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Dear Planning Commission Members
Having been deeply involved in the Roosevelt Park and Five Wound Urban Village Plans (I was President of the Roosevelt Park NA at that time) I fully support Joan’s letter and the efforts of Terry Christensen
in favor of The Five Wounds Trail. I say stock to the Plan!
Tom Leddy
Secretary
RPNA
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On Wednesday, November 17, 2021, 6:14 AM, Joan Cosby wrote:
Dear Planning Commissioners,
Here are my comments regarding the Empire Lumber Project PDC 15-067.
I share the concerns of many residents relating to parking impacts, building heights in relation to the historic Church of Five Wounds, and potential noise impacts, but especially the interface with the future Five Wounds Trail. I am concerned about the inconsistencies with land use policies 6 and 7 with the Roosevelt Park Urban Village Plan relating to the future trail.
San Jose Municipal Code 20.100.940 requires consistency with the general plan and council policies. As proposed, the project is not consistent with the policies of the general plan and the project as proposed is not consistent with applicable city council policies.
The future Five Wounds Trail adjacent to the Empire Lumber site was designed by neighborhood residents to be a safe extension of our city’s trail network for recreation and commuting, especially to the future 28
th Street/Little Portugal
BART Station behind Five Wounds Church. I continue to beat the drum for “eyes on the trail” to ensure users feel safe and to promote use of the trail. The Empire Lumber project’s interface to the future trail is not consistent with the Roosevelt Park Urban Village Plan. This rezoning should not be approved until the project conforms with the urban village plan regarding its interface with the trail.
Furthermore, I believe all park fees paid by the Empire Lumber project should be allocated to the future Five Wounds Trail as per the General Plan Policy PR-2.4.
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Sincerely,
Joan Rivas-Cosby
Chair, Friends of Five Wounds Trail
San Jose, CA 95116
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From: Provedor, Jennifer
To: Mitre, Betty; Powell, Alexander; Douglas, Queen
Cc: Piozet, Jennifer
Subject: FW: Construction Union CEQA Challenges
Date: Monday, December 6, 2021 9:29:42 AM
Attachments: Union CEQA Challenges - Side-by-side format.docx Correspondence for CC
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Sent: Saturday, December 4, 2021 11:22 PM
To: Erik Schoennauer
Cc: Provedor, Jennifer <
Subject: Re: Construction Union CEQA Challenges
Hello Erik,
Thank you for providing this information. It is definitely of interest to me. I am also forwarding your information to our city Planning Staff for their review.
Best regards,
Michael
From: Erik Schoennauer
Sent: Thursday, December 2, 2021 2:44 PM
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Subject: Construction Union CEQA Challenges
Dear Planning Commissioners:
Due to a technical glitch at the hearing 2 weeks ago, I was not able to share with you the list of projects in which the construction unions filed some sort of challenge to the City's CEQA documents
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and determination. Please find the list attached. (These are only the projects that I am aware of.
The City Staff probably knows of others.)
It should be known that in all of these cases, the City Staff, City Attorney, Commission, and/or City Council found no validity to the claims of the union's attorneys. And, all of the projects were approved as proposed.
So, the 100-page letters and challenges accomplished nothing, except to waste the time of City Staff, the Commission, and the City Council.
At a time when our City desperately needs housing and jobs, we should not be frivolously wasting time.
Please feel free to contact me, if you would like to discuss further.
Thanks much,
ERIK
COUNCIL AGENDA: 01/11/22
ITEM: 10.2
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND FROM: Councilmember Raul Peralez
CITY COUNCIL
SUBJECT: REPLACEMENT MEMO: DATE: January 10, 2022
EMPIRE LUMBER PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT REZONING
Approved Date: 01/10/22
REASON FOR REPLACEMENT:
Correction of Urban Village from Five Wounds Urban Village to Roosevelt Urban Village.
RECOMMENDATION
Accept planning commission recommendations and require that the applicant or any future developer fully conform to the Roosevelt Urban Village Plan, including height, design standards and its interface with the Five Wounds Trail.
DISCUSSION
Thank you to City Staff, the applicant and community for their patience and collaboration on this PD rezoning process at 1260 E. Santa Clara Street, also known as the Empire Lumber site. This council action is another step towards revitalizing this 2.77 gross acre block located in the historic Little Portugal neighborhood, adjacent to the Five Wounds Trail, and less than 600 ft from the future 28th Street/Little Portugal BART station. While this is consideration of a PD rezoning, this memorandum simply affirms that we expect the applicant and/or a future developer to continue working in good faith with the community and fully conform with the Roosevelt Urban Village plan.
This exciting prospect of bringing in 60,331 square feet of commercial and up to 408 residential units is also an opportunity to commit any future project to local labor and talent. I encourage the applicant and/or future developer to continue keeping open channels of communication with local labor organizations and work towards establishing labor peace.
In closing, I look forward to working with the applicant on their planned development permit and ultimately, breaking ground on a quality mixed-use residential project that truly integrates well into the community.