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City Manager’s Report
TO:
FROM:
HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL
CITY MANAGER DEPARTMENT: PLA. NNINI
COMMUNITY ENWIRONMENT
CMR: 472:04
DATE:
SUBJECT:
November 15, 2004
UPDATE OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN POLICIES ON BAYLANDS
BACKGROUND
In 1978, the City Council adopted the Master Plan and Environmental Impact Report for the Palo
Alto Baylands. The following year, the Baylands Master Plan Summary Report was prepared to
serve as a reference document, and included all of the significant recommendations approved by
the City Council in adopting the Baylands Master Plan. The Summary Report was updated in
1987-1988 to reflect City Council actions in the intervening years regarding the Baylands. A
copy of the 1987-88 Amended Summary Report of the Baylands Master Plan and EIR is attached
to this memorandum. (See Attachment 2).
The Planning Division has undertaken the task of preparing an update of the Baytands Master
Plan. The update is expected to be completed in mid- or late-2005, depending on other work
assignments and availability of the consultant, Ken Kay Associates. The updated plan will reflect
City Council actions regarding the Baylands and projects completed since 1988, and will include
additional contextual and back~ound material from the original approved Baylands Master Plan
and improved maps and graphics to provide an up-to-date, easily understood Baylands Master
Plan. Preparing the update has involved identifying Baytands-related City Council actions since
1988 and reviewing Baytands-related goals, policies and pro~ams found in the 1998
Comprehensive Plan. Staff has been asked to bring forward this part of the work for City
Council to use in reviewing the Environmental Services Center proposal.
City Council actions related to the Baylands since 1988 have essentially been actions to
implement various elements of the Baylands Master Plan. The only significant policy change
was the decision to locate the solid waste transfer station in Sunn?-,,ale rather than at the Los
Altos Sewer Treatment Plant site. Following is a summary of City Council actions since 1988:
In 1989 the City Council approved a revised Byxbee Park Plan for the landfill area, and
in 1991 a final design for construction of Phase I of Byxbee Park was approved. This
1989-91 Byxbee Park Plan is a similar but somewhat simplified version of the B?~xbee
Landfill Park, Park Conversion Plan adopted in ! 981. The two main changes in the
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1989-91 Plan are: the entrance to the park is relocated from Embarcadero Way to off
Harbor Road; and a provision is made for the possibility that the recycling center, which
according to the 1981 Plans was to be removed when the landfill was completed, may
remain. A possible location of approximately one or two acres near the Electrical
Generation Facility is identified for that purpose (page 26). Excerpts from the 1989-91
Bs~bee Park Plan are attached to this report. (See Attachment 3).
The 1989-91 B?~bee Park Plan (page 27) anticipated the possible use of the proposed
Sunnyvale Material Recovery and Transfer (SMART) Station. This is a change from the
1987-88 update of the Baylands Master Plan which refers to 1984 City Council direction
to staff to investigate use of the Los Altos Sewer Plant site as a future solid waste transfer
station. Subsequently, the City became a partner with Mountain View and Sunnyvale in
construction of the SMART Station located in Sunnyvale.
During the 1990s, several key provisions of the Baylands Master Plan were implemented,
including final closure of the yacht harbor, extensive marsh restor~ation, construction of
the sailing station for hand carried boats, restoration of the Harbor Master’s Cottage, the
bicycle and pedestrian trail system substantially completed, and completion of Phase I of
the landfill conversion to B~xbee Park.
Relationship to the 1998 Comprehensive Plan. The adopted 1978 Baylands Master Plan and EIR
were incorporated into the City’s Comprehensive Plan by Resolution 5675, April 2, 1979. When
the 1998 Comprehensive Plan was prepared, a different approach was followed. Rather than
incorporate the Baylands Master Plan document in total, the 1998 Comprehensive Plan
recognizes the Baylands Master Plan as the adopted planning policy document for the area east
of Highway 101, reaffirms the City policy of protecting the Baylands, and includes many goals,
policies, and programs throughout the Comprehensive Plan that are consistent with and support
the policies of the Baylands Master Plan. Baylands-related policies and references to the
Baytands and the Baylands Master Plan are found in the Introduction, and in the Land Use and
Community Design, Natural Environment, Community Services and Facilities, and
Transportation Elements, and in the Glossary of the Comprehensive Plan.
DISCUSSION
The purpose of this report is to provide the City Council a comparison of key policies in the
Baylands Master Plan (as updated in 1987-88) with related goals, policies and programs found in
the 1998 Comprehensive Plan. Additional policies in the Comprehensive Plan that are relevant
to the ESC proposal, such as those addressing solid waste management, are discussed in the City
Managers Reports: CMR:470:04 and CMR:471:04, November 15, 2004. The report is organized
into the following nine topic areas:
1. Land Use:
Overall Environmental Protection of the Baylands
Urban Service Area
2. Parks:
Byxbee Landfill Park
ITT Property
3. Natural Environment
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4.Views, Scenic Routes and Gateways
5.Los Altos Sewer Plant Site
6.East Bayshore Employment District
7.Airport
8.Access and Circulation
9.Park Enhancements
In addition to this narrative, the attached matrix (Attachment 1) compares Baylands Master Plan
for policies each topic area in with related Comprehensive Plan goals, policies, and programs.
Land Use
The primary land use principles of the Baylands Master. Plan are that the development already in
place east of Highway 101 when the Plan was adopted may continue but will not be expanded,
and the remaining undeveloped Baylands will be conserved as open space and restored where it
has been degraded, including converting the landfill to pastoral park, removing the yacht harbor,
and restoring the ITT property to marsh at such time as the antermas can be removed. The 1998
Comprehensive Plan reaffirms these principles, recognizing the Baylands Master Plan as the
adopted planning policy document for the area east of Highway 101 and stating that the
Baylands will continue to be conserved as open space over the term of the Comprehensive Plan.
The Comprehensive Plan treats the city’s Urban Service Area as an urban growth boundary and
states that future urban development will be limited to property within the urban service area.
Baylands areas that are outside the urban service area are the landfill; the aquatic park including
the Interpretive Center, Duck Pond, and Harbor; the Nature Preserves; and the Athletic Center
and Golf Course. The Baylands Master Plan policies for these areas are consistent with their
location outside the designated urban service area. The landfill is to be converted to park, and
the other areas are park land that are proposed to have little or no change, or, in the case of the
nature preserves, for conservation and restoration. The Baylands Master Plan also provides that
there will be no more "urban intrusion" outside the currently urbanized corridor along
Embarcadero Road. (See Attachment 4: Comprehensive Plan map L-2, Urban Service Area)
Parks
The Community Services and Facilities Element of the Comprehensive Plan recognizes that the
City currently owns and operates several large open space preserves, including Byxbee Park, and
describes the City’s focus regarding parkland as maintaining and rehabilitating these existing
facilities, given that as a "built-out" community there will be little opportunity to acquire new
par’~and. The Natural Environment Element provides that the baylands will continue to be
conserved as open space and that the City will seek out new opportunities for more open space in
the baylands. Converting the landfill area to parkland as provided for in the Baylands Master
Plan is consistent with and helps to implement these Comprehensive Plan goals and policies.
The Comprehensive Plan land use designation for the landfill area is public park and the site is
dedicated park land.
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The Comprehensive Plan Community Services and Facilities Element addresses the possibility
that there may be proposals to locate infrastructure improvements in public open space and
provides that this should be done only when such improvements are consistent with goals to
protect and conserve the natural environment. Provision for possible location of the recycling
center in BF~bee Park changed since the 1987-88 update of the Baylands Master Plan. The
original Baylands Master Plan and the 1987-88 update provided that the recycling center would
be removed from B?~xbee Park when the landfill was completed. The revised Byxbee Landfill
Park Master Plan adopted in 1989 states that a location for the recycling center may be provided
in Phase III (later Phase IIc) of Byxbee Park, and identifies an area about one or two acres in size
adjacent to the Electrical Generation Facility for that purpose.
The Baylands Master Plan calls for the former ITT property to be restored to marshland and
incorporated into Byxbee Park when the existing antem~a field located in the center of this site is
removed. The eventual restoration of this property to marshland was reaffirmed by City Council
action in 1981. The City does not have the authority at this time to remove the antenna field
because federal regulatory authorities consider the facility essential for communication with
ships at sea. Consequently, the 37 acres in the center of the site where the antenna field is
operating is currently designated Open Space/Controlled Development. The remainder of the
site which completely surrounds the antenna area is designated Publicly Owned Conservation
Land. The entire property is park dedicated. Restoring this property to marshtand and adding it
to Byxbee Park would be consistent with Comprehensive Plan policies to restore the natural
environment where it has been degraded by past development, and to seek out new opportunities
for permanent open space in the Baytands. (See Attachment 5: Comprehensive Plan map C-2,
Parkland Open Space)
Natural Environment
The Comprehensive Plan goals and policies in the Natural Environment element recognize the
significance of the Baylands as a high value ecosystem, provide for the preservation and
protection of the natural areas, and the conservation and preservation of the Baylands as open
space. The Baylands Master Plan includes more specific recommendations for the natural areas
that are consistent with and would help to implement the Comprehensive Plan goals and policies.
The Baylands Master Plan includes specific recommendations for management of the wild life
areas, including the need for a management plan and for controlling access to these areas.
Policies and programs in the Comprehensive Plan Natural Environment Element address these
same issues: managing open space in a way that meets habitat protection goals; the need to
examine and improve management practices; and the need to review- and control access to
enviromnentally sensitive areas.
Views, Scenic Routes and Gateways
The Comprehensive Plan recognizes the importance of dramatic views from the Baylands, and
ac "knowledges the importance of visual connections in defining the character of the community.
Map L-4 showing Community Design Features identifies major view corridors in all directions
from within the Baylands. (See Attachment 6) In the Baylands Master Plan, a major design
concept for the landfill park is the introduction of a high place in an otherwise horizontal
landscape that will provide panoramic views of the surrounding marshes and beyond to the hills
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ringing the south Bay. The Baylands Master Plan also includes several recommendations to
enhance the park quality of Embarcadero Road as the entrance to the Baylands and to create a
gateway experience for visitors to the park. This is consistent with Comprehensive Plan
identification of Embarcadero Road as a scenic route and as a gateway to the Baylands at East
Bayshore Road.
Los Altos Treatment Plant Site
The 1978 Baylands Master Plan recommended that the Los Altos Sewer Plant site should remain
in park land. However, the 1987-88 update refers to City Council direction to staff in 1984 to
explore use of the site as possible location for a solid waste transfer station~ The adopted 1989-
91 Byxbee Park Master Plan anticipates the possible location of the transfer station in Sunnyvale.
By the time of the 1998 Comprehensive Plan, the location of a regional transfer station had been
resolved with construction of the SMART Station in Sunnyvale. The Comprehensive Plan land
use designation for the Los Altos site is public park and the site is dedicated park land.
East Bayshore Employment District
The Comprehensive Plan provides that the design of buildings east of the Bayshore Freeway
should reflect their location near the Baylands, that visual connections should be developed by
exploiting views of the Baylands, and that physical connection to the nearby open space for
bicycles and pedestrians should be enhanced. The Baylands Master Plan includes several
related and more specific recommendations that would help implement the Comprehensive Plan
policies.
Airport
The Comprehensive Plan continues the airport policies that were adopted in the Baylands Master
Plan, reaffirming the limit of a single runway, not more than two fixed base operators, and only
minor expansion and improvement of airport facilities without significantly increasing its
intensity or intruding into open space.
Access and Circulation
The overarching concepts in the Baylands Master Plan regarding automobile access are to reduce
automobile use in the park as much as possible, facilitate alternative ways to get to the park and
to move around in the park, to provide only the amount of parking that is really needed and to
locate and design parking lots in a way that will minimize their visual impacts in the Baylands.
These objectives are consistent with the policies in the Transportation Element to support
programs that reduce auto use and to minimize negative physical impacts of parking lots.
The objectives of the Comprehensive Plan policies and programs for bicycle and pedestrian
access are to provide a system that is inte~ated with local and regional networks, and to
maintain bicycle and pedestrian facilities that are safe and easy to use. The Transportation
Element includes policies regarding completion of the Bay Trail and evaluating a Bay-to-
Foothills trail. The recommendations in the Baylands Master Plan are consistent with these
policies and programs.
