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I. ROLL CALL
II.AGENDA CHANGES, REQUESTS, DELETIONS
III.ORAL COMMUNICATIONSMembers of the public may address the Commission on any subject not on the agenda. Areasonable time restriction may be imposed at the discretion of the Chair. The Commission
reserves the right to limit oral communications period to 3 minutes.
IV.BUSINESS
1.Welcome new Commissioners – Chair Reckdahl/Staff de Geus
2. Approval of Draft Minutes from the October 27, 2015 Parks and Recreation Commission
meeting – Chair Reckdahl – Action – (5 min) ATTACHMENT
3. Update on the Parks, Trails, Open Space and Recreation Facilities Master Plan - PeterJensen – Discussion – (90 min) ATTACHMENT4.Other Ad Hoc Committee and Liaison Updates – Chair - Discussion (15min)
V. COMMENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS – ATTACHMENT
VI. TENTATIVE AGENDA FOR JANUARY 26, 2016 MEETING
VII.ADJOURNMENT
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PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION 6
REGULAR MEETING 7
October 27, 2015 8
CITY HALL 9 250 Hamilton Avenue 10 Palo Alto, California 11 12 Commissioners Present: Stacey Ashlund, Deirdre Crommie, Jennifer Hetterly, Abbie 13
Knopper, Ed Lauing, Pat Markevitch, Keith Reckdahl 14
Commissioners Absent: 15
Others Present: Eric Filseth 16
Staff Present: Daren Anderson, Catherine Bourquin, Rob de Geus, Peter Jensen 17
I. ROLL CALL CONDUCTED BY: Catherine Bourquin 18
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II. AGENDA CHANGES, REQUESTS, and DELETIONS: 20
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Chair Reckdahl: Does anyone have anything? Then we'll move on. 22
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III. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: 24
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1. Approval of Draft Minutes from the Special Meeting of September 29, 2015. 32 33
Approval of the draft September 29, 2015 Minutes was moved by Commissioner Hetterly 34
and seconded by Commissioner Ashlund. Passed 6-0, Markevitch abstaining 35
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2. Review of the Baylands Interpretive Center Improvements and Boardwalk 37
Feasibility Study. 38
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Daren Anderson: Hung Nguyen. I'll introduce him if you'd like. 42
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Chair Reckdahl: Please do. 44
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Mr. Anderson: This is Hung Nguyen from Public Works Engineering. He'll introduce 46
the consultant team and the other staff working on this topic. 47
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Hung Nguyen: Good evening, Commissioner. My name is Hung Nguyen. I'm with the 49
Public Works Engineering Division. Tonight we have two wonderful project that we 50
bring in front of you. We have two wonderful design team. FOG Studio is going to 51
present the Lucy Evans Baylands Interpretive Center ... 52 53 Female: Could you speak up a little please? 54 55 Mr. Nguyen: ... and Biggs Cardosa will present the Baylands Boardwalk feasibility 56
study. We not asking for action from the Commission; however, we much appreciate if 57
you can provide any comment or input on the project that we present in front of you 58
tonight, so we can (inaudible) for our design. We will return to the Commission late this 59
year or maybe early next year for the PIO approval for the Baylands Interpretive Center. 60
We will return to you in the winter of 2015 for the final feasibility design study for the 61
Baylands Boardwalk. With that, I would like to introduce Tiffany Redding from FOG 62
Studio. They'll present to you about the Baylands Interpretive Center. 63
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Tiffany Redding: My name is Tiffany Redding. This is my business partner, Brandon 65
Marshall. We have an architectural firm called FOG Studio. We were commissioned by 66
the City to shepherd the renovation of the Baylands Interpretive Center. Just as an 67
immediate comment, we are not looking to change the character of the building. We are 68
doing a renovation of the exterior, basically replacing all the deteriorated elements which 69
have been in the weather for 45 years and are suffering from it. Another part of the scope 70
is to renovate the bathrooms, reconfigure them to meet current ADA and building codes. 71
That is pretty much the extent of our scope of work. We're not doing an entire remodel to 72
the interior. That's not in this sort of fiscal allotment. 73 74
Brandon Marshall: Part of this effort is looking at the barn swallows that currently 75
occupy a portion of the building, what they're doing in the building and how that can be 76
addressed without ... 77
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Ms. Redding: Without eliminating them. 79
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Mr. Marshall: Eliminating them or a detriment to their environment. We're looking at 81
solutions, and we present some of those today. 82
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Ms. Redding: Let's see. This little diagram kind of covers where the areas of concern 84 are, that we are going to address. The fascia which is the sort of trim that runs around the 85
edge of the roof is badly deteriorated, and we are going to address that. We're looking 86
again at the bird habitat protection, trying to isolate and control where those birds nest, so 87
that they don't continue to make a total mess on the building. We also have to upgrade 88
the electrical system, the panel and the lights. We are going to replace the sprinkler 89
heads; it's due time. As I said, upgrade the restrooms. Refinish the floors, but not do 90
anything else to the interior on the inside. Replace the railings; they don't currently meet 91
code almost everywhere. Replace the decking which is popping up all over the place 92
outside that connects to the Boardwalk which is not in our scope of work. Anthony is 93
going to talk about that at the end of this presentation, the Boardwalk that goes out into 94
the marsh. As part of our scope, our structural engineer came out and did a thorough 95
assessment of the underdeck and structural condition under the deck as well as the sort of 96
roof structure, and did a full report on that with a few recommendations. It's in good 97
shape and has a few sort of remedial things that we're going to attend to in the scope of 98
work, but should last quite a long time if we get the codings and repairs done now. We're 99
also recommending some repairs to the piping and hangers and stuff under the deck to 100
make sure they don't fall off. 101
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Mr. Marshall: This presentation is actually what we presented to the community maybe 103 about a month ago. We're going to try and go through it a little quicker. Please interrupt 104 us if you have any questions. This is the floor plan as it currently exists. You see the 105 restrooms are in the lower right-hand corner. Most of the cost and the focus of this 106
project is upgrading that so that they're accessible to all visitors. 107
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Ms. Redding: This is just a diagram showing the main areas of concern on the exterior, 109
what we need to focus on. Just a colored diagram to help people understand. Just some 110
shots of the restrooms as they currently—unfortunately the finishes are in good shapes, 111
but they conflict with code all over the place. We're trying to remove and retain for 112
reinstallation where we can. Especially, some of the existing interior wood finishes are 113
very nice. 114
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Mr. Marshall: The challenges of the old floor plan. It's hexagonal which doesn't jive 116
with current building codes. There are wood columns everywhere, where you don't want 117
them. That's what we're looking at. 118
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Ms. Redding: And obtuse angles and acute ones. 120
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Chair Reckdahl: Does that mean you have to remove things? 122
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Ms. Redding: The structure won't be removed but all the—this diagram shows you the 124
current accepted proposal. We went through quite a number of different configurations 125
and arrived at this. I believe that it has met with some approval. We're proposing a lot 126 more opportunities for hand washing, both for adults at ADA height and for kids, with 127
these two sort of trough sinks at Label D, in addition to two fully compliant single-128
occupant restrooms up in the upper right. Then, a youth-height extra sort of toilet room 129
and a drinking fountain that meets code. There is one there, but it doesn't currently meet 130
code. 131
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Mr. Marshall: The challenge we found was that a multi-occupant restroom was pretty 133
difficult to get to work at a code level, which is what they had with three fixtures in each. 134
The compromise was producing single-occupant rooms that included every code 135
allowance, including grab bars and baby-changing stations and that sort of thing. As 136
Tiffany described, a communal sink so that in particular when kids and classrooms are 137
there, there's a little bit more of an efficiency moving people along as opposed to getting 138
stuck in a room. 139
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Ms. Redding: The single-occupant restrooms also have a lavatory inside next to the 141
toilet, you can see labeled B inside. There are also four extra places for groups of kids to 142
get in there and get cleaned up after they've been out in the Bay or doing whatever they're 143
doing out there. Some early concept ideas about what to do with the interior finishes, as I 144
mentioned. Up in the right corner, there's some interesting diagonal wood finish that we 145 hope to retain and showcase as kind of part of the history and character of this building. 146 A lot of it will require tile just for health and building codes. There's sort of like a basic 147 tile, and then we're proposing maybe behind the sink maybe take a cue from the 148
pickleweed and some of the beautiful vistas out there and turn it into an abstract mosaic 149
maybe, which is what you're looking at in that upper left-hand corner. The fixtures. 150
Another reason for doing this remodel is that there are now water-saving requirements, so 151
you have to have much more efficient water fixtures throughout. Everything we're doing 152
is quite modern. 153
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Mr. Marshall: The lighting will be LED, high efficient water, low usage, complying with 155
CALGreen standards. 156
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Ms. Redding: And Title 24, of course, energy requirements. 158
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Mr. Marshall: Pretty much covered the lighting. The exterior lighting for the most part, 160
there's some that's been replaced, but a lot of the surface-mounted lighting just is in 161
disrepair and is, as we mentioned, low efficiency. What we're proposing is to replace it 162
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with similar lights that are better performing and have a consistent look throughout the 163
building. 164
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Ms. Redding: You can see in these photos the condition that sun, wind, rain and birds 166
have taken their toll on both the siding and the decking all around the building. Some 167
places a lot more than others. The west-facing siding is really, really kind of cracked and 168 peeling. We propose to replace it in-kind, detail it very carefully. These images show 169
some different kinds of wood finishes that we spoke about with the public at our last 170
meeting. The direction from the public at that time was they're not interested in 171
something like on the upper right that has a lot of kind of character and wood. They want 172
something a little more muted and monochromatic. 173
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Mr. Marshall: The building right now fits in well with the wetlands. I think that was the 175
direction, to keep a building that has that character. 176
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Ms. Redding: We'll do basically a stain that makes it look kind of like the way it does 178
but in a lot better shape. Some more shots of the disrepair. 179
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Mr. Marshall: Tiffany mentioned the railing. There are some areas in the railings where 181
the supports are larger than the code allows for fall protection. 182
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Ms. Redding: The gaps between the (crosstalk). 184
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Mr. Marshall: There are also some issues with how high the rail is off of the deck. The 186
current proposal is to replace the railing with a wood railing. We'll get into a little bit of 187 the ideas for that in a moment. 188 189 Ms. Redding: We also want to make sure that we accommodate. There's an interpretive 190
graphics effort that is not part of our scope, but we want to make sure that the railing that 191
we design will accommodate that very neatly when it comes along. We're trying to 192
future-proof the railing design. 193
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Mr. Marshall: One of the potential changes would be adding the ability for people of 195
lower stature, like a child, to be able to see through the railing. One of the ideas the team 196
came up with was either glazing or a plastic vision panel that could actually work in 197
conjunction with interpretive graphics that Tiffany is mentioning. 198
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Ms. Redding: This would be here and there. This would not be the whole railing. We're 200
talking about maybe a section or a few sections that will allow people ... 201
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Mr. Marshall: Purposefully placed. 203
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Ms. Redding: ... to look into the marsh. 205
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Mr. Marshall: That's something we're studying and looking at the pluses and minuses of 207
that. 208
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Chair Reckdahl: Do you have to worry about bird strikes on that? 210 211
Mr. Marshall: Yes. And maintenance. We're looking at how easily they can be cleaned, 212
because everything gets dirty out there. 213
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Chair Reckdahl: At the last meeting, someone mentioned putting a section of that on the 215
floor, and you said there was a possibility but we never addressed it later. 216
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Ms. Redding: Not transparent, but we'll get to the idea of opening the deck. 218
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Mr. Marshall: An opening in the deck. 220
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Ms. Redding: It's coming up here. Having to do with the swallows actually. 222
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Mr. Marshall: These are just quick ... 224
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Chair Reckdahl: Oh, I see what you're talking about. 226
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Mr. Marshall: ... quickly highlighting some of the subtle repairs to the structure just to 228
make sure this building lasts another 40 or 50-plus years. It's, as Tiffany mentioned, in 229 very good shape. 230 231 Ms. Redding: We get to the swallows which are the primary occupants, by the way, of 232
this building. Everyone loves them. They do a lot of damage and so how do we guide 233
their nesting habits. I think John is going to speak to the—hi. 234
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John Aiken: John Aiken, Community Services Senior Project Manager. I oversee 236
interpretation in the open space preserves for kids. I'm here mostly because my 237
background is actually in ornithology and bird conservation. It's out of the architect's 238
scope of work to do the research to figure out what the best treatment for the swallows 239
were. I reached out to my colleagues and we came up with some options. Here are the 240
issues. The swallows are nesting on the building. It's a great site for their colonies. 241
There are two species of swallows, the barn swallows that were already mentioned and 242
then cliff swallows are the ones that are overhead. Let's go to the next slide. It's the acid 243
in their droppings that's causing the wood to deteriorate. If you look at the drawing on 244
the right-hand side, their droppings drop at a trajectory that, if they're nesting close to the 245
walls, they hit the walls. If they're further out from the walls, they hit benches or they hit 246
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the walkways. They seem to prefer to nest in the areas where there is a structural 247
member in the soffit because they can fit their nests in those areas ideally. If we go to the 248
next slide; there we go. We mapped out where their preferred nesting areas are. The 249
orange areas are where the swallows seem to prefer to nest and where—correct me if I'm 250
wrong—but where we've marked in blue is all of the soffit areas that have those structural 251
members. The plan would be to actually seal off those structural members so that we can 252 control where the birds nest throughout the building. 253
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Ms. Redding: Basically block them off with what we call a soffit board. In other words, 255
instead of having all those hundreds and hundreds of cavities, something smooth that 256
they're much less likely to nest upon or within. Does it show up? I'm not sure if the 257
soffit board is in there anymore. Basically the soffit board would match the siding of the 258
building and be colored the same. 259
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Mr. Aiken: Let's go to the next slide. Besides sort of controlling where the nest colonies 261
occur, we've also looked at opening up areas of decking so that the droppings can 262
actually drop through. That has a double benefit of allowing kids to see down into the 263
marsh and look under the building and notice that you're on piers. That actually, I think, 264
might be an interesting aspect. It does restrict circulation on the deck a little bit, and so 265
it's problematic there. We wanted to bring this forward both to the community and to the 266
Commission for their input. Next. Our plan, we've got a couple of options here. Section 267
A and Section B show where we would attach—once we block the swallows from nesting 268
under the soffit areas, we're actually going to attach swallow boxes. They're not really 269
nest boxes in the traditional sense; they're actually shelves that have been designed and 270
used for swallow mitigation, where the swallows can nest. We can place those in 271 different parts of the building depending upon where the problem is and where the 272 swallows want to nest. They're looking for a particular sort of microclimate, and we're 273 going to put those in that microclimate for them to nest. We're going to try and position 274
them out of harm's way, so to speak, and where we can kind of manage the cleanliness 275
and the long-term deterioration of the building that they're causing. Is that my last slide? 276
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Biggs Cardosa: Now I'll talk on the Boardwalk portion of the project. We're actually not 279
nearly as far along as the Interpretive Center. Our scope of work at this point has been 280
for a feasibility study, basically looking at the existing constraints, the existing structure 281
condition, and then three primary options for what we can do with the project. Again, 282
our three options that we're looking at on the Boardwalk as part of our scope of work for 283
the City is to look at what we call repair of the project. This would be a very short-term 284
repair. The existing structure is closed to the public currently. There's been a lot of 285
public interest in getting that open as soon as possible. The repair option would be do 286
some minimal repairs, open the structure or a portion of the structure up to the public 287
while more detailed design and either rehab or replacement options are considered. We 288
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also looked at the feasibility of rehabilitating the existing structure. We looked at options 289
for replacement of the existing structure. Our structural was complete; we had a team of 290
structural engineers out on the site for two days. They looked at each and every one of 291
the supports underneath. They looked at all of the members on top and did a general 292
assessment of the total structure. In general, we assessed the structure to be in serious 293
condition for the superstructure—that's basically the walking surface and the hand rail 294 elements—and also for the substructure. That would be your supports and your girders 295
and beams. The overall assessment was serious, but it actually varies quite significantly 296
over the length of the structure. The portion closest to the Interpretive Center, roughly 297
200 feet or so, is in actually fairly satisfactory or good condition. The central portion of 298
the structure, roughly 200 to 600 feet out, is in actually quite poor condition. There's 299
several elements that have failed. Several of the posts have actually deteriorated and 300
broken off. That portion is in serious condition or has already failed, which is why the 301
structure is currently closed to the public. As you get out towards the Bay, the final 302
overlook area is actually in decent shape again. Also while we looked at the structure, we 303
also had our team of subconsultants out there. We had environmental subconsultants, 304
biologists, geotechs, hydrologists. We also had architects looking at the access and ADA 305
compliance issues. Environmentally we are dealing primarily with three species out 306
there. We have the Ridgeway rail; we have the marsh harvest mouse; and we also have 307
the swallows that we've already spoken on. Those three species are in plenty out in this 308
general area. They actually have quite significant constraints on work windows and on 309
our ability to work in and around the marsh. We'll have to significantly restrict any 310
operations by contractors. Subsurface-wise or geotechnically, we're out in what we call 311
Bay muds. They're a very soft material; they're still settling over time. The whole 312
structure will settle with the Bay muds, because they're fairly deep and the foundations 313 are shallow. They'll over the course of time settle. We will need a structure that's fairly 314 flexible and can work with that condition over time. The soils out there are also quite 315 corrosive. That salt environment has done a lot of damage to the existing timbers out 316
there, and existing metal components are also deteriorating. Any of our solutions will 317
have to address those conditions. Hydrologically we've got—the marsh is subject to the 318
normal tide flows. They go up roughly about 4 feet and down about 3 1/2 feet over a 319
normal cycle. We also have the occasional king tide where you have a very significant 320
tide that may coincide with some storm conditions. Those can go up as high as 6-8 feet. 321
During those kind tides, we actually have recorded flooding of portions of the structure 322
predominantly in those low-lying areas. In those areas where the structure has failed, 323
there's been some sagging, and they're a little bit lower. Those areas tend to flood first. 324
Lastly, the project wants to look at the condition of sea level rise. The experts in the field 325
have predicted that the sea level is going to rise over the next so many years. There's 326
kind of a graduated scale of what they've projected, so we want to design a structure or 327
rehabilitate the structure that can work with those projections and accommodate sea level 328
rise, so we can keep the facility open year-round as much as possible. The last issue we 329
looked at was access and ADA compliance. The existing structure has numerous 330
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challenges associated with ADA issues. We have the same issues with our railing as the 331
nature center. There's things that need to be done there to tighten that up. Due to some 332
of the structural damage, there's been a lot of settlement and warping of the walkway. It's 333
become uneven. Each one of those has a corresponding compliance component to it, so 334
there will be a lot of work required to basically level out the walkway, smooth out the 335
walkway so you don't have tripping hazards. Maintaining slopes. The existing slopes—336 the structure comes from the nature center. It's higher than the Boardwalk by about 3 337
feet. There's a ramp down; the slope of that ramp is higher or steeper than current ADA 338
compliance. The handrails along there aren't quite long enough for current code. 339
Likewise, when you get to the end, to that last observation deck you see in the photo, the 340
structure rises up again and, again those ramps and those handrails exceed current 341
criteria. For all of our options, we're basically looking at how we can best accommodate 342
those. Our first mandate from the City was to look at the repair option. I mentioned 343
earlier this was actually quite popular with the public at the community meeting. Based 344
on the structural assessment that we did, we are proposing to do minimal repairs to open 345
the nature center up to the first overlook platform. About 200 feet away from the nature 346
center, there's a little platform that sticks out. There's a little bench. We would be able to 347
open the structure up to that location with minimal repairs. In order to meet some of the 348
environmental criteria, all those repairs would basically be minimal in nature, can be 349
done from the existing Boardwalk. Any substructure work, we'd pull up planks and do 350
the work from the platform, staying out of the marsh area. That'll allow us to use existing 351
maintenance procedures that the City's allowed to maintain the structure; we can fall 352
under those criteria. 353
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Mr. Anderson: If I can interject just quickly. Daren Anderson, Open Space, Parks and 355 Golf. Staff went ahead and made those repairs. As of this morning, that first 200 feet of 356 section of Boardwalk is now open to the public. 357 358
Biggs Cardosa: We can move right on. Don't need to belabor that one. We also looked 359
at rehabilitation options. Given the existing structure's condition, rehabilitation would 360
require significant level of effort, based on the existing damage and the existing number 361
of things that would need to be corrected to meet the various criteria. Looking at ADA 362
compliance—actually maybe back up. Option 1 is basically rehabilitate the structure in 363
its current place, in its current configuration. We'd use some temporary screw anchors. 364
Basically you screw these into the ground, and we'd use them as a platform or a jacking 365
platform to tweak the structure back into level and get it to the elevation that we want it 366
to be at. You basically lock off the structure in this location, remove those screws and 367
move on to the next segment, and kind of work your way down. ADA compliance 368
issues. It'll be difficult to meet current standards without significant overhaul. Getting 369
some of those slope issues resolved would be a challenge. We would be able to take care 370
of leveling the deck, removing tripping hazards. We'd also look to replace the railing, so 371
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we could take care of those issues. We still have some challenges with the slopes and 372
things. That'll be a little bit harder to meet. 373
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Chair Reckdahl: What would be the advantage of this? The cost and the duration is 375
about the same as full replacement. 376
377 Biggs Cardosa: Our early looks, the costs were not significantly lower. We're still 378
refining those numbers for the City. In our mind, the only advantage would be really if 379
the public or the City wants to maintain that look and feel of the structure. Both the 380
rehab options have challenges. They actually have a lower design life; we're estimating 381
25-50 years. The newer elements you put in will last longer, but you are still dealing 382
with elements that have been existing out there for some time, so it's going to have lower 383
overall design life. Again, I think the rehab options have fallen behind the replacement 384
options. I'll just kind of breeze through them briefly. The second option is slightly 385
different. Here we would be putting in some new vertical supports outboard of the 386
existing. One of the challenges from the existing structure is when the tides come in and 387
out, a natural channel had formed underneath the Boardwalk. The Boardwalk blocks the 388
sun from hitting everywhere underneath. The pickleweed doesn't grown underneath, so it 389
made a natural channel for the water to come in and out. That would erode the soil in and 390
out of there, and it exposed more and more of the substructure. Those are the areas that 391
really deteriorated. By putting these new anchors outboard, we could get them out into 392
the pickleweed, where the pickleweed's going to stay. We feel we get a little bit better 393
overall long-term design life out of it. Again, we still have similar challenges to Option 394
1. It's going to have reduced design life, because we are reusing some of the existing 395
elements, can't really accommodate sea level rise very well, and construction costs are 396 going to be high and maintenance costs would continue to be high. The more preferred 397 options are the replacement options. Replace Option 1, in general, sort of mimics the 398 Rehab Option 2 I just described. We're going to have outboard vertical supports. We can 399
either use a timber post option as you can see on the left side of the sketch, or you can use 400
a screw anchor on the right. A screw anchor is basically like a big screw head on the 401
bottom. They actually get screwed into place. They act like a pile, so they take the 402
vertical support, and they'll anchor quite well into the soil out there. For both the timber 403
and the steel screw anchors, when we get into the final design phase, we have advised the 404
City that we want to bring onboard a corrosion specialist and kind of give some advice on 405
which is going to give the best long-term performance for the City. For this option, the 406
superstructure has a similar style as the existing with the walkways consisting of timber 407
planks that run longitudinally in the direction of travel. This system could easily 408
accommodate sea level rise. We estimate a design life of 50-75 years. Moderate 409
construction costs. We expect maintenance costs to be less than the existing, because 410
we've got newer elements in there. Construction ideally would take one year. Because of 411
our constraints to work around the existing wildlife out there, we are restricted. Typically 412
from February to August is their nesting seasons. Depending on how quickly we can 413
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mobilize, weather conditions during the winter season, we're hopeful we can get that in in 414
one year, but want to plan for two at this early stage of the game. The second option is 415
fairly similar to the first, except we've changed the walkway portion. Instead of those 416
long timber deck planks, we're going to go with a transverse timber boards. This is more 417
traditional of what you see on a lot of the prefabricated steel bridges around the area, 418
these small timber boards. One of the advantages of that is you can look at using 419 engineered wood that may have a longer design life out there. They're smaller elements; 420
they're easier to discretely replace if issues happen in the future. You get roughly the 421
same aesthetic, and you have basically the same benefits as the other options. Those are 422
basically the concepts that we're working on. We're at the point of wrapping up the 423
feasibility study for the City, and then they'll be able to make their decisions as to how 424
they want to move forward with the design project. 425
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Mr. Nguyen: At this point for the Interpretive Center, we plan to go the ARB for review 427
in December 2015 and return to PRC for the PIO approval next January, and then 428
complete the Interpretive Center 100 percent design by the spring of 2016. We hope to 429
obtain the permit with the project and have construction start in 2016. That's depending 430
on the permit approval. For the Boardwalk, we hope to complete the draft feasibility in 431
the fall/winter of 2015 and return to PRC for the final recommendation in the winter of 432
2015. We hope to go to Council early next year and seek their guidance on how to 433
proceed with design on the Boardwalk. 434
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Chair Reckdahl: Very good. We'll move on to public comment here. First is Shani 436
Kleinhaus. You have two minutes. 437
438 Shani Kleinhaus: Thank you. I'm Shani Kleinhaus with the Santa Clara Valley Audubon 439 Society. I'm glad to see this project moving forward, both the Interpretive Center and the 440 Boardwalk. It's very nice that you're making an effort to keep the swallows' nesting 441
there. I have one comment about any kind of transparent glass or Plexiglas anywhere 442
should be proofed for birds. That means probably fritting which is they put these ceramic 443
lines in the glass. It's almost invisible; you can see through it. A lot of buildings are 444
doing it right now. If anybody wants to see an example, Intuit is building a new building, 445
and they have an example wall. Facebook put it on the entire campus. I don't think it's a 446
huge investment, but it's important to have that. I think that's all for this one. Thank you. 447
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Chair Reckdahl: Thank you. Our next speaker is Herb Borock. Herb, you have two 449
minutes. 450
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Herb Borock: Chair Reckdahl and Commissioners. Attachment C indicates general 452
agreement that all exterior colors should match the more earthy color tones of the 453
Baylands. You may have noticed on the slide that was displayed (inaudible) that that's 454
not the case in that slide. I would feel that that first slide that was shown should show the 455
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color rendering that is being recommended for the Interpretive Center. In terms of the 456
various processes and procedures and the order in which they're done, I would hope 457
that—as I understand it, it says an ARB review. Does that mean that they are making a 458
decision or actually recommending a decision to the Director of Planning and 459
Community Environment for the project? If so, I would have preferred that you would be 460
making a recommendation to them rather than to staff. All projects should have some 461 kind of environmental section in the staff report even if it's just to say that it's exempt 462
from the California Environmental Quality Act. In terms of the Park Improvement 463
Ordinance, if one is needed for one of these projects, then I believe it would be needed 464
for both. If it's not needed for one, then it's not needed for the other. Those are not 465
decisions of the Parks and Recreation Commission, but rather recommendations to the 466
Council since it's the Council that would make the action. The purpose of this 467
Commission is to make a recommendation to the Council. For that reason, I think it 468
would be a good idea for both of these projects to have clarity on what the roles of the 469
various Boards and Commissions are with the Council and with the project, so that the 470
various items are placed in their proper order so those recommendations and roles and 471
responsibilities are fulfilled. Thank you. 472
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Chair Reckdahl: Thank you. Daren, one question. The Boardwalk and the Interpretive 474
Center, they are two separate projects? 475
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Mr. Anderson: Yes. They are separate, though we've linked them together for the 477
purposes of the public meeting and presentation to Commission. They are separate CIPs. 478
Obviously there's commonalities where we want to link them up to have our two 479
consultants working together so that they jived and were cooperative. 480 481 Chair Reckdahl: If there's a delay in the building, we still can go ahead and do the 482 Boardwalk? 483
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Mr. Anderson: That's correct. 485
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Chair Reckdahl: Thank you. Commissioner comments? Commissioner Markevitch. 487
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Vice Chair Markevitch: I have a question about the plumbing for the building. I know 489
there's an interest of late in the City to include gray water. I know that's not included in 490
this project. If it wasn't too expensive, I was wondering if you would consider plumbing 491
this building for gray water so you don't have to rip these walls up ten years down the 492
road when somebody says, "Let's run this pipe here and use gray water." If you did it 493
ahead of time, it would be minimal impact later on. 494
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Ms. Redding: Would the City like to comment? 496
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Male: Yeah, we can consider that. 498
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Chair Reckdahl: Other comments? Commissioner Lauing. 500
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Commissioner Lauing: Just a couple. One, could we get any more visuals or clarity on 502
what those creative deck holes are? I think it's great that the kids can look down and get 503 really a feel of where they are as opposed to being suspended there. You alluded to 504
potentially some constraints. I don't know if this time or next time we could get actual 505
visuals of what that's going to look like, looking down or traffic patterns around there. 506
We don't want to indirectly restrict access to that place, because you do want to get them 507
out there and look around. The second was just terrific effort on all this stuff relative to 508
the swallows. I mean there's just a lot of work that went into that, a lot of meticulous 509
work on everybody's part to allow the birds and the people to live happily ever after. 510
That was just really terrific. I think just generally, Daren, this project is in great hands. It 511
was a very good presentation, very thorough and, I think, right on target. 512
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Chair Reckdahl: Commissioner Knopper. 514
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Commissioner Knopper: Yes. I would concur. I mean everything was really great, and I 516
too was thinking about the holes in the deck. That would be really great to look at. My 517
one question is sea level rise came up during the discussion of—thank you—the 518
Boardwalk but not the building. How is that being addressed or is it not being addressed? 519
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Mr. Anderson: Maybe I can allow the consultant to come. I believe the building is safe 521
from the predicted 50-100 year sea level rise. 522 523 Commissioner Knopper: Can I just ask, Daren, a question? The building is getting, like, 524 some basic fixer-upper kinds of things. Is there an anticipation that the building is going 525
to need more work in a relatively short period of time? Like, is this Phase 1 in just doing 526
the ADA compliant and the fascia and, like, some of the rotted wood kind of thing? Is 527
there planning for Phase 2? That kind of thing. Like, what other structural things might 528
need to be done to this building? 529
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Mr. Anderson: I think you hit the nail on the head. This is the structural, make sure you 531
take care of the very basics of it, that structurally it's sound. The Phase 2, in 532
conversations with John Aiken who helps manage the facility, is really the functionality 533
of it, the interpretive elements. That's kind of separate from the structural part. I believe 534
that's the Phase 2. I'll ask John and Hung to elaborate on that. 535
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Mr. Aiken: We have only funding for this portion of it. There is another CIP that starts 537
in two more years for some graphics, but it literally is just enough money to get a few 538
graphics onto some of the railings. We're planning now for the eventuality of really 539
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rolling out a more robust graphics program. I've met with representatives from the State 540
of California; there are grant opportunities that the City is likely to seek that will fund 541
trail interpretive elements including interactives, sculptural elements and graphic 542
interpretations on the Boardwalk. These projects are significantly long and we want to 543
time the seeking of those funds and the expenditure of those funds to match, I guess, 544
when we finish the Boardwalk piece. 545 546
Commissioner Knopper: Thank you. With regard to the Boardwalk, there were a lot of 547
different options presented and the sort of repair, like, 3-5 year repair and then—I forget 548
the year thing—and then the 50-75. There's a lot of different options. Obviously cost is a 549
factor. Who is deciding what option we're putting forward? Like, is this literally going 550
to be like a laundry list that you want to present to the Council, like, for—I'm making 551
these numbers up—$100,000 we'll get the basic repair. For $200,000, we'll get ... and 552
then let the City Council decide how significant the Boardwalk repair is going to be or 553
are we trying to guide the conversation in a specific way with regard to the Boardwalk 554
repair? 555
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Mr. Anderson: What staff intends to do—first of all the repair portion is done now. That 557
first 200 feet, so we're left ... 558
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Commissioner Knopper: Sorry. The replacement or rehab. 560
561
Mr. Anderson: And rehab, yeah. We're left with just those two. Our hope is to have 562
Biggs Cardosa flesh it out a little more fully. Our preliminary assessments are they're 563
very comparable in costs. It begs the question whether we should really consider the 564 rehab when the cost is relatively the same, the permitting is relatively the same, but the 565 lifespan is almost doubled if you go with new. What I anticipate is we'll come to you 566 with a staff recommendation, flesh it out through the Parks and Rec Commission, and 567
then ultimately make that recommendation to Council. 568
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Commissioner Knopper: Thank you. 570
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Chair Reckdahl: Commissioner Crommie. 572
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Commissioner Crommie: Thank you for your presentations. This is a really important 574
project, and I'm glad it's underway. I thought that the permitting process was going to be 575
more lengthy for replacement versus rehabilitation. Is that not true? 576
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Biggs Cardosa: I failed to go into a lot of detail on that. Actually it's going to be fairly 578
similar, just because we're going to physically have to get in there, get approval to do the 579
work. In general, we're going to go through the same review processes with various 580
agencies. We're looking at the Regional Water Quality Control Board, Corps of 581
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Engineers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the 582
BCDC or San Francisco Bay—I always forget exactly what it stands for—Conservation 583
Development. 584
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Commissioner Crommie: I guess I misunderstood. If the cost is the same, the permitting 586
process is the same, what is the advantage of rehabilitation? Is there not a single 587 advantage? 588
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Biggs Cardosa: It's really if you want to ... 590
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Commissioner Crommie: The look, you said. 592
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Biggs Cardosa: The look, yeah. The costs are probably a little bit lower, but they're 594
going to be significantly high so that you're not saving that much. Again, at this point, 595
we were asked to look at all of these various alternatives. We've presented everything 596
we've looked at. Now, we'll start refining it down. But, yeah, that's been the general 597
consensus from the City side, it seems to make more sense to go with replacement which 598
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Commissioner Crommie: I did go to your meeting, the public meeting. I got to hear you 601
speak; I didn't get to hear both presentations. I did hear the presentation on the 602
Boardwalk. There was one difference that was discussed at that time which was the 603
height of the Boardwalk. People were used to it being a certain distance to the nature that 604
we're observing when we're on the Boardwalk. Can you discuss that a little bit? If the 605
replacement would make it be how many feet higher. How good are these predictions? I 606 mean, what's the uncertainty in the water level rise predictions? 607 608 Biggs Cardosa: I'll hit the last point first. There's a fair amount of uncertainty. If I look 609
at my numbers, the original predictions were you'd get 6 inches of sea level rise by the 610
year 2030. I think these were done back in about the year 2000. Currently measured rise 611
in sea level, they haven't really noticed any significant change yet, though they're still 612
predicting that rise. In my mind, there's a fair amount of uncertainty. I know all of the 613
various cities up and down the Bay are currently looking at their levee improvements and 614
things. There's a lot of discussion going on as to what's going to be our target level. I 615
know Foster City, for sure, is working on that currently. There's a lot of discussion about 616
what's the appropriate level. We can look at the design life of the structure and decide 617
what level is appropriate. The public in general at the public meeting was in favor of 618
keeping the structure as low as possible, so they can get that sense of belonging in with 619
the nature which is the great part of having that Boardwalk go right out into the middle. 620
One of our challenges when we get into final design will be to balance that and to really 621
take a hard look at what we think will be the true sea level rise over the life of the project. 622
I think the goal will be to keep the structure as low as possible and yet try and keep it 623
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open for the majority of the year. There are disadvantages. If it does get flooded and you 624
have to close it, and there's a loss of use too. There's going to be kind of a balance I 625
think. 626
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Commissioner Crommie: Great, thank you. Now as far as the visibility for the children 628
looking over the railing, in nature areas, natural areas, I've never seen that glass siding 629 work very well. It usually gets really dirty. I know it sounds good in theory, but I guess 630
my gut reaction is it's better to have slats that little people can look through rather than 631
dirty glass. Also mentioned I know there's the bird risks with that kind of material; 632
although, I'm sure you would take the recommendation from Audubon very seriously. I 633
don't know. I just don't see that. Personally, I've never understood the real benefit of that 634
unless you can show examples and best practices and things where it actually works. I 635
just hate to get something that looks good for a very short amount of time. It's the 636
longevity that I care about. Also, the color scheme. I know you heard strongly in the 637
community outreach that people really want this building to blend and be unobtrusive as 638
it was originally designed. Are you going to keep that color pallet in mind? Do you want 639
to just confirm that? 640
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Ms. Redding: Yes. One of the ways that we anticipate addressing that is to ask in the 642
project specifications, which are directions to the contractors. Whoever ends up bidding 643
on this projects gets a set of directions in addition to the drawings. The specifications 644
should, I believe, call for mock ups of various stains that are put out on the building so 645
that we can get consensus on what's the best color and opacity of the treatment. We have 646
to treat the wood; we have to coat it with something, because it lasts much, much longer 647
if you do that. You probably all know that, but I had to say it. Rather than picking the 648 color now, I think the best way to do it would be to pick the right performance coating 649 and then let the color and opacity be selected in the field. Yes. 650 651
Commissioner Crommie: In the field, what does that mean? 652
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Ms. Redding: That means not just on paper, but put up actual painted pieces of redwood 654
so that we can see what it looks like in the daylight, next to the pickleweed and out in the 655
sun. 656
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Commissioner Crommie: Who makes that final decision out in the field? 658
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Ms. Redding: It would typically be the client which is the City. Lots of people will be 660
able to see it and weigh in. 661
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Commissioner Crommie: I would just say here to make sure our public gets to weigh in 663
when anything gets put out in the field. 664
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Mr. Anderson: I might just add. This is typically something that the ARB loves to weigh 666
in on, paints and colors. They often provide us with details on that. However, we do 667
have the Baylands Design Guidelines which do dictate the very colors that you're talking 668
about. That's why the nature center is the color it is and all the other buildings and 669
structures within the Baylands are compliant with that. By that nature, it'll constrain the 670
options to things that are compliant with the Bay guidelines which the ARB is privy to. 671 672
Commissioner Crommie: My last question is, since we might be leaning toward 673
replacement as long as we can get the height, correct? I mean, it sounds like we need 674
more discussion on that. Aside from the timbers going vertical versus cross-wise, are 675
there other differences between the replacement options that I'm not picking up on? 676
677
Biggs Cardosa: No, that's really the primary difference between them, that walking 678
experience, whether you have those long boards that are more flexible or you've got the 679
shorter ones. In general, the substructure is going to be at about the same spacing on 680
center which will pretty much match what's out there currently. Yeah, primarily, I think 681
the substructure elements are pretty well defined based upon past history out there and 682
past experience. 683
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Commissioner Crommie: Thank you. 685
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Commissioner Hetterly: I think that goes to my question—oh. 687
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Chair Reckdahl: Go ahead. Commissioner Hetterly. 689
690 Commissioner Hetterly: Has been addressed, but I have two additional ones. As far as 691 the decision whether to rehabilitate or replace, my only question there is about salvage if 692 that's the only difference in terms of cost and time. What we would do with the existing 693
materials if they would just go to waste, then that might argue for rehabilitating rather 694
than replacing. I'd like to know a little more about what would happen to the salvage of 695
the materials. 696
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Biggs Cardosa: The same question came up at the public meeting. Now, there are 698
opportunities in the project specifications that we could require the material to be 699
salvaged. I think, from an architectural standpoint there is a market out there for the 700
salvaged material, all that nice weathered wood. Yeah, we could definitely work that into 701
the project if it's so desired by the City. 702
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Commissioner Hetterly: I think we should encourage the City to do that. My next 704
question is again on the difference—I think you already explained the difference between 705
the two replacement options. It seemed there was some question about whether or not to 706
use the screw things or wood posts. Right, that's the difference? 707
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Biggs Cardosa: Correct. 709
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Commissioner Hetterly: I would like to know what the difference is functionally. The 711
screws, can you adjust them over time as it starts to settle? I think there's this kind of 712
aesthetic difference as well. 713 714
Biggs Cardosa: Key differences are, number one, aesthetics, whether you want the look 715
of the timber posts similar to what you currently have or if you want the look of the round 716
steel rods coming up out of the ground. From an installation standpoint, the equipment 717
for putting in the steel helical anchors is actually quite small and can be easily brought 718
out to the site. It's basically a motor that'll screw the thing in, and then they have a big 719
kicker bar that comes out off of that which will take the torque off of that engine that 720
drives it into the ground. We basically butt that up against one of the existing posts. You 721
need a larger piece of equipment to put in the steel posts. You typically have to push 722
those in, and so a small bobcat-type ... 723
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Commissioner Hetterly: For the wood posts? 725
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Biggs Cardosa: For the timber posts. The contractor would have to look at utilizing the 727
existing structure for that, so he may have to make some minor repairs, just enough to 728
accommodate his equipment through the areas that have already failed. There may be 729
some costs there. There is the possibility with the screw anchors of doing some 730
adjustments in the future should there be localized settlement of some of the spans. We 731
may be able to come back in and adjust them. It won't be quite as easy as just turning a 732 nut to get it to come up. You'll probably have to bring in some equipment, temporary 733 support and do an adjustment to it. There is more of an opportunity, I think, for a simpler 734 adjustment in the future with the steel. The corrosion specialist, though, would be key. 735
From my research, it appears that the steel holds up just fine, though we do know that the 736
environment out there is not friendly to steel, nor has it been friendly to the timbers in the 737
past. It'll be—have them give us some advice on that as we get into the final design 738
portions. 739
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Commissioner Hetterly: Thank you. 741
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Commissioner Ashlund: Thank you. I really like a lot of the accessibility improvements. 743
I want to ask a question about the unglamorous subject of the restroom design and the 744
challenges of working with the hexagonal building. You've done a really good job of 745
making them accessible here. I'm wondering—this is probably only a signage question 746
rather than a layout question. The single bathroom with the changing table is labeled 747
women, and the other one is labeled men. More and more what I'm seeing in newer 748
buildings these days is a gender-neutral bathroom. I'm wondering if they couldn't both be 749
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just gender neutral with signage to indicate which one has a changing table so that 750
anyone could use that. 751
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Ms. Redding: Actually both restrooms have changing tables. Maybe we mislabeled it, 753
but both of those single-occupant rooms are planned to have a changing table. In terms 754
of gender neutral, we're advocates of that. It's, like, kind of a universal access precept. In 755 the past, some plumbing (inaudible) don't recognize a unisex or a non-gender bathroom, 756
so it would be kind of a building review exercise to go through. Certainly it makes them 757
more versatile for user groups. I would love to pursue it if that's okay with the City. 758
759
Mr. Marshall: I would point out, I think there's a urinal in one of the rooms. 760
761
Ms. Redding: That's right. We did squeeze a urinal, barely, into the one labeled men. It 762
tends to be a little tidier. Something to weigh. We could remove the urinal or we could 763
just keep them both gender neutral and have one have a urinal in it. 764
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Commissioner Ashlund: That was it. I didn't see the second changing and really don't 766
care much about the urinal personally. My other question. On the interpretive signing, it 767
said that they don't comply with ADA requirements. I assume they would be, when 768
they're repaired, brought into ADA requirements. I was wondering if that was including 769
Braille or audio. The Braille usage among blind and visually impaired users is actually 770
dropping significantly. It never has been very high among blind users. It is dropping 771
significantly because of the prevalence of audio availability. I was wondering if that was 772
something that could be considered in the repair of the interpretive signage. 773
774 Mr. Aiken: Good point. We're going to be looking at universal access to all of the 775 interpretive messages in as many ways as we can. The JMZ, where I also work, right 776 now is doing a series of focus groups with special needs kids and families around 777
interpretation. We're going to incorporate what we learn from those focus groups into 778
