HomeMy WebLinkAbout0170.094G).
• •
, ,,~,."
February 24~ 1994
HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL
Palo Al~o. california
CITYWlPi TRAVEL DEMAND HOPEL -CONSULTANT ~GREEMENT
Members of the Council:
REPORT III &lII Bl'
In 1985J86 the City of Palo Alto hired a consultant team to prepare
a travel demand model that was used to evaluate alternative land
use scenarios for the citywide Land Use and Transportation Study.
The review and approval of the current update of the comprehensive
Plan will necessitate the use of a travel demand model that is
based upon more recent travel data, is technically ~ore
sophisticated, and meets consistency requirements for the
Congestion Management and Air Quality Programs.
The purpose of this report is to recommend that the Council:
1. Approve the attached Consultant Agreement with Cambridge
Systematics, Inc. (Attachment 1), in the amount of
$95,000, for development and application of a citywide
Travel Demand Model and related services, and authorize
the Mayor to execute the agreement, and
2. Authorize the City Manager or her designee to issue
change orders, the total value of which shall not excegd
$8,500.
Funding for this consul~ant agreement, plus contingencies, has been
previously approved and is available for this purpose In the 1993-
94 Transportation Division Operating Budget, 'the original
Comprehensive Plan budget approved in october 1992, and the
expanded Ccwprehensive plan budget approved in November 1993~
BAC1tGROt1)ll)
In 1985/86 the City of Palo Alto hired the firm of Fehr and Peers
to pr-ovide transportation related consultant services fer the
Cityw-ide Land Use and Transportation Study_ The scope of their
CMR:170:94
-------------
!
."
," -------
.'
wor-x included developing a travel demand model and applyinq the
model to alternative land use development scenarios. 'l'he: travel
demand model served ttle study needs very well, in terms of
providing credible itlformation for evaluation of alternative land
use and related decision makinq, as veIl as the technical basis for
a defensible environmental review process. The output of the
Citywide Land Use and Tran~pcrtation Study continues to serve as
the basis for transpor;'tation evaluations related to the development
review and appr-oval process in Palo Alto, at the present time.
The advent of Congestion Management Program regulations and Air
Quality regulations has significantly increased the need for, and
tbe required capabilities of, travel demand models~ Ful."thermore,
the consaquences of not meeting the standards esta~lished by such
requlations is escalating and will likely continue to do so.
Issues such as COtnprehensive Plan approval. project developmer.t
approv~l3 and applications for federal/state grants, which
previously were primarily left to local review and approval, no'.
must clearly and convincingly demor.strate consistency with
congestion Manage~ent and Air Quality requirements and standards,
for the County and ~egion.
Therefore, Palo Alto has a need to improve its travel denand model
in the following two primary ways:
a. The model needs to be able to demonstrate consistency
with the County level model being used by the Congestion
Management Agency, and
b. The model needs to be based on current travel .jat~ rather
than the 1985 trdvel data base used for-the previous
model.
The update of the Co:mprehensive Plan precipitated th~ need to
initiate steps to develop a new travel demand model. in order to
ensure that the devel.':!pment of the Comprehensive Plan and the
environmental review and approval proc.css have a credible ~nd
defensible technical basis.
CONSOLT~ SELECTION PROCEDURES
staff prepared a Request for proposals (RFP) for the preparation of
a Citywide Travel Demand Model (model). The RFP specified to th~
respondents objectives of the model and limited recommendations on
whether to update the existinq model or develop ~ new model.
The RFP was sent to ninQ qualified transportation consultinq firms
in the Bay Area. Formal proposals were received from three firmz:
TJKM Transportation Consultants (Pleasanton)
Patterson Associates (san Mateoj
Cambridge Systematics (Berkeley)
CMR:170:9. 2124/94
Page 2
...
)
Two-o-ther firms indicated the~' had a conflict of interest (as
dpf'ined by the city tor t.'his study), and three firms indicat".ed that:
their current ~ork load precluded the possibility of taking on this
additional work.
A Consultant Selection Advisory C01Mli ttee {Committee) 'Was
established consisting of Frank Lockfeld (Director of Santa Clara
county center for Urban Analysis), Ken Schreiber (Director of
Planninq and Community Environment, city of Palo Alto) and Marvin
Overvay (Chief Transportation Official, City of Palo Alto). The
Committee reviewed the written proposals and decided to invite all
three respondents for oral interviews. Following the oral
interview process, the committee evaluated each firm in terms of
its responsiveness to the RFP. its understandinq and approach to
meeting our specific needs, the qualiflcatjons of the individuals
to be assigned to the worK, and the firm's re&ource requirements
and allocation, as well as its propose~ schedule.
Following discussion and evaluation of the written
oral presentations and related inform3tiol"l,
unanimously agreed upon t.ne follo1,r;inq ranking:
L. Cambridge Systematics
2. TJKM Transportation Consultants
3. Patte~son Associates
propcsals, the
the committee
Cambridqe Systematics is an east coast fim 'With an office in
Berkeley. Cambridge Systematics specializes in travel model
development and applicatiol". and has a broad experience hase at the
local, regional, state and national levels~ The firm's Projeot
Manager, Steve pickrell, is a 'Well recognized and respected
transportation professional throughout the Bay Area, who serves as
the firm's Vice President managing the Berkeley o:ifice. Mr4
Pickrell played an important role in the development of the work
that was previously done for the Citywi.de Land Use and
Transportation Study, and is also currently part of the consultant
t.ea., hired by the city to prepare an Environmental I-mpact Report
for the proposed Stanford West ~nd Sand Hill Road/Shopping Center
Expansion projects~ Carnbr idge Systematics also had the lowest cost
proposal.
PItOFBSSICHAL COfiSUL'I'AN"r SERVlCf:S AGREEMENT
Staff has negotiated a Consultant .~greement (Attachlflent 1) with
Cambr-idge Systematics, Inc. for the preparation of a travel demand
model. The scope of "'.;:Irk includes developing the model, applyl.nY'
the medal to land use alternatives to be specified as part of the
environmental review of the Comprehensive Plan, and related
analysis, evaluation, and documentation. The scope of work also
inc~udes providing technical assistance and developing {organizing
CMR:170:94 2/24/94
Page :3
and conducting) a citywide transportation ~orkshop~ The fee for
this aqree~ent with cambridge Systematics is $95,000. 1n addition,
staff is also requesting authori~ation for change orders of up to
$8,500.
The comprehensive Plan Advisory Co~ittee (CPAC) is under consi
derable pressure to maintain the time line identified in earlier
r~ports to the city council~ In discussion$ at the ccnclusion of
the oral interview process for the Community Character and Design
consultant, and at the December 20, 1~93 CPAC Process Management
committee meetinq, it was apparent that starting Phase II after
council approval of the consultant contracts would delay the start
of Phase II until March. In order for the consultants to begin
work soon after their selection and not delay the activities of
Phase II, an interim contract, for a cost of $20,000, was
negotiated with the preferred consultant, carnbridqe Systemat.ics
Inc., to cover the initial tasks of the scope of wo~k. Therefore,
if council approves this current agreement, the cost of the ~ork
being done by Cambridge Systematics Inc. will total $115,000
,$20,000 for. the interim contract and $95,000 for the current
agreement), plus $8,500 for contingencies.
The table beloW' summarizes the costs for work to be done by
Cambridge Systematics Inc. {CS) under the interin contact and the
current agreement, as well as contingencies.
Interim Current
Ast:..~~_1l'ten t Agreement I.2..t:.ll
Tasks 1 , 2 $ 20,000 $ 20,000
Tasks 3 -7 $ 65,000 65,000
Task 8 10,000 10,000
Task 9 20,000 20,000
Continqencies 8,500
TOTAL $ 123,500
Funds to cover this ,current agreement ($95, 000) and the e_xisting
interim contract ($20,000), as well as the contingencies ($8~500),
have been previously approved and are currently available for this
purpose, as follows: $65,000 from the 1993-94 Transportation
Division Operating budyet; $28,500 from the oL'iginal COll".prehensive
Plan budget, approved in October 1992 i and $30 I 000 from the
expanded Compr-eh-ensivE:! Plan budget I approved in Nove!l'tber 1993. A
summary of the status of the Comprehensive Plan Budget is included
for reference as Attachment 3.
C!!Il:170:94
!'!'!"l"~----~--------------------
2124194
Page 4-
)
,_.
.-
ENVtRONMENJAL ASSESSMENT
Approval of the subject
under the California
environmental assessment
agreement does not constitute a project
Environment.al Quality Act, and no
is necessary.
RECOMMENPATION
staff recommends that the Council:
1. App.ove the attached Consultant Aqreement with Cambrioge
Systematics, Inc., in the amount of $95,000, for
development and application of a Citywide Travel Demand
Model and related services, and authorile the Mayor to
execute the agreement; and
2 a Authorize the City Manaqer or her designee to issue
change or"dprs, the total value of which changes shall not
exceed $8~500~
Respectfully submitted,
~-MARVIN L. OVERWAY
Chief Transportation Official
BERNARD H. STROJNY
Assistant City Manager
Attachments~
'f4-,AI£tX./ /~-«
J<ENNETH R. SCHREIBER 7'-£--_
Director of Planning
and community Environment
1. Aqreement ~ith Cambridge Systematics 1 Inc~
24 Interim Aqreement with ca~bridge Systematics, Inc.
1~ Comprehensive Plan Budget Statu5
cc; steve pickrell, camb~idge systematics I Inc.
CHR: 170: 94 2/24/94
Pt!ge 5
..
j. ..
I • An ACHMENT 1
A Gil S M E H T
FOR
PROFBSS:OWIL KIIGnmD.Dlll COKSOLTAJIT SnVICJiS
lIZ'%'IIU11 'l'IIZ cur Off PALO ALTO A!ID
CAMBPJDGII SYS'l'!llCATrcs. INC.
THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into this day of
• 1.99. by and between the CITY OF PALO ALTO ~ a
=mun="i'"c=i::pa:='ll"""c':a:::rpo= ration of Califo:rnia. hereinafter referred to as
·CITY,-and ~~R1DGB SYSTEMATICS, INC. (Taxpayer Identification
No. 042505095). a Massachusetts corporation authori~ed to tran8act
businEss in the Stat~ of California, with offices at 2855 Telegraph
Avenue, Suite 305, BerkeleYr CA 94705, hereinafter referred to as
"CONSULTANT-;
W I T Ii Ii: S S ,I T I:
WHERRAS, CITY desires certain professional consultant
services hereinafter describedj and
WHEREAS,. CITY' desires to engage CONSUL':'AN'I' to provide
these service a by reason of its qualifications and experience for
~rfo:rmir;,g such services, and CONSULTANT has offered to provide the
required services on the tel:'m8 and in the manner set forth herein:
NOW.. THEREFORE, in consideration of their mutual
covenants, the parties hereto agree as follows:
~Qf!....L--'---.I)BFINIT!ONS
1.1 an
The term ·City· shall mean the City of Palo Alto,
Californici.-
1. 2 CITY MANAG!lli
Tbe term ·Cit.y Manager· shall mean the duly appointed
City Manager at the City of Palo ~to. Ca11forDia~ or his or her
designated representative.
