Freedom Circle Focus Area and Greystar General Plan Amendment
Summary
SCH Number
2020060425
Lead Agency
City of Santa Clara
Document Title
Freedom Circle Focus Area and Greystar General Plan Amendment
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation
Received
Present Land Use
Industrial Office and hotel
Document Description
The project consists of two parts: preparation of a Focus Area, to be incorporated into the General Plan; and the Greystar General Plan Amendment. The Freedom Circle Focus Area is envisioned to be an intensely urban environment, with Great America Parkway and Mission College Boulevard retaining their commercial character. The Focus Area would allow, subject to a future planning study, 2,500 dwelling units beyond those anticipated in the Greystar General Plan Amendment, and 2 million square feet of additional office space beyond that allowed under the current high-intensity office designation.
The Greystar General Plan Amendment proposes to change the General Plan land use designation for the 13.3 acre Greystar site from High Intensity Office (maximum Floor Area Ratio of 2.0) to Very High Density Residential (51-100 Dwelling Unit/Acre). The site is bounded by San Tomas Aquino Creek to the East, Freedom Circle to the West, and Highway 101 to the south.
Contact Information
Name
John Davidson
Agency Name
City of Santa Clara
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Agency Name
City of Santa Clara
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Location
Coordinates
Cities
San Jose, Sunnyvale
Counties
Santa Clara
Regions
Citywide, Countywide, San Francisco Bay Area
Cross Streets
Mission College Boulevard and Freedom Circle
Zip
95054
Total Acres
121
State Highways
HWY 237 and HWY 101
Railways
UPRR and ACE rail
Airports
SJC
Schools
Mission College and Wilcox High School
Waterways
San Tomas Aquino Creek
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW)
Development Types
Residential (Greystar GPA)(Units 1100, Acres 13.3)
Local Actions
General Plan Amendment, Specific Plan
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Wetland/Riparian