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Park Enhancements
The Baylands Master Plan includes specific proposals for park improvements such as landscape
screening in strategic locations, park quality signs, the undergrounding of telephone and electric
lines, and reduction of glare from night lighting. While there are no Comprehensive Plan
programs that specifically address these park improvements in the Baylands, the Comprehensive
Plan Community Services and Facilities Element includes a g~ ~eral policy to maintain and
enhance existing park facilities. ~ ~
PREPARED BY:
DEPARTMENT HEAD
APPROVAL:
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:
EMIL~ HARRISON
Assistant City Manager
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment 1 :
Attachment 2:
Attachment 3:
Attachment 4:
Attactunent 5:
Attachment 6:
Matrix shows Baylands Master Plan policies in the left column and
related Comprehensive Plan goals, policies, and progams in the
right column.
Amended Summary Report, Baylands Master Plan, 1987-88.
Excerpts from the 1989-91 Byxbee Park Master Plan
Comprehensive Plan Map L-2, Urban Service Area
Comprehensive Plan Map C-2, Parks and Open Space
Comprehensive Plan Map L-4, Community Design Features
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ATTACHMENT 1
Comparison of Baylands Master Plan Policies with Comprehensive Plan goals, policies and
programs.
1. LAND USE: Overall Environmental
Baylands Master Plan
"A new awareness of the ecological value of baylands,
mudflats, and marshlands arose in the 1960’s. Palo Alto
specified in 1965 that its parks were to be used for
conservation and recreation. Plans for the Baylands
~dvocated development up until 1974, then they changed
dramatically. Santa Clara C(~unty’s plans for a shoreline
park have been dropped; expansion and upgrading of the
harbor have been held to a minimum."
"Why a Baylands Master Plan? The Baylands Master Plan
was draw-n up for two reasons. The first was to meet the
requirements of the California Bay Conservation and
Development Commission (BCDC) .... The second was to
serve as a comprehensive guide to future conservation and
improvements in the entire Baylands."
"Policies concerning the overall environmental quality- of
the Baylands fall into four categories- the future of the
landfill and the marshes, wildlife, access and traffic, and
the future of the urbanized area. The landfill will
ultimately become an environmental asset and a
continuation of the natural open space as it is converted
into a pastoral park. The marshes will be kept open to the
Bay along the entire shoreline. Wildlife will be protected.
Automobile traffic will be reduced in the Baylands. The
urbanized Embarcadero Road corridor’s relationship to the
open land wil! be recognized and maintained, but no more
urban intrusion will be allowed?’ (Summary, page 1)
Protection of the Baylands
Comprehensive Plan
Planning Context, Page L-4: "With
adoption of the Baylands Master
Plan in 1978, urban uses were limited
to approximately 200 acres of
existing development along
Embarcadero Road and East
Bayshore Road. The remaining 1700
acres were dedicated for recreation
and restoration of marshland wildlife
habitat."
Goal N-1 Text: "Palo Alto’s foothills
and baylands will continue to be
conserved as open space over the
term of this plan. The City will seek
out new opportunities for permanent
open space in both areas."
Goal L-1 Text: "In a community
survey conducted during the
Comprehensive Plan process, the
community overwhelmingly
reaffirmed its commitment to the
protection of the baylands and
foothills."
Glossary. "Baylands Master Plan
(1987). City Council adopted Palo
Alto planning policy document for
areas east of Highway 101 ."
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Baylands Master Plan
"Recognize and maintain the relationship between the
urbanized Embarcadero Road corridor in the northwest
and the remaining recreation-oriented three-quarters.
Allow no more urban intrusion." (Adopted
recommendation A. 10, page 5)
LAND USE: The Urban Service Area
Comprehensive Plan ¯
Map L-2. Urban Service Area.
Baylands areas identified as outside the
urban service area include the landfill,
the aquatic park, nature preserves, golf
course, and athletic fields.
"A 146-acre pastoral park wilt emerge from the landfill
at the refuse Disposal Area." (Summary, page 1)
"See that the disposal area ultimately becomes an
enviroi~rnental asset and a continuation of the natural
green space." (Adopted Recommendation A. 12, page 5)
’~...areas in the Baylands that will be changed very tittle,
if at all .... the Lucy Evans Baytands Nature Interpretive
Center...the Athletic Center ....The Municipal Service
Center and Animal Services ....Municipal Golf
Course...the Regional Water Quality Control Plant...the
duck pond and lagoon...the natural area." (Summary,
page 2)
Policy L-1 Text: ~The City’s Urban
Service Area boundary identifies areas
that may be developed during the term
of this Plan."
Policy L-1. "Continue current City
policy limiting future urban
development to currently developed
lands within the urban service area.
The boundary of the urban service area
is otherwise know as the urban growth
boundary .... Retain undeveloped
Baylands northeast of Highway 101 as
open space."
Page 2 of 11
2. PARKS: Byxbee
Baylands Master Plan
"Forecast Plan. This will be achieved when the
landfill is converted into a pastoral park." (page
"A 146-acre pastoral park will emerge from the
landfill at the Refuse Disposal Area. An aquatic park
will replace the Yacht Harbor .... These two park
elements will be connected by a pedestrian
promenade that roughly follows the harbor
shoreline." (pages ! and 2).
"Landfill Area-Grading Plan. The adopted grading
plan is based on closing the landfill,,o ...... o,,~,, as
v..........................15to¯.,,,; ...., consistent
with the development of alternative disposal and
resource recovery methods at the most affordable
costs. The 15 20 ?’ear grading plan is intended to
provide passive upland meadow recreation and meet
Regional Water Quality Contro! Board
requirements." (Adopted Recommendation N., page
6-7; strikeouts shown in 1987-88 update)
"The landfill ,.,;11 ~.~ ~1~o~,~ ............;M~ and
...... ~r an~_~, .....c sure me
depends on the development of affordable
alternative ways to dispose of waste and to recover
materials." @age 15)
"Seeing that the landfill ultimately becomes an
environmental asset and a continuation of the natural
open space is one of the most important aspects of
the overall environmental quality plan for the
Baylands." (page 15)
Landfill Park
Comprehensive Plan
Page C-4, Text: "The City also owns and
operates several large open space preserves
such as Byxbee Park .... Because of the
"built-out" nature of the community, it is
unlikely that many new parks will be created
in Palo Alto. Maintenance and rehabilitation
of existing facilities will be the City’s primary
concern relating to parks."
Goal N-1 Text: "Palo Alto’s foothills and
baylands will continue to be conserved as
open space over the term of this Plato. The
City will seek out new opportunities for
permanent open space in both areas."
Policy C-25. "Make infrastructure
improvements on public open space only
when these improvements are consistent with
the goals of protecting and conserving the
natural environment."
Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map. The
land use designation for the landfill area is
Public Park.
Map C-2. Parks and Open Space. The landfill
area is identified as Dedicated Park Lands and
Open Space Preserve Owned by the City of
Palo Alto.
Page 3 of 11
2. PARKS :
Baylands Master Plan
"Remove antenna field and replace with
marshland. Incorporate this area into B),~bee
Park." (Adopted Recommendations 0.2.a and
b., page 7)
Former ITT Property
Comprehensive Plan
Page N-1. Natural Enviromnent Vision
Statement. "Elements of the natural
environment will be conserved where they
remain intact and restored where they have
been degraded by past development."
"This 154 acres of diked marshland was sold to
the City by ITT in 1977. The future of the
former ITT property goes beyond conservation
into rehabilitation, and fits perfectly with the
overall goal of the Baylands Master Plan- to
preserve and enhance unique and irreplaceable
resources .... ITT will control 37 acres in the
central part of the property~,,~+’~ -,,,’~a ,~,~,, ,.,~ : ...... ,,~,~ o
until approximately the year 2000 .... The
Federal Communications Commission has ruled
that the antennas are an essential
communications link to ships at sea .... The
property will be opened to the tides and again
become a salt marsh after the antennas are
removed. The diked marshlands and antenna
field w~ill be restored to their natural states, made
biologically productive again, and will become a
part of Byxbee Park." (page 17; strikeout and
italics appear in 1987-88 update)
(City Council action, December 14, 1981,
reaffirmed marsh conversion for this site.)
Goal N-1 Text: "Palo Alto’s foothills and
baylands will continue to be conserved as
open space over the term of this Plan. The
City wil! seek out new opportunities for
pelnnanent open space in both areas."
Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map. Land
Use designation for this site is Publicly
Owned Conservation Land, except the 37
acres in the center of the site where the
antenna field is still operating, which is
designated Open Space/Controlled
Development.
Map C-2. Parks and Open Space. The ITT
property is identified as Dedicated Park
Lands and Open Space Preserve Owned by
the City of Palo Alto
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Baylands Master Plan
The Baylands are one of the most significant
areas of native marsh vegetation, endangered
species habitat, and habitat for waterfowl and
shorebirds in the South Bay. The Baylands
are large, and much of the marsh is
undisturbed. The area can provide a
complete food web. The salt marsh harvest
mouse and the California clapper rail, both
on the federal endangered species list, are
~ermanent Baylands residents." (Summary,
page 3)
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT: Conservation and Restoration
Comprehensive Plan
PageN-1. Natural Environment Vision
Statement. "Elements of the natural environment
will be conserved where they remain intact and
restored where they have been degraded by past
development."
"Restore the diversity of plants and animals
to disturbed upland sites." (Adopted
Recommendation A.7., page 5)
"Keep marshes open to the Bay along the
entire shoreline." (Adopted Recommendation
A.4., page 5)
"t4- I¢~en the dredging of the Harbor is
stopped, it will silt up and will again become
a salt marsh. The area will return to a
relatively natural state." (Adopted
Recommendation P.2., page 8; strikeout and
italics shown in 1987-88 update)
"Reclaim the area north of Harbor Point,
referred to as Mundy marsh, as a marshland."
(Adopted Recommendation P. 1.a., page 8)
"Reclaim a section of marsh at Harbor Pont
as the stockpile of dredge spoil is removed or
reshaped." (Adopted Recommendation
P.l.c., page 8)
"Open up the old channel to serve the
shallow pond area called Mundy Marsh."
(Adopted Recommendation T.5., page 9)
Goal N-1. "A citywide Open space System that
Protects and Conserves Palo Alto’s Natural
Resources and Provides a Source of Beauty and
Enjoyment for Palo Alto Residents."
Goal N-1 Text: "Along the San Francisco Bay
shoreline, open space is contained in what is
generally called the Palo Alto baylands.
...includes the John Fletcher Byxbee Recreation
Area, the Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course, the
Baylands Athletic Center, the Palo Alto Landfill
(part of which has been closed and converted into
Byxbee Park), a flood control basin and several
natural salt marshes .... Most of the area consists
of passive open space,.., and some of the most
extensive salt marsh and mudflat habitats
remaining in the Bay Area .... Pato Alto’s
foothills and baylands will continue to be
conserved as open space over the term of this
Plan."
Policy N-8. "Preserve and protect the Bay,
marshlands, salt ponds, sloughs, creeks, and other
natural water or wetland areas as open space."
Policy N-8 Text: "The 1987 Baylands Master
Plan identified the baylands as a special resource
warranting conservation and preservation as open
space."
Policy T-52. "Participate in seeking a regional
solution to improved roadway connections
between highway 101 and the Dumbarton Bridge
without construction of a southern connection
across environmentally sensitive baylands."
Page 5 of 11
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Baylands Master Plan
"Marsh preserve, Faber and Laumeister Tracts, Sand
Point area, Hooks Island, Inner Harbor Marsh, Flood
Basin. Because of the high biological value of these
areas, only a few changes are proposed. They include
the proposed landscaping of the duck pond, the
approved levee and flood wall construction in the
flood basin, and proposed trails described in the access
and Circulation section. Develop a management plan
for these areas as these changes require." (Adopted
Recommendation Q., page 8)
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT : Management
Comprehensive Plan
Policy N-1. "Manage existing public
open space areas ... in a manner that
meets habitat protection goals, public
safety concerns, and low impact
recreation needs."