L 3 CITY CLBRK
The te~~ ·City Clerk· shall mean tee duly appointed City
Clerk of the City of Palo Alto, Califarnia.~ or his or her
designated representative.
1.4 RISK MANAGER
The te:rn1. ·Risk Manager· shall mean the uUJ..Y appointed
Risk Manager of the City of Palo Alto, California, or his or her
designated representative.
1
..•.
1.5 PROJECT
The tenn ·Project II' shall :nean the services and
improv~nts, if any~ described in Exhibit ~A· ~ntitled II'Scope of
Project and Time Schedule,· attached hereto and made a part hereof
by this reference.
SECTION 2 -PROJ8Cl' CQQRDINrtTION
2.1 l:lD:
The City Manager shall be representative of CITY for all
purposes under this Agreement. Marvin OVerway is designated as the
project t-mnager for the city Manager, and he or she shall supervise
the progress and execution of this Agreement, and shall be assisted
by Carl Stoffel. the Project Engineer.
2.2 CONSULTANT
CONSULTANT shall assign a single Project Director to have
overall responsibility for the progress and execution of this
Agreement for CONSULTANT. Steve Pickrell hereby is designated as
the Proj ect Director for CONSULTANT. stephen Decker shall be
assigued as Project Coordinator for CONSULTANT and shall represent
CONSULTAl."'T during the day-to-day work on the Project. Should
circumstances or ~onditions subsequent to the execution of this
Agreement require a sub~titute Project Director or Project
Coordinator for any reason the Project Director or project
Coordinator designee shall be subject to the prior written approval
of the Project Manager.
SEctION 3 -SCOPS OF PROJECT
The scope of the project to be executed by CONSULTANT
under the phases of the Basic Servicas described in Section 4.1 of
this Ag~eement, and the time schedule for the Project, are
described in Exhibit A.
SECTION 4 -DPTIES OF CONSULTANT
Unless otherwise indicated~ CONSULTANT shall perform each
task and accomplish each objective described in the study plans
swnnarized and more particularly described in Exhibit A.
CONSULTANT'13 Basic Services shall be furnished as described in
Exhibit A.
4.2 ADDITIONAL SERVICBS
CONSULTANT shall perfonn or obta.in any and all of the
follo~ing additional services, not included under the Basic
Services, if so authorized in writing by CITY~ and shall be paid as
provide~ in Se~tion 6 of this Agreement!
~ .
4.2.1 Providing services as an expert witness in
conne.:tion with any public hearin9~ arbitration proceeding, or
proceeding of a court of record.
4.2.2
for CONSUL'!'ANT and its
the Basic Services.
!ncurring travel and subsistence expenses
staff beyond those normally required under
4.2.3 Performing a.r;y other servi-:es that. may be
agreed upon by the parties subsequent to the 2xecution of this
A9reement~
4.2.4
forth in Exhibit A.
Such other additional services as set
4 • 3 GENERAL pmI§ OF CONSXU/TAtrI
4.3.1 CO~SULTAf.i'T represents tt-..at it has the
expertise and professional qualifications to furnish the services
described UDder this Agreement. OONSULTA~ further declares that
one or more members or employees of its firm and that of its
subconsultants. if any, are licensed by the State of California to
perfor.m their services and that these services will be performed by
them or under their supervision. CONSULTANT shall furnish to CITY
for appr~~ prior to execution of this Agreement, a list of all
firms or corporations to be employed as subcc·nsultants.
4.3.2 CONSULTANT states that it is aware of the
requirements of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of
1990, and the Government Code and the Health and Safety Code of the
State of california~ relating tv access to public buildings and
acccm:nodations for disabled persons, and relating to facilities for
disabled persons. CONSULTANT shall comply 'With such provisions in
carrying out the terms of this Agreement.
4.3.3 CONSULTANT 8r~11 furnish crTf with every
reasonable opportunity for CITY to ascertain that the services of
CONSULT~~ are being perfor.med ic accordance with the requirem~nts
and intentions of this Agreement.
SBCTION 5 -DUTIES OF CITY
5.1 CITY shall provide full infonmation regarding its
r~~irementa for the Project.
5 .2 CITY' shall examine documents submitted by CONSULTANT
an~ shall render decisions pertaining thereto promptly, to avoid
unreasonable delay in the progress of CONSULT~~'a work.
5.3 CITY shall furnish all such information as are in
CITY's files or are at its disposal, as listed in Exhibit A~
5.4 CITY shall furnish all services listed in Exhibit. A,
providing sufficient notice is given by CONSULTANT.
3
· .
.'~
5.5 Tbe services, information, :surveys and report9
required by paragraph~ 5.1 and 5.3 through 5.4 inclusive shall be
furnished at CITY's expense, and CONSULTANT shall be entitled to
rely upon the accuracy thereof.
·5.6 If CITY observes or otherwise becomes aware of any
fault or defect in the Projer.t or nonconforrrance with the contract
documents, CITY shall give prompt .... "Y'itten notice thereof to
CONSULTANT .
5.7 CITY shall furnish information re~~ired by CONSUL
TANT as expeditioLlSly as possible.
SBCfION 6 -PAYMENT
Payment shall be lI'ade by CITY only for services rendered
and within thirty (30) days of submission in triplicate of monthly
progress payment requests. Each invoice shall be itemized as to
the type of payment described in this section.
0.1 QQNSULTANT'S FEES
In consideration for the full ~erformance of the Basic
Services and reimbursable expenses described in Section 4.1 of this
Agreement. CITY agrees to pay CONSULTANT a fee not to exceed Sixty
Five Thousand Dollars ($65~OOO) for the Study~
6.1.1 SubcQDsllltants. Fees for BubcoDsultants,
hired directly by CONSULT}c~. shall be approved by CITY in advance
of incurring such fees.
6.1.2 For Additional Services 4 For CONSULTANT's
additional servicee~ as described in Section 4 of this Agreement,
compensation shall not exceed Thirty Thousand Dollars {$30,OOO)4
The rate schedules shall be updated 00 June 1 of each year.
6.1.3 For ~xtra WQrk or Changes. Payment for
extr~ work or changes in the work not initiated by CONSULTAln' and
authorized in writing by the Project Manager shall be made within
thirty (30) day-s of submission by CONSULTANT of a statement in
triplicate of itemized costs covering sucb work. Prior to
commencing such extra work or changes, CONSULTANT and CITY shall
agree upon an estimated not-to-exceed cost for such extra work. In
no event shall CONSL~TANT be paid for design work or change order
preparation which is neceEsary because of CONSULT~~ls errors or
oversights.
6.2 ~ SCHBPULE
6.2.1 For Basic ~ryices. payments for the
Basic Services shall be made in progreaa payments in proportion to
services performed in accordance with Exhibit B.
" .
----------~----~ ......
Final payment shall be made by CITY after CONSULTANT has
submdtted all required [produces and] reports and re~eived approval
thereon from CITY.
6.2.2 Fer AdditignaJ Sprvices. Payments for
additional services of CONSULTANT as defined in Section 4 shall be
made as part of the monthly progress payments for se~ices rendered
in accordance with Exhibit C.
6.2.3 Deductions. No deductions shall be made
from CONSULTANT's compensation on account of penalty, liquidated
damages, or other sums withheld from payments to contractors.
lIS . 2 • " ~yment Upon suppeDs i on or Abandonment of
,Project. If the project is suspended for more than three (3)
months or abandoned in whole or in part. CONSULTANT shall be paid
its compensation for services perfor:rned prior to receipt of written
notice from CITY of such suspensio& or abandol~ent, together with
additional and reimbursable expenses th~~ due. If the Project is
resumed after being suspended for more than ODe hundzed twenty
(120) days., any change in CONSULTAN'I"s compensation shall be
subject to renegoti~tion and, if necessary. approval by the Palo
Alto City Council {the 'City Council'). If this Agreement is
suspended or terminated for fault of CONSULT.u.'T, CITY shall be
obligat.ed to ccmpensate CONSULTANT only for that portion of
CONSULTANT's services which are of benefit to CITY. as such
determination may be rM:de by the City Manager in the reasona..ble
exercise of his or her discretion.
SECTION 7 -PROORESS AND GOMPLETIQ!!
7 _ 1 Tl!RM OF AGREEMENT' TIME IS 0 f THE E$~JiliQI1
The term of this Agreement shall commence upon its
execut.ion by CITY. Following receipt of a Notice to Proceed,
CONSIJLTANT shall commence work on i!litial tasks of study in
accordance with the time schedule set forth in Exhibit A. Work on
eubeequent tasks shall proceed in accordance with the time
schedule. The parties hereto agree tr~c t~e is of the essence of
this Agreement. This Agreement shall terminate upon the completion
of the Project by Consultant and acceptance by City of the work
tasks Bet forth in Exhibit A or upon notice by City to Consultant,
whichever first occurs~
CONSULTANT agrees to perform the phased services within
the ti~ limits set forth in Exhibit D prcvided l however I that any
change in the scope of services or ocher changes due to CITY's
operating requirements, or in connection with other contractors' or
consultants' operations, may require a revised time table.
CITY agrees to exercise due diligence in performing its
tasks to impl~~nt CONSULTANT's time table provided under Exhibit
D_
5
.." _.
! -i
\
------~----...
, ,
7.3 QTY'S REV.1EW AND APPROVAL
Between each phase of work there shall exist a revi2 .... and
approval period by CITY. CITY shall exercise due diligence to
complete these tasks; however, it is recogni~ed that the
interrelated exchange of information among crTYZ s various
departments makes it impossible to set a specific time schedule.
Normally, CITY's eetL~ted period of review and approval will be
furnished to CONSULTANT at the time of submission of each phase of
the work.
7.4 EXTENSION OF TIMB OF CO~~TIQN
In the event t.he services called for under this Agreement
are not completed by CONSULTANT within the time specified, CITY
shall have the option to extend the time of completion. This
paragraph does not preclude the recovery of damages for delay of
either party.
SECTION S -CHANGES IN WORK
CITY may order major changes in scope or character of
work, eith-er de:::z:ea.sing or increasing the amount of CONSULTANT'S
services. In the event that such changes are ordered. CONSULTANT
shall be entitled tc full compensation for all work performed prior
to receipt of notice of change. Increased compensation for major
changes shall be determined in accordance with Section 6 of the
Agreement, but in no event shall CITY be liable for payment unless
the amount of such extra campensation snaIl first have been agreed
to in writing by CITY~
In the event that major changes are ordered pursuant to
this section, the schedule for progress and completion under
Section 7 of this hgreement. and compenaaU.on under Sect.ion 6 of
this Agreement, shall be adjusted by :r:egotiation between CONSULTANT
and errY, subject to app:roval it necessary by the Cir,y Council~
SEcrION 9 -TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF AGREEMENT
9 • 1 ~CE'LLATION BY CQNSULI:yn
CONSULTANT may terminate this Agreement or suspend work
on the Project by providing thirty (30) days~ writt.en notice
thereof to CITY. but only in the event of substantial failure of
perfODMnCe by CITY or in the event CITY abandons or indefinitely
postpones the Project~
9.2 CANCELI..ATIQN ___ ~x... CITY
Without li!n.itation to such rights or remedies as CITY
shall otherwise have by law. CITY may te~~nate this Agre~~nt or
suspend ~ork on the Project ~ith or without cause, by providing
fifteen (15) days' written notice thereof to CONSULTANT, or
immediately after subclission to CITY by CONSULTANT of any completed
item Qf service specified in Section 4 of this Agreement.
