Attachment 4:
Compliance with Precise Plan Guiding Principles
Precise Plan
Guiding Principle Proposal Compliance? Staff Comments
Create Complete
Neighborhoods
Provides only office and retail
land uses, but provides
funding for affordable
housing.
Yes
Create Distinct
Areas within
North Bayshore
Proposes office building with
ground-floor retail located
near public and private
transit and commitment to
keep frontage active.
Yes
Promote Housing
Affordability
Provides affordable housing
funding in-lieu of residential
units.
Yes Funding for affordable housing
promotes housing affordability.
Enhance
Ecosystems and
Habitat
• Includes drought-tolerant
and bird-, bee-, and
butterfly-friendly native
landscaping.
• Bird-safe glazing and dark
sky lighting fixtures.
Yes Not located in habitat-sensitive
areas of Precise Plan; therefore,
does not protect any specific
habitat areas.
Improve
Transportation
Connections to
North Bayshore
• Proposes interim
streetscape (12’ sidewalk
and 12’ landscape strip)
with 1’ right-of-way
street dedication.
• Contributes $200,000 for
Priority Transit
Improvements.
• Located close to public
bus and MVgo lines.
Yes
Expand and
Improve Open
Spaces
Provides public gathering
areas with connected
walkways to adjacent
proposed public open spaces;
an entry plaza with public art
along the retail-lined building
Yes Provides expanded and
improved open spaces. The
proposed North Bayshore
Master Plan has also proposed
open space on two sides of the
site. If authorized, the project
Precise Plan
Guiding Principle Proposal Compliance? Staff Comments
frontage facing Shoreline
Boulevard; and outdoor
terraces on Levels 4 to 6 for
employee use.
would also be required to
integrate with adjacent
development, including the
open space.
Create Walkable,
Human-Scaled
Blocks
• Tree-lined and
landscaped walkways to
the north and west.
• Linear entry plaza that
runs parallel to Shoreline
Boulevard that includes
room for outdoor dining
and architectural seat
walls and planter boxes
for seating.
• A vehicular driveway that
is designed with accent
paving to support and
make accessible to
pedestrians and
bicyclists.
Yes
Concentrate
Growth to
Support Transit
Proposes increase in office
development within Core
Character Area.
Yes
Make the Area
Highly
Sustainable
• LEED Platinum® building
• Mass timber and CLT
structural system with
high-recycle content steel
• Efficient flush/flow
fixtures
Yes
Promote Transit,
Biking, and
Walking
TDM plan includes TDM
Coordinator, ride-share
matching, carpool incentives,
transit passes, TMA member
participation, on-site showers
and lockers, flexible work
schedule, guaranteed ride
Yes The project includes a robust
TDM plan that promotes
walking, biking, and transit.
However, so far, the applicant
has not proposed a TDM
program that would meet new
trip-reduction goals consistent
with the 2021 Circulation Study.
Precise Plan
Guiding Principle Proposal Compliance? Staff Comments
home program, and parking
cash-out program.
If authorized, this would need to
be addressed during the
development review process.
Construct
Buildings that
Support Public
Areas
Proposes building with entry
plaza and significant
landscape buffers and
walkways to connect to
public areas.
Yes
Minimize the
Potential
Consequences of
Sea Level Rise
Not proposed. N/A This project is not in a location
where it can address this
guiding principle.
Promote
Economic
Diversity
• Proposes 4,000 square
feet of ground-floor
retail.
• Commits to keeping any
vacant spaces activated
with cultural, art, or
other engaging
uses/displays.
Yes
Promote Retail,
Entertainment,
and the Arts
• Proposes public art at
northeast and southwest
corners.
• Commits to keeping any
vacant spaces activated
with cultural, art, or
other engaging
uses/displays.
Yes