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7.B Page 1 REPORT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the City Manager November 8, 2010 SUBJECT Joint Study Session on the Stanford in Redwood City Project RECOMMENDATION 1. Consider the project update and overview of the draft Stanford in Redwood City Campus Precise Plan; 2. Direct the City Manager to begin a negotiation process with Stanford University for a development agreement. BACKGROUND � The Stanford in Redwood City project proposes to occupy a 35-acre portion of a larger 48- acre (former Mid-Point Technology Park} campus that is bisected by Broadway and generally bounded by Highway 101, Douglas Avenue, Bay Road and Second Avenue. Stanford University has submitted a conceptual design plan for the 35-acre project site that calls for the demolition of 535,000 square feet of existing office research and development (R&D) space that is proposed for repfacement with Stanford University administrative office uses (75% to 80%), research and development (R&D} uses (10% to 15%), and medical clinic uses (10% to 15%}. Common support uses (i.e. cafeteria, chi(dcare care center, fitness center and other emp(oyee amenities) would occupy up to 80,000 square feet of space. The concept plan proposes up to 1,518,000 square feet of building space and approximately 4,500 parking spaces. The project will require a Zoning Amendment from Industrial Restricted to Planned Community District consistent with the Stanford in Redwood City Campus Precise Plan (Stanford Precise Plan). Approximately 11 acres located within the Stanford Precise Plan boundaries are occupied by the Stanford Medical Outpatient Clinics and 2.3 acres are occupied by Genentech. Neither of these two facilities has indicated plans to change land use; and thus the 35 acre portion of the campus owned by Stanford University is the focus of the Stanford Precise Plan. At the Joint Study Session, the City's urban design consultant, Terry Bottomley of Bottomley Design and Planning, will provide an overview and status update on the draft Stanford Precise Plan. The Study Session is not a decision making meeting nor is it a discussion of the potential environmental effects of the Stanford in Redwood City project. The public hearing on the Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the project will be held before the Planning Commission in early 2011. The purpose of holding this update as a Joint Study Session is to help facilitate dialogue between the City Council and Planning Commission at this point in the process before each group will begin efforts on different aspects of the project. The Planning Commission will