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HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL 8
FROM:CITY MANAGER DEPARTMENT: COMMUNITY SERVICES
DATE:FEBRUARY 2, 2004 CMR: 135:04
SUBJECT:PALO ALTO HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION RECOMMENDATION
TO RENAME "ARASTRADERO PRESERVE" AS THE "ENID
PEARSON ARASTRADERO PRESERVE"
RECOMMENDATION
The Palo Alto Historical Association (PAHA) Board recommends that the City Council
rename the Arastradero Preserve the "Enid Pearson Arastradero Preserve". If the Cit)l
Council approves the PAHA recommendation, staff recommends that Council:
1.Adopt the resolution of the Council of the Cit3~ of Palo Alto renaming the
"Arastradero Preserve" as the "Enid Person Arastradero Preserve" (Attachment A);
2. Introduce the ordinance of the Council of the Cit), of Palo Alto amending Palo Alto
Municipal Code Section 22.08.330 to formally rename the dedicated parkland called
the "Arastradero Preserve" as the "Enid Pearson Arastradero Preserve" (Attachment
B); and
3.Direct staff to include the costs of implementing the recommendation
(approximately $20,000) in the 2004-05 Community Services Department budget.
BACKGROUND
On December 1, 2003, a City Council Colleagues Memo from then-Vice Mayor Beecham
and Council Members Kishimoto, Kleinberg and Ojakian requested that the City Council
support initiating the process to rename the Arastradero Preselwe (Attachment C). A
summary of Ms. Pearson’s accomplishments relating to Palo Alto parks and open space
was included with the memo. Members of the City Council unanimously approved a
motion to refer the request to the Palo Alto Historical Association, asking that it consider
the appropriateness of renarning the Arastradero Preserve after Enid Pearson.
DISCUSSION
Upon receiving the request from the City Council to consider renaming of the
Arastradero Preserve in honor of Enid Pearson, the Palo Alto Historical Association
Board referred the proposal to its Landmarks and Street Names Committee. The
committee reviewed the request and on January 7, 2004 made the following
recommendation to the Board:
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"In view of Enid Pearson’s many contributions in securing Palo Alto parklands and
open space; it is recommended that the Arastradero Preserve be renamed to honor her.
The preference is ’Enid Pearson Arastradero Preserve’, thereby keeping ’Arastradero’ in
the name. The Preserve has been ~known by that name for 14 years, and that name
appears on maps and lists. The Committee’s second preference would be ’Enid Pearson
Preserve’."
The Board discussed the committee’s recommendation and voted to recommend to the
City Council that that the Arastradero Preserve be renamed "Enid Pearson Arastradero
Preser~&’ (Attachment D). Board members expressed the feeling that Enid Pearson’s
long history of involvement with park issues and her key role in the adoption of the
City’s park dedication initiative were consistent with the principal that when it is
proposed that a park be named after an individual, that person should have made some
significant contribution or performed some selwice which is deemed to have been of
major significance to the community.
RESOURCE IMPACT
The Arastradero Preserve has m,o entry, signs and 124 directional signs within the park
that include the name of the preserve. There are also maps and brochures that reflect the
current name. One option to consider is to only purchase new entry signs and replace the
other signs, brochures, and maps at a later date on a replacement basis. The estimated
cost for two entry signs similar to those currently in place is $10,000. The cost to replace
all signs, maps brochures, etc. is estimated to be approximately $20,000.
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
These recommendations are consistent with existing City policy and furthers Policy and
Procedure 1-15.