what we apply to this building as well. 779
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Commissioner Ashlund: Thank you. I guess the last question I had was clarification 781
about the gap. When we were talking about those nesting swallows and the possibility of 782
the gap in the platform, you mentioned some restriction in walkway. Would it still meet 783
ADA clearance requirements? 784
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Ms. Redding: Yeah. We wouldn't recommend it if it didn't. What we have currently 786
drawn in, just on a conceptual level, restricts the walkway in a few places to just over 5 787
feet wide which meets code. 788
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Commissioner Ashlund: It does meet code. 790
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Ms. Redding: It's not throughout; it's just in those locations. You can see on the drawing 792
that there are some faint dashed circles; those are showing just over 5 feet there. 793
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Commissioner Ashlund: Thank you very much. 795
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Chair Reckdahl: I have a couple of questions. What are the constraints on the bird 797 nesting periods where we can't do construction? 798
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Biggs Cardosa: February 1st to August 31st is the nesting season, the breeding season. 800
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Chair Reckdahl: February 1st to August 31st. That gives us what? About four months, 802
five months. 803
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Ms. Redding: This applies to the building as well. 805
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Chair Reckdahl: Five months. 807
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Female: (inaudible) the swallows usually come (inaudible) so that changes (inaudible). 809
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Chair Reckdahl: We have the swallows, and then we also have the—what are the birds? 811
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Biggs Cardosa: Ridgeway rail. 813
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Chair Reckdahl: The rails. Isn't there a mouse nesting also? 815
816 Biggs Cardosa: The mouse is more of just restricted—you need to restrict your 817 operations so you don't ... 818 819
Ms. Redding: Step on them. 820
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Biggs Cardosa: Step on them, kill them. You don't take a mouse, I think is the official 822
term. Avoid takes. 823
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Chair Reckdahl: There's no (inaudible) of stay out for the mouse. You just have to be 825
careful. 826
827
Biggs Cardosa: Right. You have to tailor your operations for them. 828
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Chair Reckdahl: You talked about driving the piles into the mud. How far do we have to 830
put the piles into the mud? 831
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Biggs Cardosa: That will be determined for sure during the final design phase. 833
Conceptually, around 20 feet. 834
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Chair Reckdahl: The screws, how deep do you have to put the screws in? 836
837
Biggs Cardosa: They would go 15-20 feet likely. 838 839
Chair Reckdahl: Finally, the one thing that I've been sad about Lucy Evans right now is 840
just the time that's it's open is so small. It'd be really nice if we could incorporate some 841
type of—I don't know if you can make the interior exhibits turn around and face outside 842
so people who come there when it's closed can have more to look at than just the outdoor 843
signage. 844
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Mr. Aiken: Our long-term goal is to take all of those interpretive messages and begin to 846
put them out where people can see the phenomena on the Boardwalk and on the trails, so 847
that the messages are always available. 848
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Chair Reckdahl: Would we eventually still have exhibits still inside? 850
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Mr. Aiken: We haven't gone through a design phase for that. The preferred use of the 852
building right now is as a meeting space for kids. We teach in there primarily. We're 853
open Tuesday through Friday for about 3,000 school children every school year that take 854
classes out there, and then evening events. I think it works really well for an event 855
center, less well for an interpretive center. It's likely that we'll have some interpretive 856
elements in there and always have a wet lab function so that people can actually get their 857 hands dirty looking at the life that's out there. 858 859 Chair Reckdahl: What are the current hours for the Interpretive Center for the public? 860
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Female: Wednesdays from 1:00 to 4:00, Thursdays from 2:00 to 5:00. The times are 862
going to change soon because of the time change. Then Sunday afternoons from 1:00 to 863
4:00 or 5:00. 864
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Mr. Aiken: Thanks. I knew I'd get it wrong. 866
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Female: it's going to change though in the next couple of weeks because of daylight 868
savings and getting dark earlier. 869
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Chair Reckdahl: Thank you. That's it. We will be (inaudible) come back in—the PIO is 871
going to be in January, so you're coming back to the PRC later. What was the schedule 872
that he showed? In January. 873
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Commissioner Hetterly: I have one last question. Sorry. On the Boardwalk, does the 875
ARB review the Boardwalk as well? 876
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Mr. Nguyen: At this point we don't plan to go in front of the ARB until we have further 878
instructions from the Council, which option that we plan to proceed. Then we will 879
further the design and go back to ARB for (inaudible). 880 881
Commissioner Hetterly: They'll comment on the entire (inaudible). Thank you. 882
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Chair Reckdahl: Thank you. 884
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3. Discussion on the Shared Use Dog Park Pilot Program. 886
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Daren Anderson: Just one second. Let me pull the materials. 888
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Chair Reckdahl: Okay. We have some speaker cards. If anyone has not filled out a 890
speaker card for this, please do so now. 891
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Mr. Anderson: Good evening. Daren Anderson with Open Space, Parks and Golf. I'm 893
here tonight to seek your guidance regarding the shared-use dog parks, basically your 894
feedback on how we're going to meet the community's dog park needs. At the last 895
Commission meeting, I had provided an update on this topic where we covered the vast 896
majority of the background in this staff report. I'll gloss over that and move on to the 897
discussion section. As I mentioned in my previous update, Staff had hosted a community 898
meeting July 30, 2015 to collect feedback specifically on the shared-use concept. The 899 vast majority of the participants were dog owners advocating for dog parks and generally 900 expressed dissatisfaction with the limited hours. Our proposal had Monday through 901 Friday 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. at these sites, Greer Park, Baylands Athletic Center and 902
Hoover Park. The feedback was that morning hours just aren't enough. That's not going 903
to be adequate. To be successful, (a), you've got to make them morning and evening at 904
least, and it's got to be more than one site. One site's inadequate to be successful. There 905
were a small number of participants who attended, who were park neighbors, who said 906
"We don't want a dog park near our house. There's parking issues. There's dog waste 907
issues. There's unwanted confrontations with children and dogs off-leash." There were 908
also some participants who voiced concerns about potential impacts to the fields 909
themselves. These are athletic users saying, "There's incompatibility between having 910
dogs off-leash and a contained athletic facility." One of the meeting participants 911
mentioned that City of Mountain View had recently made a number of their parks off-912
leash areas. After this public meeting, the ad hoc committee did some additional 913
research. One was to verify what our current recreational use is brokered at those three 914
sites, Greer, Hoover and the Baylands Athletic Center, and determine if we'd have 915
conflict between evening use dog off-leash and athletic use. Unsurprisingly, there was 916
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conflicts at all three sites with the exception or at least the least amount of impact for the 917
yellow area in Hoover Park. That outfield area was the least impacted if we had evening 918
and morning off-leash hours, if we did a pilot there. The other kind of follow-up research 919
that staff had done was to reach out to Mountain View, talk to their staff, and see what 920
lessons they learned from their entire experience with these off-leash areas that they 921
recently instituted. My interview of staff brought out some interesting facts. One was 922 that they started this pilot program in June 2014, made it permanent in May 2015. Only 923
one of their nine off-leash areas is a dedicated dog park; that's Shoreline Park. The other 924
eight are off-leash areas that is unfenced. Only one of those eight is on an athletic field. 925
The rest are kind of passive sections of a park. The majority of the complaints that they 926
received were about non-observance with their hours and days, that people were bringing 927
their dogs when they weren't really allowed to or outside of the areas that they were 928
allowed to. There were also concerns from parents who had off-leash dogs approach 929
their children. Mountain View's got a contract with a security firm that performs 930
enforcement on two of their sites. Their staff explained that the success of the program 931
really depended on that enforcement component. They also explained a little bit of the 932
process they went through, that their parks and recreation commission had not advocated 933
for doing a pilot program, but rather said, "You should research and look for dedicated 934
sites." Their Council directed staff to move ahead with the one-year pilot. After the pilot 935
which had some mixed results, some very positive, some against the program, the 936
commission said, "We should extend this pilot for a year with additional enforcement." 937
Their Council disagreed and said please proceed in making it permanent. Staff recently 938
learned some additional news about Menlo Park's experience with shared-use dog parks. 939
Since 2005, the softball field at Nealon Park has been a shared-use site. That is from 940
Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Recently the Menlo Park Recreation 941 Commission identified some concerns about the field conditions at the site. Their City 942 Council concurred and basically said that the joint use was not optimal for either user 943 group and approved a CIP to find a dedicated spot. This November, they're having a 944
public meeting to see if they can relocate what they had as that shared-use site for a 945
dedicated spot somewhere either in that park or another. Some of these challenges that 946
we've encountered, both in our public meeting and some of our outreach to other 947
agencies, led the ad hoc committee to explore opportunities for new or expanded dog 948
parks that could be implemented quickly without investing too much money nor waiting 949
necessarily for the Master Plan to be completed. Give me just one second to pull up the 950
... This was in your staff report. This first site is across from Greer Park; it's called 951
Colorado Avenue Utility Substation. This is the landscaped area just outside it. It's about 952
an acre, .96 acres to be precise. It would require about 600 feet of fencing which would 953
cost about $15,000. There's parking available on the street side, and it's close proximity 954
to neighborhoods. There are a few challenges with this site. The Utilities Department 955
has informed us that they may need this site for future expansion, that is, they're 956
constrained on the land they have and there's a possibility they might need to use this and 957
they're reluctant to give it up. They also had some concerns about security. This is an 958
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area where the City gets a tremendous amount of its power. Having people very close to 959
the fence line was potentially an issue for them. Lastly, the Utilities Department pays a 960
significant amount of money to lease that land. There'd be an impact to the General 961
Fund; if we were to take it over for a dog park. They'd no longer be contributing that 962
money. However, we are going to remain diligent in looking to see if this is still an 963
option. CSD will continue to pursue it. This next site is Mitchell Park. The idea is can 964 we expand Mitchell Park. The red polygon is our existing dog park. It is about .56 acres. 965
We, with very minimal costs, could extend the fence line to that green polygon, which 966
takes you from .56 to 1.21 acres. This would only cost about $9,500. The last site we're 967
looking at—these three sites are not exhaustive. These are three that the ad hoc 968
committee and staff could find that seemed to fit the paradigm of not very expensive, 969
could be implemented potentially quickly if we clear some hurdles. This last site is El 970
Camino Park. This is undeveloped area of parkland just outside. Of course, the photo 971
here is not that helpful. Just to the left of that red polygon that you see is the softball 972
field. There's a fence line that separates it. That's kind of the park proper to the left. 973
This undeveloped area is just largely mulch, and there's utilities on site. If we fenced off 974
this little area, you would gain about .77 acres of a dog park at about $15,000 cost. We 975
did reach out to Utilities and found out they didn't have a conflict. We could work 976
around their access needs. However, Planning advised staff that there are plans for a 977
future transit improvement that may incorporate changes to this area. CSD staff is in 978
communication with Planning to see if we can work around that. That concludes my 979
presentation. I defer to the ad hoc committee to see if they have anything they'd like to 980
add. 981
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Commissioner Hetterly: Sure. I would just add, what we're really looking for today is 983 feedback from you all on what should be our next step. Should we be continuing to think 984 about a shared-use option, in which case Hoover seems the only place that's really 985 workable in terms of the hours and for trying to set it up for success. As you can see 986
looking at the picture, that does take up a big chunk of the park for some hours of the 987
days. We'd like your thoughts on that. Also, these three sites, as Daren said, we're not 988
looking to preempt the Master Plan process in any way, but we're really trying to find 989
something that we can do in the near term to expand our off-leash dog opportunities. 990
These seem some places where, short of a CIP since they're a much smaller investment, 991
we may be able to open something at least for the interim until we're able to find 992
something more permanent or maybe one of these possibilities could become a 993
permanent option in the future. On this one at El Camino Park in particular, like I said, 994
all of them we're not proposing any improvements aside from fencing and a gate and a 995
poop bag station, maybe a bench. Who knows. They could be interim projects that could 996
be easily removed later for future use. This one, this Planning project, they're talking 997
about extending Quarry Road through to the transit center, which of course will have all 998
sorts of its own issues since that's parkland. It doesn't seem like something that they're 999
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going to break ground on in the next six months, so why wouldn't we go ahead and use 1000
that space? I'd like any reaction from you all (crosstalk). 1001
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Chair Reckdahl: Who owns the transit center itself? 1003
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Commissioner Crommie: Do we need community input? 1005 1006
Chair Reckdahl: Yeah, we will. I wanted to get one clarification. The transit center 1007
there, just to the right of the red line, who controls that? 1008
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Mr. Anderson: I'll have to look into that and get back to you. 1010
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Chair Reckdahl: Is that City land do you know? 1012
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Mr. Anderson: I don't. 1014
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Chair Reckdahl: We have some speakers here. First, we have Howard Hoffman. 1016
Howard, you have two minutes. 1017
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Howard Hoffman: Pardon me? 1019
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Chair Reckdahl: You have two minutes. 1021
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Mr. Hoffman: Thank you very much to the staff and to the Commission for at least 1023
recognizing that if we're not going to go ahead with a shared-use facility, that we really 1024 need at least some sort of interim dog park improvements until the Master Plan. We're 1025 optimistic that that's going to identify multiple locations. Palo Alto dog owners would be 1026 happy to see all of these. The people that have dogs running off-leash right now all over 1027
Palo Alto are not an asset to the community. It would be an asset to have one or more of 1028
these sites enclosed whether it's the shared-use facility at Hoover Park or any of these. 1029
We do appreciate that you're working on this and recognize that it's long overdue. We 1030
just hope that—we're not going to endorse any one particular option. The one other 1031
option that I would like to hold out there, which I didn't see in here, there's the part of 1032
Rinconada Park. Of course, the dog use facilities are especially in north Palo Alto. 1033
Rinconada Park back by the power substation there, there's an area I think in the Master 1034
Plan for that park that was identified for bocce ball perhaps. I think we've got bocce ball 1035
somewhere else. It's a small area, but it could be with artificial turf. We don't have any 1036
artificial turf parks being discussed here. That does give you another option over dirt or 1037
decomposed granite or over grass. Grass needs to be fairly large. I think that some of 1038
you are familiar with the Mountain View artificial turf park for dogs, and that's worked 1039
out really well. Thank you. 1040
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Chair Reckdahl: Thank you, Howard. Next we have Amarad Acharia. 1042
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Amarad Acharia: Hi. I'm Amarad Acharia. I'd like to appreciate and thank the staff for 1044
taking the effort to put this together. The two things I would like to point. Centralized 1045
parks, wonderful to have them when there's nothing else available, but they take up the 1046
opportunity of intercommunity socialization. I mean, largely I meet my neighbors when I 1047 have kids and I take them to the park or if I have a dog and I go with the dog for walking. 1048
Those are largely the only times I get to meet my neighbors. Otherwise, I'm just living 1049
isolated and have relationships elsewhere. Having parks that are within communities 1050
provide that opportunities. It comes with all the other constraints; I understand that. We 1051
do have parks, Rinconada for example, for people living on the northern side of town. 1052
That does have some room that could be taken advantage of to provide such an 1053
opportunity. Thank you. 1054
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Chair Reckdahl: Thank you. Shani Kleinhaus, you are next. 1056
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Shani Kleinhaus: Thank you. I'm going to speak as a resident who owns three dogs right 1058
now. One of them is probably not going to last much longer, and then I'll say something 1059
about environmental issues wearing my environmental hat. First, I find that dog parks 1060
provide a huge service to the community, especially when there is no fence around them. 1061
I have to say that it brings the community to the park. It brings people together, and it 1062
creates an opportunity for people whose children are already not at home. They don't 1063
socialize with their kids; they socialize with their dogs. That is very evident in our 1064
neighborhood. There is a need for more dog parks, for sure. I do want to say a few 1065
things about the one park at the Baylands that was proposed here. I have concerns about 1066 that. I've had other people from the environmental group have concerns about bringing 1067 dogs there. One reason is that you'd have to drive there, and it's not really a wonderful 1068 idea to drive anywhere these days if we don't have to. If you can provide the service in 1069
the City, it's better. The other thing is that unless there is somebody to actually monitor 1070
what happens and how people behave and whether they take the dogs then for a walk 1071
along the creek, then that could be a huge impact to that creek, especially as now the San 1072
Francisquito Creek is supposed to go through a flood control and habitat restoration 1073
project. Hopefully it will go through sooner or later. When it does, I don't want to have 1074
to look at an existing condition of dogs already there because this project moved forward 1075
before the creek was in place. When it goes to any kind of additional analysis, the dogs 1076
will already be there. I know it's already been through CEQA, but still I think that that's 1077
not a very good selection for a dog park unless there is huge monitoring of how people 1078
behave and that they don't go on the levee with dogs off-leash, which they already do 1079
anyway, but that just brings more people to do that. I think that the less risk of inviting 1080
unauthorized use to a remote location may not be a good analysis unless you have data to 1081
support that. That is of concern. 1082
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Chair Reckdahl: Your time's up. 1084
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Ms. Kleinhaus: Also artificial turf, I don't know. You may like that park over there. I 1086
find it kind of yech. 1087
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Chair Reckdahl: Thank you. Mot Huri, you're up next. 1089 1090
Mot Huri: Hi, good evening. We've only moved to Palo Alto about 2 1/2 years ago with 1091
a dog. Since he can't come to the meeting, this leash is him representing himself and his 1092
friends here. One of the lovely things about Palo Alto is almost everybody has a dog. I 1093
would like to thank you all for these wonderful proposals. There's only one potential 1094
problem here. I live in Crescent Park. Most of these are concentrated south of Oregon, 1095
Hoover, Greer, Mitchell. The one exception is Baylands, and she very articulately 1096
mentioned why it wouldn't be the best option. These proposals leave seven communities 1097
which would be Crescent Park, Community Center, Saint Francis, Professorville, 1098
University South, Leland Manor and Old Palo Alto, with no options to walk to a dog 1099
park. The reason we would like to walk is many. One is you get to meet people. I know 1100
more people from all over Crescent Park just by running into them and their dogs and our 1101
dogs interacting than I would normally had I moved to any other community. The second 1102
things is—this also reference to her concern—when you're around people you know, you 1103
behave better. I don't know why, but we do that. When we are in a park and there are 1104
neighbors and we're all there with our dogs, we are going to pick up and they are going to 1105
pick up, because we are being watched. The third thing is the Baylands, besides 1106
everything else, all of these communities would have to negotiate Embarcadero during 1107
commute hours to get there. We all know Embarcadero is a traffic nightmare with 1108 unenforceable speed limits and many other problems, very congested. I would like for 1109 you all to think about the possibility, given how many dogs exist here and given the 1110 benefits of allowing for areas where dogs and people can meet, I would like you all to 1111
think about putting in off-leash, fenced dog areas in all the major parks in the north side. 1112
Certainly Rinconada has the space for it, as does Pardee. If you can go ahead and find 1113
some space for it in either Johnson and Heritage as well, that would be great. More are 1114
better for many reasons. I don't know how close I am to running out on time, but 1115
Mitchell is the one good off-leash in Palo Alto, which means it gets lots of people and 1116
lots of dogs. There have been dog confrontations. All of that can be eased up if there are 1117
multiple alternatives. Thank you. 1118
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Chair Reckdahl: Thank you. Herb Borock is next. Irene Keene follows him. 1120
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Herb Borock: The first answer, Chair Reckdahl, is a question about El Camino Park. 1122
The land is owned by Stanford University and leased to Palo Alto. I believe the current 1123
lease runs to June 30, 2033. We have off-leash dog areas already, except they're not 1124
legal. Because they're not legal, they don't get the intensive use you would have with an 1125
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official, sanctioned dog park. I've been familiar with the area in Hoover Park, the turf 1126
area outside of the ball field that's used off-leash illegally. That park also has an official 1127
dog park, and there people with dogs use both of those and some use one or use the other. 1128
When the most people congregate is the hours when animal control is not working. It 1129
limits the number of people, the number of dogs that come there. If you're going to be 1130
having more dog parks, they should be in the north area of town, north of Oregon 1131 Expressway. They should be on neighborhood parks. El Camino Park and Rinconada 1132
Park are district parks. When you tried to have a dog park or a bathroom even in Eleanor 1133
Pardee Park, you saw the resistance. The woman from Crescent Park who thinks 1134
everyone's got a dog and her neighbors want to go to a neighborhood park and do that, 1135
she'll find very quickly that in north Palo Alto there'll be a lot of resistance to having 1136
more dog parks. If you want to do something for the community as a whole, then you're 1137
going to have to make that kind of decision. You should expect that it'll be more than 1138
just people who are in walking distance. People will drive to any of these parks. If you 1139
did, for example, try Hoover Park with that area delineated in yellow, you should put a 1140
very firm time limit because you'll very quickly find not only the intensive use but also 1141
all the damage and concerns that people have mentioned will then happen that are not 1142
happening now. Thank you. 1143
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Chair Reckdahl: Thank you. Our last speaker is Irene Keene. 1145
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Irene Keene: Hello. I also live in Crescent Park, but I'm on the edge of Community 1147
Center, so I'm in north Palo Alto. There are no dog parks anywhere near me. I have to 1148
get in my car and drive. We only have three dog parks in Palo Alto. It's crazy, only 1149
three. There's only one that's halfway decent which is the one at the big park, Mitchell. 1150 The one at Hoover is small; it's dirty; your dog gets filthy there in the summertime; in the 1151 wintertime the dog gets muddy because it turns into a mud puddle when there's rain. The 1152 other one is at Greer; that's a run. It's really narrow; it's kind of long, but it's also a mud 1153
pit. I love the dog park in Mountain View, the one that's got the fake grass. I mean, it's a 1154
little over the top, but I'll tell you what. It keeps your dog really clean. When it's wet 1155
out, grass gets wet. Your dog is going to be filthy because it gets a little wet on the feet, 1156
then he walks in dirt and it's a mess. I will get in my car and drive to Mountain View to 1157
keep my dog clean. Then I'm going to shop over there, because there's the nice Safeway 1158
there. Sometimes I go to Menlo Park, then I go to the Safeway in Menlo Park. You want 1159
people to stay in Palo Alto and spend their money in Palo Alto, get some dog parks in 1160
north Palo Alto please. Thank you. 1161
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Chair Reckdahl: Thank you. That was the last comment, so now we'll move on to 1163
Commissioners. 1164
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Commissioner Lauing: Chair Reckdahl? 1166
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Chair Reckdahl: Yes. 1168
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Commissioner Lauing: Just a process question. Would it make sense to just go quickly 1170
around for questions before we came to conclusions just to make sure everything was 1171
answered? 1172
1173 Chair Reckdahl: Okay. Do you have any questions? 1174
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Commissioner Lauing: I do. 1176
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Chari Reckdahl: Fire away. 1178
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Commissioner Lauing: I'd actually like to ask questions about the permanent ones first, 1180
the permanent options that have been identified. For example, Mitchell Park, there's no 1181
cons listed here. By the way, I thought this whole ad hoc report was terrific, very 1182
detailed, very thorough. Good job by the ad hoc and staff. It's just really, really helpful. 1183
Mitchell, there's no cons listed, and the cost is $9,500. I always think of cost as a con. 1184
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Commissioner Crommie: Con is location. 1186
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Mr. Anderson: I should clarify. The pros and cons list were conducted for our shared-1188
use ones. When we put together our list of potential dedicated parks, we hadn't done the 1189
pro and con analysis. It was just preliminary. We haven't quite resolved a lot of the other 1190
potential challenges like the substation (crosstalk) we didn't get to the pros and cons for 1191
this one. 1192 1193 Commissioner Lauing: This one seems to get to wow, we can get a real-size park here in 1194 a way that your analysis, the ad hoc's analysis, it'd be nice to have an acre and to be able 1195
to add that much—if there really are any cons and there's $9,500 as the cost, that seems 1196
like a way to get some—like we created in the Baylands. What did Council say? We 1197
created land out there by doing that. You might be able to create a big dog park here. 1198
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Rob de Geus: Can I just comment on that? 1200
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Commissioner Lauing: Sure. 1202
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Mr. de Geus: There's always going to be tradeoffs and some pros and cons. I haven't 1204
been out there recently. That area, people do sit on that grassy area. It's sort of a hilly 1205
area. It's a nice place to just lie down on the grass and relax. I see people do that all the 1206
time, so that's one tradeoff that we have to consider. 1207
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Commissioner Lauing: Your point is an important point for all of this discussion. The 1209
public, some of whom spoke tonight, always need to know that there's a tradeoff. If 1210
you've got a dog there, you're not kicking a ball, you're not lying in the grass, and so on. 1211
That's part of our challenge with this whole issue Citywide. With respect to both 1212
Colorado Avenue and El Camino, the issue of there may be a future need, in and of itself 1213
doesn't seem too compelling to me as a con, because we can use it now. I guess my 1214 question back is how long do you think it would take to resolve that situation for either 1215
one of those? Yes, you might need it later, but as we know it takes time and it could be a 1216
couple of years before they need it, Let's be active with it, would be one approach. 1217
1218
Mr. Anderson: That's certainly the position that staff is taking. The conversations for 1219
both of those sites are ongoing right now. 1220
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Commissioner Lauing: I mean, I know this is a little bit unfair. Do you think this is 1222
going to be resolved in a month or 12 months or ... 1223
1224
Mr. de Geus: I don't think we have an answer. We're trying to get the answer to that. 1225
We have the same question, Commissioner Lauing. One of the things we've heard for 1226
this location here from Utilities staff is the concern that once you provide that service, say 1227
this is a dog park even if it's temporary, it's very hard to take it away once you've 1228
provided it. They've expressed that concern. 1229
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Commissioner Lauing: The other side of it is if we don't do it all for two years ... 1231
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Mr. de Geus: I know. That's what we ... 1233 1234 Commissioner Lauing: We have some blank space there that looks compelling. Just to 1235 be sure about the security concern issue there. Was it just getting too close to the 1236
electrical facilities? Is that what you mean? 1237
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Mr. Anderson: That's what they voiced, yes. That was the Utilities staff. Security in 1239
terms of protecting the asset of the City's power. 1240
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Mr. de Geus: That's a particularly important power plant, not that I know much about it. 1242
What I've heard from the Utilities staff is—I asked them about this. How serious are 1243
these constraints that they're suggesting? This site is where all the electricity for Palo 1244
Alto comes through, into that particular location. They're especially sensitive to ... 1245
1246
Commissioner Lauing: Is it a two-way security concern? They're concerned that 1247
somehow the public is going to get in there and disrupt that or is it a concern that we 1248
don't want the public to be hurt? I just didn't (crosstalk). 1249
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Mr. de Geus: I think it's both. I do think it's both. It wasn't a complete shutdown; it can't 1251
happen. The Utilities staff were willing to in fact even meet with the ad hoc committee if 1252
they'd be interested in doing so. I think we'll pursue that. 1253
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Commissioner Lauing: I didn't quite get the concern about the amount of money. Again, 1255
it's just sitting there vacant, and there wouldn't be any change for that if they needed it 1256 back in five years. I didn't understand why that was a potential constraint. 1257
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Mr. de Geus: I don't know if this is it. Daren, I don't want to jump in. Utilities is an 1259
Enterprise Fund, so they pay rent for the land that they use. They're paying rent to the 1260
City's General Fund for the use of that land including that. Once it's used for a different 1261
purpose, not a utility purpose, then they no longer pay rent back to the City. There's a 1262
financial (crosstalk). 1263
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Commissioner Lauing: Legally or conveniently? 1265
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Mr. de Geus: It's just there. They ... 1267
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Commissioner Lauing: I don't want to take too much time. Another question I had is 1269
that in the summary many, many dog owners at that last large meeting, which I attended, 1270
said that the hours just don't work. Again, it's a debate with if that's all you could get, 1271
would you take a shared-use dog park with a couple of hours. I share that concern, 1272
because what we're trying to do with any pilot is basically do a test market of will this 1273
work in a lot of different ways. If you only test two hours or three hours on five days a 1274
week, we're just not testing anything that's very comprehensive relative to, as you would 1275 say with a product, to be able to roll it out. I wasn't on the ad hoc, so I don't have the 1276 level of detail. I was surprised that at Baylands, for example, there weren't Sunday nights 1277 between 4:00 and 8:00 in the summers that might be open. I don't think, from my 1278
recollection of Babe Ruth which I was involved with, that they play at that time. My 1279
question is, if we really strive, could we find some other segments of time to test different 1280
time segments besides 10:00 to 12:00 in the morning. Has the ad hoc already exhausted 1281
that? 1282
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Mr. Anderson: I'll defer to the Commissioners on that one. 1284
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Commissioner Hetterly: I would just answer on when the Baylands Athletic Center is 1286
used, they're telling us from 3:00 until 10:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, it's booked. 1287
Weekends from 8:00 a.m. 'til 10:00 p.m. it's booked. That seemed to us to preclude joint 1288
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Commissioner Lauing: I'm surprised at the evening hours. I haven't worked on those 1291
schedules in a few years. Also in terms of the Babe Ruth, which is a big user of that, it's 1292
not 12 months out of the year. 1293
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Chair Reckdahl: They close down the field for how many months? Three months during 1295
the winter? 1296 1297
Mr. Anderson: Mm-hmm. 1298
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Chair Reckdahl: So no one can access the field just because of damage to the field. The 1300
field gets wet. 1301
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Commissioner Lauing: That makes sense. 1303
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Chair Reckdahl: During the non-closed, it's between Babe Ruth and other people that 1305
rent the field, it's brokered down there. It's pretty busy. 1306
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Commissioner Lauing: That was just one example. The question is do you feel like 1308
you've exhausted any options for evening walks. Basically, anybody who has a job, has 1309
an 8-5 job, is not going to be able to use this shared-use dog park. 1310
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Commissioner Hetterly: I think it's pretty clear to the ad hoc. Anyway, we concluded 1312
that Hoover was the only viable option of the three for a shared-use pilot that could 1313
handle those evening hours ... 1314
1315 Commissioner Knopper: The yellow. 1316 1317 Commissioner Hetterly: ... at the yellow part, outside that fence. 1318
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Commissioner Knopper: The stakeholders that use that said they would not use that part 1320
of the field. Now, part of the field they use sort of for practice, but if it was shared use 1321
with dogs, they wouldn't even put children on it at that point, because they'd be scared 1322
dogs would dig a hole and the kids ... 1323
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Commissioner Lauing: This is Hoover? 1325
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Commissioner Knopper: Yeah, outside the yellow portion. The baseball stakeholders 1327
said they just wouldn't use the yellow if we did ... 1328
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Commissioner Hetterly: They occasionally use it now, but it's not booked through our—I 1330
don't know (crosstalk). 1331
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Commissioner Knopper: For official practices. 1333
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Mr. Anderson: That's right. 1335
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Commissioner Hetterly: It's just informal use. 1337
1338 Commissioner Knopper: It's not official, but you use it to take kids out there to teach 1339
them technique or whatever. If we were to implement a pilot of shared-use, they 1340
wouldn't put kids out there. 1341
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Commissioner Lauing: Okay. Was the small field at Baylands the same way in terms of 1343
its usage? 1344
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Mr. Anderson: Yes. 1346
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Commissioner Knopper: Mm-hmm. 1348
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Commissioner Lauing: No further questions. 1350
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Chair Reckdahl: Deirdre. 1352
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Commissioner Crommie: How come Sterling Canal didn't end up on your list of extra 1354
opportunities? 1355
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Mr. Anderson: It just wasn't a comprehensive list. As I mentioned, these three jumped 1357 out at us. Both because there was partial fencing there on all three of those that limited 1358 the cost to something that we could afford without waiting for a CIP. As soon as you 1359 need a new CIP, you're looking at a much longer timeframe. Once you're within the 1360
20,000 and less category, it's something we could probably fund with our existing funds. 1361
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Commissioner Crommie: I have a problem with that actually, for generating a list that 1363
way. First of all, if you end up at Mitchell, there's already a dog park there. It seems like 1364
you're not even in line with the mandate to look for areas that are not served currently. If 1365
that's what you've come up with, it means you didn't look enough, as far as I'm 1366
concerned. I don't know if this is our comment section. I would just say that you're not 1367
being expansive enough right now. 1368
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Commissioner Hetterly: Should I respond? Would you like a response to that? As far as 1370
what we were limited—our mandate was really to look at shared-use sites. The whole 1371
purpose behind that was to find large sites. Shared-use was appealing because it offered 1372
the opportunity to have a big chunk of land that dogs could really run in. We had agreed 1373
as a Commission to defer the bigger question of how we can distribute dog parks 1374
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Citywide within our parks better through the Master Plan, because we know there's a big 1375
public outreach process for every single park, as you know. Who wants a park, who 1376
doesn't want a park, dogs, bathroom, whatever. We thought that was more appropriate 1377
through the Master Plan process. We were really just looking at what can we do in the 1378
short term to test something out for shared use, which limited our options to begin with to 1379
the three we talked about because of the cost and the size, where we had athletic fields 1380 that were available. Then when we looked at non-shared-use options, again we were 1381
looking for big sites with few improvements that could happen quickly. That's how we 1382
ended up with those three that we ended up with. I think Sterling Canal has a number of 1383
issues, as you probably know because you were on the Sterling Canal ad hoc committee. 1384
There was limited options there. It's completely fenced off at this point, and there's no 1385
public access at all. 1386
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Commissioner Crommie: We never got to the bottom of that. Let me just ask this 1388
question then, based on what you just said. Is the current Mitchell Park dog park bigger 1389
than a baseball field diamond shared-use would achieve or smaller? The current size. 1390
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Commissioner Hetterly: Small, small. 1392
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Commissioner Knopper: Smaller. 1394
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Commissioner Crommie: Can you just give me the two square footages? 1396
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Commissioner Hetterly: They're on your handout. 1398
1399 Mr. Anderson: Mitchell's .56 acres. For example, Hoover which is up on the display, 1400 you can see the yellow area is 1.17 acres. Inside the red area is .96 acre. They're all a 1401 little different. As I toggle back to the Baylands, you can see it's much larger, for 1402
example. That large red area has 3.27. 1403
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Commissioner Crommie: Thank you. 1405
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Chair Reckdahl: Stacey, do you have any questions? 1407
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Commissioner Ashlund: Yeah. In the Hoover Park option, it's listed as a con that there's 1409
frequent use of the field by the Keys School. Why is that a con? Because the field is 1410
occupied? 1411
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Commissioner Knopper: There's a lot of children using it during the day, so that leads to 1413
the issue of use, because they use it for their PE activities during the course of the school 1414
day. A lot of the comment with regard to public comment is that you have dog waste that 1415
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isn't necessarily cleaned up and the occasional dog digging the hole and tearing up the 1416
grass. That is an opportunity for kids to ... 1417
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Commissioner Ashlund: That applies at any park, right? 1419
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Commissioner Knopper: For shared-use, yeah. 1421 1422
Commissioner Ashlund: For shared use. Do you only want questions at this point or 1423
we're making other comments as well? Is this the first pass through? 1424
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Chair Reckdahl: The first pass through. (inaudible) two. 1426
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Commissioner Ashlund: That's it for now. 1428
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Chair Reckdahl: That's it, okay. Any other questions? Okay. Now, comments, 1430
conversations. Ed, do you have anything? 1431
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Commissioner Lauing: Yeah. Why don't you start at that end? I'm happy to go if you 1433
want. 1434
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Chair Reckdahl: Stacey, do you want to start? 1436
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Commissioner Ashlund: Okay. 1438
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Chair Reckdahl: Go for it. 1440 1441 Commissioner Ashlund: I really like the recommendations. I mean, it's been so 1442 consistent all along from the community and Council and everybody that the need is in 1443
the north of Palo Alto. I really like the potential triangle we'd have if we kept Mitchell 1444
the size it is, use the Colorado substation area and the El Camino Park area. I think that 1445
would be really, really good coverage. The Colorado substation, today's the first day I've 1446
heard that brought up. I don't know if we've discussed that before on the Commission, 1447
but I may have missed that one in the past. If we are looking at shared-use, I don't see 1448
that use of a public park by a private school for PE is a con. It's public land, so I don't 1449
think that applies here as a con. It's public land. I mean, there's schools adjacent to all of 1450
our parks. It's public land; it's not private PE land. 1451
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Chair Reckdahl: Do they pay rent? 1453
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Mr. de Geus: I have to look into that. I'm not sure if they get a permit; I don't believe 1455
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Commissioner Ashlund: If they were renting the field, that would be one thing. 1458
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Commissioner Knopper: I think you have to look—just pardon me for interrupting. 1460
Point taken with regard to it's a private school. I think some of the other cons are there's 1461
a nearby playground and it's a heavily used park on any given day, all hours of the day. 1462
1463 Commissioner Ashlund: Yeah, I understand that. I don't think location-wise that Hoover 1464
is really jumping out. I mean, it's been so consistent that the need is in the north. The 1465
other possibility—I don't know if we have already approached the neighborhood 1466
associations. Since we do frequently hear from speakers in the north saying, "We want 1467
them in the neighborhood parks in the north," have you approached the neighborhood 1468
associations at all and said, "Talk to your neighbors and let's see what your consensus is. 1469
Do you guys want it or do you not want it in your neighborhood park?" Once it comes 1470
back to the Commission, then we have to go back and do the outreach. If the 1471
neighborhoods are asking for it and can start to say there really is more demand than 1472
there is resistance in a certain neighborhood park, that could help with community 1473
feedback. 1474
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Commissioner Hetterly: We have not done that primarily because the Commission had 1476
asked us not to do that and to leave that to the Master Plan process. 1477
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Commissioner Ashlund: Leave that to the Master Plan process, right. 1479
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Commissioner Hetterly: Just to reiterate, the idea of trying to get more dedicated dog 1481
parks in neighborhood parks across the City is, as we understood it, really part of the 1482 Master Plan process. This is an additional process that we're trying to move something 1483 forward quickly. That's a big (inaudible). 1484 1485
Commissioner Ashlund: I would avoid expanding at Mitchell. Mitchell is really, really 1486
crowded by a number of schools, a number of tennis players, bicyclists, pedestrians. I 1487
would really avoid it. The need just isn't there. Nobody is coming to our meetings 1488
saying, "We wish we had—if Mitchell were bigger on the south end of Palo Alto." We're 1489
hearing north, north, north. That's my feedback, is really, really keep the focus there. 1490
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Chair Reckdahl: Other questions? Deirdre. 1492
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Commissioner Crommie: Are we just doing comments now? 1494
1495
Chair Reckdahl: Comments, questions (crosstalk). 1496
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Commissioner Crommie: I knew the shared-use was dead on arrival when it was just 1498
morning hours. I mean, I wasn't surprised one bit because everyone I know that hangs 1499
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out with their dogs in public places are doing it in the evenings. It just seems obvious. 1500
Just look around our City. Look around our neighborhoods. Look around our parks. 1501
Everyone comes out after they get home from work. They like to come during that 1502
twilight hour. All across the City, that's happening, and it's not happening in the 1503
morning. I'm not surprised that we got all that feedback. I brought it up at the time that 1504
the ad hoc was formulating their idea, but I was told, "We just have to do that as a pilot." 1505 These things are all connected. I mean, it's not independent. It's like you have to satisfy 1506
the need even when you do a pilot. I think we should take the Baylands park off the 1507
table. There's not a single person who's coming here saying they want to go over there 1508
and use that as a dog park. We need to look at what the constituency is saying. No one is 1509
saying that. Plus, it can harm the wildlife as people move from that park to the levee 1510
which they absolutely will do if they're over there. I just think that should be a non-1511
starter. I know it was sort of put on the table because it was cheap, but I just don't see 1512
any reason to keep it there. Mitchell Park is in my neighborhood, relatively close. I 1513
guess it's a 20-minute walk or 5-minute car ride. None of my neighbors with dogs go 1514
over there. They just don't want to do it. They hang out at the tiny, little Monroe Park. I 1515
wish I could get them to go to Robles which is a 7-minute walk. People just don't seem 1516
to want to go very far from their homes with their dogs. Mitchell Park, I don't even like 1517
being there with my dog. It's all dirt. I haven't heard good things about the experience at 1518
Mitchell Park for a dog park. If we don't have a good experience with a half-acre dog 1519
park over there, I'm not sure it's going to improve to go into that nice sitting area nearby. 1520
We can't keep the grass nice at Mitchell Park. Now, if you double the size, maybe there's 1521
a lower impact, somehow you can keep it nice. I've just not seen that happen. I'm a big 1522
user of the artificial turf dog park; I go there multiple times a week with my dog. It's in 1523
the shopping center at San Antonio and Fayette. I was never into artificial turf; it seems 1524 gross to me. I will say it works, it really does work. It's hugely used, a massively dense 1525 dog park, and the dogs are all different sizes. It'd be really nice to know the acreage on 1526 that dog park. It seems tiny to me. I've talked to a lot of people there. Kind of the word 1527
at that park is, it's tiny but we all can see our dogs so the dogs are not misbehaving. 1528
That's why the small dogs work with the big dogs, because they're highly monitored. 1529
Some people in dog parks say where you really get into trouble is when it gets too big, 1530
the dogs run off. People want to stay and congregate with each other, and then the dogs 1531
start misbehaving or not getting picked up after and stuff like that. I guess of all these 1532
proposals, I would say put them where the people want them which is in the north. That's 1533
where we have the deficit. We should do whatever it takes to get something over there. 1534
Then we have to look at just neighborhood by neighborhood and make sure every 1535
neighborhood park is assessed for a dog area, because that's where people want to go. 1536
They want an easy walking distance. Some parks are a lot better suited for it. It's an 1537
absolute tragedy at Eleanor Pardee. The reason you don't have a dog park there is 1538
because people rebelled in that neighborhood. We need to have a stronger policy 1539
mandate to really counteract the NIMBY-ism. I've been on the Commission now for 1540
seven years. Ever since I sat here, we have looked at dog parks. I just hope the next 1541
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wave we get more going with it. You really do need to look at where the users are, where 1542
people want it, independent of cost at this point. I think we're being misled to look for a 1543
cheap solution. Look where we ended up; we ended up in areas where we already have 1544
dog parks, looking at that. That's not what people are telling us they want. That's what I 1545
feel. 1546
1547 Female: Can I ask a question? 1548
1549
Commissioner Lauing: Not really. 1550
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Chair Reckdahl: No. 1552
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Female: Come back next month on this. 1554
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Chair Reckdahl: Ed. 1556
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Commissioner Lauing: Yes, thanks. As we address this whole issue, we need to go back 1558
over the last year and half when we got started and over the last six years. Why are we 1559
looking at shared-use dog parks? Because there aren't enough dog parks. Why aren't 1560
there enough dog parks? Because there's not enough parks and there's not enough park 1561
space. To have a comment that we should just survey the public and put them where they 1562
want them is not practical in any way, shape or form. We have to do what we can with 1563
the limitation of park space until we can get more park space, if we can, and do the best 1564
we can to identify existing spaces that can be turned into dog parks. We've been working 1565
on this for a long time. The need is there. We know that it's going to come out as a very, 1566 very high need in the Master Plan. The top three, maybe the top issue in all of parks, 1567 maybe in the top three of all City issues, but certainly as park specific. There are other 1568 options that are being uncovered, which I agree is above and beyond the scope of what 1569
the ad hoc was supposed to look at. I thank them for also looking at those. There are still 1570
a lot of cards to overturn there. We don't know if that's going to be the case. I would be 1571
very happy to see action at our next meeting in favor of going ahead with these pilots to 1572
get some data. That's what you do, as I said earlier, in a test market. You try to get some 1573
data on what works and what doesn't. For example, I think it would be a very valid test 1574
to have Hoover and Baylands because, amongst other things, it's comparing the usage 1575
that we get from someone who's walking to the park and the usage we would get with 1576
someone who is driving to the park. If I lived in north Palo Alto, which I do, and I had a 1577
dog, which I don't, I would love to go to Baylands a couple of hours and run my dog in 1578
that big space as opposed to never go there because it takes me five minutes to drive 1579
there. I think it could get extraordinary use. We don't know that if we just restrict it to 1580
one pilot or say, "Forget about it. Let's just wait another couple of years until we can get 1581
some permanent dog parks." To be able to test Hoover versus Baylands, number one, 1582
you really do need an A-B split test to have a valid study. You're testing north and south; 1583
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you're testing drive to and walk to. I think you would get some pretty interesting 1584
feedback there. I'm very aware of the challenges involved, but I don't think the cons are 1585
