COUNCIL AGENDA: 01.25.22ITEM: 8.1
TO:HONORABLE MAYOR AND FROM:Councilmember Raul PeralezCITY COUNCIL SUBJECT:SEE BELOW DATE: January 24, 2022
Approved Date 01/24/22
SUBJECT:Approval of Downtown High-Rise Tax/Fee Waiverfor the Carlysle at 51Notre Dame Street RECOMMENDATIONApprove staff recommendations for Downtown High Rise Incentives forthe Carlysle at51 Notre Dame Streetand with the following additionaldirection:
1. Require from the applicant proof of receipt that they received the High RiseBuilding Best Practices Toolkit.
2. Request from the applicant a commitment to not retain the services of anycontractor or sub-contractors found by the judicial system or by finaladministrative action of an investigatory government agency that have a history ofwage theft violations in the past five years, and will provide an affidavit to thateffect to the City of San José prior to the start of construction.
BACKGROUNDOn October 3, 2017, the City Council included theabove recommendations when 1 approving the Downtown High Rise Incentives for MIRO, The Grad, Park View Towers,and San Pedro Tower 3. The same recommendations were included during the incentiveapproval for the Post & San Pedro project on November 6, 2018.Subsequently, the 2 same recommendations were approved for the 27 West project on October 15, 2021. Forall five projects, the applicants agreed voluntarily on recommendation #2. I ask that thesame requirements be approved for this project. 2 https://sanjose.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=6720102&GUID=28FEF43A-12AA-45DA-B16B-45310B237FB1 1 https://sanjose.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=5479765&GUID=080553E4-2CC9-449B-8207-991A68E38A36
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The Carlysle is an opportunity to add another 290 housing units and 158,000 sq. ft. ofoffice and retail space and the city’s provision of this incentive should be a strongindicator that we hope to see this project materialized. The applicant has workedcollaboratively with City Public Works and the AXIS community to ensure their siteutilization plans minimize construction impacts to their neighbors across the street. Thisongoing communication is greatly appreciated.
As always, I encourage the applicant to commit their project to local labor and talentwhich the applicant has already initiated conversations with. Developers can and shouldwork with our local labor organizations to establish labor peace. I believe that investmentinto our downtown should not only be for our economy but for our community at large.