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CITY CLERK
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AGENDA STATEMENT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: August 19, 2008
SUBJECT:
Request to initiate a West Dublin BART Specific Plan Amendment
Study to change the Specific Plan Land Use Designation from Office
to Retail/Office and Lodging to allow for the establishment of retail
and lodging uses at 7950 Dublin Boulevard (APN 941-1500-037)
Report Prepared by Mamie R. Waffle, Senior Planner
ATT ACHMENTS:
1) Letter dated August 4, 2008 from Corrie Development
Corporation requesting an initiation of a West Dublin BART
Specific Plan Amendment Study for the property at 7950 Dublin
Boulevard.
2) Email dated August 12, 2008, from Eric Heffner (Windstar
Development) opposing the initiation of the proposed Specific
Plan Amendment Study.
3) Letter dated August 12, 2008, from Corrie Development
Corporation withdrawing the Initiation request.
RECOMMENDATION: ~Pt the withdrawal request.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT:
None.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
As part of the City's Goals and Objectives, Staff is currently working with RBF on the preparation of a
new consolidated Downtown Specific Plan. That Specific Plan would consolidate the West BART
Specific Plan with the other downtown plans.
On August 5, 2008, Corrie Development Corporation submitted a request for the property located at 7950
Dublin Boulevard to be studied to allow zoning that was previously allowed prior to the W est BART
Specific Plan approval (Attachment 1). The letter was unclear as to whether the request was to perform a
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Study to occur ahead of the consolidated Specific Plan process. Therefore, during conversations with the
developer's (Pegasus Group) representative, Guy Houston, it was first explained to Staff that the
developer wanted the Study to proceed ahead of the new Downtown Specific Plan. Therefore, Staff
prepared a Notice to Property Owners noticing a public meeting on August 19,2008 for the City Council
to consider initiating the Study. Following distribution of the Notice, just prior to preparing the Staff
Report, Staff received a letter withdrawing the application (see Attachment 3). Staff received one
comment on the proposed Initiation as a result of the Notice (Attachment 2).
Staff recommends that City Council accept the Developer's withdrawal request, the end result of which
would be that the Developer's request and the comment will be considered as part of the Downtown
specific plan review process.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council accept the withdrawal request.
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CDC
CORRIE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
CORRIE CENTER . SUITE 111, 7950 DUBLIN BLVD.. DUBLIN, CALIFORNIA 94568
(925) 551-7900 · FAX (925) 551-7916
Ms. Jeri Ram, Planning Director
City of Dublin
100 Civic Plaza
Dublin, Ca 94568
August 4, 2008
(Fax # 925/833-6628 & Mail)
Re: 7950 Dublin Blvd. (Corrie Center)
RECEiveD
AUG 0'5 2008
DUBLIN PLANNING
Dear Ms. Ram:
Please consider this letter as a formal request (by Sid Corrie, Jr. and Corrie
Development Corp.) for the City to look at the subject property for office, retail and hotel
uses,^, hen undeiiaking their plamling process for the area.
As previously discussed this property already had entitlements for office, retail
and potential motel, hotel lIse. The above entitlements for retail, hotel, motel were
removed from our property without our knowledge or approval.
Please correct this so we can proceed with our plans for this property which will
increase income to the City of Dublin.
Should ~:ou have any questions please call.
cc: Guy Hou,ston
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Attachment 1
7950 Dublin Blvd.
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Erica Fraser
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From:
Eric Heffner [eheffner@windstargroup.com]
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 5:47 PM
Erica Fraser
Sent:
To:
Cc:
JRennel@bart.gov; jgallagher@cornerstoneadvisers.com; mh iggins@cornerstoneadvisers.com;
Darrell Gary; kkinnon@cornerstoneadvisers.com
Subject: 7950 Dublin Blvd.
We are in receipt of your notice for the request to change the Specific Land Use Designation at 7950 Dublin Blvd. As you
know, we own the lease hold to develop a Hotel adjacent to the new West Dublin BART station.
We entered into the Agreement with BART based upon the fact the only other Hotel site in West Dublin BART Specific Plan
would be the site of the current Raddison Hotel on Regional Street
To allow an additional parcel ofland to be re zoned in the West Dublin BART Specific Plan area to a hospitality use will
have a negative outcome for our parcel. Therefore we respectfully request that this request for re zone be denied.
Thank you.
Eric L. Heffner
Senior Vice President
WINDSTAR
11149 North Torrey Pines Road, Suite 250
La Jolla, CA 92037
(858) 587-2100 office
(858) 205-4072 cell
Eheffner@windstargroup,com
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Attachment 2
08/13/2008 WED 13:31 FAX
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CDC
CORRIE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
CORRIE CENTER · SUITE 111, 7950 DUBLIN BLVD. · DUBLIN, CALIFORNIA 94568
(925) 551-7900 · FAX (925) 551-7916
Ms. Jeri Ram, Planning Manager
City of Dublin
100 Civic Plaza
Dublin, Ca 94568
August 13, 2008
(Fax # 925/833-6628 & Mail)
Re: Application for Hotel project with Pegasus @ 7950 Dublin Blvd;
. Dear Ms. Ram:
We respectfully would like to withdraw the above referenced application for
consideration at the August 19,2008 City Council Meeting. Thank you for your time and
help.
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Peter Klein
Chief Financial Officer
cc: Guy Houston
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