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forward in Planning Commission and then City Council consideration during October through <br /> December. <br /> Director of Economic Development Pamela Ott shared how the EDZ concept is related to the <br /> City's Economic Development Strategic Plan: <br /> • B1. Collaborate with Planning and other city departments to update land use and zoning <br /> policies to reflect current business needs. <br /> • B2. Identify potential development and redevelopment sites to provide updated space, <br /> contemporary worker housing, and amenities. <br /> • C7. Identify potential opportunity sites in the City for hotel expansion or development. <br /> Associate Planner Eric Luchini gave an overview of JDEDZ timeline and key events to date: <br /> 2013 — Clorox vacates campus along Johnson Drive <br /> April 2014 — City initiates Johnson Drive Economic Development Zone <br /> May 2014 to March 2016 — CEQA and Public Process <br /> o DSEIR released & public comment period <br /> o Neighborhood and community workshops <br /> o City releases FSEIR for public comment <br /> April 2016 — Joint City Council/Planning Commission Work Session <br /> Limit the size of the buildings to 50000 square feet or less <br /> July 2016 through November 2016 — Initiative Process <br /> o City Council directs staff to stop work on the JDEDZ pending results of initiative <br /> o Initiative defeated by voters <br /> January 2017 to September 2017 <br /> o City staff re-engages work on JDEDZ project activities <br /> Mid-October through December 2017 — Public Review and Approval <br /> Eric Luchini showed a map of the JDEDZ area to provide context for its location within the city, <br /> and then reviewed the goals and objectives of the EDZ and well as anticipated phasing: <br /> • Economic Vitality <br /> o Transform the area into a thriving commercial corridor <br /> o Create opportunities for new land uses and services <br /> o Streamline the Development Review Process/CEQA Review <br /> • Infrastructure Improvements <br /> o Enhance the traffic and transportation network <br /> • Financial Stability <br /> o Generate new tax revenue to support City services and programs-sales taxes, <br /> property taxes & hotel tax <br /> • JDEDZ Phasing <br /> o Phase I: Parcels 6, 9, and 10, with approximately 285,000 square feet of new <br /> uses including Club retail, general retail, and hotel(s). This would trigger all the <br /> needed transportation improvements. <br /> Eric Luchini further offered a list of other potential uses within the JDEDZ (below), noting that <br /> existing or approved uses established prior to the adoption of this Planned Unit Development <br /> (PUD) would be permitted: <br />