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From: Michele Hemeryck
Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2024 2:54 PM
To: [email protected]
Cc: District1 <[email protected]>; City of San Jose Mayor's Office <[email protected]> Subject: Agenda item #5, Westgate West Costco CP21-022 & ER21-280
Dear Planning Commission,
I am writing to express my opposition to the proposed Costco warehouse at Westgate West.
As a long time resident of West San Jose in the adjacent neighborhood, I have many concerns about how this warehouse will degrade our quality of life in San Jose.
The site of this project is a shopping center located in a residential neighborhood. A warehouse is not equivalent to a neighborhood shopping center. While the existing outdated zoning classification may allow this, “Common Sense”, which we hear about a lot in our city, does not.
Our neighbors on Graves Avenue already suffer with excessive traffic and the noise of deliveries at the existing shopping center.
The changes to Saratoga Avenue have exacerbated the issues by creating greater bottlenecks, especially during commute and school traffic. The addition of Costco’s constant deliveries will worsen the situation further. In the past, I understand the deliveries to Orchard Supply Hardware were limited both in the means of access and hours of the day, but this important measure to make things livable for the residents seems to have been forgotten. Costco claims to have made concessions in this regard, but their concessions are not appropriate when viewed through the lens of a residential neighborhood.
Having a warehouse, replete with light and noise pollution, towering over Graves Avenue homes is unacceptable.
It’s also unacceptable to burden the rest of the neighborhood with increased light, noise and air pollution. Placing a parking lot stories into the air was certainly never contemplated in the antiquated existing zoning standard. Our homes were not built with air conditioning. We sleep with windows open. We will be forced to choose between constant noise and excessively hot sleeping conditions. This project will impose increased health risks on our neighborhood and community.
It appears very little consideration is being given to the impacts of this project on Country Lane Elementary School, EDS Middle School and Prospect High School. In particular, Prospect High School is already exceedingly difficult to access given the traffic and antiquated design of the nearby intersections.
I understand we are expected to welcome the economic benefits of this project. In fact, large retailers such as Costco are a key factor in destroying competition and local businesses. Individual businesses in the neighborhood will absolutely suffer. New jobs and sales tax revenues are promised, but I have not seen calculations estimating the destruction of our existing retail environment.
The same is true for traffic. Costco shows net miles traveled for its members will decrease thanks to this project. I have not seen studies estimating the new travel for those wishing to avoid the Costco traffic and shopping experience.
Should this project come to fruition, West Valley will suffer the consequences. Only Costco members benefit. This is inequitable to our community. Especially as Costco members presently have two other reasonably placed locations to visit within about 5 miles.
At some point, city policy needs to act on creating a sustainable, vibrant, livable environment for residents. Why not now? Thank you for your consideration,
Michele Hemeryck
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Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2024 8:50 PM
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I am a resident of the Country Lane neighborhood and I oppose the Costco development. That location is not the right one for a Costco.
There will be too much traffic and disruption for the neighborhood with a massive Costco there, drawing many shoppers from many miles away.
I do not have a Costco membership.
Melody Smith
Country Lane neighborhood resident of San Jose
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Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2024 10:16 PM
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Robert Abad
September 24,2024
San Jose Planning Commission
200 E. Santa Clara St.
San Jose, CA 95113
Dear Members of the San Jose Planning Commission,
I'm writing to let you know how strongly I oppose Costco's planned building in our little area. I've lived in the Country Lane neighborhood for the last 18 years. My wife and I raised our family in this tight-knit community. I am concerned about the possible harm that this project may do to the character and standard of living of our neighborhood as a resident. The arrival of a massive retail establishment such as Costco may result in amplified traffic jams, heightened noise pollution, and a reduction in the distinct allure of our locality. In addition, I think that the building of this kind of store is at odds with the goals and ideals of keeping our neighborhood safe for our children.
