS of phasinq vas f .... ibl •• Kr. Northway &aid. the .avement of the U:r<Jent care center bad always been in ~ I because it ......... jor henetit. Space just needed to he found ar built to .ave it into. If the Urqent Care facility had to be built first, then the houses would have to be atored someplace. Council ~eaber Woolley J~er.tood the movement of the Urgent Care center wCPJ.ld al .... ys oecur in Ph .... I. She Meconded the alleI\4ii!ent ~C.U8e it deleted the reference to the ·west block" and abe vas not sure the city should tie the PAXF into havinq ta .. ove it eo the west bloCk." If it had to occur in PhaBe X, it might vell have to 90 someplace on the main block. lIllZIIDIID'f PUSJII> 8-0, KCCovn "not. participating.' ... ...""Bft" I: CO\.lDCil Member Cobb .oved, seconded by Woolley. to amend It .. 4 by delet1nq the reference to Phase 11 and adding at the end, "vhieb. also inc~udu reconstruction of Roth 2 and Radioloqy." Council 1leJil>er CObb said 11i" aaendment vaa in response to his quest ian eo Mr. Northway about bow they vauld chanqe the Planninq comaission reco ... ndation to acbiev~ the nece5sary flexi~ility on the main block. 1M eM,w'H PU8., 8-0 t MCCown -not partlcipatinq." 65-305 1/29/91 L - '~~ ~" .. \. - A!lJDlDMD'l'. Council Kember Levy ~ved, seconded .by :kniss, to AlIend It.... 6 to retain the existing eurface parking on ChaMing and Waverley parking lot and to retain a eio;nif i=.t alllount ot the suria"" parking on the _in bloclc. C()w>cll Il'!lIIber Levy .aid the purpose of the amenchoent vas to provide flexibility on the .aib block of developme~t. Council Keaber CObb would not .upport the uoendment because council needed to provi'ie the alternative for potential of two-level confi9'll"ation anO do What it could to try anO elbinate the Channing and Waverley parking lot for the eventua 11 ty of housing. !leyor Sutorlu8 anO COuncil ~mbers Woolley and Renzel "qreed. lUIZII'DKDI'l' .l'AI"LBD 2-6. Levy. Kniss -aye,-MCCown Bnot participat i"'1." ,M'WMl>II'W1I1'J Mayor SUtoriua moved, seconded by Kniss, to alII.end Item 8 by addi"'1 at the and. "and the Lee Building. which might have ilIl additional .t~ry. aalting .. building height up to a maximum of 58 feet .. - council M8lIIber IAvy va .. prepared to give the de.veloper a good deal c! flexibility but not to tbe level of providing 58 feet in heigbt. It W'"' • bad precedent and there was no need to go beyond the 50- foot height Umitation generally imposed throughout the COIIlIlunity. While he sight be ....... nable to other language which previded the PAM!' with flexibility. be would not support the 58-foot height H.HaUon. ~ P .... ZO 6-2, Levy, Fazz,ino -no,· McCown -not partici p atir19. " aMIWT •• 'ftI Cou.."'lcil Member CObb moved:, seconded by Woolley, to .... end IteJo 6, to provide the PAM!' vith the option to consider altErnatives SUch as poa&ible two-level configuration on the main block and to enc:ouraqe the PAHF to t'ind 'Ways to convert the Channing and Waverley lots so the site aiqht be used for housing. Council Member Benzel praferred a double-deckinq underground wit~ a surface park on top and below and return the oorner of Channing and Waverley to residential zoning. she 'Would support the motion. council Kember Levy opposed the amendment because the neighborhood favored th. surface parking, did not want the construction noise involved in any other kind of development. and the patients would not use anythinq other than surface parking. He was not lure he agreed with the neighbors' conclusions but he heard the same thing so clearly frca the neighborhood he was compelled te respect their judgment. Council Member Kni •• associate~ with Council Member Levy. 65-l06 1/29/91 i r i , , ,~ • \ >:1"-' I '-- a"'WOMB.' r.a%LBD .-4, Fazzino, Kniss, Levy, sutoriu~ -no,-MCCown "not participating." )~1 council Member ~enzel ~ov~, seconded by An4er •• n, to amend It .... 6 that adequate surface Farki"9 be included ter-patient. and as auch ot the parkiJ1Cj .daaig=ted tor employees a. poadbl. be under-qrounded on both the main and weot block ait •• if f.aaible. council Beaber lIoolley queried whether the .... e_nt would ... ount to .ore or le •• surface parking. Hr. Northway sBid it would be about the same. Approximately 610 cars would be underqrounded in the Pl&1L~inq Com=is.ion recomaenda tion. and it .. as probably. ali ttla .. ore than the nlmber of employees. Es.entially the amendment con toned with the Fla.n."'1ing Commission reoc .. endation reqardiJ1Cj parking. Council Member aenzel said the Planning Commission recommendation did lIot put any parkinq below the Lee buildinq lot. If surface parkinq was left. and there was also parkinq belo .... she queried they could draw in troa the 43 spaces on the north block and the Waverley corner. Hr. Northway said yes. council Member Ren%el wanted to include that flexibility. Hr. SChreiber clarified the amendment wanted the Specific Plan to not have surface parkinq at lIaverley and Channinq it possible. which he believed va. adequate direction. Council Member Renzel Clarified that Items 5 and 6 would be amended so the parkinq plan continued to have the tvo levels in the earlier motion in the west block and on the .ain block flexibility be given to put a second level under the main block parking lot in order to pull in the parkiJ1Cj tt ... t vould be lost on the north tllock "nd possibly the corner of Wa.verley and Channing;.. Her intent 'W'e.s to get rld Of surface parkinq on the corner of Waverley and Channing. It was zoned reBidenti~l, whicb vas its likely use. If there was to be B ·campus-on the west and north end ot the m~in blocks, it sbould be done and not precluded because there could. not be a second level of parking underground on the ... in block. Hayor S~torius clarified extending flexibility did not assume the dollar number worked . .Mr. Northway Baid aa square footage vas reduced, some benefits were lost. one of the benefits of increased square .footage vas m~re underqrou~ parking. Mr. Calonne said it would help if council's action included guidance to the Planning Commission on how to exercise the flexibility. He Buqqested the flexibility qranted on any of the items be liaited to -if teasible-rather than -if possible.- 65-30, 1/29/91 ~',.~ "~b i I I I '\ I I I l Kr. s<:hreiber .aiel there wer.concept.: 1) Using the Waverleyl Chamlinq parkir19 lot for housing; and 2) 1lnd .. ~ounding parking on the .. in lot. He suggested the conceph be decoupled. It aight be feasible to put the iI .. v .... ley/Channinq parl<1ng underground on 50 .. e part of the project.. The Planninq C"..iuio,,'. re=-endatlon to retain the surface parking on the aain lot vas the rellult ot sub<otantial public testimony and "t"onq co""e .. ns regarding the i.pact of construction on the .1te~ If there V4. a .tro~ desire to underground the .a1" lot, he sUq<J"sted it be tr .... ted as a separate .otion. council )(eDber Andersen recognized the conce.rn about the impacts of const.uction noi8e. '1'0 force the PAKF to live with the .urfac~ parkinq level would severely bllllp8r the deliqn potenthl. He enc;ouraged Council to support the .... e_nt. council Member Kniss would not support the amendment. '!'he neighbors vere dislIUIyed by the Underground parking concept and she also un4erstood the expense outveiqhed the beneflts. AKDIWlD'f :rA%.LZD 2:-6, Andersen, Renzel "'a.ye,· MCCo'lm -not part lci p&ting." Council Kember Levy believed council'. intent vas to r.turn the Channing/Waverley parking lot to its basic Underlying sor.tnq ot residential. '!'he probl"", appeara4 to be if the surface parking on Channin<; and Waverley vere eliminated, there was no place for it to qo. He queried what language aight accomplish the desire to eli~nate parking at Channing and Waverley vhile not reducing the total ~t of parkinq on the project. Kr. SChreiber said given It ..... 5 and 6, the teasible way would be to incorporate the Waverley/Channing parking in the underground structure uncler the west block and It portion of the ",ain blocl<. He deferred to Mr. Northway in terms of feasibility. Mr. Hor~~way said sost recent .tudies did not reflect enouqh space. lUUIIDKEN'l':t Council Member Woolley moved, seconded by Ande.rsen, to amend Item 6 to read: -.Miniai.ze surface parking to the extent fe.asible.- council Member Woolley di.agreed that people said they wanted the surface parking retAined~ She heard Council beinq urged to locate all thi! developlllent on the aain block. While Council vaa also including: the. west block, to get the most "campus" like plan possible there .ight need to :be some building-where the. current surface parking vas for the .aln block~ She referred to Coun=il Member Cobbls comaent$ where there ~ould be two levels ot parking and one vould only be suppressed one-half level which Would still allow 808e daylight and opening. If that were concealed in the center of tbe p~oject there ",ight be some flexibility. She wanted flexibility to explore every possible avenue. L 6S-J08 1/29/91 , .- I I , i ! I ~ \ , ,-" . ~ I - .\ I i council IIelIl:>er Cobb queried whether the amendlZlent would accOJllplish the idea of a."... kind of tvo-level contiquretion on the lDlIin parkl.nq lot area to ..ue better use of the physical space. Mr. Schreiber ur.derstood froa the applicant that .. ne of the otf •• ttinq t.ctor. of ~avlnq ~5,OOO square teet rather than 65,000 square f .. t wa .. not bUilding the expensive underground parkinq garage structure on the _in lot. Gi yen the testiBoony at the Planninq Co .. ission public hearinq, he doubted the feasibilIty on the part ot the applicant giv .. n the cost.. He doubted the amendment would lead to eome Bignificant change fro. the Planning CQaaiSBion t • recommendation in terms of surface parking. Mayor sutor ius had the same concerns about the ability to regain the ChanningfWaverley parkinq lot for housing. It ell went beclc. to feasibility, and the cor&ept Qf a one-half level depressed structure with a structure on it was appealing bUt the cost was prohibitive. council Member Andersen vas concerned about constraining the PAMP and the neighborhood bY not allowing the use of the lot. Fro •.. planninq perspective, the arChitects &hould be allowed to pursue the 1'05511>111 ty . Council Member ~oolley queried ~~ether the architects had any need to use any at the .ain block surface parking. Mr. Northway saitl unles" he vas banned trOll 100](inq at groupinqs of buildinqs on the Lee parkinq lot, he intended to explore the feasibility. He cUd not understand the aaenda .. nt to be a require _nt to put things underground. While the concept ..,ight not be feasible given the reduced square footaqe~ be was committed to try and return those parking lota to housing. council MeBber Woolley vas concerned Item 6 said surface parking must be retained and that nothing could be put on that lot. Mr. Northway had more probl~~ with the wording of Item 6 than he did with the amendment. Council IIelDl:<or Renzel said while .be ",upported undergrounding "DlIe parking on the main lot, she di4 not support the amendment Which put buildings on the ""in lot. Sbe supported the lIotion to add another floor to the Lee OO11d1"9 as a qood way to put in "pace vhich Was buffered trom the neiqhbors and there vas a larqe setback off Waverley~ councll Member xniss said with Mr. Northvay 1 s clarification, she wou Id support the .... endJlent. ~ PHSBI> S-l~ Fazzino, Levy, ltenz,el -no,· M.cCown "not participating.- --'---~L 65-309 1/29/91 - > ~r.,. TO a.DJOIJDa Vice Mayor Fazzino moved.. Beconded by Levy .. to adjourn the it_ to the re<;Ularly scheduled Council .. eetine;; on Monday, February 4, 1991 at ':30 p.m. ~~ ~ ~oca. PAS.ac 5-3, Andersen, cobb, Xnlss -no,· McCown abIIent. WpttBtfM~'1 council adjourned at 1l:~5 p .... to the regularly scbeduled city council Meetit19 on Monday. February 4. 1991. at 7:30 p.lI. A'1"nS'r: APPROVEl): city Cleric Mayor NOTE: S~ ainutes (synop~is) are prepared in accordance with palo Alto Municipal Code Section 2.04.200(0) .. nd (b}. 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'!'he tapes are avallable for lMIIbers DC the PIUolic to listen to durinq regular office bour •• - 65-310 1/29/S1 • • , , \ \ - ___ c __ I , ,< " CIIY COlJr~CfL MINUTES Reqular Meeting February 4, 1991 Oral communications Consant Calendar 2. ordinance Amending Chapter 2.09 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code Relating to Conflict of Interest Code for DeBignated EIlployees PUBLIC HEARING: Planning Coaaission Policy Reco .. endations re palo Alto Medical Founda tion's Draft Specific Plan Adjournment at 12:15 a4m, , 65-312 65-312 65-312 65-312 65-338 65-311 02/04/91 • "~'I~" ~, ~~0}l- Requla~ Meeting February 4, 1991 The city C~~il of the City of Palo Alto met or. this date in the council Chambers at 7,35 p ••• PRESENT, Andersen, Cobb, Fazzino, Kn1.s, ., :37 p.m.), Renoel (arrived Sutor ius , Woolley McCown ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Levy (arrived at at 7:36 p.".), Ben Bailey, P. o. 80x 211, complimented the community but spoke to the injustices and discri.ination~ Edaund Pover, 2254 Dartmouth Street, spoke regarding 1II.isquided elected officials. CONSENT CAT £NPAR KO'UOJ.. council Kellber F .. zzino ",oved, seconded by lloolley, to approve Consent Calendar It .. l~ AptJpn 1. OJUlll!A)!CE 40U anti tled -OIUlDlANCE OF THE COtJI/CIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO AHEIIDING CHAPTER 2.09 OF TIlE PALO ALTO IWNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO TIlE CONYLlCT OF llITEREST CODE FOR DESIGNATED POSI'l'tONS' (1st Reading 1/22/91, Passed 9-0) (716) _lOll ~SBD S-O, IIcCown absent. AGENDA CHANGES ADQITIONS« AN]) pgr,nIONS ~ itO'JIOIU council Melnber Cobb IK)ved., seconded by Kniss, to postpone the study session regarding the .election of Council Priorities to another evening . • 02'1.011 PUSZD 8--0, McCovn absent. VNFINISK8P BUSINESS 2. fUBLTC gWNG: Planning cou.lsslon policy recommendations re the Palo Alto Medical foundation's Draft Specific Plan (continued trom January 28 and 29, 1991J (1031) (CKR:I09:91) Kayor sutor ius referre~ to page 9 of the Staff Report (CKR:109:91) alY.! sa14 the actions include4 an introductory initial project ~ndor&eDent with a number of altiqations .n4 conditions, and the cateqory of assurances ot project provisions would contain a .... '. 65-312 02/04/91 ;>:', • ·-' I r- l I I ---~ 1 __ t !l , j i ! development agreement or simila~ mechanism. At the conclusion of all other pendinq actions, Council vould have the opportunity to reaffirm or aodify their actions. Action vas taken on the project size, project cap.. 