REPORT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION
November 5, 2025
FROM: JENNIFER K. CLARK, AICP, Director
Planning and Development Department
THROUGH: ASHLEY ATKINSON, AICP, Assistant Director
Planning and Development Department
SOPHIA PAGOULATOS, Planning Manager
Planning and Development Department
BY: MICHELLE ZUMWALT, Architect
Planning and Development Department
SUBJECT
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Public hearing to consider the adoption of the Tower District Specific Plan, the Tower District Design Standards and Guidelines, and related Environmental Impact Report (EIR), State Clearinghouse (SHC) No. 2025050309. The following applications have been filed by the Planning and Development Director and pertain to approximately 1,869 acres in the Tower District Specific Plan Area:
1. RECOMMEND APPROVAL (to the City Council) of the findings set forth in Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR SCH No. 2025050309), apply the Council's independent judgment and analyses to the review, and then certify the Final EIR as having been completed in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), based on the Commission's recommendations on the proposed Final EIR and comments thereon (see Exhibits M, N and O).
a. RECOMMEND ADOPTION (to the City Council) of findings, based upon testimony presented by staff, that there are significant, unavoidable environmental impacts which have not been mitigated to a level below significant. Therefore, the City Council should adopt the Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations.
b. RECOMMEND APPROVAL (to the City Council) of an appropriate Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) as required by Public Resources Code Section 21081.6 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15097; and,
2. RECOMMEND APPROVAL (to the City Council) of Plan Amendment Application P25-03196 which proposes to repeal the 1991 Tower District Specific Plan (Plan Boundary as shown in Exhibit A).
3. RECOMMEND APPROVAL (to the ...
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