ALTERNATIVES
In the alternative, the .City Council 1nay refer.this matter to the Policy and Services
Committee for recommendation or reject the proposed name change.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A:
Attachment B:
Attachment C
Attachment D:
Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto renaming the
"Arastradero Preserve" as the "Enid Person Arastradero Preserve"
Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto amending Palo
Alto Municipal Code Section 22.08.330 to formally rename the
dedicated parkland called the "Arastradero Preserve" as the "Enid
Pearson Arastradero Preserve"
City Council Colleagues Memo regarding renaming Arastradero
Preserve to honor Enid Pearson, dated December 1, 2003
Recommendation from the Palo Alto Historical Association Board
regarding renaming Arastradero Preserve
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PREPARED BY:
DANIEL B. WILLIAM~
Director of Recreation, Open Space and Sciences
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DEP~TMENT HEAD: "
RICH~ JAMES
Director 0f C6mmunity Se~,ices
CITY ~NAGER APPROVe: _
Assistant City Manager
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***NOT YET APPROVED**Af achrnen A
RESOLUTION NO.
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO
ALTO RENAMING THE ARASTRADERO PRESERVE AS THE
ENID PEARSON ARASTRADERO PRESERVE
WHEREAS, Enid Pearson, elected to the City Council of
the City of Palo Alto in 1965, served with distinction as a
council member for ten years, during which time she forcefully
advocated for the creation of additional parks and open space;
and
WHEREAS, Enid Pearson, prior to her election to the
Council, chaired the Palo Altans for Recreation and Conservation
of Open Sites, a citizens committee formed to adopt by
initiative [that was passed by an overwhelming majority vote of
the electorate] a Charter amendment that required all parks be
dedicated and an election be required for the abandonment of any
parks or portions thereof; and
WHEREAS, during Enid Pearson’s tenure and leadership,
more than 510 acres of park land were added in the Foothills and
over 46 acres of land was dedicated as park land; and
WHEREAS, in August 1969, in response to Arastra Ltd.’s
application for a Planned Community zone change to permit the
construction of 1776 homes on what is now Arastradero Preserve,
Enid Pearson led the effort to amend the Comprehensive Plan to
include much of the foothills in the "Open-Space-Controlled
Development" land use category; and
WHEREAS, Enid Pearson continued to serve her community
as a staunch advocate for parks and open space after her service
as a counci! member, and as the Executive Director of the
Peninsula Conservation Center; and
WHEREAS, on December i, 2003, the Council unanimously
endorsed a proposal to rename the Arastradero Preserve to honor
Enid Pearson and, on January 14, 2004, the Palo Alto Historical
Association’s board of directors voted to recommended approval
of the proposal as both appropriate and consistent with the
principles applicable to the renaming of a park in honor of an
individual.
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***NOT YET APPROVED***
NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto
does hereby RESOLVE as follows:
SECTION i. The Council hereby gratefully records and
extends its sincere appreciation and the appreciation of the
community to Enid Pearson.
SECTION 2. The Council hereby renames the Arastradero
Preserve, to the Enid Pearson Arastradero Preserve, in honor of
Enid Pearson’s leadership and personal commitment to protecting
and preserving open space and parks, generally, and, in
particular, to one of our most beloved parks.
SECTION 3. The Council finds that the adoption of this
resolution does not constitute a project under the California
Environmental Quality Act, and therefore no environmental
assessment is required.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
ATTEST:
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Senior Asst. City Attorney
Mayor
APPROVED:
City Manager
Director of
Community Services
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Attachment B
ORDINANCE NO.
ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
_~]<~EN D !N G PALO ALTO MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION
22 . 08 . 330 TO FORI~_hLLY REN.~_ME THE DEDICATED
PARKLAND CALLED THE "ARAST~hDERO PRESERVE"AS THE
"ENID PEARSON ARASTKhDERO PRESERVE"
The Counci! of the City of Palo Alto does ORDAIN as
fol!ows:
SECTION !. Findings and Declarations.
and declares as follows:
The City Council
(a) in 1976, the City of Palo Alto acquired :he property
known as the Arastra Land;
(b) On October 5, 1981, by Ordinance No. 3305, the
Council dedicated approximately 431 acres of the Arastra Land and
approximately 1.7 acres of other adjacent City property for park,
recreation and/or conservation purposes, known thereafter as the
Arastra Property;
(c) The City of Pa!o Alto retained approximately 77
acres of the Arastra Land for possible future deve!opment,
transferring the density or development capacity of the entire
Arastra Land to the approximately 77 acre parce!;
(d) On August 12, 1985, the Council voted to rename the
Arastra Property as the Arastradero Preserve. The Counci! never
took any action to formalize <he name;
(e) On September 8, 1992, by Ordinance No. 4104, the
City Council expanded the Arastradero Preserve by dedicating
approximately 77 acres of land adjacent to the Arastra Property.