so overwhelming that we say we shouldn't do it. In the meantime and in parallel if those, 1586
call them ready options, can be looked at, certainly the El Camino would be a tremendous 1587
alternative. We worked really, really hard on the El Camino Park to get a dog park in 1588
there. We were shot down on that a couple of years ago by the environmental; otherwise, 1589 there'd be one right there today because I see the park is almost ready to open. I'd like to 1590
see us move to action on the ad hoc at the next meeting. I'm sorry, on the shared-use at 1591
the next meeting that the ad hoc has studied. If we ended up saying contingent on if a 1592
permanent one opens up in 60 days, we can kind of reel it back in. The footnotes that I 1593
would have is that I still would like to see if there will be a way to extend the hours. In 1594
contrast to my colleague, I don't agree that nobody's going to come between 8:00 and 1595
10:00, because a lot of people walk their dogs in the morning. A lot of people. I've gone 1596
on morning walks, and I run into a lot of dogs and make a lot of dog friends. Let's see. 1597
The second thing is in the pilot I would like to see—this may be a detail—during the pilot 1598
I would like to see outreach and support from the dog owners in terms of the clean-up 1599
aspect of it just to make it a very successful pilot. We can sort out later what to do 1600
around that. 1601
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Chair Reckdahl: Anyone else? Pat. 1603
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Vice Chair Markevitch: It seems to me there's one park that has not been mentioned, and 1605
it's in north Palo Alto. That's Heritage Park where the old clinic used to be on Homer. 1606
They specifically planted trees there so soccer clubs couldn't play. I think it's a good 1607
shared-use option to look at. 1608 1609 Chair Reckdahl: We went over there after the May Fete Parade. I brought that up, that I 1610 thought there is room there to have a dog park whether it be a shared-use or a dedicated 1611
dog park. I understand the ad hoc was not addressing the whole dog park issue. They 1612
were very focused on the shared-use. Once the Master Plan comes in, I think we'll have a 1613
little more freedom. When I look at these options, I think the most promising one is El 1614
Camino. I think that is a very good location. If we can do that on the cheap, I think we 1615
should do it now and not wait for the Master Plan. I do think that, in my anecdotal 1616
experience talking to people who have dogs, most people want something that they can 1617
walk to. I hear that over and over again. We don't have big parks in Palo Alto. We can't 1618
have big dog parks in every park, but we can have small dog parks in a lot. Down the 1619
road, if I look in my crystal ball, I think that's the solution that's going to percolate up, 1620
having some small—it'll probably have to be artificial turf since you have high use on 1621
it—in neighborhood parks. That's a decision down the road, but now I think we should 1622
just move ahead and do something, either the shared-use at Hoover or the El Camino 1623
Park. Those are the two most feasible. Hoover Park, you could have evening hours. 1624
There is not the constraint that you would have if you had it inside the diamond where 1625
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you would have competition from kids. You could do Hoover and have morning and 1626
evening hours, and that would be an option. You could have a dedicated park over at El 1627
Camino. I think those are the two best options. I don't see any reason to wait for the 1628
Master Plan for either of those. A couple of points I would bring up. A lot of people 1629
complain, "I'm a neighbor to a park. I don't want to have a dog park nearby." When I go 1630
over to San Antonio, I'll sit there and listen. One thing is if you look up there, people 1631 have their windows open looking out over that dog park. If it was really that noisy, they 1632
would have their windows shut. I don't think a dog park is any more noisy than any other 1633
park use. When I sit there and try and listen and pretend if I was in my living room, 1634
would I find this objectionable, I don't. I think that neighbors' objections are not based on 1635
fact. It's based on concerns that are not real. The second thing is off-leash without 1636
fences. I think that's a really bad idea. My son was knocked down in a park once by an 1637
off-leash dog, and it was very traumatic. He had a dog phobia for years after that. I think 1638
if we want to off-leash dogs, they really should be inside some type of fence. I think 1639
that's the best option. I think we do have options here. I agree with Ed that we should 1640
move on, and we should in the near future try something. If it doesn't work, we always 1641
can back it out. Failing any other comments, we'll move on to the Master Plan. 1642
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4. Update on the Parks, Trails, Open Space and Recreation Facilities Master 1644
Plan. 1645
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Rob de Geus: Just to kick us off. Shall we get started, Chair Reckdahl? Missing a 1647
couple of Commissioners. A few things we wanted to share on the Master Plan this 1648
evening. One, staff have been working hard on putting together a much more 1649
comprehensive report for the City Council following our last Study Session. We hope to 1650 be ready for that follow-up Study Session on November 2nd or 3rd, 2nd. We got close to 1651 doing that, but then we felt like there was just a little more work that needed to be done. 1652 We went and reflected on the Council Study Session and reviewed the tape again and felt 1653
like there was still just a few things that some of the Council Members had asked about 1654
that weren't reflected sufficiently in the report, even though it is much more 1655
comprehensive and includes a lot more and tells the story, I think, a lot better. I felt like 1656
there was still a little more we needed to add. We're not going forward on the 2nd; we're 1657
looking for another date. That did give us an opportunity then to put it in the packet for 1658
the Commission, so that you have that and can provide feedback on what you think of the 1659
report. We're particularly interested if there are areas that you think need to be amplified 1660
or there are omissions from your reading of that report. That's one thing that we want to 1661
do today. I think we can start with that, just sort of feedback and response to the draft 1662
report for the Council Study Session. 1663
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Chair Reckdahl: I'll start off. One of the things that came back last time was they didn't 1665
like when you talked about the principles. The principles are kind of nebulous. They 1666
were saying how is this going to help me plan the parks. They want concrete—one thing 1667
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when I looked at the listing of this, I thought this was good stuff, but part of it was what 1668
am I getting out of MIG out of this? What are the deliverables? That should be made 1669
clear, what are we getting. On Attachment A, on that second paragraph there, it does talk 1670
about that, but I would itemize that and make that clear. We're getting this, we're getting 1671
this, we're getting this. Just to be clear this is what the Master Plan is producing. Each 1672
one of those, how will those help us plan parks. The other thing was when I looked back 1673 at my comments, there were some comments about—Council Member Schmid had 1674
comments about demographics. I didn't think that his questions were addressed properly. 1675
His concerns were that when he looked at the existing conditions report, he saw one 1676
growth and that did not agree with the CPA and the ABAG projections. I think we really 1677
need to look hard at the projections that the City and ABAG have and really incorporate 1678
them into the report. That's not done right now, and he's going to have that same 1679
comment. Every time we've talked about that, he's come back to demographics. He's 1680
very concerned—I am too—that the population is growing very fast and our parks are not 1681
growing fast. I think that's what he's poking at, saying you need to look at the 1682
demographics that we're projecting and how is the park system going to handle all those 1683
extra people. If you look on page 12 of the MIG report, way in the back, the 1684
demographic and recreation trend, it says what do we learn. They really didn't talk about 1685
this, this long-term growth. The City has grown steadily and they look in the rearview 1686
mirror. Then looking at current, the City has a lot of commuters who travel by bike. 1687
You're missing Schmid's whole point. The whole point is that we're getting more and 1688
more people in here and how is the park going to handle that. I think we need to address 1689
that. 1690
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Mr. de Geus: Yeah, that's a good point. I know he felt very strongly about that. MIG 1692 have gone back and revised the demographic report to sync up the predictions of growth 1693 with the Comprehensive Plan and the analysis that they're doing. 1694 1695
Chair Reckdahl: Can you incorporate some of that into the (crosstalk). 1696
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Mr. de Geus: Yeah, we can, definitely. 1698
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Chair Reckdahl: That would be very useful. I think, number one, it's a good point. 1700
Number two, he asked it and it'd be nice to address what he asked. There's two reasons to 1701
go after that. The other thing is that .... 1702
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Council Member Filseth: Can I throw in my comment on that? 1704
1705
Chair Reckdahl: Yeah, go ahead. 1706
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Council Member Filseth: As you were talking, I was sort of thinking about Ed's 1708
comment here, the fact that we're short of dog parks has to do with the fact we're short of 1709
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parks in general. One of the members of the audience said there's only one really good 1710
dog park in town, and it's the one at Mitchell Park. You go there, and it's crowded all the 1711
time. Sometimes there's sort of dog-to-dog issues and so forth. If that's not a concrete 1712
manifestation of what you're talking about right now, I don't know what is. For what it's 1713
worth. 1714
1715 Mr. de Geus: I agree. 1716
1717
Chair Reckdahl: I think that is a good point. Yogi Berra, no one goes there anymore 1718
because it's too crowded. My final point was the principles I'm not real warm to, but the 1719
criteria, I think, is solid. Can we reference that earlier in the memo? We do talk about, 1720
way in the back, the criteria. These aren't numbered, but it's the second to last page. 1721
Currently there are five identified criteria. I would really like to see can we move that up 1722
somehow. I think that's the meat that Scharff wanted. It's how this is going to help me 1723
define the park. I think this is going to tell me. Not even change the content, but just 1724
shuffle things around so he sees that earlier. I'm afraid that people on the Council will 1725
read through this and lose patience before they get there. My question's not being 1726
answered, my question's not being answered, and they won't get all the way to the end. If 1727
you can get it up towards the front, saying this is criteria. One of the deliverables is a set 1728
of criteria, and we'll use that to judge projects and parks. 1729
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Mr. de Geus: One of the thoughts we had was, because the Council had a lot of 1731
questions, is to have actually an attachment that was specific to their questions that then 1732
refers back to areas in the report that gives the answer. If it's not in the report, then it 1733
provides it in that attachment. That's what we're currently working on. 1734 1735 Chair Reckdahl: That would be useful for them. 1736 1737
Mr. de Geus: That's what they want to see specifically (crosstalk). 1738
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Chair Reckdahl: They can go back and look and see questions. 1740
1741
Mr. de Geus: I see my question; I see the answer. Good, thank you. 1742
1743
Commissioner Lauing: To two of your points, since we're on that page. The first one 1744
you said is something about the principles were fuzzy. They're so fuzzy that they're not 1745
even on the page. I was actually thinking that at the top of that page before criteria, that 1746
we should just go ahead and re-list the principles. I think you referenced them in the 1747
back. If they were in the document here, you'd have the principles and then you'd have 1748
the criteria. If you want to swap them, that's all right but that's not how we created them 1749
in advance. That's why we have them in that batting order. What I'm saying is I don't 1750
think it's redundant to list them here for clarity of how the ... 1751
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Mr. de Geus: Are you on the staff report? 1753
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Commissioner Lauing: I'm on the staff report, exactly, where you guys were talking 1755
about it. Where Keith said can you get the criteria in sooner. Just above that, you 1756
reference the principles, but you didn't list the principles. I just thought it'd be clearer for 1757 them to have on their mind. Here are the principles and then here are the criteria that 1758
dropped out of that. The last paragraph above that criteria section. 1759
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Chair Reckdahl: Any other questions? Stacey, did you have any? Do you guys want to 1761
walk through ... 1762
1763
Commissioner Lauing: I had one. 1764
1765
Chair Reckdahl: ... this handout? 1766
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Mr. de Geus: Yeah, that's the next topic. 1768
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Chair Reckdahl: I'm sorry. Ed. 1770
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Commissioner Lauing: I had one. I didn't quite understand the number two here under 1772
criteria evaluation. They will be evaluated by an evaluation panel. I didn't quite 1773
understand. 1774
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Peter Jensen: We haven't talked about that yet. 1776 1777 Mr. de Geus: That's the next topic that we're going to discuss here. 1778 1779
Commissioner Lauing: You're going to present that to them before it's discussed? Okay. 1780
That's fine. 1781
1782
Commissioner Knopper: I had a quick question. On page 15, what we learned, the 1783
second bullet point says fewer neighborhoods are within—this totally could be me, 1784
because I'm not a spatial person. Fewer neighborhoods are within a half mile service area 1785
of every essential activity. I understood the bullet point above it. Maybe I'm missing it. 1786
You're saying that most have within a quarter to a half mile distance to a park. The next 1787
bullet point is fewer. Are you just saying more people are a quarter mile closer and then, 1788
like, there's just a lesser amount that are a half mile? I wasn't sure. It just didn't seem 1789
clear to me. 1790
1791
Commissioner Crommie: I think it's talking about two separate things, each bullet point. 1792
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Commissioner Hetterly: I think the first one's about geography, what's the distance 1794
between your house and a park. The other is about what's the distance between your 1795
house and a park that has an essential activity. Essential activities, throw, kick a ball. 1796
1797
Mr. Jensen: Play, sit. 1798
1799 Commissioner Knopper: Okay. 1800
1801
Mr. de Geus: Enjoy the outdoors. We can look at that to see if that can be a little clearer. 1802
If it was confusing as you read it, it might be to others. We'll take a look at it. 1803
1804
Commissioner Knopper: Maybe not. Maybe it's just me, which is entirely possible. The 1805
other question I had very quickly is on page 11, what we learned. The Master Plan has 1806
the potential to help advance recommendations and policies (inaudible) existing adopted 1807
plans, blah, blah, blah, Our Palo Alto, the Public Arts Master Plan and Urban Forest 1808
Master Plan. I guess my question is do you want to clarify what Our Palo Alto 2030, 1809
like, should you like indent more or is it just fine to do like those big broad, like I don't 1810
know how far in the weeds ... 1811
1812
Mr. de Geus: This report is intended for the City Council (crosstalk) familiar with these 1813
plans. 1814
1815
Commissioner Knopper: I just wasn't sure how, like, if you needed to do an indentation, 1816
like, Our Palo Alto 2035 includes buh, buh, buh, Urban Forest Plan, like highlight. I 1817
wasn't sure. That's just sort of like a question. I'm trying to, like, sort of anticipate if 1818 somebody says what exactly is that comprised of. Thank you. 1819 1820 Mr. de Geus: Other questions or are you ready to ... 1821
1822
Commissioner Crommie: I just had one. Where's the demographic study cited in here? I 1823
couldn't find it. 1824
1825
Mr. de Geus: It is ... 1826
1827
Mr. Jensen: Page 12. 1828
1829
Mr. de Geus: Twelve is it? 1830
1831
Commissioner Knopper: That's what Keith was talking about, what we learned. 1832
1833
Mr. de Geus: We can certainly add more there. 1834
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Commissioner Crommie: I agree with that comment. 1836
1837
Vice Chair Markevitch: Are you done? 1838
1839
Commissioner Crommie: Yep. 1840
1841 Vice Chair Markevitch: The final report, is it going to be closer to the size of the binder 1842
or to this? If it's going to be closer to the size of the binder, then it might be good to tell 1843
Council that this is just a snapshot of what the staff and the Commission have been 1844
working, so they don't think this is all we've been doing. There's a lot of information 1845
within that draft report that we're pulling together. 1846
1847
Mr. de Geus: Hopefully this illustrates that, that it points to the depth of the work and 1848
scope. We've been working on the website as well to make that a little more readable and 1849
accessible to all of the background documents and surveys and so on. Shall we move on 1850
to the next—actually, Peter, did you want to share the thinking around the model that we 1851
handed out? I'm going to pull it up on the screen here. How about that? 1852
1853
Mr. Jensen: This is going to start creating a structure that we're going to understand how 1854
this process flows through. If you saw the original flow diagram of this ... 1855
1856
Mr. de Geus: Did they see it? I don't know if they ever saw that. 1857
1858
Mr. Jensen: It looks something like this. 1859
1860 Mr. de Geus: Did you see that last time? 1861 1862 Chair Reckdahl: No. 1863
1864
Mr. Jensen: It's a much more complex process, and it's not very easy to follow through. 1865
We've been working on and generating this. What this is now telling us is what the 1866
process will be for us starting basically now as we develop the principles and the criteria, 1867
and then how we get through to the actual final recommendations. You can see then 1868
what's happening is that the potential list of projects, program ideas is a list that comes to 1869
us from the consultant. They put this list together from all the analysis that they've done. 1870
How they do that is they use the community input that we have received. They review it 1871
through the principles, and then they also look at it through the data opportunities 1872
summary which is basically the matrix. Taking all those line items and looking at all that 1873
data that's there to generate that list. All right? This is the list then that they're producing 1874
right now. We hope to have some version of it in the next month to share, because it's 1875
really kind of where the rubber meets the road in all of this. We started to look at the 1876
spreadsheet that the consultant has put together and allows you to look at it in a 1877
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geographic sense and the program and how the parks, trails, open space, recreation 1878
facilities, recreational programs, so you can cross-reference all this data and look at how 1879
the system is balancing out when we start to prioritize. The list now—I'm not quite sure 1880
how long it's going to be. We've discussed it's in the hundreds to look at. When that list 1881
is generated, basically the criteria then is kind of the meat of the process of evaluating 1882
and prioritizing. That's going to be based on a point system. We're going to talk about 1883 that point system, what that point system is. Each one of the criteria is going to have a 1884
number associated with it, either a 1-5 or—I don't know what that is yet. Every project 1885
that's on that list will be run through that criteria process and a number will be generated. 1886
That number will then allow us to rank all the projects. That's the first pass of the 1887
prioritization. The second pass is going and looking at this segment of the process where 1888
we have our finalized list, and then we start to look at what we're recommending is 1889
balanced, how cost is associated with what we're recommending. That screen is too 1890
small for me to see it on here. 1891
1892
Commissioner Hetterly: Geographic distribution. 1893
1894
Mr. Jensen: Geographic, if it's distributed throughout the City. All those things will then 1895
come into play in whittling down the list. That is composed of a panel which we don't 1896
know how that's formulated yet. We will have to talk about that as we go along with the 1897
process in the next couple of months. Once that list is finalized and becomes the final 1898
list, it is then vetted again through the Commission, the City Council and gets us down to 1899
our final prioritization. These are the processes of how we're going to be doing this. 1900
How this has changed from before is that, I think, the flow diagram made the principles a 1901
more major thing at the beginning that seemed to be eliminating a lot of stuff. Really that 1902 isn't the case. Each project is looked at in how many principles it is fulfilling. Really the 1903 criteria is the key where the evaluation and the weight is put onto the list itself. Where, I 1904 think, the principles are really powerful is at the actual end of the process, when you have 1905
your list and then you go and look at—these projects don't have some of these principles, 1906
so how can we incorporate those principles into the project to make the project better. I 1907
was listening to your conversation before when you were talking about the Baylands. 1908
When you talk about the Baylands and that project doesn't incorporate playful in it, does 1909
it have balance in it, so you can start to look at those things and start to incorporate those 1910
things into the scope of the project to make it a more full-breadth project having a larger 1911
impact. That's what the principles really are, powerful. This is a more simplified 1912
diagram. I think it's a lot cleaner and easier to understand. I think the process now is 1913
starting to be structured where it's defensible, actionable, getting us to a recommended 1914
list that we can have backup and verification of. I'll open it up to discussion and 1915
questions about that. 1916
1917
Chair Reckdahl: Deirdre. 1918
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Commissioner Crommie: Just on the last point that you made, that very end process. It 1920
sounds kind of cool to reincorporate principles back into a project, but it seems a little 1921
backwards if you've let something win a race and then at the end you decide it doesn't 1922
really have what we want. Did it beat out a competitor that had more of those things? It 1923
just seems like a backhanded way—why are things sifting out that don't already have—1924
why are you getting to the end of the process where you have a lot of items that don't 1925 have those principles? 1926
1927
Mr. de Geus: They're at the beginning as well. I think that's key. Maybe that was 1928
missed a little bit. 1929
1930
Commissioner Crommie: No, no. You are looking at that at the beginning. I guess, at 1931
the end ... 1932
1933
Chair Reckdahl: You're scoring them with criteria. You're not scoring them with the 1934
principles. 1935
1936
Commissioner Crommie: You never score with the principles is what you're saying. 1937
They have to have those, but then you look at what falls out at the end. 1938
1939
Chair Reckdahl: I mean, they don't have to. If you had a really good project that only 1940
had half the principles, you still might go for it. 1941
1942
Commissioner Crommie: Yeah, I guess that makes sense. 1943
1944 Mr. Jensen: There may be a project that maybe only one principle applies to it that is a 1945 legitimate project to use. We don't want to use the principles as the means to eliminate 1946 the projects. We want to make sure that they're aligning with the principles and we want 1947
to then try to bring the principles in to make the project better. 1948
1949
Mr. de Geus: I would say as we sort of reflect on the Study Session we had with Council, 1950
I think we emphasized the principles far too much. They're important, but they're really 1951
high level and talk about the whole system. We really need to be thinking about the 1952
community input that we've received, which is a lot, and the summary matrix, 1953
opportunities matrix which is a great deal of data, plus the principles that generates this 1954
pretty significant list is what we (inaudible). The criteria really allows us to prioritize 1955
which one should be higher and lower and what timeframe should they be invested in. I 1956
actually really think that's—the way Peter shared this and we've talked about it internally 1957
is sort of reapply the principles toward the end to say how can the project be even better. 1958
Have another sort of test against is it as accessible as it should be, is it as inclusive as it 1959
should be, does it incorporate nature, did we really get that or could we do more. 1960
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Commissioner Crommie: That's why I get suspicious. Nature's tacked on at the end, and 1962
it really isn't substantial. That can be very superficial, just to add in some like natural 1963
play area instead of ... 1964
1965
Mr. de Geus: Hopefully it's there already, and it's just ... 1966
1967 Commissioner Crommie: Just be careful when you're dealing with nature that way, I 1968
would say. 1969
1970
Chair Reckdahl: I like the principles at the end. I think that's good. I can see that. Like 1971
you were talking about CIPs, you have some projects you present (inaudible) which is 1972
reviewed and is there any way that we can improve it, add a little wrinkle here or there. 1973
It's still the same fundamental project, but you're just adding the wrinkles at the end to try 1974
and align it more with the principles. I think that's more defensible than using it at the 1975
front end. Using the front end—you do want to keep them in mind as you're going 1976
through that list. I think this is a more logical way. When the Council was kind of 1977
confused how we're using them, I think this is a good explanation. Pat. 1978
1979
Vice Chair Markevitch: These principles and this criteria are all going to be held up 1980
when we do CIPs for the parks. Is this standard also going to be applied to other CIPs 1981
within the City? If it isn't, are our allocation of funds for parks going to fall by the 1982
wayside because it's not as strong as the metrics for the other CIPs? Does that make 1983
sense? 1984
1985
Mr. Jensen: It does. From my experience of how the CIPs now are formulated, it's based 1986 on maintenance and keep-up or it's based on what the flavor of the month of the project is 1987 at that time or whose special project can go forward. Building a framework that gives us 1988 the guidelines that can give us better projects, more in-depth projects, is the better way to 1989
go than just what we need right now and planning that out for the future. 1990
1991
Mr. de Geus: I think it'll strengthen it a lot actually. As we go through the CIP process 1992
and all the departments have different needs, if we have a Master Plan that has a process 1993
for defining priorities and needs that is very community-based in terms of input, we'll 1994
have a much stronger case when we come to the table with all the different CIPs that 1995
people want to do. We have this document that supports what we're putting forward as 1996
here's why this is a priority. 1997
1998
Mr. Jensen: Right. I think that is definitely the key. When it comes down to sitting 1999
around the table and deciding what CIPs are going to be awarded, this is going to 2000
generate background information that we can give as why we want to do this. That will 2001
make it more powerful and, I think, will allow parks projects to gain more revenue in the 2002
future, because it does have definitely a backing, a clear guide of what we're trying to do. 2003
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2004
Commissioner Knopper: I just wanted to say that a company having a mission statement 2005
where they have a set of core values that go back to and they evaluate is always helpful. 2006
It doesn't mean that every project—to your point, Peter—hits every key measure every 2007
single time. It keeps you mindful of what the overall goal is, what the overall strategic 2008
position is and what we're trying to do and what we're trying to achieve. I really like the 2009 idea of having this core set of principles to go back to and say, "It meets these three 2010
measures. I think that if we think about accessibility a little bit differently with this 2011
project, we can integrate it this way." Again, it's that overall umbrella of value 2012
statements that you can come back to. It reminds you of what you need to be thinking 2013
about on a consistent basis. 2014
2015
Chair Reckdahl: What is the schedule for going back to Council? 2016
2017
Mr. de Geus: We're looking for a date, so it's with the Clerk's Office right now. We very 2018
much would like to be back before Council before the end of the calendar year. There's a 2019
lot on the Council agenda as Council Member Filseth can attest to. It's a bit of jockeying 2020
to find an hour where we can present this to them. We don't want it to be too long, 2021
because we want to continue to work on the plan and make progress. We do feel like this 2022
check-in with Council is a very important next step that we really need to be doing now. 2023
Hopefully soon. 2024
2025
Chair Reckdahl: If you went to Council, will that change what you're doing? I guess 2026
they could give you different direction. 2027
2028 Mr. de Geus: They can always give us new direction. 2029 2030 Chair Reckdahl: You're not waiting on anything, you're still going full blast? 2031
2032
Mr. de Geus: Yeah, we're still moving ahead. I mean, the next big piece is the work of 2033
MIG to draft potential new project program ideas, which they're working on 2034
concurrently. 2035
2036
Chair Reckdahl: Do we have an update to the matrix? We had some updates, but then 2037
we never got the final. 2038
2039
Mr. Jensen: I do have a final now that I'll post and send out to the group. 2040
2041
Chair Reckdahl: We were converging, but I don't think we had converged yet. 2042
Commissioner Hetterly. 2043
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Commissioner Hetterly: On this new handout, I have some suggestions and some 2045
questions. I think one of the pieces that's missing is the site survey and analysis, which 2046
was a big chunk of MIG's work. I wonder if it doesn't make sense to put community 2047
input and the site survey and analysis at the top, because those are kind of the big inflows 2048
of information and those feed through the principles and the data and opportunities 2049
summary to get to the project ideas and programs. I would stick both of those up top 2050 rather than on a parallel line. I think we want community input as the most important 2051
thing on the flow chart. In terms of potential project and program ideas, I'm still not 2052
entirely clear what differentiates a project from a program idea. Bunching them together, 2053
that could include we should put a dog park at this place and this place and this place or it 2054
could be we need more dog parks. The former is a really useful recommendation. The 2055
latter not so much a useful recommendation. 2056
2057
Mr. Jensen: It'll be the former. 2058
2059
Mr. de Geus: It has to be. Otherwise, we can't apply the criteria. It has to be ... 2060
2061
Commissioner Hetterly: That was going to be my next question. I wasn't sure what 2062
program ideas meant. 2063
2064
Mr. Jensen: It'll be site specific for those that are physical elements in parks. 2065
2066
Commissioner Hetterly: That might be useful for Council to know as well, if they're 2067
wondering what these ideas are, how are we going to act on an idea. Maybe a little 2068
clarity around program ideas. 2069 2070 Mr. de Geus: I would just add that the program could relate to the recreation piece of it, a 2071 changing of a trail or a (inaudible). It's more of this type of activity for this age group. 2072
2073
Commissioner Hetterly: It would be more specific than expand services for seniors? 2074
2075
Mr. de Geus: Yes. 2076
2077
Commissioner Crommie: Can you call it programming rather than ideas? 2078
2079
Commissioner Hetterly: That's the level of specificity that I think is useful. 2080
2081
Vice Chair Markevitch: What was that? 2082
2083
Commissioner Crommie: I was just saying can you call it programming instead of 2084
program ideas. You're talking about programming. If you're talking about programming, 2085
it does imply a site. It's more concrete. 2086
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2087
Chair Reckdahl: The distinction here is that project means some type of facility or park, 2088
something physical. Programming is like recreation programming. 2089
2090
Commissioner Crommie: I was just trying to get rid of the word "idea." 2091
2092 Commissioner Ashlund: Staffing as opposed to facility, right? 2093
2094
Mr. de Geus: Hmm? 2095
2096
Commissioner Ashlund: Staff-run activities as opposed to facility. 2097
2098
Mr. de Geus: Yeah. 2099
2100
Mr. Jensen: Feedback on the potential project and program ideas, we'd like to have that. 2101
We discussed this at length with staff a few times of what that should be, and it's changed 2102
just as we talked to the consultant a few times. If there's more ideas about how we should 2103
frame that, we started calling it draft recommendation list and then it developed into 2104
potential actions. There has been a process of ... 2105
2106
Mr. de Geus: It took us a long time to get to this. 2107
2108
Commissioner Hetterly: (crosstalk) be able to talk about it so that you can convey the 2109
level of specificity. My other comment was the scoring and the review panel are 2110
certainly the things I'm most interested in. I suspect they will also be the things Council's 2111 most interested in. I understand those are still being fleshed out. Is that right? 2112 2113 Mr. de Geus: They are. The current thinking is a panel of some type. We'll have to 2114
discuss how best to do that. My feeling is it's probably easier if staff takes a—we sort of 2115
present the process and get comfortable with it as staff and Commission. Then we take a 2116
shot at doing that and bring that to the full Commission for review to see if it makes sense 2117
as opposed to a couple of Commissioners. We still have to think about this and what 2118
involvement does the stakeholder group have in something like that. I think they could 2119
play a role here as well. We still have some thinking to do about how we do. If you have 2120
thoughts, ideas, that's going to be a topic (crosstalk). 2121
2122
Chair Reckdahl: The stakeholders, won't that be community input? Are you saying 2123
community input would be both top and in the iteration? 2124
2125
Mr. de Geus: We see community input going through the whole process really. How do 2126
you do that in a meaningful way? We have this stakeholder group that's very engaged, as 2127
you know, sort of 25 or 30 members. How do we effectively use them through this 2128
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process? It seems to me they have some role to play below the line here, after we come 2129
up with the list of potential projects and ideas. How do we filter those through the 2130
criteria? It would be good to engage the stakeholder committee in that some way. 2131
2132
Chair Reckdahl: We do have outreach meetings to the community before we remodel 2133
parks. Even if we convince ourselves that we want to remodel Rinconada park, we go to 2134 the community and say this is what we're planning to do. 2135
2136
Mr. de Geus: Absolutely. 2137
2138
Commissioner Ashlund: There's sort of individual community responses from individual 2139
residents versus the stakeholder group is more representative. It's like the dog owners 2140
want more dog parks. The soccer clubs need more field space. That kind of thing. It's 2141
more collective feedback. Can I ask a quick question about the stakeholder list? When 2142
there was a discussion about getting rid of the Girl Scout house at the Rinconada Park, 2143
the Girl Scouts weighed in really, really heavily on that. I see Boy Scouts are on the list. 2144
In terms of gender equality, is there a reason that the Girls Scouts are not on the ... Palo 2145
Alto Unified is actually on there twice. If you ... 2146
2147
Mr. de Geus: I'll have to look at that. 2148
2149
Commissioner Ashlund: You might want to check Palo Alto ... 2150
2151
Mr. Jensen: Maybe the Unified was (crosstalk). 2152
2153 Commissioner Ashlund: Get them on there once and maybe add the Girl Scouts. 2154 2155 Mr. de Geus: Yeah. Maybe we'll have to add that. We're trying to create a model as 2156
well that helps us complete the Master Plan, of course, but then as a model we can use to 2157
evaluate future ideas and programs and projects consistent with how we came up with the 2158
Master Plan. 2159
2160
Commissioner Ashlund: The last question about the stakeholders. The very first 2161
stakeholder meeting that we attended, I know Olenka was there and spoke about Magical 2162
Bridge and accessibility. There's no organization like Abilities United mentioned, or 2163
Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired. There's several organizations in Palo 2164
Alto, even Children's Health Council which is affiliated with Stanford but represents 2165
children with special needs, could be represented as well. 2166
2167
Mr. de Geus: Okay. 2168
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Chair Reckdahl: If you want to talk about how community input goes in, I think that's 2170
the last circle at the very bottom where we're applying principles. We really are applying 2171
principles and also community input. When we get a draft plan, we'll present that to the 2172
community and say, "What do you think about this?" Then we'll get their feedback. 2173
Sometimes we do tweak things. That would be one place if you were looking at places 2174
where community input would fit. Pat, anything else? 2175 2176
Vice Chair Markevitch: No. 2177
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Chair Reckdahl: Abbie? 2179
2180
Commissioner Knopper: I'm good. Thank you. 2181
2182
Chair Reckdahl: Deirdre? 2183
2184
Commissioner Crommie: I was just looking at the stakeholder list. Did we drop any 2185
people, other stakeholders or is this the same list that we've carried through? 2186
2187
Mr. de Geus: It should be the same list. If something's dropped off, it might be 2188
intentional. 2189
2190
Mr. Jensen: There are some individuals though that I did not name specifically that didn't 2191
really represent an organization. 2192
2193
Commissioner Crommie: That makes sense. 2194 2195 Mr. de Geus: The other thing, just to Council Member Filseth, we don't have to talk 2196 about it here, but I do want to get your feedback on this as well, particularly because 2197
you're the liaison to this Commission. As we go back to Council, having your support 2198
and have had a review of it would be helpful. 2199
2200
Council Member Filseth: I think it's all good stuff. I think as you said before in the 2201
previous meetings, it's pretty high level and process oriented and so forth. I think for the 2202
next one, the closer this group can get to sort of more concrete is—top priorities are this, 2203
this, this and this, and the next set are this, this and this, a list—the better. I think that's 2204
sort of what everybody's looking to see. 2205
2206
Mr. de Geus: I think (inaudible) good. 2207
2208
Mr. Jensen: We'll send the group the source index that we've made online. I might have 2209
sent it to the ad hoc committee. It's basically a PDF that's like the binder. It's just like the 2210
source index at the front. You can click on that specific section and it takes you to that 2211
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data source. It's like having an electronic binder basically. I think it's a lot easier to look 2212
through that way than trying to flip the pages. I think that turned out really good. I'm 2213
hoping that the Council can use that if they have questions about it. We did clean up the 2214
web page quite a bit and made it more streamlined and easier to use. It's now arranged 2215
per the binder so we're all on the same page talking about the same sections and 2216
everything. 2217 2218
Chair Reckdahl: The prioritization exercise, when does that stop? 2219
2220
Mr. Jensen: We haven't set a date on that. It was going to stop when we had the 2221
community meeting that did that. 2222
2223
Mr. de Geus: How many people have responded to that? Do we know? 2224
2225
Mr. Jensen: The last time it was up over 300 people. That was a couple of weeks ago. 2226
I've sent out more emails about it. (crosstalk) should have a timeline or (crosstalk). 2227
2228
Chair Reckdahl: I think I saw more emails from the previous park survey. I'm not sure 2229
why I haven't seen that much traffic on the list that I'm on for this one. When the parks 2230
plan came out, that first survey, I was forwarded a lot of emails. 2231
2232
Commissioner Hetterly: I was glad to see it on Nextdoor this week. I think that'll get a 2233
lot more people. When is the meeting, the prioritization meeting? Is that scheduled yet? 2234
2235
Mr. de Geus: I don't think it's been set. 2236 2237 Mr. Jensen: No, we have not set that yet. 2238 2239
Mr. de Geus: We don't want to get too far ahead either. I really feel like we need to get 2240
back to the City Council before we get too far along in terms certainly prioritization. 2241
That's sort of the next critical part, get back in front of Council with a Study Session. 2242
2243
Chair Reckdahl: You want to do the Council before you do the meeting or do you want 2244
to do the ... 2245
2246
Mr. de Geus: We haven't decided. 2247
2248
Council Member Filseth: Let me ask this. What do you want from the Council at the 2249
next Study Session? 2250
2251
Mr. de Geus: It's really a check-in to be sure that the Council's comfortable with the path 2252
that we're on and the kind of community outreach that we've taken in and a green light to 2253
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move on. Once we get into prioritization and start really defining, that really gets down 2254
to starting to build out the plan. If there is some red flags or something from the Council 2255
saying you're really missing a certain principle or other thing, then we need to know that 2256
now. Otherwise, we'll have to redo work. I think the first Study Session was helpful in 2257
that regard. We made a number of adjustments because of the feedback that we received 2258
in that first Study Session. I feel it's important to do another check-in before we get too 2259 far along. 2260
2261
Council Member Filseth: Obviously, you can't just do this, but everybody's eager to hear 2262
here's what we're going to do. I think that's sort of where we are. 2263
2264
Mr. de Geus: Right. 2265
2266
Female: We are too. 2267
2268
Mr. de Geus: Like last night with the Healthy Cities. 2269
2270
Council Member Filseth: The Healthy Cities thing is ... 2271
2272
Commissioner Knopper: You can pass an ordinance that they don't (crosstalk). 2273
2274
Council Member Filseth: That one's more aspirational. This one's got to be more 2275
prescriptive. 2276
2277
Mr. de Geus: This one will lead to the—right. 2278 2279
5. Other Ad Hoc Committee and Liaison Updates. 2280 2281
Chair Reckdahl: Does anyone have ad hoc? We talked about maybe having website ad 2282
hoc. Are we doing that next month or is that—do we have anything to add? 2283
2284
Commissioner Ashlund: We haven't had time to meet. 2285
2286
Commissioner Hetterly: I am on that. We haven't had time to meet since last month's 2287
meeting. (crosstalk) next month (crosstalk) depend on whether we can get together. I 2288
don't know if (crosstalk) with us (crosstalk). We know it's on our to-do list. 2289
2290
Chair Reckdahl: You're the only two on the website right now? 2291
2292
Commissioner Ashlund: We were the two, yeah. 2293
2294
Commissioner Lauing: We need to crank up the CIP too. 2295
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Chair Reckdahl: Yes, that's a good point. 2297
2298
Rob de Geus: (inaudible) that meeting and it's on the (crosstalk). I'm going to talk to 2299
Daren. 2300
2301 Chair Reckdahl: It would be good to get that going. I think last year we were started by 2302
now. 2303
2304
Mr. de Geus: Yeah, we actually were, that's right. It hasn't started at the City yet. There 2305
hasn't been a kick-off meeting or anything from the Office of Management and Budget. 2306
It's right around the corner, so it's right now. 2307
2308
Chair Reckdahl: Do you have a wag on how much money? 2309
2310
Mr. de Geus: No, I don't. 2311
2312
Chair Reckdahl: We can still prioritize. 2313
2314
Mr. de Geus: We definitely should and probably not think too much about what money 2315
is available, rather what are the needs and trying to (inaudible). 2316
2317
Chair Reckdahl: Although when you have your matrix, and then you say, "How many 2318
can we do each year," you know you have less money and that column becomes more 2319
bare. If you have more money, you can populate that. We only have one Peter, so that ... 2320 2321 Mr. de Geus: That's right. I'll set that up. 2322 2323
V. COMMENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS 2324 2325
Rob de Geus: I just had two that I wanted to share with you. We're working on an event 2326
here for Veterans Day. It's actually on the 9th, that week. It'll be here on the plaza. It's 2327
going to be a really nice event recognizing our service men and women. The Gunn High 2328
School band will be there. There'll be some food. We'll be doing some service projects 2329
for kids to make thank you cards and other things. There's a proclamation that the Mayor 2330
and Council will read that evening. It should be a nice day. It's on the 9th, 4:30 on the 2331
plaza, 4:30 to 6:00. Lots of activity. The other thing I wanted to mention was Cubberley 2332
Community Center. Discussions with the School District have begun about the master 2333
planning of the campus. Maybe you've seen some articles in the paper about that. Just 2334
starting out, but some exciting developments, I think, starting to emerge particularly out 2335
of the School District. They seem much more engaged than I've ever seen before. I'm 2336
much more hopeful about possibilities at Cubberley and what could happen there about 2337
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experimenting in some ways with education and modern education and choice type of 2338
school. It might be really something innovative that Dr. Max McGee, the new 2339
superintendent, is spearheading with the community. When we met with him, he was 2340
interested in what the community wants and what the community might want to build on 2341
our 8 acres and how that might support and complement what a new school might look 2342
like. That's just starting out; we'll have more to follow-up on that. As you recall, we 2343 have a five-year lease agreement with the School District. Part of that lease agreement 2344
includes a master plan for the Cubberley campus. We want to get started on that. 2345
2346
Chair Reckdahl: When we say master plan, this means if they put a school there, what 2347
they would want the campus to look like? 2348
2349
Mr. de Geus: Right. It's a 35-acre site. The buildings are very old. Most of them are 2350
very old and really are not worthy of repairing or spending a lot of money on them. What 2351
might we do there that would meet the future needs of the School District and the future 2352
needs of the community. 2353
2354
Chair Reckdahl: Do we have a soonest construction date? We're talking ... 2355
2356
Mr. de Geus: Oh, wow, I don't know about construction. 2357
2358
Chair Reckdahl: The reason I ask is that we have a lot of stuff in Cubberley that really 2359
needs updating and how much do you throw into Cubberley. 2360
2361
Mr. de Geus: This is a great question. The new lease agreement with Cubberley does set 2362 aside about $1.8 million that used to go to the School District, now sets it aside for 2363 investment in Cubberley and the buildings there, but more importantly probably what the 2364 future of Cubberley might be and investing in its future as opposed to repairing very old 2365
buildings. You're right, there are some things that we have to do there, roofing and other 2366
things. There's some parking issues that we are investing in. I think the focus is let's see 2367
what we can do in terms of a master plan and a long-range plan for what we do on the 2368
campus, so we're not spending money on things that are not going to be there long term. 2369
2370
Chair Reckdahl: What's the status of the old library that was going to be remodeled? 2371
2372
Mr. de Geus: The auditorium at Cubberley was a temporary library. Now they've moved 2373
out, of course; they're back at Mitchell. Renovating the auditorium back so that it can be 2374
a rentable space is one of the higher priorities. It's a big space. People really enjoyed 2375
using it. It generated about $80,000 in revenues every year, just from rental revenues. 2376
2377
Commissioner Crommie: It has that kitchen, right? That little kitchen, does it still have 2378
that? 2379
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2380
Mr. de Geus: It doesn't have the kitchen anymore, because that was renovated to be 2381
office space for the technical staff of the library. Putting back a catering kitchen of some 2382
type so that it could be used for a rental space. 2383
2384
Chair Reckdahl: It's just sitting empty right now? It's not being remodeled? 2385 2386
Mr. de Geus: The plans are underway to remodel it. It's mostly empty. It's used for 2387
some small programs, but not as much as it could be. 2388
2389
Chair Reckdahl: Do we have an estimate of when they would start remodeling that or is 2390
that a CIP that has to get funded? 2391
2392
Mr. de Geus: It's a CIP; it's with Public Works. It's on there, but it's soon. I think it's 2393
within the next year they're going to get started on that. 2394
2395
Commissioner Crommie: Can you just mention how that plan impacts the fields that are 2396
there now? Do you want to bring that as an agenda item to the Commission? 2397
2398
Mr. de Geus: You recall the Cubberley Community Advisory Committee spent a year—2399
Commissioner Hetterly was chair of the one of the four committees. Which one was 2400
that? 2401
2402
Commissioner Hetterly: Facilities. 2403
2404 Mr. de Geus: Facilities, right. It was a big report that came from that. One of the key—I 2405 thought it was like 14 recommendations, one of which was to retain those athletic fields 2406 for community use as much as possible as long as possible. 2407
2408
Commissioner Crommie: Are those on the school property? As I recall, that was a 2409
problem with them. 2410
2411
Mr. de Geus: Yeah, that's right. 2412
2413
Commissioner Crommie: Just as you said, there's a master plan process. It's probably 2414
impacting those fields. 2415
2416
Mr. de Geus: Yeah. I think there's interest from both the School District and the City 2417
that we retain those athletic fields. Any questions on Cubberley? A lot happening there. 2418
Are you going to ask about the golf course? I just bring it up with the announcements. 2419
There isn't a lot of news on the golf course. We did make a decision. We met with our 2420
City Manager, yesterday actually it was, and the Public Works staff got an update on the 2421
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permitting process, which was new to me as well. The earliest time we could get the 2422
permit and actually be able to go out to bid and start construction is summer of next year, 2423
2016. That's the very earliest that we could begin. We're going back to the City Council 2424
to give them a report on that update. We have funding in the budget to keep operating 2425
the golf course until the end of the calendar year. 2426
2427 Chair Reckdahl: This calendar year? 2428
2429
Mr. de Geus: This calendar year. We thought we'd be under construction after that. 2430
That's not going to happen. We've done some analysis on the cost benefit of closing 2431
versus staying open, and it does pencil out that it's better to be open, even though we 2432
don't fully recover. Annually, it's better to stay open and generate some revenue. We're 2433
recommending that to Council, that we increase revenues by some $600,000. That's 2434
approximately what we would make in revenues to keep it open. An approximate similar 2435
cost to keep operating. It's sort of net neutral. That's the status. 2436
2437
Chair Reckdahl: I don't understand how this can drag on. 2438
2439
Mr. de Geus: Neither do I. 2440
2441
Chair Reckdahl: It just seems dysfunctional. 2442
2443
Mr. de Geus: It is dysfunctional. 2444
2445
Chair Reckdahl: Do they have a specific rationale or are they just twiddling their thumbs 2446 and saying, "We're thinking about it"? 2447 2448 Mr. de Geus: I think opinions vary about the motivation, why things are taking longer. It 2449
is very frustrating for our side, the Community Services side. We're sort of not even at 2450
the table really. It's really about the creek and the flood control project and the necessity 2451
to get those permits in place and have all of the regulatory agencies be comfortable with 2452
that project before they will permit our project. Our project, every indication is that 2453
they're quite satisfied with that, but they're holding off on the permitting because they 2454
want to be sure that the flood control project is in its final state in terms of where the 2455
levees are actually going to be placed and so on. You've heard that story a few times. 2456
2457
Commissioner Lauing: Move the dirt and open the other holes again. 2458
2459
Mr. de Geus: You've got 300,000 cubic yards of dirt out there and a possible El Nino 2460
winter. 2461
2462
Peter Jensen: We could move the dirt into a perfect dike. 2463
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2464
Mr. de Geus: It looks like a new levee out there. 2465
2466
Commissioner Knopper: You could make money. You know the motocross, the guys 2467
that go vroom, fly. 2468
2469 Vice Chair Markevitch: (crosstalk) they actually open up the creek under 101 before the 2470
rain really starts. Every time I drive by there, it's just blocked on the east side. I think 2471
they're going to forget to do that, and it's just going to be a huge problem. 2472
2473
Commissioner Hetterly: I think they're clearing it out now. 2474
2475
Mr. de Geus: They are. They're doing a lot of work in the creek in preparation for 2476
potential storms and a lot of rain in January-March timeframe. 2477
2478
Commissioner Hetterly: I think the project shuts down for the winter, so I think they're 2479
moving all their stuff out of there. 2480
2481
Commissioner Lauing: I have other questions for Rob. Can I go ahead? 2482
2483
Chair Reckdahl: Ed, go for it. 2484
2485
Commissioner Lauing: Give us an update on your staffing. 2486
2487
Mr. de Geus: Right. We've got a lot of vacancies right now that we're working through 2488 recruitment. The key one right now is the Assistant Director position that I vacated. 2489 We're down to one candidate and doing reference checks and background checks. 2490 Hopefully we'll have an offer out by the end of the week. We have a Superintendant of 2491
Parks that we've been recruiting for for quite some time now, and still don't have a really 2492
great pool of candidates unfortunately. That's Joe Vallaire’s old position. You may 2493
remember he retired. We have to decide whether we need to reopen that. The other 2494
position is the Superintendant of Recreation Services. We've got a lot of great candidates 2495
we're interviewing this Friday, eight very qualified candidates. We'll make a decision 2496
there quickly. Senior Ranger Lester Hedrie, remember he's retired; he's moved up to 2497
Oregon, very happy up there. We've got a couple of good candidates. One internal 2498
candidate I think might be a really good fit. That's keeping us busy. 2499
2500
Commissioner Lauing: El Camino Park looks like it's ready to go. Do you have an open 2501
date for that? 2502
2503
Mr. de Geus: Yeah, it's November—do we have a date? 2504
2505
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Peter Jensen: I have not heard the date yet. 2506
2507
Mr. de Geus: I think there's a date out there, isn't there? 2508
2509
Commissioner Lauing: I thought the run in the outfield grass was just beautiful. 2510
2511 Mr. de Geus: I'll have to send you some pictures. We did a little fun thing. We're trying 2512
to do some things to get the staff together to do things together; it's good for the team. 2513
There's 80 full-time staff within the department, and we're all over the town in different 2514
buildings. We had a workday at El Camino Park just to help Daren and the crew do the 2515
final sort of cleanup and cutting back of the brush. 2516
2517
Commissioner Hetterly: I got some oak (crosstalk). 2518
2519
Mr. de Geus: Catherine was out there really working hard. It was a great morning that 2520
we spent together and then had lunch. The park is just fantastic; it's beautiful. If you 2521
want to go and have a little tour or something we can coordinate with you. 2522
2523
Commissioner Lauing: Yeah, that'd be great. 2524
2525
Vice Chair Markevitch: I have a question about it. In the outfield of the baseball field, 2526
when you're driving past El Camino, it looks like there's this landscaped part that kind of 2527
juts out into right field. Now, is that just an anomaly? 2528
2529
