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EIR No. 2018-01, DA No. 2018-01, GPA No. 2018-06, AA No. 2018-10 2525 North Main Street November 19, 2019 Page 2 DISCUSSION Jeremy Ogulnick, representing AC 2525 Main, LLC, is proposing to construct a 256-unit multi -family residential development (58 dwelling units per acre) on a 4.4-acre parcel of land at 2525 North Main Street. Additionally, the applicant is proposing to create a second parcel to build a 180-space surface level parking lot that is proposed to be used by the Discovery Cube on an adjacent 1.4- acre parcel. Actions required include the certification and adoption of the Final Environmental Impact Report (Final EIR) for the development, which includes a Clarifications to the Final EIR document, a mitigation monitoring and reporting program, and a statement of overriding considerations. Entitlements needed for the development include the approval of a development agreement between the City and applicant/owner, a general plan amendment to redesignate the land use designation of the property from Professional and Administrative Office (PAO) to District Center (DC), and an amendment application to rezone the property from Professional (P) to Specific Development No. 93 (SD-93). PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION At its regular meeting on October 28, 2019, and after receiving public testimony on the item, the Planning Commission voted 3:2 (Contreras -Leo, McLoughlin, Rivera; and Cano and Nguyen) to recommend that the City Council not certify the Final EIR, and deny the proposed development and all related entitlements (Exhibit 6). BACKGROUND In February 2019, the City Council was presented with a 476-unit residential development on the project site. After considering the project, the Council remanded the project back to the Planning Commission, staff and the neighborhood for reconsideration. In June 2019, the applicant submitted a revised project consisting of the following: • A reduction in the number of units to 347 units (formerly 476 units) • A reduction in the project density to 59 dwelling units per acre (formerly 80 du/ac) • A reduction in the total number of residential stories to a maximum of 4-stories (formerly 5- stories with mezzanines) o Tiering of the height of the northeast corner of the residential building to range from 2-4 stories o Tiering the height of the residential building along a portion of Edgewood Road to a tiered height of 3 to 4-stories • A reduction in the levels of the parking structure to 6-levels with one level below grade and five levels above grade (formerly 8-levels) • Relocated the project entry along Main Street to the northernmost section of the site that will be part of a redesigned intersection at Main Street and Walkie Way/Santiago Park Drive • Increased the setback on the east to 66 feet (formerly 40 feet) • Increased the parking to 1.85 parking spaces per unit and continuing to provide valet parking which would increase parking to 2.0 per unit (formerly 1.8 parking spaces)