May 27, 2025 Item #5
City Council
May 27, 2025
Item #5 RTC 25-608
Action on a General Plan
CIT Amendment to Remove the
1852 Lawrence Station Phase II,
Central Expressway, and
THE MISSION CIT
De La Cruz Focus Areas
Afshan Hamid
Community Development Director
1 Focus Area Removal City of
Santa Clara
The Center of Whath Pessible
Request
Action on a General Plan land use diagram and text
Amendment to remove the following three Focus Areas:
• Lawrence Station Phase II (west of Lawrence Expressway), • Central Expressway, and
• De La Cruz
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POST MEETING MATERIAL
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Focus Area Removal
Land Use Diagram
Lawrence Station Phase II
Focus Area to be removed
Central Expressway &
De La Cruz Focus Areas to be removed
Focus Areas (2035)
Specific and Precise Plans
Focus Areas
Future FOcus Areas
win Rad & Light Rail
• Station
—.• City Limits
3 - Trail
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Santa Clara
Purpose
• Reflect existing uses and realistic development patterns. • Provide clear direction to property owners and developers that the City no longer intends for these areas to be developed with residential uses. • Continue to apply the existing Heavy Industrial, Light Industrial, and Low Intensity Office Research & Development (R&D), land use designations consistent with existing uses.
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Focus Area Removal City of
Santa Clara
The Canters lets Possi
Lawrence Station Phase Il
(West of Lawrence Expressway)
Zoning: LI - Light Industrial
General Plan: Light Industrial
Existing Uses: Manufacturing; Offices
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Santa Clara
The Center Crisis Possible
Central Expressway
Zoning: LI - Light Industrial; PD - Planned
Development
General Plan: Light Industrial
Existing Uses: Data Centers; Offices
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Focus Area Removal City of
Santa Clara
The Confet of Whats Posgibly
De la Cruz
Zoning: LI - Light Industrial; HI - Heavy
Industrial
General Plan: Light Industrial; Heavy
Industrial
Existing Uses: Manufacturing; Warehouse;
Offices
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Santa Clara
Planning Commission Action
At a publicly noticed meeting on April 16, 2024, the Planning Commission reviewed the proposal and voted 4-3 to
recommend that the Focus Areas not be removed and from
the General Plan and that the item be forwarded to City Council with no recommendation.
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Focus Area Removal City of
Santa Clara
The Calve of Shut Promithe
Public Outreach
• On March 20, 2023 - Community Meeting
- 20 attended
- Three spoke on affordable housing and transition of housing to Specific Plan areas.
• January 29, 2025 - Referral for tribal consultation per SB 18. - No consultation was requested.
• April 2, 2025 - Notice of public hearing mailed to property owners within 500 feet and published in The Weekly.
• Two callers and one email received requesting clarification of the amendment request.
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Santa Clara
Environmental Review
• The City prepared an Addendum to the 2010-2035 General Plan Environmental Impact Report for the sixth Cycle
(2023-2031) Housing Element, which considered the
removal of the subject Focus Areas.
• And, at a public hearing on January 31, 2023, the City Council approved the Addendum with the adoption of
Resolution No. 23-9188.
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Focus Area Removal City of
Santa Clara
Recommendation
Adopt a resolution amending the General Plan land use
diagram to remove the Lawrence Station Phase II, Central Expressway, and De La Cruz Focus Areas and make
associated text edits.
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