I implore members of the Planning Commission to thoroughly weigh the long-term effects of approving the project's progress. We are a close-knit community in our neighborhood and the addition of a big box store could upset the delicate balance that we have worked so hard to establish. I have faith that the Planning Commission will carefully weigh the opinions of the locals who will be most affected by this choice. I hope you will make maintaining the integrity and well-being of our community your top priority. I appreciate you taking the time to consider this.
Sincerely,
Robert Abad
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29 From: Ting-Kang Pai
Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2024 11:36 PM
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Dear Planning Commission Members,
My name is Ting-Kang Pai, and I have been a resident of San Jose since 2021. I am writing to express my strong opposition to the proposed Costco Project for several reasons.
My family lives , the main access
road to the proposed Costco site. The entrance to our street from the site, raising significant concerns about
safety, traffic, quality of life, property values, and the impact on wildlife and the environment.
Safety Concerns
The intersection at Lawrence Expressway and Prospect Road is already the busiest and most hazardous intersection between Prospect High School and the proposed Costco location. Hundreds of students cross this intersection twice daily.
In 2023, I witnessed a near-accident involving a Prospect student on a bicycle, and there were two actual incidents where students were hit by cars at this intersection. Additionally, students walk through the proposed site daily to and from school, along with community members who regularly use this lot for walking and biking.
Traffic Issues
The area is already heavily congested with shoppers and restaurant-goers. The addition of Costco would result in over 11,000 more car trips annually, overwhelming the current parking lot, even with plans for rooftop parking, which will not be enough to accommodate the influx of shoppers. With three other Costco locations nearby (in Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, and North San Jose), this proposal seems unnecessary and detrimental.
Suggestions:
Build permanent, ADA-compliant safe corridors for pedestrians, bicyclists, and dog walkers.
Congestion
Graves Avenue is heavily trafficked by both residents and passersby.
The same two potholes constantly reappear at the entrance to the
30 parking lot, and the wear from supply trucks and heavy machinery will only worsen the condition of the road, which is the primary access for residents and businesses in the area.
Quality of Life Concerns
The Costco project would bring thousands more cars cutting through our neighborhood to access the Graves Avenue entrance, leading to:
Increased traffic congestion
Safety risks for elderly residents, individuals with disabilities, children on bikes, and pedestrians
Constant noise, dust, and debris less than 100 feet from residents’ homes
There are currently no plans to construct a wall to contain the noise, air, and light pollution, meaning:
Residents will have to contend with views of garbage dumpsters, supplies, and equipment stored behind Costco
The 40-foot building will block sunlight in front yards Light poles on the rooftop parking lot will shine into windows from dusk until dawn every day of the year
These factors will:
Strip residents of their privacy
Disrupt sleep
Cause stress and disturb peace
Negatively impact physical, mental, and emotional health Harm wildlife and possibly result in habitat loss
Impact on Home Values
The increased pollution (air, noise, and light) will likely drive down property values in the area.
Suggestions:
Close vehicle access to Costco from Graves Avenue
Build a wall for safety, privacy, and to contain visual blight Attract businesses that benefit the community and support environmental sustainability
Consider bringing back businesses like Smart & Final (affordable prices) and Goodwill (promotes reuse and recycling)
Urban Village and Accessibility
Building a Costco here contradicts San Jose’s strategy to create an Urban Village.
Strategy: A mix of housing and employment to reduce traffic. Costco will not contribute to housing, and its employees will struggle to find affordable rentals nearby, forcing them to commute longer 31 distances.
Strategy: Densities that support transit use, bicycling, and walking.
There is no public transit on Graves Avenue, and the increased traffic from Costco will make the area even less safe for pedestrians, cyclists, and wildlife.
Suggestions:
Attract businesses that encourage shared transportation, public transit, cycling, and walking for employees.
Offer businesses that provide flexible shifts and realistic living wages to help employees balance work and transportation options.
Thank you for considering these concerns.
Sincerely,
James Pai
San Jose Resident
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1 – Introduction (Marc Pawliger)
Hello, my name is Marc Pawliger .
We, the members of Save West Valley, the group here today in our green t-shirts, are here to urge the Planning Commission to reject the proposed Westgate West Costco Warehouse project that will come up for Commission approval in the coming weeks.