Mr. de Geus: That's the redwood (inaudible). 2530 2531 Mr. Jensen: No, that's there to buffer and protect the bike path. It's further out in the 2532 outfield than it was before. It's pretty deep. You'd have to hit it a long way to get out to 2533
that landscaped area. Yes, every once in a while a ball's going to roll into that space, and 2534
it's going to be like Wrigley Field when it goes into the ivy, ground rule double. It is put 2535
there to buffer the pathway that's there. It's stopping balls from hitting the bikers as they 2536
drive past out there. 2537
2538
Vice Chair Markevitch: That's just another hit. 2539
2540
Chair Reckdahl: One of the news stations did a series about rubber crumb tires in turf. I 2541
have three questions people ask me about the new park, whether it has rubber crumb. 2542
2543
Mr. de Geus: No. 2544
2545
Chair Reckdahl: I said no. 2546
2547
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Mr. Jensen: It's got a material called TPE. 2548
2549
Mr. de Geus: We'll set up a time. I'm sure you can't all be able to make it, but just to get 2550
a little tour, to walk around. You spent a lot of time on the design of that park, many 2551
meetings. I think you counted up ... 2552
2553 Vice Chair Markevitch: Eighteen now. 2554
2555
Mr. de Geus: It was something like that. Because of all the Julia Morgan building, 2556
remember all that? 2557
2558
Commissioner Lauing: Oh, yeah. 2559
2560
Mr. de Geus: It's something to be on that park and see how it's come together. You want 2561
to take a good look at it before it opens. We'll set that up. 2562
2563
Mr. Jensen: This past weekend we had a good tree planting event at Bol Park. That was 2564
brought about by the Barron Park Homeowners Association in response to the tree 2565
removal that occurred from the Veterans Hospital project. We planted 105 native plants, 2566
55 oak trees of three different varieties. It was a pretty good turnout; I would say 2567
between 50 to 70 people were there, all different ages. Keith came and helped and 2568
worked hard. 2569
2570
Chair Reckdahl: I was sore the next day. Boy, I was sore. It was a lot of fun. I was 2571
really glad. 2572 2573 Mr. de Geus: (inaudible) 2574 2575
Mr. Jensen: Definitely. It was a great event. Like I said, we planted a lot of plants out 2576
there. It should help rejuvenate that native corridor that's there. It was a great day. It 2577
was funny. I was tired; it was a long day. It's about a half mile, the little walk there. 2578
Your iPhone now tracks you if you don't know this, your steps. I woke up and went there 2579
and worked there until about 2:00 in the afternoon. I went home and just fell asleep the 2580
rest of the day, so I didn't walk at all. I looked the next day and in that whatever, 4 1/2 2581
hours, I walked 7.2 miles. I walked up and down that thing constantly talking to people 2582
the whole time. It was a good event. Yeah, it was fun. 2583
2584
Chair Reckdahl: Peter was the ringleader, so everyone was say, "Ask Peter about that. 2585
Ask Peter about that." There was a queue of people needing Peter's help. It was a good 2586
turnout. We had people from—there was a few Gunn students, but we had Canopy and 2587
Acterra there. We had some CCC volunteers or workers. There was some good kids 2588
there; they were working hard. They weren't sloughing off. 2589
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2590
Mr. de Geus: Good. Last little announcement is just because I'm involved in some other 2591
things now that we're doing in the department. Public Art is a new area which is really 2592
fascinating, interesting to work with Elise DeMarzo. We have a new piece out here on 2593
the plaza called Rondo I, a Bruce Beasley piece, big rings. Aurora the tree is gone, so I'm 2594
sad about that. Some are happy to see it gone. That's the thing about public art, a lot of 2595 opinions. Thursday there's a little get-together at 5:30. The artist will be here, and the 2596
Mayor will say a few words. I think it looks really, really cool. If you're around, come 2597
on by. 2598
2599
Commissioner Crommie: I wanted to mention an announcement too. 2600
2601
Chair Reckdahl: Go ahead. 2602
2603
Commissioner Crommie: They've finally started work at Monroe Park. They put some 2604
fencing up last week. 2605
2606
Chair Reckdahl: I peeked over the fence, and they had already dug up all the old asphalt. 2607
2608
Commissioner Crommie: Yeah, I could hear them digging. I didn't look. We had some 2609
traffic problems, so they had to take some of the fencing away because of visibility at the 2610
intersection. They just had to take down some of the green covering on the fence. 2611
2612
Mr. Jensen: It did have green covering? 2613
2614 Commissioner Crommie: Yeah, they put green covering all the way around, and then 2615 people couldn't see getting through the intersection. 2616 2617
Mr. Jensen: They shouldn't have put that green covering up. 2618
2619
Chair Reckdahl: Do you have something? 2620
2621
Commissioner Hetterly: Yeah. I just wanted to say I'm on the Comprehensive Plan 2622
Advisory Committee. I just wanted to let you all know where we are. Before I joined, 2623
they did a first run through of the Community Services Element. That'll probably be 2624
coming back to the full committee for action before the end of the year. I'll let you all 2625
know when that's going to be on the agenda. We're through our initial discussions of the 2626
Transportation Element. Starting next month, we're going to be looking at Land Use. 2627
Land Use is another one that I think the Commission might have a lot of interest in. You 2628
might want to plug into the process, come speak or listen or send your comments in on—2629
what's it called? It's not Open City Hall. I will send an email out with the link to 2630
(crosstalk) public commenter. 2631
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2632
Commissioner Lauing: Open what? 2633
2634
Council Member Filseth: I think it's Open Gov. 2635
2636
Commissioner Lauing: Open Gov. 2637 2638
Council Member Filseth: It's Open Gov. 2639
2640
Commissioner Hetterly: No, it's not Open Gov. It's specific to the Comp Plan process, 2641
and it's like open community. I'll send it around. It's an opportunity for you to comment 2642
on any program or policy or a general vision for any elements in the plan. 2643
2644
Chair Reckdahl: One other thing is the City Council will be interviewing candidates on 2645
Monday, this coming Monday. 2646
2647
Mr. de Geus: Are they interviewing or they're selecting? 2648
2649
Chair Reckdahl: They're interviewing five candidates for Parks and Rec on Monday. 2650
2651
Mr. de Geus: I think they're selecting—selection of applicants to interview for the Parks 2652
and Rec Commission, I think is what they're going to do. 2653
2654
Chair Reckdahl: Is that what it said? 2655
2656 Mr. de Geus: Yeah. 2657 2658 Chair Reckdahl: It's not actually to interview them. 2659
2660
Mr. de Geus: Right. That's how it reads on the agenda. 2661
2662
Female: They usually do a special meeting for the interviews (crosstalk). 2663
2664
Mr. de Geus: It's (crosstalk) will interview all of them, to see what they're saying. 2665
2666
Council Member Filseth: That'd be my guess. 2667
2668
Commissioner Crommie: How many are there now? 2669
2670
Mr. de Geus: I haven't heard. 2671
2672
Chair Reckdahl: In the online agenda, there's five of them. There's five candidates. 2673
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2674
Mr. de Geus: There must be another date selected already. (inaudible) 2675
2676
Chair Reckdahl: They do a selection and then they do the interview and then they do the 2677
voting. 2678
2679 Mr. de Geus: They take a motion, say who should we interview. That's a specific item 2680
on the agenda. Then usually it's a separate meeting they come in for to do the interviews. 2681
I did bump into Anne Cribbs; I know that she's in there. Staff (crosstalk). 2682
2683
Chair Reckdahl: I (crosstalk) names; I didn't know any of the people. 2684
2685
Vice Chair Markevitch: She was on the Commission when I started. 2686
2687
Mr. de Geus: She's a longtime Palo Altan. She's an Olympian too. 2688
2689
Commissioner Crommie: That's how I know her name. She is very active in the senior 2690
games. 2691
2692
VI. TENTATIVE AGENDA FOR DECEMBER 8, 2015 MEETING 2693
2694
Catherine Bourquin: The meeting is October 8th. I mean December 8th. Excuse me, 2695
December 8th. 2696
2697
Commissioner Crommie: Our next meeting? 2698 2699 Ms. Bourquin: Yeah. 2700 2701
Rob de Geus: We have the Master Plan, obviously, coming back. There should be a lot 2702
to share there. I heard the dog park item might come back, at least there was interest in 2703
making a decision to try. I have to get with Daren and maybe the ad hoc committee to 2704
see what we'll recommend there. It sounded like there was some interest in getting a pilot 2705
started. 2706
2707
Ms. Bourquin: The Boardwalk. (crosstalk) 2708
2709
Mr. de Geus: Boardwalk comes back. 2710
2711
Chair Reckdahl: The Boardwalk is coming back in December? 2712
2713
Ms. Bourquin: Yeah. 2714
2715
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Mr. de Geus: That's all I have for now. 2716
2717
Chair Reckdahl: Is that an action item? 2718
2719
Ms. Bourquin: Isn't that what he said on this, on the schedule? They asked to be on it. 2720
It's probably going to be an ordinance. 2721 2722
Chair Reckdahl: I thought the PIO was in January. 2723
2724
Ms. Bourquin: No, the other one. 2725
2726
Mr. de Geus: What other one? 2727
2728
Commissioner Hetterly: The draft feasibility study was to be done in the fall/winter. 2729
2730
Ms. Bourquin: Yeah. The PRC recommendation for adoption, that's what's coming to 2731
you. 2732
2733
Mr. de Geus: That could be January. 2734
2735
Commissioner Hetterly: Winter of 2015, we don't know what month that's going to be. 2736
2737
Mr. de Geus: We'll see if it's ready. I thought it might be nice to acknowledge the 2738
Commissioners that are leaving the Commission. In their honor, we have some orchids 2739
here for their service, and a card for the three Commissioners. Just a thank you for all the 2740 time and the passion and commitment you all bring to this work. It's much appreciated, 2741 and it helps us do our work in all sorts of ways. Thank you from all the staff. 2742 2743
Commissioner Crommie: Is this our last meeting then? 2744
2745
Mr. de Geus: We don't know. We'll have to see in December. 2746
2747
Commissioner Crommie: Maybe not if they get ... 2748
2749
Mr. de Geus: I expect you'll be back, frankly, because of the way Council's got so many 2750
things going on. The new Commissioners will probably be seated in January, if I had to 2751
guess. 2752
2753
Chair Reckdahl: These will be big shoes to fill. They've a lot of experience on this 2754
(inaudible). 2755
2756
Commissioner Ashlund: Deirdre's seven. How many, Pat? 2757
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2758
Vice Chair Markevitch: It's either ten or eleven. 2759
2760
Commissioner Lauing: That's at least 19 to 20 years amongst the three of you. 2761
2762
Chair Reckdahl: You guys will have so much time on your hands; you won't know what 2763 to do with it. They'll be doing public comments, saying what they really think. 2764
2765
Vice Chair Markevitch: I'd like to give a shout out to Herb Borock. 2766
2767
Commissioner Lauing: Is he still here? 2768
2769
Vice Chair Markevitch: He's long gone. He kept us in line for so many different aspects. 2770
I really appreciated his insight on (crosstalk). 2771
2772
VII. ADJOURNMENT 2773
2774
Meeting adjourned on motion by Vice Chair Markevitch and second by Commissioner 2775
Ashlund at 10:00p.m. Passed 7-0 2776
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TO: PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION
FROM: COMMUNITY SERVICES AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS
DATE: DECEMBER 8, 2015
SUBJECT: PARKS, TRAILS, NATURAL OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION
MASTER PLAN
RECOMMENDATION
No action to be taken.
BACKGROUND
The City of Palo Alto has 37 parks and open space preserves covering approximately
4,165 acres of land, which includes Foothills Park, Pearson Arastradero Preserve, and the
Baylands Nature Preserve. A Capital Improvement Project for a Parks, Trails, Open Space,
and Recreation Master Plan (Master Plan) was adopted by Council for the 2013 fiscal year.
The purpose of this project is to provide the necessary analysis and review of Palo Alto’s
parks and recreation system for the preparation of a Parks Master Plan. The Parks Master
Plan will provide the City with clear guidance regarding future renovations and capital
improvement projects aimed at meeting current and future demands on the city’s
recreational, programming, environmental, and maintenance needs, establishing a
prioritized schedule and budget of future park renovations, facility improvements and
expansion of recreational programs.
The planning process is currently focused on the second phase of the Master Plan-
developing and prioritizing recommendations for the overall parks and recreation system.
The evaluation process created in this phase will provide the basis for determining which
potential projects and programs will be included in the final Master Plan Report. To date
the second phase has focused on the drafting of project principles, areas of focus and
criteria. Each of these three components will be used to evaluate and prioritize the
proposed projects and programs.
Principles
The first step of the evaluation process started with the drafting of the guiding principles.
These principles where compiled from input provided by the community during the analysis
phase (phase 1), and supported by information found the “Data and Needs Summary
Matrix”. The principles supply an overarching vision and values for guiding future
renovation and expansion of the city’s parks and recreation system. They were used
initially by the project consultant (MIG) to develop the draft list of potential projects and
program ideas, and will continue to be used by staff, Council, and Commissions to evaluate
and improve new proposed projects. The principles are utilized to confirm that a proposed
project or program meets the core values of the community. They are not used to rank
potential project or programs, but to guide future project to explore opportunities to include
as many of the principles in their scope as feasible. (Refer to Attachment A & B)
Areas of Focus
A subsequent step was to develop the Areas of Focus. The Areas of Focus condense the
many opportunities compiled in the “Data and Opportunity Summary Matrix”. The twelve
Areas of Focus represent the main types of opportunities and improvements identified from
the analysis and community to enhance the parks and recreation system. These areas of
focus were developed to allow the community to provide feedback on priorities, and to
structure the draft list of potential projects and programs.
The online community challenge survey allowed the community to prioritize the areas of
focus, which will be used to inform the “Address Community Preferences” criteria in the
criteria evaluation phase of the prioritization process. (Refer to Attachment A & B)
Criteria
The criteria were developed in consultation with input from the Commission and the
Commission Ad Hoc committee. They will be used to evaluate each project or program
idea to determine its relative priority and whether it will move forward to be included in the
final list of recommendations. Each idea will be scored based on how well it meets the
criteria. (Refer to Attachment A, B & C)
DISCUSSION
Staff will introduce and discuss with the Commission the proposed criteria evaluation
process, as well as the draft list of potential project and program ideas.
Criteria Evaluation Process
To clearly prioritize the list of potential projects and programs a point ranking system is
recommended.. Each of the five criteria have a point scale that each project or program
idea will be evaluated on. As an example, the scale has been set at 1 – 5 with 5 being a
highest rated score for each criteria. All projects and programs on the draft list will be
scored for each of the five criteria, with a score of twenty-five representing the highest
score possible. Those projects and program scoring the highest overall point totals will be
prioritized higher than those receiving lower scores. Upon completing the criteria evaluation
of the full list of projects, a prioritized list will be assembled. This list will then be reviewed
by the project team (Staff and Consultant) along with the PRC to confirm that the
recommendations present a balanced, complete set of recommendations that meet the
goals of the project. (Refer to Attachment B)
Please find the attached ‘Criteria Evaluation Form’ for further review (Attachment C)
The Commission is requested to discuss the following:
- Does a point ranking system provide a clear and concise method of prioritizing
projects?
- Does the 1 – 5 point scoring scale for each criteria work for ranking the proposed
projects and programs?
- Are the criteria used for this method enough for prioritization?
- Would the commission like to form and Ad Hoc committee to review and provide
input in the formulation of the prioritized list?
Draft List of Potential Projects and Programs
Compiled by the consultants and preliminarily reviewed by city staff, the preliminary draft
list of potential projects and programs is being presented for initial feedback by the
Commission. This draft list was created by the consultant team and reviewed by staff.
Ideas were generated from information gathered in the analysis phase including physical
inventory and community feed-back, and best practices and ideas from other communities.
The Areas of Focus are used to organize structure the list.
This list has been constructed to allow the ideas to be sorted or filtered by site, area of
focus or system element. A total of 143 potential new ideas are represented on the list,
identifying 386 potential new projects or programs.
The list presented at the December 8 Commission meeting represents the first draft of the
list. The project team will continue to work with the Commission to solidify the list, and plan
on finalizing the list by the end of February 2016.
Please find the attached Project and Program Ideas Matrix Memo for a more in-depth
description of how the list was constructed (Attachment D).
Please refer to the attached list of potential project and program ideas sorted into two
separate review options. Option E-1 groups the list into ‘Areas of Focus’. Option E-2
groups the list into ‘Specific Sites’. (Attachment E1 & E2)
A digital list will be reviewed at the Commission meeting to orientate the Commission to the
list. Staff will review how the list can be cross-referenced during the meeting.
The Commission is requested to discuss the following:
- Is the list complete of projects and programs ideas reflective of the diverse inputs
received by the public, staff and stakeholders?
- Are there project or program ideas that are missing from the list?
- Is there PRC or community input not reflected in the list?
Park Area Search Maps
Included in the package as Attachment ‘F’ the Park Areas Search Map shows those areas
of Palo Alto that are lacking open space/parkland within the walking access radius of the
surrounding areas. In cases of park expansion these areas represent those sections of
town where additional parkland would be most beneficial. The map also identifies where
city land or private land (either donated or purchased) should be considered in expansion
of the park system to fill the gaps.
ATTACHMENTS
A. Components of the Evaluation and Prioritization Process
B. Applying the Prioritization Criteria and Principles Summary Memo
C. Criteria Prioritization Evaluation Form
D. Project and Program Ideas Matrix Summary Memo
E. Draft List of potential project and program ideas Matrix
1. By Area of Focus
2. By Site
F. Park Search Area Map
NEXT STEPS
City Council Study Session scheduled for January 11, 2016 is scheduled to review the
master planning process to date and to review the evaluation and prioritization process.
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
The proposed CIP recommendations are consistent with Policy C-26 of the Community
Services element of the Comprehensive Plan that encourages maintaining park facilities as
safe and healthy community assets; and Policy C-22 that encourages new community
facilities to have flexible functions to ensure adaptability to the changing needs of the
community.
PREPARED BY
Peter Jensen
Landscape Architect
City of Palo Alto
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Master Plan Principles
Playful
Healthy
Sustainable
Inclusive
Accessible
Flexible
Balanced
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COMPONENTS OF THE EVALUATION AND PRIORITIZATION PROCESS
For prioritizing the list of potential project and program ideas the City team, PRC and Council
need a concise method for evaluating new ideas and proposals now and in the future.. Because
Palo Alto is largely built out and has finite staff and fiscal resources, the prioritization process
needs to be defensible and definitive. Decision-makers must have confidence that they are
making best use of Palo Alto’s resources, and the public must have confidence that decisions
are transparent and aligned with community priorities.
Inherent in the planning process are trade-offs and opportunity costs. As noted above, the City
of Palo Alto is a constrained system. As such, the City will have to choose which of the
opportunities identified in this planning process to implement. The principles, Areas of Focus
and criteria developed during the Master Plan process are intended to facilitate prioritization and
decision-making both in the development of the Master Plan, and following its adoption. Each is
described below.
Master Plan Principles
The project team developed a set of Master Plan principles that
describe the community’s vision and will guide the way projects are
implemented.
The project team distilled community input and considered the themes
emerging from the data summary and opportunities analysis process
to develop draft principles that describe the community’s vision. These
were refined with the PRC.
The following eight principles provide the foundation for the Master Plan, articulating Palo Alto’s
vision and guiding project and program implementation.
Playful: Inspires imagination and joy.
Healthy: Supports the physical and mental health and well-being of individuals as well
as the connectedness and cohesion of the community.
Sustainable: Stewards natural, economic and social resources for a system that
endures for the long-term.
Inclusive: Responsive to the entire Palo Alto community, all ages, abilities, languages,
cultures and levels of income.
Accessible: Easy for people of all abilities to use year-round and to get to by all modes
of travel.
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Flexible: Supports multiple uses across time with adaptable spaces that can
accommodate traditional, emerging and future uses.
Balanced: Is not dominated by any one type of experience or place, and includes both
historic elements and cutting-edge features, highly manicured and more organic spaces,
and self-directed and programmed activities.
Nature: Incorporates native species and habitat corridors, and creates opportunities to
learn about and interact with nature.
Areas of Focus
As the development of recommendations has progressed, informed by the opportunity analysis
and the development of the principles and criteria, the project team developed a list of areas of
focus that represent the categories of recommendations that are forming. These areas of focus
collapse the many opportunities into a set of twelve areas that cut across the elements of the
Master Plan. Each area of focus includes a title, a short description and an example.
1. Distributing park and recreation activities and experiences across the city
Ensuring that parks and programs are distributed as evenly as possible across Palo Alto. For
example, adding recreation activities into geographically under-served areas, improving access
to parks for cyclists and pedestrians and finding new locations for recreation opportunities such
as community gardening and swimming.
2. Improving and enhancing community center and recreation spaces across the
community
Maintaining a mix of programmable space for indoor sports (including gyms) and fitness as well
as gatherings, classes, theater, arts and community programs. For example, updating key
facilities at Cubberley.
3. Enhancing comfort and making parks more welcoming
Improving visibility of parks in the community and providing the amenities that make more
frequent or longer visits to parks comfortable. Improvements may include creating a sense of
arrival using art or signs; providing drinking water, a variety of seating options, shade and
restrooms.
4. Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields
Increasing the playable time at existing sports fields. For example, adding lights, improving
natural turf and drainage.
5. Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks
Exploring new, unique and dynamic features and activities to support a diverse and fun system.
For example, adding new types of play experiences, creating flexible gathering spaces that can
be used for picnics as well as performance art, etc.
6. Increasing health and wellness opportunities in parks and programs
Providing programming, information or features that support physical and mental well-being. For
example, trails, drop-in activities/classes in parks, signs illustrating exercises that can be
completed using existing features (walls, benches, etc.), as well as providing quiet places for
relaxing in nature.
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7. Improving spaces and increased options for off-leash dogs
Supporting recreation with dogs in a variety of ways. For example, using existing fenced
features as off-leash areas at particular times or enlarging off-leash facilities to accommodate
more dogs.
8. Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks
Preserving, enhancing and providing access to nature in parks and open spaces. For example,
protecting eco-systems, increasing native plantings and wildlife habitat and creating access to
natural elements such as creeks.
9. Improving the accessibility of the full range of park and recreation opportunities
Actively reducing and removing physical, programmatic, language and financial barriers so that
all ages, abilities and cultures can enjoy parks and programs. For example, adapting existing
programming for people with disabilities or investing in targeted programs to reduce user fees.
10. Offering more of existing programs, classes, events
Increase the capacity in popular and emerging programs/classes by realigning resources and
replicating programs. For example, adding more summer camps or recruiting/training additional
coaches to offer more middle school sports.
11. Exploring new types of programs, classes, events and activities for all ages and
abilities
Following input from the community and trends, develop and implement new recreation classes,
activities and events. For example regularly trying new programs as one-time or one year pilots.
12. Expanding the system
Take a proactive approach to adding more park and open space lands, trail connections and
facilities to Palo Alto’s system. For example, dedicating publicly owned spaces as park land or
investing in a fund for future park and recreation facility purchases.
Prioritization Criteria
The prioritization criteria are designed to help staff, PRC and Council make choices about which
projects will be the most strategic investments for the Palo Alto community, in accordance with
the Master Plan principles. These criteria are designed to be used to help determine which
actions and recommendations are included in the Master Plan, as well as the sequencing and
timing of implementation.
The project team has been working with the PRC for several months on developing and refining
these criteria. Currently, there are five identified criteria:
Fill existing gaps: Bring recreation opportunities (park land, facilities, programs) to
areas of the city and to users where gaps were identified.
Address community preferences: Target the highest priority types of projects and
programs identified through citywide outreach. Community preferences from the on-line
survey challenge.
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Respond to growth: Add features or programs, modify or expand components of the
system to prepare for and address increasing demand.
Leverage public resources: Create the most benefit possible for each dollar spent on
capital and operating costs.
Realize multiple benefits: Advance the principles of this Master Plan as well as the
goals, projects and directions of other adopted City efforts.
so it can be evaluated are recommended. For example, the evaluators could refine a project
idea from “Replace Cubberley” to “Conduct a facility programming study and operational
analysis for a Cubberley replacement”, because this is a necessary first step and is more
actionable based on the available information. Where the need for more information has been
identified specific projects that close this informational gap have been added to the list.
Step IV. Prioritization Criteria
In this step, the evaluators assess how well the project or program idea achieves the
prioritization criteria. This step is a scoring process, where each evaluator independently scores
the idea on a 1 to 5 scale for each criteria, with a score of “1” being low. Following the
evaluations, an average score will be calculated and the projects will be ranked in a prioritized
list based upon their score, with the highest scoring being of greater priority. The project team
with input from the PRC will convene to discuss the scores and compare the entire pool of
project or program ideas and make adjustments as necessary.
At this point, a final evaluation to determine whether to recommend a project or program be
advanced for implementation sequencing, or whether it should not be advanced at this time by
Palo Alto. A determination on how this final evaluation is conducted is still under development.
Step V and Step Va. Project / Program Implementation
Step V applies to projects and programs recommended to move towards implementation. In this
step, the project is funded through the budget and CIP process, design and development of the
idea occurs by staff or by consultants, and planning and funding for ongoing operations occurs.
During design and planning, the Master Plan Principles will be revisited by the team tasked with
implementation. For those Principles that were not fully addressed by the project or program
idea, the implementation team is tasked with seeking ways to refine the project or program
(such as by making it more Playful) to make it even more in alignment with the community
vision, thus enhancing the value of the project or program to the community.
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APPLYING THE PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA AND PRINCIPLES
A clear process for evaluating potential recommendations and actions and a means of
documenting decisions will help staff and the PRC be confident that, when Master Plan projects
are implemented, they will be consistent with the Master Plan and based on the best available
information. This paper presents a draft evaluation process for consideration by staff and the
PRC. The intent is that this process will be used to evaluate all potential recommendations and
actions for inclusion in the Master Plan. It will also serve as a tool for staff and the PRC to
evaluate ideas that are suggested in the future, after the Master Plan is adopted.
Draft Decision-Making Tool
The following steps describe how a potential new project or program idea will be evaluated,
using the methods developed during the Master Plan process. Each step is briefly described
below. To formulate the list of potential projects and program ideas MIG with staff review and
input have taking the initial effort of evaluating Steps 1-3a.
Step I. Project or Program Idea
The project or program idea is articulated. In developing the Master Plan recommendations, the
ideas will be drawn from community and PRC engagement, the Data and Opportunities
Summary Matrix, the Existing Conditions Maps, and the results of the Planning Environment
Summary (to draw in potential recommendations from other adopted planning and design
efforts). The Areas of Focus will provide structure and focus to the ideas.
Step II. Master Plan Principles
Each idea will be evaluated to identify the Master Plan Principles with which it aligns.
Step III. Opportunity Summary
Each project or program idea is assessed based on available data, applying the Data and
Opportunities Summary Matrix method developed for the Master Plan. This step identifies what
is known about needs and opportunities, in relation to the proposed project or program idea.
Step IIIa. Is Adequate Information Available?
After the initial review of Step III, the potential project or program idea will be assessed whether
adequate information is available to make a determination on adding it to the list. If yes, it will
moved to Step IV. If not, recommending options of supplying additional data or refining the idea
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so it can be evaluated are recommended. For example, the evaluators could refine a project
idea from “Replace Cubberley” to “Conduct a facility programming study and operational
analysis for a Cubberley replacement”, because this is a necessary first step and is more
actionable based on the available information. Where the need for more information has been
identified specific projects that close this informational gap have been added to the list.
Step IV. Prioritization Criteria
In this step, the evaluators assess how well the project or program idea achieves the
prioritization criteria. This step is a scoring process, where each evaluator independently scores
the idea on a 1 to 5 scale for each criteria, with a score of “1” being low. Following the
evaluations, an average score will be calculated and the projects will be ranked in a prioritized
list based upon their score, with the highest scoring being of greater priority. The project team
with input from the PRC will convene to discuss the scores and compare the entire pool of
project or program ideas and make adjustments as necessary.
At this point, a final evaluation to determine whether to recommend a project or program be
advanced for implementation sequencing, or whether it should not be advanced at this time by
Palo Alto. A determination on how this final evaluation is conducted is still under development.
Step V and Step Va. Project / Program Implementation
Step V applies to projects and programs recommended to move towards implementation. In this
step, the project is funded through the budget and CIP process, design and development of the
idea occurs by staff or by consultants, and planning and funding for ongoing operations occurs.
During design and planning, the Master Plan Principles will be revisited by the team tasked with
implementation. For those Principles that were not fully addressed by the project or program
idea, the implementation team is tasked with seeking ways to refine the project or program
(such as by making it more Playful) to make it even more in alignment with the community
vision, thus enhancing the value of the project or program to the community.
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Criteria Prioritization Evaluation Form
Criteria Evaluation
Fill existing gaps 1‐5
Address community preferences 1‐5
Respond to growth 1‐5
Maximize public resources 1‐5
Realize multiple benefits 1‐5
Total: 0‐25
Describe rating and other comments:
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To: Palo Alto Park and Recreation Commission and Peter Jensen
Cc: Rob deGeus, Daren Anderson and Elizabeth Ames
From: Lauren Schmitt and Ellie Fiore, MIG
Re: Project and Program Ideas Matrix
Date: December 1, 2015
In advance of the December 8th PRC meeting, we are sharing with you the in‐process list of
potential project and program ideas. This list responds to the needs and opportunities
identified in the Data and Opportunities Summary Matrix. Once refined, the prioritization
criteria will be applied to all potential projects and programs using the process described in the
staff report, as shown in the flow chart on the next page.
As noted in the staff report, we will continue refining and further developing the project and
program ideas list through mid‐January, after the Council work session on January 11, 2016. At
that point, the criteria will be applied and the results discussed with the PRC at the January or
February meeting.
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Structure of the Project and Program Ideas List
The list was designed to bridge between past data analysis and the criteria evaluation and
scoring process. For the December 8th PRC meeting, we will focus on six columns:
Reference Number. The first column is a reference number. Each line has a unique
reference number to facilitate discussion and review.
Idea Number. A number of ideas are recommended for more than one site. Based on
discussions with staff, each unique idea has its own identification number that is applied
to multiple sites. For example, Idea Number 2 is “Create a system of community
gardens”. Because this idea is proposed for four different sites, Reference Numbers 6‐10
all are associated with Idea Number 2. The second column includes numbers for each
distinct idea.
Area of Focus. This field identifies which of the 12 areas of focus the idea is intended to
achieve. Because the Master Plan will also address Palo Alto’s organizational direction,
the category of System Management has been added to capture operational initiatives
and items. These include ideas that affect staff, operations, maintenance, policy and
planning functions. In addition, the categories of CIP Project and IBRC Project (Catch‐Up)
were added to capture those projects already identified in the City’s Capital
Improvement Plan.
Project or Program Description. This field contains a succinct description of the project
or program idea.
Site(s). This field identifies the specific location of the project or program, or to
designate project or program ideas that apply systemwide. Reference Number 10 (Idea
Number 3) is an example of an idea that would be applied systemwide.
Element. This field indicates whether the idea addresses Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space; Recreation Facilities; Recreation Programs; or a combination of elements.
An additional column is hidden. It indicates the “component” and aligns with the components
addressed in the Data and Opportunities Summary Matrix. The purpose is to track the
connections between the two.
Additional Fields in the Project and Program Ideas List
Additional fields are built into the spreadsheet. These will be populated later, prior to the
evaluation process.
Order of Magnitude Capital Cost. The cost range for each idea will be identified, as
follows: N/A = Non‐capital, $ = $1 million or less, $$ = $1M‐$5 Million, and $$$ = $5
Million +
Order of Magnitude Operating Impact. The annual operating impact of each idea will be
indicated, as follows: (0) = No impact or cost savings, $ = Under $100,000, $$ = $100,000
‐ $250,000, and $$$ = $250,000 +
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Refining the List
As we have developed and refined this list with staff, we have continued to audit the list to
make sure attention is given to each area of focus. The table below indicates the number of
ideas in the 12/1 version of the list for each area of focus. We will continue to audit the list as
refinement continues.
Area of Focus
Number
of Ideas
Distributing park and recreation activities and experiences across the city 4
Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks 15
Offering more of existing programs, classes, events 11
Exploring new types of programs, classes, events and activities for all ages and
abilities
10
Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields 7
Enhancing comfort and making parks more welcoming 11
Expanding the system 10
Improving and enhancing community center and recreation spaces across the
community
3
Improving spaces and increased options for off‐leash dogs 5
Improving the accessibility of the full range of park and recreation opportunities 19
Increasing health and wellness opportunities in parks and programs 6
Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks 12
System management 24
CIP and IBRC Projects 42
Related Efforts
The projects and programs are an important part of the Master Plan. There are two related
efforts that will complement these:
Policy guidance. Current policy discussions related to the Community Services and
Facilities Element of the Comprehensive Plan will help define what should be covered in
the Master Plan and what will be covered in the Elements of the Comprehensive Plan.
The Master Plan will include over‐arching policy guidance for the system, bridging the
visionary principles with the actionable ideas.
Site concepts. Each site in the system will have a concept map, which will provide more
refined guidance for physical improvements at each site and demonstrate how the
project and program ideas can be implemented at different sites.
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the city Add play experiences to parks and preserves within 1/4 mile of each resident Cubberly Community Center and
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the city Add play experiences to parks and preserves within 1/4 mile of each resident El Camino Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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the city Add play experiences to parks and preserves within 1/4 mile of each resident Esther Clark Preserve Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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the city Add play experiences to parks and preserves within 1/4 mile of each resident Terman Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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the city Create a system of community gardens Greer Park Recreation Facilities
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the city Create a system of community gardens Scott Park Recreation Facilities
8 Distributing park and recreation activities and experiences across
the city Create a system of community gardens Seale Park Recreation Facilities
9 Distributing park and recreation activities and experiences across
the city Create a system of community gardens Wallis Park Recreation Facilitiesy
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Distributing park and recreation activities and experiences across
the city
Incorporate public art in the earlies stages of the design of parks and facilities that register natural
phenomena such as wind direction, sunlight and ambient sound (Coordinated with the Public Art
Plan)
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Distributing park and recreation activities and experiences across
the city
Upgrade play areas in central, north and west Palo Alto to a universaly accessible standard (exceeding
ADA requirements) to bring this feature closer to home for more residents. Eleanor Pardee Park Recreation Facilities
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the city
Upgrade play areas in central, north and west Palo Alto to a universaly accessible standard (exceeding
ADA requirements) to bring this feature closer to home for more residents. Hoover Park Recreation Facilities
13 Distributing park and recreation activities and experiences across
the city
Upgrade play areas in central, north and west Palo Alto to a universaly accessible standard (exceeding
ADA requirements) to bring this feature closer to home for more residents. Peers Park Recreation Facilities
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the city
Upgrade play areas in central, north and west Palo Alto to a universaly accessible standard (exceeding
ADA requirements) to bring this feature closer to home for more residents. Werry Park Recreation Facilities
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20 6 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Design and construct on‐site facilities to capture and treat storm water generated from both
immediate and surrounding development Boulware Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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21 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Design and construct on‐site facilities to capture and treat storm water generated from both
immediate and surrounding development Greer Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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22 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Design and construct on‐site facilities to capture and treat storm water generated from both
immediate and surrounding development Heritage Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
23 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Design and construct on‐site facilities to capture and treat storm water generated from both
immediate and surrounding development Peers Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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25 7 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Enhance habitat corridors where they intersect with park properties Hopkins Creekside Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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Expand access to nature through elements and interpretive features that explore ecological processes
existing onsite, historical context, adjacent waterways, specific plant/animal species that can be
encountered onsite and elements tailored to be of interest to youth as well as other ages, cultures
and abilities
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Expand access to nature through elements and interpretive features that explore ecological processes
existing onsite, historical context, adjacent waterways, specific plant/animal species that can be
encountered onsite and elements tailored to be of interest to youth as well as other ages, cultures
and abilities
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existing onsite, historical context, adjacent waterways, specific plant/animal species that can be
encountered onsite and elements tailored to be of interest to youth as well as other ages, cultures
and abilities
Foothills Park Recreation Facilities, Recreation
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and abilities
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existing onsite, historical context, adjacent waterways, specific plant/animal species that can be
encountered onsite and elements tailored to be of interest to youth as well as other ages, cultures
and abilities
Hoover Park Recreation Facilities, Recreation
Programs
32 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks
Expand access to nature through elements and interpretive features that explore ecological processes
existing onsite, historical context, adjacent waterways, specific plant/animal species that can be
encountered onsite and elements tailored to be of interest to youth as well as other ages, cultures
and abilities
King Plaza at City Hall Recreation Facilities, Recreation
Programs
33 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks
Expand access to nature through elements and interpretive features that explore ecological processes
existing onsite, historical context, adjacent waterways, specific plant/animal species that can be
encountered onsite and elements tailored to be of interest to youth as well as other ages, cultures
and abilities
Lucie Stern Community Center Recreation Facilities, Recreation
Programs
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encountered onsite and elements tailored to be of interest to youth as well as other ages, cultures
and abilities
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35 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks
Expand access to nature through elements and interpretive features that explore ecological processes
existing onsite, historical context, adjacent waterways, specific plant/animal species that can be
encountered onsite and elements tailored to be of interest to youth as well as other ages, cultures
and abilities
Mitchell Park Recreation Facilities, Recreation
Programs
36 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks
Expand access to nature through elements and interpretive features that explore ecological processes
existing onsite, historical context, adjacent waterways, specific plant/animal species that can be
encountered onsite and elements tailored to be of interest to youth as well as other ages, cultures
and abilities
Mitchell Park Community Center Recreation Facilities, Recreation
Programs
37 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks
Expand access to nature through elements and interpretive features that explore ecological processes
existing onsite, historical context, adjacent waterways, specific plant/animal species that can be
encountered onsite and elements tailored to be of interest to youth as well as other ages, cultures
and abilities
Pearson‐Arastradero Preserve Recreation Facilities, Recreation
Programs
38 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks
Expand access to nature through elements and interpretive features that explore ecological processes
existing onsite, historical context, adjacent waterways, specific plant/animal species that can be
encountered onsite and elements tailored to be of interest to youth as well as other ages, cultures
and abilities
Ramos Park Recreation Facilities, Recreation
Programs
39 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks
Expand access to nature through elements and interpretive features that explore ecological processes
existing onsite, historical context, adjacent waterways, specific plant/animal species that can be
encountered onsite and elements tailored to be of interest to youth as well as other ages, cultures
and abilities
Wallis Park Recreation Facilities, Recreation
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encountered onsite and elements tailored to be of interest to youth as well as other ages, cultures
and abilities
Weisshaar Park Recreation Facilities, Recreation
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and abilities
41 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks
Expand access to nature through elements and interpretive features that explore ecological processes
existing onsite, historical context, adjacent waterways, specific plant/animal species that can be
encountered onsite and elements tailored to be of interest to youth as well as other ages, cultures
and abilities
Werry Park Recreation Facilities, Recreation
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42 9 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Identify locations for swales, detention basins and rain gardens to retain and treat storm water Robles Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
43 10 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Identify locations for swales, detention basins and rain gardens to treat storm water Bol Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
44 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Identify locations for swales, detention basins and rain gardens to treat storm water El Palo Alto Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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45 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Identify locations for swales, detention basins and rain gardens to treat storm water Eleanor Pardee Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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46 11 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Implement stakeholder process for reviewing vegetation management as part of the comprehensive
conservation plan process Foothills Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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47 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Implement stakeholder process for reviewing vegetation management as part of the comprehensive
conservation plan process Pearson‐Arastradero Preserve Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
48 12 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Improve and increase access to creeks for learning and stewardship experiences by designing access
points that minimize impact on the waterway
Baylands Preserve (including
Byxbee)
Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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49 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Improve and increase access to creeks for learning and stewardship experiences by designing access
points that minimize impact on the waterway Bol Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
50 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Improve and increase access to creeks for learning and stewardship experiences by designing access
points that minimize impact on the waterway Foothills Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
51 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Improve and increase access to creeks for learning and stewardship experiences by designing access
points that minimize impact on the waterway Hopkins Creekside Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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52 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Improve and increase access to creeks for learning and stewardship experiences by designing access
points that minimize impact on the waterway Pearson‐Arastradero Preserve Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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53 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Improve and increase access to creeks for learning and stewardship experiences by designing access
points that minimize impact on the waterway Terman Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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54 13 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Increase the canopy coverage in parks, natural open spaces and other locations specified in the Urban
Forestry Master Plan Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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55 14 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Install plant species for bank stabilization and erosion control where creeks and streams are not
channelized Bol Park
56 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Install plant species for bank stabilization and erosion control where creeks and streams are not
channelized El Palo Alto Parkchannelized
57 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Install plant species for bank stabilization and erosion control where creeks and streams are not
channelized Hopkins Creekside
58 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Install plant species for bank stabilization and erosion control where creeks and streams are not
channelized Terman Park
59 15 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Join the Bay Area Children in Nature Collaborative/Children in Nature Network Systemwide
60 16 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Promote urban greening by integrating storm water design into planting beds, reducing irrigation and
providing interpretive information about park contributions to city water quality Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
61 17 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Pursue mitigation funding opportunities for burrowing owl habitat restoration associated with the
Santa Clara Valley Habitat Plan
Baylands Preserve (including
Byxbee)
62 18 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Replace low‐use turf areas with native shrubs and grasses, contributing to or educating about native
habitats (Juana) Briones Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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63 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Replace low‐use turf areas with native shrubs and grasses, contributing to or educating about native
habitats Bol Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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64 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Replace low‐use turf areas with native shrubs and grasses, contributing to or educating about native
habitats Hoover Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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65 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Replace low‐use turf areas with native shrubs and grasses, contributing to or educating about native
habitats Hopkins Creekside Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
66 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Replace low‐use turf areas with native shrubs and grasses, contributing to or educating about native
habitats Mitchell Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
67 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Replace low‐use turf areas with native shrubs and grasses, contributing to or educating about native
habitats Ramos Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
68 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Replace low‐use turf areas with native shrubs and grasses, contributing to or educating about native
habitats Robles Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
69 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Replace low‐use turf areas with native shrubs and grasses, contributing to or educating about native
habitats Terman Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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70 19 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks
Train City maintenance staff and include specific standards and expectations in maintenance
contracts for the care of for low‐water, naturalized landscapes, natural play environments and other Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Spacenew types of features in the system.Space
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72 20 Offering more of existing programs, classes, events Add community or programming rooms to swimming pool sites to support rental parties as well as
training for lifeguards (Rinconada Park Long Range Master Plan)Rinconada Park Recreation Facilities
73 21 Offering more of existing programs classes events Build on partnership with Avenidas to build intergenerational programming as well as additional older Cogswell Plaza Recreation Programs7321Offering more of existing programs, classes, events adult programming.Cogswell Plaza Recreation Programs
74 Offering more of existing programs, classes, events Build on partnership with Avenidas to build intergenerational programming as well as additional older
adult programming.