"Be sure there is enough native food and cover for
wildlife." (Adopted Recommendation A.8., page 5)
"Control access to environmentally sensitive
marshland and upland meadow habitat. Prohibit
access to Hooks Island. Protect the duck-breeding
area with a vegetation buffer and control the high-tide
bird refuge in the flood basin. Use the flood basin
only in certain seasons to protect the waterfowl and
shorebird refuge area. Restrict access to protect
breeding species and their habitat and to preserve and
enhance flood basin wildlife and vegetation."
(Adopted Recommendations A. 1., 2., 5., 6., and C.2.,
page 5)
Program N-2. "Examine and improve
management practices for natural
habitat and open space areas,...."
Program N-3. "Review the need for
access controls in environmentally
sensitive areas, including the baylands,
foothills, and riparian corridors."
Prograna N-3 Text: "While the City
recognizes the need to provide adequate
access to open space for fire protection
and utility maintenance, it should not be
provided at the expense of natural
resources."
Page 6 of 11
Baylands Master Plan
Views: "The land is open, spacious, and
horizontal, with nothing between the planes of
ground, water, and sky except for the landfill in
the center portion." (Summary, page 2)
VIEWS, SCENIC ROUTES and GATEWAYS
"The two off-set upland meadow bowls provide
enclosed open space for passive recreation as
well panoramic views of the surrounding
marshlands and the South Bay." (Adopted
Recommendation N., page page 7)
"The park will be the main high-ground
landmark in the flatness of the Baylands. The
hills, the highest of which will be 44-fe~ 60feet
(Council action, October 6, 1986), will allow
visitors to enjoy panoran~ic views of the marsh,
south Bay, and wildlife. (page 15; strikeout and
italics shown in 1987-88 update)
Scenic Routes and Gateways. "Use the excess
right-of-way for trails and landscaping to
improve the entrance to the Baylands. Run the
utilities in the Baylands underground when
Embarcadero Road is rebuilt." (Adopted
Recommendations D.2 and D.4, page 6)
"Provide a strip of planting.., at the airport from
its entrance east along Embarcadero road to its
junction with the shoreline road." (Adopted
Recommendation M.2, page 6)
"Install park-quality lighting from Embarcadero
Way toward the Bay." (Adopted
Recommendation T.3, page 9)
"Create a "gateway" feeling for Bs-xbee park at
the intersection of Embarcadero Road and the
airport." (Adopted Recommendation S.5.e.,
page 9)
Comprehensive Plan
Policy L-3, Text: "Palo Atto’s backdrop
of forested hills to the southwest and
San Francisco Bay to the northeast is a
character-defining element of the City.
... Views from the baylands are equally
striking, taking in the Bay, the East Bay
hills, and the Santa Cruz Mountains.
These visual connections are part of
what makes Palo Alto attractive. The
design and siting of new buildings
should take into account impact on
views, and should frame existing views
of the hills, where possible."
Map L-4. Community Design Features.
This map identifies major view
corridors within the Baylands.
Program L-71. "Recognize Sand Hill
Road, University Avenue, Embarcadero
Road, ... as scenic routes."
Program T-57. "Provide a planting
strip and bicycle/pedestrian path
adjacent to Embarcadero Road that is
consistent with the open space character
of the Baylands."
Map L-4. Community Design Features.
This map identifies Embarcadero Road
east to Harbor Road as a scenic route,
and identifies Embarcadero Road at
East Bayshore as a gateway
Page 7 of 11
5. Los Altos Sewer Plant site
Baylands Master Plan Comprehensive Plan
"Keep the Los Altos Sewer Plant
site in parkland as shown in the
Comprehensive Plan. Staffwas
directed to explore the use of this
site as a future solid waste transfer
station (Council Action, July 2,
Goal N-7 Text: "Approximately one-third of the solid waste
generated within the City is delivered to the 137-acre
municipal landfill .... The remaining two-thirds of the waste
stream is transferred to the regional Sunns’,,ale Material and
Recovery Transfer (SMART) Station. There, waste is sorted
to remove recyclable goods ..... Waste that cannot be
1984)." (Adopted Recommendation
L., page 6)
"The Los Altos Sewer Plant site will
be kept in parkland as shown in the
Comprehensive Plan. Staffwas
directed to explore the use of this
site as a f!¢ture solid waste transfer
station (Council Action, July 2,
1984). " (Surmnary, page 2; italics
shown in 1987-88 update)
recycled is deposited at the Kirby Canyon Landfill in San
Jose. Assuming that conditions remain approximately the
same, Palo Alto’s municipal landfill will be operational until
2014. After its closure, all of the City’s waste will go to the
SMART Station."
Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map. Land use designation
of Los Altos Treatment Plan site is Public Park.
Map C-2. Parks and Open Space. The Los Altos Sewer
Plant site is identified as Dedicated Park Lands and Open
Space Preserve Owned by the City of Palo Alto.
6.EAST BAYSHORE EMPLOYMENT DISTRICT
Baylands Master Plan
"Privately Owned Lands. Be sure any future development
is consistent with the comprehensive Plan and continues to
receive extensive design review." (Adopted
Recommendation F., page 6)
"Improve the public easement between the industrial and
research area on the north side of East Bayshore Frontage
Road with landscaping, pavement, and signs. The signs
should be part of a total system." (Adopted
Recommendation S.5.e, page 9)
"Provide Screen Planting along the southerly urbanized
edge of the private property facing the fomaer ITT
property." (Adopted Recommendation T. 1, page 9)
"Provide access from the public easement (ITT site) to
By-xbee Park along the south side (and) parallel to the
urbanized area." (Adopted Recommendation S.4.3., page 9)
Comprehensive Plan
Policy L-46. Text: "The design of
new or redeveloped buildings and
landscaping, particularly northeast
of the Bayshore Freeway, should
reflect the area’s locati.on near the
baylands. Connections to the
nearby baylands should be
strengthened by taking advantage
of views and improving bicycle
and pedestrian connections to the
open space area."
Page 8 of 11
7. AIRPORT
Baylands Master Plan
"In general, make no changes in the airport activities that
will increase the intensity of airport use or will significantly
intrude into open space." (Adopted Recommendation M. 1,
page 6)
"Do not construct the second runway. Plant indigenous
grasses on the existing pad and leave as open space.
Proceed with construction of Fixed Base Operator
#2 .... delete Fixed Base Operator #3 from the Airport Master
Plan." (Adopted Recommendations M.2.a,b,c, page 6)
"The Palo Alto Airport, base for no more than 510 aircraft,
wil! stay much the way it is ..... The County lease was
amended May 20, 1980, to clarify that a second runway and
expansion of permanent aircraft tiedown spaces shall not
occur without concurrence of the City. Charter flights and
general aviation, which is mostly private aircraft, made
about 193,000 flights to and from the Palo Alto Airport
between Nov. 1, 1985 and Oct. 31, 1986, and this total is
expected to remain about the same." (page 13)
Relocate the terminal. (Adopted Recormnendation M.2.d,
page 6)
Comprehensive Plan
Policy T-57 Text: "Airport policies were
first adopted in the Baylands Master
Plan of 1978, and are continued in this
plan. Palo Alto will allow for
improvement and only minor expansion
of existing Airport facilities. In the
sensitive baylands area, and
immediately adjacent to homes in East
Palo Alto, traffic and aircraft noise
should be minimized."
Policy T-57. "Support the continued
vitality and effectiveness of the Palo
Alto Airport without significantly
increasing its intensity or intruding into
open space areas. The airport should
remain limited to a single runway and
two fixed base operators."
Program T-58. "Encourage Santa Clara
county to relocate the terminal building
away from the Runway 31 clear zone,
allowing for construction of a new
terminal."
Page 9 of 11
8. ACCESS AND CIRCULATION:
Baylands Master Plan
"Expand bicycle and pedestrian activities while reducing vehicle
traffic in the Baylands as far as possible. Restrict storage and
parking of vehicles in the Baylands." (Adopted Recommendations
A.9. and A. 11, page 5)
"Make it easier for people to use transit systems. Provide for
transit destination points and connect them to existing and future
pedestrian and bike systems." (Adopted Recommendations S.3.b.
and S.5.b., page 9)
"Conduct a study of traffic circulation along Embarcadero Road
from the Bayshore Freeway overpass to East Bayshore Frontage
Road to reduce conflicts between vehicles, bicycles and
pedestrians .... " (Adopted Recommendation S.5.a. 1., page 9)
" Supply about 100 more parking spaces to service the park.
They should blend into the Baylands without major visual
intrusion." (Adopted Recommendation S.5.c, page 9)
"Enclose the parking areas with earth forms to screen them from
surrounding areas." (Adopted Recommendation P. 1 .b., page 8)
Autos and Parking
Comprehensive Plan
Policy T-3. "Support the
development and expansion
of comprehensive, effective
programs to reduce auto use
at both local and regional
levels."
Policy T-75. "Minimize the
negative physical impacts of
parking lots .... "
Page 10 of 11
Baylands Master Plan
"Integrate the City’s bike path and trail system with auto
and public transit facilities to make free and easy movement
possible through the Baylands and to connect with regional
systems to the south, west, and north." (Adopted
Recommendation E. 1, page 6)
ACCESS AND CIRCULATION: Bicycles and Pedestrians
"Improve, protect, and maintain the existing nature trails."
(Adopted Recommendation E.3., page 6)
"Provide safe bicycle storage in the Baylands at appropriate
places." (Adopted Recommendation E.2., page 6)
"Provide separate pedestrian and bike paths away from
vehicle traffic wherever possible and connect the existing
segment of bike path to the regional bike system."
(Adopted Recommendation S.5.d., page 9).
"The regional bike trail route will create a continuous off-
road bike path system from Mountain View in the south to
the north portion of the area, towards Cooley Landing."
(Adopted Recommendation S. 1., page 8)
"Upgrade the PG & E boardwalk for safer pedestrian use."
(Adopted Recommendation A.3., page 5)
Comprehensive Plan
Policy T-14. "Improve pedestrian
and bicycle access to and between
local destinations, including public
facilities, ...parks, open space,
employment districts,...."
Policy T-20. "Improve
maintenance of bicycle and
pedestrian infrastructure."
Policy T-19. "Improve and add
secure bicycle parking..."
Program T-25. "Evaluate the
design of a Bay-to-Foothills path."
Progam T-26. "Complete
development of the Bay Trail
and Ridge Trail in Palo Alto."
Maps T-5 and T-6. Primary
bicycle and pedestrian paths in the
Baylands are identified on these
maps.
o
Baylands Master Plan
"Continue current activities at the Athletic Center and go on
with efforts to reduce the external glare of night lighting."
(Adopted Recommendation H, page 6)
PARK ENHANCEMENTS
Comprehensive Plan
Policy C-26. "Maintain and
enhance existing park
facilities. "
"Add screen landscaping between the Mtmicipal Service
Center/Animal Services and the future landfill area park."
(Adopted Recommendation K., page 6)
"Supply park-quality signs for the Interpretive Center, duck
pond, harbor, refuse area, and recycling center at the park
entrance." (Adopted Recommendation T.2., page 9)
"Eliminate telephone and electric wires and poles from the
Baylands .... Remove utility poles being used as bumpers."
(Adopted Recommendations P. 1 .f., page 8 and )
T.4., page 9)
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February 26, 1988
AMENDED SUMMARY REPORT
BAYLANDS MASTER PLAN AND E.I.R.
I.Update to Amended Summary Report
In January 1987, Public Works staff distributed an Amended Summary Report, Baylands
Master Plan (maroon-colored binder) to members of the City Council, Planning
Commission, Architectural Review Board, and various City departments and divisions.
Attached is information to be placed in your binder, as follows:
o Summary, page 2. Replace page 2 of the Report with the attached page 2. It
contains a correction to the land use designation of the ITT property.
Foldout map of the Baylands Forecast Plan. The binder has a pocket inside
the back cover in which the map can be stored.
II.New Baylands Master Plan Document
On January Ii, 1988, Council discussed CMR:I02:8 pertaining to the Yacht Harbor
restoration study. On February 18, 1988, Council received an informatibnal staff
report (CMR:165:8), which summarized implementation of Council’s direction of January
ii. This report included the project description for a proposed FY 1988-93 Capital
Improvement project (CIP). Both CMR’s are attached for placement in the front of the
binder (along with this transmittal sheet).