(f) On September !0, 2001, by Ordinance number 4713, the
City Counci! formally renamed both parcels of parkland as the
Arastradero Preserve.
(g)The Palo Alto Historical Association (PAH!a)
recommended that the City Counci! rename the Arastradero Preserve
the "Enid Pearson Arastradero Preserve" in view of Enid Pearson’s
many contributions in securing Palo Alto parklands and open space.
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SECTION i. Pa!o Alto Municipa! Code section 22.08.330 is
hereby amended to read as fo!lows:
22.08.330 Enid Pearson Arastradero Preserve
Those certain marcels of land former!v known as the
Aras~ra Preserve and then the Arastradero Preserve and
now known as the Enid Pearson Arastradero Preserve as
delineated and described in Exhibit A-2!.9 attached
hereto are reserved for park, playground, recreation
and/or conservation purposes.
SECTION 2. The City Council hereby finds that it can be
seen wi~h certainty that there is no potentia! for this action to
have a significant adverse effect on the environment.
SECT!ON 3. This ordinance shall become effective upon the
com_mencement of the thirty-first day after the day of its adoption.
INTRODUCED:
PASSED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
ATTEST:APPROVED:
Ci:y Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
interim City Attorney
Mayor
City Manager
Director of Community
Services
Director of Planning and
Community Environment
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EXHIBIT A-2!.9
ENID PEarSON ARASTR~ERO PRESERVE
Parce! !.
A portion of that certain real property show~ on that certain
Record of Survey, recorded in Book 262 of Haps at pages 2, 3,
and 5, Sa~_ta Clara County Records, lying within the City of Pa!o
Alto, County of Santa Clara, State of California, and being more
particularly described as follows:
Begir~ning at a found 8" x 8" granite monument F-52 located on
the City Limits Line of Said City of Pa!o Alto, at the most
northerly corner of Sheet 2 of said Record of Survey; thence a!ong
the common line of said Record of Survey and said City Limits Line
S. 12° 05’ 22" W, 1668.31 feet to a found 3" x 4" post as shown on
said Record of Survey; thence leaving said common line a!ong said
City Limits Line, S. !!° 59’ 52" W, 51.89 feet to a point on the
southerly lime of ~_rastradero Road (50 feet wide) said point being
the true point of beginning; thence continuing S. !!° 59’ 52" W.
a!ong said City Limits Line 2188.35 feet to a genera! southerly
line of said Record of SurCey; thence leaving said City Limits Line
a!ong said southerly lime, N. 71° 41’ 29" W, 148.43 feet; thence
continuing along the bounda~-y line of said Record of Survey, N. 28°
58’ 17" W, 649.04 feet; thence N. 67° 22’ i4" W, 318.96 feet;
thence S. 49° 27’ 16" W, 382.41 feet; thence S. 27° 41’ i0" W,
653.36 feet; thence S. 38° 48’ 58" W, 1486.60 feet; thence N. 53°
44’ 34" W, 128.38 feet; thence S. 34° 28’ 08" W, 99.25 feet; thence
S. 2!° !0’ 22" W, 199.71 feet; thence S. 38° ii’ 17" W, 315.03
feet; thence S. 8° 45’ 56" E, 62.04 feet; thence S. 52° 14’ 04" W,
94.38 feet; thence S. 51° 14’ 04" W, 31.68 feet; thence S. 43° 44’
04" W, 64.68 feet; thence S. 55° 46’ 04" W, !58.60 feet; thence S.