'I'he category of project location and height WOQld now be addressed. In the process, there was a main motion, tellov~d by e substitute motion, and a series ot amendments which were acted. upon and incorporated with the pending substitute Motion, and the meeting vas adjourned without concluding the category. Mr. Zaner eaid after the conversation with a representative from PAKF, he suggested council follow a two-step process. The first one reli!lted to PAMF's concern regarding discussions on housing mitigation. Council might be well served if prior to the ~elibera tiona they asked a representative trolD the F»lP' to speak and clarify their concerns. The second step related to the eight items, and be sU9gest9d the Council withdraw all motions from the floor and rediscuss those items. He suqqested the Council hear from Dr. Robert Jamplis. Mayor sutor ius invited Or. Jamplis to convey to the Council his conversation with Hr. Zaner. Robert Jamplis. M~O., President of the PAMF, said PAMF opposed the housing mitigations proposed on the project. The reason was that the building would be done with philanthropic funding and it was unfair to ask donors to build 14 houses. PAKF wantec! a compromise, and bad oftered to sall the land on the north block to the City, and the funds troll the sale would build the facilities on the north block ~hicb werE: now on the main and west blocks. The City would have the land which was iJaporta.nt as indicated by Lou Goldsmith trOll the Palo Alto Bousinq Corporation (PAHC). After propos InC)' the compromise, PAKF discovered the 43 parking spaces on the north block would need to be used by the PAMF and the plan would not be possible. The council, the neighbors, and the PAKF were all looking for open space, an attractive campus with walkS, land scaping, etc., and it s-eemed impossible to put everying on the north block into the main and west blocks and still maintain the open character, campus-like project that everyone envisioned. The land was more valuable than PAKF thought it w~s, and possibly the City .ight not be able to come up with the money to buy it~ PAMF still .ake the offer but needed to find some place for 43 parking spaces and it was too expensive to build ~e 43 spaces underground~ SV8STX~2 .~IOH AS AMEND~ From January 29, 1991 withdrawn by Council Member Cobb ~ith the consent of sutor ius as the Seconder. Norrow From January 29, 1991 withdra.~ by council Member ~oolley with the consent of Kniss as the Seconder. L 65-313 02/04/91 - • -, ...•... . __ )",. :l .. .;.: ~J.:t ~<i:. "~-.. ~.:.:)~ . .... ,. " ,. I "'r .~""_._k_--O- Fr9leqSi LocAtiqn And Height JlMZOII: Council HelIber Woolley .oved, .econded by sutoriu .. , to .ndorae, ... policy, the Kedioal Foundation's proposed project, with the following eleaanta: 2. De .. el~nt of the entire we.t block, including two sullterra nean levels ot parkJ.ng, tor If.diaal Foundation us .... ; Retention of exi .. tinq Medical Foundation facilities and .ureace perking on the nortb block during Phase 1. Direct staft to work with the _leal Foundation and return to Council in three veelt8 with a proposal addressing the housing .. itigation; J. Relocation of Blake Wilbur (Drgent care) and r"C:evelopment of that 8i te into hOWling; 4. Rnodeling and possible' expansion of the Lee bUilding, remodeling of the Roth building, and new construction on ve"t side of block to a=ollllllodate other relocated Kedical Founda tion f .. ciliti..... con5ideratlon of ..... 11 scale ancillary building .. on east side of Lee building to the extent that surface parking i8 not substantially displaced; 5. Construction of a two-level subterranean qaraqe on the west .. i<le of the _in block paralleling Bryant Str •• t and extending frena Cbanning to a point roughly .idvoy betveen Bomer and Channing vith a two-level connection under Bryant Street to the vest block garage; 6. Retention of .. significant .. aunt of surface parking on the 1Iain blocJc, and consideration of a .. _11 t.vo level parking office parking structure adjacent to the Lee Building in order to pendt replacing the Channing/Waverley parking lot with housing and/or reduce lD8.sainq and provide for some. open space; 7. Retention of Sports Ifedicin. and Education buildings; use of Presi<lent' II Oft i ce to be dster.ined; 8. 'l'he aaximua bUilding hei9ht woUld be 35 feet except for the Research wilding which would have a .""UwI height of 45 teet, and tor the Lee building Which would bave a .... ximWi height of 58 feet, if the fourth floor a<ldition is feaSible, an<S a aaximWl height ot 45 feet for additions within a 50-foot per illetar of. the existing !ootpr int; s. <::onsiderat.ion of the use of City air rights over Bryant Street to permit construction of a pedestrian bridge connecting the lOAin and vest build ing"; and 10. At the conclusion of each pha .. ~ there will be no parking deficit. L - 65-314 02/04/91 • c _~ . • <,. ":"'; · .. ~~.:i .,", - council Meaber W~11ey said the items pr~served the integrity of the Planning COmmissions recommendations as contained in the staff report (CHR: 109:91J and only Items 2 and Ei were significantly difterent :from the recommendations. The Council vas trying to provide aora flexibility in the de:siqn. The Council expressed concern for the parking lot at the corner of Channinq Avenue and waverley Street being an intrusion into the neighboI"hood 'Which needed to be elL.inated. She emphasized the elements allowed more fl.xibility at the design stage which ,",auld be followed by a Planning eomaission process and public hearings. • Planninq commissioner William Glazier appreciated the specificity of the recommendations as veIl as the detail. He had indicated the need tor specifIc direction on the issues of phasinq of construc tion, surface and underground parkinq, the Urgent Care site and peripherals. Planning commissioner Ellen Christensen did not have a problem with the motionn as long as the additions in the memo w~re phrased as considerations and not in the form of requirements. Council Member Andersen requested Item 2 be considered at the outset rather than takin9 Item 1 first. He believed there was a linkage that needed to be considered and auch of what that ~i9ht imply would be easier if be could see that as the rir&t item. He was disappointed the whole issue of housing mitigation could not be linked toqeth~r. He supported council Member Woolley's .otien. ~: council Member Andersen moved, seconded by Renzel, to amend Item 2 to include the Planning Commission recommendation under RQusing Impacts and Mitigations that endorses, as a policy, reaffirmation of the mitigation recommended in the Revised DEIR for the loss of e~istin9 rental housin9 unless the Palo Alto Medical Foundation offers a suitable alternative .itigation.- council Kember Renzel concurred with council Member Andersen since the city was losing the residential zoninq and I" .. cost rental units. The Comprehensive Plan did not have specific worQin9 with respect to the replacement of residential use with commercial use but the use change would impact residential zoning as .. ell as rental units. Mayor Sutor ius referred to page 11 of the staff re~rt (CMR:I09:91J, under Housing Impacts and Mitigation, whe~e it recom mended endorsing, as a policy, reaffirmation of the mitigation recommended in the revised OEIR for the loss of e~istinq rental housing unless the PAMF pro-offered a suitable alternative mitiga tior:. Vice Mayor Fazzino queried other formulas that aight rep~esent an appropriate mitigation based on other housing policies contained in the City ordinances. L --.-"' 65-315 02/04/91 .- -" -f ......... _, ~, -I --, ':;, --~ . • , .- .-J ~ t , ' .. . -. Director of Planning and Community Environment X~n schreiber said the Ce>aprebensive Plan clid not specifically Sddr .. S6 the loss of residential ..land into non-re.idential use other than to d.iscourage it... A varl.ty -of way. to approach the .1tiqation process :were looked at staff identllied in the report (CMR:U9:91) exaaplea of .everal other way. to approach t.be -.itlqatlon lOBS.. Staff recom mended aitiqatlnq the ~o"s or 100 percent of the rental unit" and noted the hO'.l9inq at the ~lov-merket-rate (BMIl) provisions in the Comprehensive Pilln as vdl a"the houainq aiti9.tion ordinance proviaio ... on eaployaent eddressed sitiqot1nq lOperc .. "t or th" i,.~ct. There va,. precedent ~or a 20 percent 5HR require"ent .iti9'stion factor involved in the redevelopment of multi-family land en<! 'the loss at rental units. 'l'here ..... " a rational arqument based on City polici... f or the lO percent and the 2 D perc..nt. Vice Mayor Fazzino oppo_ed the amendment because it was too specific and too excessive~ The $848,000 was far too JIIuch .i~igation because the city did not have a specific housinq policy to support the propoaal ~fore the Council, the formula couJd ~ legally indefensible, neiqhbors dieS not want more de!J.sity on the si~e 1i'hether it be bous.l..n9 or Ootherwise. Child care vaa firmly a=epted as a significant public benet i t and it needed to be factored into the equation. When child care vas studied as put of the EIR, it vas r~jected. Council could factor in the issue of ch.ild care, and any such benafit ah.:.uld be dedu~ted fro'll the. exces sive a.ow>t of housinq aitiqation BU99ested. As the project developed, the City should appreciate and understand the kin<! ot public ~nefit received fram child care. Mr. Zaner said. there were other ways tOo deal -with the housing .itiqation~ Tbe cash payaent of $848,000 vas not an unreasonable position .. Council Member Cobb queried Council Meaber Andersen whether there were two aitigations to be considered: 1) the $848,000 which had to do with replacinq housinq 10 .. ; and 2) t.'!e square foctage number of $150,000 vhich dealt vith job qrovtb. TIle total Mitigation before the Council was not $848 1 000 but $1 cillion. Council Member Andersen 5aid that vas correct. council Mem):)er Cobb said the PAMF would benefit by findinq a way to .itiqate the cost and not be out-ot-pocket dollars ~ He queried the trade off because it seemed to restrict the City and not ofter any flexibility. City Attorney Ariel Calonne said the $848,000 was based on 100 percent replacement.- Council Kember Cobb clarified the $848,000 was not locked in and he queried whether the phrase sUbstantial replacement had to be ad dressed. L 65-316 02/04/91 .- j. ~)~::: ,,)2f~~~ i ! ",,'. r Mr. Catonne s~id the end result of the pro-offer ~f the .itiqation .ight have several component.~ i*e., cash, land~ and other extradordinllry benefits which would: address the housing-mitigation. council Member Cobb said if the real numbers tor real housinq replacexent were looked at, ~~e number of housinq units measured was not lar9.~ The biq issue was providinq as much protection to the neighborhood as possible. There vas e resource available to the PAMF to protect the neighborhood, provide housing, child eare~ and anything else they mlqht choose to do as part of the projec~. The .otion focused in the vrong place if it got loc~ed up and had to coae up with 100 percent replacement or its equivalent. council Member Lev)' recommended language to endorse as a pelicy :mitigation at the approxi'£ate levels recollUllended in t.~e revised CErR and direct staff to work with. PAM!' and return to council. They were not directing staft to look tor <Ii dollar payment but asking staff to work on mitigation with PAMF and look for mitiga tion that vould be in the $846,000 level. council X8IIber lCnis5 wanted to see child care included. in the mitigation. Aftar the proposal was returned to Council, she might support the $H8, 000. She opposed the .... end"er.t but supported the main .otion. council Ke~r Renzel said at a prior ~eetinq it vas asked if child care could be substituted as housing mitigation and vas clarified that it was a housing loss problem and could not be mitigated with child care. Tbe amendment was settinq a level for an appropriate lIiti9'ation~ Council Member Andersen was concerned the staff would not have the support without the amendment and the PAMF wo~ld have to come up with a satisfactory mitigation. There was a figure comparable to what the Council had in sind. Council Member Woolley agreed 'With Council Me~r Andersen and reminded the council the Human Rel~tions co~ission1s (HRe) letter noted that the difficulties brought to the HRC rel&ted to housing_ The Comprehensive Plan addressed the housing probl~ and a clear sessage .ust be sent that Council expected 100 percent mitigation. Mayor Sutor ius supported the amendment. He believed bot.h the staff and PAM? were capable and should proceed. Vice Mayor Fazzino applauded Council Members Woolley and Andersen for their consistency in support of housing. While he believed child care vas as much a public benefit as affordable housing , he did not believe the amendment before the Council accepted that principle. If the City were to get $400,000 or $500,000 worth of child ~re benefits, it should be facto~ed into the equation. The amendDent clearly stated the $8~8,OOO was acceptable for housing alone. He recognized the need for PAKF to provide housing mitigation ~hich could ~ accomplished with child care, but L 65-317 02/04/91 .~ '-'/"'<~~ \ , " beUeved there needed to be a acre oper.-ended »otion to allov the stet! to _otiate ..... thing aocaptable to the PM'Il' and the nelgohborllood. He pointed out tile poadllility of extending the conatructiontiaetellie and creating a qreater burden in the neigohborllood. Council Xeaber Renzel sai4 replacing six, $1,000 per month rental wlite with 18, $365,000 townhousea woule! not .olve the joll/housin<)' prolll ..... Kr. calonne referred to the role of child care and housin<)' mitigation and the re~tion on pege 3 of the staff report (CMR:131:91). staff did not view child care as a trade otf aqainst housin<)' but could be independently recognized and used os a project b6nefit in the event an override vas necessary. Council Me.ber Kniss asked for elaboration on the public benefit versus the housing mitigation. Hr. calonne .aid child care did not set off the housing mitigation obligations in the Comprehensive Plan, bowever" Council could consider the important benefit of the chil~ care provisions When, and if ~t the time of the final project approval, a statement of overriding consideration" vas necessary to justify any unmitigoated envir~t iJlpacts. Child care bad II role:t but not a. I!l direct trade oft againet housing' altigoation •• Council Member Levy requa.ted the vord "pro-offer" be changed to ·offer.- 'A_CMliMBH PASSED 5-3, Cobb, kniss, Faz;zino -no,· McCown "not part icipaU ng .• Council Kember Levy ~as concerned council should not specify what would occur dur ing the phas..... rile policy council needed to set was that phases be desig'ned to minimize iapacts on the neiqhborhood ~nd as stated in Amendment No. 10, the ph~ses should be deGigne~ such that there ~ere no parking Geficit et 'the conclusion of each phase. council I!ember Renzel believed mitigated during the same phaae • • itigated by phases. all iapacts or losses should be She asked if the impach could be Kr. SChreiber said staff shared the concern and woul~ attempt to obtain JIIitig4tions as the impacta were experienced. It .i9'ht not be feasible with housing construction, but the ph.se could be .. odified to be .. lOng'er period. Council Member Renzel as~ed if ataft would be waiting to negotiate the development agreement subsequent to the second Council hearing on the iSSlle. 