One segment of the proposed CIP is the preparation of a new Baylands Master Plan
document by design/environmental consultants. This new document will incorporate all
past changes to the Plan, as well as the specific project elements of the CIP.
Please update your Amended Summary Report as described in I and II above.
be retained for reference.
It should
Comments and questions should be directed to the Public Works Administrator,
329-2566.
Distrkbution:City Council
Planning Commission
Architectural Review Board
City Departments/Divisions
INTRODUCTION
~M,E~DED SUMMARY REPORT
BAYLANDS MASTER PLAN AND E.I.R.
JANUARY 1987
On October i, 1978, Palo Alto City Council adopted the Baylands Master Plan and Environmental Impact
Report (E.I.R.). In 1979, a S~ummary Report of the Baylands Master Plan and E.I.R. was distributed for
use as the primary reference document.
Since 1979, numerous Council-approved actions and completion of projects have occurred. To the degree
practicable, the Amended Summary Report reflects these Baylands-related actions, providing an updated and
handy reference document. The original text from the 1979 Sunmlary Report has been reproduced, in the
Amended Summary Report.All actions have been noted in italics; outdated text is lined-out but readable
for historic reference.
The Amended Summary Report will be updated in a timely manner as future actions and project completions
occur. Approximately one month after an action receives Council approval, a brief update sheet will be
distributed to Report-holders. Each January, the text affected by the action will be reprinted and
distributed, with instructions to replace the appropriate page(s) in the binder. In January 1988, an
updated foldout map of the Baylands forecast plan will be distributed.
Questions regarding this Report should be directed to the Public Works Administrator, 329-2566.
Distribution list:Council
Planning Commission
Architectural Review Board
City Departments/Divisions
In the Pale Alto Baylands, a unique and ir-
replaceable resource, the City of Pale Alto is
balancing ecological preservation with continued
commercial and recreational use of the land.
This is accomplished through a long-term in-
vestment in management, planned improvement,
and controlled growth.
The Baylands Master Plan is a far-seeing docu-
ment. Most of the major changes will not be
realities for 15 tc twcnty-years until closure of the
landfill.
A 146-acre pastoral park will emerge from the
landfill at the Refuse Disposal Area. An aquatic
park will replace the Yacht Harbor. Municipal Air-
port expansion will slow significantly. The City
recommends that the long-planned South Bay
Discharger not be built.
The Master Plan also provides a guide and
framework for future proposals and development
in the Baylands.
A major goal of the Master Plan is a unification
of the Baylands. The site is now divided into
natural areas, the harbor, airport, golf course, the
former International Telephone and Telegraph
Company (ITT) property, and landfill.
Baylands planning had been done piecemeal
before this-report the 1978 flaylands Master Plan,
without considering the area as an integrated
whole.
The City’s first Comprehensive Plan, adopted
in 1976, established planning guidelines, espe-
cially for the urban core and foothills. The Bay-
lands Master Plan focuses on one of the key areas
in the City still to require comprehensive planning.
A new awareness of the ecological value of
baylands, mudflats, and marshlands arose in the
1960s. Pale Alto specified in 1965 that its parks
were to be used for conservation and recreation.
Plans for the Baylands advocated development
up until 1974, then they changed dramatically.
Santa Clara County’s plans for a shoreline park
have been dropped; expansion and upgrading of
the harbor have been held to a minimum.
WHY A BAYLANDS MASTER PLAN?
The Baylands Master Plan was drawn up for two
reasons.
The first was to meet the requirements of the
California Bay Conservation and Development
Commission (BCDC)o The 1975 dredging of the
Pale Alto Yacht Harbor required a BCDC permit
that stipulated that further development and main-
tenance dredging could be considered only after
the City and County completed a comprehensive
recreational plan and found a suitable way to dis-
pose of the dredged mud, called "spoils."
The second was to serve as a comprehensive
guide to future conservation and improvements in
the entire Baylands.
The Master Plan presents concepts for the
Baylands. More detailed design studies are
needed to carry out each element of the Plan.
OVERALL ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY POLICIES
Policies concerning the overall environmental
quality of the Baylands fall into four categories--
the future of the landfill and the marshes, wildlife,
access and traffic, and the future of the urbanized
area.
The landfill will ultimately become an environ-
mental asset and a continuation of the natural
open space as it is converted into a pastoral park.
The marshes will be kept open to the Bay along
the entire shoreline.
Wildlife will be protected by prohibiting human
access to Hooks Island, by management of the
flood basin to protect the duck-breeding area with
a vegetation buffer and to control the high-tide bird
refuge, and by providing adequate food and cover
where natural vegetation is deficient. Other wildlife
protection measures include using the flood basin
only in certain seasons to protect the waterfowl
and shorebird refuge area, and restoring the diver-
sity of plants and animals to disturbed upland
sites.
Automobile traffic will be reduced in the
Baylands while bicycle and pedestrian activities
will be expanded. Storage and parking of vehicles
will be restricted. Other access and traffic policies
include controlling entry to the environmentally
sensitive marshland and upland meadow habitat,
and upgrading the Pacific Gas & Electric Com-
pany boardwalk for safer use by pedestrians.
The urbanized Embarcadero Road corridor’s
relationship to the open land will be recognized
and maintained, but no more urban intrusion will
be allowed.
BAYLANDS tN-T-ER t M-ANt)
FORECAST PLAN
tN--FE~RtM-P-t:AN.:-Mud-wi!l-~e-dredged-f~em-the
yaoht-haflger-and-tgroeessed-in-elewater4ng-pends
en-t he-fer4~er-t:FT-preper4 y:-As-tger4iens-ef-t he-land-
fitl-Feeeive-t heir-finat-eever,-t hey-ean-be-epened
as-par4~landqn-a-phase6Leperatien. Council action
on June 2, 198[) restricted the harbor to one final dredg-
ing, and the harbor lease with the Cottttty w~ls sttbse-
qttently atnended to termittate ott June 30, 1986 771e
August 25, 1981 BCDC pernlit, as atnended, allowed
the final dredging to extend over a five-)’ear period and
imposed the condition that the piers and pilings of tile
}[wllt Harbor be’ removed after the last dredging. De-
waterin,q conce7~t drol)ped (Cottncil Action, December
14, 1981).
FORE~GAST-PL-AN~ This will be achieved when
the landfill is converted into a pastoral park. The
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buildings and berths will be removed from around
the harbor and that area will be converted into an
aquatic park. These two park elements will be con-
nected by a pedestrian promenade that roughly
follows the harbor shoreline. The former ITT prop-
erty will be restored to marshland and connected
to the other natural areas of the Baylands.
AREAS OF LITTLE CHANGE
There are many areas in the Baylands that will
be changed very little, if at all.
The Lucy Evans Baylands Nature Interpretive
Center will continue its present activities, as will
the Athletic Center.
Also continuing present operations are the
Municipal Service Center (MSC) and Animal
Services. Landscaping will be added between the
MSC and the landfill. The Municipal Golf Course
will also go on operating and will proceed with its
renovation program.
The Regional Water Quality Control Plant’s ad-
vanced waste water treatment improvements will
continue. Palo Alto recommends that the Santa
Clara Valley Water District’s flood protection proj-
ect proceed, subject to final plan approval by the
City (completed 1986). The City also recommends
that the proposed salt-water levee not be
constructed.
Also remaining much the same are the duck
pond and lagoon, which will be landscaped.
The Los Altos Sewer Plant site will be kept in
parkland as shown in the Comprehensive Plan.
Staff was directed to explore the use of this site as a
future solid waste tran.~fer station (Council Action,
July 2, 1984).
Only a few changes are planned for the natural
area. They include approved flood basin levee and
flood wall construction and trails. A management
plan that takes these changes into account will be
developed by a citizens’ advisory committee work-
ing with City staff.
ELEI~IENTS OF THE BAYLANDS
The Baylands consist of an urbanized core of
about 200 acres surrounded by 1,700-acre John
Fletcher Byxbee Park. Most of the acreage is
owned by the City and zoned for public facilities.
The urban area includes the Palo Alto Municipal
Airport, the Regional Water Quality Control Plant,
the Municipal Service Center, Animal Services,
and privately owned lands.
Business and industry is concentrated along
Embarcadero Road and East Bayshore Road.
These include a major automobile dealership,
restaurants, office buildings, and other light
industry.
The landfill, Yacht Harbor, duck pond, lagoon,
the natural unit and marsh preserve, Athletic
Center, and Municipal Golf Course are included
in Byxbee Park. The former ITT property is dedi-
cated as open-spaee park hind (City Onfimmce
#33,16, May 3, 1982). The Comprehensive l’hm hind-
use designation for this property is publicly-owned con-
servation land (Council Resolution #6171, Augttst 15,
1983).
The park is mostly marshes and open land that
extend to the edge of San Francisco Bay. It is
bounded on the north by San Francisquito Creek
and on the south by Charleston Slough.
The land is open, spacious, and horizontal, with
nothing between the planes of ground, water, and
sky except for the landfill in the center portion.
Wildlife is conspicuous in the grass-covered
marshes and along the watercourses.
Intensive structured recreation is carried on only
in. the center of Byxbee Park, where it is the least
destructive to wildlife habitat. The shoreline and
the Bay are the major features of interest. This
makes it possible to have a goal of recreation in
harmony with resource preservation.
REGIONAL LOCATION
The Baylands are located at the northern end
of the Santa Clara Valley and at the southern end
of San Francisco Bay. They are about three miles
long and a mile-and-a-half wide.
Most of the Baylands are in Santa Clara County,
with a small portion in southeastern San Mateo
County. San Francisco is 35 miles north and San
Jose is about 15 miles south.
HISTORY
City planning for the Baylands began in about
1923 when city engineer John Fletcher Byxbee
drew up an elaborate development plan.
Before Byxbee’s plan, the Baylands had been
a source of food for early settlers and Native
Americans. Local produce was shipped in the
1870s to markets in San Francisco from a wharf.
The yacht harbor was dredged, the duck pond,
then a swimming pool, and lagoon were con-
structed in the early 1930s, with the dredge spoils
used to reclaim the adjacent marshland.
The airport and sewage treatment plant were
built in 1934.
WILDLIFE IN THE BAYLANDS
The Baylands are one of the most significant
areas of native marsh vegetation, endangered
species habitat, and habitat for waterfowl and
shorebirds in the South Bay.
The Baylat~ds are large, and much of the marsh
is undisturbed. The area can provide a complete
food web.
The salt marsh harvest mouse and the Califor-
nia clapper rail, both on the federal endangered
species list, are permanent Baylands residents.
HOW THE MASTER PLAN CAME ABOUT
The study that resulted in the Baylands Master
Plan began in 1976 with the evaluation of specific
alternatives for various areas in the Baylands
followed by a report on which alternatives were
chosen.
The consultant team had met several times with
a technical advisory committee composed of
representatives from government agencies which
had jurisdiction or regulatory authority over the
Baylands.
An extensive community participation program
was an important element of the study. Citizen
workshops, public workshops, public hearings,
and personal interviews with interested citizens
brought in a great deal of valuable information and
opinion.
Public hearings were held before the Planning
Commission in early 1977. The Planning Commis-
sion then .presented its recommendations to the
City Council for review.
During City Council review, Cooper-Clark
Associates began a study of alternatives for clos-
ing the landfill. The City was negotiating to buy
the 154-acre ITT property at the same time.
The draft Master Plan and Environmental
Impact Report was presented on July 19, 1978 to
the Planning Commission.
The City Council approved the Baylands Master
Plan on October 11, 1978.
HOW THE VARIOUS REPORTS RELATE
This report is-a-~m ~mtctt~l~,~t summary of the
Baylands Master Plan and Environmental Im-
pact Report. The parts of that report that discuss
alternative landfill closure plans were based on
technical information in the report titled Com-
parison of Alternative Closure Plans for the
City of Palo Alto’s Sanitary Landfill, Cooper-
Clark and Associates, 1978.
San ~Bay
Lucy Evans
Interpretive
MARSHPRESERVE
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COURSE
AIRPORT
FORMER’~
I.T.T. PROPERTY
BYXBEE PARK 17ooacre.
MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSEATHLETIC CENTERSAND POINT AREA
HARBORLAGOON & DUCKHOOKS ISLAND
LANDFILLFLOOD CONTROL BASIN
CURRENT
LAND-USE
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A. Overall Environmental Quality of
Baylands
1. Control access to environmentally sen-
sitive marshland and upland meadow
habitat.