6
~--.--,--.. -.--......
CONSULTANT agrees to cease all work under this Agreerr.ent upon
receipt of said written notice.
9 • 3 COMPENSATION OF CONS ULTA11T IN T¥.E 3VEN'"--"---'1E
TERMINATION OP THIS AGRR~
In the event of termination of t~is Agreement or
3uspension of ~ork on the Project by either CITY or CONSULTANT as
provided herein, CONSULTANT shall receive compensation as fOl1o~s:
9.3.1 For approved items of service under
Section 4 of this Agreement, compeosation shall be in the ~~ant
outlined under Section 6 of this AgreeIr,ent for the items of service
tully performed by CONSULTANT.
943.2 For items of se:nriC'c on which a Notice to
Proceed has been issued by CITY, but which have not been fully
completed and approved. CONSULTANT shall be compengated for the
service in an amount which bears the same ratio to the total fee
otherwise payable far the perfortM..nce of the service as the service
actually rendered bearB to the total service nece9sary for the full
perfonmance of the item of service.
9.3.3 In no event shall the total comp~nsation
paid in t.he immediately preceding paragraphs exceed the payment
specified in Section 6 for the respective items of service to be
furnished by CONSULTANT.
9.3 .4 Notwi thstanding anything in the preceding
paragraphs, upon termination for fault of CONSULTANT, CITY shall be
obligated to pay for only that portion of t-he service which can be
incorporated in the Project.
3 .4: PUTIES OF CITY p...ND CONSULTANT
Upon termination of this Agreement or suspension of work
on the Proj~ct by either CITY or CONSULTANT as provided herein, all
duties of CITY and CO~SULTANT, as set forth in Sections 4 and 5
hereinaboVe, shall terminate.
~QlL..l..Q_· __ CQNSULTANT· S ACCOUNTING iECORDS
Records of' the following expenses pertaining to the
Project BrAll be kept by CONSULTANT in accordance with generally
recognized. accounting principles and shall be made available to
CITY at mutually convenient. times during the term of this Agreeme!!t
and for three {3) years following UJ.e termination of this
Agreement:
(a) Direct personnel expenses, including consultant
expenses. (See Section 6 of this AgreemenL)
(b) EXpenses pertaining to Additional SerJ'ices. (See
Section 6 of this Agreement.)
?
~.
SECTION 1~ -OWNERSHIP OF DOCUMENTS
11.1 OWNERSHIP QF mUGINM DOctJMEN'!'S
Subject to the provisions of Paragraph 11.2 below, the
original dra~~ngs, maps. plans, designs. reccrds of survey. work
data. specifications, and any other documents prepared by
CONSULTANT in the performance of this Agreement.. although instru
ments of professional service. are and shall be the property of
CITY whether the project for which they are made is executed Qr
not_
11.2 ~~SFBR TO CITY
Upon termination under Section 9 of thi.s Agreement and
upon CITY's payment of the amount rec;uired to be paid under same
section, the originals ~nd all drawi.!lgs, calculations.
specificatio~ and any 8j~ilar documents shall beco~~ the property
of CITY, and CONSULTANT shall transfer them to CITY, upon ::-equest.
without additional compensation. CITY shall have the right to
utilize any completed or uncompleted drawings, est.imate9~
specifications. and any other documents prepared hereunder by
CONSU!JTANT. CITY shall assume all resDonsibility for its
inappropriate or erroneous application or use-of any instruments of
profeBs1or~l service.
Im!K!~!!llmsrE~CT~:I~Q1ND:""",2'--"":"-"It!NTEll"'R'"ES"",TL..!O",F,--..:CO"""N",,-!S1JJ....'tMIT; CONSULTANT
INPRP"SNpRNT Of CITY
In accepting this Agreement. CONSULTM"T covena.:l.ts that it
presently has DO interest, and shall not acquire any interest,
direct or indirect, financial or otherwise:, whicb would conflict in
any manner or degree with the performance of the services here
under. CONSULTANT further covenants that, in the performance of
this Agreement. no subcont.ractor or person having such an interest
shall be employed. CONSULTANT certifies that no one who has or
will tuave any financial interest under this Agreement is an officer
or employee of CITY.
It is expressly agreed that in the perforroaMce of the
professioIlal services required under this Agreement CONSULTANT. and
any of its subcor.sultants or employees, shall at all times be
considered independent contractors and not agents or employees of
CITY.
SECTION 13 ~ Ctrr"SIpB CONSULTANTS
CONSULTANT shall be responsible for employing all outside
consultants (subconsultants) necessary to aid CONSULTANT in the
performance of the services listed in Section 4 of this Agreementi
provided~ however. that all such subconsultants shall receive prior
approval of CITY in writing a..'1d shall remain acceptable to CI'l'Y
during the term of this Agreement.
8
5 HCTrON 14 -PID?MN:!IX
CONSULT~VT agrees to protect, indemnify, defend and hold
harmless CITY, i~s C~uncil members, officers, agents and employees
from any and ,,11 demands. -claims, or liability of any nature,
including death or injury to any person, property damage or any
other loss, caused by or arising out of CONSULTA...VI"s. its
officers~~ agents', subcontractors' or employees~ negligent acts,
erro:L:s, or omissions, or willful misoe::onduct, or conduct far whi!:h
the law may impose strict liability on CONSULTANT in the
performance of or failure to perform ita obligations unde= this
Agreement.
SBCTIOlI 15 -INS1JRAIiCB
15 • 1 INStJRANCB COVERAGE
CONSULTANT, at its Bole cost a..~d expense: shall obtain
and maintain, in full force and effect throughout the entire term
of this Agreement, the insurance coverage described in Exhibit BB·
to this Agre~ent, attached hereto and made a part herecf by this
reference, insuring not only OONSULT~~ and its sUbcontractors, if
any~ but alBo~ with the exception of workers' compensation,
employer's liability and professional liability insurance~ naming
as additional insureds CITY~ its Council members, officers, agents
and employees, and each of them j concerning this Agreement and the
Project.
All insurance coverage required hereunder shall be
provided through carriers with an A.M. Best and Co. rating of A:X
or higher that are admitted to do business in the State of
ca~ifornia. Any and all subcontractors of CONSULTANT under this
Agreement shall obtain and maintain, in full force and effect
throughout the term of this Agre~~nt, identical insurance
coverage, with CITY named as additional insured under such policies
as required above.
15.2 EVIDENCE OF rnsu~
C~rtificates of such insurance, preferably on the forms
provided by CITY, shall be filed with CITY concurrently with the
execution of this Agreement4 The certificates shall be subject to
the approval of the Risk Manager and shall contain an endorsement
stating that the insurance is pri.zr.ary coverage and will not be
cancelled or altered by the insurer except afcer filing with the
City Clerk thirty (30) days' prio~ written notice of such
cancellation or alteI:ation, and that the City of Palo A1.to is named
as an additional insured except in policies of ",orkers~
compensation. employer's liability, and professional liability
insurance. Current certificates of Bu:::-h insurance seall be kept on
file at all times during the ter.m of this Agreement with the City
Clerk.
9
•
----·--~-_r_
15.3 NO LIMIT OF LIABILITY
The procuring of such required policy or policies of
insurance shall not be const.rued to limit CONSULTANT's liability
hereunder nor to fulfill th~ indemnification provision and
requirements of this Agreement under Sect ion 14 hereof.
Notwithstanding said policy or policies of insurance, CONTRA~R
a~411 be obligated for the full and total amount of any damage,
injury~ cr 108S caused :by the services performed under this
Agreement. including after the Agreement has terminated or expired.
SECTION 16 ~ WORKERS' COMPENSATION
CONSULT~~, by executing this Agre~~ent, certifi~= ~~t
it is aware of the prOVisions of the Labor Code of the State of
California which require every employer to be insured against
liability for workers' compensation or to undertake sslf-tneurance
in ~ccordance with the provisions of tha~ Code~ and certifies that
it will comply with such provisions before commencing the
performance of the work under this Agreement.
SECTION J 7 -CORRECfION OF ANY E~_Q.RS, QMI S5 IONS, ArID
l\MBIGUlTIl!S IN CONTRACT DOCllMl!lITa
Any errors, omissions. or a.ml:dguities jn the contract
doc~ents which are discovered bafore the Project is invited for
bid shall be corrected by CONSULTANT without cost to CITY.
CONSIJLTAN'l' services required tG make changes in const.ruction
resulting fram errors, omdssions, or ambi~~itie9 in the contract
documents which are discovered after the contract is awarded shall
be performed by CONSULTANT without cost to CITY only insofar as
they result. ir.. unnecessary or non-beneficial changes in
construction. CONSULTANT services required to make changes in
conscruction reaultin-3" from erro~s, omissions. or a.'1\biguities in
the contract documents which are discovered after the contract is
awarded shall be perfor.med by CONSULTANT and shall be paid for by
CITY only i~sofar as they add benefit to the construction work.
SBCTION 19 -AUDITS
CONSULTANT agrees to permit CITY to audit, at any
reasonable time during the term of this Agreement and for three n}
years thereafter, OONSULTANT~s records pertaining to matters
covered by this Agreement. CONSULTANT further agrees to maintain
such records for at least three {3} years after the termination of
this Agreement.
~CTIQN 1.9 -AGREEMENT BINDl.NG
'.!'he terms, covenants. and conditions of this Agreerr.ent
shall apply to, and shall bind, the heirs. successors, executors~
administrators, assigns, and subcontractors~ as the case may be~ of
both parties,
10
--~---------.....
SECTION 2Q -NONASS!GNABTLITX
20.1. PERSONAL SERVICES OF CQNSULTANT
Bo~h partie& hereto recognize that this Agreement is fo~
the personal services of CONSULTANT and cannot be transferred,
assigned or subcontracted by CONSULTJLVT without the prior written
consent of CITY.
20.2 SEiRVICEf OF SUBWNSIILTA."IT A..-r.m THEIR EMPLOYEES
CONSULTM'T shall :be responsible for employing or engaging
all persona necessary 'to perform the services of CONSULTANT
bereunder. No subconsultant of CONSULTANT will be recognized by
CITY as such; rather, all subconsultants are deE'"_rned to be employees
of CONSULTANT, and it agrees to be responsible for their
performance. CONSULTANT shall give its personal attention to the
fulfi.l.lment of the provisions of this Agreement by all of its
employees and Bub-coneult.ar.ts, if any. and shal.l keep the work
under its cOIltrol. If any employee or suDconsultant of CONSULTAN'l'
fails or refuses to carry out the provisions of this Agreement or
appears to be incompetent or to act in a disorderly or improper
manner, he or she shall be discharged immediately from the work
under this Agreement on demand of CITY.
SECTION 21 -ULIANCE: upoN PRQPSSSICNAL SKILL OF
CONSULTANT
It is mutually understood and a~reed by and between the
parties hereto that CONSULTANT is skilled in the professional
calling necessary to perfor.m the work agreed to be done hereunder
and th_at CITY relies upon the skill of CONSULTA."JT to do and perform
the work in the most skillful manner, and CONSULTAh""'l' agrees to t.hus
perform the work. The acceptance of CONSULT~'"'T' s work by CITY does
not operate as a releaae of CONSOLT~~ from the cbligatio~.
