https://sanjosespotlight.com/google-...-station-area/
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Google unveils framework for San Jose Diridon Station area
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The Mountain View-based tech giant’s plans didn’t include detailed renderings or building heights, but did outline a breakdown of the approximately 6 million- to 8 million-square-foot development the company has been alluding to for the past two years, marking some of the most detailed plans shown publicly to date.
That breakdown shakes out to about 6.5 million square feet of office space, between 3,000 and 5,000 residential units, 500,000 square feet of retail, cultural, arts, education, hotel and other “active uses.” The Diridon area would also include about 15 acres of parks and green space.
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Google will submit its formal application for the mixed-use plan to the city in October, which will kick-start the formal review process for the city, including creating a development agreement and community benefits plan.
The formal process is set to extend through most of 2020 and the San Jose City Council is expected to vote on the project by fall of next year.
That timeline is especially critical because Google has told city leaders it intends to use a 2011 law known as AB 900, which helps streamline large projects that meet specific requirements. But in order for Google to utilize the program, the governor must approve the project’s eligibility by Jan. 1, 2020 and the city would need to vote on the project by Jan. 1 2021.
To qualify for the AB 900 program, the Google project will need to meet a list of requirements, including represent at least $100 million in investment, generate no net new greenhouse gas emissions and create both construction and high-wage, highly skilled jobs.
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It is great that they are going to build the campus all walking distance to Diridon, which is set to become the Grand Central of the West with BART, ACE, Capitol Corridor, Caltrain, and VTA light rail which are all set to expand. And building housing will help with commuting, but with the Sharks basically suing anyone that builds around there to get more parking, I doubt the will be able to "generate no net new greenhouse gas emissions" What are they going to do, more parking = more cars, more cars = more new greenhouse gas emissions. Are they really going to put no new parking, or force only electric cars, and what about use after hours?
Anyway this will likely put pressure on the city to come up with their own SB-827 style rezoning to get all those transit nodes ready to be commute from points to Google. (Though ideally Santa Clara, and Sunnyvale could get with the program and upzone near their Caltrain too)
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