As mandated by the state, Morgan Hill must plan for 1,037 homes by 2031, broken up across six different income levels.<\/p>\n
High Street Residential asked the city to switch the commercially-zoned land to residential, which the city partially agreed to reluctantly by way of a settlement. City officials said they opted for the settlement to avoid a lengthy and costly litigation\u00a0with the developer and the\u00a0state.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the end, what the city has gained overall is a project that is going to advance the city and is within the character of the city,\u201d Edith Ramirez, assistant city manager for development services, told San Jos\u00e9 Spotlight. \u201cTrammell Crow has acted as good partners throughout the entirety of the project. We\u2019re grateful for the partnership and that they\u2019ve been listening to the community.\u201d<\/p>\n
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A rendering of a proposed housing project off Cochrane Road in Morgan Hill. Rendering courtesy of Morgan Hill.<\/p>\n
The land, which spans roughly 28.5 acres, was split into three pieces as part of the settlement, including the 15.8-acre site for the 105 homes; a 7.8-acre parcel along Cochrane Road for a shopping center anchored by a Sprouts grocery store; and a 4.7-acre parcel earmarked for affordable housing to be transferred to the city, helping to meet its state housing requirements.<\/p>\n
The two housing components are sandwiched between the Cochrane Technology Center and future shopping center.<\/p>\n
The developer agreed to pay $500,000 to the city\u2019s housing fund and a 15% fee in lieu of providing affordable housing in the project.<\/p>\n
The site is nearby another shopping center with a Target and other stores.<\/p>\n
When finished, the High Street housing development will feature 105 market rate single-family, two-story, two-car garage detached homes, which will range in size from 2,147 square feet to 2,615 square feet. Each is planned to have some private open space that could be a yard, porch and patio. The project will also have more than 21,000 square feet of common open space.<\/p>\n
Additionally, there will be a fenced dog park and a more than quarter-acre park with with a covered picnic area and kids play area. It will also include 158 on-street guest parking spaces.<\/p>\n
An environmental impact\u00a0report on the project shows significant, unavoidable impacts including\u00a0eliminating nearly 11 acres of farmland, changing the air quality to below Bay Area Air Quality District thresholds and exceeding the city\u2019s 26.4 vehicle miles traveled per capita threshold by nearly four miles. There are mitigation plans in place for all three, but impacts will still be present.<\/p>\n
Representatives for High Street Residential declined to comment on the project.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d like to thank staff for their work over the last three years in processing the project forward,\u201d Brian Pianca, Northern California principal for High Street Residential, said at the meeting. \u201cWe do think it\u2019s been truly a collaborative process and we\u2019re excited to be at the point where we have this project in front of you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pianca said that the company, which primarily works in rental properties, is still determining whether they will complete construction of the project or hand it off to another developer.<\/p>\n
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