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PUD-136, Mall Residential Project Planning Commission 6 of 34 Stoneridge Mall Framework In mid-2022, at the direction of City Council, the City began work on a collaborative (City and all mall parcel property owners) long-term planning strategy for the redevelopment of the Stoneridge Mall in its entirety, known as the Stoneridge Mall Framework. The intent of the Stoneridge Mall Framework effort is to provide a basis for the establishment of new zoning and objective development standards to facilitate the redevelopment of the Stoneridge Mall with a wider range of potential market-driven uses and enhanced and objective design standards to streamline the development review process for future projects at Stoneridge Mall. Components of the Stoneridge Mall Framework were recently approved/adopted by the City Council in January 2023. Framework components included a Vision Statement and guiding principles, as well as a series of design and placemaking elements. A key aspect of the Framework concepts was the allocation of up to 1,170 housing units incorporated in the 6 th Cycle (2023-2031) Housing Element, among various parcels at the mall, with su ch units in addition to those zoned as part of the 4th Cycle Housing Element. As noted, the PUD-MU zoning and associated standards for the subject application and property were established in 2012. Since the application for PUD-136 was submitted well in advance of the adoption of the Stoneridge Mall Framework, that latter document and the standards therein, and the 2023 Housing Sites Objective Design Standards and Guidelines (adopted on January 26, 2023), are not applicable to this project. PLANNING COMMISSION WORK SESSION/PRIOR APPLICATIONS To receive early feedback from the Planning Commission and any interested individuals regarding the proposed project, a Planning Commission work session was held on March 11, 2020. After taking public testimony, the Planning Commission provided comments on the work session discussion points (see the meeting minutes in Exhibit D). One member of the public (the applicant) attended the work session and spoke regarding the project. Staff notes, in April 2019, the Planning Commission approved Design Review application P18-0340 for a standalone commercial redevelopment on the adjacent “Sears site” by Simon Property Group, which would have included demolition of the department store building and the associated parking structure, and their replacement with a variety of new commercial uses oriented around a pedestrian plaza/open space including new retail uses, a potential movie theater and gymnasium. That project has not moved forward due to COVID-19 impacts and changes in market demands, and it is uncertain if it will do so. In May 2019, the applicant submitted an application for a 486-unit residential project (also numbered as application PUD-136) on the site of the current development application, as a standalone project that would be located immediately adjacent to the commercial redevelopment. After discussion with City staff, the applicant presented an alternative development concept that revised the site plan and provided more integration between the residential and commercial components but would have required more significant land use changes including a General Plan amendment to allow housing on the Sears site. This combined residential/commercial version of the project was the subject of the Ma rch 11, 2020, Study Session, but has since been revised to the 360-unit residential project currently before the Planning Commission.