Cubberly Community Center and
Fields Recreation Programs
75 Offering more of existing programs, classes, events Build on partnership with Avenidas to build intergenerational programming as well as additional older
adult programming.Lucie Stern Community Center Recreation Programs
76 Offering more of existing programs, classes, events Build on partnership with Avenidas to build intergenerational programming as well as additional older
adult programming.Mitchell Park Recreation Programs
77 Offering more of existing programs, classes, events Build on partnership with Avenidas to build intergenerational programming as well as additional older
adult programming.Mitchell Park Community Center Recreation Programs
B ild thiith Aidt b ild it ti l i ll dditi l ld78 Offering more of existing programs, classes, events Build on partnership with Avenidas to build intergenerational programming as well as additional older
adult programming.Rinconada Park Recreation Programs
79 22 Offering more of existing programs, classes, events Expand BOOST! pay‐per‐use system to cover fees for any drop‐in classes or facility use (lap swim, drop‐
in gym time, new programs in parks)Systemwide Recreation Programs
80 23 Offering more of existing programs, classes, events Expand Day Camp program area, utilizing additional sites and topic areas, to meet excess demand Systemwide Recreation Programs
81 24 Offering more of existing programs, classes, events
Expand lifeguard training curriculum to add value, and resume ready skills, to this summer job
opportunity (which is often in competition with internships and other career and college preparatory
activities)
Rinconada Park Recreation Programs
82 25 Offering more of existing programs, classes, events Expand programs working with residents on invasive species removal in preserves and creek corridors Systemwide
Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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83 26 Offering more of existing programs, classes, events Initiate a development program to recruit and train new coaches and to build a pool of available on‐
call coaches and substitutes to support the Middle School Athletics program and other local sports Systemwide Recreation Programs
84 27 Offering more of existing programs, classes, events Continue Middle School Athletics programs with "everyone plays" policy Systemwide Recreation Programs
85 28 Offering more of existing programs, classes, events Continue Adult Sports programs with the established preference for scheduling youth and local users
first Systemwide
86 29 Offering more of existing programs, classes, events Expand Youth and Teen Aquatics programs up to the capacity of the available facilities Systemwide
87 30 Offering more of existing programs, classes, events Identify and secure additional facility space for diving classes Systemwide
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Exploring new types of programs, classes, events and activities for
all ages and abilities
Add appropriat eaccess to water and power to support on‐site programming of various scales (from a
regular one‐hour class to a neighborhood or city‐wide event)Foothills Park Recreation Programs
86 Exploring new types of programs, classes, events and activities for
all ages and abilities
Add appropriat eaccess to water and power to support on‐site programming of various scales (from a
regular one‐hour class to a neighborhood or city‐wide event)Greer Park Recreation Programs
87 Exploring new types of programs, classes, events and activities for
all ages and abilities
Add appropriat eaccess to water and power to support on‐site programming of various scales (from a
regular one‐hour class to a neighborhood or city‐wide event)Mitchell Park Recreation Programs
88 Exploring new types of programs, classes, events and activities for
all ages and abilities
Add appropriat eaccess to water and power to support on‐site programming of various scales (from a
regular one‐hour class to a neighborhood or city‐wide event)Rinconada Park Recreation Programs
89 32
Exploring new types of programs, classes, events and activities for
all ages and abilities
Commission artwork that interprets local history, events and significant individuals; represents City
core values of sustainability, youth well being, health, innovation (Coordinated with the Public Art
Master Plan)
Systemwide Recreation Programs
90 33
Exploring new types of programs, classes, events and activities for
all ages and abilities
Create a system to reward volunteers or others who contribute in non‐financial ways to the system
with BOOST class credits.Systemwide Recreation Programs
91 34
Exploring new types of programs, classes, events and activities for
all ages and abilities
Create outdoor studios and program spaces for creating art in parks (Coordinated with the Public Art
Master Plan)(Juana) Briones Park Recreation Facilities, Recreation
Programs
92 Exploring new types of programs, classes, events and activities for
all ages and abilities
Create outdoor studios and program spaces for creating art in parks (Coordinated with the Public Art
Master Plan)Eleanor Pardee Park Recreation Facilities, Recreation
Programs
93 Exploring new types of programs, classes, events and activities for
all ages and abilities
Create outdoor studios and program spaces for creating art in parks (Coordinated with the Public Art
Master Plan)Hoover Park Recreation Facilities, Recreation
Programs
94 Exploring new types of programs, classes, events and activities for
all ages and abilities
Create outdoor studios and program spaces for creating art in parks (Coordinated with the Public Art
Master Plan)Hopkins Creekside Recreation Facilities, Recreation
Programs
95 Exploring new types of programs, classes, events and activities for
all ages and abilities
Create outdoor studios and program spaces for creating art in parks (Coordinated with the Public Art
Master Plan)Peers Park Recreation Facilities, Recreation
Programsall ages and abilities Master Plan)Programs
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Exploring new types of programs, classes, events and activities for
all ages and abilities
Create pilot recreation programs to test the public's interest in new types of classes, events and
activities with an evaluation process vetted by recreation staff Systemwide Recreation Programs
97 36
Exploring new types of programs, classes, events and activities for
all ages and abilities
Develop a regular bicycle and walking tour of Palo Alto parks and preserves as a new recreation
program. This tour could occur on a specific date, such as the first Sunday of each month, leave from
the same location, and follow a route to a different group of sites each occasion.
Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Programs
98 37
Exploring new types of programs, classes, events and activities for
all ages and abilities
Implement first time camping program to introduce outdoor skills to youth and families, this program
would include a programmed camping experience (rather than reservable campsites or ongoing
camping) on site in parks and preserves
Baylands Preserve (including
Byxbee)Recreation Programs
99 Exploring new types of programs, classes, events and activities for
all ages and abilities
Implement first time camping program to introduce outdoor skills to youth and families, this program
would include a programmed camping experience (rather than reservable campsites or ongoing
camping) on site in parks and preserves
Foothills Park Recreation Programs
100 Exploring new types of programs, classes, events and activities for
all ages and abilities
Implement first time camping program to introduce outdoor skills to youth and families, this program
would include a programmed camping experience (rather than reservable campsites or ongoing
camping) on site in parks and preserves
Pearson‐Arastradero Preserve Recreation Programs
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Exploring new types of programs, classes, events and activities for
all ages and abilities
Partner with local recreation providers to relocate existing programs or develop new programs to
occur outdoors in Palo Alto parks Systemwide Recreation Programs
102 39
Exploring new types of programs, classes, events and activities for
all ages and abilities
Pilot a program for 'junior rangers' to supplement adult volunteer for projects in parks and natural
open space preserves Lucie Stern Community Center Recreation Programs
103 Exploring new types of programs, classes, events and activities for
all ages and abilities
Pilot a program for 'junior rangers' to supplement adult volunteer for projects in parks and natural
open space preserves Mitchell Park Recreation Programs
104 Exploring new types of programs, classes, events and activities for
all ages and abilities
Pilot a program for 'junior rangers' to supplement adult volunteer for projects in parks and natural
open space preserves Mitchell Park Community Center Recreation Programs
105 Exploring new types of programs, classes, events and activities for
all ages and abilities
Pilot a program for 'junior rangers' to supplement adult volunteer for projects in parks and natural
open space preserves Rinconada Park Recreation Programs
106 Exploring new types of programs, classes, events and activities for
all ages and abilities
Pilot a program for 'junior rangers' to supplement adult volunteer for projects in parks and natural
open space preserves Terman Park Recreation Programs
107 40 Exploring new types of programs, classes, events and activities for Recruit or develop programs for additional and alternative sports that do not use rectangular and
diamond sports fields that can take place in existing parks and make use of existing outdoor Systemwide Recreation Programs10740all ages and abilities diamond sports fields, that can take place in existing parks and make use of existing outdoor
recreation facilities. Examples include cross country running, bike polo, parkour, cycling
Systemwide Recreation Programs
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109 41 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields Build a multi‐sport field that maximizes playability and flexibility to accommodate as many sports as
possible
Baylands Athletic Center ‐ 10.25
Acre Addition Recreation Facilities
110 42 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields Convene a working group of formal and informal sports field user groups to develop strategies to
prevent off‐hours use and allow for adequate field resting Systemwide Recreation Programsprevent off‐hours use and allow for adequate field resting
111 43 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields
Depending on the length and severity of California’s drought, the City may need to investigate adding
synthetic turf fields as a method of conserving water and meeting the need for athletic field space;
this shift should be considered for designated sports fields (used full time for sports) where lighting is
possible
Baylands Athletic Center ‐ 10.25
Acre Addition
Recreation Facilities, Recreation
Programs
112 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields
Depending on the length and severity of California’s drought, the City may need to investigate adding
synthetic turf fields as a method of conserving water and meeting the need for athletic field space;
this shift should be considered for designated sports fields (used full time for sports) where lighting is
possible
Cubberly Community Center and
Fields
Recreation Facilities, Recreation
Programs
113 44 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields Enhance T‐ball and Little League play by adding backstops to existing sports fields Ramos Park Recreation Facilities
114 45 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields Include or add lights to designated sports fields (used full time for sports) to extend playable time and
maximize the City's investment in artificial turf (where appropriate)
Cubberly Community Center and
Fields Recreation Facilities
115 46 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields Periodic improvements to Baylands Athletic Center fields to address settling landfill and re‐level the
playing field surface Baylands Athletic Center Recreation Facilities
116 47 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields Provide batting cages to relieve pressure on limited field space. Baylands Athletic Center Recreation Facilitiesgpyqypggppy
117 48 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields Provide scoreboards at all competitive level (Type A) fields Baylands Athletic Center Recreation Facilities
118 49 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields
Upgrade natural turf (where it is large enough for practice or competition) to a premium surface with
drainage, irrigation and turf grass that extends usability and durability; work with local field using
organizations to share in investment, maintenance and oversight of upgrades
(Juana) Briones Park Recreation Facilities
119 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields
Upgrade natural turf (where it is large enough for practice or competition) to a premium surface with
drainage, irrigation and turf grass that extends usability and durability; work with local field using
organizations to share in investment, maintenance and oversight of upgrades
Bol Park Recreation Facilities
120 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields
Upgrade natural turf (where it is large enough for practice or competition) to a premium surface with
drainage, irrigation and turf grass that extends usability and durability; work with local field using
organizations to share in investment, maintenance and oversight of upgrades
Bowling Green Park Recreation Facilities
Upgrade natural turf (where it is large enough for practice or competition)to a premium surface with
121 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields
Upgrade natural turf (where it is large enough for practice or competition) to a premium surface with
drainage, irrigation and turf grass that extends usability and durability; work with local field using
organizations to share in investment, maintenance and oversight of upgrades
Eleanor Pardee Park Recreation Facilities
122 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields
Upgrade natural turf (where it is large enough for practice or competition) to a premium surface with
drainage, irrigation and turf grass that extends usability and durability; work with local field using
organizations to share in investment, maintenance and oversight of upgrades
Greer Park Recreation Facilities
123 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields
Upgrade natural turf (where it is large enough for practice or competition) to a premium surface with
drainage, irrigation and turf grass that extends usability and durability; work with local field using
organizations to share in investment, maintenance and oversight of upgrades
Heritage Park Recreation Facilities
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Upgrade natural turf (where it is large enough for practice or competition) to a premium surface with
drainage, irrigation and turf grass that extends usability and durability; work with local field using
organizations to share in investment, maintenance and oversight of upgrades
Hoover Park Recreation Facilities
125 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields
Upgrade natural turf (where it is large enough for practice or competition) to a premium surface with
drainage, irrigation and turf grass that extends usability and durability; work with local field using
organizations to share in investment, maintenance and oversight of upgrades
Johnson Park Recreation Facilities
126 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields
Upgrade natural turf (where it is large enough for practice or competition) to a premium surface with
drainage, irrigation and turf grass that extends usability and durability; work with local field using
organizations to share in investment, maintenance and oversight of upgrades
Mitchell Park Recreation Facilities
127 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields
Upgrade natural turf (where it is large enough for practice or competition) to a premium surface with
drainage, irrigation and turf grass that extends usability and durability; work with local field using
organizations to share in investment, maintenance and oversight of upgrades
Peers Park Recreation Facilities
128 Eh i it d lit f t fi ld
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di ii ti d tf th t td bilit d d bilit k ith llfi ld i R Pk RtiF iliti128Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields drainage, irrigation and turf grass that extends usability and durability; work with local field using
organizations to share in investment, maintenance and oversight of upgrades
Ramos Park Recreation Facilities
129 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields
Upgrade natural turf (where it is large enough for practice or competition) to a premium surface with
drainage, irrigation and turf grass that extends usability and durability; work with local field using
organizations to share in investment, maintenance and oversight of upgrades
Rinconada Park Recreation Facilities
130 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields
Upgrade natural turf (where it is large enough for practice or competition) to a premium surface with
drainage, irrigation and turf grass that extends usability and durability; work with local field using
organizations to share in investment, maintenance and oversight of upgrades
Robles Park Recreation Facilities
131 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields
Upgrade natural turf (where it is large enough for practice or competition) to a premium surface with
drainage, irrigation and turf grass that extends usability and durability; work with local field using
organizations to share in investment, maintenance and oversight of upgrades
Seale Park Recreation Facilities
132 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields
Upgrade natural turf (where it is large enough for practice or competition) to a premium surface with
drainage, irrigation and turf grass that extends usability and durability; work with local field using
organizations to share in investment, maintenance and oversight of upgrades
Terman Park Recreation Facilities
133 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields
Upgrade natural turf (where it is large enough for practice or competition) to a premium surface with
drainage, irrigation and turf grass that extends usability and durability; work with local field using
organizations to share in investment, maintenance and oversight of upgrades
Ventura Community Center Recreation Facilities
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135 50 Enhancing comfort and making parks more welcoming Allow food carts to set up adjacent to designated park sites Cogswell Plaza Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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136 Enhancing comfort and making parks more welcoming Allow food carts to set up adjacent to designated park sites Greer Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Programs
137 Enhancing comfort and making parks more welcoming Allow food carts to set up adjacent to designated park sites Johnson Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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138 Enhancing comfort and making parks more welcoming Allow food carts to set up adjacent to designated park sites Mitchell Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Programs
139 Enhancing comfort and making parks more welcoming Allow food carts to set up adjacent to designated park sites Rinconada Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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140 Enhancing comfort and making parks more welcoming Allow food carts to set up adjacent to designated park sites Stanford ‐ Palo Alto Playing Fields Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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141 51 Enhancing comfort and making parks more welcoming Create and implement a signage and wayfinding program that conveys the park system identity,
incorporates art and enhances the experience of park visitors Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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142 52 Enhancing comfort and making parks more welcoming Create small (10‐12 people) and medium‐sized (20‐25 people) group picnic areas that can be used for
both picnics and programming (Juana) Briones Park Recreation Facilities
143 Enhancing comfort and making parks more welcoming Create small (10‐12 people) and medium‐sized (20‐25 people) group picnic areas that can be used for
both picnics and programming Baylands Athletic Center Recreation Facilities
144 Enhancing comfort and making parks more welcoming Create small (10‐12 people) and medium‐sized (20‐25 people) group picnic areas that can be used for
both picnics and programming Bol Park Recreation Facilities
145 Enhancing comfort and making parks more welcoming Create small (10‐12 people) and medium‐sized (20‐25 people) group picnic areas that can be used for
both picnics and programming Boulware Park Recreation Facilities
146 Enhancing comfort and making parks more welcoming Create small (10‐12 people) and medium‐sized (20‐25 people) group picnic areas that can be used for
both picnics and programming Bowden Park Recreation Facilities
147 Enhancing comfort and making parks more welcoming Create small (10‐12 people) and medium‐sized (20‐25 people) group picnic areas that can be used for
both picnics and programming Johnson Park Recreation Facilities
148 Enhancing comfort and making parks more welcoming Create small (10‐12 people) and medium‐sized (20‐25 people) group picnic areas that can be used for
both picnics and programming Monroe Park Recreation Facilities
149 Enhancing comfort and making parks more welcoming Create small (10‐12 people) and medium‐sized (20‐25 people) group picnic areas that can be used for
both picnics and programming Peers Park Recreation Facilities
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150 53 Enhancing comfort and making parks more welcoming Promote and enforce the ban on smoking in Palo Alto's parks through a marketing campaign and
signage program Systemwide
151 54 Enhancing comfort and making parks more welcoming Provide additional lighting to enhance park safety and expand park use to dusk Boulware Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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152 Enhancing comfort and making parks more welcoming Provide additional lighting to enhance park safety and expand park use to dusk Johnson Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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153 Enhancing comfort and making parks more welcoming Provide additional lighting to enhance park safety and expand park use to dusk Mitchell Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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154 Enhancing comfort and making parks more welcoming Provide additional lighting to enhance park safety and expand park use to dusk Ramos Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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155 55 Enhancing comfort and making parks more welcoming Provide restrooms in parks to enhance the comfort and extend the length of stay of visitors, except
where alternatives (adjacent businesses or public facilities) exist or site is under 1 acre in size.Bol Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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156 Enhancing comfort and making parks more welcoming Provide restrooms in parks to enhance the comfort and extend the length of stay of visitors, except
where alternatives (adjacent businesses or public facilities) exist or site is under 1 acre in size.Boulware Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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157 Enhancing comfort and making parks more welcoming Provide restrooms in parks to enhance the comfort and extend the length of stay of visitors, except
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158 Enhancing comfort and making parks more welcoming Provide restrooms in parks to enhance the comfort and extend the length of stay of visitors, except
where alternatives (adjacent businesses or public facilities) exist or site is under 1 acre in size.Eleanor Pardee Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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159 Enhancing comfort and making parks more welcoming Provide restrooms in parks to enhance the comfort and extend the length of stay of visitors, except
where alternatives (adjacent businesses or public facilities) exist or site is under 1 acre in size.Foothills Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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160 Enhancing comfort and making parks more welcoming Provide restrooms in parks to enhance the comfort and extend the length of stay of visitors, except
where alternatives (adjacent businesses or public facilities) exist or site is under 1 acre in size.Ramos Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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161 56 Enhancing comfort and making parks more welcoming Provide restrooms in parks to extend usable time and comfort, except where alternatives (adjacent
businesses or public facilities) exist or site is under 1 acre in size.Heritage Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
162 Enhancing comfort and making parks more welcoming Provide restrooms in parks to extend usable time and comfort, except where alternatives (adjacent
businesses or public facilities) exist or site is under 1 acre in size.Johnson Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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163 Enhancing comfort and making parks more welcoming Provide restrooms in parks to extend usable time and comfort, except where alternatives (adjacent
businesses or public facilities) exist or site is under 1 acre in size.Robles Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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164 57 Enhancing comfort and making parks more welcoming Provide shade for play areas, with shade trees the preferred solution and built structures (shade sails,
roofed structures) an interim solution or alternative when shade trees are not feasible Boulware Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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165 Enhancing comfort and making parks more welcoming Provide shade for play areas, with shade trees the preferred solution and built structures (shade sails,
roofed structures) an interim solution or alternative when shade trees are not feasible Eleanor Pardee Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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166 Enhancing comfort and making parks more welcoming Provide shade for play areas, with shade trees the preferred solution and built structures (shade sails,
roofed structures) an interim solution or alternative when shade trees are not feasible Greer Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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167 58 Enhancing comfort and making parks more welcoming Relocate the age‐specific playgrounds to be in closer proximity, when the existing playgrounds on the
site are upgraded, replaced or redesigned Boulware Park Recreation Facilities
168 Enhancing comfort and making parks more welcoming Relocate the age‐specific playgrounds to be in closer proximity, when the existing playgrounds on the
site are upgraded, replaced or redesigned Eleanor Pardee Park Recreation Facilities
169 59 Enhancing comfort and making parks more welcoming Update park design policies to incorporate artistic elements consistent with the Public Art Master
Plan Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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170 60 Enhancing comfort and making parks more welcoming Upgrade or add drinking fountains with water bottle filling and water for dogs Bol Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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174 61 Expanding the system Acquire parcels of land adjacent to existing sites Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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175 62 Expanding the system
Build a link to the Planning and Community Environment Department to make early connections to
the review process for large or multi‐lot developments (particularly in park search areas) to enhance
input opportunities from staff and the PRC about potential community benefits.
Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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176 63 Expanding the system Build on partnerships with PAUSD to make available additional programming space in school facilities El Carmelo Elementary School Recreation Programs
177 Expanding the system Build on partnerships with PAUSD to make available additional programming space in school facilities Ohlone Elementary School Recreation Programs
178 Expanding the system Build on partnerships with PAUSD to make available additional programming space in school facilities Terman Middle School Recreation Programs
179 64 Expanding the system Close low traffic streets adjacent to parks for single events, on a regularly scheduled basis or
permanently to create additional space for recreation (Juana) Briones Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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180 Expanding the system Close low traffic streets adjacent to parks for single events, on a regularly scheduled basis or
permanently to create additional space for recreation Boulware Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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181 65 Expanding the system Contract or add job responsibilities for managing fundraising/developing donors for the park system
to pursue funding opportunities and sponsorships Systemwide Recreation Programs
182 66 Expanding the system
Design streets that incorporate park features and support activities such as play, social gathering and
experiencing nature, as an alternative to buying property in park search areas. Alternatively, some
streets could be designated or designed for temporary closure to support these activities
Park Search Area A Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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183 Expanding the system
Design streets that incorporate park features and support activities such as play, social gathering and
experiencing nature, as an alternative to buying property in park search areas. Alternatively, some
streets could be designated or designed for temporary closure to support these activities
Park Search Area B Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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184 Expanding the system
Design streets that incorporate park features and support activities such as play, social gathering and
experiencing nature as an alternative to buying property in park search areas Alternatively some Park Search Area C Parks, Trails and Natural Open 184 Expanding the system experiencing nature, as an alternative to buying property in park search areas. Alternatively, some
streets could be designated or designed for temporary closure to support these activities
Park Search Area C Space
185 Expanding the system
Design streets that incorporate park features and support activities such as play, social gathering and
experiencing nature, as an alternative to buying property in park search areas. Alternatively, some
streets could be designated or designed for temporary closure to support these activities
Park Search Area D Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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186 Expanding the system
Design streets that incorporate park features and support activities such as play, social gathering and
experiencing nature, as an alternative to buying property in park search areas. Alternatively, some
streets could be designated or designed for temporary closure to support these activities
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Develop short‐term recreation access strategies (such as temporary use agreements for vacant or
park like property) and seek long‐term or permanent park and recreation space in each park search
area. Actively recruit property and facility owners to participate in the development of the short and Park Search Area A
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188 Expanding the system
Develop short‐term recreation access strategies (such as temporary use agreements for vacant or
park like property) and seek long‐term or permanent park and recreation space in each park search
area. Actively recruit property and facility owners to participate in the development of the short and
long‐term strategies.
Park Search Area B
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189 Expanding the system
Develop short‐term recreation access strategies (such as temporary use agreements for vacant or
park like property) and seek long‐term or permanent park and recreation space in each park search
area. Actively recruit property and facility owners to participate in the development of the short and
long‐term strategies.
Park Search Area C
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Recreation Programs
190 Expanding the system
Develop short‐term recreation access strategies (such as temporary use agreements for vacant or
park like property) and seek long‐term or permanent park and recreation space in each park search
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191 Expanding the system
Develop short‐term recreation access strategies (such as temporary use agreements for vacant or
park like property) and seek long‐term or permanent park and recreation space in each park search
area. Actively recruit property and facility owners to participate in the development of the short and
long‐term strategies.
Park Search Area E
Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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Recreation Programs
192 68 Expanding the system Engage Friends of Palo Alto Parks to seek donor funding, including foundation grants, corporate giving
and small and major philanthropic gifts by individuals, for priority projects and programs.Systemwide
Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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193 69 Expanding the system Incorporate other City‐owned outdoor spaces into the portfolio of locations for recreational
programming King Plaza at City Hall Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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194 70 Expanding the system
Increase access to public schools (outside of school hours) at PAUSD elementary and middle schools
(and Stanford fields if possible) to increase the availability of recreation activity spaces. Target school
sites that within or adjacent to "park search areas"
Addison Elementary School Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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195 Expanding the system
Increase access to public schools (outside of school hours) at PAUSD elementary and middle schools
(and Stanford fields if possible) to increase the availability of recreation activity spaces. Target school
sites that within or adjacent to "park search areas"
Barron Park Elementary School Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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196 Expanding the system
Increase access to public schools (outside of school hours) at PAUSD elementary and middle schools
(and Stanford fields if possible) to increase the availability of recreation activity spaces. Target school
sites that within or adjacent to "park search areas"
Duveneck Elementary School Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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197 Expanding the system
Increase access to public schools (outside of school hours) at PAUSD elementary and middle schools
(and Stanford fields if possible) to increase the availability of recreation activity spaces. Target school
sites that within or adjacent to "park search areas"
El Carmelo Elementary School Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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199 Expanding the system
Increase access to public schools (outside of school hours) at PAUSD elementary and middle schools
(and Stanford fields if possible) to increase the availability of recreation activity spaces. Target school
sites that within or adjacent to "park search areas"
Ohlone Elementary School Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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200 Expanding the system
Increase access to public schools (outside of school hours) at PAUSD elementary and middle schools
(and Stanford fields if possible) to increase the availability of recreation activity spaces. Target school
sites that within or adjacent to "park search areas"
Palo Verde Elementary School Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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201 71 Expanding the system Increase habitat and enhance natural systems through habitat restoration and by naturalizing creek
corridors leading to and emerging from existing parks and preserves
Baylands Preserve (including
Byxbee)
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202 Expanding the system Increase habitat and enhance natural systems through habitat restoration and by naturalizing creek
corridors leading to and emerging from existing parks and preserves Boulware Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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203 Expanding the system Increase habitat and enhance natural systems through habitat restoration and by naturalizing creek
corridors leading to and emerging from existing parks and preserves El Palo Alto Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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204 Expanding the system Increase habitat and enhance natural systems through habitat restoration and by naturalizing creek
corridors leading to and emerging from existing parks and preserves Foothills Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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205 Expanding the system Increase habitat and enhance natural systems through habitat restoration and by naturalizing creek
corridors leading to and emerging from existing parks and preserves Hoover Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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206 Expanding the system Increase habitat and enhance natural systems through habitat restoration and by naturalizing creek
corridors leading to and emerging from existing parks and preserves Hopkins Creekside Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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207 Expanding the system Increase habitat and enhance natural systems through habitat restoration and by naturalizing creek
corridors leading to and emerging from existing parks and preserves Mitchell Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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208 Expanding the system Increase habitat and enhance natural systems through habitat restoration and by naturalizing creek
corridors leading to and emerging from existing parks and preserves Pearson‐Arastradero Preserve Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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209 Expanding the system Increase habitat and enhance natural systems through habitat restoration and by naturalizing creek
corridors leading to and emerging from existing parks and preserves Seale Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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210 Expanding the system Increase habitat and enhance natural systems through habitat restoration and by naturalizing creek
corridors leading to and emerging from existing parks and preserves Terman Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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211 72 Edith t Monitor park search areas (where gaps in walkable park access exist) for acquisition opportunities to PkShA A Parks, Trails and Natural Open 211 72 Expanding the system p (gp p )q pp
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212 Expanding the system Monitor park search areas (where gaps in walkable park access exist) for acquisition opportunities to
create permanent park spaces Park Search Area B Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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213 Expanding the system Monitor park search areas (where gaps in walkable park access exist) for acquisition opportunities to
create permanent park spaces Park Search Area C Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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214 Expanding the system Monitor park search areas (where gaps in walkable park access exist) for acquisition opportunities to
create permanent park spaces Park Search Area D Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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215 Expanding the system Monitor park search areas (where gaps in walkable park access exist) for acquisition opportunities to
create permanent park spaces Park Search Area E Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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216 73 Expanding the system
Refine requirements for privately owned public open spaces (when provided as a condition of
development). Privately owned public space provided in lieu of park fees should support at least two
of the following recreation activities: gather together, play for children, exercise and fitness or
experience nature
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Improving and enhancing community center and recreation spaces
across the community
Adopt a policy that special purpose buildings be used as "home bases" for outdoor programming, and
that any reinvestment be designed to maximize the building's ability to serve that function.
Baylands Preserve (including
Byxbee)
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219 Improving and enhancing community center and recreation spaces
across the community
Adopt a policy that special purpose buildings be used as "home bases" for outdoor programming, and
that any reinvestment be designed to maximize the building's ability to serve that function.Foothills Park Recreation Facilities, Recreation
Programs
220 Improving and enhancing community center and recreation spaces
across the community
Adopt a policy that special purpose buildings be used as "home bases" for outdoor programming, and
that any reinvestment be designed to maximize the building's ability to serve that function.Pearson‐Arastradero Preserve Recreation Facilities, Recreation
Programs
221 75
Improving and enhancing community center and recreation spaces
across the community
Construct a stand‐alone gymnasium facility, in addition to the City's access at gyms operated by
PAUSD and other partners.
Baylands Athletic Center ‐ 10.25
Acre Addition Recreation Facilities
222 76
Improving and enhancing community center and recreation spaces
across the community
Develop an operational model, design and construct a community center to replace Cubberley on the
same site, retaining Cubberley's role as a provider of space to house community organizations as well
as adding the amount of flexible programmable recreation space.
Cubberly Community Center and
Fields Recreation Facilities
223 77
Improving and enhancing community center and recreation spaces
across the community
Incorporate flexible room configurations, storage and office space, and connections to outdoor areas
when renovating or adding on recreation buildings, to maximize flexibility and usability.
Cubberly Community Center and
Fields Recreation Facilities
224 Improving and enhancing community center and recreation spaces
across the community
Incorporate flexible room configurations, storage and office space, and connections to outdoor areas
when renovating or adding on recreation buildings, to maximize flexibility and usability.Lucie Stern Community Center Recreation Facilities
225 Improving and enhancing community center and recreation spaces
across the community
Incorporate flexible room configurations, storage and office space, and connections to outdoor areas
when renovating or adding on recreation buildings, to maximize flexibility and usability.Mitchell Park Community Center Recreation Facilities
226 Improving and enhancing community center and recreation spaces
across the community
Incorporate flexible room configurations, storage and office space, and connections to outdoor areas
when renovating or adding on recreation buildings, to maximize flexibility and usability.
Ventura Community Center
(building only)Recreation Facilities
227 78
Improving and enhancing community center and recreation spaces
across the community
Provide financial contributions to gym upgrades or the construction of additional gyms at PAUSD or
other sites in exchange for programming access JLS Middle School Recreation Facilities
228 Improving and enhancing community center and recreation spaces
across the community
Provide financial contributions to gym upgrades or the construction of additional gyms at PAUSD or
other sites in exchange for programming access Jordan Middle School Recreation Facilities
229 Improving and enhancing community center and recreation spaces Provide financial contributions to gym upgrades or the construction of additional gyms at PAUSD or Terman Middle School Recreation Facilities229across the community other sites in exchange for programming access Terman Middle School Recreation Facilities
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231 79 Improving spaces and increased options for off‐leash dogs Construct an agility course for dogs, locating it at Greer Park. Mitchell Park is a second option, but is
less favorable Greer Park Recreation Facilities
232 80 Improving spaces and increased options for off‐leash dogs
Designate areas in parks for use as off‐leash areas on specific days and during specific times.
Designated off‐leash areas should not include sports fields and should be located away from (Juana)Briones Park Recreation Facilities23280Improving spaces and increased options for off‐leash dogs Designated off‐leash areas should not include sports fields and should be located away from
playgrounds
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233 Improving spaces and increased options for off‐leash dogs
Designate areas in parks for use as off‐leash areas on specific days and during specific times.
Designated off‐leash areas should not include sports fields and should be located away from
playgrounds
Bowling Green Park Recreation Facilities
234 Improving spaces and increased options for off‐leash dogs
Designate areas in parks for use as off‐leash areas on specific days and during specific times.
Designated off‐leash areas should not include sports fields and should be located away from
playgrounds
El Camino Park Recreation Facilities
235 Improving spaces and increased options for off‐leash dogs
Designate areas in parks for use as off‐leash areas on specific days and during specific times.
Designated off‐leash areas should not include sports fields and should be located away from
playgrounds
Eleanor Pardee Park Recreation Facilities
236 Improving spaces and increased options for off‐leash dogs
Designate areas in parks for use as off‐leash areas on specific days and during specific times.
Designated off‐leash areas should not include sports fields and should be located away from
playgrounds
Heritage Park Recreation Facilities
237 81 Improving spaces and increased options for off‐leash dogsInstall themed art pieces to beautify off‐leash areas Greer Park Recreation Facilitiespgppgpy
238 Improving spaces and increased options for off‐leash dogs Install themed art pieces to beautify off‐leash areas Hoover Park Recreation Facilities
239 Improving spaces and increased options for off‐leash dogs Install themed art pieces to beautify off‐leash areas Mitchell Park Recreation Facilities
240 82 Improving spaces and increased options for off‐leash dogs Modify the City ordinance on off‐leash dogs to allow off‐leash dogs in designated off‐leash areas, not
just in areas that are completely fenced or contained Systemwide Recreation Facilities
241 83 Improving spaces and increased options for off‐leash dogs
Renovate existing off‐leash areas, and expand where possible. Standardize the off‐leash elements
provided (fencing, gate system, seating, water for dogs, waste disposal, etc.) to provide a better
experience for visitors.
Greer Park Recreation Facilities
242 Improving spaces and increased options for off‐leash dogs
Renovate existing off‐leash areas, and expand where possible. Standardize the off‐leash elements
provided (fencing, gate system, seating, water for dogs, waste disposal, etc.) to provide a better
experience for visitors.
Hoover Park Recreation Facilities
243 Improving spaces and increased options for off‐leash dogs
Renovate existing off‐leash areas, and expand where possible. Standardize the off‐leash elements
provided (fencing, gate system, seating, water for dogs, waste disposal, etc.) to provide a better
experience for visitors.
Mitchell Park Recreation Facilities
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Improving the accessibility of the full range of park and recreation
opportunities
Add accessible picnic facilities and replace furnishings that do not meet accessibility standards (See
forthcoming ADA Transition Plan for site specific recommendations)Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Facilities
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Improving the accessibility of the full range of park and recreation
opportunities
Build facilities, features and furnishings with universal design principles to maximize usability
regardless of age or ability Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Facilities
247 86
Improving the accessibility of the full range of park and recreation
opportunities
Continue building and enhancing the pedestrian bicycle and pedestrian network to make travel to
and between parks and recreation facilities easy and safe Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
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Improving the accessibility of the full range of park and recreation
opportunities
Create a process to address adaptive program requests (coordinated with upcoming ADA Transition
Plan)Systemwide Recreation Programs
249 88
Improving the accessibility of the full range of park and recreation
opportunities
Encourage active transportation to and from park and recreation activities by enhancing entry points
from trails and sidewalks, providing safe routes to parks, providing secure bike parking and facilitating
a bike rental program (Coordinated with Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan)
Baylands Preserve (including
Byxbee)
Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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250 Improving the accessibility of the full range of park and recreation
opportunities
Encourage active transportation to and from park and recreation activities by enhancing entry points
from trails and sidewalks, providing safe routes to parks, providing secure bike parking and facilitating
a bike rental program (Coordinated with Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan)
El Camino Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
251 Improving the accessibility of the full range of park and recreation
opportunities
Encourage active transportation to and from park and recreation activities by enhancing entry points
from trails and sidewalks, providing safe routes to parks, providing secure bike parking and facilitating
a bike rental program (Coordinated with Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan)
Mitchell Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
252 Improving the accessibility of the full range of park and recreation
opportunities
Encourage active transportation to and from park and recreation activities by enhancing entry points
from trails and sidewalks, providing safe routes to parks, providing secure bike parking and facilitating
a bike rental program (Coordinated with Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan)
Rinconada Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
253 89
Improving the accessibility of the full range of park and recreation
opportunities
Enhance crossings that connect parks and public facilities; use artistic/playful route and crossing
indicators Cameron Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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254 Improving the accessibility of the full range of park and recreation
opportunities
Enhance crossings that connect parks and public facilities; use artistic/playful route and crossing
indicators Heritage Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
255 Improving the accessibility of the full range of park and recreation
opportunities
Enhance crossings that connect parks and public facilities; use artistic/playful route and crossing
indicators Junior Museum and Zoo Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
256 Improving the accessibility of the full range of park and recreation
opportunities
Enhance crossings that connect parks and public facilities; use artistic/playful route and crossing
indicators Lucie Stern Community Center Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
257 Improving the accessibility of the full range of park and recreation
opportunities
Enhance crossings that connect parks and public facilities; use artistic/playful route and crossing
indicators Mayfield Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
258 Improving the accessibility of the full range of park and recreation
opportunities
Enhance crossings that connect parks and public facilities; use artistic/playful route and crossing
indicators Rinconada Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
259 Improving the accessibility of the full range of park and recreation
opportunities
Enhance crossings that connect parks and public facilities; use artistic/playful route and crossing
indicators Scott Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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Enhance crossings that connect parks and public facilities; use artistic/playful route and crossing
indicators Weisshaar Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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261 Improving the accessibility of the full range of park and recreation
opportunities
Enhance crossings that connect parks and public facilities; use artistic/playful route and crossing
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Expand offerings at preserves' interpretive facilities to area schools through curriculum packages
(backpacks, crates, etc) that can be brought into the field or the classroom.
Baylands Preserve (including
Byxbee)Recreation Programs
263 Improving the accessibility of the full range of park and recreation
opportunities
Expand offerings at preserves' interpretive facilities to area schools through curriculum packages
(backpacks, crates, etc) that can be brought into the field or the classroom.Foothills Park Recreation Programs
264 Improving the accessibility of the full range of park and recreation
opportunities
Expand offerings at preserves' interpretive facilities to area schools through curriculum packages
(backpacks, crates, etc) that can be brought into the field or the classroom.Junior Museum and Zoo Recreation Programs
265 Improving the accessibility of the full range of park and recreation
opportunities
Expand offerings at preserves' interpretive facilities to area schools through curriculum packages
(backpacks, crates, etc) that can be brought into the field or the classroom.Pearson‐Arastradero Preserve Recreation Programs
266 91
Improving the accessibility of the full range of park and recreation
opportunities
Explore options to open Foothills Park to all users (including non‐residents) using the same access
policies and practices as at natural open space preserves Foothills Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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opportunities Identify and mark 'Safe Routes to Parks' within each park walkshed Systemwide
Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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Identify, mark and promote long walking routes through the city, i.e. 'pedestrian arterials,' that
connect to parks, open spaces, preserves and community centers (Coordinated with Bicycle and Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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269 94
Improving the accessibility of the full range of park and recreation
opportunities
Initiate an open streets event (such as Viva Calle SJ) where a loop of streets is closed to traffic on a
Sunday for cycling, walking, entertainment and fun; include parks as destinations along the route with
food and activities
Systemwide Recreation Programs
270 95
Improving the accessibility of the full range of park and recreation
opportunities
Partner with a bike sharing program or bike rental agencies to expand active transportation
opportunities to and between parks, especially parks along designated bike routes (coordinated with
City Planning and Transportation)
Baylands Athletic Center Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
271 Improving the accessibility of the full range of park and recreation
opportunities
Partner with a bike sharing program or bike rental agencies to expand active transportation
opportunities to and between parks, especially parks along designated bike routes (coordinated with
City Planning and Transportation)
Baylands Preserve (including
Byxbee)
Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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272 Improving the accessibility of the full range of park and recreation
opportunities
Partner with a bike sharing program or bike rental agencies to expand active transportation
opportunities to and between parks, especially parks along designated bike routes (coordinated with
City Planning and Transportation)
Cubberly Community Center and
Fields
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Improving the accessibility of the full range of park and recreation Partner with a bike sharing program or bike rental agencies to expand active transportation Parks Trails and Natural Open273Improving the accessibility of the full range of park and recreation
opportunities opportunities to and between parks, especially parks along designated bike routes (coordinated with
City Planning and Transportation)
Lucie Stern Community Center Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
274 Improving the accessibility of the full range of park and recreation
opportunities
Partner with a bike sharing program or bike rental agencies to expand active transportation
opportunities to and between parks, especially parks along designated bike routes (coordinated with
City Planning and Transportation)
Mitchell Park Community Center Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
275 96
Improving the accessibility of the full range of park and recreation
opportunities
Provide ADA‐compliant paths of travel through parks and to buildings, picnic, seating areas and play
areas, and from parking lots to park entrances (See forthcoming ADA Transition Plan for site specific
recommendations)
Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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Improving the accessibility of the full range of park and recreation
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Provide multi‐sensory park features that incorporate sound and touch to signage, wayfinding and
other interpretive features Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Facilities
277 98
Improving the accessibility of the full range of park and recreation
opportunities
Provide shuttle services connecting Foothills/Arastradero Preserve to Baylands Preserve, also linking
to parks and community facilities along the route; weekend and summer weekday service should be
included in a pilot project with adjustments made to maximize the ridership
Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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278 99
Improving the accessibility of the full range of park and recreation
opportunities Recruit multilingual program instructors to introduce new programming options Systemwide Recreation Programs
279 100
Improving the accessibility of the full range of park and recreation
opportunities
Replace sand with engineered wood fiber or other accessible safety surfacing as the primary surface
in play areas, incorporate sand areas for play Systemwide Recreation Facilities
280 101
Improving the accessibility of the full range of park and recreation
opportunities
Unify parks along the Bay to Ridge trail system with consistent signage, bicycle and pedestrian
amenities and route maps (Juana) Briones Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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281 Improving the accessibility of the full range of park and recreation
opportunities
Unify parks along the Bay to Ridge trail system with consistent signage, bicycle and pedestrian
amenities and route maps
Baylands Preserve (including
Byxbee)
Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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282 Improving the accessibility of the full range of park and recreation
opportunities
Unify parks along the Bay to Ridge trail system with consistent signage, bicycle and pedestrian
amenities and route maps Mitchell Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
283 Improving the accessibility of the full range of park and recreation
opportunities
Unify parks along the Bay to Ridge trail system with consistent signage, bicycle and pedestrian
amenities and route maps Pearson‐Arastradero Preserve Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
284 Improving the accessibility of the full range of park and recreation
opportunities
Unify parks along the Bay to Ridge trail system with consistent signage, bicycle and pedestrian
amenities and route maps Ramos Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
285 Improving the accessibility of the full range of park and recreation
opportunities
Unify parks along the Bay to Ridge trail system with consistent signage, bicycle and pedestrian
amenities and route maps Robles Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
286 102
Improving the accessibility of the full range of park and recreation
opportunities
Upgrade ADA‐compliant parking spaces and routes that connect to park entrances (See forthcoming
ADA Transition Plan for site specific recommendations)Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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288 103 Increasing health and wellness opportunities in parks and programs Achieve designation as an AARP Age‐Friendly Community [Affiliations and designations] Systemwide
289 104 Increasing health and wellness opportunities in parks and programs Add drop‐in programs (free or BOOST) focused on physical and mental health in settings that are Bowden Park Recreation Programs289104Increasing health and wellness opportunities in parks and programs near home/work and maximize the health benefits of being outside and surrounded by nature Bowden Park Recreation Programs
290 Increasing health and wellness opportunities in parks and programs Add drop‐in programs (free or BOOST) focused on physical and mental health in settings that are
near home/work and maximize the health benefits of being outside and surrounded by nature Greer Park Recreation Programs
291 Increasing health and wellness opportunities in parks and programs Add drop‐in programs (free or BOOST) focused on physical and mental health in settings that are
near home/work and maximize the health benefits of being outside and surrounded by nature Mitchell Park Recreation Programs
292 Increasing health and wellness opportunities in parks and programs Add drop‐in programs (free or BOOST) focused on physical and mental health in settings that are
near home/work and maximize the health benefits of being outside and surrounded by nature Rinconada Park Recreation Programs
293 105 Increasing health and wellness opportunities in parks and programs Connect walking paths within and between parks to create loop options of varying length that
encourage walking and jogging Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Facilities
294 106 Iihlth d ll titii k d Enhance seating areas to take advantage of quiet spaces or to create opportunities for social (J )Bi Pk Parks, Trails and Natural Open 294 106 Increasing health and wellness opportunities in parks and programs g g q p pp
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295 Increasing health and wellness opportunities in parks and programs Enhance seating areas to take advantage of quiet spaces or to create opportunities for social
interaction Cameron Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
296 Increasing health and wellness opportunities in parks and programs Enhance seating areas to take advantage of quiet spaces or to create opportunities for social
interaction Heritage Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
297 Increasing health and wellness opportunities in parks and programs Enhance seating areas to take advantage of quiet spaces or to create opportunities for social
interaction Johnson Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
298 Increasing health and wellness opportunities in parks and programs Enhance seating areas to take advantage of quiet spaces or to create opportunities for social
interaction Wallis Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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299 107 Increasing health and wellness opportunities in parks and programs
Implement a Play Policy that assesses the variety and quality of play experiences found within the
existing park system and makes recommendations to improve the delivery of play, taking into account
evolving tastes and the cognitive, emotional and physical benefits of different types of play
experiences
Systemwide
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Recreation Programs
300 108 Increasing health and wellness opportunities in parks and programs Prioritize improvements to the pedestrian and bicycle trail network with a focus on routes that Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open 300 108 Increasing health and wellness opportunities in parks and programs connect to existing parks and cross barriers limiting access to park sites. Systemwide Space
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301 109 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks Activate parks with experimental (temporary) art projects that encourage play and draw attention to
less well‐known sites (Juana) Briones Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Programs
302 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks Activate parks with experimental (temporary) art projects that encourage play and draw attention to
less well‐known sites Peers Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Programs
303 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks Activate parks with experimental (temporary) art projects that encourage play and draw attention to
less well‐known sites Ramos Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Programs
304 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks Activate parks with experimental (temporary) art projects that encourage play and draw attention to
less well‐known sites Robles Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Programs
305 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks Activate parks with experimental (temporary) art projects that encourage play and draw attention to
less well‐known sites Seale Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Programs
306 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks Activate parks with experimental (temporary) art projects that encourage play and draw attention to
less well‐known sites Wallis Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Programs
307 110 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks Activate parks with simple, recurring programs that introduce new activities (games, music, art, etc.) Cogswell Plaza Recreation Programs
308 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks Activate parks with simple, recurring programs that introduce new activities (games, music, art, etc.) King Plaza at City Hall Recreation Programs
309 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks Activate parks with simple, recurring programs that introduce new activities (games, music, art, etc.) Lytton Plaza Recreation Programs
310 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks Activate parks with simple, recurring programs that introduce new activities (games, music, art, etc.) Wallis Park Recreation Programs
311 111 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks Add nature play environments, featuring open‐ended and free play with natural materials, to parks
when play equipment needs replacement Eleanor Pardee Park Recreation Facilities
312 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks Add nature play environments, featuring open‐ended and free play with natural materials, to parks
when play equipment needs replacement Hoover Park Recreation Facilities
313 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks Add nature play environments, featuring open‐ended and free play with natural materials, to parks
when play equipment needs replacement Johnson Park Recreation Facilities
314 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks Add nature play environments, featuring open‐ended and free play with natural materials, to parks
when play equipment needs replacement Robles Park Recreation Facilities
315 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks Add nature play environments, featuring open‐ended and free play with natural materials, to parks
when play equipment needs replacement Seale Park Recreation Facilities
316 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks Add nature play environments, featuring open‐ended and free play with natural materials, to parks
when play equipment needs replacement Werry Park Recreation Facilities
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317 112 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks
Add water as a play element with interactive fountains replacing multi‐purpose bowls where present
(using water efficient zero depth water features, recognizing drought restrictions and allowing for
similar look and use to the classic bowls) or incorporated into play areas.