2.Prohibit access to Hooks Island.
3.Upgrade the PG&E boardwalk for safer
pedestrian use.
4. Keep marshes open to the Bay along the
entire shoreline.
5. Protect the duck-breeding area with a
vegetation buffer and control the high-tide
bird refuge in the flood basin.
6. Use the flood basin only in certain
seasons to protect the waterfowl and
shorebird refuge area.
7. Restore the diversity of plants and
animals to disturbed upland sites.
8. Be sure there is enough native food and
cover for wildlife.
9. Expand bicycle and pedestrian activities
while reducing vehicle traffic in the
Baylands as far as possible.
10. Recognize and maintain the relationship
between the urbanized Embarcadero
Road corridor in the northwest and the
remaining recreation-oriented three-
quarters. Allow no more urban intrusion.
11. Restrict storage and parking of vehicles
in the Baylandso
12. See that the disposal area ultimately
becomes an environmental asset and a
continuation of the natural green space.
B. Flood Protection
1. Background
The flood protection project proposed by
the Santa Clara Valley Water District for
Barron, Matadero, and Adobe Creeks has
received initial approval of the County and
the City and was in its final pre-
construction stages in early 1979. The
project consists of a flood watt levee along
East Bayshore Frontage Road and a flood
levee continuing behind the Municipal
Service Center and along Matadero
Creek to the refuse disposal area (com-
pleted 1986).
There is a concern about salt-water
flooding, particularly in the urban areas
of the City. However, it is believed that the
levee design proposedin the "Baylands
Saltwater Flood Control Planning Study"
completed in 1973 does not adequately
identify the adverse effects and ways to
lessen their severity. It also appears that
the proposed levee cross-sections were
based on the most unfavorable site con-
ditions which resulted in maximum
heights and widths.
Recommendations
Recommend that the Santa Clara Valley
Water district flood basin project to pro-
tect Barron, Matadero, and Adobe Creeks
proceed as proposed, subject to final plan
review by the City (completed 1986).
Take no position on the salt-water levee
until the San Francisco Bay Shoreline
Sti.~dy is reviewed. The levee should be
built as low as posdible to prevent frequent
flooding, so that its visual and ecological
effects will be reduced.
3. Flood Protection Measures
a. Coordinate any flood protection on San
Francisquito Creek with East Palo Alto
and San Mateo County.
b. Do not allow new levee construction to
intrude on any marsh or wetlands.
C. Flood Basin Access
1. Permit access to the flood basin for
organized and supervised dog training
programs in specified areas with enough
controls to protect other visitors and
wildlife.
Restrict access to protect breeding
species and their habitat and to preserve
and enhance flood basin wildlife and
vegetation.
Use of the f, lood basin would be com-
patible if:
a. access were closed or substantially
restricted during the breeding season,
approximately March 30 to June 30;
b. access to some areas were restricted
during the hunting season, specifically
including the fresh-water/brackish-
water pond area;
c. access were limited to existing trails
and those above the high-water line
with the proposed flood plain mitiga-
tion project. A continuing survey
should be started to establish the most
productive and critical wildlife areas in
the flood basin. If necessary, access
to trails that cross or are next to sen-
sitive areas should be closed or
regulated;
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d.most uses, including bicycle trails,
were limited and encouraged only
along the perimeter levees of the flood
basin;
e. a portion or portions of the flood basin
were closed to unguided access and
reserved for occasional educational
use under supervision.
D. Embarcadero Road
1. Consider a two-lane road from the airport
entrance toward the Bay when Embarca-
dero Road is rebuilt (completed by Santa
Clam County, 1985).
2. Use the excess right-of-way for trails and
landscaping to improve the entrance to
the Baylands.
3. Provide adequate turning lanes, no park-
ing areas, and whatever else is appro-
priate to the continued flow of traffic.
4. Run the utilities in the Baylands under-
ground when Embarcadero Road is
rebuilt.
E. Bike Paths and Trails
1. Integrate the City’s bike path and trail
system with auto and public transit
facilities to make free and easy movement
possible through the Baylands and to con-
nect with regional systems to the south,
west, and north.
2. Provide safe bicycle storage in the
Baylands at appropriate places.
3.Improve, protect, and maintain the existing
nature trails.
F.Privately Owned Lands
Be sure any future development is consistent
with the Comprehensive Plan and continues
to receive extensive design review.
Baylands Interpretive Center
Continue present operations at the Interpretive
Center.
H.Athletic Center
Continue current activities at the Athletic
Center and go on with efforts to reduce the
external glare of night lighting.
I.Regional Water Quality Control Plant
and South Bay Discharger
Proceed with the advanced waste treatment
improvements to the Regional Water Quality
Control Plant. Recommend that the South Bay
Discharger Pipeline not be constructed.
J. Duck Pond and Lagoon
These will stay the same except for the ap-
proved landscaping plan, which provides for
development of a green, park-like treatment
between the duck pond, road, and Harbor with
some parking to remain for those unable to
walk from remote lots (completed 1978).
K. Municipal Service Center
and Animal Services
Continue current operation of the Municipal
Service Center and Animal Services and add
screen landscaping between the MSC and the
future landfill area park.
L. Los Altos Sewer Plant
Keep the Los Altos Sewer Plant site in
parkland as shown in the Comprehensive
Plan. Staff was directed to explore the use of this
site as a future solid waste tran.~fer station (Coun-
cil action, Jtdy 2, 1984).
M. Airport
1. In general, make no changes in the air-
port activities that will increase the inten-
sity of airport use or will significantly
intrude into open space. -T~e--safety
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the-se~end-r-um~ay ,~,.~t,~, ~ ........
that-the-Git~luate-the-effe~ cf such
a-faeitity-and-tenegetiate-the-GeUF~ty
tease-as-appr~pr-iate. T/re County lease
was atnended May 20, ]980, to clarify that
a second runway and expansio~ of perma-
nent aircr~ tiedown spaces shall not occur
without concurrence of file City.
2. Provide a strip of planting, consistent
with existing development and in
character with the Water Quality Control
Plant across the road, at the airpod from
its entrance east along Embarcadero
Road to its junction with the shoreline
road.
Also:
a.Do not construct the second runway.
Plant indigenous grasses on the ex-
isting pad and leave as open space.
b. Proceed with construction of Fixed
Base Operator #2, another service
area for aircraft (completed 1976).
c. Delete Fixed Base Operator #3 from
the Airport Master Plan.
d. Relocate the terminal.
N=Landfill Area -- -t-rS-20-Yee~ G ra di n g Plan
The adopted grading plan is based on closing
the landfill as-soon-as--pessible~-and--ne
tater-than-lfi-te-2_O-years, consistent with the
development of alternative disposal and
resource recovery methods at the most afford-
able costs. The -16-;~O-year grading plan is
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intended to provide passive upland meadow
recreation and meet Regional Water Quality
Control Board requirements.
The "hill and valley" concept will present a
sequence of unique spatial experiences for
people passing through the area and for
others looking at it from outside. The two off-
set upland meadow bowls provide enclosed
open space for passive recreation as well as
panoramic views of the surrounding marsh-
lands and the South Bay. The vallo’s will be
filled to prolong file use of the landfill (Council
action, August 18, 1986). This plan protects vis-
itors from stiff Bay winds and screens un-
desirable views with its sculptured earth forms
and plantings. Picnic areas and an
environmental sculpture garden could be
included. The textures and colors of the sur-
rounding marsh area will carpet the park. The
walkways in the park will double as drainage
channels to reduce the vertical slope require-
ments. Maximum elevation will be 44-feet
60feet (Council action, October 6, 1986). Cover
material will come from dred~je-spoils-and
imported material. Council action on June 2,
1980 restricted the harbor to one final dredging,
attd the harbor lease with the County was subse-
quently amended to terminate on June 30, 1986
"1Tie August 25, 1981 BCDC permit, as atnended,
allowed the final dredging to extend over a five-
),ear period attd imposed the condition that the
piers attd pilings of the Yacht Harbor be removed
after the last dredging.
NOTE:Park design will undergo Site attd Design
review at a fttture date.
O. Former ITT Property
1. Interim Operational Plan
Use-dredge-speits-frem-the-yaeht-ha~be~
for-ta nd fitt-eever.-Genve~a-30-aere-pareet
in-t he-heft hwesFee~ner-ef-t he-fe~mer-tT-T-
prepe~ty-to-t hree-dewaterin~J-19ends-te
preeess-the-d redged-mater-iatqnte-fitt-e~
tepseiDDur-ing-the-pr-eeess,-the-slseits-witt
be-19um ped-te-ene-pond-at-a-t ime-to-a
depth-ef-feur-feet-and-attewed-te-settte4e~
et-teaskfive-day .~The-water-witt-thembe
drained-and-pumped--!sae#te-t he-yaeht
harbor;
Te-eenveP,--t-he-speit-J-te-tepseit-fer-ta
sea pe-~use;-t he-same-pr-eeedure-witl-be
fettewed-butT-befere-drying;-e~ganie-mate-
fiat-such-as--0 rass-end-teaves-e~luat-teth[ee-pereenFef4hewetume-witl-be-added
te-the-19end-ater~g-with-19ewdered-ejypsum
et-t he-~ate-ef-10-tens-#er-ae[ .e;-Treated
waste-witt-be-pumped-f~emqhe-Reejienet
Water-Qu atity-Oentrot-Ptant-te-the-pends
te-a-depth-ef-ene-feeD-A fter-feur-te-si.~
weeks;-t he-water-wilt-be-d ~ained-a rid-the
ponds-dried~-. A-seeend-wash-with-treated
waste-water-or-fresh-water-may-be-neees-
sar .Y~-A fter-t hat-t he-pend-witt-be-d~ied
and-t he-mate~iat-used~-T-his-preeed u~e
remeves-t he-sedium-satts-and-eenver-ts
theqren-sutfide4e-sutfater-making4he-seit
usefut-fer-tandseape-pu[19eses.
Ats~
e~-Ftoed-and-dewate~inffpends-when-net
in-use-to-ereate-refteeting-pends-and
wildlife-areas.
b. Clean up all areas outside the de-
watering-pond-and antenna field.
R
c. Use earth forms and vegetation that
can serve as food for wildlife to soften
the geometric form of the floodwall on
the south side along Matadero Creek.
d. Keep the rest of the site the way it is,
except where otherwise recommended.
Forecast Plan
The forecast plan represents what the
former ITT property could be after de-
water4ng-eper-ations-step-and the I]-f
antenna lease ends. It could be opened
to the tides and allowed to revert to a salt
marsh.
It may be possible, using a tide gate, to
open the site to partial tidal circulation
from the harbor and to create fresh-water
circulation at the opposite end. This could
create a situation similar to that in the
flood basin.
Also:
ao Remove ~lewater4ng-pends-and the
antenna field and replace with
marshland.
Incorporate this area into Byxbee Park
if-there-is-a-80-aereoareel-leeated-i~
the-no~t hwest-eemer--for-dewete~ing
pends-es-eatted--fer-4m4 he--t nte~im
Operational-Plan. Dewatering cottcept
zh’opped (Council action, December 14,
Yacht Harbor Area
1. Interim Plan
Dredgin~j-and-etse~:ation-ef-the-N a~be~
wiltoo-on~-b ut-no-new-berths-witt-be-buitt:
Between-66;000-and-80~000-eubie-ya~ds
ef-d~edged-spoit-will-be-removed -eash
year-in-threo-separ ate-olgeratiens-of-a bout
two-wee~s-eae~ Council action on June 2,
1980 restricted the harbor to one final dredg-
ing, and the harbor lease with the Cottttty was
subsequently amended to terminate on June
30, 1986 77~e August 25, 1981 BCDC permit,
as amended, allowed the final dredging to ex-
tend over a five-year period and imposed the
condition that the piers attd pilings of the Yacht
Harbor be removed after the last dredging.
a. Reclaim the area north of Harbor
Point, referred to as Mundy Marsh, as
a marshland.
b. Enclose the parking areas with earth
forms to screen them from surround-
ing areas.
c. Reclaim a section of marsh at Harbor
Point as the stockpile of dredge spoil
is removed or reshaped.
d. Develop a salt marsh demonstration
garden for interpretive use.
e. Clean up the building area and define
existing areas more clearly; build bet-
ter storage facilities.
f. Remove all utility poles.
g. Provide a public hoist and auxiliary
facilities in the inner Harbor.
h. Install an access control gate at the
south end of the tide gate overpass.
