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RESOLUTION NO._______
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
JOSE A DOPTING THE STOCKTON AVENUE
COMMERCIAL CONVERSION PROJECT ADDENDUM TO
THE DOWNTOWN STRATEGY 2040 FINAL
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND ADDENDA
THERETO, AND A RELATED MITIGATION MONITORING
AND REPORTING PROGRAM, ALL IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ACT, AS AMENDED
WHEREAS, the City of San José (“City”) acting as lead agency under the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970, together with state and local guidelines implementing said Act, all as amended to date (collectively “CEQA”), prepared, completed, and adopted the Final Environmental Impact Repo rt for the Downtown Strategy 204 0 (“Downtown Strategy 2040 FEIR”), which updated and replaced the Downtown Strategy 2000 Final Environmental Impact Report, and analyzed the environmental impacts of increased Downtown development capacity to the year 2040 consistent with the General Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City certified said Downtown Strategy 2040 FEIR on November 28, 2018; and
WHEREAS, in connection with the adoption of a resolution approving said Downtown Strategy 2040 (Planning File No. PP15-102), the Council of the City of San José (the “City Council) adopted Resolution No. 78942 on December 18, 2018 , setting forth certain findings pertaining to the Downtown Strategy 2040 FEIR and adopting a mitigation monitoring and reporting program, all pursuant to the provisions of CEQA; and
WHEREAS, the proposed Stockton Avenue Commercial Conversion Project (H23 -035) includes a Planned Development permit to make renovations to the approved and operational Stockton Avenue Mixed Use Development (File No. PDC15 -150) by converting approximately 18,033 square feet of commercial space on the second floor to NVF:AXY:DJF
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10 live/work units and 39 residential storage units , and converting 6,680 square feet of commercial space on the third floor to six residential units, 2,662 square feet of co-working space, and 10 residential storage units on the approximately 1.72-acre site, or 31,363 square feet, located at 130 Stockton Avenue (APN 259-28-046) in downtown San José; and
WHEREAS, as further described in the Addendum, the implementation of the Project would not result in new significant effects on the environment beyond those already identified in the previously approved Downtown Strategy 2040 FEIR, nor will the Project result in an increase in the severity of significant effects identified in the Downtown Strategy 2040 FEIR, and identified mitigation measures, as amended, would continue to reduce each of those significant effects to a less-than significant level; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed and considered the Addendum and intends to take action on the Project in compliance with CEQA; and
WHEREAS, the Downtown Strategy 2040 FEIR and the Addendum thereto for the Project are on file in the Office of the Director of Planning, located at 200 East Santa Clara Street, 3rd Floor Tower, San Jos é California, 95113, and are available for inspection by any interested person at that location and on the Department of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement website (www.sanjoseca.gov/Planning);
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JOSE:
THAT THE CITY COUNCIL does hereby make the following findings: (1) it has independently reviewed and analyzed the Downtown Strategy 2040 FEIR, as modified by the Addendum, as well as other information in the record and has considered the information contained therein, prior to acting upon or approving the Project, (2) the NVF:AXY:DJF
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Addendum modifying the Downtown Strategy 2040 F EIR prepared for the Project has been completed in compliance with CEQA and is consistent with state and local guidelines implementing CEQA, and (3) the Addendum modifying the Downtown Strategy 2040 FEIR represents the independent judgment and analysis of the City of San José, as lead agency for the Project. The City Cou ncil designates the Director of Planning at the Director’s Office at 200 East Santa Clara Street, 3 rd Floor Tower, San José, California, 95113, as the custodian of documents and records of proceedings on which this decision is based.
THAT THE CITY COUNCIL does hereby find that based upon the entire record of proceedings before it and all information received that there is no substantial evidence that the Project will have a significant effect on the environment and does hereby adopt the Addendum prepared fo r the Proj ect (Planning File No . H23-035). The Downtown Strategy 2040 F EIR and the Addendum are: (1) on file in the Office of the Director of Planning, located at 200 East Santa Clara Street, 3rd Floor Tower, San José, California, 95113, and on the Department of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement’s website, and (2) available for inspection by any interested person.
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ADOPTED this ______day of ___________, 2025, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
DISQUALIFIED:
MATT MAHAN
Mayor
ATTEST:
TONI J. TABER, MMC
City Clerk