We are a grassroots organization and represent thousands of residents and businesses.
We have followed the Costco proposal since the plans were first revealed in November 2021. We believe that the project is unsafe for students and residents, an inappropriate use for the site, and will permanently set back San Jose’s goals.
We believe that the Planning Commission and the City Council should choose to reject the proposal and instead encourage development that actually aligns with the city’s goals, and with residents’ needs.
In short, Costco plans to put a Retail Warehouse in the established Westgate West neighborhood shopping center . The shopping center is directly next to a residential neighborhood with preschools, 2 elementary schools and a middle school. It’s located directly across the street from the 1500 student Prospect High School.
It would be a 4-acre-sized paid-membership-only warehouse that Costco says will add 11,000-plus car trips per day to and from the site.
That’s almost 4 million trips a year!
The project has insufficient parking by San Jose’s own rules.
It’s bigger than a usual Costco, yet it’s on a site that’s 33% smaller than usual.
It's a member-only warehouse in a shopping center designated for neighborhood community use.
It will loom right over the front yards of homes in an established residential neighborhood.
And it has a primary entrance that’s directly off a small residential street, which is unprecedented.
None of the other area Costco’s were built in residential areas like this, or have a primary entrance off a residential street like this, or are right next to schools, or have the potential to cause so much damage and danger to neighborhoods.
For these and other reasons you will hear about, we urge you to say No to this Costco.
Thank you.
September 24, 2024
San Jose Planning Commission
San Jose, CA
Gentlemen:
Subject: Agenda Item #5 on Sept. 25, 2024 Meeting – Westgate West Costco CP21-022 & ER 21-280
As a long-term resident of San Jose, I urge you to reject the proposed Costco Warehouse project in Westgate West. In addition to major issues being brought to your attention by other residents including safety and traffic concerns of 11,000 new car trips per day and an 18 times increase in vehicle traffic generated by the proposed Costco Warehouse in Westgate West, there is a major issue regarding “Outdoor Lighting,” which I want to bring to your attention here with this written communication.
There is a major omission by Costco Warehouse in their Title 24 Outdoor Lighting application, which as written will break the law of the State of California Energy Code by Costco Warehouse and the City of San Jose if the major development project by Costco Warehouse at Westgage West is left to proceed to initial construction and final building completion and occupancy following the data that Costco has disclosed on the Title 24 Outdoor Lighting application that they share on page 58 of their most recent Architectural Plan Set with date of Aug. 20, 2024.
For your convenience, there’s a link below to the most recent Architectural Plan Set – CUP 6TH Submittal Plan Set with date of August 20, 2024 that Costco Warehouse provided and the City of San Jose provides on the City’s website:
https://www.sanjoseca.gov/your-government/departments-offices/planning-building-code- enforcement/planning-division/major-development-projects/costco-westgate-west-5287- prospect-road
Under a heading “Outdoor Lighting Fixture Schedule” on Costco's NRCC-LTO-E application for "Certificate of Compliance" to the California Energy Commission for Title 24 Part 6 Energy Code and Title 24 Part 11 Green Building Code, the total of 75 “pole light” fixtures shown is just the total number of exterior “pole light” fixtures for the 30 foot or similar height light poles that show on the “Photometric Plan East” and “Photometric Plan West” and “Site Lighting Plan” in the most recent Architectural Plan Set with date of August 20, 2024 from Costco, available for public viewing, as noted above, at the City of San Jose’s Planning Division > Major Development Projects website.
September 24, 2024
This omission, whether or not planned and intentional by Costco Warehouse, is not just a typographical error whether intentional or non-intentional, rather, if left to go through to completion of the Costco Warehouse Project in west San Jose, it will be breaking of the law of the California Energy Code, Title 24, Part 6 Section 130.2 regarding “Outdoor Lighting Controls and Equipment.”