88° 44’ 04" W, 100.32 feet; thence S. 28° 44’ 04" W, 64.02 feet;
thence S. 52° !4’ 04" W, 58.08 feet; thence S. 60° 44’ 04" W, 91.08
feet; thence S. 51° 59’ 04" W, 92.40 feet; thence S. 80° 14’ 04" W,
114.84 feet; thence S. 54° 14’ 04" W, 93.72 feet; thence S. 41° 14’
04" W, 121.44 feet; thence S. 55° 44’ 04" W, 50.82 feet; thence S.
24° 14’ 04" W, 43.56 feet; thence S. 25° 15’ 56" E, 62.70 feet;
thence S. 12° 44’ 04" W, 145.20 feet; thence S. 39° 14’ 04" W,
76.60 feet; thence S. 39° 43’ 27" W, 62.88 feet; thence S. 40° 44’
i!" W, 44.92 feet; thence S. 39° 54’ 09" W, 21.93 feet; thence S.
67° 28’ 20" W, 254.56 feet; thence S. 72° 23’ 48" W, 638.62 feet;
thence S. 87° 32’ 46" W, 190.74 feet; thence N. 84° i!’ 05" W,
183.00 feet; thence N. 78° i0’ 07" W, !94.51 feet; thence N. 75°
37’ 13" W, 363.80 feet; thence N. 87° 19’ 39" W, 102.83 feet to
point "A" (for later reference); thence N. 88° 06’ 14" W, 272.34
_eec; thence N. 84° 05’ 50" W, 80.63 feet; thence N. 67° 27’ 23" W,
1148.53 feet; thence N. 65° 35’ 53" W, 192.01 feet; thence N. 24°
30’ 30" E, 712.14 feet; thence N. !5° 45’ 35" E, 79!.64 feet;
thence N. 16° 00’ 48" E, 9!9.19 feet; thence N. 34° 31’ 38" E,
245.85 feet; thence S. 80° 07’ 54" E, 439.53 feet; thence leaving
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said boundary line of said Record of Su_rvey S. 88° 35’ 35" E, 20.28
feet to the easterly line of a road, 20 feet in width, said point
being the southwest corner of the lands described in the deed to
E.C. Arbuck!e, et ux., said deed being recorded in Book 5884, page
479, Officia! Records of said county; thence continuing along the
boundary line of said Record of Survey South 65° 27’ 14" East,
373.49 feet; thence a!ong the arc of a tangent curve to the right
having a radius of 285.00 feet, through a central angle of 8° 4i’
30", a length of 43.23 feet; thence S. 56° 45’ 44" E, 1!7.!4 feet;
thence along the arc of a tangent curve to the right having a
radius of 435.00 feet, through a central angle of 5° 25’ 00", a
length of 4!.12 feet; thence S. 51° 20’ 44" E, 43.39 feet; thence
along the arc of a tangent curve to the left having a radius of
490.00 feet, through a centra! angle of 4° 24’ 30", a length of
37.70 feet; thence S. 55° 45’ !4" E, 144.31 feet; thence a!ong the
arc of a tangent curve to the left having a radius of 215.00 feet,
through___ a centra! angle of 15° 22’ 30", a length of 57.69 feet;
thence S. 71° 07’ 44" E, 54.96 feet; thence along the arc of a
tangent curve to the right having a radius of 145.00 feet, through
a centra! angle of 6° 31’ 00", a length of 16.69 feet; thence S.
64° 36’ 45" E, 9.85 feet; thence N. 52° 42’ 33" E, 342.61 feet;
thence N. 52° 51’ 16" E, 232.84 feet; thence N. 51° 39’ 34" E,
236.49 feet; thence N. 57° 43’ 40" W, 4.81 feet; thence N. 52° 23’
17" W, 459.60 feet; thence N. 32° 25’ 19" E, 392.17 feet; thence N.