2. Forecast Plan
If When the dredging of the Harbor is
stopped, it will silt up and will again
become a salt marsh. The area will return
to a relatively natural state. It is uncertain
how long it will take for the yacht harbor
to build up enough silt naturally to hold
plants. It will take many years for plants
to start to grow throughout the entire area
and it is possible the center of the South
Arm will never fill in without human in-
tervention. The harbor will revert to salt
marsh much more quickly if helped by a
carefully planned filling program. If im-
plemented, low, temporary dikes will be
built where required around the harbor
and the area then hydraulically filled by
dredging from the entrance channel or
other area. More than one dredging cycle
may be necessary to raise the ground to
the desired level in the harbor area.
Also:
a. Remove the yacht club and berths.
b. Remove the buildings except for the
harbor master’s cottage and the
restrooms.
NOTE:On June 9, 1986, Coancil directed staff to hire
a consultant to study possible uses in the pro-
posed aquatic park.
ao
Natural Unit
Marsh preserve, Faber and Laumeister Tracts,
Sand Point area, Hooks Island, Inner Harbor
Marsh, Flood Basin.
Because of the high biological value of these
areas, only a few changes are proposed. They
include the proposed landscaping of the duck
pond, the approved levee and flood wall con-
struction in the flood basin, and proposed
trails described in the Access and Circulation
section. Develop a management plan for
these areas as these changes require.
Municipal Golf Course
Continue its present use, incorporating the
approved renovation program.
Access and Circulation
1. Regional bike trail route location
The regional bike trail route will create a
continuous off-road bike path system from
Mountain View in the south to the north
portion of the area, towards Cooley
Landing.
Proposed Improvements:
a. Paved bike path (completed 1985).
b. Bridge extension at Adobe Creek and
Matadero Creek (completed 1982).
c. Pedestrian-bike bridge on San Fran-
cisquito Creek (completed 1985).
d. Access control fence along north side
of golf course.
2.Harbor~lnterim Plan
a. Transit
Design a circulation plan for the north
basin parking lot to include a transit
stop and turnaround.
b. Parking
1. Provide for safe pedestrian and
bicycle access around and through
the area from the end of Embar-
cadero to the Interpretive Center.
2. Improve the function and ap-
pearance of the north parking area.
3. Lower the parking lot at the end of
the north berthing area to the
height of the road when the lot is
resurfaced.
c. Pedestrian and Bicycle
1. Provide for separate pedestrian,
bicycle, and vehicle systems where
possible.
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2.Potential routes on land except
where necessary to connect with
existing systems.
3.Harbor--Forecast Plan
a. Vehicular
Encourage limited access.
b. Transit
Make it easier for people to use tran-
sit systems.
c. Pedestrian and Bicycle
Carry out the Forecast Plan for Yacht
Harbor Point.
4.ITT Property--Interim and Forecast Plan
a. Vehicular
Consolidate access roads for levee
maintenance, dewa ter4ng---l~e~ts,
antenna field, and injection wells, and
limit them to official maintenance
workers. Dewatering concept dropped
(Council action, December 14, 1981).
b. Pedestrian and Bicycle
1. Use the maintenance roads for
pedestrians and bicycles.
2. Provide for access to the regional
trail system from the pedestrian
bridge over the Bayshore Freeway.
3. Provide access from the public
easement to Byxbee Park along
the south side parallel to the urban-
ized area.
4.Maintain access along the
Matadero Creek Levee.
5.Embarcadero Corridor
a. Vehicular
1. Conduct a detailed traffic study of
circulation along Embarcadero
Road from the Bayshore Freeway
overpass to the intersection of East
Bayshore Frontage Road to reduce
conflicts between vehicles and non-
vehicular traffic and to encourage
the separation of pedestrians and
bicycles.
2. Delete and reroute the landfill ser-
vice road on the north side of the
treatment plant to Embarcadero
Way.
3, Extend Embarcadero Way from its
present end to the landfill opera-
tion. This road will lead to parking.
lots near the recreational area.
Transit--Internal
Provide for transit destination points
and connect them to existing and
future pedestrian and bike systems.
Supply about 100 more parking
spaces to service the park. They
should blend into the Baylands without
major visual intrusion.
Pedestrian and Bike
Provide separate pedestrian and bike
paths away from vehicle traffic wher-
ever possible and connect the existing
segment of bike path to the regional
bike system.
General Area
Improve the public easement between
the industrial and research area on the
north side of East Bayshore Frontage
Road with landscaping, pavement,
and signs. The signs should be part of
a total system. Create a "gateway" feel-
ing for Byxbee Park at the intersection
of Embarcadero Road and the airport.
Other Recommendations
1. Provide screen planting along the
southerly urbanized edge of the private
property facing the former ITT property.
2. Supply park-quality signs for the inter.
pretive center, duck pond, yacht harbor,
refuse area, and recycling center at the
park entrance.
3. Install park-quality lighting from Embar-
cadero Way toward the Bay.
4. Eliminate telephone and electric wires
and poles from the Baylands by using
radio communications or running utilities
underground.
5.Open up the old channel to serve the
shallow pond area called Mundy Marsh.
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Master Plan Concept -- Existing Land Use Master Plan Concept -- Forecast Land Use
Master Plan Concept -- Interim Land Use
11
PARK DESIGN UNDER REVISION 12-86 PASTORAL PARK DRAWING BY: MARK PECHENIK
AIRPORT
The Palo Alto Airport, base for no more than 370
510 aircraft, will stay much the way it is. No
changes in airport activities are planned that
would take over a significant amount of the airport.
The second runway, provided for in the, Airport
Master Plan, will not be built because it would
present asafety hazard and be detrimental to the
environment. The runway pad will be planted with
native grasses and left as open space. The City
has leased the airport to Santa Clara County un-
til 2017. se-the-Gity-wilt-have-te-~eRegetiate-the
~ca.~c to c×etude--the-ptanRed-seee~d-r-u~way. T/re
County lease was amended May 20, 1980, to clarify
that a second ntnway and expansion of permanent air-
cra.ft tiedown spaces shall not occur without cotzcttr-
rence of the Oty.
Mititar~,-tr-aining--ftights, Charter flights and
general aviation, which is mostly private aircraft,
made about ~-16~000 193,000 flights to and from the
Palo Alto Airport between ,9ept~-1976-and-Sept~
4977Nov. 1, 1985 and Oct. 31, 1986, and this total is
expected to remain about the same.
The airport will have two Fixed Base Operators
(FBO), service areas for aircraft, when the second
one is constructed (completed 1976), but the third
FBO will not be built.
A strip of plants and shrubs much like those now
growing at the airport and at the Regional Water
Quality Control Plant across the road will be put
in at the airport from its entrance east along Em-
barcadero Road to its intersection with the
shoreline road.
//
IiL~,,tt ,.IAIlL
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N. LANDFILL/PASTORAL PARK
The conversion of the landfill into a rolling
pastoral park is one of the major changes for the
Baylands.
Seeing that the landfill ultimately becomes an
environmental asset and a continuation of the
natural open space is one of the most important
aspects of the overall environmental quality plan
for the Baylands.
The 146-acre Refuse Disposal Area landfill rises
to as much as 80-feet 60 feet (Council action,
October 6, ]986). It is bordered on three sides by
flat, tidal marshland.
About 100,000 tons of solid waste are dumped
there every year in a modified sanitary landfill
operation that accepts nontoxic decomposable
rubbish and inert solids which will not decompose.
All of the site has been filled except for about
10 acres of marshland near the remnant of the
Magfield Slough. This is being saved for possible
rehabilitation.
Interim Plan: The landfill witl-19e-etesed-as-seen
ae-pessi!~te;-aF~d-~eqater-t ham-16qe-P.O-yea r~e-
closure time depends on the development of af-
fordable alternate ways to dispose of waste and
to recover materials.
In order to close the landfill, the City must meet
the requirements of the Regional Water Quality
Control Board (RWQCB).
These requirements protect the surrounding
water from contamination by gases from the land-
fill and by harmful landfill material that could be
carried by rainwater from the land surface through
the landfill underneath and then into the Bay water.
At least one foot of impermeable material,
material that does not allow water to pass through
it, must be placed on top of the landfill. At least
two feet of topsoil must go on top of that. The land
surface must maintain a three percent slope so
that water will drain away and not stand in puddles.
Refuse will be placed in the landfill in the con-
toured forms that will create the hill-and-valley ef-
fect of the pastoral park.
The 46-te-20-yea~ closure plan calls for the use
of t~eth imported anffdredged materials to cap the
landfill. It provides for a park and meets RWQCB
requirements.
Pate-Atte-witt-keep-theqandfilt-and-the-yaoht
ha~ber-epen-for-u p-te-l.5-te-P.O-years-under-t his
19tan-and-witkeonstr-uet-dewatering-ponds-en-the
for-m er-CTq-proper~here-is-a-direet-teehnieet
eneLeeenemie-eonneetien-between-harber-dredg.
ing--and-tandfi!t-eeverage.
As portions of the pastoral park are finished,
they will be opened as parkland.
M anu faeturing-eever-mate~iat--fer-theq and fitPcvitt
put-interim-plan s-inte-ef feet-fer-t he-had~er-aneLthe
¯ fe~meF-l-TZr-p~opeFty-a~-spoits-a~e-d Fedged_and
Preeessed-in-the-dewate~iF~gtgends. Council action
on Jutte 2, 1980 tz, stricted the harbor to one final dredg-
ing, attd the harbor lease with the County was subse-
quently amended to terminate on June 30, 198d 7he
August.25, 1981 BCDC permit, as atnended, allowed
the final dredging to extend over a fi re-year period atut
imposed the condition that the pietw attd pilings of the
Yacht ftarbor be removed after the htst dredging.
Dewatering concept dropped (Council action Decem-
ber" 14, 1981).
Forecast Plan: When the landfill is completed,
it will create a park with hills and-valleys that will
blend with the textures and colors of the surround-
ing marshland.
The park will be the main high-ground landmark
in the flatness of the Baylands.
The hills, the highest of which will be 44feet
60feet (Council action, October 6, 1986), will allow
visitors to enjoy panoramic views of the marsh,
South Bay, and wildlife. Two-upland--meadow
vatteys-witt-preteetwisiters-frem-stif f~ay-winds-aF~d
wit~deaHe~a~i~~~att~itt
se~ee~att~aetiv~i~it~tanti~g~nd
~utptur~a~fe~s. 7~e va/lo,s ~ll be filled to
prolong the use of the landfill (Council action, August
18, 1986):
NOTE:Park design will undergo Site and Design reffew
at a fitture date.
¯¯
preserve
view
marsh preserve
Mounds
Meadow
Meadow
hest
Meadow Flood Basin
: Fresh Water Marshoo
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LEGEND
~-~ V~3etation
~;~Pedestrian/Bike Circulation &Drainage Swales
PARK DESIGN
UNDER REVISION
12-86
y location
of dewaterlng ponds
~]Earth Forms¯ enclose space
¯ protect from wind
Environmental Sculpture
Picnic Areas
Garden
Pastoral Pad(
Conceptual Diagram
perty
no scale
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O,, FORMER ITT PROPERTY
This 154 acres of diked marshland was sold to
the City by the International Telephone and
Telegraph Company (ITT) in 1977.
:Fhe-fer-mer--FT~-i~re#eFty;-the-tand fitt~-a nd-t h e
h ar-19er-ereq he-eere-ef-t he-B ayl-a nd~.
T-hese-thrcc corc ~r~’as-areqinked-teeeauee4he
dredged-mud-frem-t he-haFber-witt-be-madeqnto
imper-mea!9te-eaFth-and4epseit-in-the-dewatering
pends-eR-t he-t-TT-pr~leert y-a nd-wit~eed-te
make-the-tend filt-inte-a-p asteFat-par~.
The future of the former ITT property goes
beyond conservation into rehabilitation, and fits
perfectly with the overall goal of the Baylands
Master Plan--to preserve and enhance unique
and irreplaceable resources.