6S-31& 02/04/91 L , " "' II I Mr. Schreiber sal~ the intent was the development aqreemQnt would tollow both the specific Pl~n and the Planned Community (P-C) zone chang.~ without the P-C zone chanqe, there .... as no authorization to build. Hr. Calonne said staff would J:>egln imDediately to work en the terms of the development agreement, however, the document would not return to the council until the project was *P4citic enouqh to have the aqree.ent be meaningful. council Heaber Renzel queried whether she should make a motion to ensure certain altiqation measures because ahe did not want to foreclose the opportunity to have the discussi~n. Mr. SChreiber did not believe a motion was necessary at that time because the conC6rns would be addressed with or without the motion 'When the item returned to the council. council Member Renzel referred to a scenario ~here the PAHF was placed into a tim. line and produced buildings on the west block and then felt a need to .ove elsewhere, ar~ queried whether Council could restrict the PAMF's riqhts to sell or lease the buildings to other parties. Mr. calonne that issue Council. said yes. in mind He sU9gested during the process staff keep for the appropriate communication to the council KeRber Cobb referred to Item No. 2 which indicated retention of the facilities in the north block dlU"ing Ph .• se I. That suggested to hi. that durinq Phase II the tacilities would not be retained.. Further, the rec01DlDendation indicated staff would work with the PAMF to accomplish certain housing .itigations~ He was concered about the mitigations occurring on the north block bfolcause he did not believe that was what the City wanted. He suggested the phrase -durinq Phase .1-be eliminated. Leaving the north block alone might be beneficial to the neighborhood because there would be a lot less construction and the~e was physical space in e¥isting PAMP facilities which could rolieve the pressures for square tootage on the main and vest blacks Which ~ould reduce the amount of mass on those blocks. It housing was built on the north block" there would be underground parkinq, more trucks, etc. ~r Council Member Cobb ~oved, seccnded ~y Levy, to amend the motion to revise Item No. 2 to delete the phrase -dwring Phase 1." Council Kember woolley said council Member Cobb was correct as to why the phrase -during Phase 1-was a part of Item No.2. It the lanquage was deleted:, Council would be limiting-staff's negotiations with the PAMF with respect to housing mitigations on the north block, and she did not want to send tba t J:essage. 65-319 02/04/91 c. xillyor SUtoritls said the inclusion of Phase I took into accoW1t a1tuatiOJUl W!llcb In',olved the parli:ing deficit or .. ervlce. that were already intended to .. ove to the ... in or vest block and the lftnquage o:tered that latitUde. coaai$sioner Christensen said the aendat!on cHd not specify Phase I allo~ed flexibility. Flanninq Commission recom but there was lanquaqa that &1flQC!)II"CIft nn.sJ) 2-6, Cobb, Levy lIaye,· M.cCown .. ~ot. participating." Mr. Zener saId the PAKF representatives requested the tiae period be ehanqed to tour weeks instead of thTp-e. DID r.JIt) BZCOJll) 01' 1I0'UOJ( XlICOlIPODTJIl) IIIW lTD lIO. 2 that the tiae period for return to the Council be changed tra. three "eeXs to fo= weeks. Council Meaber Re.nzel referred to the lanquaqe ·small scale. ancillary bUildings' in Item No, 4, and said the buildings would be vell within the zoning a11ov"d. It .... No. 6 vas strictly intended to deal vi th parking which needed to be clear. COIIDIlissioner Christensen was comfortable as long as the word ·Consideration-vas inCluded in the amendment~ Council Member Kniss asked Mr. Northway to comment on Items 4 and 5, Mr. Northway &aid they did not PO"" any probleJ!lS for the design phase~ aMiNi).in I' Council Kember Co:bb moved, seconded by Ande~sen. to Ulend Item No~ 6 to insert the words -and/or combined-after the wor!!s -two level parkinq.· Council Kember Cobb believed it vas important to hbve the parking lot on Channinq and Waverley Streets converted to housing:. One way to do 50 was to move tbe two-lev.l par~inq to the main block~ Commissioner Christensen e-.phasized the word 'consideration because abe could not support a tvo-level pa.rking structure. council KeRber Cobb wanted to allov the architect as much flexi bility as possible to explore other options . • vyvn~ P ... zn 8-0, MCCown -not p~icipating.· ~I council Kember Renzel moved, seconded by Andersen, to Ulend Item 7 to start the proce,B tor removinq tbe grandfather provision froa the President's Oftice. council KeJlber Ranzel believed when a Specific Plan vas being pre pared with the .ajor benefit at consolidating all of the tacil1- 65-320 02/04/~1 , "t-~~.:, ~~'" • ~ .. ' -- -,., I J ",. ti.s~ it .a~e .ore .ense to include the Presidentls Office rather than leave it to be deteralned~ Mr. Schreiber said the PAHl' did no~ own the President's ottice. The Pre8ident'" Oflic .. vould net be part of the property PAHl' would subeit • Specifi~ Plan application tor. council lleaber Ren.el asked if II. Pllrt of the Specific Plan process council could deteraine the President's Office should be con solidated and the qrondhthering of the structure removed. Mr. SChreiber said it was an option and an amortization period 'Would run tor soae ti ... atter which the uae 'Wou.ld need to be con verted a oonfor.inq use. Council Meaber Levy concu..--red the qrandfathering clause should be removed fra.. the site 50 that it reverted to residential. Mayor sutor ius had some ambivalen~ as to whether the grandfather provision should be incorporated into the process at that ti.e. All:DrDICD'f PASSCD 6-2, Fazzino, sutorius -no·, McCown -not partIci pating-. council Member :razzino did not 8Upport It .. 8. He had serious concerns about .. poliq of supporting a cha.'1<)e to the 50-foot beight ludt. He would entertain consideration of a variance to the 50-foot bp.igbt Ii.it if there vas .. specifie project proposal before hb. _. a.end rtea 8 of 50 feet. council Kelliher Fazzino :IIOved, seconded by Levy, to to include that the Lee Building bave a maximum height Council Member R.enzel vas willing to support the language. as con tained lIain moUon to allow the design flexibility because sbe hoped there would be airtiqh~, ironclad aqreemente which said no additjonal square footage wou14 be built in the ~3rticular area. The PAMF had .e. t lxed amount of square-foot:aqe for the two blocks. Council Keaber Cobb concurred with council Member Renzel. Council Member Fazzino said Mr. Northway indicated be did not have a cone...." with the SO-feet height limit. If Council voted to approve increasing the uximum b.igbt U.-it above th~ SO-feet. it would be the first time since the height li.it was passed in 1974 and would set a bad precedent. A1I.EIrDKD"r "a.ZLED 2-6, Fazzino, Levy -aye-, McCown -not partlci patinq". COuncil Member Cobb referred to Item 9 and believed there vould be some benefits if a pedestrian bridgB could be built attractively L 65-321 02/04/91 ·71 4 "~.~' .. '.-.: I .' -,",- , "'-. ~,"<~2;~ . • \ ? 1, 'r-... I and well because it would alleviate toot traffic in the neighbor hood. council MeJlber ltenzel believed an air ri9hta passac;-e way over Bryant street would create a constraining' and very urban aspect to til .. area WIIich she could not support.. council voted earlier to put .. car connection :between the two parking qarsges, and sh.e believed a pedestrian connection coul(l be eully incorpcrated into that design. Council 1Ie&l:>er An6ersen aslted whether thl air rights had a value to the City. Itt. Zaner said yes. The air rights wa.. valued "imilar to real property. council Keaber An6ersen felt the architect should have the flexi bility to locI< at a pedestrian connection. Council Member Fazzino concurre4 with council Member Renzel's com ments. council Xeaber Levy telt that a pedestrian bridge might be beneficial to tile area • .AJfKIT+'.i'1 COWlCil Member Levy aoved.., with respect to .Item. No. 10, tIIat all construct ion shaU be in phases to be approved at the Specific Plan stage and designed 80 that: 1) there will be minimsl impaeta on the neighborbood; and 2) there will be no parking deficit at the conclusion of each phase. A'!I!lID!r!!1ft DZLJID 1'0ll LACK or 'IIOOIQ) council Meaber Renzel ,"auld support the motion at that Btage but if the' next stage Vas not a.cceptable., she would vote aga.inst the project. IW'fIOlf U AIaJIl)BD llmllID I'OR PDJU'OBU or ~nro FlU'!' PAR'! 0" .otIO. U !'O I."" 1 PUSED 1-~, Renzel -no,-McCown -not participatj,nq.· BlICOJII) PAR!' 0. KOTIOJf All !'O l!'llldl 2 AS AJOIIII)IIW, 3, 4, 5, I All ummzt>, 7 U .uallll)Sl), 10 pUBm a-c, MCCown "not participating.' 1'BIJU) PAIr!' 01' KOrIOIf AS !'O IrDI • PUSBn 6-2, Fazzino, Levy -nOt· MCCown -not participating.- POIIIl'l'll PAR!' OF XO'UOIl All oro I!l'SII 9 PAllBz!) 6-2, Fa .... ino. RenEel -no,· McCown Dnot participatinq~· RECESS: ';50 p .• ~ to 1Q;10 p,B. phosing And Constrvctipn Peripd L 65-322 02/04/'91 '71····· .' . -' -. . . ~ .". j ,;.~~:-~_' f- '\',;'.A< .:-'_t·<~ ':;J< -""-;"'" I r l ~, I I ~ .. -,~ ! ~ i ! KO'I'IOII. Endorse, It ... No. COuncil Member Woolley "Iloved, seconded by Cobb, to as a policy# the proposed project'. phasinq, subject to 10 undar project LocDtion And Height as follows: 1. Phase I: relocation of the Blake Wil~ (urgent care) tacili ties on the west or maln block; development of the entire west bloc~ tor Medical Foundation facilities including two levels ot subterranean parking; and 2. Phase II: remodelinq and possible expansion of the Lee building, r .... odeling ot the Roth building. anI! new construe tion on th£ vest side ot the block; subterranean parking on the .aj,n block along a portion ot Bryant with a connection to the 'test block garage; and possible construction of ancillary buildings on the east side ot the tee building and a two-level parking garage adjacent to the tee building. Council Member Woclley believed the phasing of the project vas very important and the Planninq Comai8sion had done a very reasonable job. There was no guarantee the project would be done to absolute completion., and there was .!.n obliqation to the neighbors that durinq Phase I the pa.rking d.efieit would be completed. council Member Levy agreed phasinq of the project was important, but believed the policy should not include the elements of the phases but rather be included in the speeific Plan. S08S'rI!'l7T1 IrOT'IOJI: Council Kember Levy .eved., seconded Renzel, that It""", 1 ar"" 2 be replaced with the folloving: That all construction shall be in ph.ses to be approvp.d at the Specific Plan stage and that the phases shall be de-sig-ned to !liniJllil:e impact& on the neiqhborhood; and that there vill be no parking deficit at ~~e conclusion of each stage. council Member Renzel said when the project returned to Council, she would be lookinq at those issues as well as bow the houses on Bryant Street were dealt with, and how the iapacts of any indi vidual phase vere mitigated in that phase or accounted for in the airtight agreement for future phases. Mayor Cobb asked if the specificity in the original motion vas to provide certain protect1on~ commissioner Christensen did not feel strongly either way. She understood the idea behind Phase I including the relocation of the Urgent Care because that allowed for the possibility of moving the houses off of the west block onto the Urgent Care site. The substitute motion would still allow tile Pla.nning Commission to consider the option. Planning commissioner Bill Glazier said the PAMF stressed at the Planning Co:m:aission hearinq relocation was the only loqical way they could do it. L - 65-323 02/04/91 , t [."" , I I , , I f /~ ., 'r I · ... Mra z!:maeraan .aid the original 2Ilotlon was consistent with the original Planning Commission aotlon which reflected the pbasinq as outlined ~ the PAKF. bUt it 0.180 tried to focus on i~pacta in relatively detined and liaited areas. Council Meaber A.ndersen sa'lel the sabstitute aotion did not refer to the PA/IP's need: to keep the building opuaUng. He u:ked if the ..... ,·>d ... ,.;t COUld adversely affect the PAKF's plan. ... ing with regard to a sy .. t .... ized 1Dal\lIer of allowi"'J the function to continue. Co_i.doner Christ .. .nsen said Council Member Levy's "ul:;stittlte aotion qavB the PAKF the most flexibility as opposed to writing spacific r~lr .. ents into the phases. Mayor Sutorius said many of the issues that the neighborhood, PAMF J and staff had worked on were quite balanced and recognized as des cribed in the original lIoUnn. 8UB87XroTa MQTXOB ra%LED 4-4, Fa~zino, Kniss, Levy, Renzal -aye,· Mccown "not participating." XOTl:,* PASSED 8-0, MCCown -not participating~- NeighbprhgQQ Protection Mayor CQbb saLe! be and: his colleaques were very ccncerned about neighborbood protection. r .~OBI council Kember Cobb saved, seconded by Kniaa, that the City council strongly endor ...... as a policy. that the Palo Alto Medical.Foundation Specific Plan will place as a high priority protecting the neighborhood by bUffering, mitigating parking and traffic, and using street tre~ landsoape and other alternatives. Vice MAyor Fazzino asked wbether the motion embraced all possible .1tigations or wbether SOlZIe specific suqqestions reg'ardinq ways in 'Which the 45,000 square feet expansion created problems tor the neighborhood needed to be explored. council Member Cobb believed the broad polic}" statement needed to be made explicitly. He expected vben the Specific Plan returned to the council it would be USer friendly to the neighborhood. XOTIOB PASSED 6-0, McCown -not participatinq.- Housing Relocation of west Block Housing .lIOT:I.OB: Council Member Woolley moved, seconded by :Renzel, that the council endorse, as a policy, that all or most of the existing older residences on the west hlock be relocated within the Specific Plan area, it feasi~le. L 65-324 02/04/91 L • I " ,,> , - council Meal:>er lioolley said the feasibility issues applied to whether the elder reaidence& were atruetur~11y sound enough to be moved and economically t~asible to be rehabilitated. council Member Cobb asked why the reference to single-family was dropped. council )IeJDber Waolley satd the ataft report (CKR: 109: 91) referred to new slngl.-f •• ily hOQsing. Har aotlon spoke to moving the old residenoe. on the west block and the hO'\lSes 'Would have to conform to the zoning. commissioner Glazier said the Planning commission's recommendation was based on a concern that to keep the older residences as a part of the Specific Plan areas, they would have to be stored on the surface parking lot of the main block until such ti~e as the Urqent Care facilities could be built on the west block and then torn down. The storing of the hOQaes on the parking lot would exacer bate ~~e parking deficit daring the con.