(Juana) Briones Park Recreation Facilities
318 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks
Add water as a play element with interactive fountains replacing multi‐purpose bowls where present
(using water efficient zero depth water features, recognizing drought restrictions and allowing for
similar look and use to the classic bowls) or incorporated into play areas.
Eleanor Pardee Park Recreation Facilities
319 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks
Add water as a play element with interactive fountains replacing multi‐purpose bowls where present
(using water efficient zero depth water features, recognizing drought restrictions and allowing for
similar look and use to the classic bowls) or incorporated into play areas.
Hoover Park Recreation Facilities
320 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks
Add water as a play element with interactive fountains replacing multi‐purpose bowls where present
(using water efficient zero depth water features, recognizing drought restrictions and allowing for
similar look and use to the classic bowls) or incorporated into play areas.
Mitchell Park Recreation Facilities
321 Iith it f thi t d i iti k
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(i t ffi i t dth t ft ii dhttiti d ll i f Rbl Pk RtiF iliti321Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks (using water efficient zero depth water features, recognizing drought restrictions and allowing for
similar look and use to the classic bowls) or incorporated into play areas.
Robles Park Recreation Facilities
322 113 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks Develop or enhance adult play environments centered on fitness, small group use, geo‐caching and
other activities; distribute these sites around the system Greer Park Recreation Facilities
323 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks Develop or enhance adult play environments centered on fitness, small group use, geo‐caching and
other activities; distribute these sites around the system Heritage Park Recreation Facilities
324 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks Develop or enhance adult play environments centered on fitness, small group use, geo‐caching and
other activities; distribute these sites around the system Hoover Park Recreation Facilities
325 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks Develop or enhance adult play environments centered on fitness, small group use, geo‐caching and
other activities; distribute these sites around the system Mitchell Park Recreation Facilities
326 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks Develop or enhance adult play environments centered on fitness, small group use, geo‐caching and
other activities; distribute these sites around the system Terman Park Recreation Facilities
327 114 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks Expand and enhnace skate and bike facilities, adding plaza style features or pump tracks to serve a
more varied range of users Eleanor Pardee Park Recreation Facilities
328 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks Expand and enhnace skate and bike facilities, adding plaza style features or pump tracks to serve a
more varied range of users Greer Park Recreation Facilities
329 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks Expand and enhnace skate and bike facilities, adding plaza style features or pump tracks to serve a
more varied range of users Mitchell Park Recreation Facilities
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330 115 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks Expand science and zoo themed camps beyond the Junior Museum and Zoo to expand capacity
without sacrificing quality
Baylands Preserve (including
Byxbee)Recreation Programs
331 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks Expand science and zoo themed camps beyond the Junior Museum and Zoo to expand capacity
without sacrificing quality Esther Clark Preserve Recreation Programswithout sacrificing quality
332 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks Expand science and zoo themed camps beyond the Junior Museum and Zoo to expand capacity
without sacrificing quality Foothills Park Recreation Programs
333 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks Expand science and zoo themed camps beyond the Junior Museum and Zoo to expand capacity
without sacrificing quality Junior Museum and Zoo Recreation Programs
334 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks Expand science and zoo themed camps beyond the Junior Museum and Zoo to expand capacity
without sacrificing quality Pearson‐Arastradero Preserve Recreation Programs
335 116 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks
Implement short‐term placemaking improvements (flexible, small scale interventions such as seating,
art, programming or planters that have minimal capital cost) to attract users and experiment with
potential longer‐term options
Bowling Green Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Programs
336 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks
Implement short‐term placemaking improvements (flexible, small scale interventions such as seating,
art, programming or planters that have minimal capital cost) to attract users and experiment with
potential longer‐term options
Cameron Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Programs
337 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks
Implement short‐term placemaking improvements (flexible, small scale interventions such as seating,
art, programming or planters that have minimal capital cost) to attract users and experiment with Cogswell Plaza Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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potential longer‐term options
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338 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks
Implement short‐term placemaking improvements (flexible, small scale interventions such as seating,
art, programming or planters that have minimal capital cost) to attract users and experiment with
potential longer‐term options
El Camino Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Programs
339 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks
Implement short‐term placemaking improvements (flexible, small scale interventions such as seating,
art, programming or planters that have minimal capital cost) to attract users and experiment with
potential longer‐term options
Mayfield Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Programs
340 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks
Implement short‐term placemaking improvements (flexible, small scale interventions such as seating,
art, programming or planters that have minimal capital cost) to attract users and experiment with
potential longer‐term options
Stanford ‐ Palo Alto Playing Fields Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Programs
341 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks
Implement short‐term placemaking improvements (flexible, small scale interventions such as seating,
art, programming or planters that have minimal capital cost) to attract users and experiment with
potential longer‐term options
Weisshaar Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Programs
Implement short‐term placemaking improvements (flexible, small scale interventions such as seating, Parks Trails and Natural Open342 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks art, programming or planters that have minimal capital cost) to attract users and experiment with
potential longer‐term options
Werry Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Programs
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343 117 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks Install permanent installations and exhibits in well‐trafficked parks and plazas, following the guidance
of the Public Art Master Plan.Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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344 118 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks Pilot and implement pop‐up play events and experiences across the park system. Systemwide Recreation Programs
345 119 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks Provide recreation equipment (game boards/pieces, bocce sets, ping‐pong paddles/balls, etc. and as
appropriate) for park visitors to borrow at key sites with on‐site or adjacent public facilities Bowling Green Park Recreation Programs
346 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks Provide recreation equipment (game boards/pieces, bocce sets, ping‐pong paddles/balls, etc. and as
appropriate) for park visitors to borrow at key sites with on‐site or adjacent public facilities Cogswell Plaza Recreation Programs
347 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks Provide recreation equipment (game boards/pieces, bocce sets, ping‐pong paddles/balls, etc. and as
appropriate) for park visitors to borrow at key sites with on‐site or adjacent public facilities King Plaza at City Hall Recreation Programs
348 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks Provide recreation equipment (game boards/pieces, bocce sets, ping‐pong paddles/balls, etc. and as
appropriate) for park visitors to borrow at key sites with on‐site or adjacent public facilities Mayfield Park Recreation Programs
349 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks Provide recreation equipment (game boards/pieces, bocce sets, ping‐pong paddles/balls, etc. and as
appropriate) for park visitors to borrow at key sites with on‐site or adjacent public facilities Mitchell Park Recreation Programs
350 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks Provide recreation equipment (game boards/pieces, bocce sets, ping‐pong paddles/balls, etc. and as
appropriate) for park visitors to borrow at key sites with on‐site or adjacent public facilities Rinconada Park Recreation Programs
351 120 Increasing the variety of things to do in existing parks
Use policy and design guidance to emphasize flexibility and layering uses (allowing for different uses
at different times of day, week, etc.) in parks over installing fixed‐use equipment and single‐use
facilities
Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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353 121 System management Assign staff support to proactively identify and match improvement projects with partners, to
supplement public investment and build community ownership in the system Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Facilities
Parks Trails and Natural Open354 122 System management Continue to protect mature tree stands in parks and open spaces Systemwide
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355 123 System management Create a maintenance training to offer to local partner organization staff and volunteers and offer it
at least once a year to build volunteer/partner capacity Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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356 124 System management Design and install markers for heritage trees Systemwide
Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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357 125 System management Design irrigation systems with independent conrollers for trees to protect them when turf irrigation is
reduced or eliminated Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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358 126 System management Develop a comprehensive Conservation Plan for each of Palo Alto's natural open space preserves Esther Clark Preserve Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
359 System management Develop a comprehensive Conservation Plan for each of Palo Alto's natural open space preserves Foothills Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
360 System management Develop a comprehensive Conservation Plan for each of Palo Alto's natural open space preserves Pearson‐Arastradero Preserve Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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361 127 St t Develop a comprehensive Conservation Plan for each of Palo Alto's natural open space preserves Baylands Preserve (including Parks, Trails and Natural Open 361 127 System management p p p p p
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362 128 System management Develop a strategic maintenance reduction plan for each community center, park and preserve with
the input of the staff who maintain that site. Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Facilities
363 129 System management Develop and implement regionally‐specific plant palettes to perform a programmatic function (e.g.,
pollinator gardens, aromatic gardens and low‐maintenance edible plantings) Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
364 130 System management Develop capacity within parks and public works staff to manage partnership agreements, building on
the knowledge gained from recent experience and best practices Systemwide
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Recreation Programs
365 131 System management
Develop standards and guidelines for materials and furnishing palettes that reflect the three main
aesthetics in the system ‐ contemporary, rustic and historic mid‐century, and that are durable, vandal‐
resistant and easy to repair
Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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366 132 System management Establish a policy, process and criteria to evaluate private event and community requests for exclusive
use of park space.Systemwide Recreation Programs
367 133 System management Evaluate facilities and investments in areas that may be impacted by sea level rise and develop a long‐
term transition plan for these areas Baylands Athletic Center Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Facilities
368 System management Evaluate facilities and investments in areas that may be impacted by sea level rise and develop a long‐
term transition plan for these areas
Baylands Preserve (including
Byxbee)
Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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369 134 System management
Expand the memorial policy, which currently addresses benches only, to include additional types of
memorial actions and donations, such as memorial tree plantings and establish a pricing system that
builds in a maintenance endowment
Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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370 135 System management Implement a turf conversion program (with an annual budget) to replace park turf with low or no
recreational value with lawn alternatives (ecolawn), low‐water plantings and mulch Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
371 136 System management Implement low water use and salt tolerant plant replacements, transitioning landscapes and planting
areas to reduce irrigation needs and adapt to recycled water Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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372 137 System management Install pumps or activators to water features throughout the system to avoid clogging and reduce
maintenance needs Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
373 138 System management Provide public Wi‐Fi access in all developed parks and in the parking lots of preserves to facilitate
sharing current information and learning more about the park (look up trail maps, activities, etc.)
Baylands Preserve (including
Byxbee)
Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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374 System management Provide public Wi‐Fi access in all developed parks and in the parking lots of preserves to facilitate
sharing current information and learning more about the park (look up trail maps, activities, etc.)El Camino Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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375 System management Provide public Wi‐Fi access in all developed parks and in the parking lots of preserves to facilitate
hi t if ti d li btth k (l k til ti iti t)Foothills Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Sygsharing current information and learning more about the park (look up trail maps, activities, etc.)Space
376 System management Provide public Wi‐Fi access in all developed parks and in the parking lots of preserves to facilitate
sharing current information and learning more about the park (look up trail maps, activities, etc.)Mitchell Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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377 System management Provide public Wi‐Fi access in all developed parks and in the parking lots of preserves to facilitate
sharing current information and learning more about the park (look up trail maps, activities, etc.)Pearson‐Arastradero Preserve Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
378 System management Provide public Wi‐Fi access in all developed parks and in the parking lots of preserves to facilitate
sharing current information and learning more about the park (look up trail maps, activities, etc.)Rinconada Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
379 System management Provide public Wi‐Fi access in all developed parks and in the parking lots of preserves to facilitate
sharing current information and learning more about the park (look up trail maps, activities, etc.)Stanford ‐ Palo Alto Playing Fields Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
Provide public Wi‐Fi access in all developed parks and in the parking lots of preserves to facilitate Parks Trails and Natural Open380 System management Provide public Wi Fi access in all developed parks and in the parking lots of preserves to facilitate
sharing current information and learning more about the park (look up trail maps, activities, etc.)Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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381 139 System management Schedule for a quarterly water use review and create a protocol for taking action to ensure efficient
use of water resources; hire or train certified water management staff to oversee irrigation controllers Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
382 140 System management Update construction standards to require permeable paving wherever possible in parks to reduce
runoff and allow the natural filtration of storm water Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
383 141 System management Update parking requirements for parks and facilities, reducing automobile parking and increasing
bicycle parking and pedestrian enhancement requirements Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Facilities
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385 143 System management Update the inventory and map locations of regulated trees (coordinated with the Urban Forestry
Master Plan)Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
System management Partner with cellular service providers to improve coverage in all parks and preserves to ensure
emergency (911) access Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
386 144 System management Update the tree planting palette to favor strong, native tree species with broad, mature canopy and
reduce the weaker ornamentals and non‐natives Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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Americans With Disabilities Act Compliance: This project provides funding for accessibility upgrades to
City facilities and equipment. It includes continued funding for improvements such as path of travel,
restroom upgrades, drinking fountains, and counters. This funding will also be utilized for other CIP
project design or construction phases where accessibility improvements are identified (Existing CIP
Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Spaceproject design or construction phases where accessibility improvements are identified. (Existing CIP
Project)
389 146 CIP Project
Art In Public Spaces: This project provides funding for innovative public art for both interior and
exterior public spaces in accordance with the City Council‐approved Art in City Capital Improvement
Projects ordinance. (Existing CIP Project)
Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
390 147 CIP Project
Baylands Boardwalk Improvements: This project provides funding for a feasibility study to assess the
existing boardwalk and to determine the feasibility and estimated costs for the repair and/or
replacement of pilings, decking, structural framing members and railings. (Existing CIP Project)
Baylands Preserve (including
Byxbee)Recreation Facilities
391 148 CIP Project
Baylands Emergency Access Levee Repair: This project provides funding to restore the width and
height of the earthen flood levee between Harbor Road near the Baylands Interpretive Center and the
perimeter levee of the airport
to six inches above its original height. (Existing CIP Project)
Baylands Preserve (including
Byxbee)
Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
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Baylands Nature Interpretive Center Exhibit Improvements: This project provides funding to replace
worn out or non‐functioning exhibits at the aging Baylands Nature Interpretive Center including Baylands Preserve (including RtiF iliti392149CIP Project g gg y p g
signage and graphics to make the facility more visible and usable for science programs, public use,
and facility rentals. (Existing CIP Project)
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Byxbee)Recreation Facilities
393 150 CIP Project
Baylands Nature Interpretive Center Facility Improvements: This project provides funding for
renovation improvements to the Baylands Nature Interpretive Center including replacement of
decking, railing, structural framing members, exterior wood siding, flooring, cabinetry, and/or doors.
(Existing CIP Project)
Baylands Preserve (including
Byxbee)Recreation Facilities
394 151 CIP Project
Benches, Signage, Walkways, Perimeter Landscaping: This recurring project provides funding for the
restoration and replacement of existing benches,
signage, fencing, walkways, and landscaping at various City facilities. (Existing CIP Project)
Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
395 152 CIP Project
Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan‐Implementation Project: This project provides funding for the design and
construction of bicycle boulevards, bicycle lanes, bicycle routes, bicycle parking projects, and trails
routes in accordance with the Bicycle & Pedestrian Transportation Plan 2012, approved by the City
Council in 2012. The project also allows for expansion of bicycle parking facilities and
bicycle/pedestrian project planning activities as prioritized in the Plan (Existing CIP project)
Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
bicycle/pedestrian project planning activities as prioritized in the Plan.(Existing CIP project)
396 153 CIP Project
Bol Park Improvements: This project provides funding for safety renovations and accessibility
improvements, including repairs to the decomposed granite pathways, park lighting, and fencing.
Irrigation renovations and turf restoration are also included in this project, as well as the replacement
of two drinking
fountains and other site amenities. (Existing CIP Project)
Bol Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
397 154 CIP Project
Boulware Park Improvements: This project provides funding for improvements to the existing
children's playground, lighting and site amenities, and accessibility upgrades. Playground
improvements include the installation
of a new play structure and replacement of existing light pole fixtures, drinking fountains, benches,
and trash receptacles. Rubberized surfacing will also be replaced and expanded to increase
accessibility. (Existing CIP Project)
Boulware Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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Bowden Park Improvements: This project provides funding for improvements to the children’s
playground and park amenities, including a new retaining wall, new play equipment and new play
area surfacing. Planting restoration and irrigation renovations as well as replacement of the Bowden Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
playground perimeter fence will be included in the project. (Existing CIP Project)
399 156 CIP Project
Buckeye Creek Hydrology Study: This project will fund a study to analyze flooding conditions and to
recommend flood control structures that provide both drainage and erosion control solutions for
Buckeye Creek. The project will consider maintenance needs and land stewardship practices, and will
include outreach to stakeholders. Drainage system improvements may include new culverts, gabions
and native plant riparian re‐vegetation. (Existing CIP Project)
Foothills Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
400 157 CIP Project
Byxbee Park Completion: This project provides funding for the remaining improvements to Byxbee
Park following the
completion of the remaining landfill capping work. As envisioned by the original artist and landscape
architect, the completion of Byxbee Park would occur following capping of the remainder of the
landfill and would consist of a network of white oyster shell‐lined trails with wooden viewing
platforms. The hilltops would also be accented with small soil mounds called “hillocks” to be used for
planting wildflowers. Additionally, the parking lot for the park would be expanded. (Existing CIP
Baylands Preserve (including
Byxbee)
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Cameron Park Improvements: This project provides funding to upgrade and renovate safety and
accessibility features at Cameron Park with a primary focus on the park playground. (Existing CIP
Project)
Cameron Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
402 159 CIP Project
Cubberley Community Center Master Plan: This project provides funding to review previous condition
assessment reports for the Cubberley Community Center, evaluate current buildings against latest
building codes, and develop a Master Plan for the complex. The plan will include a prioritization for
future projects to replace failing systems, improve reliability for use as an emergency shelter, and
support tenant needs. The Master Plan is a requirement of the new lease with Palo Alto Unified
School District (PAUSD). (Existing CIP project)
Cubberly Community Center and
Fields Recreation Facilities
403 160 CIP Project
Cubberley Roof Replacements: This project provides funding to replace or restore failing roofs at the
Cubberley Community Center. In some instances, a full replacement is necessary. In lieu of replacing
the entire roof a more cost effective roof restoration process is planned where feasible A fluid Cubberly Community Center and Recreation Facilities403160CIP Project the entire roof, a more cost effective roof restoration process is planned where feasible. A fluid
applied, reinforced waterproofing system will be applied over the existing roof. This roofing system
also meets current cool roofing codes to optimize energy efficiency. (Existing CIP project)
Fields Recreation Facilities
404 161 CIP Project
Dinah Summerhill Pedestrian/Bicycle Path: This project will construct a pedestrian/bicycle path on a
public easement on the pan handle parcel of the Dinah's Hotel property. The path would provide
access from Wilkie Way to the
Redwood Gate development for connectivity to the public park. Improvements shall include an
approximately 15' wide by 130' long path for bike and pedestrian access. Improvements also include
fencing and landscaping. Landscaping shall include oak trees to be planted so as to prevent future
vehicle access. (Existing CIP project)
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El Camino Park Restoration: This project provides funding for the restoration of the athletic fields
including synthetic turf and natural grass; expansion of the parking lot; a new scorekeeper’s building
and larger restroom facility; lighted pathways and site amenities. Also included in the project are
irrigation renovations planting restoration and passive recreational areas at both ends of the park
El Camino Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Spaceirrigation renovations, planting restoration, and passive recreational areas at both ends of the park.
(Existing CIP project)
406 163 CIP Project Golf Course Net and Artificial Turf Replacement: This project provides funding for the removal and
replacement of golf course driving range netting and synthetic turf. (Existing CIP Project) Municipal Golf Course Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
407 164 CIP Project
Golf Course Tree Maintenance: This project establishes a tree plan at the Palo Alto Golf Course as
recommended by City Arborist. The maintenance and care for these trees have been deferred since
2007. Many are in need of trimming, nutrition, and care for disease and pests. The trees of greatest
concern are the large Eucalyptus, Caserinas, and Stone Pines. After an evaluation, an Agronomic Plan
will be put in place along with a schedule that addresses the work needed to insure healthy
conditions. (Existing CIP Project)
Municipal Golf Course Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
408 165 CIP Project
Golf Reconfiguration & Baylands Athletic Center Improvements: This project provides funding for the
renovation of the Municipal Golf Course in accordance
with the Council‐approved conceptual plan. The project includes less turf, raising the elevation of the
course with imported soil, replacement of the irrigation and drainage systems and space for athletic
Baylands Athletic Center ‐ 10.25
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409 CIP Project
Golf Reconfiguration & Baylands Athletic Center Improvements: This project provides funding for the
renovation of the Municipal Golf Course in accordance
with the Council‐approved conceptual plan. The project includes less turf, raising the elevation of the
course with imported soil, replacement of the irrigation and drainage systems and space for athletic
fields. (Existing CIP Project)
Municipal Golf Course Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
410 166 CIP Project
Highway 101 Pedestrian/Bicycle Overpass Project: This project provides funding for a new
pedestrian/bicycle bridge across Highway 101 at Adobe Creek. The City conducted a design
competition that resulted in three innovative designs. Following the competition, the City Council
selected a design team to continue with design and completion of the CEQA and NEPA documents. It
is anticipated that construction on the bridge will start in spring 2017. (Existing CIP project)
Baylands Preserve (including
Byxbee)
Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
Hoover Park Improvements: This project provides funding for the replacement of the existing
concrete walkway repairs to the existing decomposed granite walkway and replacement of site Parks Trails and Natural Open411 167 CIP Project concrete walkway, repairs to the existing decomposed granite walkway and replacement of site
amenities, including playfield backstops, benches, tables and trash receptacles. Also included are
repairs to the existing brick wall surrounding the children’s playground. (Existing CIP Project)
Hoover Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
412 168 CIP Project
Lucie Stern Buildings Mechanical and Electrical Upgrades: This project provides funding to replace and
upgrade mechanical and/or electrical systems, fire/
life safety and finishes as necessary at Lucie Stern Children’s Theater; Lucie Stern Theater and Scene
Shop; and Lucie Stern Community Center. The systems will meet current code and user needs, and
optimize operational and energy efficiency. (Existing CIP Project)
Lucie Stern Community Center Recreation Facilities
413 169 CIP Project
Midtown Connector: This project provides funding for the construction of a new bicycle and
pedestrian trail along the levees of the Matadero Creek between Waverley Street and Greer Road as
well as a study/master plan of improvements between Alma Street and Hwy 101. (Existing CIP
project)
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Mitchell Park Improvements: This project provides funding for repair and replacement of equipment
and amenities through Mitchell Park. The improvements include replacement of the playground
equipment located along East Meadow Drive, renovation of the water‐play element, repair of the Mitchell Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open 414 170 CIP Project covered wood walkway structure, replacement of playground and water play area fencing, and new
rubberized surfacing. Also included are irrigation renovations, turf restoration and replacement of site
amenities and decomposed granite pathways. (Existing CIP project)
Mitchell Park Space
415 171 CIP Project
Off‐Road Pathway Resurfacing And Repair: This project provides funding for the maintenance of Palo
Alto's 9‐mile off‐road paved trail system
that is 35 years old and requires on‐going, phased repairs. This project removes and replaces severely
damaged sections of asphalt, repairs cracks and base failures, and resurfaces worn or uneven surfaces
of off‐road asphalt pathways and bicycle trails. Priority will be given to the repair of the most uneven
sections of pathway. The project does not create new offroad trails. Staff uses surface assessment
data prepared by Public Works Engineering and input from the public to prioritize repair or
replacement projects. (Existing CIP project)
Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
Open Space Lakes And Pond Maintenance: This project rehabilitates lakes and ponds in open space
nature preserves to protect wildlife habitat and recreational safety and to meet State Division of
416 172 CIP Project
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Safety of Dams requirements.
Work at Boronda Lake at Foothills Park consists of the annual harvesting of non‐native pond weeds
and cattails. Work at the Baylands Duck Pond maintains the aerator for water quality. (Existing CIP
project)
Baylands Preserve (including
Byxbee)
Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
417 CIP Project
Open Space Lakes And Pond Maintenance: This project rehabilitates lakes and ponds in open space
nature preserves to protect wildlife habitat and recreational safety and to meet State Division of
Safety of Dams requirements.
Work at Boronda Lake at Foothills Park consists of the annual harvesting of non‐native pond weeds
and cattails. Work at the Baylands Duck Pond maintains the aerator for water quality. (Existing CIP
project)
Foothills Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
418 173 CIP Project
Open Space Trails and Amenities: This project provides funding to restore unpaved trails, fences,
picnic areas, and campgrounds at Foothills Park, the Baylands, and the Pearson‐Arastradero Nature
Preserves. The project also provides habitat protection by guiding park users towards areas dedicated
for hiking biking and assembling Benches tables footbridges and fences that are at the end of their
Baylands Preserve (including
Byxbee)
Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Spacefor hiking, biking, and assembling. Benches, tables, footbridges and fences that are at the end of their
useful lifewill systematically be replaced. (Existing CIP project)
419 CIP Project
Open Space Trails and Amenities: This project provides funding to restore unpaved trails, fences,
picnic areas, and campgrounds at Foothills Park, the Baylands, and the Pearson‐Arastradero Nature
Preserves. The project also provides habitat protection by guiding park users towards areas dedicated
for hiking, biking, and assembling. Benches, tables, footbridges and fences that are at the end of their
useful lifewill systematically be replaced. (Existing CIP project)
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Open Space Trails and Amenities: This project provides funding to restore unpaved trails, fences,
picnic areas, and campgrounds at Foothills Park, the Baylands, and the Pearson‐Arastradero Nature
Preserves. The project also provides habitat protection by guiding park users towards areas dedicated Pearson‐Arastradero Preserve Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Spacefor hiking, biking, and assembling. Benches, tables, footbridges and fences that are at the end of their
useful lifewill systematically be replaced. (Existing CIP project)
Space
421 174 CIP Project
Palo Alto Community Gardens Irrigation System: This project provides funding for new irrigation
systems at all three Community Gardens. Each of the three gardens will receive a new irrigation main
line and components, isolation valves and hose bibs/ faucets to improve water conservation efforts
and reduce necessary repair work. These improvements will provide adequate water pressure and
reliable irrigation. Gardeners will be able to utilize and customize watering levels based on need.
(Existing CIP Project)
Eleanor Pardee Park Recreation Facilities
422 CIP Project
Palo Alto Community Gardens Irrigation System: This project provides funding for new irrigation
systems at all three Community Gardens. Each of the three gardens will receive a new irrigation main
line and components, isolation valves and hose bibs/ faucets to improve water conservation efforts
and reduce necessary repair work. These improvements will provide adequate water pressure and
reliable irrigation. Gardeners will be able to utilize and customize watering levels based on need.
(Existing CIP Project)
Johnson Park Recreation Facilities
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Palo Alto Community Gardens Irrigation System: This project provides funding for new irrigation
systems at all three Community Gardens. Each of the three gardens will receive a new irrigation main
line and components, isolation valves and hose bibs/ faucets to improve water conservation efforts
and reduce necessary repair work. These improvements will provide adequate water pressure and
reliable irrigation. Gardeners will be able to utilize and customize watering levels based on need.
(Existing CIP Project)
Rinconada Library Recreation Facilities
424 175 CIP Project
Park and Open Space Emergency Repairs: This project provides funding for the replacement or
extensive repair of playgrounds, play yard surfaces, wooden structures, park amenities and play
equipment in the event of storms, fire,
vandalism or structural failure. (Existing CIP project)
Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
425 176 CIP Project
Peers Park Improvements: This project provides funding for upgrades and renovations of the
irrigation system and turf at Peers Park. The project will also replace the park benches and drinking
fountains, resurface the basketball and tennis court playing surfaces, and repair court fencing.
(Existing CIP project)
Peers Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
426 177 CIP Project
Ramos Park Improvements: This project provides funding for safety and accessibility improvements at
Ramos Park including replacing the existing park playground, benches, and drinking fountain, as well
as resurfacing the basketball court playing surface. (Existing CIP project)
Ramos Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
427 178 CIP Project
Rinconada Park Improvements: This project provides funding for upgrades to safety, site amenities,
pool and playground facilities, irrigation, drainage and accessibility at Rinconada Park. The funding is
expected to provide for implementation of improvements outlined by the Rinconada Park Master
Plan that relate to current deferred maintenance items at the park, such as installing wider pathways
rather than repairing the existing pathways. (Existing CIP project)
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Rinconada Park Master Plan and Design: This project provides funding for the development of a
master plan for Rinconada Park. The process is two‐fold and includes an Urban Planning or Landscape
Architecture firm engaging Rinconada Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open 428 179 CIP Project stakeholders in addressing usage and facility needs and a study to assess existing and future
transportation, parking and traffic needs as well as providing a conceptual plan, guidelines and design
for landscaping, wayfinding systems and pedestrian roadway crossings. (Existing CIP project)
Rinconada Park Space
429 180 CIP Project Rinconada Pool Locker Room: This project provides funding to renovate the Rinconada Pool changing
room inclusive of changing area, restroom, showers, and the addition of lockers. (Existing CIP Project)Rinconada Park Recreation Facilities
430 181 CIP Project
Robles Park Improvements: This project provides funding for the replacement of play equipment and
resurfacing in two children’s playground areas; repairs to a basketball court and adjacent concrete
wall; and replacement of perimeter fencing, concrete pathways and other site amenities. Irrigation
renovations
and turf restoration are also included in this project. (Existing CIP project)
Robles Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
431 182 CIP Project
Roofing Replacement: This project provides funding for ongoing roofing maintenance at various City
facilities including major repairs, rehabilitation, replacement, roof deck, drainage systems, and sheet
metal repair/replacement. Roofs scheduled for replacement are based on an annual evaluation of Lucie Stern Community Center Recreation Facilitiesp/p p
their condition. (Existing CIP Project)
432 CIP Project
Roofing Replacement: This project provides funding for ongoing roofing maintenance at various City
facilities including major repairs, rehabilitation, replacement, roof deck, drainage systems, and sheet
metal repair/replacement. Roofs scheduled for replacement are based on an annual evaluation of
their condition. (Existing CIP Project)
Rinconada Park Recreation Facilities
433 CIP Project
Roofing Replacement: This project provides funding for ongoing roofing maintenance at various City
facilities including major repairs, rehabilitation, replacement, roof deck, drainage systems, and sheet
metal repair/replacement. Roofs scheduled for replacement are based on an annual evaluation of
their condition. (Existing CIP Project)
Ventura Community Center
(building only)Recreation Facilities
434 183 CIP Project
Seale Park Improvements: This project provides funding for upgrades and renovations for safety and
accessibility improvements at Seale Park. The project will replace existing park amenities, picnic
tables, and playground structures including a playhouse and swings; refinish the playground
perimeter fencing; and repair damaged decomposed granite and concrete pathways. Turf restoration
and irrigation renovations will also be included as well as replacement of bollards at the park
Seale Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
and irrigation renovations will also be included as well as replacement of bollards at the park
entrances, the park sign, and a small stone wall located in the middle of the park.(Existing CIP project)
435 184 CIP Project
Stanford/Palo Alto Playing Fields Netting: This project provides funding to add additional netting to
prevent soccer balls from going over the fence into the parking lot of the adjacent property at 650
Page Mill Road. Although there is
netting behind the soccer goal areas, there is still a gap of approximately 160 feet without netting in
the area between the two soccer fields. This area serves as a warm up and practice area and is heavily
used. (Existing CIP project)
Stanford ‐ Palo Alto Playing Fields Recreation Facilities
436 185 CIP Project Stanford/Palo Alto Playing Fields Soccer Turf Replacement: This project provides funding for
replacement of synthetic turf at the Stanford/Palo Alto Playing Fields. (Existing CIP project)Stanford ‐ Palo Alto Playing Fields Recreation Facilities
437 186 CIP Project Tennis and Basketball Court Resurfacing: This project provides funding for tennis and basketball court
repair and resurfacing in various Palo Alto parks. (Existing CIP project)Systemwide Recreation Facilities
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Transportation and Parking Improvements: This project provides funding for the implementation of
miscellaneous neighborhood traffic calming improvements including neighborhood traffic studies and
parking improvements. This project also funds the development of grant proposals used to procure Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
funding for future projects.(Existing CIP project)
439 188 CIP Project
Ventura Buildings Improvements: This project provides funding to replace or upgrade the mechanical
and electrical systems and provide accessibility improvements to the facility. To comply with
Americans with Disabilities Act, accessibility improvements are included; these needs are typically
addressed concurrently with city‐planned projects. (Existing CIP Project)
Ventura Community Center
(building only)Recreation Facilities
440 188 Z‐CIP Project Z
441 189 IBRC Project (Catch‐up) Remaining unscheduled (catch‐up) projects not yet included in a CIP project Greer Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Facilities
442 IBRC Project (Catch‐up) Remaining unscheduled (catch‐up) projects not yet included in a CIP project Johnson Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Facilities
PkTil d Nt lO443 IBRC Project (Catch‐up) Remaining unscheduled (catch‐up) projects not yet included in a CIP project Bowling Green Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Facilities
444 IBRC Project (Catch‐up) Remaining unscheduled (catch‐up) projects not yet included in a CIP project Lytton Plaza Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Facilities
445 IBRC Project (Catch‐up) Remaining unscheduled (catch‐up) projects not yet included in a CIP project Robles Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Facilities
446 IBRC Project (Catch‐up) Remaining unscheduled (catch‐up) projects not yet included in a CIP project Terman Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Facilities
447 IBRC Project (Catch‐up) Remaining unscheduled (catch‐up) projects not yet included in a CIP project Cubberly Community Center and
Fields
Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Facilities
448 IBRC Project (Catch‐up) Remaining unscheduled (catch‐up) projects not yet included in a CIP project Foothills Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Facilities
449 IBRC Project (Catch‐up) Remaining unscheduled (catch‐up) projects not yet included in a CIP project Esther Clark Preserve Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Facilities
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62 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Replace low‐use turf areas with native shrubs and grasses, contributing to or educating about native habitats (Juana) Briones Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
91 Exploring new types of programs, classes, Create outdoor studios and program spaces for creating art in parks (Coordinated with the Public Art Master Plan)(Juana)Briones Park Recreation Facilities, Recreation 91 events and activities for all ages and abilities Create outdoor studios and program spaces for creating art in parks (Coordinated with the Public Art Master Plan)(Juana) Briones Park Programs
118 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields
Upgrade natural turf (where it is large enough for practice or competition) to a premium surface with drainage,
irrigation and turf grass that extends usability and durability; work with local field using organizations to share in
investment, maintenance and oversight of upgrades
(Juana) Briones Park Recreation Facilities
142 Enhancing comfort and making parks more
welcoming
Create small (10‐12 people) and medium‐sized (20‐25 people) group picnic areas that can be used for both picnics
and programming (Juana) Briones Park Recreation Facilities
179 Expanding the system Close low traffic streets adjacent to parks for single events, on a regularly scheduled basis or permanently to create
additional space for recreation (Juana) Briones Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
232 Improving spaces and increased options for
off‐leash dogs
Designate areas in parks for use as off‐leash areas on specific days and during specific times. Designated off‐leash
areas should not include sports fields and should be located away from playgrounds (Juana) Briones Park Recreation Facilities
280 Improving the accessibility of the full range of
park and recreation opportunities
Unify parks along the Bay to Ridge trail system with consistent signage, bicycle and pedestrian amenities and route
maps (Juana) Briones Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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294 Increasing health and wellness opportunities Eh ti t tk dt f it t t titif ilit ti (J )Bi Pk Parks, Trails and Natural Open 294 g pp
in parks and programs Enhance seating areas to take advantage of quiet spaces or to create opportunities for social interaction (Juana) Briones Park ,p
Space
301 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Activate parks with experimental (temporary) art projects that encourage play and draw attention to less well‐
known sites (Juana) Briones Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Programs
317 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Add water as a play element with interactive fountains replacing multi‐purpose bowls where present (using water
efficient zero depth water features, recognizing drought restrictions and allowing for similar look and use to the
classic bowls) or incorporated into play areas.
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115 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields Periodic improvements to Baylands Athletic Center fields to address settling landfill and re‐level the playing field
surface Baylands Athletic Center Recreation Facilities
116 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields Provide batting cages to relieve pressure on limited field space. Baylands Athletic Center Recreation Facilities
117 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields Provide scoreboards at all competitive level (Type A)fields Baylands Athletic Center Recreation Facilities117Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields Provide scoreboards at all competitive level (Type A) fields Baylands Athletic Center Recreation Facilities
143 Enhancing comfort and making parks more
welcoming
Create small (10‐12 people) and medium‐sized (20‐25 people) group picnic areas that can be used for both picnics
and programming Baylands Athletic Center Recreation Facilities
270 Improving the accessibility of the full range of
park and recreation opportunities
Partner with a bike sharing program or bike rental agencies to expand active transportation opportunities to and
between parks, especially parks along designated bike routes (coordinated with City Planning and Transportation)Baylands Athletic Center Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
367 System management Evaluate facilities and investments in areas that may be impacted by sea level rise and develop a long‐term
transition plan for these areas Baylands Athletic Center Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Facilities
109 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields Build a multi‐sport field that maximizes playability and flexibility to accommodate as many sports as possible Baylands Athletic Center ‐ 10.25
Acre Addition Recreation Facilities
111 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields
Depending on the length and severity of California’s drought, the City may need to investigate adding synthetic turf
fields as a method of conserving water and meeting the need for athletic field space; this shift should be considered
for designated sports fields (used full time for sports) where lighting is possible
Baylands Athletic Center ‐ 10.25
Acre Addition
Recreation Facilities, Recreation
Programs
221 Improving and enhancing community center
and recreation spaces across the community
Construct a stand‐alone gymnasium facility, in addition to the City's access at gyms operated by PAUSD and other
partners.
Baylands Athletic Center ‐ 10.25
Acre Addition Recreation Facilities
408 CIP Project
Golf Reconfiguration & Baylands Athletic Center Improvements: This project provides funding for the renovation of
the Municipal Golf Course in accordance
with the Council‐approved conceptual plan. The project includes less turf, raising the elevation of the course with
imported soil, replacement of the irrigation and drainage systems and space for athletic fields. (Existing CIP Project)
Baylands Athletic Center ‐ 10.25
Acre Addition
Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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27 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks
Expand access to nature through elements and interpretive features that explore ecological processes existing
onsite, historical context, adjacent waterways, specific plant/animal species that can be encountered onsite and
elements tailored to be of interest to youth as well as other ages, cultures and abilities
Baylands Preserve (including
Byxbee)
Recreation Facilities, Recreation
Programs
48 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Improve and increase access to creeks for learning and stewardship experiences by designing access points that
minimize impact on the waterway
Baylands Preserve (including
Byxbee)
Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
61 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Pursue mitigation funding opportunities for burrowing owl habitat restoration associated with the Santa Clara
Valley Habitat Plan
Baylands Preserve (including
Byxbee)
98 Exploring new types of programs, classes,
events and activities for all ages and abilities
Implement first time camping program to introduce outdoor skills to youth and families, this program would include
a programmed camping experience (rather than reservable campsites or ongoing camping) on site in parks and
preserves
Baylands Preserve (including
Byxbee)Recreation Programs
201 Expanding the system Increase habitat and enhance natural systems through habitat restoration and by naturalizing creek corridors
leading to and emerging from existing parks and preserves
Baylands Preserve (including
Byxbee)
Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
218 Improving and enhancing community center
and recreation spaces across the community
Adopt a policy that special purpose buildings be used as "home bases" for outdoor programming, and that any
reinvestment be designed to maximize the building's ability to serve that function.
Baylands Preserve (including
Byxbee)
Recreation Facilities, Recreation
Programs
249 Improving the accessibility of the full range of
park and recreation opportunities
Encourage active transportation to and from park and recreation activities by enhancing entry points from trails and
sidewalks, providing safe routes to parks, providing secure bike parking and facilitating a bike rental program
(Coordinated with Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan)
Baylands Preserve (including
Byxbee)
Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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262 Improving the accessibility of the full range of
park and recreation opportunities
Expand offerings at preserves' interpretive facilities to area schools through curriculum packages (backpacks, crates,
etc) that can be brought into the field or the classroom.