This marshland is flat and low, just about at sea
level. It is not as productive now as it could be
because the water environment has been
disrupted by the diking.
However, when the winter rains are heavy,
ponds form. These ponds give feeding and
nesting habitat for gulls, ducks, and shorebirds.
Burrowing owls, rodents, jack rabbits, and
ground squirrels nest there during the dry season.
Birds of prey, pheasants, and mourning doves also
visit the site then.
ITT will control 37 acres in the central part of
the property fer-~O-te-~f-years until approximately
the year 20(X). This section is a condensed antenna
field and must be maintained because the Federal
Communications Commission has ruled that the
antennas are an essential communications link to
ships at sea which still don’t have satelliti~ com-
munications equipment.
Interim Plan: -Th~ee-dewatering-ponds-te-I~e
toeated-in-e-30-aere-pa~eet-in-the-no~thwest-eome~
oFthe-preperty-witt-preeess-t he-spoils-dredged
frem-the--yaeht-harbo~.
Mest-ef-t he-~esFef-the-site-witl-beqeft-t he-way
it-ie-unt it-t he-dewatering-#ends-etose~-a fter-t hey
h ave-#meessed-eneug h-speits-te-pteee-a-tayer-ef
impermeable-east h-over-theqand filt-erea-and-te-put
tepseit-en-tep-ef-t hat.
When-t he-#ends-a~en’-t-being-used,-t hey-witt-t~e
fteeded-te-ereate-refleeting-peets-that-wilt-be
ettraeti~,,e-te-animats~i~dsranffpeepte. De~vatering
concept dropped (Council action, December 14, 1981).
The property outside the antenna field and
dewatering-pend-area will be cleaned up. The
angular floodwall that is proposed along Matadero
Creek will be masked and softened by plantings
and earth forms.
Forecast Plan: The property will be opened to
the tides and again become a salt marsh after
t he--dewate~ing--pen~ls--are--etesed--and the
antennas are removed.
The diked marshland and antenna field will be
restored to their natural states, made biologically
productive again, and will become a part of
Byxbee Park.
A possibility to be explored would be construc-
tion of a tide gate to open the area to partial cir-
culation of harbor tides and to let fresh water
circulate at the other end. This would make the
marshland similar to the flood basin.
DE-WATERING-AND-TOPSOIL-
PRODUCTION-PROCIcSS
A-30-aer-e-pa~eeFin-the-nort hwest-eo~ner-ef-t he
former-tT-T--preper-ty-witt-be-eenverted-teq hree
dewatering-ponds.
These-pends-wilt-proeess-t he-dredged-mud-inte
fitt-er-telSsoit-in-an-e×perimental-p~eeess.
During-the-p~eeess~-the-speils-witl-be-pumped
to-ene--pond-at-a-time-to-a-dept h-of-four-feet-and
altewed-te-settle-fer-at-teast-five-days.
The-water-witt-then-be-dr-ained-and-pumfeed
baek-inteqhe-yaeht-ha~bo~.
Te-pred uee-tepsei ,t~t he-same-pmeedu~e-wi!l-be
fettewed-butT-befere-dr-ying,-e~ganie-mate~iat-sueh
es-g~ass-and4eaves-equat-to-t h~ee-pe~eent-ef-t he
votume-witt-be-added-te-the-pend-ateng-with
pewdered~yps um-at-t he-Fate-ef-10-tens-per-aere.
Seeendarity-treated-waste-water-witt-bepumped
f rem-t he-Regienat-Water-~uatity-Gentret-Pta nt-te
t he-pends-te-a-depth-ef-ene-feot-betew-t he~end;9
edge.
A fter-feur-te-six-wee ksr-the-water-witt-be-d mined
f~em-t he-pends-and-t he-spoils-d ~ied.
A-seeend-wash-wit h-treated-waste-water--e~
fresh-water-may-tee--neeess ars,.
After--that,--t he-pend-witt--I~e--dried-and-t he
material-used.
-T-his-proeess-remeves-t he-sed iu m-satt s-a~d
eonveFts-the-i~en-sutfide-te-sut fater-making-the
m ateriet-usef ut-fe~-tandseepe-pu~peee9. Dewater-
ing concept dropped (Council action, December 14,
INTAKE
San Francisco BayLucy Evans and Point
Palo Alto
ReseamhPark
Embarcadero
OUTLET
Channel
30 Acres
OUTLETWEIR-
Basin
Dredging Schedule
~~,M arch
May- June
July-Aug.
.See drawing fo~ Ioca~tonof dredging operation.
1r PARK
/
CONTROLI~WATE RIN~t~PONDS,
~ & RECACCESS PATH
ACCESS
WEIR
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Note:
This drawing Is Interpretive
In character and not to scale.
LIFT
Existing ~INJ.ECTIOI~ XTRACTIONPipeline ~yszem
153acre FORMER I.’ITE. PROPERTY
BAYLANDS SUMMARY
DREDGING & DEWATERINGJ
DIAGRAM DEWA TEFUNG STOPPED 1981
DREDGING STOPPED 1986
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P. YACHT HARBOR/AQUATIC PARK
The Palo Alto Yacht Harbor was created in 1928
when the course of San Francisquito Creek was
dredged out where it entered Mayfield Slough.
witt--be-etoeed-qn--t~-o-to-P.O-yearg. Harbor berthing
fitcilities closed July 1, 1986 (Council action, February
10, 1986).
:l:he-hadger-has-19een-eperated-19y-the-Santa
(~laFa-Goun ty-PaFks-a~d-Reereatienqgepa Ft.ment
9inee-t968-ur~der-aqe ng-tc r m ~ease-with-t he-Gity:.
T-he-Geu nty-is-r-eslaensitgte-fer-dredging4he-her bet
te-keeff-itmavigabte-fer-sma!t-19eats-tgerthed-t here.
:ghe-hadger-master-’,=j-effiee~-t he-109-tgerth-hadger~
a-deut~le-eenerete-teunehing,-ramlg~ar~d-varieu9
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or-stoekpited.
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proeess-is-en-page-16. Council action on June 2,
1980 restricted the harbor to one final dredging, attd
the harbor lease with the County was subsequently
amended to terminate on June 30, 1986 "17ze August
25, 1981 BCDC permit, as atnended, allowed the final
dredging to extend over a five-year period and intposed
the condition that the piers atzd pilings of the }~cht tlar-
bor be removed after the last dredgbtg. Dewatering con-
cept dropped (Council action, December 14, 1981).
There are several other aspects of the harbor
interim plan.
The area north of Harbor Point, which has been
overgrown with Salson, will be opened to tidal
action and reclaimed as marshland. The area is
proposed-to-be named Mundy Marsh, after Harriet
Mundy, a tireless advocate of marsh preservation
in the Baylands (Council Resolution #50"71, October
4, 1982). A section of marsh at Harbor Point will
be reclaimed as the stockpiled dredge spoil is
removed.
A salt marsh demonstration garden (a collec-
tion of labelled Bay Area plants that tolerate salt)
will be planted. The parking lots will be screened
with earth forms so that they are not so obvious.
The building area will be cleaned up and exist-
ing areas defined more clearly. Better storage fa-
cilities will ’be built.
All utility poles carrying overhead lines or used
as parking bumpers will be taken out, a public
hoist and.auxiliary equipment will be provided in
the inner harbor, and an access control gate will
be installed at the south end of the overpass
between the harbor berthing area and the salt-
water lagoon.
Forecast Plan: The yacht club and berths will
be taken out along with all the buildings except
for the restrooms and the harbor master’s cottage,
which was designated as a local Point of Historic
Interest in 1969.
The harbor itself will silt up naturally wher~
dredgiF~g-steps-ir+-l,~-te-P.O-years, and eventually
revert to a relatively natural salt marsh.
The soil will someday be deep enough to hold
plants, but it’s not certain how long that would take.
It will be quite a few years before the plants start
growing in the harbor, and the south arm may
never support plants unless humans intervene
with a filling program that will help the harbor
revert to a salt marsh much more quickly.
The filling program, ifin~plemented, will use low,
temporary dikes built around the harbor where
they are needed. Dredging from the entrance
channel or other area will be used to fill the har-
bor hydraulically. The City may need to dredge
more than once to raise the ground high enough.
NOTE:On June 9, 1986, Council directed staff to hire
a consultant to study possible uses in the pro-
posed aquatic park.
2O
San Francisco Bay
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EXTENSION
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BAYLANDS SUMMARY
ACCESS & CIRCULATION
So ACCESS AND CIRCULATION
The use of automobiles will be very limited in
the Baylands. Byxbee Park visitors may drive their
cars to the park, but must leave them in one of
the parking lots and travel around the park on foot
or on bicycles.
Embarcadero Road is the only street that leads
to Byxbee Park and the rest of the Baylands. It
is a four-lane divided arterial from the freeway to
the airport entrance, where it becomes a two-lane
road out to the Bay.
A "gateway" feeling for Byxbee Park will be
created where Embarcadero and the airport
access road cross.
Because the 1700-acre park is so large, 500
acres larger than Golden Gate Park in San Fran-
cisco, an internal transit system to carry people
between major activity centers should be con-
sidered, especially between the future parking lot
at the pastoral park and a proposed drop-off spot
in front of the Nature Interpretive Center.
It is very important that public transit service be
expanded to Byxbee Park, particularly because
the number of visitors is sure to increase, the
number of parking spaces will be reduced, and
automobile circulation will be suppressed. There
is no bus service to the park now.
A pedestrian promenade will connect the
pastoral and aquatic parks. It will roughly follow
the form of the harbor at the water’s edge and will
be tied into the overall system of walkways.
The present road and trail system hinges on
Embarcadero Road. From Embarcadero Road,
beyond the Bayshore Freeway, cars can drive
about a mile-and-a-quarter to the yacht harbor and
public boat ramp. There are six parking lots that
serve the heliport, yacht harbor, duck pond,
Nature Interpretive Center, and boat ramp.
All the streets beyond the freeway frontage road
intersection with Embarcadero Road are dead-end
streets.
There are now bikeways enty along East
Bayshore Road, at the frontage road between the
Baylands and the Bayshore Freeway, and Embar-
cadero Road, Geng Road (completed 1983), and the
levee along San Francisquito Creek into San Mateo
County (completed 1985). Pedestrian routes follow
the bikeways but extend beyond them.
There is a pedestrian-bicycle overpass over
Bayshore Freeway south of the Embarcadero
Road off-ramp which connects indirectly with a
pedestrian-bicycle path through the urbanized
area to the former ITT property.
Walking paths follow the main levees around the
duck pond and lagoon, north to the shore of the
Bay, and south from the yacht harbor around the
flood basin.
This system connects with the Mountain View
regional path system to the south and should-be
eonneeted to the north along San Francisquito
Creek to the levee between East Palo Alto and the
Faber-Laumeister tracts (completed 1985).
A boardwalk with railings runs east from the Na-
ture Interpretive Center to the shore of the Bay,
crossing .the PG&E service boardwalk.
Access and Circulation Plan: This plan for the
Baylands includes the regional trail system as welt
as transit, parking, and bicycle facilities at tile
yacht harbor, along the Embarcadero corridor
and Embarcadero Road, and on the former ITT
property.
The harbor’s interim plan for access and circu-
lation includes a circulation plan for the north ba-
sin parking lot which includes a transit stop and
turnaround. This plan will improve the lot’s func-
tion and its appearance.
The parking lot at the end of the north berthing
area will be lowered to the height of the road when
it is resurfaced.
Safe pedestrian and bicycle access will be
provided around and through the harbor from the
end of Embarcadero Road to the Nature Interpre-
tive Center.
Separate pedestrian, bicycle, and vehicle routes
will be planned for, and these routes will be on
land except where it is necessary to span sensi-
tive water areas and to connect them with exist-
ing systems.
The harbor’s forecast plan’s policies are to en-
courage only limited automobile access and make
it easier for people to use transit systems.
The former ITT property’s interim and forecast
plans for access and circulation are the same.
They advocate consolidating access roads for le-
vee maintenance and those that lead to the
dewate~ing-ponds (Dewatering conce[~t dropped,
Cottncil action, December ]4, 1981), antenna field,
and injection wells, and allowing only maintenance
workers to use vehicles on them. These roads,
however, would be open to pedestrians and bicy-
clists.