32° 25’ 06" E, 582.13 feet to the general southerly line of
Arastradero Road as shown on said Record of Survey; thence a!ong
said southerly line in a southeasterly and northeasterly direction
a!ong the arc of a nontangent curve to the left having a radius of
1025.00 feet, from which the radius point bears N. 53° 18’ 50" E,
through a central angle of 3° 47’ 40", a length of 67.88 feet;
thence S. 40° 28’ 50" E, 11!.35 feet; thence along the arc of a
tangent curve to the left having a radius of 525.00 feet, through
a central angle of 18° 27’ 00", a length of 169.06 feet; thence S.
58° 55’ 50" E, 17.16 feet; thence a!ong the arc of a tangent curve
to the right having a radius of 165.00 feet, through a centra!
~ng!e of 57° 01’ 25", a length of 164.22 feet; thence S. 1° 54’ 25"
E, 85.37 feet; thence along the arc of a tangent curve to the left
having a radius of 265.00 feet, through a centra! ~ng!e of 70° 35’
00", a length of 326.46 feet; thence along the arc of a tangent
curve to the left having a radius of 440.00 feet through a centra!
angle of 16° 34’ 30", a length of 127.22 feet; thence S. 89° 03’
55" E, 245.18 feet; thence a!ong the arc of a tangent curve to the
left having a radius of 300.00 feet, through a central angle of 79°
46’ 30", a length of 4!7.70 feet; thence N. !!° 09’ 35" E, 286.25
feet; thence a!ong the arc of a tangent curve to the right having
a radius of 875.00 feet through a centra! angle of !0° 42’ 30", a
length of 163.53 feet; thence N. 21° 52’ 05" E, 138.57 feet; thence
along the arc of a tangent curve to the left having a radius of
775.00 feet, through a centra! angle of 15° !3’ 35", a length of
205.96 feet; thence N. 6° 38’ 30" E, 140.96 feet; thence a!ong the
arc of a t~ngent curve to the right having a radius of 575.00 feet,
through a central angle of 24° 19’ 58", a length of 244.20 feet;
thence N 30° 58’ 28" E 107 17 _eel; thence a!ong the arc of a
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tangent curve to the right having a radius of 675.00 feet, t_hrough
a central angle of 24° 43’ 25", a length of 291.27 feet; thence N.
55° 41’ 53" E, 9.20 feet (9.06 feet, Record of Survey Map); thence
a!ong the arc of a tangent curve to the left having a radius of
425.00 feet, through a central angle of 13° 32’ 50", a length of
. ~eet; thence a!ong the100.49 feet; thence N. 42° 09’ 03" E, 335 84 =
arc of a tangent curve to the right having a radius of 300.00 feet,
through a central angle of !8° 12’ 50", a length of 95.36 feet;
thence a!ong a tam_gent curve to the right having a radius of 200.00
feet, through a centra! angle of 18° 23’ 40", a length of 64.21
feet; thence N. 78° 44’ 34" E, 82.53 feet to a point on the
westerly line of the lands of Bressler; thence a!ong a non-t~ngent
curve to the left having a radius of 550.00 feet, through a centra!
angle of 9° !!’ 20", a length of 88.20 feet; thence S. 57° 16’ 53"
E, 198.00 feet; thence S. 76° 13’ 35" E, 395.00 feet; thence S. 49°
17’ 5~"_ E, 146.04 feet; thence S. 87° 36’ 45" E, S. 55° :~.84 feet;
thence N 66° 43’ 42" E 165 00 _eel; thence S 68° 32’ 00" E,
241.00 feet; thenceN. 23° 44’ 16" E, 239.96 feet to a point on the
southe~Tv line of _~as~r~dero Road; thence S 68° 39’ 48" E, 363.79
feet; thence along a curve to the right having a radius of 975.00
feet, through a centra! angle of 6° 09’ 54", a length of 104.91
feet; thence S. 62° 29’ 54" E, 185.06 feet to the true point of
begim~_ing, containing 432.791 acres more or less.
