This document summarizes a proposed initiative measure that would amend the City of Menlo Park General Plan and El Camino Real/Downtown Specific Plan by imposing more restrictive development standards in the Specific Plan area.
Key points include:
- It would revise open space definitions and standards to exclude above-ground open space from minimum requirements.
- It would limit office space in individual developments to 100,000 square feet, cap total new office space at 240,820 square feet, and retain the overall 474,000 square foot non-residential cap.
- It would require voter approval to amend the measure's definitions/standards or exceed its office/non-residential space limits.
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Sebelum merancang kegiatan dalam sebuah komunitas atau organisasi, perlu dan sangat penting dilakukan analisis terhadap kondisi lingkungan, baik dari sisi internal maupun eksternal.
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Analisis Kondisi Lingkungan (AKL) adalah mengamati atau menyelidiki keadaan sekitar secara terperinci, terarah, dan sistematis dalam melakukan suatu kegiatan yang akan dilaksanakan.
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- When savings are needed, boards look for efficiencies either within the relevant clinical area or across the whole medicines budget/board budget. Increased government funds occasionally help.
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1. Page 1 of 5
INITIATIVE MEASURE TO BE SUBMITTED DIRECTLY TO THE VOTERS
The city attorney has prepared the following title and summary of the chief purpose and points of the proposed
measure:
AN INITIATIVE MEASURE PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY OF MENLO PARK
GENERAL PLAN AND MENLO PARK 2012 EL CAMINO REAL/DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN
LIMITING OFFICE DEVELOPMENT, MODIFYING OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS, AND
REQUIRING VOTER APPROVAL FOR NEW NON-RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS THAT EXCEED
SPECIFIED DEVELOPMENT LIMITS
The initiative measure proposed
by this petition (“measure”) would
amend the City of Menlo Park
General Plan and Menlo Park El
Camino Real/Downtown Specific
Plan (“ECR/Downtown Specific
Plan”) adopted by the Menlo Park
City Council on July 12, 2012 by
imposing more restrictive
development standards in the area
of the City governed by the
ECR/Downtown Specific Plan than
currently imposed.
The measure includes revised
definitions and standards for open
space requiring that only open
space areas that do not exceed four
(4) feet in height shall be calculated
for meeting the minimum open
space requirements. The measure
mandates that office space in any
individual development not exceed
100,000 square feet, caps the total
net, new office space approved after
July 12, 2012 at 240,820 square feet
and retains the overall cap of
474,000 square feet for all net, new
non-residential development in the
ECR/Downtown Specific Plan area.
The measure also would adopt
specified definitions and standards in
the current ECR/Downtown Specific
Plan relating to open space and
office space.
Under the measure, the City
Council cannot amend the
definitions and development
standards set forth in the measure as
these provisions can be amended
only with voter approval. In
addition, voter approval is required
to exceed the office space and
nonresidential square footage limits.
Voter approval would not be
required to exceed the 680
residential unit limit.
The measure exempts projects
with vested rights to build that were
obtained before the effective date of
the measure from any conflicting
definitions or standards set forth in
the measure, but such projects
would count against the square
footage limits imposed by the
measure if such projects received a
building permit after the adoption
of the ECR/Downtown Specific
Plan on July 12, 2012.
The proposed measure includes a
severability clause so that if
portions of the measure are deemed
invalid, the remaining portions
would remain in effect. A priority
clause states that this measure
would prevail over all conflicting
City ordinances, resolutions and
administrative policies. A conflicts
provision provides that any
competing measures on the same
ballot as this measure are null and
void if this measure receives more
votes.
The proposed measure requires
approval by a majority of the
voters in Menlo Park voting on the
measure to become effective.
TEXTOFINITIATIVEMEASURE
THEPEOPLEOFTHECITYOFMENLOPARKDO
ORDAINASFOLLOWS:
Section1. TITLE.
1.1. Thisinitiativemeasureshallbeknownand
citedasthe“ElCaminoReal/DowntownSpecificPlan
AreaLivable,WalkableCommunityDevelopment
StandardsAct.”
Section2. PLANNINGPOLICYDOCUMENTS
COVERED.
2.1. Thisinitiativemeasureenactscertain
developmentdefinitionsandstandardswithintheCityof
MenloParkGeneralPlanandtheMenloParkElCamino
Real/DowntownSpecificPlan(“ECRSpecificPlan”).
2.2. Inthisinitiativemeasuretheabovetwo
documentsarereferredtocollectivelyasthe“PlanningPolicy
Documents.”
2.3. Within30daysofthismeasure’seffectivedate,
theCityshallcausetheentiretextofthismeasuretobe
incorporatedintotheelectronicversionofeachofthe
PlanningPolicyDocumentspostedattheCity’swebsite,and
allsubsequentlydistributedelectronicorprintedcopiesofthe
PlanningPolicyDocuments,whichincorporationshall
appearimmediatelyfollowingthetableofcontentsof
eachsuchdocument.
Section3. ECRSPECIFICPLANAREAVOTER-
ADOPTEDDEVELOPMENTDEFINITIONSAND
STANDARDS.