SBCTICN 22 -WA:ryERS
The waiver by either party of any breac~ or violation of
any term, covenant, or condition of this Agreement or of any
provisions of any ordinance or law shall not be deemed to be a
waiver of any such ter,m~ covenant, condition. ordinance~ or law o~
of any subsequent breach or violation of the same or of any other
term, covenant. condition, ordinance or law~ The subsequent
acceptance by either party of any fee or other money which may
become due hereunder shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any
preceding breach or viola.tion by the ot.her party of any term.
covanant, or condition of this Agreement or of any applicable law
or ordinance~
SBCTION 23 -NQ IMPLIED WAI~_R
NO payment. partial paYLtlent~ acceptance~ or partial
acceptance by CITY shall operate as a waiver on the part of CITY of
any of its rightB under this Agreement.
11
..
.'
-,
" '"
SECTION 24 -COSTS AND ArroR..VEY~EES
The prevailing party in any action brought to enforce the
terms of this Agreement or arising out of this Agreement may
recover it.s reasonable costa and attorneys' fees expended in
connection with such an action from the ether party.
SEhrION 25 NONDISCRIMINATION; PeNALTY
25.1 !>UT'i OF CONSULTANT
No discrimination shall be made in the employment of
persons un....-ter this Agreement because of the age~ race, colo41
national origin, ancestry. religion, disability, sexual preference
or sex of such person. If the value of this Agreement is. or may
be, Five Thousand Dollars {$5,ODO) or more, CONSULT~r agrees to
meet all requirements of the Palo ~to M~nicipal Code pertaining to
nondiscrimination in employment. including completing the
Certificate of Nondiscr~inatian on the form furnished by CITY,
attached hereto as Exhibit 'IF-and made a part hereof by this
reference.
CONSULTANT 3grees that each agreement for services from
independent providers shall contain a provision substantially as
follows :
·provider shall provide CONSULTANT with a
certificate stating that he (or she) is
currently in compliance with all Pederal aDd
State of california laws covering
nondiscrimination in employment; that he (or
she) rill pursue an affirmative course of
action as required by the Affirmative Actiou
Guidelines of the City of ~al0 Alto; and that
he (or she) will not discriminate in the
employmeDt of any person under this contract
because of the age, race ~ color ~ nat.ional
origin l ancestry. religion l disabilitYI sexual
preference or sex of such person.w
25.2 PENALTY FOR DISCRIMINATION
If CONSULTANT is found in violation of the
nondiscrimination provisions of the State of California Fair
Employment Practices Act or s~lar provisiona of federal law O~
executive order in the performance of this Agreement. it shall
thereby be found in material breach of this Agreement. Thereupon,
CITY shall have the power to cancel or suspend this Agreement. in
..... hole or in part ~ or to deduct from the amount payable to
CONSULTANT the sum of Twenty-Five Dollars ($25) for each person for
each calendar day during which such person was discriminated
against~ a.s damages for said breach of contract~ or both. Only a
finding of the State of California fair En!ployment Practices
Commission or the equivalent federal agency or officer shall
constitute evidence of a violation of contract under this ~ection.
12
l ,
-;":;;-""-.
~.~
""~'"
If CONSULTANT is found in violation of the
nondiscrimtnation provisions of this Agreement or the applicable
affirmative action guidelines pertainiLg to this Agre~~ent,
CONSULTANT shall be found in material breach of this Agreement.
Thereupon, CIY! shall have the power t.o cancel or suspend this
Agreement, in whole or in part, or to deduct from the amount
payable to CONSULTANT the sum of Two HUlOdred Fifty DoHan ($25Q I
for each calendar day during which CONSULTANT is found to have been
in such noncompliance as damages for breach of contract, or both.
SECTION 26 -ARBITRATION
Upon agreement of the parties any controversy or claim
ar~Bl.ng out of or relati.ng to this Agreement rray be settled by
arbitration in accordance with the Rules of the ~~eric~~
Arbitration Association, and judgment upon the award rendered by
the Arbitrators may be entered in any court having jurisdiction
thereof.
SECTION 21 -NOTICES
All Dotj ces hereunder shall be given in writing and
mailed. postage prepaid, by certified mail, addressed as follows:
To CrTY: Office of the City Clerk
Post Office Box 10250
Palo Alto, CA 94303
To CONSULTANT: Atten~iou o! the Project Director
at the address of C~NSULTANT reci~ed above
SECTION 28 -ALL coyRNANT5 MrS CONDITIONS
All proviSions of this Agreement are expressly made
conditions~
This document represents the entire and integrated
agreement between CITY and CONSULTANT and supersedes all prior
negotiations, representations, and agreements .. sd.ther written or
oral.
This document may be amended only by vritten instrument,
Signed by both CITY and CONSULTANT.
SRCTIQN 3 Q -r..oYBRNING LAW
This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State
of California.
13
94Ol14i iu ao"JOS47
". "-\.
,~ ,
• _T,';"" 'oc-.. "C,~ •. ;'_,
:,...,
IN WITNESS WHEREOF. the parties hereto have executed this
Agreement the day and year til'st above written.
AT'I'l!ST:
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Senior ABst~ City Attorn~y
APPROVED:
City Manager
Director of Finance
Chief Transportation Official
Risk Manager
Attachment.s:
EXHIBIT 'A'
EXHIBIT 'S'
EXHIEIT 'C'
8XHIBIT 'D'
EXHIBIT 'B'
EXHIBIT 'P'
CITY OF PALO ALTO
Mayor
CAMBRIDGE SYSTEMATICS, INC,
By: %.. t C;iL
Its: II,'" IrvitA.t
SCOPE OF SERVICES
COST PROrosAL -BASIC SERVICES
CCST PROPOSAL -ADDITIONAL SERVICES
PROJBCT S CHEDU1.E
INSURANCE
NONDISCRIMINATION COMPLI1'..NCE FORM
14
" . .. ../ --
CDnFICATE OF ACD!OWLEDGKBNT
(Civil Code § ~189j
STATE OF .J1C:J7"Dth!J If tt:r
COUNTY OF .LM.L.",d",dul <,.,I",~",1= ______ _
, before me, IArto &h-l~ _
in and for said County. per cnally
_____ , personally known to me (or proved
sa'tisfactory evidence) to be t.he person (9)
subscribed to the within instrument.
to me on the basis of
who!le name (9) is/are
and acknowledged to me that be/she/they ~~ecuted the same in his!
her/their authorized capacity 'ies~. and that by his/her/their
signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon
behalf of which the person(s) acted. executed the instrwment~
WITNESS my hand and official seal.
, ,
'. '
Exhibit A -Scope of Services
Basic Services
Task 1. Define Model Str.lcture
Subtask 1.1 Projed lGck-Off Meeting: Consultant's Utitial task is to orgarjz:e t."'.e study
team; assess t!te available model da~a, and refine the work approach and sch~dule.
Consultant will convene a kick-oif meeting willi essential staff from th~ cor.sultant team,.
the City transportation and planning departments, and the County Congestion
Management Agency (CMA) as appropriate. The purpose of the meeting V'.~C'uld be to
estab::ish direct personal contacts for techrdcal model development issues.
Subtuk 1.2 Obtain ~nd Review County CMA Mod el Files: Consul tant will obtain all
pertinent information for the County CMA model Ihis will include input data a.."1d output
files such as socioeconomic data files, netw'ork files and specifications, trip generation and
mode choice models, and person-and vehicle-trip tables. With this in:ormation"
Consultant will begir. to refine !he teclutica1 approach to model development
Subwk 1.3 Additional Data Needs. Assessment: Consultant will meet with the City's
land use plannetS to determine the condition, forma~ and avaiiability of parcel-level land
use and socioeconomic data. In anticipation of the need to disaggregare the CMA
.socioeconomic data to a finer zonal level. Consultant will evaluate the availability of
necessary information.
Consultant wili seek to resolve key issues in the atodel defini~on process that are not
defined by the CMA consistency requirements. These indude establishing the model's
geographic coveragel intersecticns to be included, base validation year and future forecast
years, and approach to non-aut" trip forecasting. Other model elements (zone strut;rure,
network, etc.) will not be defined in detail until Task 2.
Task 1 will culminate in submittal and approval of a refined work scope, and a technica1
memorandum defini.'P'lg the proposed model structure in more detaiL The project sched.ule
l'Iill also be reviewed and refined if rlecessary at this pOlnt.
Task 2. Model Development
Sub task 2.1 Sofh.vare Selec:tion: Consultant proposes to use either the TRANPLAN or
MTh1UTP S()ftw"are packages, depending upon discussions completed in Task 1 with City~
1
· ,
County. and MTC sta.ff. Consultant will select software which is compatible with GI5
applications C'l-U"I""'nUy in use in the Community DeveJopment Department.
SubWk 2.2 Network Refinement: Consultant w:JI start with the CMA model roadway
network.. and \'1>]11 add detail ""ithin and adjacen~ to !:he City of Palo as needed to me-et the
more detailed forecasting needs of the City. This will ... .,ntaH adding arteriais a...,d collectors
within the model focu.s area, and simplifiation of the CMA nelvl"Ork outside of the defined
model locus area. Future base year ne~orks will be developed with input from the City
and neighboring jurisdiction.<.
Sttbtask 2~3 Zone System Refinement: Consultant wilt conduct a simiiar zona!
disaggregation within the focus area and aggregation outside the area. To maintain
consistency and ease of transfer of infonnation between the CM..A. and citywide models, all
zone splits or aggregaticns will be '"neted.", tr.at is, all of the existing CMA zone boundaries
will be retained.
Subtuk U Land Use-Data Base Refir.emenl: The CMA land use and socioeconomic data
base will be used to define calibration year and future conditions. Outside 01 the CitYs
sphere of influence,. these data must be observed, per CW.A standards. However~ within
that sphere, the data may be refined and disaggregah!d to provide the precision expech!d of
the citywide model. Consultant will work wHh City and CMA staff to estimate these
variables for the suJ>.zones which result hom disaggregation of CMA zones.
Subtask 2.5 Trip Gen~ation and Distributi~n: BecaIW! the citywide model it itself is
entiIely ·nested" witru.."l the CMA modet IJip generation for land ·1l5eS outside the focus
arEa is not an issue. Similarly, the distribution of trips from within the focus area to
extemai zones is expected to be constant wit..'t the CMA model. WitPJn the focus area, some
refinement of both generation and distnbution proc:edures will be preferred. Discibution
of trips within the focus area ~i11 reflect the finer network and zone system in the citywide
model Consultant will obst"TVe the tiered trip distn1mtion requirements of the CMA, that
is, home-based work trips. will be disb:ibuted. separately from home-based other trips, and
non-home based trips. A peak spreading trip generation model will be developed based
upon the CMA !ec.lmical guidelines.
Subtask 2.6 Mod.e Choice: This particular component of the ci~ywide model will require
further refir.ement wilh City and CMA staff before an approach can be deflned. Consultant
will m~t with City and CMA staff ea...Jy in the project to d.iscuss the alternative approaches
available to the City which would meet the intent of the CMA consistency guidelines, and
to develop a refined approach based upon those discussiOns.