Please let me explain. First of all, I encourage you to forward my letter to the City of San Jose City Council, Building Inspection Division, State of California Energy Commission, and to whoever else including Costco Warehouse who you feel appropriate to have the opportunity to read and comment on my letter here to the San Jose Planning Commission.
The total of 75 “pole light” fixtures, shown on item “F. Outdoor Lighting Fixture Schedule” of Costco's NRCC-LTO-E Title 24 application (with date of March 2022) for "Certificate of Compliance" to the California Energy Commission for Title 24 Part 6 Energy Code and Title 24 Part 11, does not include the 96 to 98 pole-lights (depending on the choice Costco makes between two different Lighting Site Plans they’ve published in their most recent Architectural Plan Set Aug. 20, 2024) that are proposed for the roof-top parking area of the four acre proposed Costco Warehouse store in west San Jose.
The table entitled item "F. Outdoor Lighting Fixture Schedule" clearly states: “For new or altered lighting systems demonstrating compliance with Section 140.7 (. . . . Title 24 Prescriptive Requirements for Outdoor Lighting), include all luminaires being installed and any existing luminaires remaining or being removed within the spaces covered by the permit application in the Table.”
As stated previously in this letter and below in more detail, Costco Warehouse did not include any of 96 to 98 pole-top light fixtures that Costco Warehouse is planning to install on the open- air four-acre rooftop parking at Westgate West. Therefore, based on the Title 24 application that Costco Warehouse has shared in their most recent Architectural Plan Set with date of Aug. 20, 2024, Costco Warehouse should not be granted a permit to install the 96 to 98 pole-top light fixtures on the 50 to 59 light-poles on the proposed four-acre rooftop parking in Westgate West.
This omission of 96 to 98 pole-top Luminaires (aka light fixtures) on the Title 24 Outdoor Lighting documentation -- that Costco has prepared and shared in their most recent Architectural Plan Set with date of Aug. 20, 2024 – is misleading, incomplete, and will be illegal by Costco Warehouse and the City of San Jose, whether intentional or not by Costco Warehouse or the City of San Jose, to both the City of San Jose and to a Certified Lighting Controls Acceptance Test Technician, who by law (Title 24 Section 130.4) a CLCATT will be required to verify by his or her written signature regarding the lighting controls (both Outdoor Lighting Controls and Indoor Lighting Controls) being in compliance with the California Energy Commission before an occupancy permit can be issued to Costco Warehouse after their proposed new warehouse store is built at Westgate West.
September 24, 2024
Also, Costco's Outdoor Lighting Controls Title 24 application NRCC-LTO-E noted above (with date of March 2022) for "Certificate of Compliance" to the California Energy Commission for Title 24 Part 6 Energy Code and Title 24 Part 11, shows under heading “H, Outdoor Lighting Controls” under a subheading “Mandatory Controls,” that the light fixtures in the parking area are >24' (i.e. greater than 24 feet high) mounting height in the “Parking” areas, which is only true for the quantity of 72 “pole light” fixtures shown on Costco’s “Photometric Plan West” and “Photometric Plan East” and “Site Lighting Plan,” which only pertain to the landscape ground level pole-top parking area lights and do not pertain to the majority of the 96 to 98 pole-top luminaires on the rooftop parking.
The 96 to 98 pole-top luminaires on the 50 to 59 light-poles (depending on which of two Lighting Site Plans Costco shows on their most recent Architectural Plan Set with date of Aug. 20, 2024) that would be installed on the open-air concrete roof-top parking of the proposed Costco Warehouse store in west San Jose are nearly all, except for two of those light-poles, only 10 feet high as shown on page 52 of 62 on “Roof Lighting Site Plan,” and actually closer to eight feet high due to the mounting depth of 2 ½ feet in the concrete roof-top parking of the four acre proposed Costco Warehouse store in west San Jose. Not stating on the Title 24 documentation that a significant number of the outdoor pole-top luminaires (on the four-acre rooftop parking) are less than 24 feet in mounting height above grade is another material omission by Costco on their Title 24 Certificate of Compliance Application with date of March 2022.