Parcel 2.
Beginning at said found 8" x 8" granite monument F-52 described in
Parcel i; thence along the common line of said Record of SurCey and
said city limit line, S. 12° 05’ 22" W, 1668.31 feet to a fo~d 3"
x 4" post as shows_ on said Record of Su_rvey, said point being a
point on the northerly line of Arastradero Road; thence leaving
said common line N. 62° 29’ 54" W, a!ong said northerly line 171.19
feet; thence continuing a!ong said northerly line and a!ong the arc
of a tangent curve to the left having a radius of I025.00 feet,
through a central angle of 6° 09’ 54", a length of 110.29 feet;
thence N. 68° 39’ 48" W, 751.69 feet; thence along the arc of a
tangent curve to the left having a radius of 525.00 feet, through
a central angle of !2° 49’ 05", a length of 117.45 feet; thence N.
81° 28’ 53" W, along said northerly line 587.45 feet; thence along
the arc of a tangent curve to the left having a radius of 525.00
feet, through a central angle of !7° 42’ !7", a length of 162.23
feet; thence S. 80° 48’ 50" W, a!ong said northerly line of
Arastradero Road 71.70 feet; thence a!ong the arc of a tangent
curve to the left having a radius of 4025.00 feet, through a
central angle of 02° 04’ 16", a length of 145.50 feet; thence S.
78° 44’ 34" W, 303.45 feet; thence a!ong the arc of a t~ngent curCe
to the left having a radius of 250.00 feet, through a centra! angle
of 18° 23’ 40", a length of 80.26 feet; thence leaving said
northerly line of Arastradero Road N. 34° 15’ 32" W, 98!.51 feet;
thence N. 77° 55’ 13" E, 2495.07 feet; thence S. 70° 42’ 45"
434.11 feet; thence N. 83° 27’ 13" E, 449.97 feet to the point of
begirming, containing 77.219 acres more or less.
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Attachment C
Office of the City Council
MEMORANDUM
DATE:December 1, 2003
TO:City Council Colleagues
FRO M :Vice Mayor Beecham and Council Members Kishimoto,
Kleinberg, and Ojakian
SUB3ECT: RenamingArastradero Preserve to Honor Enid Pearson
Enid Pearson has played a pivotal role in creating many of our
neighborhood and district parks and open space. She is the "mother"
of some of Palo Alto’s most cherished jewels. We would like to ask
you for your support in initiating the process to re-name Arastradero
Preserve park to honor Enid Pearson and her role in Palo Alto’s history.
There is a council policy for naming new City-owned land and facilities.
The intent of the policy was to ensure that suggestions for names
reflect the City’s rich heritage; the policy thus requires that
suggestions for park or facilities names have the scrutiny of the Palo
Alto Historical Association (PAHA) prior to coming to Council for
approval. In this case, we have an existing park that we are
suggesting be re-named after an individual who has had a significant
impact on the City’s history. We welcome the review of the Historical
Association, and would recommend that this nomination be forwarded
to them directly, to consider whether, in fact, re-naming the
Arastradero Preserve after Enid Pearson is appropriate. The PAHA
recommendation would then come back to the full Council for
consideration.
In 1965, Enid chaired Palo Altans for Recreation and Conservation of
Open Sites (PARCS), a committee formed to adopt by Initiative a
Charter Amendment requiring that all parks be dedicated and that an
election would be required for abandonment of any parks or portion
thereof. The initiative passed by an overwhelming majority of the
electorate.
Palo Alto’s Parks and Open Space Accomplishments in which Enid Pearson played a
vital role.
