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RESOLUTION NO. 201 - 07
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
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APPROVING THE INITIATION OF A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT AND
EASTERN DUBLIN SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT STUDY WITH DIRECTION
FOR MODIFICATIONS TO THE PROJECT TO BE STUDIED FOR THE PROPERTY
COMMONLY KNOWN AS GRAFTON PLAZA, A PORTION OF
DUBLIN RANCH AREA H
WHEREAS, Stanforth Holding Company, LLC has submitted a request to consider an
amendment to the City of Dublin General Plan and Eastern Dublin Specific Plan to allow for development
of a Mixed Use project consisting of a 100 room Hotel, Day Spa/Sports Club and associated Retail uses,
181,000 square foot Class A Office Building and 749 Residential Units consisting of24 Shopkeeper units,
30 Live/work Units, 20 Luxury Condominiums and 675 Tower and Podium Flats in a series of buildings
ranging between 8 and 21 stories on land designated as Campus Office within a portion of Dublin Ranch
Area H located at the southwest corner of Dublin Boulevard and Grafton Street; and
WHEREAS, the City Council held a joint study session on the project with the Planning
Commission on August 14,2007, to discuss the proposed Grafton Plaza project; and
WHEREAS, the City Council held a public meeting on November 6,2007, to discuss whether to
proceed with the Initiation of a General Plan and Eastern Plan Amendment Study for the project; and
WHEREAS, a Staff Report was prepared presenting three alternative resolutions, one of which
would approve the initiation of the Study, with modifications to the project; and
WHEREAS, the City Council after reviewing the Staff Report, receiving public testimony and
deliberating, determined that the General Plan and Eastern Dublin Specific Plan Study should be initiated,
within certain parameters as follows:
A. CommerciaVRetail
The mixtures of uses of the proposed project can include a hotel, a spa and a sports club,
provided that the Council would like Staff to look at changing the General Plan so that gas
stations and/or convenience stores are not allowed; and provided further that there be a
minimum of 250,000 square feet of Campus Office which can include the shopkeeper and
live/work units, but that the amount of square footage shown for shopkeeper and live/work
units in the November 6, 2007 Agenda Statement (50,990 sq. ft total) would not be increased.
B. Residential
The project can include the five types of residential units which are listed in the November 6,
2007 Agenda Statement (shopkeeper units, live/work units, luxury condos, tower flats and
podium flats), but the residential uses would be "mixed use", which means the residential
uses would be in the same building with either office uses or commercial uses.
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C. Building Height/Massing
The height of buildings in the proposed project could be up to ten stories.
The Council will consider a "cap" of 479,465 square feet for the entire site (including the
square footage of residential uses as part of the 479,465 square feet) and will also consider a
"cap" of 479,465 square feet (not including the square footage of residential uses as part of
the 479,465 square feet) in order to consider the massing of the buildings.
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to explore what community benefit this project would
include and therefore has requested that a voluntary Development Agreement be part of the application;
and
WHEREAS, the initiation request has been reviewed in accordance with the provisions of the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and was found to be Categorically Exempt under Section
15306, Class 6 of the State CEQA Guidelines for basic data collection, research, and resource evaluation
activities; and
WHEREAS, the City Council did hear and consider all such reports, recommendations, and
testimony hereinabove .set forth, and supports the initiation of a General Plan Amendment and Eastern
Dublin Specific Plan Amendment Study within the parameters identified above.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City Council of the City of Dublin does
hereby approve the initiation of a General Plan and Eastern Dublin Specific Plan Amendment Study for
the site within the parameters identified above along with a Voluntary Development Agreement.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of November, 2007, by the following
vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Hildenbrand, Oravetz, and Sbranti, and Mayor Lockhart
NOES: Councilmember Scholz
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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