The landscape ground-level light poles are labled “P” while the rooftop light poles are labeled “PR” on the “Fixture Description” table on page 52 of 62 of Costco Warehouse’s most recent Architectural Plan Set with date of Aug. 20, 2024. Also, only “P1, P2, P3, P4, and P5" are shown on the Title 24 Outdoor Lighting application from Costco Warehouse. No light-pole or luminaire symbol “PR” shows on the Title 24 Outdoor Lighting application that is available for viewing near the end of the most recent 62 page Architectural Plan Set with date of Aug. 20, 2024.
According to the Illumination Engineering Society, “Careful selection and implementation of lighting equipment does, in fact, directly influence the amount and properties . . . of light that ultimately winds up in the night sky, as well as how far that influence extends away from the illuminated area.” (Technical Memorandum: Description, Measurement, and Estimation of Sky Glow.”)
Of the 168 light poles that Costco Warehouse has specified for Outdoor Pole-top luminaires on both the landscape ground level parking areas and on the four-acre rooftop parking area, 31 of those 168 pole-top LED luminares are not Dark Sky Approved luminaires and those same 31 LED pole-top luminaires are not Design Lights Consortium listed, which is a significant and material number of light fixtures. All 31 of those luminaires are pole-top luminaires that are on pole-tops mounted in the landscape ground-level light poles as shown on Photometric Plan West and Photometric Plan East on Costco Warehouse most recent Architectural Plan set with September 24, 2024
date of Aug. 20, 2024.
The amount of artificial electric light that will be generated by the parking lot pole-top luminaires from both the landscape ground level luminaires and the rooftop parking lot pole-top luminaires will be significant and worth considering carefully before approving this major development project.
Please make note of the data below that I’ve calculated for your convenience:
Total lumens from the 72 pole-top luminaires in the landscape ground level = 1,134,447 Total lumens from the 96 pole-top luminaires on the four-acre rooftop parking = 487,836 Percentage of total lumens coming from 72 pole-top luminaires at ground level parking= 57% Percentage of total lumens coming from 96 pole-top luminaires on rooftop parking = 43% For comparison, only approx 900 lumens come from one 60 watt incandescent lamp, one ten watt LED lamp, or one 13 watt compact fluorescent lamp which is only 0.0008 the amount of light lumens generated by the proposed 168 outdoor pole-top luminaires at a full-sized Costco Warehouse proposed for Westgate West, and this comparison does not include the outdoor canopy luminaires, the outdoor LED wall-mounted (wall pack) luminaires, nor does it include the wall mounted lights that will light the exterior lit Costco Warehouse signs.
Sky glow, also referred as light pollution, is a problem that is facing recent generations, this generation, and future generations. A recent article in SF Gate entitled “Your whole body clock shifts: Late at night, these scientists watch over the Bay Area and beyond,” as shown via the link below gives important insight about sky glow in the San Jose area:
https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/lick-observatory-tiny-town-mount-hamilton-bay-area-19552 130.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=share-by-emai l&utm_medium=email
and, the above noted article ends with a subheading: “A fading night sky” with the following surprising news regarding sky glow in and near San Jose:
“In 2022, San Jose City Council voted to reverse a 36-year ban on LED billboards, and the following year, completed a project to convert 18,000 of its streetlamps to the low cost, energy-efficient light source. The problem, Lynam said, is that LED produces blue light that’s scattered more easily in the atmosphere than other types of illumination, causing astronomers to lose sight of what’s happening in the night sky.
“Two years ago, Lick was ranked among the top three most light-polluted astronomical sites,” he said. “It’s the worst now.”
September 24, 2024
Data from the observatory shows light pollution is proliferating at a rate of 7% to 10% per year.
Within a decade, Lick Observatory’s astronomers won’t be able to see the stars in the sky, Lynam said.” {SF Gate, article date 7/16/24]
Sky glow aka light pollution travels farther than one might think. The Model Lighting Ordinance document first published by the Dark Sky Association and the Illumination Engineering Society in 2011, after several years of collaboration on Outdoor Lighting, states among other points that:
“effects of polluting light persist as far as 200 kilometers (about 120 miles) from the source.