Subtask 2.7 Model Specifications and Descripti()n: The product of Task 2 win be the
working model~ including basic components such as the revised network a..l"ld land use data
bases, trip generation and distribution m~~ls .. etc. The mode] will be described in a
working paper which will define the model capabilities and specifications, and .. "Iill add ress
both the City'"s needs and the CMA consistency requirements.
,
\
Sub~ask 2..8 Baseline DoIt.l: COn5ult,mt will. provide City staff with baseline existing
conditioru data for use in die Comprehensive Plan ElR This will include existing traffic
volumes and I~vel of ser.fice for use by aiL' and noise subconsultiU\ts. The intersection
localiol'.s will be defined with the assistance of City staff.
T ... k 3. Model Calibration and Validation
Subb.sk 3.1 Model Calibration: Although the CMA model is calibrated to the 1980
Census work trip tables, Consultant wiiI use a 1990 calibratioro. year for daily trip
distnbution and mode choice" Sour~es of data for calibration will include the 1990 Census
PJ.ace..to-Place report.. and potentially the more detailed Census journey to work data at the
zonal Je",et or the 1990 MTC travel survey, which may be available by this stage in the
project.. Local sources of data include the M€:nio Park employee % survey, and O/D
SU!Vey5 conducted by Palo Alto.in t~ mid.-80s and later.
Cah"bration will involve adjustment of the regional trip generation, mode choice, and
distribution estimation processes to arrive at acceptable levels of tolerance with respect to
the CMA trip tables, and more recent data as avJ.ilable.
Subruk 3.2 Validation of Vehic:Ie Assignment: Validation of the mode! vehicle trip
assignment will be conducted using traffic volu:ne da.ta for the period 1990-1993.
Validation standards will be developed at two levels, outside and within the focus area
model. In general, the 1992 Caltrans Travel Foreca.sting Guidelines will be used. with
modification as found to. be ne..::essary for critical links or screenlines within the model
focus area.
Consultant will validate the a.m. peak hour forecasts for the eMP network and
intersections only. The p.m. peak hour furea,ls will be validated with ground counls .t all
of the model focus area intersections, and with link volumes on arterials and key collector
streets.
Sabtask 3.3 Model Validation Reports! The model validation will be documented ill a
worlcing paper. Model output comparing estimated values to calibration year trip tabies
and observed traffic volumes will be submi~. Summaries of link and screenline volume
c:omparisons will be generated for the base yeat to demonstrate successful model
validation.
Task 4. Future Forecasts
Subtask 4..1 Develop Alternative Land Use Data: Consultant will rely upon the City staff
to define the futule alternative land uses within the model focus area for testing.
Consultant wilt in Task 3, develop land use spread sheets which contain calibration year
and future b.ase year land use and socioeconomic data. City st.!ff will be able to ma.ke
changes directly to these spread.!heet files if desired, or to provide written qua...-.,titative
description of the land use ch.:mges which characterize future alternatives.
3
ItDUJaTy 19, 1994
\
Subbsk 4..2. FUtUlE NE'twork Alt~rnatives: With assist.mce from City stalf, Consultant will
rode alternative netv;orks to reflect any significant network charlges to be tested.
Subt.uk 4.3 Fulute forecasts: Consultant will develop projedions of person trips and
vehicle trip assignments for up to three discrete alternati ... 'es. These will ~ documented in
il wc'·rking paper which provides information similar to thE validation report. but for the
future alternatives.
Subtask 4.e Level of Sen"ice Analysis: The model forecasts will be analyzed using the
CAPSSI intersection level of service methodology, consistent with current City practice a.'"ld
O{A standards. Star.dard default parameters will be \.i.Sed lot these analyses, such as for
sat-..uation flow and signal timing.
Subtask 4.5 Future Conditions Report: This working paper will document th-!! future
fore<:asts and provide summary and detailed output from the forecasting proce.c;s.
Assuming the alternative scenarios dsfined in this task .ar~ related to the Comprehensive
Plan, t.."en this working paper wiU serve as a technical appendix to the Plan in support of
transportation ar.d land use policy.
Subtask 4.6 Transporta.tion Data for EIR: Consultant wilt provide the EIR Consultant
with traffic data. genera.ted by the model deve1opo\ef\t and scenario testing tasks l suitable
for air and noise impact analysis. This will i..-,.clude data sl:ch as traffic volume. interse:tion
le¥e! of service, and average speed.
Task 5. Modal Sensitivity Analysis
Consultant will conduct analysis of the sensitivity of IItode cl10ice to certain transportation
or 1and use policies and actions. Consultant will develop transit and non-SOY trip tables
from the O!A mode share model, and will evaluate the sensitivity of thos.e forecasts to
critical input parameters.. Consultant will detme what genera! actions the City would have
to' take to effect meaningful change in the drive-alone percentage. By analyzing the
coefficients lor elements 5L.Och as travel time, travel cost, employment density,. residential
densirj, etc. Consultant will idenWy effective strategies for red:udng SOV trips.
Through this approach, Consultant will describe to City staff and Comprehensive Plan
a.dvisory committee members the relative effecf.:iveness of certain land use and
tta..'lSportation actions or policies. Consultant will conduct this modal sensitivity analysis
EO£ up to three alternative transportation or land use strategies.
Task 6. Model Documentation
Subtuk 6.1 Model Doc.umentation: Following submittal of the alternative forecasts,
Consultant will prepare a draft report which summarizes mode] development and
application. It will incorporatE [he previous working papers on model definition~
c~libration, and application, with revisions as nf?'Cessary to reflect subsequent changes. nus
4
'--.-----~-----..
/"
',.' .
draft report will be submitted for Gty review and finalized after addrEssing comments a.nd
quesi:kms from Cjty staff. The final report will inaude sufficient detail to be subnutted by
the Cit-I as the draft "local model report" required. by Ute CMA prior ~D their acceptance of
the mood.
S'I,lbtask 6.2 "-1odellnstaUatio'n &nd Training: CcnsUltont will install the computer model
on the Gty's microcomputer, and tr"rufer to the City a. site license for the softv.'are. The
model \\·iU run en a. standard MSDOS-based PC with typical processing and storage
capabilities. Access to a pen plotter is a.sS!.lmM. ConsuJ ta:rl t training I)f City staff will be
limited to approximately 8 hours instruction in the general pro.:eciures for model
maintenance and operation..
Task 7. Project Coordination
Consu!t.m.t will conduct a numbe: of the reguh.r progress conferences via. telephone.
Consultant a.s.sumt";5" project conference calls. 4 proja.-t coordination meetings in Palo Alto,
and 4 milestone meetings Ie present project d.liverables.
Additional Services
Task 8. Relaled Technical Assietance
Cambridge Systemati<:s will assign to this project members of the firm who ha.·e
considerable experienc~ not only in travel m0.gei development. but in general
comprehmsive pla..""lnin.g.. tnnsit plouming. and traffic engmeering as well. These team
members will be available to Cit-/st:aff fur conswtation at the average hourly rates shown
in Exlu"bH C. Should specialized technical services be required {e.g., rail operati!.ln.s~ civil
engineering, et~.) which. are not available witru.7\ Cambridge Systematics .. CC!nsultant will
make such services available to the City fr.rough subcontracting arrang~ments. to be
appwyed in advance by: Gty.
Task 9. Transportation Workshop
Cambridge Syst,;;-matics will work with City staff '1.0 organi2e and conduct a one day
Transpoltation 'Workshop in conjun<:tion with the series of three Community Design
Workshops, The purpose of the worksho1p is to provide a opportunity to conslder~ at a
cDnceptuallevel. a broad r<lnge of trar.sportation options and alternatives for posslble
inclusion in the comprehensive plan process. lbe range of options and alternatives is to
include regional and sub-regioru.1.-citywider sub-areas ... and r.eighborhood level systems
and programs.
5
.. ---
P<l1o Ail(! Citywide Trwel DeJllfAnil Mrxhl
The format and content of the workshop will be estabtished in consultation with dty staff
as well as consultants responsible Ier the Community Design Workshops. The scope of
s.ervices is intended to include:
• Definition of rormat and conten.t
• Preparation of mafe:ials
• Arrangements and conduct of wod:,shop
Follow-up documentation
As appropr-iate, Cambridge Systematics may subcontract with the CPAC process
maI"'.agernent consultant to provide process assi..c:;tance and expertise in the organizatior'. and
conduct o! the workr;hop.
The City will be responsible tor o::rtai."'I. other logistical arrangements of the workshop
including public not:ice and any supplies or se..""Vi<:es not diIect1y related to the presentation
and discussion.
Palo Alto Citywide Model Projw Sdledu1e
,
\
'-
/'
.'
Exhibit B -Cost Proposal.
(Basic Services)
Tuk No. aut Daczipd4:l; Pid"ti1 """" ..... P.tiZlJCfl-Ru!td"
U! Define Madel~l 0 0 0 • 0
2D :M.ocJe; nu'4U.tllt(t.1 0 0 0 • 0
3.0 MocW ~ and Vali4ltiotl. , .. 0 • 0 ......... -• .. , • 0
5.0 ~~ANllpis '" 16 , C 0
6.0 Model ~tioa • " 0 0 0
7" "'-""""""'" 20i " • 0 •
T""" """'" so '" • • 0 _ .....
$51.., S26.&; ....", "".70 SlS.HI
~ "'"" ...... 5<.130 .. ..., 5310 .", so
~ C>9aftad. (ltO'% of LIl'or)
TotIiI I.i2Jotmd ~
• "'""-T,....,
"!'~tm
--..-.0 -eou...-e.,,,,,
Worcl~.S7flU .......,. """""
04A Model """" Total D!no:t ~ .. SDbconm.,'1W-RciN:r
Totd s-ab.::on.tn.cmr
~ G.kA. (5% cl items I.Z.&3. .. hbtDbI of iI2l CostJ; . !bed. Fee (lm:.ofitema U,3,'~ 5)
L Tala! &lhu.Jted Cost
irmwuy 19, 1994
""' Kim Cl'll2hia T....,
• 0 0
0 0 0
160 • 2'"
'" • 1<0 .. , 12l! .. 11 " ,. , ..
368 .. 6n
515.00 Sl6.00
0;,520 .,.,. "';101
5'1.<21
"')22
..., .,.. ....
S200
SIOO
$ZOO
17.'"
",...
S~too
,,-"'" .,.soo
02.<;6 ",,,,. .,..,.
....000
Exhibit C -Cost Proposal
(Additional Services)
Task 8. Related Teclmical Assistance -Average Hourly Rales
----~~~---------------------------------~~~----
Prindpa1 Planner
Senioc Associate Planner
Assodote PIan,.."./Mode!er
TedmIdan/ Analyst
_avil/ocRaUrood~)
TOTAL TASK BUDGET
Task 9, Transportation Workshop
Task
Woli;shclp Planning
Preparnlion of Marerials
Won..rop
Fonow-up Doctnnentation
Direct Expense$
(Qaphics, reproductions. rentals. travel, ...,.)
Subtotal
Contingency
TOTAL'"
(1) Individual task costs IlI't rough I!stimates only.
(2) Includes subcontract to process mU\agem~nt consu1b?t.