~ction period. Co~il l!eJIber Woolley believsd relocation of th.. Urqel'lt Care facilities QOuld either occur on the main or vest blocks so that reloc::atinq to the main blocJc coule!; be step one, relocatlnq the bOQses could. be step tvo, and then dealing with the west block could be step three. That couleS be accomplished during Phase 1. Kr. Schreiber asked if it vu acceptable it the only way to preserve the bouses was to .tore thea tor some period of time in the parking area whic~ wouleS exacerbate the parking cleficit. Council KEmber Renzel said if the houses could be permanently .ove.;! to parkinq areas on the urgent care site and perhaps not landscaped that was a possibility. Council Kember Kniss said storing the hOUG~& for any length of time would mean finding a location and also associated ~ith that was the deterioration of the houses. Mr~ SChreiber said the detetioratlon of the bousinq if stored tor any lenqth of time and the parking deficit exacerbation lead staff to recommend the houses not .be relocated~ If the houses were. stored, the period would be several years and the damaqe to the build.ings coul~ be substantial. commissioner Christensen vas concerned about the words -it feasible-in the motion4 She said two council Members described -if feasible-in terms of the physical practicality of the houses themselves, and economic feasibility in te~ of remodeling and restoring the houses. The Plannin9 commission ha~ considarcd the feasibility bQt believe~ it was workable. She querIed. Council what i~ct5 they vere willing to accept in order for the process to .... ork~ 65-325 02/04/91 • • --~~: ,~.< <. --~. -, ..... -. . i - • \ 1 I I , r I \ 1 1 \ I UllGOlLGI DlCOIlPOIUI!'ID DITO ftI XAI. 1I0'UO. B r KAEEIt AJII) SICOJII) as follows: ·Zn the event new _ingle-family hOQsing is placed on the site, it ahould be developed consistent ~ith the sty19 and scale of house8 in the existing neiqhborhocd.· council lfeJlber WexoUe)' recognized the reeo_endatior. would not work unless the Urgent Care facility vas _oved first onto the main bloc~, and that the Planning coaaission had not considered it. co .. issloner Christensen sald tor the recommendation to work some o! tbe eXisting buildings on the aain block needed to be removed which was a :IIedieal isaue fro. the PAMFla perspe.ctive or the buildings ~ould h~ve to go onto an area that vas existing parking. Council Member Woolley said that WAS correct and she was willing to accept the parking defieit in order to retain the houses. Council lIeJ1ber IIn!S. supported the IIOtion but reiterated her concerns about the deterioration of the houses. Mayor SUtorius wanted the west block houses acquired for re-use; however, he recognh:ed ItOvinq the bouses resulted in soae construc tion i~ct., The best solution would be to have a site prepared for the houses, The opportUl'llty to do that would require the PAMF to deteraine if they wanted to be the developer ot a subdivision process or put the property on the market. He vas prepared to oppose the action. COUnc:il XeJlber Ren",el commented the !Hake wilbur Building had urgent care on the first floor and other facilities on the second floor, and it miqht be possible that only the Orqent Care portion of the building needed to be loc«tell to the _ain facility which vas not a.s aueh square :footage as the current building ¥as.. Sbe believed the Historic Resources Board would be delighted: to see. houses of that vintage inc.orporated on the Channif\9 .it-e. She supported the IIOtion, council Kember Woolley urged council to support the motIon. The idea of putting Urgent care on the main block wbere the surface parking ~as evailable appeared to be more attractive. KeTro. PABSBJ) 7-1, Sutorius -no,· MCCown -not participating.· HO'J''I.03':r Vice Mayor Fazzino ItOved l seconded by woolley, that the Council consider the establisluaent of 8 neiqhbo.'bood penoit parltinq system based upon the siqnificance of the expansion program on parking in that are., Vice Mayor Yazz:ino was concerned about the potential impact. of the expansion with respect to the parking situetion in the area, and although the Council was not in a position that evening to actually i~s. a solution that could address the proble.s l he wanted the counci 1 to 90 on record in support of the concept 0 f perai t parkinq it the situation in the area did deteriorate over the next couple .~---'L - 65-326 02/04/91 -~";~. ~. •• •. ,~ \ l,'"' _ .. " of years. He would not stop the per..it parking and would consider the possibility of tr6tfic barriers. councl1 Member Renzel would oonsi4er the permit system process in the future but believed it was premature to put the neighborhood throuqh the rigorous penait system process at the current time. The last ti.e the permit system came up was in conjunction with the oowntown parkinq~ There were just 4S many neighbors who opposed the per:.it system as there were in support~ The sallie situation would probably occur in the Clinic arn. She hoped the PAKF' B Specific Plan would deliver on its promises and the City would not have to deal with the per.mit system. Council HeJlber Kniss supported the motion because it was extremely important to protect the neighborhood. council Kember Levy concurred vith Cowlcil Member Renzel that the perMit systea was premature~ Kayor sutor ius said last Monday night at 1:00 a~.~, he traveled on Bryant Street between HOlier Avenue and 'Ealbarcadero Road., and there were 66 cars and one ~oped parked on the str~et. On Ramona street between Homer and Xingsley Avenues, there were 47 ears and one motorcycle parked on the street. On Addison Avenue between Ramona and COWper Streets, there were 56 cars on the street. The lowest count was between ltallona and Bryant Streets with 11 cars on the street. Ther~ were some parking concerns to contend with but he believed the residents in the area used a good deal of the parking and he queried how much of the concern was exclusively attributable to the sleepers and other Slources ~ He could not support the motion~ Vice Mayor Fazzino said there were two issues; Mayor sutor ius I cOJDJllents would be addressed by the citywide overniqht parking issue~ The ~otion referred to the 8:00 a.a. to 6:00 p .• ~ parking concerns~ The Clinic pcroject would result in a significant increase of the number of employees., more patients, and the project would result in tar more pressure on neighborhood streets~ The Planning Commission indicat~d if its recomm~ndations were followed, there would not be a parking deficit., but in fact mo~e cars would be parked on the street. He wanted Council to go on record that evening indicating to future council's that they recoqnized the seriousness of the parking problems in the area ~nd were willing to support alternative measures to address the parki~ p~oblem. 1I02Z0. PAZLED ~-4, Cobb, Fazzino, Kniss, Woolley -aye,· McCown -not partiCipating .• lIOTIO_: Vice Kayor Fazzino moved., seconded by Kniss, that the cou.ncil endorse the creation of any alternative parking programs in the tuture which address an increase parkinq problems in the neigh borhood. L 65-327 02/04/91 , , ", ~. ~." ....•.... '. ,. -'--,;'1- i I j r t ."'. c. t..<lCU£ n I I I , '~ council HeRber Renzel was fascinated by the prognostications or ho~ horrlt-le tbe 45, COO-square foot addition 'Would impact the area. The project would iapact the neighborhoocl. She occasionally parlcad her car 1n front of he= home as did others, ~ut it was a different circumstance 'When a lot o't stranqera p4rk~d .i!"l .front of onea home, wich vas ~rt of wat the -neiqhborhoocl "as elCperiem::ir.q. She believed the .otlan vas too broad • • OTXo. ~LBD '2-6, 7az%ino, Kniss -aye,-McCown -not p~rticipat ing~· farklng a~ Tree Retention .OTI.oa: COW1cil Member Cobb JIIoved, seconded by Sutorius, to approve staff recommendation (CKR:l09:91) to endorse, as a policy, that parlcing tor the recommenclecl project be provided in a manner that includes preservation of the ficus tr.ees" other landmark treee, and aa lal:ny of the other trees on tbe proj ect site as feasible. council Member Cobb said ~is eotlon attempted to reflect neiqhbor hood concerns vith respect to protectinq the street trees to the hi9hest degree possible. Mayor sutoriU8 said the ne1qhborbood and PAMF were concerned vith respect to what the COmbination of the drouaht 'lnd freeze had -done to the trees, and specifically the ficus tree. and asked Vbether a reooamendation for an arborist vas in order. Mr. SChreiber said it was so noted and a motion was not necessary. XOTXOB 'PUSaD 8-0, MCCown -not participating.- !'larking Entries .~XOB: Council Member Woolley moved, seconded by Sutorius, that the Council e.nd.orse, .as a polIcy .. that the west bloek garage p~rkinq entry be from 8ryant street emd l Yben a parking IStructure is extended to a limited section on the main block, that there be a separate entry or entries for the main block. Council Kember Woolley sai4 if there was a parking structure, it miqht be of value to b~ve an entry fro. the interior of the aain block. rt was a level ot detail she did not feel comfortable with but it was in the staft report. The Planning Commission wres~led with the iss\le ~nd wanted a specific recollllllend.ation Ott the Bubje~.t. commissioner Christensen said the motion was more general than the Planninq Commission's recommendation, but she saw no problem with it. council Member Renzel believed the parking garage entry should 'not be on one of the one-way streets, but rather on Bryant beCAuse the L 65-328 02/04/91 , \ , i \ 1 1 I I entry 'Was froB either directlon~ She objected to requirinq a. separate entry tor the .~jn block but ~ould not .Jnd pcrElttl~9 ~n entry .from the aain :block 1f tilat vas a pa.rt ot the design of tile p%'o1ect.. She 'J.8V no ree.&cr~ why the aain block. undergroun-i parking could not be accessed throuqh the connection proposed: to qo under aryant Street which made good sense and allowed ~or I!I tev .. ore p&rlci"9 Spa"9S. She preferred to ainimize the number of street entries .. ItMIOW n'flll)lIAWlI BY IO.XJIII &lID 8BCOIII) lIonOR. Council lIe.mber Renzel ",oved, seconded by Woolley, that the council approve the staff recommendation to endorse, as a policy, that ~~e west bloclc 9araqe ~~i"9 entry be from Bryant Street and if a parking structure 1s extended to a limited section on th~ main block.. thalt the entry be from a proj ect dr i vevay connecting to eryant Street. Further, adding language as follows: -Nothing in this action prohibits the inclusion of interior entry from the m4in block it there is no affect on surface parking.- council Member Andersen did not want to l~it the Transportation Division's staff's efforts to find the best flow feasible. He asked about the i~pact on the bike lane on Bryant Street. Mr. SChreiber said the operatin9 assumption was that Byrant Street would re1Dain open and would continue to serve at least the existing bicycle function and could serve a greater bicycle function. aGB8TI.'rO'1'E XOTI011: Council Member t..evy moved, &econded by Xniss, that no action on policies re9ardin9 parki"9 entrances be enter tained. Council Member Levy said the reason for his sotion was the level of detail discussed should be developed by the Architectural Review Board. Mayor Sutor ius Gaid council vas recommending policy directions for the Specific Plan and he believed there were reasons why the recom mendations were beinq developed~ BtJBS'!'I'fUTB MO'fIOJr PABS BD 5 -3, Cobb I Rel"l ze 1 # sutor ius • no,· McCown "not participati"9." Historic Mitiaation KO'ftOll: Council Member Andersen lIIoved# se.conded by Woolley, to approve the staff recommendation to endorse, as policy, that: 1.. The ficus tree adjacent to the former A.M.!. Zion Church structure be retained; 2. A plaque be placed on the toner A.II.E. Zion Church site noting its bistory and cultural contribution to Palo Alto; L 65-329 02/04/91 i !, .~,' -," ".~.'. '.'-.:. '1 .. ".' , ":~-. r ~ ... 3. The Medical Foundation underwrite a dOCWllentation of this cburch'. history at t.~is site; and 4. That this ~ocu.entation be ~iaplayed in the Palo Alto Medical Foundation fac:il.ltles. Council Member Andersen said if be could see an alternative that would allow the Council to provi4e a reasonable method by which t..t:l.e A.M.E. 2ion Churcb could be retained l he would support it. Vice K4yor Faz.r;ino relunctantly supported the. motion. He atronqly supported saving the A.M.E. Zion Church and incorporatin~ it into the project bUt did not soo much support tor it. Council Member Ren •• 1 a~ked if the motion precluded any continue~ efforts to try to incorporate the buildin~ in the project or for some type of conversion to occur. Mr. Schreiber said if someone had a -creative idea durifl9 the Specific Plan process staff would be receptive to it. Council Member Renzel sU'1<;ested "Mitional language be added to the l1otion that supported preserving the A.M.E. Zion Church. I'OLLOIrDIG LAllaaaoJ! DlCOItPOlU\TIID XII'1'O 'J'IIJ! .cnXOlf Dr IQl[D AJIl) SJ!COJlI) -That 1f it 111 not possi~le to utili.e or relocate the former A,M.!:. lion Church structure the fclloving are the applicable policie ... • Council Member Levy really wanted to save the cburch, but respected the discussions and conclusions of the Planni~ COlZlllission. He: supported the lanqu"ge that Council Member Renzel suggested. ~Olf FlIBSIID 8-0, McCOwn "not participaUng.· Open Spac@ Council Member Cobb 'Was concerned. about the lanqu,aqe in the recom mendation and asked for comment. cODlllissioner Christensen said the Planning commission did not van't to preclud6 other possibilities at that corner to just turning the eXisting parking lot into open spece. Mr. Zimmerman said in Planning Commission recommendation tried to accommodate neiqhbors who suggested a tradeo~f ~ith a portion of the convalesce!1t hospital parklng lot so it might be used an extension of Scott S'freet Park. Many neiqhbors believed the corner parking lot vas not a viable extension of SCott street Park~ .KO'!'tOJf: council MeMber Kniss movecl, secondec:3 by Levy, to approve staff reco_ndation to endorse r as a policy t that open space opportunities be expanded near the southeast corner of Channing and 'L 6S-330 02/04/91 - • • Bryant Streeta when the Medical Foundation surface corner parking lot 111 ""cated. MDrIOII .UBlID 8-0, McCown 'not participating'. , Bryant Street Open/Closed IW'I'IC*:I vice Kayor Fazzino .oved, seconded by SutoriU5, to approve staff reco.aendation to endorse, as a policy, that Bryant Street be kept open and that the block between Homer and Cha.nning Avenues be enbance<I by the desiqn of spec:ial landscaping, pedestrian and pave .ent featurea. council Member Andersen asked what impact the study on the one-way streets vould have if indee~ the street patterns were chanqed. Mr. Schreiber said there vaS no study underway with reqard to HOlier and Cbanninq Avenues~ 'l'he only study related to the !ryant Street bicycle boulevard concept~ There had been discussion reqarding: eliainatinq the one-way streets. The PAKF'. plans were reviewed assUlll.inq either the existlnq situation or converting the .treets to. two-way traffic. lIM'rOB PUSJa) a-a, McCown -not participatinq.