One large city could adopt the MLO and dramatically affect a region, but adoption in suburbs and small towns must be part of a regional effort to achieve significant improvements in the overall quality of the night sky.”
. . . . The environmental impacts of outdoor lighting fall into two categories: carbon footprint (energy used in the life of a lighting product) and obtrusive light.” {Model Lighting Ordinance of the International Dark Sky Association and Illumination Engineering Society].
To see somewhat of a comparable LED pole-top luminaire to the proposed LED pole-top luminaires in the proposed four-acre rooftop Costco Westgate West parking areas, I’ve attached a photo file IMG-5323 of a pole-top back-to-back LED luminaire of a similar mounting height to the eight foot fiberglass pole mounting height on the majority of the light poles on the proposed four-acre rooftop parking of Coscto in Westgage West. The attached photo was taken recently from the carport rooftop parking at the nearby Valley Fair Shopping Center. The photo is not an exact apples-to-apples comparison in that, while the mounting height is similar to the eight feet at the proposed Costco rooftop parking in Westgate West, I don’t know the wattage and drive current of the existing pole-top LED back-to-back luminaire at Valley Fair as shown in the photo.
A second attached photo on file name IMG-5325, also taken recently at the nearby Valley Fair Shopping Center carport rooftop parking, shows how a nearly horizontal open-air flat carport roof can help prevent sky glow somewhat, in comparison with pole-top luminaires, since the luminaires in open-air carports are mounted to the carport roof rather than on a pole-top, and a carport roof helps some to block the reflective light that bounces off of a parking lot surface.
Costco Warehouse’s proposed rooftop parking lot lighting is via pole-top LED luminaires with no open-air carport roof to help mitigate sky glow.
Some additional recommendations:
1) Please ask Costco Warehouse and the City of San Jose to publish online, for the public to see, Costco Warehouse’s sign lighting application when Costco Warehouse applies with its Sign Lighting Application which involves exterior lit lighting of exterior wall-mounted text sign(s).
September 24, 2024
2) Please require Major Development Projects, like Costco Warehouse, to specify and install only 3000K or 2700K CCT and 90 CRI preferred or 80 CRI acceptable light source, rather than default 4000K or higher CCT and default 70 CRI light sources. Costco Warehouse, as shown on the their most recent Architectural Plan Set with date of Aug. 20, 2024, is specifying a default 4000K CCT and a default 70 CRI for all 168 outdoor LED pole-top light fixtures at their proposed warehouse at Westgate West. The short term cost advantage and shorter shipping leadtimes of default lighting of 4000K CCT and 70 CRI LED luminares doesn’t outweigh the long-term improvement of lighting ambience of warmer CCT of 2700K or 3000K and color rendering of 90 CRI or 80 CRI luminares.
Thank you for reading my comments in this letter. Please feel free to reach out with any questions or for more information. I hope you’ll agree it’s best to decline or delay Costco Warehouse proposed major development project in west San Jose for the reasons explained briefly above.
Sincerely yours,
Gary G. Smith
Gary G. Smith, LC
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The project site is located at 5287 Prospect Road, in the City of San José.
Assessor's Parcel Numbers
381-36-012, 381-36-014, 381-36-018, 381-36-021, 381-36-023, 381-36-028, 381-36-029, and 381-36-030 Upcoming Public Hearings
This item is scheduled for Planning Commission on September 25, 2024 and City Council on October 22, 2024. Addi onal informa on is included below.
Planning Commission
When: Wednesday, September 25, 2024 at 6:30 p.m.
Where: City Hall Council Chambers, and Via Zoom (please note public comments can only be made during in-person a endance and no public comments will be accepted over Zoom)
City Council
When: Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at 6:00 p.m.
Where: City Hall Council Chambers, and Via Zoom (please note public comments can only be made during in-person a endance and no public comments will be accepted over Zoom)
The Planning Commission Agenda will be available seven days before the mee ng and the City Council Agenda will be available 10 days before the mee ng at www.sanjoseca.gov/PlanningMee ngs. The agenda will include the latest informa on and instruc ons.
