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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 7.1 - 3331 At Dublin Reconsideration Page 1 of 2 STAFF REPORT CITY COUNCIL DATE: August 18, 2020 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers FROM: Linda Smith, City Manager SUBJECT: At Dublin Reconsideration (PLPA-2017-00061) Prepared by: Amy Million, Principal Planner EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The City Council will entertain a motion to reconsider its June 22, 2020, decision to deny the At Dublin project with prejudice, and to instead deny the project without prejudice. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Entertain a motion to reconsider the decision to deny the At Dublin Project with prejudice and, if the motion to reconsider passes, consider a motion to deny the project without prejudice. FINANCIAL IMPACT: None. DESCRIPTION: The At Dublin project proposed development of up to 566 residential units including apartments, detached small-lot single-family homes, 55-and-older age-restricted single- family homes, up to 240,000 square feet of retail commercial development, and related infrastructure and landscape improvements. Requested approvals includ ed General Plan and Eastern Dublin Specific Plan Amendments, a Planned Development Rezone with Stage 1 and Stage 2 Development Plans, Vesting Tentative Map Nos. 8440, 8449 , and 8452, a Street Vacation, a Development Agreement, and certification of a Final Environmental Impact Report. On June 22, 2020, the City Council denied the At Dublin project with prejudice. Since the project involved General Plan and Specific Plan Amendments, Staff understood the motion to mean that the City Council rejected the propo sed General Plan and Specific Plan Amendments and that no action was taken on the other aspects of the project, all of which were contingent upon the approval of the General Plan and Eastern Dublin Specific Plan Amendments. A denial with prejudice means th at the applicant/property owner would need to obtain the City Council’s authorization to conduct a nother General Page 2 of 2 Plan Amendment study. A denial without prejudice means that the applicant/property owner could continue working with Staff on proposed amendments to the General Plan and Eastern Dublin Specific Plan without a new authorization from the City Council. On July 21, 2020, the City Council requested that this item be added to a future agenda so that a Councilmember could make a motion to reconsider the decision to deny with prejudice. Under the City Council’s Rules for the Conduct of Meetings of the City Council (Resolution No. 62-17), only a City Councilmember on “the prevailing side” of the June 22, 2020, motion to deny the project with prejudice can make such a motion. Any City Council reconsideration would be limited to either denying the project with prejudice or denying it without prejudice. STRATEGIC PLAN INITIATIVE: None. NOTICING REQUIREMENTS/PUBLIC OUTREACH: None. ATTACHMENTS: 1. City Council General Plan Amendment Study Policy LZ CITY OF DUBLIN General Plan Amendment Study Policy June 18, 2013 Purpose: Applicants periodically request the initiation of a General Plan Amendment (GPA) Study to consider amending the City's adopted General Plan. This policy identifies the steps necessary to initiate a GPA Study and identifies what is required of the project proponent and Staff, and the related time table after the City Council has authorized the initiation of a GPA Study. Actions to Initiate a General Plan Amendment Study 1. The project proponent submits a letter and applicable exhibits requesting that the City Council initiate a General Plan Amendment Study. 2. Staff prepares a brief Staff Report to the City Council requesting consideration to authorize the initiation of a General Plan Amendment Study. 3. The City Council, by majority vote, determines whether or not to authorize the initiation of a General Plan Amendment Study. Actions by the project proponent within 12 months of initiation 1. Commence Planning and Environmental Studies within 6 months of initiation. a. Refine the project type and scope; b. Begin environmental reconnaissance analysis of the site; c. Start land use feasibility of the proposed use and the benefits of the project to the City; and d. Begin discussing project alternatives with Staff. 2. Submit a GPA application and Environmental Checklist within 12 months of initiation. Actions by Staff following initiation 1. Notify the Dublin Unified School District (DUSD) regarding each General Plan Amendment Study to change a residential land use designation and provide a report back to the City Council if the DUSD is not able to support the proposed Amendment. Within 6o days of the notification to DUSD, the DUSD shall provide a preliminary response. 2. Authorization of a GPA Study will expire if the activities by the applicant, as described above, have not occurred within 12 months of initiation. Staff will notify the City Council when such expirations have occurred. 3. Applications where no substantive activity has occurred in the prior 12 months may be deemed by Staff to be inactive and withdrawn. Staff will notify the City Council when such actions have been taken. 4. Staff will provide the City Council with a report on the progress of all current GPA Studies with the annual General Plan Progress Report in March of each year.