- Child Qare .orzal. council Meaber Woolley moved, seconded by Fazzino, that council endorse the polic:y that the final Specific Plan contain a polic:y reCOlllllending the Comprellensive Plan and zoning' for the ChaMing/Raltona site !A retained in a residential designation (i.e., Sinqle-Fully Residential land use de"ignation and R-2 zoning), allowing child care fadlities with approval of a conditional use perait. Council Kember Renzel said ev~one was supp¢rtlve of child care. The moti\)n 'Was nonessential since the area was zoned residential and there was no recolDJlendation before them to change it. MOTXa. ~ taBLBt Council Member RenzeL moved, seconded by xnls5, to table to aotion. JfO'J'l:OB TO 'fUL!: rULED 2-6# 'Kniss, Renzel -aye, -McCown -not parti- . cipating." - COUl1Cil Meaber Levy said Council Member Renzel was technically correct. the :aotion had no specific i1llp8.ct,. but it did reaffirm Council felt very positively towards child care with respect to the project. Karlo. PASSED 7-1, Renzel -no,· McCown -not participatinq.- TrJffic IFpacts And construction Time Tabl, 65-331 02/04/91 vice xayor Fazzino vas conc€:rned little attention vas qiven to traffic iwlpacta and be was very interested in the construction time table. Xn conjunction vith the Golden Triangle Transportation Deaand Manaqeaent (TOM) ordin~ncesl as • large employer l the PAM? .. ould be required to reduce "in91e p"sseng..r trips during the next fev y.ars, and he asked ~hat 9081 the staff was lookin~ at. Hr. SChreiber said the TOM ordinance the City adopted would apply to the PAIU' and voul<l start to impact th"'" vi thin the next six Ilonths. 'lb" TOIl d.id not require Il specific perfOr1l>llnce level, but it would require the PAKF to develop a proc;rall and reporting lIechAnism r89arding the diversion of trips. Presently, staff did not feel there vas impact associated with the project that warranted .e~sures beyond the TDM. Vice Mayor Faz.zino sa.id it vas e.ppropriate for the Council to evaluate the i.plementation of the ordinances, the development of a Speci'fic Plan, and then deteralne whetber more stcinqent TOM proc;raas would be appropriate. Mr. SChreiber eqreedi in the EIRI staff evaluated worse cese situa tions Which .BSWled lov per!oZ'"lUlnce in those arells and did not find. other than Homer Avenue/Bryant Street intersection p traffic situa tions that warranted mitigation under the calIfornia Enviro~ental Qua 11 ty Act (CEQA). Vice Mayor Fazzino asked if there would be opportunities later on to evaluate ways in w~ich the traffic could be tunnel~d into the project froa aajar arterials rather than through residential areas or whether it should be addressed at that time .. Mr. Schreiber "aid the issue could be considere<l but he was not avare of any _thod that "'ould allow for any reasonable funneling of traffic on just a few streets short of barriers and chanqinq the traffic patterns in the neighl>orhood.. He believed the wider dis persal of the PAMF 'Was better than trying: to concentrate the traffic on just a fev streets .. , Vice Mayor Fazzino was willing to hold off on K!.ak.ing motions but relllauined concerned about the issue of tra.ffic related probl;:!ms associated vith the project. He asked if an ironclad construction time table could be established aa part of th~ develop~ent of the agreement which vas tougher than the proposal before them .. Mr. Schreiber said construction ti~e tables could be established but he was not sure they could be ironclad~ The Planning Commis sion looked at the issue and did not recommend a construction ti~e table because as the project unfolded in the Specific Plan process, more information voul~ be available. and since th~ project ~ent from three phases to two and the amount of underground parklnq on the aain ~lock vas substantially reduced, the construction t.pacts vould be more manageable~ 65-3)2 02/04/9]. • I ~l . I ~.-,.. T". :31~~_ .. \. ;; · .... - ~ ---, Vice Hayor FAZ%ino clarified there vould be A point in a tew gonths when the council could evaluate the issue. ~lhlic par$icipetion XOTI01II council Meaber Andersen ilovea l seconded by Kniss, that staff be directed to return to the council in four weus with & plan for a supplemental pUblic participation process that includes the neiqhborhoods, staff, pUblic and the Palo Alto Xedical Foundation. council Member Andersen was concerned the public hearing process really did not give the public an opportunity to brainstora. He asked that staff provide the participants and council with the International city Xanaqer ',s Association paper entitled -Talcinq charge--Bcv communities Are Planninq Their Futures,- Council Kember CObb "aid it 1o'as important that those people empowered to speaJt on behalf of the neig'hborhoods did 80. He 5uqqested taking a look at the overall processes to see if changes were in order. council Kember Levy asked staff to react to the motion. 1Ir. Zaner & .. id staff vould put tQgether a public participation proqr ... which would be appropriate for the project and return to the council with ho ... the proqram would work. council JIIelDber Levy said Palo Alto had more aven'\Jes for pUblic participation than .,ost cities. With respect to the nei9hborhood. there was no neighborhood. Adding another layer where the public would interface with the 3rchitect would be an aaorphous situation. The process should reaain as it vas I but a special point should tHa .ada to communicate very strongly with the neighborhood for each public ... etino; held and the .eetino;s should be held at .. time con venient for the neighbo~s. XOTIO)t ro rULE: Council Member Levy ~oved to table the motion. _ot'IOH PAS II ED 7-1, Levy -no, -McCown -not participating.· Project Exterior Construction council MeKber Cobb referred to Vice Kayor Fazzino comments regardinq construction time tables, and was concerned Council had not made 8 policy statement that the Specific Plan should make every possible effort to minimize construction impacts. XOTZtW.I Vice Kayor Fazzino moved, seconded by Woolley, that Council endorse the policy, that the project exterior construction be schedule4 so as to ainiaize the impact on the neighborhood. 65-333 02/04/91 ~.~ ....... ;; . . "-~ -'~:'t . .- /,,/ KOlI'fOll l'USB!) 8-0, MCCown 'not p"rtlcip"tlng.· XOI':IOII':J Jllayor Sutoriua., seconded by cobb, that the council adopt the Palo Alto Medical Foundation Draft specific Plen as amended 4 council Member Ren~el re1~erated ther9 ~ere parts of the proposal she was not pleased with and some areas could pose problems in the !lext stagEt ~ Whi le she reserved the r i9ht to vote against the project at that tise, she would support it at th~t stage. council Member Levy commended the Planninq Commission, PAMF, staft And th~ neighborhood resid~nts yho participated in a very thorough and not an euy proj ect. KO'nOli PUllJIl) 8-0, McCown "not p"rticipaUng.· ~OlIl Mayor Sutorius moved:, seconded by Kniss., to direct the Planning CO-.!ssion to re=-mend appropriate comprehensive Plan uoendIHnts to respond to the policy recOllllOendations endorsee:! by the Cit!' cour-..cil . . Council Kelaber Renzel vould support the .. otion but expected the amendments would be the .iniaWl Comprehensive Plan chanqes necessary and most narrowly defined to deal with the project. There vere some major policy issues of job/hoQsin9 imbalance and bousing and traftie is"ues the Specific Plan woule! run afoul of if the Coaprehensive P~an "as. not UKtnded~ She. did not want to. open up areas of tile City that had been served well by the policies in place~ 1lO'n0li PABSiIID 8-0, MCCown "not P"rticipatinq.· 1IO!l'l:0If: council Kellber Cobb aoved., seconded by :paz.zino~ to direct the Planning commission to prepare a Specific Plan consistent ~ith the policy rec:o ...... ndations endorsed bY the City Council, with .. proviso that it 1s sUbject to further refinement at the. conclusion of the f..:Nr week. period. KcrrZmI PASSED 8-0" McCown -not participating.· ADJOURNKENT; The meetinq adjourned at 12:15 a.m. ATTEST: APPROVED: City Clerk Kayar NOTE: Sense .inutes (synopsis) are prepared in accordance ~ith Palo Alto Municipal Code sections 2.04.200 (a) and (b). The city Council and Standinq committee aeetinq tapes are made solely for the purpose of facilitating the preparation of the .inutes of the .eetings. city council and Stan41nq ea..ltt$e .eetinq tapes are ------- - L 65-334 02/04/91 • ~'. recycled two years from the d~te of a_ilable tor _r" of the public ::>tfioe bour •• the .~etinq~ The tapes are to li.ten to durlnq r~qula~ • 65-335 02/04/91 • \ .... -. I I I l t I I I 1 I r i ~ ..... ---. PH'X"'IBID Bp!jM§S EXC£RP't Cln CootieI L lWWTES PJ.U) ALTO MEDICAL FOMliiuO!< MARC>t lB, 1991 e. l'el.o Al.to Ile4ical l'<Nn4ation. Proposed S~c1fic Plan. Options on JIowIin9 Xitiqatlon, Ba%letits end other Pravidons. end PQblic Participation ~s. (lOll) (CIIII.:184.9l) Mayor Sut.oriua referenced the deterainatiorul an4 endorsed policies tor the Palo Al.to Medical Foundation'. (PAKF) proposed projects. A eonalderable aaow>t of ti»e vas spent delinest1nq the policy _ regardinq project location, beight, phas1nq and construc tion. nel~rbood protection, bouse relocation, parltinq, trees, hiatoric attigsUon, open space, Bryant str .. et "tatus, child care, public partic!paU<m, and exterior construction of the project. '11>e start .... directed to aeet with the principles ot the PAKY on housin!l aitiqaUon, devalc>plleJlt, and reCOBllllendations on the pUblic participation proceaaea end return to Council. City Manager Bill Zan= ... iel there had been s seri ... ot discussions with the PUll', and the resul te and recommendations regarding the pul:>lic participetion proceaa were _riaUzed in the .. taft report (CIIII..114:91]. counoil _ CObb was concerned wether the city would be able to live up to the policies Bet with respect to protecting the _i~. TllBnl vas a let of talk about only liaited finan,,!al naourcee available for the PAKE' to m.itiqate. 'llhu.e the doc:ument dealt vith tha bowlinq attigation, he queried Whether rasources WCNld be available for is"".. such a" neiqhborbood protect!on if additional eitiqation va .. needed. _ City Attorney Ariel e&lonne sald the staff report (CKR:164 :9~) clarifiad the CoUncil l"9ally retained complete discretion to _1<e changes to the project.. add aitiqation .easures l and respond to details of the p~ject a. the Final Specific Plan wa. developed. The .taft report reco.aended the council reiterate the pollcy a;tateJlerl.ts made in the previous lIIeetlngsl which woUld serve as 1!l guide to staff, to avoid any situation where the project va. draaatically cbanqed and caused additional costs. Tbe staff had taken that approach hut the PAKF might hove a di~ferent approach. Council Jlellber Cobb claritied that the list of Council actions aM 'policy involved' on February 4. H91, contained other pollcy iapl ..... tation and abo specified "quare footage "'0 the project COUld meve forward. The iap1ementation of th" other poliCies could have • financial COGt to the PAMF, and the lanquage sugqested the PAKF COUld go no further vith respect to mitigation. The mitiga tion _ed to be applied to !lousing and not to anytbinq else which eight COllIe up later. L CITY COUNCIL MINUTES ~a: 19ft 65-401 ·.~ , /~. -" .,. ''''-, ' - \ \ \ \ \ I I \ 1 \ • 't _. Hr. Scbreib<u .... id the PAXF ..... concerned about large chanqes to the project >Ih1ch would undo or substantially sodity the type of project al.r .... l1y approved. 1.e., chanqU to the square footage, he1qbt, and r-quir...."bI of lIore urderqroUl'ld parking. one ot the iaau .. which concerned statf v •• the normal proceas ot developing the dadcpl plan. 2'Ile review involved changes in exterior I!l4teri a1s, ligbting, v8!/etat.ion, and could add addit.iorut.l costa to the project. TIle PAIlI' assured the City the d ... icpl chanqes, which vere the ones that woUld di~y affect t.be neigbl>orbood, ... ould not be a concern in teas of future aitiqatio". and the PAXF should eclmowl..stJa tha .. ~ tor the record. TIler. vas a good indication in th" .Uscusdons that the desicpl, revie ... , and develop.ent process would involve chan9es to the project and would invol V& increased costa. Council _ Woolley queried whether the housing aitiqation is""es which arose during discussions with the Palo Alto Bousinq Corporation (PAlIC) and start vere reasonable changes. TIle rec ..... ndationao on paqe 14 of .staff report (CXR:l84:9l.) sblted the propcty at 771 BrY&nt streat and 319 BOIler Avenue 'Would be le""ed to the City. She queried whether the property could be leased to PAlIC inat.ead of the City, Which woUld be le .. expensive if PAlIC bandied the rehabilitation. Hr. Zener Hid the PAXF would have to indicate "hether there wa~ an objection to leaa1nq the property to PAlIC: rather than to the city. AnothU' way V&II to a .... iqn the leas" to PAlIC after the City ol>t.einecS the property. councU _ Woolley queried the liaitaUon of the unit use to PAIO'·.. eaploy_. Hr, Schreiber Hl~ the issue related to the shared parking arranq~t. "If the houaing was not uaed by Pl\KF's employees, then the PAXF could not receive credit fer the parkinq, wh1ch was associated with the housin9. With separate occupancy, tr.e PAXF vould be obliqated to provide nine additional parking spaces, and if the parking W1I.S in the Wlderqround structure, the cost .. could increase to between $175,000 and $200,000. council JIelIber 1l0011ey requested further clarification since there 'Were other inatlOnees of shared parking in the city vith commercial and raidential tenants who were not employed by the sqe orqaniza tion. Xl'. Schre.iber .. aId in tho5e ca ... ,. there was a enou.qh parking av"U8ble to provide flexibility. If the hOUSing !Lad to stand by itaelf, there 'Would not be the flexil>ility of the people parkinq in other placea. The "AMY's parl<inq faciliti .. s wOUld be better controlled it the housinq vas occuplad by ""Ploye .... Council K8IIber lloolley clarltied if the _ployees lived there, t.bere would be no reallcm to ."ve the cars and the parking spaces would not be tree tor 801180ne else. L 65-.02 3/l8/91 '. • \ - i \ \ I , , " Kr. SCbrell>ar »&i4 1.t' tha ..ploy_ di,s"not live there, the 'PAlO' WUld lose th.. Wie of the ~ce ~or personnel. CQWICll ~ Woolley queried whether the probl .... was inour:aou..,t alIle and _thar the ~ parking could be vorl<ed Olrt with pananant _loye .. rather thah _etinq patients to find the parkin<1. Mr. Schnu..r .ald if the CO>.mcil wanted to have the housinq occupie4 by non-PAla personnel, the policy could qo in th .. t direetioft. CcNncil I!emI>er Wooiley queried the possibility ot .ddin; a few verdo to qive the City the option of stertinq over rather than reta1ninq e.nd .... inq the t1<0 unita. Mr. SchAlbar ... id the poeaibU1ty ""'" not cu..cus,.ed with the PAXP', and the bui1d1nq vas edv&nCed in aq .. nov and would be aven further advancecS at the end of a 50-y ... r period. The PAXP' miqht not have an obj action and vould want the muldinq I:>aclc: in ""alIle con,li tlon. c:cuncU IIaber Ren%el queried whether the chanqe 1n Wle to residential vould be considered .. laps. in uae and then the builcUnq cculd only be Wlad for r .. ldefttial. Mr. SClU:"e1ber 84id the iaaue had" not arleeft and he deferred reaponae. c:cuncll M~ Ren.tal believed the i>uildinqs were An blpc>rtsnt aspect of conaolideting the PAKF'. tacllit! .... on .. twoa-bloc:lc ar .... 