General Plan Amendment Process

City's General Plan Amendment Process

On February 19, 2013, an update on the City’s General Plan Amendment process will be presented to the City Council. In conjunction with this update, the City Council will also consider approval of a budget amendment to fund a portion of the General Plan Amendment process, authorization of the scope of work for the General Plan Amendment and associated environmental impact report (EIR), and authorization for the City to enter into contracts with a planning consultant (MIG) and environmental consultant (The Planning Center/DC&E) to prepare the General Plan Amendment and EIR. The City Council authorized the initiation of the General Plan Amendment process at its meeting of August 21, 2012. The scope of the proposed General Plan Amendment includes an increase in citywide development allocation for commercial and office square footage and hotel rooms, review of key opportunity sites, review of future development opportunities and possible height increases in the Vallco Shopping District, and clean up items in the General Plan.

Meeting Details
City Council Meeting
Tuesday, February 19, 2012, Cupertino Community Hall, 10300 Torre Ave, Cupertino
Meeting Agenda
WebCast: www.cupertino.org/webcast

For more information, please visit www.cupertino.org/GPA. Contact Aki Honda Snelling, AICP, Senior Planner, at akis@cupertino.org or at (408) 777-3313 for additional information or to send written comments. 

General Plan Amendment Requests for Proposals (RFPs)

On August 21, 2012, the City Council authorized the initiation of a General Plan Amendment process to increase citywide development allocations, review key opportunity sites and provide direction on funding the remaining budget needed to process the General Plan Amendment.

As a result, the City of Cupertino is seeking a qualified planning consultant to assist in the preparation of a General Plan Amendment to the City’s 2005 General Plan, and a qualified environmental consultant to prepare the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the General Plan Amendment and associated rezonings.

Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for a qualified planning consultant and environmental consultant are available for review. The deadline to submit proposals to the City is Tuesday, November 13, 2012.

For more information, please click on the links below for the August 21, 2012 staff report and the Requests for Proposals.