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Page 2 of 6 <br />PUSD has determined the location is no longer needed or beneficial to retain as a future <br />school site.    <br />  <br />PUSD therefore proposed the site as a potential housing opportunity site during the City’s site <br />selection process for the Housing Element Update; the City ultimately included the site in the <br />2023-2031 6th Cycle Housing Element for development of up to 28 housing units. When the <br />elementary school was considered in the VACSP, it was envisioned the development would <br />include school buildings, as well as a sports/playfield open to the public on a portion of the <br />site. As such, as part of the Housing Element adoption, Policy 12 was included in the General <br />Plan Land Use Element which for Site 27 states: “this site shall include a neighborhood park <br />or open space adjacent to Vineyard Avenue, of at least three acres.” This policy was intended <br />to ensure a portion of the site was reserved for open space or park uses, which could include <br />recreation opportunities for residents of the Vineyard Avenue area, as well as allow for an <br />open space buffer to maintain continuity of character with the adjacent properties along <br />Vineyard Avenue.   <br />  <br />In May 2024, Trumark Homes submitted an SB 330 Housing Site Compliance Review <br />application. The application complies with the zoning and General Plan requirements and <br />provides a single 3-acre park/open space directly abutting Vineyard Avenue (see Figure 1). <br />Staff is currently processing the zoning and General Plan-compliant project and, pursuant to <br />the approval procedures for Housing Element sites, anticipates conducting a Zoning <br />Administrator public hearing in late February and bringing the Vesting Tentative Map to the <br />Planning Commission in early March.   <br /> <br />Figure 1: Single Park Project   <br />  <br />Early in its application process, Trumark conducted a neighborhood meeting – at that meeting, <br />some neighbors expressed concerns about having an active neighborhood park area adjacent <br />to Vineyard Avenue and requested the applicant pursue a split park concept. In response, <br />Trumark created an alternative design that retains a landscaped open space buffer along <br />Vineyard Avenue, and an active, neighborhood park component that abuts Old Vineyard <br />Avenue (see Figure 2).  <br /> <br />Page 18 of 749