8bs queriOld Wb"thar the fiqura "f $400, 000 to $500, 000 w"uld bring the buildings I:>aclc: to a ras14e~1al Wie and Whether the $75,000 contributed by PAla ""'" firm. Mr. Sc:hre1ber a .. ld the $400,000 to $500,000 fiqure was the best eeti:lllata. The $75,000 fi;ure vas a fino COlIlIIlitae .. ,t by PAMF. council MelIIher :Ren:tel ... id to enjcy the mitigation, the City ... ould have to pay aoaewbere bet'O'een $325,000 to $425,000 thxougb the housing ~tiqation runds. Jlr. SChre.1ber Hoill yes, a. part of the rental housinq acquisition aet!vity which migbt in'~olve .. .,.. level of f1nancin9. Th" PARe often 1'1=ell part of the cost of the rental strueture and enouqh to bandle certain rent level •. council ~ Ren%el clarified the City would have to pay " minia_ of $325,000 to get five units, and the period liauld be for 50 years with o"9oinq .. intenance. council IJeaber Renzel .aid there was DO discussion in the .taff report (CMR:184:91) of the guidance with respeet to 777 Bryant Str .. t hOWl .. and aovinq the houses to tile U%1Ietlt Care center: She queried the stet.... of the issue. 65-403 3/18/91 ~: *;; , , .. -':t ... '---':·1· • ! .---......... / , ";"~-'-:-;, , ~ - i , . 1Ir. SClhre1ber .. id tlI .......... ' no c:hang"e f~ the councU action on ~ 4, U91.. "'l'be <»uncU cl_rly in,Uca~ed. if ! .. "ThIe, the IIr'yam Btre8~ hOWlU ahoW.d be preaerved aM relocated vithln the ep.cifLc Plan area. Be c&ut1oned aqalnst. .tr~an1nq tlIe cUractiDII even :turther hecawoe the r...uticationa of additional IIqU8rot ~oot.aq8 on the 8i te and tlIe tiJllnq "ere W1Icnovn. councU JleaJ>er Rem:el queried vl>4t hctors vould he considered in tenos of feasibUit.y. JIr. SChrtliblar .. i4 the location and c:onstruct.lon of additional IIqU8rot footaqa vould he needed tC' er.pty the tlrqent car" Bu1l4in9. '[be f ... ibility relat.ed to the .ite flvailahili ty tor additional IIqU8rot tootalle whicll did not conflict v1 th otller pa.rts of the specific Plan. Tbere va. not a precise place on the main block whicll coW.d have the type of structure that would fit into tlIe overall Specific Plan. rf the lccation c:ol>ld be detendned, tlIe .quare footage woUld he bUil t, aM the tlrqent care JlUildinq vacated. It the comaitlMnt ...... toe: prec!._, I buildinq could be co...tructed on an unc!esirable aite only because the location VIS the only option available vitllout diaturbinq parkinq or parte of th. aite. Council Jleaber Renzel queried whether the steff had given .any co .... id.retion to another way of liait1nq the phyolclan cap of SO, which vas a 35 to 40 percent inc:r ...... JIr. Zaner .... 1<1 the pIlysieie,n cap at 50 VIS the extent of the di8cuas1on lind the additionAl aquare footege of the project related to the a44it.ional p&rJeinq required and no ettCllpt vu _de to define the cap in any other teru. <»uncil IIaaber 11:>4",..." queriad bousinq aitigation and the PAKY's -.ploy_ livin9 in tlIe bous ... and Whetller the individuals livine; in the units could be local .. ploya •• vithin walking distance ~~ the vorkplace. Kr. Sch.rail>er sale! the proference ""'. for the people" to ... ark farth.r away so they woUld leave the site iT" the morning and taU the car vi tlI thea and open the parJeinq space. councll IIeJIl>er Andersen queriad if the land vas cleared and aomethlnq other than e five-unit facility was built, "hether the City would be required t.o go into a higher denaity in the area. Kr. sclIreil>er said the site VIS zoned IIM-30 .. nd the lDaXiloum density "" five units. council ~ Andersen referred to It.. 7 on the staft report (CKR,184'91) and asked for Clarification about the suggestion that the qrandfather provision sbould be retained. Kr. Sc:hreil>er said the i tea VIS raised by the PAlIF a. part of tlIe diacuaaioftS. '1'Il. action of ruoving the qrandfathering of the 400 Cbanninq Avenue dta ves not part: ot the Plannin9 C .... isdon action I - - £5-404 3/18/91 "'1':=,,,-: '*, !-I ,-, _ .. ' -/~ \ .J - ... -..-.-, \ 1 I \ . . or a .tart· rae_tion. stat! 4id not IM.U .. ve, due to the hlstory of thtI dte, laell: ot C08Plo.inta aJoout the traditional otfiCli use, end the design of the facility, that 105" ot the qre.n<ttathering ..... nec ..... ry tor the overall Specific Plan. If statf would bAv. bean ... _ 4uri"9 COuncil diecusdan, the rae ., nutation would have .been to treat the property the same as other properti .. in the area and allow the granc1father office usee to ocmtinua ... ithout inten-upticm. councll JIuol>er Andersan queried Vbether there .,.." an exchanqe L., the pruc8aB for the ray .... al to bAve tal<an place at the statt leVel. 1Ir. SChrdber deferred to the PAlO' for elaboration on the reasons. It ...... clear to staff that PAlO". feeliT19 var", atrong that the loss ot the .ita tor office woe woUld cause pr®l ..... in the relocation of .. dental office end the1> ~ lend available in the vest block. 1Ir. c:alcnne ... id there were seyeral it ... Which appeared to be i •• u.s t:t-.. t vere conc:l-ud:ed with the PAXF. The i.sues were either in the pecka ... betore the Council'. tinal action with no objection fZ'C!ll1 the pA!!}' or actions which CUI_ up durin., the COWICil's acU"ns that the fA!!}' dicl not rais_ questi""" aJoout. wt>en the issue" yere ra1sa4 in the courae of the disCUSsions, the &taft queried Whether the PAlO' bad no objection to the is .. " ... ; end in order to peol<age a proposal to respond to the two epeciUc directions of the COWICll, staff Meded to aeknowladqe the PAMF'. positions. The PAlO' sboUld addraa. why the c:banqes .... re })acl!: in front of the Council. COWICll II~ Anderllen had requ ... te<f .. rationale be provided for the cap Of 50 J>b71'ieians and querie<f whether staff bad received the lntoraatlon from the PAHF. II". SchrellM.r .... id no. council Keaber Andersen queried wbether the PAKF was prepared to C01IIlent on the 1.8sue with written dOCWllentation. He queried whether people coUld .eet with the Planning Commission at t.he outaet before deeLslons were flnalbe<S, end bOY the e"Tltact could be estolhliabed to proceed with the process at the outset. 1Ir. Schreiber ""ld yes, an<! people could call hl.. directly, or it "'" ..... were qiven to hill, he would call. Council Member Kniss referred to page 7 of staff report (CKR'184,91) and aslted for further clarification on public partiCipation and the different options list"eI. Hr. SchrsllM.r said the .otion adopted ~y Council directed .tatt to return to CO\lncll in four weeu vi th II. plan for .. supple.ent&l public participation proc... Whlo:il included the neighborhood, staff, public, and th .. PAlO'. 'l'bere vas .. variety of strateq!.s which coUld be used to suppleBent public participation beyond the noraal public heari"9 notice and public bear1nq opportunity, which 65-405 3/18/91 - , ~; 4, , . ,,": . . ,..; .. ~ .. \ I r vu the lav govern1n9 development of th~ Specific Pi ...... or a Planned o:.aunity cona. 'L'be etaft divided the IIOtion t>etveen the Specific P11lZl aDd the Planned community zone. 'l'ha Specific Plan proce .... duc:usaion had -.. 90inq "" for a 10119 ti»e and ahoulrl be tteated differently· than the Planned ca..wrlty cone whieb va_ yet to COIOe. MUr having Raff ~i.w literatur .. on public participation and other proc.. .... previoWl1y used in the City, the tour .trat~ies v.:-e idMt1tiad WIder the Specific Plan proces.. TIle lIorlt.1119 co-itue Specific Plan Preparation vu an option taken from the City'. experience ten years ago with the T~ !lorl<in9 Group, Wich vaa an intenee ~otiation involvil19 neighbol'l" potential uaera of the aite. and atet!. but die! not involve the Plannil19 Comai •• icn. The proce.ss vas very lenqtby, and there ¥as a 8ense that the del_tes had a veto power in th. proces& When the specific Plan came back to the t>lanning Comtission and the Colll,cil. Another option ..... for the neighborhOC>d to .,.... up with their own _citi~ plen and COIIPU'e that to the starf prepared docwoent. Staff lookll4 at th_ Planning coaaisl'ion vorkll19 ."ssion'. Specific PlllZl prepaxation which could be e><panded and allowed a :aore inta%W&l anviramoant involving the Planning c:o.aission and the public. The next option vas the regular process 01' public bearings and a vorldl19 _Bion. Statt bellave" the third option. given the CouncU aotion tor auppluental public ~c!cipation. provided more than the no~ process. '1'hara were tvo options working with13> .. raaaonable tiaef........ The workinq sroup might be the appropriate proca.a tor the Planned community zone bacaWl. ot the need tor continuity in tbe proc.... ongoing neig'hborbooc! Lnvol vement to the d_ign-d"'el~t procea., and tb. f.ct that tbe process had not started yet. Councu ........ r Jtni .. queri<>d Whetber tbe Terman process vas at a diffar.nt atage of developaent. 1Ir. Scbreiber sai.e! y... 'L'be Council had not 'Ii ven an)' .11 " .. ction reqarc!ing tbe content c f the preces •• council M..-r )(nbs queried the integration even tboug'h there v*", a difference. Mr. Scbreiber sald tbe proceu vas inconsistent vith council'" direction adopted February 4, 1991. The council had indicated the polici ... and directions the Draft Specific: Plan woUld taka. The !lorking Group Option, in tar:as of the SpeCific Plan. eonl:&inad more flexibility to cbllZlqe tbing8. If the Council bad not arlopted direction to tbe PlllZlning Colllllission and bad reterred the SpeCific PJ.1IZl hack to the PllllUling cOllllrl.sion tor discuaslon. then the Workinq Group would bave :acre .erit. Given tbe Council's direc tion., the.re would be • confused. aixad message to the working qroup process. Who WaJI lhitad to one ""t of polici ... Councll -.... )(nbs referaneed peqe 11 of staU report (00\:184:91) and the ditferent ways of dealing with tbe deSign pha .. atter ~l.tion and prior to tbe zan. chanqe. There were three different possibilities .entioned and queried vhicb one waR the moat deairable. L 65-406 3/18/511 - ~ ... . .J \ / I I / ; i I / ", ! h , ! .. , -;' I i . r/ .{ I I I :j , j I • I 'Fe-ied whether it would be lIOn! ~ellS U,le to d..".,11 ah the buildings and start over. Mr. 1I0rth""y ""ld the ramifications "eaded to be look.d at before .-pcmUDg. . Council II~ Andersen quel:ied why the President's Office vas such an b .... with regard to the whole package, &nd an ","ortiz.tion per iad would allow for the uae. Mr. l'Iorthvay aaid if the de:ltistll could not be IIOVed ott the vest bloc:l<, the west 1>10010 could not be utilized ~or the functions thet PAIl!' hed proj ectad. council JIIIIIber Andersen queried why the leue with the dentists _6 ao difficult. F.r. Horthvay .... id the PAIl!' did nat own th" oSentht office. and part of the negotiation with the dentists was the relocation directly acrotls the street ~roII the PAIl!' because aany of their paUents are PAIl!' _loy_. The dentbta did nat bave to Bave unless they waJ1ted to. It the dentists did not lIOVe. the west bl~k became inoperable in teras of efficient parking use, tlesiqn. ,..nd utiliza tion of bUildings. council _r Andersen queried wbather the dentists hed aaid the Preai4ent's Office woutd not be ."""pUbl. if the property _s IUlOrtiZed • Mr. l'Iorthvay ... id tha dentists would not lIove into a property that .... be1n9 ...,rtized. c:ouncil MeIIber Ancl.ersen clarified .. physician increase troll 139 to 189 at 1,200 square feet per physician and queried whether the re>oaining .quare footage would be used for researell. Mr. Northway Aid the additional square footage vould be used for research or non-patient related activities. council IIelIber Andersen queried the proportion of .quare footage currently uaoc! for non-patient related activities. Hr. Horthvay ""ld he did not ltnOV the proportion figure. council Kamber Andersen clarified that an Qxtensive resQarch was conducted with eaell of the departments at PAMF and queried the time lin. and projeetions. Kr. Northway queried council MeI1ber An<\arsen if the till" line met when the physicians would be needed. COW>cil Meaber Andersen .aid yes. L 65-409 3/18/91 • """". :~-' ~.,; .. \, \. : - Itt. lforthvay ~4 ~ on.-third Of the 50 vOlUd be needed vithin the _ f1". yean, one-third in the next t.en yeu .. , and anotbe .. cme-th1rd in the reuining t.&n years. C<>UncU x.aI:>er AnlSereen qI1eried Vbether the descript.ion vas a cap or .. project1e>n of Vllat. the PIJf7 vas going t.o nee~. Mr. Ne>rthVay .d4 the 4aacr1ptlon proj~ what the PAlO nee~ed. CoIUIcU _r Cobb nilS there v.... ...r11er discussions about the parlt1nq let. acroea ".he atreat frCl<ll the CUIplI.I ott ice and the· po8aibllity ot recovering the parking by a).1o .... ing IIOre parkinq on the .. 1ft lot. Be queried wbother the issue vas still open for diacusdon. Mr. Northway .. ilS tbe iaaue wOlUd be stt:.died as part of the lS.sign ~e, and an aboVe grade parking "truc:ture would tree up the parking lot. vlUc:h ¥all allowlld in the February 4, 1991 proponla. Council Member 118nz.1 clarified the doUlti8ts owned " buUding in the aiMle of the vast block, and 400 Waverley"". owned by a third party. She querlild whether tha denti.ta vere preparlld to &ell PAMF a building and than rent a building at 400 Waverley. Mr. Northway hid the denti~ vould prcbably buy the building. CoUncil _r !!anza! querilld if the l>uil4ing vas for aale. Xl'. NOrthway .. id the building vas for .ale and ""s part of .. pacbge. . COUnc:U -.r ]lRMal clarified tbe 4entists di4 not. """t to buy an aaortized bull4ing _'"" th<N<1b the location vOlU4 give thUi 15 yean ac:roaa frca the PlIKF. COUnc:ll -.. lIniss queried .. 'hether .... of the 50 pbysicians aigbt be at another location since aatellit.e locatio71$ had been 4iseuased. I!r. Northway .... ld the SO phy&i::il.Nl V.re proj ected for the present location. Jle said the .... ter plan contained projectio"" and also tried to coyer contingencies. In teras ot physician utilization and physician-axtender utilization, there had been di"CU8sion of returning to bouse calt. tor the care of older p.oople, and the phy.ician would heve a home base at the oftle.. When anticipating and enforcing a cap, thet type of personnel needed to be included in the cap. Th" nlllllber was devdoped looking at a variety of utllbations of personnel, and BO,"" of the p.or5onnel .igbt not be actively on the .ite but would beve a boae ~.e there and would hev. to be incl uded in the doctor count. c:ounc:ll llaal>er lCnis" qI1eried Vbether the Bryant Street hous." would be one ot the PAlll" a considerations during the deSign pbese or _the .. it would =-up .ven further alOIl9 i/\ the process. L - 65-410 :3/18/91 . --c· , I I I f· - :'", I I ~ I \ I L Hr .. -Wort~:W' .. y .aid tl:Ie Bryant Str~41t bou ... woultl be considered! In the eaxly part o~ the design phase. COI.