In 1965 Enid Pearson chaired Palo _~iltans for Recreation and Conservation of open Sites
(PARCS), a committee formed to adopt by Initiative a Charter _Amendment requiring
that all parks be dedicated and that an election be required for abandonment of an],
parks or portion thereof. The initiative was needed because erosion of ci~; parks had
been rampant induding a) building a fire station on Rinconada Park in 1951, b)
Shrinking Cogswell Park by 1/2 acre to create a parking lot in 1953, c) allotting a
shopping center where a park had been proposed at Edgewood and Embarcadero in
1955, d) using part of Bowdoin Park for an underpass in 1960, e) losing Sherman Park
to the Court House in 1961, f) plans to build high rise buildings on E! Camino Park in
1964, and using 5 acres of Eleanor Park for a d~, nurseD-. The initiative passed by an 7-
1 vote of the electorate.
Enid Pearson was elected to the Cit3,, Council in May 1965 and served for 10 years
during which time she was a forceful advocate for parks and open space. During Enid’s
tenure on the Palo Alto City Council, well more than 510 acres (more than 13% of
current acreage) of park were added in the Foothills and over 46 acres (27% of current
acreage) of park were added in developed Palo Alto. This represented an investment
of approximately $10,000,000 or less than $18,000 per acre. Without Enid’s foresight
and forceful advocacy at that critical juncture in Palo Alto’s history, these opportunities
would have been lost. This scale of park additions would be impossible today. A
ch_rono!ogy fol!.ows:
1965 Esther Clark Park 22 acres $177,000
Feb. 1966 Lee addition to Foothills Park 140 acres
Feb. 1966 Lee addition to Foothills Park 5.60 acres
J~.me 1966 Knolte addition to Mitchell Park 1.93 acres
In the 1960’s Enid Pearson, recognizing that parks were not well distributed throughout
the cit3; proposed that the Cit-y establish mini-parks in various neighborhoods.
June 1966 Boulware Park 1.5 acres
1968 Edith Eugenie Johnson Park 2.5 acres $507,800
Aug. 1968 !Kinconada Park addition dedication
Sept.1970 Rinconada tennis courts at the Hopkins corner dedication
May 1971 Hoover Park addition
1972 Pardee Park ag-reement with the heirs of Emily Pardee allowing a
park plan to proceed for the full 10 acre park.
April 1973 Scott Park Niini-Park 0.4 acre dedicated ’78
Attachment D
Pa!o Mto Historical Association
P.O. Box 193 a~. Pa!o Alt0, California 94302 (650) 326-3355
Janua~, 14, 2004
TO: MEMBERS OF THE PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL
RE: RENAMING .~STRADERO PRESERVE
Honorable Council Members:
On December I, Members of the City Council unanhnously endorsed the su,~estion
that the proposal to rename the Axastradero Preserve to honor Enid Pearson be
forwarded to the Palo Alto Historical Association for cortsideration of its
appropriateness. The Association’s board referred the proposal to its Landmarks
and Street Nmnes Committee. Al:ter review, the committee advised the board on
January 7t~ that:
In view of Enid Pearson’s many contributions in securing Pato Alto
parklands mad open space, it is recommended that the Arastradero Preserve
be renanaed to honor her. Our first preference is "Enid Pearson Arastradero
Preserve" thereby keeping "Arastradero" in the name. The Preserve has been
known by that name for 14 years, and that name appears on maps and lists.
The Committee’s second preference would be "Enid Pearson Preserve."
Board members discussed the committee’s recommendation and,. in recognition of
Enid Pearson’s long history of involvement with park issues and her key role in the
adoption of the City’s park dedication initiative, voted to recommend to the Palo
Alto City Council that the Arastradero Preserve be renamed "’Enid Pearson
Arastradero Preserve."
This recommendation is appropriate and consistent with the p~mip!e that when it is
proposed a park be named after an individual, that person should have made some
sigmificant contribution or performed some sex-,,ice which is deemed to have been of
major si~mfificance to the community.
Please let tks know if you require additional information.
Sincerely yours,
Tom Wyman, President