Baylands Preserve (including
Byxbee)Recreation Programs
271 Improving the accessibility of the full range of Partner with a bike sharing program or bike rental agencies to expand active transportation opportunities to and Baylands Preserve (including Parks, Trails and Natural Open 271 park and recreation opportunities between parks, especially parks along designated bike routes (coordinated with City Planning and Transportation) Byxbee)Space
281 Improving the accessibility of the full range of
park and recreation opportunities
Unify parks along the Bay to Ridge trail system with consistent signage, bicycle and pedestrian amenities and route
maps
Baylands Preserve (including
Byxbee)
Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
330 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Expand science and zoo themed camps beyond the Junior Museum and Zoo to expand capacity without sacrificing
quality
Baylands Preserve (including
Byxbee)Recreation Programs
361 System management Develop a comprehensive Conservation Plan for each of Palo Alto's natural open space preserves (Existing CIP
Project)
Baylands Preserve (including
Byxbee)
Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
368 System management Evaluate facilities and investments in areas that may be impacted by sea level rise and develop a long‐term
transition plan for these areas
Baylands Preserve (including
Byxbee)
Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Facilities
373 System management Provide public Wi‐Fi access in all developed parks and in the parking lots of preserves to facilitate sharing current
information and learning more about the park (look up trail maps, activities, etc.)
Baylands Preserve (including
Byxbee)
Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
390 CIP Project
Baylands Boardwalk Improvements: This project provides funding for a feasibility study to assess the existing
boardwalk and to determine the feasibility and estimated costs for the repair and/or replacement of pilings, Baylands Preserve (including
Bb)Recreation Facilitiesjyp / p pg,
decking, structural framing members and railings. (Existing CIP Project)Byxbee)
391 CIP Project
Baylands Emergency Access Levee Repair: This project provides funding to restore the width and height of the
earthen flood levee between Harbor Road near the Baylands Interpretive Center and the perimeter levee of the
airport
to six inches above its original height. (Existing CIP Project)
Baylands Preserve (including
Byxbee)
Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
392 CIP Project
Baylands Nature Interpretive Center Exhibit Improvements: This project provides funding to replace worn out or
non‐functioning exhibits at the aging Baylands Nature Interpretive Center including signage and graphics to make
the facility more visible and usable for science programs, public use, and facility rentals. (Existing CIP Project)
Baylands Preserve (including
Byxbee)Recreation Facilities
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393 CIP Project
Baylands Nature Interpretive Center Facility Improvements: This project provides funding for renovation
improvements to the Baylands Nature Interpretive Center including replacement of decking, railing, structural
framing members, exterior wood siding, flooring, cabinetry, and/or doors. (Existing CIP Project)
Baylands Preserve (including
Byxbee)Recreation Facilities
400 CIP Project
Byxbee Park Completion: This project provides funding for the remaining improvements to Byxbee Park following
the
completion of the remaining landfill capping work. As envisioned by the original artist and landscape architect, the
completion of Byxbee Park would occur following capping of the remainder of the landfill and would consist of a
network of white oyster shell‐lined trails with wooden viewing platforms. The hilltops would also be accented with
small soil mounds called “hillocks” to be used for planting wildflowers. Additionally, the parking lot for the park
would be expanded. (Existing CIP project)
Baylands Preserve (including
Byxbee)
Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
410 CIP Project
Highway 101 Pedestrian/Bicycle Overpass Project: This project provides funding for a new pedestrian/bicycle bridge
across Highway 101 at Adobe Creek. The City conducted a design competition that resulted in three innovative
designs. Following the competition, the City Council selected a design team to continue with design and completion
of the CEQA and NEPA documents. It is anticipated that construction on the bridge will start in spring 2017. (Existing
CIP project)
Baylands Preserve (including
Byxbee)
Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
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416 CIP Project
Open Space Lakes And Pond Maintenance: This project rehabilitates lakes and ponds in open space nature
preserves to protect wildlife habitat and recreational safety and to meet State Division of Safety of Dams
requirements.
Work at Boronda Lake at Foothills Park consists of the annual harvesting of non‐native pond weeds and cattails.
Work at the Baylands Duck Pond maintains the aerator for water quality. (Existing CIP project)
Baylands Preserve (including
Byxbee)
Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
418 CIP Project
Open Space Trails and Amenities: This project provides funding to restore unpaved trails, fences, picnic areas, and
campgrounds at Foothills Park, the Baylands, and the Pearson‐Arastradero Nature Preserves. The project also
provides habitat protection by guiding park users towards areas dedicated for hiking, biking, and assembling.
Benches, tables, footbridges and fences that are at the end of their useful lifewill systematically be replaced.
(Existing CIP project)
Baylands Preserve (including
Byxbee)
Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
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Project and Program Ideas By Site: Bol Park
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16 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Create bird habitat islands to enhance connectivity across Palo Alto Bol Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
Expand access to nature through elements and interpretive features that explore ecological processes existing Recreation Facilities Recreation28 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks onsite, historical context, adjacent waterways, specific plant/animal species that can be encountered onsite and
elements tailored to be of interest to youth as well as other ages, cultures and abilities
Bol Park Recreation Facilities, Recreation
Programs
43 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Identify locations for swales, detention basins and rain gardens to treat storm water Bol Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
49 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Improve and increase access to creeks for learning and stewardship experiences by designing access points that
minimize impact on the waterway Bol Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
55 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Install plant species for bank stabilization and erosion control where creeks and streams are not channelized Bol Park
63 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Replace low‐use turf areas with native shrubs and grasses, contributing to or educating about native habitats Bol Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
119 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields
Upgrade natural turf (where it is large enough for practice or competition) to a premium surface with drainage,
irrigation and turf grass that extends usability and durability; work with local field using organizations to share in
investment, maintenance and oversight of upgrades
Bol Park Recreation Facilities
144 Enhancing comfort and making parks more Create small (10‐12 people) and medium‐sized (20‐25 people) group picnic areas that can be used for both picnics BlPk RtiF iliti144gg p
welcoming
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and programming Bol Park Recreation Facilities
155 Enhancing comfort and making parks more
welcoming
Provide restrooms in parks to enhance the comfort and extend the length of stay of visitors, except where
alternatives (adjacent businesses or public facilities) exist or site is under 1 acre in size.Bol Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
170 Enhancing comfort and making parks more
welcoming Upgrade or add drinking fountains with water bottle filling and water for dogs Bol Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
396 CIP Project
Bol Park Improvements: This project provides funding for safety renovations and accessibility improvements,
including repairs to the decomposed granite pathways, park lighting, and fencing. Irrigation renovations and turf
restoration are also included in this project, as well as the replacement of two drinking
fountains and other site amenities. (Existing CIP Project)
Bol Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
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Project and Program Ideas By Site: Boulware Park
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20 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Design and construct on‐site facilities to capture and treat storm water generated from both immediate and
surrounding development Boulware Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
145 Enhancing comfort and making parks more
welcoming
Create small (10‐12 people) and medium‐sized (20‐25 people) group picnic areas that can be used for both picnics
and programming Boulware Park Recreation Facilitieswelcomingand programming
151 Enhancing comfort and making parks more
welcoming Provide additional lighting to enhance park safety and expand park use to dusk Boulware Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
156 Enhancing comfort and making parks more
welcoming
Provide restrooms in parks to enhance the comfort and extend the length of stay of visitors, except where
alternatives (adjacent businesses or public facilities) exist or site is under 1 acre in size.Boulware Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
164 Enhancing comfort and making parks more
welcoming
Provide shade for play areas, with shade trees the preferred solution and built structures (shade sails, roofed
structures) an interim solution or alternative when shade trees are not feasible Boulware Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
167 Enhancing comfort and making parks more
welcoming
Relocate the age‐specific playgrounds to be in closer proximity, when the existing playgrounds on the site are
upgraded, replaced or redesigned Boulware Park Recreation Facilities
180 Expanding the system Close low traffic streets adjacent to parks for single events, on a regularly scheduled basis or permanently to create
additional space for recreation Boulware Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
202 Expanding the system Increase habitat and enhance natural systems through habitat restoration and by naturalizing creek corridors
leading to and emerging from existing parks and preserves Boulware Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
397 CIP Project
Boulware Park Improvements: This project provides funding for improvements to the existing children's playground,
lighting and site amenities, and accessibility upgrades. Playground improvements include the installation
of a new play structure and replacement of existing light pole fixtures, drinking fountains, benches, and trash
receptacles. Rubberized surfacing will also be replaced and expanded to increase accessibility. (Existing CIP Project)
Boulware Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
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Project and Program Ideas By Site: Bowden Park
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17 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Create bird habitat islands to enhance connectivity across Palo Alto Bowden Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
146 Enhancing comfort and making parks more
welcoming
Create small (10‐12 people) and medium‐sized (20‐25 people) group picnic areas that can be used for both picnics
and programming Bowden Park Recreation Facilitieswelcomingand programming
157 Enhancing comfort and making parks more
welcoming
Provide restrooms in parks to enhance the comfort and extend the length of stay of visitors, except where
alternatives (adjacent businesses or public facilities) exist or site is under 1 acre in size.Bowden Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
289 Increasing health and wellness opportunities
in parks and programs
Add drop‐in programs (free or BOOST) focused on physical and mental health in settings that are near home/work
and maximize the health benefits of being outside and surrounded by nature Bowden Park Recreation Programs
398 CIP Project
Bowden Park Improvements: This project provides funding for improvements to the children’s playground and park
amenities, including a new retaining wall, new play equipment and new play area surfacing. Planting restoration
and irrigation renovations as well as replacement of the playground perimeter fence will be included in the project.
(Existing CIP Project)
Bowden Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
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Project and Program Ideas By Site: Bowling Green Park
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1 Distributing park and recreation activities and
experiences across the city Add play experiences to parks and preserves within 1/4 mile of each resident Bowling Green Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
120 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields
Upgrade natural turf (where it is large enough for practice or competition) to a premium surface with drainage,
irrigation and turf grass that extends usability and durability;work with local field using organizations to share in Bowling Green Park Recreation Facilities120Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields irrigation and turf grass that extends usability and durability; work with local field using organizations to share in
investment, maintenance and oversight of upgrades
Bowling Green Park Recreation Facilities
233 Improving spaces and increased options for
off‐leash dogs
Designate areas in parks for use as off‐leash areas on specific days and during specific times. Designated off‐leash
areas should not include sports fields and should be located away from playgrounds Bowling Green Park Recreation Facilities
335 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Implement short‐term placemaking improvements (flexible, small scale interventions such as seating, art,
programming or planters that have minimal capital cost) to attract users and experiment with potential longer‐term
options
Bowling Green Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Programs
345 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Provide recreation equipment (game boards/pieces, bocce sets, ping‐pong paddles/balls, etc. and as appropriate)
for park visitors to borrow at key sites with on‐site or adjacent public facilities Bowling Green Park Recreation Programs
443 IBRC Project (Catch‐up)Remaining unscheduled (catch‐up) projects not yet included in a CIP project Bowling Green Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Facilities
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Project and Program Ideas By Site: Cogswell Plaza
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73 Offering more of existing programs, classes,
events
Build on partnership with Avenidas to build intergenerational programming as well as additional older adult
programming.Cogswell Plaza Recreation Programs
135 Enhancing comfort and making parks more
welcoming Allow food carts to set up adjacent to designated park sites Cogswell Plaza Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Programs
307 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks Activate parks with simple, recurring programs that introduce new activities (games, music, art, etc.) Cogswell Plaza Recreation Programs
337 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Implement short‐term placemaking improvements (flexible, small scale interventions such as seating, art,
programming or planters that have minimal capital cost) to attract users and experiment with potential longer‐term
options
Cogswell Plaza Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Programs
346 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Provide recreation equipment (game boards/pieces, bocce sets, ping‐pong paddles/balls, etc. and as appropriate)
for park visitors to borrow at key sites with on‐site or adjacent public facilities Cogswell Plaza Recreation Programs
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Project and Program Ideas By Site: Cubberly Community Center and Fields
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experiences across the city Add play experiences to parks and preserves within 1/4 mile of each resident Cubberly Community Center and
Fields
Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
74 Offering more of existing programs, classes, Build on partnership with Avenidas to build intergenerational programming as well as additional older adult Cubberly Community Center and Recreation Programs74eventsprogramming.Fields Recreation Programs
112 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields
Depending on the length and severity of California’s drought, the City may need to investigate adding synthetic turf
fields as a method of conserving water and meeting the need for athletic field space; this shift should be considered
for designated sports fields (used full time for sports) where lighting is possible
Cubberly Community Center and
Fields
Recreation Facilities, Recreation
Programs
114 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields Include or add lights to designated sports fields (used full time for sports) to extend playable time and maximize the
City's investment in artificial turf (where appropriate)
Cubberly Community Center and
Fields Recreation Facilities
222 Improving and enhancing community center
and recreation spaces across the community
Develop an operational model, design and construct a community center to replace Cubberley on the same site,
retaining Cubberley's role as a provider of space to house community organizations as well as adding the amount of
flexible programmable recreation space.
Cubberly Community Center and
Fields Recreation Facilities
223 Improving and enhancing community center
and recreation spaces across the community
Incorporate flexible room configurations, storage and office space, and connections to outdoor areas when
renovating or adding on recreation buildings, to maximize flexibility and usability.
Cubberly Community Center and
Fields Recreation Facilities
272 Improving the accessibility of the full range of
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Cubberly Community Center and
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Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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Cubberley Community Center Master Plan: This project provides funding to review previous condition assessment
reports for the Cubberley Community Center, evaluate current buildings against latest building codes, and develop a
Master Plan for the complex. The plan will include a prioritization for future projects to replace failing systems,
improve reliability for use as an emergency shelter, and support tenant needs. The Master Plan is a requirement of
the new lease with Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD). (Existing CIP project)
Cubberly Community Center and
Fields Recreation Facilities
403 CIP Project
Cubberley Roof Replacements: This project provides funding to replace or restore failing roofs at the Cubberley
Community Center. In some instances, a full replacement is necessary. In lieu of replacing the entire roof, a more
cost effective roof restoration process is planned where feasible. A fluid applied, reinforced waterproofing system
will be applied over the existing roof. This roofing system also meets current cool roofing codes to optimize energy
efficiency. (Existing CIP project)
Cubberly Community Center and
Fields Recreation Facilities
Cubberly Community Center and Parks Trails and Natural Open447 IBRC Project (Catch‐up) Remaining unscheduled (catch‐up) projects not yet included in a CIP project Cubberly Community Center and
Fields
Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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experiences across the city Add play experiences to parks and preserves within 1/4 mile of each resident El Camino Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
234 Improving spaces and increased options for Designate areas in parks for use as off‐leash areas on specific days and during specific times. Designated off‐leash El Camino Park Recreation Facilities234off‐leash dogs areas should not include sports fields and should be located away from playgrounds El Camino Park Recreation Facilities
250 Improving the accessibility of the full range of
park and recreation opportunities
Encourage active transportation to and from park and recreation activities by enhancing entry points from trails and
sidewalks, providing safe routes to parks, providing secure bike parking and facilitating a bike rental program
(Coordinated with Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan)
El Camino Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
338 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Implement short‐term placemaking improvements (flexible, small scale interventions such as seating, art,
programming or planters that have minimal capital cost) to attract users and experiment with potential longer‐term
options
El Camino Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Programs
374 System management Provide public Wi‐Fi access in all developed parks and in the parking lots of preserves to facilitate sharing current
information and learning more about the park (look up trail maps, activities, etc.)El Camino Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
405 CIP Project
El Camino Park Restoration: This project provides funding for the restoration of the athletic fields including
synthetic turf and natural grass; expansion of the parking lot; a new scorekeeper’s building and larger restroom
facility; lighted pathways and site amenities. Also included in the project are irrigation renovations, planting
restoration, and passive recreational areas at both ends of the park. (Existing CIP project)
El Camino Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
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Expand access to nature through elements and interpretive features that explore ecological processes existing
onsite, historical context, adjacent waterways, specific plant/animal species that can be encountered onsite and
elements tailored to be of interest to youth as well as other ages, cultures and abilities
El Palo Alto Park Recreation Facilities, Recreation
Programs
44 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Identify locations for swales, detention basins and rain gardens to treat storm water El Palo Alto Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
56 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Install plant species for bank stabilization and erosion control where creeks and streams are not channelized El Palo Alto Park
203 Expanding the system Increase habitat and enhance natural systems through habitat restoration and by naturalizing creek corridors
leading to and emerging from existing parks and preserves El Palo Alto Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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experiences across the city
Upgrade play areas in central, north and west Palo Alto to a universaly accessible standard (exceeding ADA
requirements) to bring this feature closer to home for more residents. Eleanor Pardee Park Recreation Facilities
45 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Identify locations for swales, detention basins and rain gardens to treat storm water Eleanor Pardee Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
SpaceSpace
92 Exploring new types of programs, classes,
events and activities for all ages and abilities Create outdoor studios and program spaces for creating art in parks (Coordinated with the Public Art Master Plan) Eleanor Pardee Park Recreation Facilities, Recreation
Programs
121 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields
Upgrade natural turf (where it is large enough for practice or competition) to a premium surface with drainage,
irrigation and turf grass that extends usability and durability; work with local field using organizations to share in
investment, maintenance and oversight of upgrades
Eleanor Pardee Park Recreation Facilities
158 Enhancing comfort and making parks more
welcoming
Provide restrooms in parks to enhance the comfort and extend the length of stay of visitors, except where
alternatives (adjacent businesses or public facilities) exist or site is under 1 acre in size.Eleanor Pardee Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
165 Enhancing comfort and making parks more
welcoming
Provide shade for play areas, with shade trees the preferred solution and built structures (shade sails, roofed
structures) an interim solution or alternative when shade trees are not feasible Eleanor Pardee Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
168 Enhancing comfort and making parks more
welcoming
Relocate the age‐specific playgrounds to be in closer proximity, when the existing playgrounds on the site are
upgraded, replaced or redesigned Eleanor Pardee Park Recreation Facilities
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off‐leash dogs
Designate areas in parks for use as off‐leash areas on specific days and during specific times. Designated off‐leash
areas should not include sports fields and should be located away from playgrounds Eleanor Pardee Park Recreation Facilities
311 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Add nature play environments, featuring open‐ended and free play with natural materials, to parks when play
equipment needs replacement Eleanor Pardee Park Recreation Facilities
318 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Add water as a play element with interactive fountains replacing multi‐purpose bowls where present (using water
efficient zero depth water features, recognizing drought restrictions and allowing for similar look and use to the
classic bowls) or incorporated into play areas.
Eleanor Pardee Park Recreation Facilities
327 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Expand and enhnace skate and bike facilities, adding plaza style features or pump tracks to serve a more varied
range of users Eleanor Pardee Park Recreation Facilities
421 CIP Project
Palo Alto Community Gardens Irrigation System: This project provides funding for new irrigation systems at all three
Community Gardens. Each of the three gardens will receive a new irrigation main line and components, isolation
valves and hose bibs/ faucets to improve water conservation efforts and reduce necessary repair work. These
improvements will provide adequate water pressure and reliable irrigation. Gardeners will be able to utilize and
customize watering levels based on need (Existing CIP Project)
Eleanor Pardee Park Recreation Facilities
customize watering levels based on need. (Existing CIP Project)
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Project and Program Ideas By Site: Esther Clark Preserve
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experiences across the city Add play experiences to parks and preserves within 1/4 mile of each resident Esther Clark Preserve Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
331 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Expand science and zoo themed camps beyond the Junior Museum and Zoo to expand capacity without sacrificing
quality Esther Clark Preserve Recreation Programsexisting parks quality
358 System management Develop a comprehensive Conservation Plan for each of Palo Alto's natural open space preserves Esther Clark Preserve Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
449 IBRC Project (Catch‐up)Remaining unscheduled (catch‐up) projects not yet included in a CIP project Esther Clark Preserve Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Facilities
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Project and Program Ideas By Site: Foothills Park
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30 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks
Expand access to nature through elements and interpretive features that explore ecological processes existing
onsite, historical context, adjacent waterways, specific plant/animal species that can be encountered onsite and
elements tailored to be of interest to youth as well as other ages, cultures and abilities
Foothills Park Recreation Facilities, Recreation
Programs
46 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Implement stakeholder process for reviewing vegetation management as part of the comprehensive conservation
plan process Foothills Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
50 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Improve and increase access to creeks for learning and stewardship experiences by designing access points that
minimize impact on the waterway Foothills Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
89 Exploring new types of programs, classes,
events and activities for all ages and abilities
Add appropriat eaccess to water and power to support on‐site programming of various scales (from a regular one‐
hour class to a neighborhood or city‐wide event)Foothills Park Recreation Programs
99 Exploring new types of programs, classes,
events and activities for all ages and abilities
Implement first time camping program to introduce outdoor skills to youth and families, this program would include
a programmed camping experience (rather than reservable campsites or ongoing camping) on site in parks and
preserves
Foothills Park Recreation Programs
159 Enhancing comfort and making parks more
welcoming
Provide restrooms in parks to enhance the comfort and extend the length of stay of visitors, except where
alternatives (adjacent businesses or public facilities) exist or site is under 1 acre in size.Foothills Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
204 Edith t Increase habitat and enhance natural systems through habitat restoration and by naturalizing creek corridors F thill Pk Parks, Trails and Natural Open 204 Expanding the system y g y g
leading to and emerging from existing parks and preserves Foothills Park ,p
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219 Improving and enhancing community center
and recreation spaces across the community
Adopt a policy that special purpose buildings be used as "home bases" for outdoor programming, and that any
reinvestment be designed to maximize the building's ability to serve that function.Foothills Park Recreation Facilities, Recreation
Programs
263 Improving the accessibility of the full range of
park and recreation opportunities
Expand offerings at preserves' interpretive facilities to area schools through curriculum packages (backpacks, crates,
etc) that can be brought into the field or the classroom.Foothills Park Recreation Programs
266 Improving the accessibility of the full range of
park and recreation opportunities
Explore options to open Foothills Park to all users (including non‐residents) using the same access policies and
practices as at natural open space preserves Foothills Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
332 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Expand science and zoo themed camps beyond the Junior Museum and Zoo to expand capacity without sacrificing
quality Foothills Park Recreation Programs
359 System management Develop a comprehensive Conservation Plan for each of Palo Alto's natural open space preserves Foothills Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
375 System management Provide public Wi‐Fi access in all developed parks and in the parking lots of preserves to facilitate sharing current
information and learning more about the park (look up trail maps, activities, etc.)Foothills Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
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Project and Program Ideas By Site: Foothills Park
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399 CIP Project
Buckeye Creek Hydrology Study: This project will fund a study to analyze flooding conditions and to recommend
flood control structures that provide both drainage and erosion control solutions for Buckeye Creek. The project will
consider maintenance needs and land stewardship practices, and will include outreach to stakeholders. Drainage
system improvements may include new culverts gabions and native plant riparian re‐vegetation (Existing CIP
Foothills Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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Project)
417 CIP Project
Open Space Lakes And Pond Maintenance: This project rehabilitates lakes and ponds in open space nature
preserves to protect wildlife habitat and recreational safety and to meet State Division of Safety of Dams
requirements.
Work at Boronda Lake at Foothills Park consists of the annual harvesting of non‐native pond weeds and cattails.
Work at the Baylands Duck Pond maintains the aerator for water quality. (Existing CIP project)
Foothills Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
419 CIP Project
Open Space Trails and Amenities: This project provides funding to restore unpaved trails, fences, picnic areas, and
campgrounds at Foothills Park, the Baylands, and the Pearson‐Arastradero Nature Preserves. The project also
provides habitat protection by guiding park users towards areas dedicated for hiking, biking, and assembling.
Benches, tables, footbridges and fences that are at the end of their useful lifewill systematically be replaced.
(Existing CIP project)
Foothills Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
448 IBRC Project (Catch‐up)Remaining unscheduled (catch‐up) projects not yet included in a CIP project Foothills Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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Project and Program Ideas By Site: Greer Park
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6 Distributing park and recreation activities and
experiences across the city Create a system of community gardens Greer Park Recreation Facilities
21 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Design and construct on‐site facilities to capture and treat storm water generated from both immediate and
surrounding development Greer Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Spacesurrounding development Space
86 Exploring new types of programs, classes,
events and activities for all ages and abilities
Add appropriat eaccess to water and power to support on‐site programming of various scales (from a regular one‐
hour class to a neighborhood or city‐wide event)Greer Park Recreation Programs
122 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields
Upgrade natural turf (where it is large enough for practice or competition) to a premium surface with drainage,
irrigation and turf grass that extends usability and durability; work with local field using organizations to share in
investment, maintenance and oversight of upgrades
Greer Park Recreation Facilities
136 Enhancing comfort and making parks more
welcoming Allow food carts to set up adjacent to designated park sites Greer Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Programs
166 Enhancing comfort and making parks more
welcoming
Provide shade for play areas, with shade trees the preferred solution and built structures (shade sails, roofed
structures) an interim solution or alternative when shade trees are not feasible Greer Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
171 Enhancing comfort and making parks more
welcoming Upgrade or add drinking fountains with water bottle filling and water for dogs Greer Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
231 Improving spaces and increased options for Ctt ilit f d ltiit t G PkMit h ll Pki d ti bti l fblG Pk RtiF iliti231pgpp
off‐leash dogs Construct an agility course for dogs, locating it at Greer Park. Mitchell Park is a second option, but is less favorable Greer Park Recreation Facilities
237 Improving spaces and increased options for Install themed art pieces to beautify off‐leash areas Greer Park Recreation Facilities
241 Improving spaces and increased options for
off‐leash dogs
Renovate existing off‐leash areas, and expand where possible. Standardize the off‐leash elements provided (fencing,
gate system, seating, water for dogs, waste disposal, etc.) to provide a better experience for visitors.Greer Park Recreation Facilities
290 Increasing health and wellness opportunities
in parks and programs
Add drop‐in programs (free or BOOST) focused on physical and mental health in settings that are near home/work
and maximize the health benefits of being outside and surrounded by nature Greer Park Recreation Programs
322 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Develop or enhance adult play environments centered on fitness, small group use, geo‐caching and other activities;
distribute these sites around the system Greer Park Recreation Facilities
328 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Expand and enhnace skate and bike facilities, adding plaza style features or pump tracks to serve a more varied
range of users Greer Park Recreation Facilities
441 IBRC Project (Catch‐up)Remaining unscheduled (catch‐up) projects not yet included in a CIP project Greer Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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Project and Program Ideas By Site: Heritage Park
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22 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Design and construct on‐site facilities to capture and treat storm water generated from both immediate and
surrounding development Heritage Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
123 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields
Upgrade natural turf (where it is large enough for practice or competition) to a premium surface with drainage,
irrigation and turf grass that extends usability and durability;work with local field using organizations to share in Heritage Park Recreation Facilities123Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields irrigation and turf grass that extends usability and durability; work with local field using organizations to share in
investment, maintenance and oversight of upgrades
Heritage Park Recreation Facilities
161 Enhancing comfort and making parks more
welcoming
Provide restrooms in parks to extend usable time and comfort, except where alternatives (adjacent businesses or
public facilities) exist or site is under 1 acre in size.Heritage Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
236 Improving spaces and increased options for
off‐leash dogs
Designate areas in parks for use as off‐leash areas on specific days and during specific times. Designated off‐leash
areas should not include sports fields and should be located away from playgrounds Heritage Park Recreation Facilities
254 Improving the accessibility of the full range of
park and recreation opportunities Enhance crossings that connect parks and public facilities; use artistic/playful route and crossing indicators Heritage Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
296 Increasing health and wellness opportunities
in parks and programs Enhance seating areas to take advantage of quiet spaces or to create opportunities for social interaction Heritage Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
323 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Develop or enhance adult play environments centered on fitness, small group use, geo‐caching and other activities;
distribute these sites around the system Heritage Park Recreation Facilities
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Project and Program Ideas By Site: Hoover Park
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12 Distributing park and recreation activities and
experiences across the city
Upgrade play areas in central, north and west Palo Alto to a universaly accessible standard (exceeding ADA
requirements) to bring this feature closer to home for more residents. Hoover Park Recreation Facilities
18 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Create bird habitat islands to enhance connectivity across Palo Alto Hoover Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
SpaceSpace
31 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks
Expand access to nature through elements and interpretive features that explore ecological processes existing
onsite, historical context, adjacent waterways, specific plant/animal species that can be encountered onsite and
elements tailored to be of interest to youth as well as other ages, cultures and abilities
Hoover Park Recreation Facilities, Recreation
Programs
64 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Replace low‐use turf areas with native shrubs and grasses, contributing to or educating about native habitats Hoover Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
93 Exploring new types of programs, classes,
events and activities for all ages and abilities Create outdoor studios and program spaces for creating art in parks (Coordinated with the Public Art Master Plan) Hoover Park Recreation Facilities, Recreation
Programs
124 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields
Upgrade natural turf (where it is large enough for practice or competition) to a premium surface with drainage,
irrigation and turf grass that extends usability and durability; work with local field using organizations to share in
investment, maintenance and oversight of upgrades
Hoover Park Recreation Facilities
205 Expanding the system Increase habitat and enhance natural systems through habitat restoration and by naturalizing creek corridors
leading to and emerging from existing parks and preserves Hoover Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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238 Improving spaces and increased options for Install themed art pieces to beautify off‐leash areas Hoover Park Recreation Facilities
242 Improving spaces and increased options for
off‐leash dogs
Renovate existing off‐leash areas, and expand where possible. Standardize the off‐leash elements provided (fencing,
gate system, seating, water for dogs, waste disposal, etc.) to provide a better experience for visitors.Hoover Park Recreation Facilities
312 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Add nature play environments, featuring open‐ended and free play with natural materials, to parks when play
equipment needs replacement Hoover Park Recreation Facilities
319 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Add water as a play element with interactive fountains replacing multi‐purpose bowls where present (using water
efficient zero depth water features, recognizing drought restrictions and allowing for similar look and use to the
classic bowls) or incorporated into play areas.
Hoover Park Recreation Facilities
324 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Develop or enhance adult play environments centered on fitness, small group use, geo‐caching and other activities;
distribute these sites around the system Hoover Park Recreation Facilities
411 CIP Project
Hoover Park Improvements: This project provides funding for the replacement of the existing concrete walkway,
repairs to the existing decomposed granite walkway and replacement of site amenities, including playfield Hoover Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open 411 CIP Project backstops, benches, tables and trash receptacles. Also included are repairs to the existing brick wall surrounding the
children’s playground. (Existing CIP Project)
Hoover Park Space
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Project and Program Ideas By Site: Hopkins Creekside
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25 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Enhance habitat corridors where they intersect with park properties Hopkins Creekside Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
51 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Improve and increase access to creeks for learning and stewardship experiences by designing access points that
minimize impact on the waterway Hopkins Creekside Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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57 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Install plant species for bank stabilization and erosion control where creeks and streams are not channelized Hopkins Creekside
65 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Replace low‐use turf areas with native shrubs and grasses, contributing to or educating about native habitats Hopkins Creekside Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
94 Exploring new types of programs, classes,
events and activities for all ages and abilities Create outdoor studios and program spaces for creating art in parks (Coordinated with the Public Art Master Plan) Hopkins Creekside Recreation Facilities, Recreation
Programs
206 Expanding the system Increase habitat and enhance natural systems through habitat restoration and by naturalizing creek corridors
leading to and emerging from existing parks and preserves Hopkins Creekside Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
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Project and Program Ideas By Site: Johnson Park
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125 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields
Upgrade natural turf (where it is large enough for practice or competition) to a premium surface with drainage,
irrigation and turf grass that extends usability and durability; work with local field using organizations to share in
investment, maintenance and oversight of upgrades
Johnson Park Recreation Facilities
137 Enhancing comfort and making parks more
welcoming Allow food carts to set up adjacent to designated park sites Johnson Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Programs
147 Enhancing comfort and making parks more
welcoming
Create small (10‐12 people) and medium‐sized (20‐25 people) group picnic areas that can be used for both picnics
and programming Johnson Park Recreation Facilities
152 Enhancing comfort and making parks more
welcoming Provide additional lighting to enhance park safety and expand park use to dusk Johnson Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
162 Enhancing comfort and making parks more
welcoming
Provide restrooms in parks to extend usable time and comfort, except where alternatives (adjacent businesses or
public facilities) exist or site is under 1 acre in size.Johnson Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
297 Increasing health and wellness opportunities
in parks and programs Enhance seating areas to take advantage of quiet spaces or to create opportunities for social interaction Johnson Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
313 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Add nature play environments, featuring open‐ended and free play with natural materials, to parks when play
equipment needs replacement Johnson Park Recreation Facilities
Palo Alto Community Gardens Irrigation System: This project provides funding for new irrigation systems at all three
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Community Gardens. Each of the three gardens will receive a new irrigation main line and components, isolation
valves and hose bibs/ faucets to improve water conservation efforts and reduce necessary repair work. These
improvements will provide adequate water pressure and reliable irrigation. Gardeners will be able to utilize and
customize watering levels based on need. (Existing CIP Project)
Johnson Park Recreation Facilities
442 IBRC Project (Catch‐up)Remaining unscheduled (catch‐up) projects not yet included in a CIP project Johnson Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Facilities
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Project and Program Ideas By Site: Junior Museum and Zoo King Plaza at City Hall
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255 Improving the accessibility of the full range of
park and recreation opportunities Enhance crossings that connect parks and public facilities; use artistic/playful route and crossing indicators Junior Museum and Zoo Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
264 Improving the accessibility of the full range of
park and recreation opportunities
Expand offerings at preserves' interpretive facilities to area schools through curriculum packages (backpacks, crates,
etc)that can be brought into the field or the classroom Junior Museum and Zoo Recreation Programspark and recreation opportunities etc) that can be brought into the field or the classroom.
333 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Expand science and zoo themed camps beyond the Junior Museum and Zoo to expand capacity without sacrificing
quality Junior Museum and Zoo Recreation Programs
32 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks
Expand access to nature through elements and interpretive features that explore ecological processes existing
onsite, historical context, adjacent waterways, specific plant/animal species that can be encountered onsite and
elements tailored to be of interest to youth as well as other ages, cultures and abilities
King Plaza at City Hall Recreation Facilities, Recreation
Programs
193 Expanding the system Incorporate other City‐owned outdoor spaces into the portfolio of locations for recreational programming King Plaza at City Hall Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Programs
308 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks Activate parks with simple, recurring programs that introduce new activities (games, music, art, etc.) King Plaza at City Hall Recreation Programs
347 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Provide recreation equipment (game boards/pieces, bocce sets, ping‐pong paddles/balls, etc. and as appropriate)
for park visitors to borrow at key sites with on‐site or adjacent public facilities King Plaza at City Hall Recreation Programs
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Project and Program Ideas By Site: Lucie Stern Community Center
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33 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks
Expand access to nature through elements and interpretive features that explore ecological processes existing
onsite, historical context, adjacent waterways, specific plant/animal species that can be encountered onsite and
elements tailored to be of interest to youth as well as other ages, cultures and abilities
Lucie Stern Community Center Recreation Facilities, Recreation
Programs
75 Offering more of existing programs, classes,
events
Build on partnership with Avenidas to build intergenerational programming as well as additional older adult
programming.Lucie Stern Community Center Recreation Programs
102 Exploring new types of programs, classes,
events and activities for all ages and abilities
Pilot a program for 'junior rangers' to supplement adult volunteer for projects in parks and natural open space
preserves Lucie Stern Community Center Recreation Programs
224 Improving and enhancing community center
and recreation spaces across the community
Incorporate flexible room configurations, storage and office space, and connections to outdoor areas when
renovating or adding on recreation buildings, to maximize flexibility and usability.Lucie Stern Community Center Recreation Facilities
256 Improving the accessibility of the full range of
park and recreation opportunities Enhance crossings that connect parks and public facilities; use artistic/playful route and crossing indicators Lucie Stern Community Center Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
273 Improving the accessibility of the full range of
park and recreation opportunities
Partner with a bike sharing program or bike rental agencies to expand active transportation opportunities to and
between parks, especially parks along designated bike routes (coordinated with City Planning and Transportation)Lucie Stern Community Center Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
Lucie Stern Buildings Mechanical and Electrical Upgrades: This project provides funding to replace and upgrade
mechanical and/or electrical systems, fire/
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life safety and finishes as necessary at Lucie Stern Children’s Theater; Lucie Stern Theater and Scene Shop; and Lucie
Stern Community Center. The systems will meet current code and user needs, and optimize operational and energy
efficiency. (Existing CIP Project)
Lucie Stern Community Center Recreation Facilities
431 CIP Project
Roofing Replacement: This project provides funding for ongoing roofing maintenance at various City facilities
including major repairs, rehabilitation, replacement, roof deck, drainage systems, and sheet metal
repair/replacement. Roofs scheduled for replacement are based on an annual evaluation of their condition.
(Existing CIP Project)
Lucie Stern Community Center Recreation Facilities
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Project and Program Ideas By Site: Lytton Plaza
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existing parks Activate parks with simple, recurring programs that introduce new activities (games, music, art, etc.) Lytton Plaza Recreation Programs
444 IBRC Project (Catch‐up)Remaining unscheduled (catch‐up)projects not yet included in a CIP project Lytton Plaza Parks, Trails and Natural Open 444 IBRC Project (Catch‐up)Remaining unscheduled (catch‐up) projects not yet included in a CIP project Lytton Plaza Space, Recreation Facilities
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Project and Program Ideas By Site: Mitchell Park
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Expand access to nature through elements and interpretive features that explore ecological processes existing
onsite, historical context, adjacent waterways, specific plant/animal species that can be encountered onsite and
elements tailored to be of interest to youth as well as other ages, cultures and abilities
Mitchell Park Recreation Facilities, Recreation
Programs
66 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Replace low‐use turf areas with native shrubs and grasses, contributing to or educating about native habitats Mitchell Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
76 Offering more of existing programs, classes,
events
Build on partnership with Avenidas to build intergenerational programming as well as additional older adult
programming.Mitchell Park Recreation Programs
87 Exploring new types of programs, classes,
events and activities for all ages and abilities
Add appropriat eaccess to water and power to support on‐site programming of various scales (from a regular one‐
hour class to a neighborhood or city‐wide event)Mitchell Park Recreation Programs
103 Exploring new types of programs, classes,
events and activities for all ages and abilities
Pilot a program for 'junior rangers' to supplement adult volunteer for projects in parks and natural open space
preserves Mitchell Park Recreation Programs
126 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields
Upgrade natural turf (where it is large enough for practice or competition) to a premium surface with drainage,
irrigation and turf grass that extends usability and durability; work with local field using organizations to share in
investment, maintenance and oversight of upgrades
Mitchell Park Recreation Facilities
Eh i ft d ki k PkTil d Nt lO138Enhancing comfort and making parks more
welcoming Allow food carts to set up adjacent to designated park sites Mitchell Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Programs
153 Enhancing comfort and making parks more
welcoming Provide additional lighting to enhance park safety and expand park use to dusk Mitchell Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
207 Expanding the system Increase habitat and enhance natural systems through habitat restoration and by naturalizing creek corridors
leading to and emerging from existing parks and preserves Mitchell Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
239 Improving spaces and increased options for Install themed art pieces to beautify off‐leash areas Mitchell Park Recreation Facilities
243 Improving spaces and increased options for
off‐leash dogs
Renovate existing off‐leash areas, and expand where possible. Standardize the off‐leash elements provided (fencing,
gate system, seating, water for dogs, waste disposal, etc.) to provide a better experience for visitors.Mitchell Park Recreation Facilities
251 Improving the accessibility of the full range of
park and recreation opportunities
Encourage active transportation to and from park and recreation activities by enhancing entry points from trails and
sidewalks, providing safe routes to parks, providing secure bike parking and facilitating a bike rental program
(Coordinated with Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan)
Mitchell Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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282 Improving the accessibility of the full range of Unify parks along the Bay to Ridge trail system with consistent signage, bicycle and pedestrian amenities and route Mitchell Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open 282 park and recreation opportunities maps
Mitchell Park Space
291 Increasing health and wellness opportunities
in parks and programs
Add drop‐in programs (free or BOOST) focused on physical and mental health in settings that are near home/work
and maximize the health benefits of being outside and surrounded by nature Mitchell Park Recreation Programs
320 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Add water as a play element with interactive fountains replacing multi‐purpose bowls where present (using water
efficient zero depth water features, recognizing drought restrictions and allowing for similar look and use to the
classic bowls) or incorporated into play areas.
Mitchell Park Recreation Facilities
325 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Develop or enhance adult play environments centered on fitness, small group use, geo‐caching and other activities;
distribute these sites around the system Mitchell Park Recreation Facilities
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Project and Program Ideas By Site: Mitchell Park and Mitchell Park Community Center
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329 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Expand and enhnace skate and bike facilities, adding plaza style features or pump tracks to serve a more varied
range of users Mitchell Park Recreation Facilities
349 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Provide recreation equipment (game boards/pieces, bocce sets, ping‐pong paddles/balls, etc. and as appropriate)
for park visitors to borrow at key sites with on‐site or adjacent public facilities Mitchell Park Recreation Programsexisting parks for park visitors to borrow at key sites with on‐site or adjacent public facilities
376 System management Provide public Wi‐Fi access in all developed parks and in the parking lots of preserves to facilitate sharing current
information and learning more about the park (look up trail maps, activities, etc.)Mitchell Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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414 CIP Project
Mitchell Park Improvements: This project provides funding for repair and replacement of equipment and amenities
through Mitchell Park. The improvements include replacement of the playground equipment located along East
Meadow Drive, renovation of the water‐play element, repair of the covered wood walkway structure, replacement
of playground and water play area fencing, and new rubberized surfacing. Also included are irrigation renovations,
turf restoration and replacement of site amenities and decomposed granite pathways. (Existing CIP project)
Mitchell Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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Expand access to nature through elements and interpretive features that explore ecological processes existing
onsite, historical context, adjacent waterways, specific plant/animal species that can be encountered onsite and
elements tailored to be of interest to youth as well as other ages, cultures and abilities
Mitchell Park Community Center Recreation Facilities, Recreation
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77 Offering more of existing programs, classes,
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Build on partnership with Avenidas to build intergenerational programming as well as additional older adult
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104 Exploring new types of programs, classes,
events and activities for all ages and abilities
Pilot a program for 'junior rangers' to supplement adult volunteer for projects in parks and natural open space
preserves Mitchell Park Community Center Recreation Programs
225 Improving and enhancing community center
and recreation spaces across the community
Incorporate flexible room configurations, storage and office space, and connections to outdoor areas when
renovating or adding on recreation buildings, to maximize flexibility and usability.Mitchell Park Community Center Recreation Facilities
274 Improving the accessibility of the full range of
park and recreation opportunities
Partner with a bike sharing program or bike rental agencies to expand active transportation opportunities to and
between parks, especially parks along designated bike routes (coordinated with City Planning and Transportation)Mitchell Park Community Center Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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148 Enhancing comfort and making parks more
welcoming
Create small (10‐12 people) and medium‐sized (20‐25 people) group picnic areas that can be used for both picnics
and programming Monroe Park Recreation Facilities
406 CIP Project Golf Course Net and Artificial Turf Replacement: This project provides funding for the removal and replacement of
golf course driving range netting and synthetic turf (Existing CIP Project)Municipal Golf Course Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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407 CIP Project
Golf Course Tree Maintenance: This project establishes a tree plan at the Palo Alto Golf Course as recommended by
City Arborist. The maintenance and care for these trees have been deferred since 2007. Many are in need of
trimming, nutrition, and care for disease and pests. The trees of greatest concern are the large Eucalyptus,
Caserinas, and Stone Pines. After an evaluation, an Agronomic Plan will be put in place along with a schedule that
addresses the work needed to insure healthy conditions. (Existing CIP Project)
Municipal Golf Course Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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409 CIP Project
Golf Reconfiguration & Baylands Athletic Center Improvements: This project provides funding for the renovation of
the Municipal Golf Course in accordance
with the Council‐approved conceptual plan. The project includes less turf, raising the elevation of the course with
imported soil, replacement of the irrigation and drainage systems and space for athletic fields. (Existing CIP Project)
Municipal Golf Course Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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Project and Program Ideas By Site: Park Search Area A-C
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182 Expanding the system
Design streets that incorporate park features and support activities such as play, social gathering and experiencing
nature, as an alternative to buying property in park search areas. Alternatively, some streets could be designated or
designed for temporary closure to support these activities
Park Search Area A Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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187 Expanding the system
Develop short‐term recreation access strategies (such as temporary use agreements for vacant or park like
property) and seek long‐term or permanent park and recreation space in each park search area. Actively recruit
property and facility owners to participate in the development of the short and long‐term strategies.