Access to the regional trail system from the
pedestrian bridge over Bayshore Freeway will be
arranged (cm~ph,ted 1985), as well as access from
the public easement to Byxbee Park along the
south side parallel to the urbanized area. Access
along Matadero Creek will be maintained.
22
The landfill service road on the north side of the
Regional Water Quality Control Plant will be taken
out and rerouted. Embarcadero Way will be ex-
tended from its present end to the landfill, leading
to parking lots near the recreational area.
Transit destination points should be considered
and connected to present pedestrian and bike
systems and to new systems as they are built.
About 100 more parking spaces that blend
unobtrusively into the Baylands will be added to
service the park.
Separate .pedestrian and bicycle paths along
Embarcadero Road will be built, away from vehi-
cle traffic wherever possible. The current bike path
will be connected to the regional trail system.
Landscaping, pavement, and signs will be in-
stalled to improve the public easement between
the industrial and research area on the north side
of the frontage road. The signs will be part of a
total system.
Utility lines will be run underground when
Embarcadero Road is rebuilt and narrowed from
four lanes to two lanes from the intersection of the
Airport Road to the Shoreline Road.
The excess right-of-way will be used for trails
and landscaping. Adequate turning lanes will be
built, but no parking spaces will be added.
Safe bicycle storage will be provided in
Baylands, and the present nature trails will be im-
proved, protected, and maintained.
Four improvements will be made to the regional
bike trail route that will create a continuous off-
road bike path system from Mountain View to
Cooley Landing.
They are a paved bike path (completed 1985), an
extension of the bridge at Adobe Creek and
Matadero Creek (compl~,t~,~l 19,~2), a pedestrian-
bike bridge over San Francisquito Creek (com-
plete~11985), and an access control fence along the
north side of the golf course.
The City of Pale Alto’s long-term investment in
management, planned improvement, and con-
trolled growth balances ecological preservation
with continued commercial and recreational land
use in the Baylands.
The investment, described in the Baylands
Master Plan, will create a pastoral park where
there was a landfill. It will also create an aquatic
park and slow airport growth significantly.
It will unify the Baylands, providing a com-
prehensive guide for future proposals and
development.
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RECOMMENDATION REPORTFor the Baylands Master Plan & E.I.R.
November 1976
¯E.I.Po ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTPLANNING CORPORATION
Environmental Assessment
Hans Feibush and Russ Faure-Brac, principals¯GARRETT ECKBO AND ASSOCIATES
Planning and Design
Garrett Eckbo and Ken Kay, principals
BAYLANDS MASTER PLAN & E.I.R.May 1978
¯E.I.P.ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
PLANNING CORPORATION
Environmental Assessment
Russ Faure-Brac, Project Manager¯STUDIO KAY
Master Plan and Graphics
Ken Kay and Garrett Eckbo, principals¯COOPER ¯CLARK ASSOCIATES
Engineering
Bob Cooper, principal
Mark Young. project manager
SUMMARY REPORT
April 1979
¯ ECKBO ¯KAY ASSOCIATES
Design and Graphics
Ken Kay, principal
¯ JAN FORD
Writer and Editor -- 4 stars at thatl
PLANNING COMMISSIONERS
1976 -- 1978 1978-- 1979
¯ Anne Steinberg ¯ Emily RenzelChairmanChairman
¯ Frank J. Rack ¯ Jay Mitchell,Vice Chairman Vice Chairman
¯ Peter F. Carpenter ¯ Michael Cobb¯ Mary Gordon ¯ Mary Gordon
¯ William E. Green ¯ William E. Green
¯ Jay W. Mitchell ¯ Constance K. Heneke
¯ Emily Renzel ¯ Frederic W. Nichols
COUNCIL MEMBERS
1976 -- 1977
¯Stanley R. Norton
Mayor
¯Roy L. Clay
Vice Mayor
¯John V. Beahrs
¯John J. Berwald
¯Scott T. Carey
¯Kirke W. Comstock
¯Fred F. Eyerly
¯Byron D. Sher
o Anne R. Witherspoon
1977 N 1978
¯ Byron D. Sher
Mayor
¯ Francis Hallam Brenner
Vice Mayor
¯ Scott T. Carey
¯ Roy" L. Clay
¯ Fred F. Eyerly
¯ Gary P. Fazzino
¯ Ellen Fletcher
¯ Alan Henderson
¯ Anne R. Witherspoon
SANTA CLARA COUNTY STAFF
¯ Arthur L. Ogilvie, Planning
¯ Charles Rockwell, Parks and Recreation
¯ Jim Hunter, Transportation
1978 -- 1979
¯ Scott T. Carey
Mayor
¯ Alan Henderson
Vice Mayor
¯ Byron D. Sher
¯ Francis Hallam Brenner
¯ Roy L. Clay
¯ Fred F. Eyerly
¯ Gary P. Fazzino
¯ Ellen Fletcher
¯ Anne R. Witherspoon
CITY STAFF
All Reports
CITY MANAGER
¯ George Sipel
PROJECT COORDINATION
¯ Larry White, Director of Parks and Open
Space Management,
Project Manager
¯Ben Pawloski, Public Works Director
¯Ken Schreiber, Assistant Planning Director
¯Dale Pfeiffer, Sanitary Landfill/Park
Project Engineer
= Linda Fox and Ted Chandikvegetation and wildlife maps
SPECIAL CONSULTANTS
For Environmental Impact Planning Corporation
¯ Dr. H. Thomas Harvey, Biology
¯ Rod Jackson, Biology
¯ Alan M. Voorhees and Associates, Transportation
¯ Charles Salter, P.E.0 Noise
¯ Dr. Phillip Williams, P.E., Sediment Hydraulics
¯ Omar J. Lillevang, P.E., Yacht Harbor Design
For Cooper ¯ Clark Associates
¯ Dr. Ray Krone, Sediment Hydraulics
¯ Mike Cheney, Dewatering Pond Design
¯ Helen Proctor, Plant Specialist
photographs
Clayton Thorpe
NOTE:The above acknowledgements are those
contained in the original Baylands
Master Plan.
BYXBEE PARK
PALO ALTO BAYLANDS
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA
June 1991
City of Palo Alto Client
Dave Adams ................................
George Bagdon ...............................
Edgar Ugarte .................................
Leon Kaplan ................................
Mike Miller .................................
Hargreaves Associates
Peter Richards, Michael Oppenheimer
Director of Public Works
Assistant Director of Public Works
Senior Engineer and Prqject Manager
Director, Arts and Culture Division of
Social and Community Services
Deputy Director of Public Works
Landscape Architects, Planners
Artists
SUMMARY
INTENT AND PURPOSE
This report documents the update to the 1981
Master Plan for Byxbee Landfill Park. The update
was generated by a collaborative team of Hargreaves
Associates - Landscape Architects, and Peter
Richards and Michael Oppenheimer - Artists, with
the City and community. The City Council of Palo
Alto approved the update to the Master Plan March
27, 1989 and at that time renamed the park: Byxbee
Park.
This report also records the design for phase I of
Byxbee Park which was generated in conjunction
with the updated Master Plan and which was
approved for construction, in total, by the City
Council of Palo Alto November 13, 1989. Phase I
will be built in 1990.
BACKGROUND
In 1980 the overall environmental issues of the
conversion of the landfill to a park were listed as
follows:
preserve and expand the marshes.
protect the wildlife and restore upland
diversity of plant and animal life.
control access to environmentally
sensitive areas.
expand pedestrian and bicycle activities.
allow pedestrian and bicycle activities.
allow no more urban intrusion.
see that the disposal area ultimately
becomes an environmental asset and a
continuation of the natural green space.
Today the issues remain the same with the addition
of an added criterion:
fully integrate art with the park
landscape and its surrounding
environment.
The technical considerations of park development
on top of landfill (as regulated by the Regional
Water Quality Control Board, California Integrated
Waste Management Board, Local Enforcement
Agency and the Bay Area Air Quality Management
District) also remain largely the same today as in
1980:
final landfill closure (clay and soil caps)
to seal the garbage.
slope stability of the finished grade.
settlement and compaction of the refuse
below the park.
water percolation and leachates.
subsurface collection of the methane
A few specific regulatory requirements which affect
the park’s development have become more defined
since 1980 and will be discussed in more detail
under BACKGROUND; PROJECT HISTORY,
Landfill Regulations Update.
PHASING PLAN
STATEMENT
The phasing plan reflects the sequence of phases of
landfill closure adopted by City Council. (The
direction of closure has been reversed since 1980.)
The phase I area is completed in terms of overall
landforms and @ill be completed with the park
construction in 1990. Phase II of the park will be
completed as the landfill capacity is reached, which
completes the overall landforms shown in the
master plan. The garbage will then be "capped"
with fill and soil per regulations.
PHASING CONCEPT
Thephases are graded in such a way that valleys
divide each of the phases. This will provide a
natural separation between the park, as it is
developed in each phase, and the remaining
landfill phase still in operation. Fencing in these
valleys will thus be somewhat hidden and will stop
blowing debris from entering the park.
PLAN PHASES
Phase I - Recommendations
Phase I will create a 35 acre park which contains all
of the elements described under DESIGN PLAN,
DESIGN ELEMENTS. The Phase I elements include
a gravel parking area for twenty cars, including
handicap spaces, bike racks, informational and
directional signage, and a restroom building. These
facilities are located just off the landfill entry road
and are tucked behind the existing berm planted
with irrigated wildflowers. The restroom building
and signs, though simple, are designed as integral
design elements within the entire park system.
As one enters the site on bicycle one will either
explore the interior of the site on foot or continue
on the bike path which crosses the slough. As one
enters the site by car, one parks and proceeds
through the park on foot. In order of sequence, a
visitor will proceed along the shell trail at the
marsh and pass through the chevrons which create
a gateway to the park. Proceeding, one encounters
the pole field at the tip of the site or turns into the
interior of the park. Passing into the interior of the
site one moves through the landgate which forms
an intimate entrance. The large mounds which
flank the landgate are topped with hillocks which
provide perches for viewing or shelter from the
wind. The hillocks will be planted with lupines.
Proceeding along the shell trail, having passed
through the land gate one descends through a series
of weirs which control erosion and collect water for
plant life. One then encounters the flare and
keyhole which highlights the shadows of the flare’s
invisible flame. The viewing platforms occur along
the perimeter trail and are tucked into the existing
vegetation along the slough edge. In the last valley
of the park as one moves south the alluvial berms
and wind wave piece illustrate the implied and
actual forces of wind on the site.
Phase II - Recommendations
Phase II adds another "alluvial fan" series of
rippling berms in the valley between phases I and II
and completes the shell trails. Hillocks cover the
single large mound which forms phase II to relieve
the overall massive scale and provide points of
prospect and refuge. An astronomical viewing
platform at the very highest point of phase II
provides the only paved area in the entire park.
This small paved area is aligned north/south and
will have the coordinates inscribed in its surface.
This viewing platform for the heavens is the
highest most remote part of the site.
Phase II will expand the parking to 40 spaces.
In addition, phase II may incorporate an area for
the Recycling Center. Adjacent to the planned area
for the Recycling Center the Electrical Generation
Facility which converts the landfill gases into
electricity is already in place. Also, with the
completion of the phase II park, the entry road will
be aligned so that it enters the park in one large arc,
rather than a sharp turn. With this, the entire park
will be complete.
Timing and Costs
The projected timing and costs of the future landfill
and park development are outlined in Tables 1 and
2, pages 27 and 28.
TABLE 1
BYXBEE LANDFILL CLOSURE AND PARK DEVELOPMENT
Phasing Projections
Activities Phase I Phase IIA Phase IIB Phase IIC
Landfill Closure Completed Summer 1991 Sun~mer 1995 Summer 2003
Park Development Spring 1991 Summer 2003 Summer 2003 Summer 2003
Note:The time frame for the landfill phase closures and the development of the park may change
due to the implementation of Assembly Bill 939 and the possible use of the proposed
Sunnyvale Material Recovery and Transfer Station to be located in Sunnyvale, California.
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Ci~7 of Palo Alto
Surrounding Jurisdictions
--Sphere of Innurn~ boundary line
Urban Service ,xrea
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Map [Sphere of Influence
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COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
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