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January 24 Board Meeting PLUS Update on 707 Commons Drive Proposal

January 24 Board Meeting 5:30 p.m. in the Clubhouse  

In addition to ongoing village issues, the January 24 Board Meeting will include further discussion of the 707 Commons Drive project including a proposed letter of concern from Village 4 to the City Planning commission. Plan to attend or as always, if you have thoughts you'd like the Board to know, please contact any one of us.

707 COMMONS DRIVE UPDATE 

For those of you who were unable to attend the January 17 neighborhood meeting on the 707 Commons Drive proposal, attached is a summary - it includes: 

 - Sacramento 2035 General Plan Policies 

- Non General Plan Concerns  

NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING SUMMARY

Sacramento 2035 General Plan 

Citywide Land Use and Urban Design 

Policies LU 2.1.1 Neighborhoods as a Basic Unit. Recognizing that Sacramento’s neighborhoods are the basic living environments that make-up the city’s urban fabric, the City shall strive through its planning and urban design to preserve and enhance their distinctiveness, identity, and livability from the downtown core to well integrated new growth areas. (RDR/MPSP) 

LU 2.1.2 Protect Established Neighborhoods. The City shall preserve, protect, and enhance established neighborhoods by providing sensitive transitions between these neighborhoods and adjoining areas, and by requiring new development, both private and public, to respect and respond to those existing physical characteristics buildings, streetscapes, open spaces, and urban form that contribute to the overall character and livability of the neighborhood. (RDR) 

LU 2.1.3 Complete and Well-Structured Neighborhoods. The City shall promote the design of complete and well-structured neighborhoods whose physical layout and land use mix promote walking to services, biking, and transit use; foster community pride; enhance neighborhood identity; ensure public safety; are family-friendly and address the needs of all ages and abilities. (RDR) 

LU 2.1.8 Neighborhood Enhancement. The City shall promote infill development, reuse, rehabilitation, and reuse efforts that contribute positively (e.g., architectural design) to existing neighborhoods and surrounding areas. (RDR) 

LU 2.4.2 Responsiveness to Context. The City shall require building design that respects and responds to the local context, including use of local materials where feasible, responsiveness to Sacramento’s climate, and consideration of cultural and historic context of Sacramento’s neighborhoods and centers. (RDR) 

Citywide Historic and Cultural Preservation 

Policies 

HCR 2.1.11 Compatibility with Historic Context. The City shall review proposed new development, alterations, and rehabilitation/remodels for compatibility with the surrounding historic context. The City shall pay special attention to the scale, massing, and relationship of proposed new development to surrounding historic resources. (RDR) 

HCR 2.1.12 Contextual Features. The City shall promote the preservation, rehabilitation, restoration, and/or reconstruction, as appropriate, of contextual features (e.g., structures, landscapes, street lamps, signs) related to historic resources. (RDR) 

HCR 2.1.13 Historic Surveys and Context Statements. Where historic resource surveys may no longer be valid, or for areas that have not been surveyed, the City shall seek funding to prepare new historic context surveys. In these surveys, the potential eligibility of all properties 45 years and older for listing in National, California or Sacramento registers shall be evaluated. (RDR) 

HCR 2.1.15 Demolition. The City shall consider demolition of historic resources as a last resort, to be permitted only if rehabilitation of the resource is not feasible, demolition is necessary to protect the health, safety, and welfare of its residents, or the public benefits outweigh the loss of the historic resource. (RDR) 

HCR 2.1.16 Archaeological & Cultural Resources. The City shall develop or ensure compliance with protocols that protect or mitigate impacts to archaeological and cultural resources including prehistoric resources. (RDR) 

 HCR 2.1.17 Preservation Project Review . The City shall review and evaluate proposed development projects to minimize impacts on identified historic and cultural resources, including projects on Landmark parcels and parcels within Historic Districts, based on applicable adopted criteria and standards. (RDR) 

ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES 

Policies 

ER 3.1.2 Manage and Enhance. The City shall continue to plant new trees, ensure new developments have sufficient right-of-way width for tree plantings, manage and care for all publicly owned trees, and work to retain healthy trees. (RDR/MPSP/SO) 

ER 3.1.6 Urban Heat Island Effects. The City shall continue to promote planting shade trees with substantial canopies, and require, where feasible, site design that uses trees to shade rooftops, parking facilities, streets, and other facilities to minimize heat island effects. (RDR/PI) 

 Non General Plan Concerns  

Campus Commons Liability 

Vehicle entry at Village 2 driveway 

Vehicle sight lines 

Access to parking from University site 

Mature urban forest tree removal/canopy; Trees, trees, trees 

 Building set backs 

Parking on streets by visitors and residents 

Garbage cans on streets 

Grading 

Architect - Charles Warren Callister leader of “Northern California Traditional” style of architecture 3-story vs. 2-story 

Phase 2 relevancy - Transferable Development Right (meaning of TDR?) 

Offices on 1st/ground floor 

Not affordable - Missing Mixed Middle Housing (MMH); Mixed Middle Housing Study 

Long term change in neighborhood 

Tipping point for change in overall area 

Design 

Precedent setting for area

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