Park Search Area A
Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Facilities,
Recreation Programs
211 Expanding the system Monitor park search areas (where gaps in walkable park access exist) for acquisition opportunities to create
permanent park spaces Park Search Area A Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
183 Expanding the system
Design streets that incorporate park features and support activities such as play, social gathering and experiencing
nature, as an alternative to buying property in park search areas. Alternatively, some streets could be designated or
designed for temporary closure to support these activities
Park Search Area B Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
188 Expanding the system
Develop short‐term recreation access strategies (such as temporary use agreements for vacant or park like
property) and seek long‐term or permanent park and recreation space in each park search area. Actively recruit
property and facility owners to participate in the development of the short and long‐term strategies.
Park Search Area B
Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Facilities,
Recreation Programs
212 Expanding the system Monitor park search areas (where gaps in walkable park access exist) for acquisition opportunities to create
permanent park spaces Park Search Area B Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
184 Expanding the system
Design streets that incorporate park features and support activities such as play, social gathering and experiencing
nature, as an alternative to buying property in park search areas. Alternatively, some streets could be designated or
designed for temporary closure to support these activities
Park Search Area C Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
Develop short‐term recreation access strategies (such as temporary use agreements for vacant or park like Parks, Trails and Natural Open
189 Expanding the system property) and seek long‐term or permanent park and recreation space in each park search area. Actively recruit
property and facility owners to participate in the development of the short and long‐term strategies.
Park Search Area CSpace, Recreation Facilities,
Recreation Programs
213 Expanding the system Monitor park search areas (where gaps in walkable park access exist) for acquisition opportunities to create
permanent park spaces Park Search Area C Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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Project and Program Ideas By Site: Park Search Area D-E
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185 Expanding the system
Design streets that incorporate park features and support activities such as play, social gathering and experiencing
nature, as an alternative to buying property in park search areas. Alternatively, some streets could be designated or
designed for temporary closure to support these activities
Park Search Area D Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
190 Expanding the system
Develop short‐term recreation access strategies (such as temporary use agreements for vacant or park like
property) and seek long‐term or permanent park and recreation space in each park search area. Actively recruit
property and facility owners to participate in the development of the short and long‐term strategies.
Park Search Area D
Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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Recreation Programs
214 Expanding the system Monitor park search areas (where gaps in walkable park access exist) for acquisition opportunities to create
permanent park spaces Park Search Area D Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
186 Expanding the system
Design streets that incorporate park features and support activities such as play, social gathering and experiencing
nature, as an alternative to buying property in park search areas. Alternatively, some streets could be designated or
designed for temporary closure to support these activities
Park Search Area E Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
191 Expanding the system
Develop short‐term recreation access strategies (such as temporary use agreements for vacant or park like
property) and seek long‐term or permanent park and recreation space in each park search area. Actively recruit
property and facility owners to participate in the development of the short and long‐term strategies.
Park Search Area E
Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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Recreation Programs
215 Expanding the system Monitor park search areas (where gaps in walkable park access exist) for acquisition opportunities to create
permanent park spaces Park Search Area E Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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Project and Program Ideas By Site: Pearson-Arastradero Preserve
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37 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks
Expand access to nature through elements and interpretive features that explore ecological processes existing
onsite, historical context, adjacent waterways, specific plant/animal species that can be encountered onsite and
elements tailored to be of interest to youth as well as other ages, cultures and abilities
Pearson‐Arastradero Preserve Recreation Facilities, Recreation
Programs
47 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Implement stakeholder process for reviewing vegetation management as part of the comprehensive conservation
plan process Pearson‐Arastradero Preserve Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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52 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Improve and increase access to creeks for learning and stewardship experiences by designing access points that
minimize impact on the waterway Pearson‐Arastradero Preserve Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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100 Exploring new types of programs, classes,
events and activities for all ages and abilities
Implement first time camping program to introduce outdoor skills to youth and families, this program would include
a programmed camping experience (rather than reservable campsites or ongoing camping) on site in parks and
preserves
Pearson‐Arastradero Preserve Recreation Programs
208 Expanding the system Increase habitat and enhance natural systems through habitat restoration and by naturalizing creek corridors
leading to and emerging from existing parks and preserves Pearson‐Arastradero Preserve Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
220 Improving and enhancing community center
and recreation spaces across the community
Adopt a policy that special purpose buildings be used as "home bases" for outdoor programming, and that any
reinvestment be designed to maximize the building's ability to serve that function.Pearson‐Arastradero Preserve Recreation Facilities, Recreation
Programs
265 Improving the accessibility of the full range of
park and recreation opportunities
Expand offerings at preserves' interpretive facilities to area schools through curriculum packages (backpacks, crates,
etc) that can be brought into the field or the classroom.Pearson‐Arastradero Preserve Recreation Programs
283 Improving the accessibility of the full range of Unify parks along the Bay to Ridge trail system with consistent signage, bicycle and pedestrian amenities and route P Atd P Parks, Trails and Natural Open 283 pg y g
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334 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Expand science and zoo themed camps beyond the Junior Museum and Zoo to expand capacity without sacrificing
quality Pearson‐Arastradero Preserve Recreation Programs
360 System management Develop a comprehensive Conservation Plan for each of Palo Alto's natural open space preserves Pearson‐Arastradero Preserve Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
377 System management Provide public Wi‐Fi access in all developed parks and in the parking lots of preserves to facilitate sharing current
information and learning more about the park (look up trail maps, activities, etc.)Pearson‐Arastradero Preserve Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
420 CIP Project
Open Space Trails and Amenities: This project provides funding to restore unpaved trails, fences, picnic areas, and
campgrounds at Foothills Park, the Baylands, and the Pearson‐Arastradero Nature Preserves. The project also
provides habitat protection by guiding park users towards areas dedicated for hiking, biking, and assembling.
Benches, tables, footbridges and fences that are at the end of their useful lifewill systematically be replaced.
(Existing CIP project)
Pearson‐Arastradero Preserve Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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Project and Program Ideas By Site: Peers Park
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13 Distributing park and recreation activities and
experiences across the city
Upgrade play areas in central, north and west Palo Alto to a universaly accessible standard (exceeding ADA
requirements) to bring this feature closer to home for more residents. Peers Park Recreation Facilities
23 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Design and construct on‐site facilities to capture and treat storm water generated from both immediate and
surrounding development Peers Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Spacesurrounding development Space
95 Exploring new types of programs, classes,
events and activities for all ages and abilities Create outdoor studios and program spaces for creating art in parks (Coordinated with the Public Art Master Plan) Peers Park Recreation Facilities, Recreation
Programs
127 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields
Upgrade natural turf (where it is large enough for practice or competition) to a premium surface with drainage,
irrigation and turf grass that extends usability and durability; work with local field using organizations to share in
investment, maintenance and oversight of upgrades
Peers Park Recreation Facilities
149 Enhancing comfort and making parks more
welcoming
Create small (10‐12 people) and medium‐sized (20‐25 people) group picnic areas that can be used for both picnics
and programming Peers Park Recreation Facilities
302 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Activate parks with experimental (temporary) art projects that encourage play and draw attention to less well‐
known sites Peers Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Programs
425 CIP Project
Peers Park Improvements: This project provides funding for upgrades and renovations of the irrigation system and
turf at Peers Park. The project will also replace the park benches and drinking fountains, resurface the basketball
d ti t li f d i t fi (E i ti CIP jt)
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Project and Program Ideas By Site: Ramos Park
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19 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Create bird habitat islands to enhance connectivity across Palo Alto Ramos Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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Expand access to nature through elements and interpretive features that explore ecological processes existing Recreation Facilities Recreation38 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks onsite, historical context, adjacent waterways, specific plant/animal species that can be encountered onsite and
elements tailored to be of interest to youth as well as other ages, cultures and abilities
Ramos Park Recreation Facilities, Recreation
Programs
67 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Replace low‐use turf areas with native shrubs and grasses, contributing to or educating about native habitats Ramos Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
113 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields Enhance T‐ball and Little League play by adding backstops to existing sports fields Ramos Park Recreation Facilities
128 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields
Upgrade natural turf (where it is large enough for practice or competition) to a premium surface with drainage,
irrigation and turf grass that extends usability and durability; work with local field using organizations to share in
investment, maintenance and oversight of upgrades
Ramos Park Recreation Facilities
154 Enhancing comfort and making parks more
welcoming Provide additional lighting to enhance park safety and expand park use to dusk Ramos Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
160 Enhancing comfort and making parks more
welcoming
Provide restrooms in parks to enhance the comfort and extend the length of stay of visitors, except where
alternatives (adjacent businesses or public facilities) exist or site is under 1 acre in size.Ramos Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
172 Enhancing comfort and making parks more Ud dd diki fti ith t b ttl filli d t f d R Pk Parks, Trails and Natural Open 172 g g p
welcoming Upgrade or add drinking fountains with water bottle filling and water for dogs Ramos Park ,p
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284 Improving the accessibility of the full range of
park and recreation opportunities
Unify parks along the Bay to Ridge trail system with consistent signage, bicycle and pedestrian amenities and route
maps Ramos Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
303 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Activate parks with experimental (temporary) art projects that encourage play and draw attention to less well‐
known sites Ramos Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Programs
426 CIP Project
Ramos Park Improvements: This project provides funding for safety and accessibility improvements at Ramos Park
including replacing the existing park playground, benches, and drinking fountain, as well as resurfacing the
basketball court playing surface. (Existing CIP project)
Ramos Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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Project and Program Ideas By Site: Rinconada Library and Rinconada Park
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423 CIP Project
Palo Alto Community Gardens Irrigation System: This project provides funding for new irrigation systems at all three
Community Gardens. Each of the three gardens will receive a new irrigation main line and components, isolation
valves and hose bibs/ faucets to improve water conservation efforts and reduce necessary repair work. These Rinconada Library Recreation Facilities
improvements will provide adequate water pressure and reliable irrigation. Gardeners will be able to utilize and
customize watering levels based on need. (Existing CIP Project)
72 Offering more of existing programs, classes,
events
Add community or programming rooms to swimming pool sites to support rental parties as well as training for
lifeguards (Rinconada Park Long Range Master Plan)Rinconada Park Recreation Facilities
78 Offering more of existing programs, classes,
events
Build on partnership with Avenidas to build intergenerational programming as well as additional older adult
programming.Rinconada Park Recreation Programs
81 Offering more of existing programs, classes,
events
Expand lifeguard training curriculum to add value, and resume ready skills, to this summer job opportunity (which is
often in competition with internships and other career and college preparatory activities)Rinconada Park Recreation Programs
88 Exploring new types of programs, classes,
events and activities for all ages and abilities
Add appropriat eaccess to water and power to support on‐site programming of various scales (from a regular one‐
hour class to a neighborhood or city‐wide event)Rinconada Park Recreation Programs
105 Exploring new types of programs, classes, Pilot a program for 'junior rangers' to supplement adult volunteer for projects in parks and natural open space Ri d Pk RtiP105pgyppg ,,
events and activities for all ages and abilities
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129 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields
Upgrade natural turf (where it is large enough for practice or competition) to a premium surface with drainage,
irrigation and turf grass that extends usability and durability; work with local field using organizations to share in
investment, maintenance and oversight of upgrades
Rinconada Park Recreation Facilities
139 Enhancing comfort and making parks more
welcoming Allow food carts to set up adjacent to designated park sites Rinconada Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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252 Improving the accessibility of the full range of
park and recreation opportunities
Encourage active transportation to and from park and recreation activities by enhancing entry points from trails and
sidewalks, providing safe routes to parks, providing secure bike parking and facilitating a bike rental program
(Coordinated with Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan)
Rinconada Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
258 Improving the accessibility of the full range of
park and recreation opportunities Enhance crossings that connect parks and public facilities; use artistic/playful route and crossing indicators Rinconada Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
292 Increasing health and wellness opportunities
in parks and programs
Add drop‐in programs (free or BOOST) focused on physical and mental health in settings that are near home/work
and maximize the health benefits of being outside and surrounded by nature Rinconada Park Recreation Programs
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Project and Program Ideas By Site: Rinconada Park
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350 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Provide recreation equipment (game boards/pieces, bocce sets, ping‐pong paddles/balls, etc. and as appropriate)
for park visitors to borrow at key sites with on‐site or adjacent public facilities Rinconada Park Recreation Programs
378 System management Provide public Wi‐Fi access in all developed parks and in the parking lots of preserves to facilitate sharing current
information and learning more about the park (look up trail maps activities etc )
Rinconada Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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427 CIP Project
Rinconada Park Improvements: This project provides funding for upgrades to safety, site amenities, pool and
playground facilities, irrigation, drainage and accessibility at Rinconada Park. The funding is expected to provide for
implementation of improvements outlined by the Rinconada Park Master Plan that relate to current deferred
maintenance items at the park, such as installing wider pathways rather than repairing the existing pathways.
(Existing CIP project)
Rinconada Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
428 CIP Project
Rinconada Park Master Plan and Design: This project provides funding for the development of a master plan for
Rinconada Park. The process is two‐fold and includes an Urban Planning or Landscape Architecture firm engaging
stakeholders in addressing usage and facility needs and a study to assess existing and future transportation, parking
and traffic needs as well as providing a conceptual plan, guidelines and design for landscaping, wayfinding systems
and pedestrian roadway crossings. (Existing CIP project)
Rinconada Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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429 CIP Project Rinconada Pool Locker Room: This project provides funding to renovate the Rinconada Pool changing room inclusive
f hi t h d th dditi f lk (E i ti CIP Pjt)Rinconada Park Recreation Facilitiesjof changing area, restroom, showers, and the addition of lockers. (Existing CIP Project)
432 CIP Project
Roofing Replacement: This project provides funding for ongoing roofing maintenance at various City facilities
including major repairs, rehabilitation, replacement, roof deck, drainage systems, and sheet metal
repair/replacement. Roofs scheduled for replacement are based on an annual evaluation of their condition.
(Existing CIP Project)
Rinconada Park Recreation Facilities
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42 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Identify locations for swales, detention basins and rain gardens to retain and treat storm water Robles Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
68 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Replace low‐use turf areas with native shrubs and grasses, contributing to or educating about native habitats Robles Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
SpaceSpace
130 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields
Upgrade natural turf (where it is large enough for practice or competition) to a premium surface with drainage,
irrigation and turf grass that extends usability and durability; work with local field using organizations to share in
investment, maintenance and oversight of upgrades
Robles Park Recreation Facilities
163 Enhancing comfort and making parks more
welcoming
Provide restrooms in parks to extend usable time and comfort, except where alternatives (adjacent businesses or
public facilities) exist or site is under 1 acre in size.Robles Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
285 Improving the accessibility of the full range of
park and recreation opportunities
Unify parks along the Bay to Ridge trail system with consistent signage, bicycle and pedestrian amenities and route
maps Robles Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
304 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Activate parks with experimental (temporary) art projects that encourage play and draw attention to less well‐
known sites Robles Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Programs
314 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Add nature play environments, featuring open‐ended and free play with natural materials, to parks when play
equipment needs replacement Robles Park Recreation Facilities
321 Increasing the variety of things to do in
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Add water as a play element with interactive fountains replacing multi‐purpose bowls where present (using water
efficient zero depth water features, recognizing drought restrictions and allowing for similar look and use to the Robles Park Recreation Facilitiesexisting parks p ,gg g g
classic bowls) or incorporated into play areas.
430 CIP Project
Robles Park Improvements: This project provides funding for the replacement of play equipment and resurfacing in
two children’s playground areas; repairs to a basketball court and adjacent concrete wall; and replacement of
perimeter fencing, concrete pathways and other site amenities. Irrigation renovations
and turf restoration are also included in this project. (Existing CIP project)
Robles Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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445 IBRC Project (Catch‐up)Remaining unscheduled (catch‐up) projects not yet included in a CIP project Robles Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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experiences across the city Create a system of community gardens Scott Park Recreation Facilities
259 Improving the accessibility of the full range of
park and recreation opportunities Enhance crossings that connect parks and public facilities; use artistic/playful route and crossing indicators Scott Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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8 Distributing park and recreation activities and
experiences across the city Create a system of community gardens Seale Park Recreation Facilities
131 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields
Upgrade natural turf (where it is large enough for practice or competition) to a premium surface with drainage,
irrigation and turf grass that extends usability and durability;work with local field using organizations to share in Seale Park Recreation Facilities131Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields irrigation and turf grass that extends usability and durability; work with local field using organizations to share in
investment, maintenance and oversight of upgrades
Seale Park Recreation Facilities
209 Expanding the system Increase habitat and enhance natural systems through habitat restoration and by naturalizing creek corridors
leading to and emerging from existing parks and preserves Seale Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
305 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Activate parks with experimental (temporary) art projects that encourage play and draw attention to less well‐
known sites Seale Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Programs
315 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Add nature play environments, featuring open‐ended and free play with natural materials, to parks when play
equipment needs replacement Seale Park Recreation Facilities
434 CIP Project
Seale Park Improvements: This project provides funding for upgrades and renovations for safety and accessibility
improvements at Seale Park. The project will replace existing park amenities, picnic tables, and playground
structures including a playhouse and swings; refinish the playground perimeter fencing; and repair damaged
decomposed granite and concrete pathways. Turf restoration and irrigation renovations will also be included as well
as replacement of bollards at the park entrances, the park sign, and a small stone wall located in the middle of the
k(Eiti CIP jt)
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park.(Existing CIP project)
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Project and Program Ideas By Site: Stanford- Palo Alto Playing Fields
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140 Enhancing comfort and making parks more
welcoming Allow food carts to set up adjacent to designated park sites Stanford ‐ Palo Alto Playing Fields Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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Implement short‐term placemaking improvements (flexible small scale interventions such as seating art
340 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Implement short‐term placemaking improvements (flexible, small scale interventions such as seating, art,
programming or planters that have minimal capital cost) to attract users and experiment with potential longer‐term
options
Stanford ‐ Palo Alto Playing Fields Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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379 System management Provide public Wi‐Fi access in all developed parks and in the parking lots of preserves to facilitate sharing current
information and learning more about the park (look up trail maps, activities, etc.)Stanford ‐ Palo Alto Playing Fields Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
435 CIP Project
Stanford/Palo Alto Playing Fields Netting: This project provides funding to add additional netting to prevent soccer
balls from going over the fence into the parking lot of the adjacent property at 650 Page Mill Road. Although there
is
netting behind the soccer goal areas, there is still a gap of approximately 160 feet without netting in the area
between the two soccer fields. This area serves as a warm up and practice area and is heavily used. (Existing CIP
project)
Stanford ‐ Palo Alto Playing Fields Recreation Facilities
436 CIP Project Stanford/Palo Alto Playing Fields Soccer Turf Replacement: This project provides funding for replacement of
synthetic turf at the Stanford/Palo Alto Playing Fields. (Existing CIP project)Stanford ‐ Palo Alto Playing Fields Recreation Facilities
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5 Distributing park and recreation activities and
experiences across the city Add play experiences to parks and preserves within 1/4 mile of each resident Terman Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
24 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Design and construct on‐site facilities to capture and treat storm water generated from both immediate and
surrounding development Terman Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Spacesurrounding development Space
26 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Enhance habitat corridors where they intersect with park properties Terman Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
53 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Improve and increase access to creeks for learning and stewardship experiences by designing access points that
minimize impact on the waterway Terman Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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58 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Install plant species for bank stabilization and erosion control where creeks and streams are not channelized Terman Park
69 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Replace low‐use turf areas with native shrubs and grasses, contributing to or educating about native habitats Terman Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
106 Exploring new types of programs, classes,
events and activities for all ages and abilities
Pilot a program for 'junior rangers' to supplement adult volunteer for projects in parks and natural open space
preserves Terman Park Recreation Programs
132 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields
Upgrade natural turf (where it is large enough for practice or competition) to a premium surface with drainage,
irrigation and turf grass that extends usability and durability; work with local field using organizations to share in
investment, maintenance and oversight of upgrades
Terman Park Recreation Facilities
210 Edith t Increase habitat and enhance natural systems through habitat restoration and by naturalizing creek corridors T Pk Parks, Trails and Natural Open 210 Expanding the system y g y g
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326 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Develop or enhance adult play environments centered on fitness, small group use, geo‐caching and other activities;
distribute these sites around the system Terman Park Recreation Facilities
446 IBRC Project (Catch‐up)Remaining unscheduled (catch‐up) projects not yet included in a CIP project Terman Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Facilities
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133 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields
Upgrade natural turf (where it is large enough for practice or competition) to a premium surface with drainage,
irrigation and turf grass that extends usability and durability; work with local field using organizations to share in
investment, maintenance and oversight of upgrades
Ventura Community Center Recreation Facilities
Improving and enhancing community center Incorporate flexible room configurations storage and office space and connections to outdoor areas when Ventura Community Center226Improving and enhancing community center
and recreation spaces across the community
Incorporate flexible room configurations, storage and office space, and connections to outdoor areas when
renovating or adding on recreation buildings, to maximize flexibility and usability.
Ventura Community Center
(building only)Recreation Facilities
433 CIP Project
Roofing Replacement: This project provides funding for ongoing roofing maintenance at various City facilities
including major repairs, rehabilitation, replacement, roof deck, drainage systems, and sheet metal
repair/replacement. Roofs scheduled for replacement are based on an annual evaluation of their condition.
(Existing CIP Project)
Ventura Community Center
(building only)Recreation Facilities
439 CIP Project
Ventura Buildings Improvements: This project provides funding to replace or upgrade the mechanical and electrical
systems and provide accessibility improvements to the facility. To comply with Americans with Disabilities Act,
accessibility improvements are included; these needs are typically addressed concurrently with city‐planned
projects. (Existing CIP Project)
Ventura Community Center
(building only)Recreation Facilities
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9 Distributing park and recreation activities and
experiences across the city Create a system of community gardens Wallis Park Recreation Facilities
Expand access to nature through elements and interpretive features that explore ecological processes existing Recreation Facilities Recreation39 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks onsite, historical context, adjacent waterways, specific plant/animal species that can be encountered onsite and
elements tailored to be of interest to youth as well as other ages, cultures and abilities
Wallis Park Recreation Facilities, Recreation
Programs
298 Increasing health and wellness opportunities
in parks and programs Enhance seating areas to take advantage of quiet spaces or to create opportunities for social interaction Wallis Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
306 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Activate parks with experimental (temporary) art projects that encourage play and draw attention to less well‐
known sites Wallis Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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310 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks Activate parks with simple, recurring programs that introduce new activities (games, music, art, etc.) Wallis Park Recreation Programs
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253 Improving the accessibility of the full range of
park and recreation opportunities Enhance crossings that connect parks and public facilities; use artistic/playful route and crossing indicators Cameron Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
295 Increasing health and wellness opportunities
in parks and programs Enhance seating areas to take advantage of quiet spaces or to create opportunities for social interaction Cameron Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Spacein parks and programs Space
336 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Implement short‐term placemaking improvements (flexible, small scale interventions such as seating, art,
programming or planters that have minimal capital cost) to attract users and experiment with potential longer‐term
options
Cameron Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Programs
401 CIP Project Cameron Park Improvements: This project provides funding to upgrade and renovate safety and accessibility
features at Cameron Park with a primary focus on the park playground. (Existing CIP Project)Cameron Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
34 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks
Expand access to nature through elements and interpretive features that explore ecological processes existing
onsite, historical context, adjacent waterways, specific plant/animal species that can be encountered onsite and
elements tailored to be of interest to youth as well as other ages, cultures and abilities
Mayfield Park Recreation Facilities, Recreation
Programs
257 Improving the accessibility of the full range of
park and recreation opportunities Enhance crossings that connect parks and public facilities; use artistic/playful route and crossing indicators Mayfield Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
339 Increasing the variety of things to do in
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Implement short‐term placemaking improvements (flexible, small scale interventions such as seating, art,
programming or planters that have minimal capital cost) to attract users and experiment with potential longer‐term Mayfield Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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348 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Provide recreation equipment (game boards/pieces, bocce sets, ping‐pong paddles/balls, etc. and as appropriate)
for park visitors to borrow at key sites with on‐site or adjacent public facilities Mayfield Park Recreation Programs
40 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks
Expand access to nature through elements and interpretive features that explore ecological processes existing
onsite, historical context, adjacent waterways, specific plant/animal species that can be encountered onsite and
elements tailored to be of interest to youth as well as other ages, cultures and abilities
Weisshaar Park Recreation Facilities, Recreation
Programs
260 Improving the accessibility of the full range of
park and recreation opportunities Enhance crossings that connect parks and public facilities; use artistic/playful route and crossing indicators Weisshaar Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
341 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Implement short‐term placemaking improvements (flexible, small scale interventions such as seating, art,
programming or planters that have minimal capital cost) to attract users and experiment with potential longer‐term
options
Weisshaar Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Programs
14 Distributing park and recreation activities and
experiences across the city
Upgrade play areas in central, north and west Palo Alto to a universaly accessible standard (exceeding ADA
requirements) to bring this feature closer to home for more residents. Werry Park Recreation Facilities
41 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks
Expand access to nature through elements and interpretive features that explore ecological processes existing
onsite, historical context, adjacent waterways, specific plant/animal species that can be encountered onsite and
elements tailored to be of interest to youth as well as other ages, cultures and abilities
Werry Park Recreation Facilities, Recreation
Programs
261 Improving the accessibility of the full range of
park and recreation opportunities Enhance crossings that connect parks and public facilities; use artistic/playful route and crossing indicators Werry Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
316 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Add nature play environments, featuring open‐ended and free play with natural materials, to parks when play
equipment needs replacement Werry Park Recreation Facilities
342 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Implement short‐term placemaking improvements (flexible, small scale interventions such as seating, art,
programming or planters that have minimal capital cost) to attract users and experiment with potential longer‐term
options
Werry Park Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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10 Distributing park and recreation activities and
experiences across the city
Incorporate public art in the earlies stages of the design of parks and facilities that register natural phenomena such
as wind direction, sunlight and ambient sound (Coordinated with the Public Art Plan)Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
Increase the canopy coverage in parks natural open spaces and other locations specified in the Urban Forestry Parks Trails and Natural Open54 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Increase the canopy coverage in parks, natural open spaces and other locations specified in the Urban Forestry
Master Plan Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
59 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Join the Bay Area Children in Nature Collaborative/Children in Nature Network Systemwide
60 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Promote urban greening by integrating storm water design into planting beds, reducing irrigation and providing
interpretive information about park contributions to city water quality Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
70 Integrating nature into Palo Alto parks Train City maintenance staff and include specific standards and expectations in maintenance contracts for the care
of for low‐water, naturalized landscapes, natural play environments and other new types of features in the system.Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
79 Offering more of existing programs, classes,
events
Expand BOOST! pay‐per‐use system to cover fees for any drop‐in classes or facility use (lap swim, drop‐in gym time,
new programs in parks)Systemwide Recreation Programs
80 Offering more of existing programs, classes, Expand Day Camp program area, utilizing additional sites and topic areas, to meet excess demand Systemwide Recreation Programs
Off i f iti l PkTil d Nt lO82Offering more of existing programs, classes,
events Expand programs working with residents on invasive species removal in preserves and creek corridors Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Programs
83 Offering more of existing programs, classes,
events
Initiate a development program to recruit and train new coaches and to build a pool of available on‐call coaches
and substitutes to support the Middle School Athletics program and other local sports Systemwide Recreation Programs
84 Offering more of existing programs, classes, Continue Middle School Athletics programs with "everyone plays" policy Systemwide Recreation Programs
85 Offering more of existing programs, classes,
events Continue Adult Sports programs with the established preference for scheduling youth and local users first Systemwide
86 Offering more of existing programs, classes, Expand Youth and Teen Aquatics programs up to the capacity of the available facilities Systemwide
87 Offering more of existing programs, classes, Identify and secure additional facility space for diving classes Systemwide
89 Exploring new types of programs, classes,
events and activities for all ages and abilities
Commission artwork that interprets local history, events and significant individuals; represents City core values of
sustainability, youth well being, health, innovation (Coordinated with the Public Art Master Plan)Systemwide Recreation Programs
90 Exploring new types of programs, classes,
events and activities for all ages and abilities
Create a system to reward volunteers or others who contribute in non‐financial ways to the system with BOOST
class credits Systemwide Recreation Programsevents and activities for all ages and abilities class credits.
96 Exploring new types of programs, classes,
events and activities for all ages and abilities
Create pilot recreation programs to test the public's interest in new types of classes, events and activities with an
evaluation process vetted by recreation staff Systemwide Recreation Programs
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97 Exploring new types of programs, classes,
events and activities for all ages and abilities
Develop a regular bicycle and walking tour of Palo Alto parks and preserves as a new recreation program. This tour
could occur on a specific date, such as the first Sunday of each month, leave from the same location, and follow a
route to a different group of sites each occasion.
Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Programs
Exploring new types of programs classes Partner with local recreation providers to relocate existing programs or develop new programs to occur outdoors in101Exploring new types of programs, classes,
events and activities for all ages and abilities
Partner with local recreation providers to relocate existing programs or develop new programs to occur outdoors in
Palo Alto parks Systemwide Recreation Programs
107 Exploring new types of programs, classes,
events and activities for all ages and abilities
Recruit or develop programs for additional and alternative sports that do not use rectangular and diamond sports
fields, that can take place in existing parks and make use of existing outdoor recreation facilities. Examples include
cross country running, bike polo, parkour, cycling
Systemwide Recreation Programs
110 Enhancing capacity and quality of sports fields Convene a working group of formal and informal sports field user groups to develop strategies to prevent off‐hours
use and allow for adequate field resting Systemwide Recreation Programs
141 Enhancing comfort and making parks more
welcoming
Create and implement a signage and wayfinding program that conveys the park system identity, incorporates art
and enhances the experience of park visitors Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
150 Enhancing comfort and making parks more
welcoming Promote and enforce the ban on smoking in Palo Alto's parks through a marketing campaign and signage program Systemwide
169 Enhancing comfort and making parks more
welcoming Update park design policies to incorporate artistic elements consistent with the Public Art Master Plan Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
174 Expanding the system Acquire parcels of land adjacent to existing sites Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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175 Expanding the system
Build a link to the Planning and Community Environment Department to make early connections to the review
process for large or multi‐lot developments (particularly in park search areas) to enhance input opportunities from
staff and the PRC about potential community benefits.
Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
181 Expanding the system Contract or add job responsibilities for managing fundraising/developing donors for the park system to pursue
funding opportunities and sponsorships Systemwide Recreation Programs
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192 Expanding the system Engage Friends of Palo Alto Parks to seek donor funding, including foundation grants, corporate giving and small
and major philanthropic gifts by individuals, for priority projects and programs.Systemwide
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216 Expanding the system
Refine requirements for privately owned public open spaces (when provided as a condition of development).
Privately owned public space provided in lieu of park fees should support at least two of the following recreation
activities: gather together, play for children, exercise and fitness or experience nature
Systemwide Recreation Programs
240 Improving spaces and increased options for
off‐leash dogs
Modify the City ordinance on off‐leash dogs to allow off‐leash dogs in designated off‐leash areas, not just in areas
that are completely fenced or contained Systemwide Recreation Facilities
245 Improving the accessibility of the full range of
park and recreation opportunities
Add accessible picnic facilities and replace furnishings that do not meet accessibility standards (See forthcoming
ADA Transition Plan for site specific recommendations)Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Facilities
246 Improving the accessibility of the full range of
park and recreation opportunities
Build facilities, features and furnishings with universal design principles to maximize usability regardless of age or
ability Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Facilities
247 Improving the accessibility of the full range of
park and recreation opportunities
Continue building and enhancing the pedestrian bicycle and pedestrian network to make travel to and between
parks and recreation facilities easy and safe Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Spaceppppyp
248 Improving the accessibility of the full range of
park and recreation opportunities Create a process to address adaptive program requests (coordinated with upcoming ADA Transition Plan) Systemwide Recreation Programs
267 Improving the accessibility of the full range of
park and recreation opportunities Identify and mark 'Safe Routes to Parks' within each park walkshed Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
268 Improving the accessibility of the full range of
park and recreation opportunities
Identify, mark and promote long walking routes through the city, i.e. 'pedestrian arterials,' that connect to parks,
open spaces, preserves and community centers (Coordinated with Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan)Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
269 Improving the accessibility of the full range of
park and recreation opportunities
Initiate an open streets event (such as Viva Calle SJ) where a loop of streets is closed to traffic on a Sunday for
cycling, walking, entertainment and fun; include parks as destinations along the route with food and activities Systemwide Recreation Programs
275 Improving the accessibility of the full range of
park and recreation opportunities
Provide ADA‐compliant paths of travel through parks and to buildings, picnic, seating areas and play areas, and from
parking lots to park entrances (See forthcoming ADA Transition Plan for site specific recommendations)Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Facilities
276 Improving the accessibility of the full range of
park and recreation opportunities
Provide multi‐sensory park features that incorporate sound and touch to signage, wayfinding and other interpretive
features Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Facilities
277 Improving the accessibility of the full range of
park and recreation opportunities
Provide shuttle services connecting Foothills/Arastradero Preserve to Baylands Preserve, also linking to parks and
community facilities along the route; weekend and summer weekday service should be included in a pilot project
with adjustments made to maximize the ridership
Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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278 Improving the accessibility of the full range of
park and recreation opportunities Recruit multilingual program instructors to introduce new programming options Systemwide Recreation Programs
279 Improving the accessibility of the full range of
park and recreation opportunities
Replace sand with engineered wood fiber or other accessible safety surfacing as the primary surface in play areas,
incorporate sand areas for play Systemwide Recreation Facilities
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286 Improving the accessibility of the full range of
park and recreation opportunities
Upgrade ADA‐compliant parking spaces and routes that connect to park entrances (See forthcoming ADA Transition
Plan for site specific recommendations)Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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in parks and programs Achieve designation as an AARP Age‐Friendly Community [Affiliations and designations]Systemwide
293 Increasing health and wellness opportunities
in parks and programs
Connect walking paths within and between parks to create loop options of varying length that encourage walking
and jogging Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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299 Increasing health and wellness opportunities
in parks and programs
Implement a Play Policy that assesses the variety and quality of play experiences found within the existing park
system and makes recommendations to improve the delivery of play, taking into account evolving tastes and the
cognitive, emotional and physical benefits of different types of play experiences
Systemwide
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Recreation Programs
300 Increasing health and wellness opportunities
in parks and programs
Prioritize improvements to the pedestrian and bicycle trail network with a focus on routes that connect to existing
parks and cross barriers limiting access to park sites. Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
343 Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Install permanent installations and exhibits in well‐trafficked parks and plazas, following the guidance of the Public
Art Master Plan.Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
344 Increasing the variety of things to do in Pilot and implement pop‐up play events and experiences across the park system.Systemwide Recreation Programs
Iith it f thi t d i U li d di id t hi fl ibilit d li (ll i f diff t t diff t PkTil d Nt lO351Increasing the variety of things to do in
existing parks
Use policy and design guidance to emphasize flexibility and layering uses (allowing for different uses at different
times of day, week, etc.) in parks over installing fixed‐use equipment and single‐use facilities Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Facilities
353 System management Assign staff support to proactively identify and match improvement projects with partners, to supplement public
investment and build community ownership in the system Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Facilities
354 System management Continue to protect mature tree stands in parks and open spaces Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
355 System management Create a maintenance training to offer to local partner organization staff and volunteers and offer it at least once a
year to build volunteer/partner capacity Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
356 System management Design and install markers for heritage trees Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
357 System management Design irrigation systems with independent conrollers for trees to protect them when turf irrigation is reduced or
eliminated Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
Develop a strategic maintenance reduction plan for each community center park and preserve with the input of Parks Trails and Natural Open362 System management Develop a strategic maintenance reduction plan for each community center, park and preserve with the input of
the staff who maintain that site. Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Facilities
363 System management Develop and implement regionally‐specific plant palettes to perform a programmatic function (e.g., pollinator
gardens, aromatic gardens and low‐maintenance edible plantings) Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
364 System management Develop capacity within parks and public works staff to manage partnership agreements, building on the knowledge
gained from recent experience and best practices Systemwide
Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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Recreation Programs
365 System management Develop standards and guidelines for materials and furnishing palettes that reflect the three main aesthetics in the
system ‐ contemporary, rustic and historic mid‐century, and that are durable, vandal‐resistant and easy to repair Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
366 System management Establish a policy, process and criteria to evaluate private event and community requests for exclusive use of park
space.Systemwide Recreation Programs
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369 System management
Expand the memorial policy, which currently addresses benches only, to include additional types of memorial
actions and donations, such as memorial tree plantings and establish a pricing system that builds in a maintenance
endowment
Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
Implement a turf conversion program (with an annual budget)to replace park turf with low or no recreational value Parks Trails and Natural Open370 System management Implement a turf conversion program (with an annual budget) to replace park turf with low or no recreational value
with lawn alternatives (ecolawn), low‐water plantings and mulch Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
371 System management Implement low water use and salt tolerant plant replacements, transitioning landscapes and planting areas to
reduce irrigation needs and adapt to recycled water Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
372 System management Install pumps or activators to water features throughout the system to avoid clogging and reduce maintenance
needs Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
380 System management Provide public Wi‐Fi access in all developed parks and in the parking lots of preserves to facilitate sharing current
information and learning more about the park (look up trail maps, activities, etc.)Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
381 System management Schedule for a quarterly water use review and create a protocol for taking action to ensure efficient use of water
resources; hire or train certified water management staff to oversee irrigation controllers Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
382 System management Update construction standards to require permeable paving wherever possible in parks to reduce runoff and allow
the natural filtration of storm water Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
383 System management Update parking requirements for parks and facilities, reducing automobile parking and increasing bicycle parking
d dti htit Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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384 System management Update the 2002 Youth Master Plan Systemwide
Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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Recreation Programs
385 System management Update the inventory and map locations of regulated trees (coordinated with the Urban Forestry Master Plan) Systemwide
Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
System management Partner with cellular service providers to improve coverage in all parks and preserves to ensure emergency (911)
access Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
386 System management Update the tree planting palette to favor strong, native tree species with broad, mature canopy and reduce the
weaker ornamentals and non‐natives Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
388 CIP Project
Americans With Disabilities Act Compliance: This project provides funding for accessibility upgrades to City facilities
and equipment. It includes continued funding for improvements such as path of travel, restroom upgrades, drinking
fountains and counters This funding will also be utilized for other CIP project design or construction phases where Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Spacefountains, and counters. This funding will also be utilized for other CIP project design or construction phases where
accessibility improvements are identified. (Existing CIP Project)
Space
389 CIP Project
Art In Public Spaces: This project provides funding for innovative public art for both interior and exterior public
spaces in accordance with the City Council‐approved Art in City Capital Improvement Projects ordinance. (Existing
CIP Project)
Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
394 CIP Project
Benches, Signage, Walkways, Perimeter Landscaping: This recurring project provides funding for the restoration and
replacement of existing benches,
signage, fencing, walkways, and landscaping at various City facilities. (Existing CIP Project)
Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
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395 CIP Project
Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan‐Implementation Project: This project provides funding for the design and construction
of bicycle boulevards, bicycle lanes, bicycle routes, bicycle parking projects, and trails routes in accordance with the
Bicycle & Pedestrian Transportation Plan 2012, approved by the City Council in 2012. The project also allows for
expansion of bicycle parking facilities and bicycle/pedestrian project planning activities as prioritized in the
Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Spaceexpansion of bicycle parking facilities and bicycle/pedestrian project planning activities as prioritized in the
Plan.(Existing CIP project)
415 CIP Project
Off‐Road Pathway Resurfacing And Repair: This project provides funding for the maintenance of Palo Alto's 9‐mile
off‐road paved trail system
that is 35 years old and requires on‐going, phased repairs. This project removes and replaces severely damaged
sections of asphalt, repairs cracks and base failures, and resurfaces worn or uneven surfaces of off‐road asphalt
pathways and bicycle trails. Priority will be given to the repair of the most uneven sections of pathway. The project
does not create new offroad trails. Staff uses surface assessment data prepared by Public Works Engineering and
input from the public to prioritize repair or replacement projects. (Existing CIP project)
Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
424 CIP Project
Park and Open Space Emergency Repairs: This project provides funding for the replacement or extensive repair of
playgrounds, play yard surfaces, wooden structures, park amenities and play equipment in the event of storms, fire,
vandalism or structural failure. (Existing CIP project)
Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
437 CIP Pjt Tennis and Basketball Court Resurfacing: This project provides funding for tennis and basketball court repair and St id RtiF iliti437CIP Project g pj p g p
resurfacing in various Palo Alto parks. (Existing CIP project)Systemwide Recreation Facilities
438 CIP Project
Transportation and Parking Improvements: This project provides funding for the implementation of miscellaneous
neighborhood traffic calming improvements including neighborhood traffic studies and parking improvements. This
project also funds the development of grant proposals used to procure funding for future projects.(Existing CIP
project)
Systemwide Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
404 CIP Project
Dinah Summerhill Pedestrian/Bicycle Path: This project will construct a pedestrian/bicycle path on a public
easement on the pan handle parcel of the Dinah's Hotel property. The path would provide access from Wilkie Way
to the
Redwood Gate development for connectivity to the public park. Improvements shall include an approximately 15'
wide by 130' long path for bike and pedestrian access. Improvements also include fencing and landscaping.
Landscaping shall include oak trees to be planted so as to prevent future vehicle access. (Existing CIP project)
Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space
413 CIP Project
Midtown Connector: This project provides funding for the construction of a new bicycle and pedestrian trail along
the levees of the Matadero Creek between Waverley Street and Greer Road as well as a study/master plan of Parks, Trails and Natural Open 413 CIP Project the levees of the Matadero Creek between Waverley Street and Greer Road as well as a study/master plan of
improvements between Alma Street and Hwy 101. (Existing CIP project)Space
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194 Expanding the system
Increase access to public schools (outside of school hours) at PAUSD elementary and middle schools (and Stanford
fields if possible) to increase the availability of recreation activity spaces. Target school sites that within or adjacent
to "park search areas"
Addison Elementary School Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Facilities
195 Expanding the system
Increase access to public schools (outside of school hours) at PAUSD elementary and middle schools (and Stanford
fields if possible) to increase the availability of recreation activity spaces. Target school sites that within or adjacent
to "park search areas"
Barron Park Elementary School Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Facilities
196 Expanding the system
Increase access to public schools (outside of school hours) at PAUSD elementary and middle schools (and Stanford
fields if possible) to increase the availability of recreation activity spaces. Target school sites that within or adjacent
to "park search areas"
Duveneck Elementary School Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Facilities
176 Expanding the system Build on partnerships with PAUSD to make available additional programming space in school facilities El Carmelo Elementary School Recreation Programs
197 Expanding the system
Increase access to public schools (outside of school hours) at PAUSD elementary and middle schools (and Stanford
fields if possible) to increase the availability of recreation activity spaces. Target school sites that within or adjacent
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El Carmelo Elementary School Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Facilitiesto "park search areas"p,
227 Improving and enhancing community center
and recreation spaces across the community
Provide financial contributions to gym upgrades or the construction of additional gyms at PAUSD or other sites in
exchange for programming access JLS Middle School Recreation Facilities
198 Expanding the system
Increase access to public schools (outside of school hours) at PAUSD elementary and middle schools (and Stanford
fields if possible) to increase the availability of recreation activity spaces. Target school sites that within or adjacent
to "park search areas"
Jordan Middle School Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Facilities
228 Improving and enhancing community center
and recreation spaces across the community
Provide financial contributions to gym upgrades or the construction of additional gyms at PAUSD or other sites in
exchange for programming access Jordan Middle School Recreation Facilities
177 Expanding the system Build on partnerships with PAUSD to make available additional programming space in school facilities Ohlone Elementary School Recreation Programs
199 Expanding the system
Increase access to public schools (outside of school hours) at PAUSD elementary and middle schools (and Stanford
fields if possible)to increase the availability of recreation activity spaces Target school sites that within or adjacent Ohlone Elementary School Parks, Trails and Natural Open 199 Expanding the system fields if possible) to increase the availability of recreation activity spaces. Target school sites that within or adjacent
to "park search areas"
Ohlone Elementary School Space, Recreation Facilities
200 Expanding the system
Increase access to public schools (outside of school hours) at PAUSD elementary and middle schools (and Stanford
fields if possible) to increase the availability of recreation activity spaces. Target school sites that within or adjacent
to "park search areas"
Palo Verde Elementary School Parks, Trails and Natural Open
Space, Recreation Facilities
178 Expanding the system Build on partnerships with PAUSD to make available additional programming space in school facilities Terman Middle School Recreation Programs
229 Improving and enhancing community center
and recreation spaces across the community
Provide financial contributions to gym upgrades or the construction of additional gyms at PAUSD or other sites in
exchange for programming access Terman Middle School Recreation Facilities
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