$13()-155
S95-1l0
57S-90
$5Q.6O
$1'W-ISO
$10.000
Estimated CostlJ)
$3.200
2.900
6))00
2.900
3,000
IS.ooo
2,000
$2fJ.0ClJ
8
Palo Alto Citywide Model
Month
-.v·-Task
1. Refine Work Scopo and
Deline Mod~l Structure
2, Model ~vp.ll)p1n~nt
3. Model Calibra.tion /\tid
Va.lida.tion
4. Puture Foret'atlb~
5. MoJ~l St-nllitivity
6. Model Documentation
7. Project CO(lrdirlation
8, Ttarupofiation Workshop
a Products
D Milestone Meeting~
'.
~-
Project Schedule
, ,'?"" !~"':r: ~~J:,t ,.,.r ...... c:.'7'":~~ ~ .,' 't i\If'
.'
~ ::r .....
C" ...,.
'""" ~
~
"1 a.
('tI
~
""'" 00
~ ::r
('t) c.. c: -('tI
. . ~' .. ~.~~.~
A.
B.
C.
D.
E
F,
".
•
,
\
Insurance Requirements for Contractors
CONTRACTOR:
PROJECT MANAGER: Marvin Ov-:!rway
CONTRACT NAME: Citywide Traver Demand Moder
GENERAL TERMS AND INSTRUCTIONS
nc; ~CfiI &MaT Pit'l.Ul 5E GNt"< 10 Y(UI 1NQ.Il'\l." '::! /J,GDn /&'III'X!R.
c~ T<:'O T."U orr p¥/"A<.Q Al..TC. AT '11'1_ sou ~Sf II{AU. OI'l'AI" N<O.......-r,...". 1;$'IJIV<.'jC!: F0fI1Hf tow. CFTlU C'Of(fI'I.IIoCT. ccw.1"I'!.t.I.....,.~ IML.L
1l1\!~"TO ""4Y.O£'" C::~1l.M:ATf. tw;1OI~ n<l:. .o$~C:~ ~c It_Ii 'niP. CIT'O'.u IoN AOOmo,lll,t, 1l\l1U'oll), AU.. 1N~':f C~VEAAOE IlfGIMm
::tlAtL U!'l\O~ 1'K"tQ1.IIai ~~ .... nt A 1£$1 UTIfIIQ f.1' A.:"'= CfII ~""DI ntA.r ~ ADNI'TT1ll '1"0 CO "~!$$IH bd .sTAn 0' CAU~
ni! CDl.rJR::,I\.'rI c.;, __ ct MIJS'T'" C1)IrUo..fTrtI AIIID ~ Ih' /JJO A~'-AC IlU"NHHT ... nvt o· ~[CCfJ"'Ah"'f 1'ftC~"'G ~S'IR\AoIf("f RU:I~ ~~
OT'Y, NIl) N'f'IIQ'IRl IY nH a'N 1!If1.C~ ~ -...u. If tc .. ~fIUI: COI,U'U71 IO.S IIIs;oec::rs ,*SV'.AI<C!.
RETURN THE CCMP\.ETED CERTIFICATE TO THE CITY OF PALO ALTO, PlffiCHASING & CONTRACT
ADMINISTRAnON, 250 HAMILTON AVENUE, PALO ALTO 94301.
TH. iNSURANCE REQUIREMENTS CHECKED anow ARE
TYPE at:
g.r'" ..comprehensive Gene-ral UsbiTrty:
INCLUDING:
• PS\$0NAi. ;N.IIJ~'"
• BROAD F~M PRoPeAn DAMAGE
• .BLAHJCET CO~TRACTUAL
•
~ *Co~fehen$ive Automobile lia~Dlty;
INCLUDiNG:
• OWNED
• HiRfO
• tlON-OWN'EO
o Profuliional UamUty:
INCLUDING:
• ERP.CRS AND OMlSS IONS
• MAl:c'~"'Cl1Ct t11 #>pFrM:.b.~
a N~GUGENT PERFORMANCE
SODiLY IN .... ·JRy
PROPfRTY CAIM.GE
600lLY INJlJFlY" PROPERTY
CAMAGE COMBiNED
DAMAGE" COMBlNfO
ALL DAMAGES
f;l,OOC,OOO
.~.OOO.OOO
.1,000,000
.1,000,000
'T QOO 009
$1,OOO~
.1,COO,OOO
",000,000
SI.ooo,ooo
.1,000,000
$1,000,000
The Clty 01 Palo ... Ito, ib officers, 3<;Oan15 and emplc'f'Ie3 6!'iI!" fUWned .. .dditional insur-.d, but aNy '" ~ .... orit pol1arm.a IH~eJ
ccnlfect. S. COV"BgfIN to tiM CitY col ps/4 AM. et:::., shWI w primaty cow.aga, wittlovt ofb;a! t'I~lIimt City'll IIXlllang if'::1l'J'_&
end BflY othar jn!WTern;e c .... rled by th. Coty b";";1 UCH!iI instIf6'IC1 "'riy.
Wherll tN woR; invc~' QoI'lII!tn;l, pavi~, oiea ... c!inq. d'rillirog or ot .... t Ilrodll!r'jltound wori. til. poJ'icy ine:l~ •• d"!J'J>Jetion or 1I'Irfl,
ecndoit:!. piP*". maiou, ::Ir o'the1 .. "..a,.. p'op"nv or any appe,atu, if! eo~tion m.rawitl'l 'balDW tht11IIOJrfac~ "f the ground whathar
ow~::S! by ti'i.d patti" 0' rhe Cry 01 Pelo Alto.
Wllenl the wortt. 1n.voIVH exe' .... tl,'I9. e<ll1b9$e 'i:OVlIIleQ. ~ p.'".:ovi<;lotd i.n the amrJunts ebo" •.
Tn. poley irw;!otdes e 'Sl!JV'IIIr"wility of 1r.leITst" P'CI";S~n..
O.aUC'tibf.e, O\l'lf :I 5,000 must be ird,;ered ,mil' et' 5UbjeCI to BPP,olflll.
Iii ~cn poIi.cin lU. e.nc.lec! ll:, c"-nQotc! auring thI Feri~ 0' cuv.rlge I' ~ted ile'>!,", in 'OJ.er. • manlle\' 8:1 UJ Iffaci the Cemificall,
Virty 1301 ct.ys ... linen notka will' be !"I""~.(Id 1<> tNI C:i~;ilf paro i\iIO. Con.tract i\dnVn.i$\l'aIiQII, ?o. 80ll t0250, '.0130:3
n,.. ~;y in:tur .. roe. polley in.ckldo:l , conU.o(:t1..I1!oi ~"hi1ity oIl~"rs.nenl p'o,.;.a.~ inS\.l"",;. cco.,.e'&ge fur GoO 'I!r4l1:;[0,', 1!IIJI'ument
til indemr~ly the City.
The co .... rage srlon;led under thoa potlcies is ~·tljltCt ,,, ell term; of dis o()!idu de.siOnsled' harein .. ~ mcollu .n of mil p'o",;~rnr c .. n~
for ,."ain. /.
•
.-
Exhibit F
CERTIFICA TION OF NONDISCRIMINA TION
Certification of NQndiscrimina1ion~ As sup~liers of goods or services to the City of
Pa!o Atto. the firm and iNdividuals listed below cen/fies that they do not discriminate
in employment wfth regards to age, race, eoior, rerigion, national origin, ancestry,
disabllITy, Of sexual preference; that they ate in compliance with aU Federar, State and
local d[rect1ves and executive orders regarding nondiscrimination in employment; and
that they agree to demonstrate positively aoo aggressNsiy the principre of ~qual
op portlln Ity in employment.
The Proposer agrees specificany:
1.0 To estabnsh or observe employment poticies which affirmatively pro mota
opportunlties for minorrty persons at afl job levers.
2.0 To communicate thIS poTIey to all persons concerned, including all
employees, outside recruiting services, especially those serving minority
communities, and to the minority communities at large.
3.0 To take affirmative action steps to hire minority employees within the
organization.
4.0 To be koowledgeable ofthe local, state, and tedsral laws arod regulations
concerning afflImative action poncies and provide opportunfties for
empioyees.
Firm: CAlfBRIDGE: SYSTEHATICS~ lNC.
Trtre of Officer
Sigflature""<4:.:!:l~~==.i.~,..:...!1~~~~ ________ _
Date 911~ 1'113
Please inclUde any addltional information avaiTable regarding equal opportunity
emp:oyrnent programs now in effect within your compariy.
SEE ATTACHED
END OF SECTION
CITY of ?AlO ALTO: Non-disc;in-·inatiM [5/931 SECTjCJN 0041 OlRFOJ-1
r'
'I
j
"
.:.'-;..'
AGREEMENT .~
BY THIS AGREEMENT IU.OEANOEWERED INTO ON THE 4 CA'" Oil __ Febru_~:r::L ___ '!lo~ {~6~~Op~~~~~7G"
B'r' ...... 0 SE'TWEEH n;E Clrf OF PALO Al TO [He~EJMFTER REFcFtR[O mAS CIT'( AN\)
{""""EJ(11 CUibridge Systematics ____ _ __ 12) __________ _ ATIACliMENT 2
ii<OO"'ESSi 2855 Telegrapb Avenue. SCe 305 ~Clrv) Berkelry iZIP) :t4fV_" iPI"K)f,€j );o'ti4' Y)90
(HEREiN.lflUI: ~JU'tSO 1'0 AS CONTRACTOR) It.: C01'iSI!lEAATlO/ll OF" TH!:lll IoIUT'JAt CO'/ENANl'S. n"Lo: ~AIHtES "'E~f:TO AC..qEE ,ItS FOllOWS
• CONTRACTOR SHAll PRO\r1O£ O~ FlJR/IItSH ~E FOL'-O"'I1N13 SPEC1",EO SE~Ce:S.ulOlOi'I: MAl'"EHI .... LS S~C1FlEO "" f):'HrElrT ____ _
",'1"TACWiO ~o ANO ~w.o H£R~ BY n-<lS F.t;FEfI£;If';E
Cousult&nt shall ~rovide services in conjanct1on with the development of a
Citywide Tra7el Demand Model. and sh~11 prepare da~a for i~put into the
Environmental rmpa~t do~~ent for the Comprehensive Flan.
• EXHIBITS THE FOUOWING ,UTACHED .EXHIBITS 1EREB'( AP.E MACE PAilT Of' ffllS AGREEMENT
Exhibit A: Scope of ~ork
Exhibit B: Cost Proposal Exnibit C: Supple~aotal Condition
• TERMS. n1"E SE'q-va:s .... ~ oWATCFUALS fl.JRNISHED l)I'f!")E~ ~15 AGJIEe~E:N" SHAtL COWotENCE ON writ t ep n ptj ;;; e. t.o -p"J::: 00:. e ec.
»10 SHAU.. ElE COMP\.ETED aEfOOE: _~..h..-U.... .. J.22.1.!: __ . ______ ._
• COMPENSATION FQq THE F1.lU. PEW~E OF THfS AGRE'EI,IENT
Iil ClTISI-W..lPAYo::wTRAcr~ A sum not to exc.eed $20.DOO; payable upon sub::rlssion.
of mQnthly it~~ed billings for services provide~. -
o ~"'T0fl $HALl PAil Cl7Y. ~
• PAYMENT RECORD ,OEP"",,,"'7 us< AEVEf<S< S",", ..