3.1. ECRSPECIFICPLANAREADEFINED.
Whenreferringtothe“ECRSpecificPlanArea,”this
initiativemeasureisreferringtotheboundedareawithin
theVisionPlanAreaMaplocatedatPage2,FigureI,of
theElCaminoReal/DowntownVisionPlan,acceptedby
theMenloParkcityCouncilonJuly15,2008,whichis
4. Page 4 of 5
NOTICEOFINTENTTOCIRCULATEPETITION
Noticeisherebygivenbythepersonswhosenamesappearhereonoftheirintentionto
circulatethepetitionwithintheCityofMenloParkforthepurposeofamendingthe
City’sGeneralPlanandElCaminoReal/DowntownSpecificPlantopromotethe
revitalizationoftheElCaminoRealcorridoranddowntownbyencouraginglivable
andwalkabledevelopmentofavibrantmixofuseswhileimprovingsafeconnectivity
forfamiliesonfootandonbikes,enhancingandensuringadequatepublicspace,and
promotinghealthylivingandsustainability.Astatementofthereasonsofthe
proposedactionascontemplatedinthepetitionisasfollows:
Achieving the vision of the original public vision for the El Camino
Real/Downtown area, which was developed through a 6 year community
engagement process costing approximately $1.7 million.
Promoting projects in the El Camino Real corridor and Downtown that
emphasize mixed-use development at a human scale and neighborhood
retail, while protecting residents from harmful effects of excessive
development.
Changing the Plan’s definition of open space so that only spaces at
ground floor level (e.g., not upper level balconies or decks) count toward
a development project’s minimum open space requirements. This will
help to encourage ground level public plazas, gardens and walkways and
distinguish, separate and provide greater visual relief from the mass of
adjacent structures.
Defining and limiting uses constituting “Office Space” in the El Camino
Real/Downtown area to no more than 100,000 square feet per individual
proposed development project, or 240,820 square feet in total (the
maximum amount conceptually disclosed and analyzed in the 2012
Specific Plan EIR), to ensure that such uses are not approved to the
exclusion of a healthy balance of neighborhood-serving retail,
restaurants, hotels, businesses, and housing near transit.
Adopting controls requiring voter approval of any proposal to allow new
Office Space in the Specific Plan area to exceed 240,820 square feet, or
to allow all combined new non-residential development in the Specific
Plan area to exceed 474,000 square feet.
/s/
MikeLanza
226YaleRoad
MenloPark,CA94025
/s/
PattiFry
1045WalleaDrive
MenloPark,CA94025
5. Page 5 of 5
AN INITIATIVE MEASURE PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY OF MENLO PARK
GENERAL PLAN AND MENLO PARK 2012 EL CAMINO REAL/DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN
LIMITING OFFICE DEVELOPMENT, MODIFYING OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS, AND
REQUIRING VOTER APPROVAL FOR NEW NON-RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS THAT EXCEED
SPECIFIED DEVELOPMENT LIMITS
The initiative measure proposed
by this petition (“measure”) would
amend the City of Menlo Park
General Plan and Menlo Park El
Camino Real/Downtown Specific
Plan (“ECR/Downtown Specific
Plan”) adopted by the Menlo Park
City Council on July 12, 2012 by
imposing more restrictive
development standards in the area
of the City governed by the
ECR/Downtown Specific Plan than
currently imposed.
The measure includes revised
definitions and standards for open
space requiring that only open
space areas that do not exceed four
(4) feet in height shall be calculated
for meeting the minimum open
space requirements. The measure
mandates that office space in any
individual development not exceed
100,000 square feet, caps the total
net, new office space approved after
July 12, 2012 at 240,820 square feet
and retains the overall cap of
474,000 square feet for all net, new
non-residential development in the
ECR/Downtown Specific Plan area.
The measure also would adopt
specified definitions and standards in
the current ECR/Downtown Specific
Plan relating to open space and
office space.
Under the measure, the City
Council cannot amend the
definitions and development
standards set forth in the measure as
these provisions can be amended
only with voter approval. In
addition, voter approval is required
to exceed the office space and
nonresidential square footage limits.
Voter approval would not be
required to exceed the 680
residential unit limit.
The measure exempts projects
with vested rights to build that were
obtained before the effective date of
the measure from any conflicting
definitions or standards set forth in
the measure, but such projects
would count against the square
footage limits imposed by the
measure if such projects received a
building permit after the adoption
of the ECR/Downtown Specific
Plan on July 12, 2012.
The proposed measure includes a
severability clause so that if
portions of the measure are deemed
invalid, the remaining portions
would remain in effect. A priority
clause states that this measure
would prevail over all conflicting
City ordinances, resolutions and
administrative policies. A conflicts
provision provides that any
competing measures on the same
ballot as this measure are null and
void if this measure receives more
votes.
The proposed measure requires
approval by a majority of the
voters in Menlo Park voting on the
measure to become effective.
I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California as follows:
I am 18 years of age or older. I wrote the above information in my own hand. The signature above is mine.
My residence address is as stated above. I circulated this petition to myself on the date stated below.
Executed on ___/___/2014, in the City of Menlo Park, California.
Signature:__________________________.
PRINT, STAPLE ALL FIVE (5) PAGES SECURELY TOGETHER, FILL OUT BY HAND IN INK ONLY.
RETURN BY MAIL TO:
Save Menlo, 1045 Wallea Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025
www.savemenlo.org
For Questions, Call: 415-606-4046
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC: THIS PETITION MAY BE CIRCULATED BY A
PAID SIGNATURE GATHERER OR A VOLUNTEER.
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO ASK.
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Use Only
1.
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Signature:
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