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Planning Commission meeting on 9 January 2008
Posted by kevin on 06 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: Planning Commission
The Pepper Tree Neighborhood Association will give its first presentation in front of the Santa Clara Planning Commission on Wednesday, 9 January 2008 at City Hall, located at 1500 Warburton Ave, Santa Clara, CA 95050. The meeting starts at 7:00 p.m.
The presentation will cover alternative plans for the Kaiser site at 900 Kiely Boulevard. Given Fairfield Residential’s planning application, alternative plans are even more desired as Fairfield’s plan may more than double the current average density of the area.
We would like as many concerned citizens of Santa Clara there as possible to show support for our city and its future.
Fairfield Residential submits planning application right before the holiday break
Posted by kevin on 06 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: Fairfield Residential
Fairfield Residential quietly submitted their plans for the Kaiser site the week before the Christmas holiday break. The plan calls out well over 800 units, with the lowest-density (single-family home) lots to be sold to another developer at some future date. The breakdown of the plan is as follows:
| Housing Type | Units | Bathrooms | Building Type |
Unit Type |
| Single-family Detached |
45 | 143 | 45 two-story | 15 two-bedroom 30 three-bedroom |
| Single-family Attached Row Homes |
73 | 216 | 15 three-story | 40 two-bedroom 33 three-bedroom |
| Single-family Attached Town Homes |
152 | 477 | 11 three-story | 44 two-bedroom 86 three-bedroom 22 four-bedroom |
| Multiple-family Apartments |
542 | 837 | 2 four-story | 271 one-bedroom 247 two-bedroom 24 three-bedroom |
| Totals | 812 | 1673 | 45 two-story 26 three-story 2 four-story |
271 one-bedroom 346 two-bedroom 173 three-bedroom 22 four-bedroom |
The great majority of the units will be in the higher four-story buildings. They are listing the size of the Kaiser Site at over 26 acres, which includes the majority of the street Kaiser Drive. Without including Kaiser Drive, the density of the housing elements of the project is even higher than previously calculated.
Fairfield Residential’s intent is to build the multi-family apartment and town home portions of the plan. It is proposed that the single-family portion of the site (single-family detached and single-family attached row homes) will be sold to another builder to develop. The problem with Fairfield Residential leaving the single-family lots undone and only focusing on the high-density apartment and town home units is that it opens up the land to higher-density units in the future.
The contacts for Fairfield Residential:
Dan Milich, applicant
5510 Morehouse Dr. #200
San Diego, CA 92121
(858) 626-8335
(858) 457-1121 FAX
dmilich@ffres.com
John Franco, co-applicant
(408) 688-7230
Kathy Thibodeaux, Fairfield Residential’s consultant and neighborhood liaison
(650) 625-8442
(408) 482-3910 mobile