Planning Director's report on Planning Commission actions at the February 24, 2022 meeting: (a) General Plan Annual Progress Report. Review of the annual progress report on implementation of the General Plan, including the Housing Element, in Calendar Year 2021, for submittal to the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research and the California Department of Housing and Community Development. (b) Emeryville Center of Innovation Master Sign Program. Consideration of a Major Sign Permit for a Master Sign Program for the Emeryville Center of Innovation, a new research and development campus which includes four research and development buildings fronting Hollis, 53rd, and Horton Streets, as well as a parking structure fronting Horton Street. (c) Bay Street Grocery Store. Consideration of a Final Development Plan (FDP) for Parcel B of the South Bayfront Retail/Mixed Use Project (“Bay Street”). The proposed FDP is for a new 48,446 square foot grocery store with open rooftop parking that will accommodate approximately 105 parking spaces. It will also involve demolition of the existing building housing the EQ3 furniture store and other retail stores, and that formerly housed the Old Navy store and Elephant Bar restaurant. (d) EmeryStation Overland. A second study session to review a proposal to construct a new 300,000 square foot Research and Development building and a six level parking structure accommodating approximately 495 parking spaces on an approximately 113,325 square foot site on the block bounded by Overland Avenue and 62nd, 63rd, and Hollis Streets. The proposal includes preservation of the existing Hollis Street Building that accommodates Ruby’s Café and 41 live-work units, and demolition of all other structures on the western portion of the site. (e) 58Fifty Shellmound Life Sciences Tower. A second study session to review a proposed 14-story, 265-foot-high building accommodating 388,090 square feet of life science use (“Research and Development”) with approximately 10,000 square feet of ground floor retail/amenity space at 5850 Shellmound Way. The project includes demolition of an existing 61,000 square foot office building. This study session focused primarily on the issue of mix of uses. The packet for the February 24, 2022 Planning Commission meeting can be viewed online at <http://ca-emeryville.civicplus.com/Archive.aspx?AMID=43&Type=Recent>

Committee

City Council

Requested by

Community Development Department

Introduced

February 6, 2022

On agenda

March 1, 2022