Project Website
Westgate West Costco Project | City of San Jose (sanjoseca.gov) Environmental Project Manager
Kara Hawkins
408-535-7852
[email protected]
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Project Descrip on
Condi onal Use Permit to allow the demoli on of three single-story buildings within an exis ng shopping center and the removal of 115 trees for the construc on of a new approximately 165,148-square foot commercial retail building (Costco), an applica on for off-sale alcohol (Type 21 ABC License) and Determina on of Public Convenience or Necessity, and a request for extended construc on hours (Saturdays 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM) with up to five 24-hour concrete pours on an approximately 19.80-gross acre site.
Loca on
The project site is located at 5287 Prospect Road, in the City of San José.
Assessor's Parcel Numbers
381-36-012, 381-36-014, 381-36-018, 381-36-021, 381-36-023, 381-36-028, 381-36-029, and 381-36-030 Upcoming Public Hearings
This item is scheduled for Planning Commission on September 25, 2024 and City Council on October 22, 2024. Addi onal informa on is included below.
Planning Commission
When: Wednesday, September 25, 2024 at 6:30 p.m.
Where: City Hall Council Chambers, and Via Zoom (please note public comments can only be made during in-person a endance and no public comments will be accepted over Zoom)
City Council
When: Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at 6:00 p.m.
Where: City Hall Council Chambers, and Via Zoom (please note public comments can only be made during in-person a endance and no public comments will be accepted over Zoom)
The Planning Commission Agenda will be available seven days before the mee ng and the City Council Agenda will be available 10 days before the mee ng at www.sanjoseca.gov/PlanningMee ngs. The agenda will include the latest informa on and instruc ons.
Project Website
Westgate West Costco Project | City of San Jose (sanjoseca.gov) Environmental Project Manager
Kara Hawkins
408-535-7852
[email protected]
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Sent: Friday, September 13, 2024 4:31 PM
Subject: No ce of CEQA Pos ng: 1st Amendment to the Westgate West Costco Project EIR (CP21-022, ER21-280)
No ce of CEQA Pos ng: First Amendment to the Westgate West Costco Project EIR (CP21-022, ER21-280) The First Amendment to the Dra Environmental Impact Report for the Westgate West Costco Project EIR is now available online. The Dra EIR, First Amendment, and Mi ga on Monitoring and Repor ng Program (MMRP) cons tutes the Final EIR.
Post Date: 09/13/24
Project Descrip on
Condi onal Use Permit to allow the demoli on of three single-story buildings within an exis ng shopping center and the removal of 115 trees for the construc on of a new approximately 165,148-square foot commercial retail building (Costco), an applica on for off-sale alcohol (Type 21 ABC License) and Determina on of Public Convenience or Necessity, and a request for extended construc on hours (Saturdays 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM) with up to five 24-hour concrete pours on an approximately 19.80-gross acre site.
Loca on
The project site is located at 5287 Prospect Road, in the City of San José.
Assessor's Parcel Numbers
381-36-012, 381-36-014, 381-36-018, 381-36-021, 381-36-023, 381-36-028, 381-36-029, and 381-36-030 Upcoming Public Hearings
This item is scheduled for Planning Commission on September 25, 2024 and City Council on October 22, 2024. Addi onal informa on is included below.
Planning Commission
When: Wednesday, September 25, 2024 at 6:30 p.m.
Where: City Hall Council Chambers, and Via Zoom (please note public comments can only be made during in-person a endance and no public comments will be accepted over Zoom)
City Council
When: Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at 6:00 p.m.
Where: City Hall Council Chambers, and Via Zoom (please note public comments can only be made during in-person a endance and no public comments will be accepted over Zoom)
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Project Website
Westgate West Costco Project | City of San Jose (sanjoseca.gov) Environmental Project Manager
Kara Hawkins
408-535-7852
[email protected]