• CIlY ACCOUNT NUMBER:
0~KEY~ .. :S:2~~~r3~\iQiL:===========~)~~.l~O~7t'==I~f>RO.>EC~ w T -.---
_mf_DOLLo\FI ~~ I $ 20 ,OGO ._.
-s~. ____ M --l
• GENERAL TERMS AND COND!T10NS ARE "".:WOED ON eOll< SIDES Of ""S DOCWENT.
.1
I
THIS AGP.EalE"i 5iiAli £Iff:OME m=ECTM UPO" ITS APfI'ROV,Io.1. 1.:10 EY...ECUTlOH BY C1T'I'. IN W1TNE'3S T"HEREOF, ntE PARTIES KAYE. ~CUTED THIS
AGRffM9lT THE DAY, MOflTH, MD 't'f.AR FIRST WRmEN ABOVE..
HDUJ lIMIIL!SS: CONTAA..~ agrees In 1nOt!Mify. il~8!1d 3lI~ ~cll"IarrT'Jw CITY. r3 offi~rs. a,g~.rtts. 1M ~mpl~ :rtIm iJI1~ and ~ ~~. :lWls m-ll;J.bnitl/ 01
arI'J ruture. ~t\G IIIfMQfui dealb. 'Ca1J:Set"i by Of arisinQ out of CONTRACTOR S, its IiffICtf;·, aQeots· or ~rn~~ee:;;' n~fli;,llnt ~cts. ~rroo:, tlf cr.J!r.siOOS. Of \IIIllru!
~LICt. 0::" eordllCtfof wnic.'ll!'t g. im~ wict Ii.lt"tillty on C{)"'TAA.CTO~ 111 th~ perfOr:1\.1ll~ IJr ~'un to PJ!r10fTn \t1is ~rtem;-:m by OJP(TmmR.
EJITUIf AGREDWfT. Th~ iWHmlfll m1.m.ue~ cCtllllitj<;ms on w· C!'lcr;.,e hHl!C!1 rqlrtSefl1 Ih~ enli,"E-il:Cl"t!!met.1 t>etwt€n!il! rw'ci6 ~ ~:1 I~ li1~ !l"r.:ha~
L"1d uiI!! uJ ttl! ~lJipmeiTl nutMa,';o Of Sl.lppl~ 0' pIIJ.-melll lilI" ;e~lc.es ."."irM may tle the su:lljec1 r:A this ctlnlr1ct. All pri,.;!' ig~err.e.m. ~pm:Entlti:;;n5. st!UMeJ1ts,
~ofiationo; lI'd LlflMfUD'I9$..metter orAl ()(w~n ~rt suprr.m:lrd hmb).
• PROJECT MANAGER I'IHD ~E:PFl~E.NTATIVE FOR elTv
~ _ . ..lkuj~nf<><·."V'-____ ~ ____ _
rrangpo .. t:;.~t.iO!l D~_?_ision
p.o. sox 102S0
PAlO Al.. TO. CA 94303
r.."..".,. ...3ill3ll.-257B
~~=T~~~~I~CUL.-. 'iJ,=~{J~
mu -.[ Irk fE'''''' p;a...,-r; OkvlW-1 g;-.> s.t5~'1n9
~:~s'~c;,: .. ;.'i~D~tk2P.L.~-,O,-1-,-r;,-____ _
• INVOICING SEro,oALL t'I. .... OIC;;:S TO THE ern. "TTN PROJECT IAANACiE:R
• CITY OF PALO AllO APPROVALS; (ROUH" ~ SICi-."U\T~.R£SACCOODI~c;. TO M..iMaEFlS IN J\PPFlUI,IAl BOX£S BROW).
l
,
I
"<'
Exhibit A -Scope of Services
Basic Services
Task 1. Define Model Structure
Sub!ask 1.1 Project Kkk-Off Meeting: Consultant's initial task 1S to organize the ~t"'ldy
team, assess the availabJe model data, and refine t.~e work approach and schedule.
Consultant will convene;a kick-oIf meeting with esse!1tiai staff from th.e consultant team,
the City transportation and planning departments, and the County Cor.gestion
Mat.'Ulgement Agency (CMA) as appropriate. The pu..""Pose of the meeting wouJd be to
establish direct personal contacts !or tec..lmical rn.odel development issues,
Subtask 1.2 Obt.ain and Review County CMA Model File'S; Consulta.nt will obtain all
pertinent infoI'lIUiltion fm the COWlty 0v1A mode!.. This 'twl include input data a.T);d output
file; suc.lt as sociceconomic data files, nehvork files and spe.:ificatioru, trip generation and
mode choke models l and person-and vehicle-trip tables. With this l,,-Iormation,
Consultant will begin to refine the technical approach to model development
Subtask 1.3 Additional Datil Needs Assessment:: Consultant will meet with the City's
land use planners to rietern:line the condition, format .. and availability of parcel-levelland
use and socioeconomic data. in anticipation of the need to disagg.egate l.1-te CMA
socioeconomic data to a finer zonal level, Consultant will evaluate the availability of
ne<:<ssaIy information. -
Consultant will seek to resolve key issu-es in the model defmition process that are [lot
defined by the CMA consistency requ:iremE'n~. These include establishing the model's
geographic coverage, intersections to be included, base validation yeal and future forecast
years, and approach to non-auto trip forecasting. Other mod€! elements (zone structure ..
network~ etc..) will not be defined in detail until Task 2.
Task 1 will culminate in submittal and approval of a refined work scope~ and a technical
memorandum defining the proposed model structure in more de~ail. The project sc:hedul~
will also be reviewed and refined.if necessary at this ~lnt
Task 2. Model Development
Sub task 2.1 softwaH: Soelection: Consultant proposes to use eitJ-ler the TRANPtAN or
MINUTP software packages~ depending upon discussions completed in Task 1 with City,
CtJmbridge S~totJiilics, L .. e.
;I:l1'Iuary 1 f, 1994
' ..
.' ---.....
County, and MfC ~t2:ff, Con.sultant will sele-ct software which i5 compatible with GIS
applicalic.ns currently in \Lo:.c! in t.i.e Community Development O€pntment.
Subiuk 2.2 Network Refinement: Consultant will start with th.e CMA model roadway
network, and will add detail wHhin and adjacent to the City of Pd.Io as neede-d to meet the
more d~tai1ed forecas!!ng needs of the City. This ""ill entafl adding arteriais and coI1PCtors
withL"l the model focus area, and simplL.'kation of t.~e 0\1A network outside of the defined
model focus area. Future base YEar networks will be developed with input from the City
and neighboring jurisdictions.
Sub task 2.'3 Zone System Rl:'finenH~nt: Consultant wilI conduct a simil<!! zona!
disaggregation within the focus area and aggregatjcn outside the area. To maintain
consistency and ease of transfer of information betv.'een the CMA and cityv.'ide models, all
zone splits Qr aggregations will be "'nested"r th.i!i is, all v{ the existing CMA :rone boundarit>S
-will be retained.
Snbtask 2.4 Land Use Data Base Refinement: The Cft1A hmd use and .socioeconomic data
base ",,'ill be used to defi..."'te caUbration YEar and furore conditions. Outside of the City"s
sphere of in£luence~ these data must bE" observed, per CMA standards. However, within
that spfiE>re. the data may be refined and disaggregatro to provide the precision expected of
the citywide model. Consultant will work with City end CMA staff to estimate these
variabie:s for the sub-zones whkh ~t from disaggregation of Q.{A zones.
Subtask 2.5 Trip Generation and Distribution: Because the citywide model it itself is
entirely "nesteG" within the CMA mode!, trip generation for land uses outside the focus
area is not an issue. SimilaIly. the distribution oJ trips from within the focus area to
extemaI zones is expected to be oonstant with the CMA model. Within the focus area, some
refi1lement of both generation and dist:r:ibutiol". procedures will be preferred. mo;.tnbution
of trips ~"ithin the focus area wiil reflect the finer network and zone system in the citywide
model Consultant will observe the tiered trip distribution reqairemen Cs of the a...tA, that
is, home-based work hips will be distnbuted separately from home-based other trips, and
non· home based trips. A peak spreading trip ge:nelation model will be d€veloped based
upon t.l-te CMA technical g'.lidelines,
Subtask 2.6 Mode Choke: 11Us: p ;u-ticu1ar component of the citywide model will require
further refrnement with Oty and CMA. staff before an .approach can be defined. Consultani:
will meet with City and CMA ;taff early in the proje...-t 10 discuss the alternative apprcac..."es
available to the Oty which would meet the-ulhmt of the-CMA consistenry guideline-s, and
to deyeIop .a refined approach based. upon those di.<;Clls.sl ons.
Subtask 2.7 Model Specifications and Description: The principal product of Task 2 "Will
be the working model. L-.cluding bask c.omponents such as the revi~ed network and land
use data bases .. trip generation and distr:::.cution modeL<;~ etc. The model Vi'ill be dt:scnbed in
iii. working paper whkh will define the model capabilities and specificatioru, and will
addres3 both tho<: City's needs and the CMA. con.:;,stency requil:ements.
Ormbn4g~ Syslar:om.:s, 'nc.
JlIllIil:7}l 14., 1.994
Subtuk 2..8 Baseline Dab: Consultant win prov[de City staff with baseline existing
conditions data for u5_e in the Comprehensive PIa." ElK This will include existing traffic
volumes and level of .setvi« for use by air and noise subconsultants. The infersection
locations will be defined with tn. assi,tance of Oty suff.
CmWrid~ SyuntVtics, me
Jcr.w:ry 14,. 1994
. "
3
----. ~;.-. ---"?i-'-'---",..,-.=,'
~'~:;-f.,~~~f ' .
Exhibit B -Cost Proposal
(Basic Services)
ToI:Il.: N(l.. end t>o:Jipti-o-Q Pi"='! Doclou ..... S1illw> Rwtr;r
1.C De..GneModeJ Sbu<;tun: 16 " • • •
2.0 """" """"""'""
16 '" • • •
Toe.l.RDGrIo .c\2 .. • • • H_"-",., .,." S3&ro S33J\) .MS.10
"'m ,
""
I2!l
'15.00
1 ""'" '"""" 0l.66' S2,237 $31' W!l SJ6! 51)100
L 0ftdM:ad (l4D'% oll.abor)
ToaI LUoraDd o.em-! .. ...... -.. C«A C5'5. at itmu 1,..Z.4JJ • SIIbtD4a1a1 dJ a.b .. Fbed Fer: (low, otilanS 1.2,.;..4; II:S)
7. T.-J~~
C:rr.-ilrrid'ge SystcIWio, lr..::.
lflmllD"Y 14-.. 1994
. . ,
' •..... _----:--------_._ .
'7""'"~ ,_",
.. ,'>? >
WPI
CJ".IIFruu T ....
• 60 • Zl'
16 77.
$16.00
Sl56 " .... ",64D ."..,. ....
'" $13,19.2
"'.an
"",ooI
,
Exhibit C -Supplemental Condition
It is the City's intention to incorpcra~e the work of this contract into the work of iii!
subsequent related contr,a<:t, subjectto approval of th"! subsequent contract by the City
Council-
Ozmbridp sys'lemdtlcs, [n.,:.