\nCU Hemb<or .Xn18. queried wether durinq the next phase the u-ue veUle! be considered and, if ~eadble, be incorporated. JIr. lIortbway sdd if feasi.ble, y ..... council x..ber Ranzel clarified that ~riqinally the advantage of the project vas the consolidation of! th .. PAMF', and so far the corner of Bryant street and a""",r Avenue lIIigbt btlc:ome five-units of bOUSing, the urqer.t care site voUld become .",me sort of bOl.ldnq, the p.o.r~ lot w"Uld beeo,"" op.o.n space, and the sports medicine would r ...... in .. s would the ee!uC4tion and Ob-Gyn buildings. There bad been no resolution of the parking aero.. Waverley Street yet 400 Waverley Avenue would become a medical-type facnity. Sbe queried bow the PAKr woUld 'iJUArant... the rea id..,.ts in the surroundinq "aiqhbomood that the consolidation o~ tho< faciliti ... would. provide th. CUIpWI-ll.lte atllospbere and be a benefit to the cOIIIIIlunity, and .mat uwranees would. be providt<c:l. to the neighbomood dnce the cap would not work, balf of the tentaclee were staying in place, and residential W&8 be.ing rezoned for .. edical. Itt. ·lforthway .... i<5 th .. 4esign wou14 take place on the two !pin blocks 1.1> question and the subtraction of 20,000 square ~eet fro:. the original Specific 1'1 ... ., did not help. SOllIe of the design benefits to· be utilized ware reduced, and one of the "",jor design benefits el1ainated _. the unde':'l,lrounding of the parkinq under the Lee Lot Vbich would heve brOl.lght the park!nq in from the nelghbo: hood Vbieb W&8 aeross the street on Bryant street and Channing Avenue. 'lbe way to assure the goals outlined. vas internal viVil &Dee through the PC proc.... and active input at the beq!nn inS' .., outlined by the p.o.rtlcipetion. '!'be needs of the PlIMY and the naigbbcrllooG wOl.lld heve to be synthesized to .eet the criteria. 7ralo the start, the project had bean an open, public process, and at •• db stage ot th. evolution there would be adequate review by the appropriate public-making bodies with racom=endations to the council. Jeanne Moulton, 3~9 Addison Avenu., vas opposed to the compromise between the City and the PAMF' wbleb went beyond .. " tters re 1e ted to housing. n>e neighborhood vas granted th .. request to be lnvol ved in tbe decisions reqardinq the design and issues relevant to the com:mWlity in the development cf PAMP.. The comprolllise entailed several critical i .. u.... wIdell preempted tbe participation in a resolution. The compromise could not be considered a $848, oeo peYJHU>t by the PAMF'. The five houeinq units tor PlIMY personnel in excbanqe tor 14 was not an even deal. Tbe neighborbood had only the we"kend to let the Council know their opinions of the processes recoaended for neighborbood involvement in the Planned co_unity development. AI thou9b the staff was inforJOed over a month ago that the neighborhood was organized and prepared to perticipate, there was no response until the staff report (CI!R:J.8. :91). She favored lteoo 3 and would 11keto discuss the item with the neighbors before commenting to the council. She believed Item 4 was not tbe best .. -"1 \ . ..-1 . , \ ~ I I , 0". .!nee that .... the procaas presently !>eill9 done, which hac% taJcen two y........ The, r .. " .... ended compromise wa" out of line with the polioi .. _tabli.hed. She reque.te" participation in "ecisions Which "inctly affect." the health end. _lO.re ot the neighborhood. After .nv1ovl..ng the .tatt report, .he believed the wording should be changed because the PAMl' vas oaminq away with fi= ~i tIIIents aM the City WSB not. J ..... JIurcb, 420 1Ia.er Avenue, referred to the 5tatt report (aIR: 184: 91) end. the tracUnq 14 hOUSing units for 5. II .. understood the hOWling ait1gaticm, the <I18"wlI,ion reqaxdinq receiving $BCS,OaO or ita equivalent, end. the fact that "taff was aske" to work with the PAl!!' to arrive at an equival""t but "id not !>elieve the start ha" CO!oe up vith an equivalent. Be queried What voulc% happen if an employ •• lett tbe PAMl'. voul.d they l:Iove" who would find e new tenant, end. who voul" be the lan4lord. After 50 yean, the PAMl' Btill owned the property. lie was interested in the way the PAMF viewed the 50 physic1anaend. the way the Council did. The cour.cil wanted .. way of placing a cap en cars and physicians to liait the amount of expansion which could take place. The PAM!' projected what .... nee<5ed which .... not a .... triction. He lived close to the President'. Office; end if the building was .. ode into a dental oUice, the trat.fice would be upqraded. He queried why 50 much hinq.<I on the "ental effice. lie referre" to the staff report v~ieb indicated the staff had varked with the PAMF, had agreed on the 1asues, end. n ..... asked the Council to fine tune th.... lie appreciat ed ~ fact that the Council had asked pertinent questions. Ruth Anna Gray, 795 North Pair Oaks Avenue, No.2, Sunnyvale, Baid ber qrsn4tather va" one of the original founders of AXE ChurCh, end. ber toily had been atfiliated with the AIiE Church tor over 70 years end. bad r_ided in Palo Alto for over a 100 years. She COIIlH!Ided JIr. Ricbloond 0" the work done for the 1IME Church buil<linq and appreciated the efforts with the PAKF for representation of the historical significance of the AXE Church. 'l'be 1IME Church was not bu.ilt by black people but vaa a community effort.. She c!id not agree with some of Kr. RiclUDond's viewpoints and had SCheduled a •• e:tit\9 with the Historic Resources Board who required the2 to exaaine and explore _eens of 8alvaging the building. She had been unable to have the AKE Cburcbts represe.."1tatjve look at the building whieb ne."ed to be done. She COIIIIIended Ms. Ki ttas tor her effort" end. i"QJltified with the frustrations of not having a response to inquiries reqardinq the l>uildinq. She had heard how unarchitecturally attractive the building vas and did not believe historical sites needed to bo the prettiest things in the world to _an BOIIethinq. :rho AXE Church l>uilding should mean a lot to the city and the surrounding co_unity because it represented lIIore than just. race of people -it represented a positive community effort. I!O'!ZO. '10 ccnr:rDroll. Vice JI.!Iyor Fazzino moved, seconded by Woolley, to continue ItBIIS 11 and 12. L L 65-412 3/1B/91 .~ -. ~ t . r '. ,. Kayar 8'.rtoriWl reque __ taft -to COIIIIIent on the 'Significance of a ccmtin......,. of It.... 11 ancS 12. Mr. Zan&r .• ai6 neither Items ~1 nor 12 were critical. councU _ Andersen opposed the .otion. KO'rlOB FUJ.Bl) 3-4, Woolley r Fazzino, knil5s ·yes,· MCCOlm -not participating," LeVy ab.ent. IIOnOIU cow><::U IIaCar Woolley aoved, aecondd by Andersen, to approve lltaft .reCOll:lHnClations with revisions to It .... 1 under Rental BQUSing Mitigation, with the deletion of "fer Medical Foundation employees;· and the addition of ·or demolished,-at the end; and Ita. 2 of the PUblic P1lrtlcipation Free.a. with the addition of the words "functioning .. .. Bounding l:>oard" .. rter the "words fonoa1 worl<in9 group,· ancS the addition ot "Final reCOlllfoendations to the COuncil vill !>e throuqb the Architectural Review Board and Planning Co..ission Free .... • Bento' lOURing Mitl9§tion Stat! .reooaenda City council endoreuent, as • poli"),, of the following provisions regerding an eppropri~~e bousinq .Itiqa\ion for the 10810 of vest block IIUltiple-faaily zoned r""ta} houainq: 1. The property at 777 Iryant Street end 319 B""er Avenue would !>e leu.." to the City by the Medical Foundation for $1.00 per year for 5 I) yelU"'S: end two bUild1nqs on the iii to, the Kodi""l .seeretui.. Bu.ilding and the lIMO Offloce BUilding would be comrert;ed by the City to five lov-to _erate-inc""e rental 1Udts tor Medical F<>Undation _loy_. 2. Tazaa of the 1_ would becOll<! effective five years after City i8suance of a building per-it, consistent with the City approved PC Planned COmaunl. ty ~one change: 3. Existinq aurface parking at this oitt would be used as shared park1nq tor both residents and ~edical Foundation employees, once the aitigiJtion prOVision becaJM effective: 4. The Medieal Foundatiol! vouJ.d contribute $75,000 toward r_1l1tatl<J" costs in convertIng the bullcl.ings to residen tial use: and 5. The Medical Foundation's $75,000 contribuU<Jn tor rehabilita tion costs would occur at the tila.e the lease became effective .. PX9Po'ed Kitigo;ion· Benefits ID4 Qth§I PrQVi§ions Staff recommends that the city Council direct staff to begin negotiation with the Foundation on a development agreement or other appropriate docuaent, includIng the foU<Jwinq items, to be COIIpleted in .. U ... f~ ,,&nerally concurrent with action on the Final Specific Plan. L 65-413 3/18/91 -. -. . ~3- --, 1 . : ..J 1 1 1 I - , \ \ i , . 1. ~e dt. at Chann1n!I and. _Dna would. b6 l ... sed to 1;he Cit~ tor ~5 yean tor $1.00 per year. trcm the tiae the Kedical l'ClW'ldatlon _ins ita tirat bulld.ing parait: the city VDIl.ld leaee the ait. back to the Jle4ic:al l"oun4ation tor $l.OO per y .... tor continue4 _ ••• perUn<; until .. buUd.inq perait for e cllild. care center or other use wlc:b .... y be 4 .. etIIed accept able to the Me4ic:al l'oundation and City is issued for the sita, 2. ~ IIa41cal l'oundat1on would pay the City with the 1 ... ..., ot $25.000 or 50 percent of the co~ of ~undill9 a two-vay streat conversion lItudy relatinq to BOIler and Cbannlll9 Av,""" ... at the t1Jta of· the Stlldy; 3. '!'be city vould grant liaited air an4 subsurface access rights on Bryant str .. t near Cba.'lninq Avoonue to the lI.cHeal Founc!.a tion at no coat; 4. Public P'U'ki119 on the Kedical Foundation Main lllock an4 North lllock surface parltinq Iota would be peraitted in late after JIO<>Im, avenill9a and weekends for use in conjUllction viti> the IIUll .... property at no co.t to the City (the lIedical Founda tion alao requesta that no 8011d vall at the Wlll1UlB property line be required in the final Fe cone change site plana);. 5. ~ physician ocap-would not be 1 ... than 50 a44itional full tilla equivalent phydclana OVer the :l39 pr ... ntly at the _ieal Foundation faciliti .. in the viCinity of Bryant, BOIler an4 Channing; 6. ~a City would Jlodify the ""'Nested Jlitigation provision noquiri119 24-hour security guar<D to reflect a vari"ty of ..curity-related ..... ur.s (e.g •• lighting, vindov location, eecurity guards) as the _ieal Foundation <leellS appropriate; 7. ~ City Woul<l retai:l uisting .ed.ical otfiee grand!ather ~0nin9 providons for the President·" Office site at 400 Channing" Avenue; and. II. Xn acSc:titior. tc the ...... c:tiolUl. conditions and lLit1gaUon -.ures "at torth in tha revi5ed Draft En.. the City would ..-ive title to U.e parking lot at 903 Bryant <at tho> .authwest corner. ot Bryant and. Channing. adj acent to the convalescent hospital). This property aay ba used or ex ChAnged. tar open "pace purposes. Title will ba transferred _ th" site is no 10119er need.ed. or five years sfter building perait i8auance. "'Prlnges Regarding Additional Mitigation staff re=-enas that the City eouncU reit8rate. as palicy, that pr .. paration of the Final specifiC Plan and a Planned Community zone ChAnge ba 9overne4 by the CouncU'" endorsed pollcies. '!"lIe basic purpose ot auch c5irection would. be to give the Foundation essurances that ... jor elements of the project will not be cban;ed L - • I - I \ I I , I I \ r i. &rae planned p~ bad been .l.e.tt Zor .fUture discus.ions bUt lIhOUld JIOt be ... ..s .. eompenaat1on to increase the aquare footage in the neJ.gbborbood or the convenion of zuieSential zoning to ......-rc1a1 &c"ing d .... lng a tiae Vben the Cit:y .. uffered a _j= jol>~iD9'. isl>al.".,.. ~are wa_ no benefit to the city to go through .. ~lU ar .. plan if the plan ..... only .. prarequiaite £or .. I'C " ..... rather than aerioU8 planning for the neighborhood. She believed the .....".,....t vas :f.aportant:. .she ~l1eved the planning u.ue IIhoald be dealt: with during the special area plan, particu larly _ the real: .of the South of Forest: Avenue area had been ~1v.4. . Vice )layer Fan-ino l>el1eved action abould be beld ott on the 1t: .... untU the d .. 1gn iBau .. were £urther along. council Members expru .. ..s the nee4 £or additional bouslnq, expr .... sed concern and bopa that: the AIlE Ch<U'Cb could be eaved, and then wanted to raatrict the d .. 1gn t'lexiJ>Uity for the PAII7. Be believed U the .ction ..... not auppcrted, the optiona would be reduced Wbicb woul<l: increa ...... ther than de=eue the ~ct on the neighborhood. Be urq..s 8UJ'POrt: of the proposal by staft' and defeat of the aaendltent. a_iMi·'e n.IJ,Bl) 2-5, Renzel, Andersen ·yes,· McCown "not partic:.1- patLD9,. liwy absent. CoUncU ~ ReMel add the City ... tabU.hed a real estate policy that would canaide.-air righta on all properties as valuable aaaete and ...... nov proposing to .. ive th..,e UNts .... y. The City ahould require .. fair Jlarltet valU8 with ~ to riqbta of air and IZftdervround on the pul:>lic at:z_ta. IMB"*.':ra COUDc:J..l MeJlIbar R.eJu:el .oved, to add "at t'eir urket value-to Ita 3 W>der l'ropoIoed Xi tlglltions, Beneti ta and other Prov1ai ....... awc·'· w D%SZ) PO. LaCK OJ' & BECOJll).~ CoUncil Haber Cobb queried whether the bousi"9 units reserved for tha PAKF' • .-ploya .... vere directly related to the parking issues. Mr. Zenar said y .... and w .... the pr~ ""UvaUon. Council ..... I>-r Cobb clarified if the it .... was deleted, " parking pr~l ... would be created because the occupants v<>uld be non-lHldi:::al ""'Ploya ... Hr. Schreiber Mid the deletion of the itea under Jlentsl Bousing XitiqaUoNl would require the replacement of the parking in B01De other location. There were way" of bandling-the issue and the detaUs could be worked out in the Specific Plan pha... Tho parking apacea could be r ... erved froll 5, 00 p. Il. to 8, 00 II... t'or .... idenUal use .nd then evaUable for anyone'" "ee during the day or JIOt to bave any reserve parkinq and the reaidents would have to find parking on the eite. L 65-417 3/18/U • \ ,'\ ", .. :-;~ ~~;-. .. 7] ~ .. - oow>cU _ CCoI>I> ... id allue<! parJdnq options needed to be .imple to work. .. clarified thoi leue would be e.signed to or .dJoinia tered by tile PARe ;an4 queried tile tU81l:>ility ot adcUnq to the .l .. ~ge: -the l ... e aay _bD_~· Mr. calonne ... id til. addition wa .. ieadble. councU ~ <:ebb lNtJ9uted tile lanquage be added to the ..,tlon. He ret~ the publ!c partieipation process and e01lllllants received fro:a the public wIlo believed tlLey could not be b .... rd tbrougb the foraa]. procu..... 