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Commission recommends council accept developer's offer to dedicate land for deeply affordable rentals at 777 Sunnyvale Saratoga Road
Summary
The Housing and Human Services Commission voted 6-1 to recommend the City Council approve an alternative compliance plan that would have the developer dedicate about 1.45 acres at 777 Sunnyvale Saratoga Road to the city for an entitled 162-unit rental project targeted to very low- and low-income households.
The Sunnyvale Housing and Human Services Commission voted 6-1 on May 28 to recommend that the City Council approve an alternative compliance plan for a residential development at 777 Sunnyvale Saratoga Road that would dedicate land to the city instead of providing all required below-market-rate (BMR) units on-site.
Ernie DiFrenci, the city's affordable housing manager, told commissioners the project has been approved by the Planning Commission for 242 residential units (80 ownership townhomes and 162 rental units). Under Sunnyvale Municipal Code 19.67 and 19.77 the developer would normally provide 15% of ownership and rental units as BMR homes'a total of 36 units (12 ownership and 24 rental). The applicant is asking to meet the obligation by dedicating roughly 1.45 acres to the city, which DiFrenci said "can accommodate approximately 162 rental units." He said the dedicated parcel would yield about 24 more affordable units than required and allow "deeper affordability" for extremely low-, very low-…
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