Project Description 

This project includes the proposal to demolish all existing on-site structures to construct a new mixed-use building consisting of office and residential uses. The proposed building consists of:

• Five stories 
• Approximately 34,000 square-feet of office uses
• A total of five residential units, one of which would be devoted to the low-income category
• No on-site parking is proposed

Project Update 

On February 14, 2023, the Planning Commission held a Public Hearing and approved project and the Mitigated Negative Declaration by a vote of 3-1. 

The City has prepared a response to comments on the Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration, which is available in the CEQA Documents section below. No public comment resulted in further analysis or identification of new or worse impacts. The City has prepared a text-edit, however, to remove references to in-lieu fee payment for required parking in light of Assembly Bill 2097. Please see the CEQA Documents section below.

On November 7, 2022, the applicant submitted a letter requesting that the public hearing be held on January 10, 2023 to avail the project of Assembly Bill 2097, which prevents the City from requiring provision of on-site parking for projects within one-half mile of major public transit. 

The application was filed on December 20, 2021 after completion of the required Pre Application. The applicant held a formal neighborhood meeting on October 7, 2021. The project’s Pre Application was reviewed by the Planning Commission at a Study Session on November 23, 2021. Please see related materials below.

Development Impact Fees

 This project would be subject to payment of the following impact fees and in-lieu fees:

• Commercial Linkage Fee
• Child Care Development Fee
• Landscape Unit In-Lieu Fee
• Park Impact Fee
• Sanitary Sewer Connection Charge
• School Impact Fees
• Transportation Improvement Fee
• Wastewater Treatment Plant Phase II Impact Fee

CEQA Documents 

Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration – Revised January of 2023

Response to Comments – February 2, 2023

Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration – Circulated in October of 2022

 Appendices:

• Appendix A: Air Quality Assessment
• Appendix B: Arborist Report
• Appendix C: Historical Resources Evaluation Report
• Appendix D: Geotechnical Investigation
• Appendix E: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Assessment
• Appendix F: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment
• Appendix G: Pre-Demolition Survey and Evaluation
• Appendix H: Noise and Vibration Assessment
• Appendix I: Transportation Impact Assessment
• Appendix J: Parking Demand Study

Project Documents

• Approved Plans
• Applicant Letter Invoking AB2097 –  November 7, 2022

 Meetings 

• Planning Commission Public Hearing  –  February 14, 2023 
• Neighborhood Meeting – October 7, 2021
• Planning Commission Study Session–  November 23, 2021

 Applicant Information 

Michael Field
Windy Hill Property Ventures
(650) 847-1485
mike@windyhillpv.com 

 City Contact Information

Rendell Bustos
Senior Planner
(650) 522-7211
rbustos@cityofsanmateo.org