'l'h. llhifting froll Strategy 3 to Strategy 4 under It_ 1. of the lltaft report (C!!R: 184: 91) would send the wrong _sage to the ne1glll>orhood in ter.os of the kind of participation the ceuncil wanted. lie prefu-red strategy 3. lie retere:>oed lteJI 2 of the staff report and the PC zone change and d_ign plans and belieVed the addition of the lan9"age .... a ilCW>ding boiIrd" woUld sand tlIe Salle ldnd of ne<]"ti ve ...... age. lie queried wbich Irtrategy "". referred to in It... 2. Mr. seu.iI>er _id the paragraph in :Item 2 "". in conjW1ctlon with the lead sentance of the ... ib paragraph. council _ Cob!> <tid not like the addition of the .. econd part of the language. COUncil _r ~.a referred to page 14, :Item 1., of the staft nport (OIlU1S4.91} wbich dealt with child eare, and even though a value had DOt _ .. signed, child care _s an important part of the mitigation pxc,,"osed. Sbe referenced p"g-15, Item 8, of the staff report and queried the use of the property for open spece purpoaaa and reealled discussion of a _11 park for the property. Mr. SCbreil>er said the best choice would be to excbanqe the property tor land owned by the adjacent conva1.eacent facility and be UIIed for parking. The City could oI:>taln land wbich could be added directly to SCott JUni-par":. The option w ... not included specifica.lly be""uae of the involv .... nt ot a third party end could not be conditioned upon the convalescent facility exchange ot land. Jletw...,. the specific Plan procea. and the PC proc: .. ", the potential would be 1rr.rutigated tor exchanging the property and a logical expansion of Scott Park. . • couneu I!<mI>er Xniss raterenced paqe 15, Item 2, of the Bteff report, which daalt with the cost of funding • two-way street conversion study. and ber .U"cu&sionB with neighbors wIlo expressed intere&t in the area bein" studled. The issues of chUd care, open space, and the conversation study vere very important. aM' .... wl Councu xe.ber llenzel. .ove4, _condee! by Cobb" to follow Strategy 3 ratbel:' than Strategy 4, under It.. 1, page 16. COW1Cil JIaIber llenZel sdd the public would be involVed at an earlier stage to respond to staff developments which might ne<]lect important pointa Bi'1"lflcant to the neighborhood. 6S-41a '3/18/91 .; , \ . .. ~".~ ~ .. , .~/~ .. #,' , j ! \ I .... ··r .. so ... to cellae .aign.l.ficant COR J.n=eases. Staff further reCOlll.....sa tonoaUon of an ad hoc coru>cil Co:DlIlittee to provide guidance to at&tt em an as-needed basis. Staff no..-nda th~t t.he city COW'.cil approve for implementation the 'ollowing ~lic participation 8trategies. 1. ea.pletion of tbe Specific Plan It the City council anc!orses an expa.~ed pUblic participation procell. in COIIPlBting th" Specific Plan, then staft recOlllllle.nds strategy 3 under Speci!!c Plan strateqies that includes intonutl Planning CoImoi ... ion working s .... sions witb the pUblic and neiqhbors in developin9 .. draft Final Specific Plan. ea.pletion ot the Specific Plan would be consistent with the atteched ~entative Specific Plan COlIIPletion Schedule for this strateqy. If the City council prefers an established pUblic review proceaa in cOllpletinq the Specific Plan, t.hen staff reCOllllllends strategy ... under Specific Plan Btrateqies that includes "taff preparation at .. draft FL",l Specific Plan followe<! by. an intonoal Planning commission vorkinq 5~ssion and sUbsequent Planni.ng COlmiBsion pUblic he"rings. Completion ot the Specific Plan wa..ld be -consistent with the attache<! specific Plan COIIPletion scbedllle for thio rtrateqy. 2. Pnoparation of PC Zone Chanqe Site and Desiqn Pbns Tba strategy .... tablishing a fonoal wrking qroup with Planning CO--'.eion anc! Architectural Review Board participation. JIr. Zu.er referred to Item 1 of 'the staff re.pert (CHR:184:91) under Public Participat.ion Proceos and clarified the two paraqraphs were alt.ernatea and on" needed to be chosen. COUncil Heal>er Woolley saie! she woule! cboose paraqraph~. She referred to the Rental Housing Mitigation and said the reason for insartinq PUC was because the tiqure of $400,000 or $500,000 tor rehabilitation of the units could be improved upon by the PARCo Str1kinq the wards. "tor Jlec!ical Foundation employeec w was inteqral for t.h .. PABC to be able to operate the property in th" 8&l1e -.nner as other proparties 8lld would be inconsistent with PAHC's policies to use public funding tor the employees of a private employer "ince PUC units Wera not lizitec! to any specific group of people. ~o desiqnate units for a specific employer, was contrary to policY and tb. us. ot qovernment tW>c!inq. She believed the policy would he clifticult to a~i"ter. i.e, if an employee lett the PAMP, Va..ld they have to aove. Tbe reason for addin9 t.he wards ·or daol1"hed. waa to leave options open. She beHeved the l .... t item ahoule! he clarified .. to the involvement of the working qroup with the Plannlnq CoImoi .. ion. Tbe pUblic shoUld be involved at the beqinning • .I_ axcbanged. and be used as a sounding beArd. Tbe • 65-415 1 3/111/91 ,,' L .-....... , . ..~: ~; + ~-c~. "' ;, - I public .... not to ~OOIMI i 'the 4ecidon-lIalt.1l>q body. and £inal " ... 1Io1ona &.">4 ~tiona would COIlA :rroa the ArchitectlU'8.1 llArvi_ ~ (AJ!Bl. Plo.nn.ing co-iIosion. and council. Hr. cal ....... __ conc:erned al>oIlt apeeifyinq the PARe u the _:ractor or the 1...... !'bere __ 1\0 l>indir"1 indication that the PAIIC would accept the property. and a third party would be 1ntrocIuced 1nto th .. proc.as with veto authority. He 8I1qq_ted the City !>e len in the ... coll<5 11_ and arter "or d""",UceO.· add "f or redeve1~t or rehabilitation l>y tbe PAI!C." council _r "colby a=-pted the aOclitional verbi...... to the lIOtion. council Kem>er Andersen adOed "to be a<1la1ni .. tered l>y the PARC And their utal>lished criteria for ....... e· to the sentence. Jlayer sutor!". ..... concerned that if tha sentence stayed ocr duc11lohed. " and tbe PAI!C .... not introOueed until atter the phraaeoloqy. lin iJIrportant point Would be .1s.1nq. Kr. C>aonna IOUqquted the City !>e 1aft in the aac0n4 line. the rest of the C!laD9'-pr0p0ae4 a. is, l>ut aM a sentence. "'!'he 1ea.e will !>e usigned to or .,daini"teree! l>y the PABC." council ~ Woolley 9Qllrled whether the conversion would be included. Kr. ca10nne said the chanqe would allow for conversion or demoli tion. "·,,,·,ftt COUncil Haber A.n4ersan .wed, •• conoed by Ren%81, to aait Zt.. 7 .• council Haber Andersen Baid the City vas grantinq aul>surr .. ",e .. eca.s" riqbta, and be believed the policy was clearly rt.ted earlier that, even thou9h there v .... interest on the part of PAM!' to reveru the cUrectlon, the COlIPOUZIlty bad not been .. iven an opportunity to be part of the negotiation. Be believed th" concept vas consi"tent with the PAM!' consolidation. and the property could l>e<;in the aaort1zation proeasa. Jlayor suto1'1ua !>elievad the ralCVal of It"'" 7 would be inappropri ate since the property owner a .. oclatee! "'ith the Bite had not been contacted. Be urqed tile COWICU to consider the importance of the itea. Kr. Zaner urqed the Coun<:il to vote aqainst the amendment: and as 1ncUcated in hiB _. a pacl<age had been put together and It .... 7 va", not a trivial itea. As a reault of the discussloNl. the ita ..... Blqn1f1cant; and if not included in the pacl<aq"" other parts of the pecl<aqe would not hole:! toqather. . eouncil X-= llanzel believed the project was l>rouqht to COuncil to co .... olidate the J'Al!l' and benefit the neiqhber.. '1'be BpeCial ..... -........ -._- f·A)· L - 65-416 3/18/91 , ,-" '~";:: ~ -.-,. " \ ..J i L 1 i I I ! , } I counci.l "nl>er Cabt> qwlriad ,,'bether Strategy 3 """ acceptable to aU partie •• JIr. saner ... 14 .taU and the >'AIII' helieved strateqy 3 would _ the procetI. _re ditU=lt and create a situation where many of the poUc1u the council ud 1t.l. ..... dy adopted and continoed would be Wbject to r .. c=tiny _ P~ann!nq eo.aia.ion discussiona would b6 open tor redlacuadon. Tbe ataZt 1lU9gested strategy 4 because of tbeM rMIIONi and be!Jaoae the set ~t requir ..... ta provided by the c:o.mcU would qu1d. JIr. lIorthvay, vithO'.lt deviation, tl>rough th~ }n'Oject, but would still allow the opportunity for all parties to participata in the full devaloplMltt of the projact bator .. CDlllPle tion. councU J!elIII>cr CObb queried whether strateqy 4 va .. dUferent trom the procea. currently followed except for the informal .spect. 11:1:'. S~1ber _id the difference would be the introduction of one or »ora Planning Camai .. ion work .. essions which would provide an infonaal opportlUlity for neighborhood discussion of iosues usually not %DWIO in the ~ public heari1l9 procea •• Kayor sutorius heli_ the proper procese vas contained in th .. .. in .ation, and the SpecifiC Plan 8ho~d be developed in &e<;or dan<:e with the policies which had evolved froa the council actions. Tbe l'C process, which involVed the alta and design view, was the lC91~ t1aa tor public btvclv-m:. B. oppoaed the 8lIen<Imant. t:ow>ell Haber Wcollay %e~ad a vote againat the .. andment beca.... the public VOulIS ba .ulealS into thinkir.g there were oppo~ti .. for change which lSid not axi.t. Council I\-.: Anders .... ,..,,1d eo public participation proc ... 5 need .. d to be instituted and betled M" decision .aJdng on the phrase -toraal writing group flUletioninq as a 80unding board.· He anticipated that pdor 'to the PC pr=ess there would be an opportunity for th" neiqhbcrh<>Oda to have interactive experiences. lie echoed COIUIcll JIaW>er Woolley'. 8tatezant that poEcies could not be changed, but the neigbhorhood ... ociationa sbould bave an opportunity to work with staff a."IC!. the PAIlI' early in the process. He supported Smte<iY 4. Vice Kayor Fauino clarified that strategy 3 allOWed the public to get involved now betore the PAIlI' bad the opportunity to eraate a plan beaed upon tho; policies adopted by the Council anlS after two and ens-balt years of public discussion. Strategy' allowed the PAK!" to create a plan, baaed upon the policies .. dopted, and involve the pW>llc as lIIUcb as possible. He ando ....... '" councU Hember Andersen'. eOllllllents about the need to 'let the public involved in the proceaa, .ven if the procua took another tva and one-halt yeara, but not before the P1JIIP had an opportunity to develop a plan beae4 upon the pollci_. Be supported su"tegy 4 and encouraged oppo$ition to the _nt. . , - : L 65-419 3/18/91 -~ .. i \ .. i- '"~ '\ "'-.,"; . \ -, ,.- - council H_r JJ>ise c1&r,ULed tbat Hr. !fOrth .... y· and tile surr0WJ4- 1n9 _i'1~ had utablish..s c 'lood "",rlcinq relationahip, but t~ .... needed to ta.lte quid&inas 'liven 'rIy tile council l>ac:lt to the c!nv1n!J I>oard toeto.n iDvol ving :\:he neighborhood. Mayor Sat;oriUII believed ·:\:he Bp.cUic Plan pree..... needed to be und~. '.!'boo PAM!' would be talt1nq tile infonation 'liven durinq the ~. and would deliver ... Specific Plan. The re=uaende<l procae. in til. _in lIotion vas tile corract <Unction. cou:ncU -.: CoI:>b aald to.be ... ured the public process "ould 1fOrlt and the l!ln'lU.,ge Ya8 correct. a"""""""r nn.BII 1-6, Renzel "aye," ""Co"", "not participating." Levy ahIIent. Vice MIlyor Fazzino echoed the comaent. of c<>unc:1l Heaber Knis. ret;'~ child care. ;n,.... 1esue. IthDuld be rec:oqnized as the first .et of mitigations, and .later othel' siqniUCAIlt iuuu relatiJIg to pa%king. traffic, and construction tiJletable ,",ul<l be mi tiqate4. Be ..... coafortable "i th tha resuJ. t. of the neqoti"tioNl betwaea staft and the PAM!'.. !'here ".. a COlIDIIent tbat the five unit. p~..s in the A9T-..t ware not "" .. til $1100,000. but it analyzed c:erefu.\ly, the five unit. vere ""rth at least $500,OOO,..nd combined with the child c;&ra benefits rec:elv..:1, which vere as iaportant u affordable housing, b%OU<]ht tile total mitLgations beyond $800,000. Be hoped the d""el~t would leaeS to a public policy in the ~ Vb.1ch would "eovniu <:bild can ae equal to a.ttol:'<1a1>le houaing in developaent iii tlga.t1 0".. The receipt of va.lWlhle open apace _. an 1IIportant part of the paclta.'la. lie 0JUpp0rte4 the proposo.2 and COlIIIIIended .tart tor the excellent jOb of neqotiation, which would benefit the public treJllondously. Council Keaber Renzel was not caafortable with the neqotiations. 'l'be PAHF ..... =-itting tile land, lluildinqa. and $75.000: but the City'. housing flUId would have to pay a _:lor amount of .oney which cou.\d buy rental housing e! •• When. She ...... not .. tisti..:1 the full valu. ot the housing I11t1gat.ion vaa reoeived or equivalent n=bers ot unite, tile process did not clarity the fUture Of the housu on 8ryant Stnoet, the physician cap wa5 no cap at 0.21, and the tailure to consider the Specitic Plan a. a place to 'let a comparal>le trade otf in zoning but instead converted a Whole block of residential zoning to office zoning Which 41eS not repres."t tile kind ot _ciUc planninq "he I>eliev..:1 "ould occur at the beqlnning of the process. 'l'he neigb1>orhood had ho~ to have ,..aningful input in<>orporat..:1 which had not l>een. Sbe did not support the laOtian. Mayor sutoriue querleeS the IIAl«<l" and eec:onder of the lIotion as to Vbether the aotion included the paragz-a.pb on the bottoa of page ).5 of the at.tt report (OfilllU,91) regarding IUUJIlr&nc:U of additional I11tigat1on which CLlso included the concept of· en adhee ColUlcil COIIIIittee to provide quldance to staft on an a.-needed b •• ls. council IItD1ben 1I0011ey and Anderson concurred. L \ - 65-420 3/18/91 , llapr sutorl,.. ~~ the ad hoc Council cc.altt ... would be ~la<oc! ot Councll .-n CObl>, Ra.tlZU, line! Woolley, who 1iDUc ..... ", ..... ·-a "lll~ to • .rye it iJ>corpora_ .in the _in aot:!<m. ~ cl&rltiec! tbe -devel_nt ~t ... wul as the .lip I dtie: :Plan vould be an hIportant point wherain the .mole nti.n1DoJ or the vorc!iJ>9 r.lative to deaclltion' could be undertaken. lie QllAriec! vbetldr the PAlO' c:orIC\l%re4 with the lllJ1'1U&ge and the :f~ relative to .s..oUUOD which could be vorltecS out in the 8p. ifie: Plan alIOS c!8villos-ent. Dr. ~ JIIIIplU, PreIIldent ot the PAKI', .&111 y ... lDD ~C111 JlUDUftD, !'he _in action beqinn1n9 on page 14 or the .tau report COIIUI84.U) under Rental Boueinq !litigation throUgh page 16. The cbang .. VCNl.d affact paragraph 1 under Rental· BowIiD9 IfitiqetiDft with the vorda "for Me,Sical Fcx:nc!ation employ .... lIal_ aJ>c! tlIe vord.s "or lleacllaha4," ac!c!ec!. Xn the secone! ._, the ~ "the l ... e will be adllini.tered. by the PABC" YDIIld be ac!c!ac!. 011 pag. 16, the IJeOOnd paragraph under Xu. 1 woulll be the operative paragraph with deletion of the preoecling paragrapll, IlJICI unIIer Ita. 2, the verda "functioning as a sounding boar4" voullS follow the YOre! "group," line! a sentence ac1da4 "Final reo • ·"" .. U ..... will follov the no~l city proc:es"" through the Arc:h1tec:turel JlaVlev.1lo4%<S line! Pluning comabaicn line! llUboequently be tozvarll_ to the City Cc'.:r.ell.; ~C111 _ 6-1, Rensel "no,· IIc:<:own ·not participating,· Levy i I al>8ent. . !layer· sutori';' a2IIIOWIOeCS the ed hoc Council cClllllittee would include COUI>cU ~ Cobb, Ren%u and Woolley. - • 1 I I I , I .--~.~ f r I •