IIlm4l6!l14, ]994
4
-----........ __ . -'-
JAN 27 '94 12137 FROM ROLLINS HUDIG HRLL PHGE, B~4
.F!ollr('l~ ""dig ,~all at' MA, r"e
99 Hi,h 51; riQ'oC't
Bo-.lhn~ MA 02.110-3'111
611-48.2.-:'1100
C .. bri4&. $y.t&m.1ic$
Ul n. i r' S1'r •• 1:
C.sbr fd',e,
MA 021.42.
-~-
..... .uro
.. u a-6; 1I1{1,"'
3!l6M1II MlQ:'.;
Cf't)l ~f Pale A110
2.S0 H.Clt I to" ",V_I,.,I.
P. Q. Box 1CZSO
~.1. A.1c, CA 94JO)
13ClPCn.,Iri72. '04
(C.llrrolUU.l)
1/11/93 PI' ~/U
... ·.10\.·30 1:)--' ,$ "" >c1" T;:'~ -:fC: ,,_q..,.t;; '':0:.:: I'~ ,. ~:-: :";'_"J'" ~ '" ;,.~:::;:o i '.J T--S
l...e:=i:evr-~",'l..U'Q.E I!:'" ~/I,l. -;;~ N..)T"~E S.I-' /Lr.L 'l.:;;(.JSE 11.10 r:'l~llG.I. '1I'.':l:"; tJO)
\.J-'~ In 0::: 1'N't Kfo£l Ul='O~THE COMI>.,." ITS AGEi'Jl3 oq '>E~:>EN r .. 'IVE 5'
'-'. ----'--._-,----
I
~ ,
!
!
._---*---.----------._-.....;...._--, .. _------..... fROM F:OlL lH.:-~1'_'lJjl:o Hr<'-'--
Railins fuldig H.l1 .r MA, Ir'lc.
951 High Sfr .... '
t<>$1~~. ~~ OZltO-3~?1
Cau"i,(ilg. System.tlce
222 Third Street
e.llb r I cls: ...
02.142.
"';0
1I.1~.ur1Q$
~m,.1I'IW
orm; J.;Jms
~....".~ ...... ".,'"''
City ~t PtI,'& Alu
2.50 Hilmi t10" I1v"~u.
~. o. Bo::: '''2.50
"'.-J ... , to" CA 9'4303
(CALTfOP.NIA)
!l/01193 9101/14
----------.
J~N 27 '94 12:36 FROM ROLLJNS HUDIG HALL
Rol11ns Hwol, H,ll .f MA, Inc,
!19 ~;s:'" Str .. t
IIU".,... lilA O~, iC-JZ7 1
&11-4&2.-3100
e.~rid3. ty'1._.tj~s
,a2 f~iri Str~.'
C,nr"/'r idg.,
MA Q2141
ea<72: T14ZE-C 3 ~:l~~~~:':"'~ t ttll»'1l WAAD 'ROf"ESSI~AL
~mtl'?:A.
awn.a.efM lfA81 L lTV
DICIffiQII' ~(101S
,"-'" NfiIiI P1O"9:1'I' """. EXCLUDElJ
.,,"
All a-o ~ t-, ~
oIU QIIIrQ AI.frOO (~'::1
Ii'~"~~
~~,\VtOS
~l(I!;llo\8)Ijn -_ ....
!f 11 t.r9"! gl11/904'
';'1,: '''-'' ~Cit~ of PQ10 Alto -It6
~be~s, Off1~~rs, Age~t$ and
250 H~11ton AVBD~~
,mpl',,,,,S:"~':;,IC" :.l.-;: :-'::;':':~, ~'-':' '.'" ~,:'
1\.'J11l .--3t1C',l",;,,.,,:crr r~r''':'-:;ilC''' f',' --;".f~ ':" ._~: .'. ~c·" .. ,·"'"'E
P', O. Bar 10250
Palo Alto~ r~ 94303
Al11.i: Gayle. "Lj..k.ens
L:,n, ~l)~ Fo!.I.\$E I 0 "~;l,"" $l~ ~I(:':'X':: ~4:""L Mt"1:..-:;~ "l"; (':"_:;41:Cr'J '::10
U..lBt.ITYQ." ;'N"-":"[H,PCI"P'-.E CC'>.FMU < ITS .c.e.i~~ ~C'::tOC;i.~\:O;;::Nl .Ill :'.'!O:5
I'
/,
<.J;
,
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BUDGET STATUS, .s of 1/31/94
CATEGORY 1992 APPROVfD CHANGES TOTAL EXPENDED AS OF ENCUMBERED 0,'
FUNDING AVAILABLE 1/31/94 C~lnED
FUNDING
3102 $ 329,600 + 3,1881 $ 522,762' $ :07,676 $ 366,366
Con,ultants + 4,974'
(soe detail, + 185,000'
next page)
3199 0 + 5,000' S 5,000 $ 5,000 0
Other
Consultants
3904 $ 15,000 0 $ 15,000 a 0
Printing
(comp, Plan
only')
3121 $ 60,000 0 S 60,000 S 22,052 0
Contract
Secretarial
3902 $ 10,000 0 $ 10,000 $ 4,272 a
Mail ing
3299 $ 40,000 $ 1.~261 $ 41,326 $ 24,589 $ 646
Other SUpplJes
~. Moterials
2
J
4
5
•
3120 $ 20,000 a s 20,000 S 13,558 $ 2,235
Advertisin9
3504 ~ 3210 $ 32,400 0 $ 32,400 $ 10,130 (3210) $ 5,748 (3504)
Graphic/GIS 2,900 (3504)'
equipment
TOTAL $ 507,000-I 199,488 S 706,488-I 190,177 I 374,995
l,:atryUVCl 110m '1 YI.--~) lOr No-illC (:otUu tanl
Fmm MIlr1lscr'/I Concingt!~y ($6.120) ror lI{ICCial CPAC mf!etiilS uf July 24, 1993
Phase II fulKls .I1'1'fOVetl by CouucH Noyclubcr 8, 1993 foc COJlIflIunity I'orm fWd Cllamctcr and O(I\jeruau.;oc EterutlHll.
From MlWlgeI'l! Contingcncy for graphics _istaBCe
TranBfer $2,610 from GIS equipmCQI (obje<:ll:ooe 3S04) to cover Utidonal OlS consultam eApe1l8C8 (obj«:1 code jl02)
Doc" not include $6~,OOO I.lfTl'N18pottatiOll Division Opc,-pug Budget fundI for traffic model work .. MOlit commitkd 10 contrltc! contingencies: ... $380,2511 funde" fn,10l GeDCJHl fund (?SII); $126,750 funded from Enterprise PundB (1S% Utilities, 1O~ Public WOlkB)
BALANCE AS
OF 1/31/94
$ 48,no'·
0
$ 15,000
$ 37,948
$ 5,728
$ 16,091
$ 4,107
S 13,622
$ 141.316 , ~ > n
I
I
, " ':' -"
,}~f('1nf'i:t;:{ ,
, :i
.:; i;. '
,!"
\ .
\... ... ,1 •
SIJ!MAAY DETAIL OF PlANNlr-i3 C~SULTANT EXPE/{lITURES
Moore, Icafanc, Goltsman
Topic:
Amount:
Community Participation
$127,119
Bradt and Associates
Topi c:
Amount:
E:1R and' Technica' Stud~es
$ 95,ISO
Cambridoe Systematics
Topic:
Amount:
Traffic .nd Transportation
SUS,DOO'
Calthoroe Associates
Topic:
Arnount:
Community Characti!'r ar,d Desiyn, Economics, G'J'Jernance
$ 17,000
124,836
$141,835
Char1es Eitze1
Topic:
AIIount:
GIS Consultant
S 24,000
Phll Ducombc
Topic:
An!ount:
Mapping
$ 13,500
Planaraphics
Tcpic:
Amount:
Mapping
$ 13,110
Judith Steiner
Topic:
Amount:
Social Servlces R@port
S 1,500
Andres Duany
Topic:
Amount:
Q.c!oSigD lecture
$ 2,000
laura lockwooct
Topic.:
Amount:
Videotape Editing
$ 1,200
.. .
d . .:;".~...f
hpit:
Am<>unt:
Vi~c:' !.ark.in
Videotape Editing
$ 2.~OO
Yldeotaping
$ 1,2SCI
* $65,000 funded fram Trar.sportation Civision Operating Budg~t
:c;;!J:~
.~:'~ .
.-.
:.:~~~~::~
PLANNING COMMISSION 3
STAFF REPORT
DATE:
TO:
PRE PARED BY:
REPORT IN BRIEF: Hatade", Cree< Phase V -Stanford Channel t~ Arastradero
Road -The Santi: Cl ara 'Jalley \.bter Pi strict requests ~ nf a Site and
DeSi1n dDRlicatjqn to construct 4,300 feet of underground bypass cullferLS
cont n r Ire Mat r reeK a n rl a ross M tad ro r k.
(which win reo ace an existing brim) and mosi;fy two €'x1stlng sed'ime!1t
ba$in~ aJong Barrun Creek. The project extend) along the Sol ParK b4cycle
path from Varian Associates (611 Hansen way) to HenrY M. Gunn High School (780
Arastadero Road) The i!lJJrov~nt5 are desioned to di~rt a major oorti.QQ...Qf
the one perc:ent flows (; .E. JQQ year flf81 from both Matodero and Barron
CreekStQ Hataderp Creek dOPn'!stre§m of Ecaminp Real.
Env1romJe!ltal Assessment: An Initial Study reconrnending adOption of a
negative declaration is attached.
Zone Di st ri ct :
file Nos.:
PF. Public Facilities District
93-0-5, 94-ARe-5 and 93-EiA-36.
APPLl CA TIQ!i [NFQ!lJ:!o\ TI ON
Appl icant:
Type of Appl1cat1on:
Dates:
P: \PCSR\MATADElW
~ai Hsue!\
Santa Clara Volley Water Di strict
5750 Alamaden Expressway
San Jose, CA 95118-3666
(408; 927-0710
Site and Design Application
Appl1catiO<1 received 1213.193;
Application complete !2.13193:
Handatory actlO<", dead: me ~.
1-21-94
1
i
1
"/' ." ......
~S~IT~E~!~NF~OR~MA~l~I~Q~I!~ ____________________________________________ ~<----.
[)..mers: c:ty of Palo Alto
250 ~aml "it:Jn Avenue
Palo Alto. C~ .. 94303
Stanford Management C~pany
2770 Sand Hll' Road
Mecla Par •. CA 94025
Assessor'S Parcel Numbers: 137-17·22 & 137-163J
C~rehensive Plan Designation: Public Par~.
Existing Land Use: Public Pack (Bol Park)
Su rroundi ng Land Use:
Parcel Sileo
PROJECT INFO!lt'ATIPN
Badgroond:
North:
East:
Scuth:
West:
Research/OfficE Park
Single Famlly Resident ial .
Open Space and H:gh School
Arastadero Road and Single
Famil) Residential
Single Family Re,idential ,
Federal Hosoital and
Offi ces .
4.9 acres (excluding sediment basins}
In 1977. the Santa Clara Valley Water District (SCVIWO) initiated studies of
the flood potential froT. Adobe. Matadero and Barron Cree<s. A plan
(Heasure F) to increase benefit assess"..,nt rates and accelerate the flood
control coostruction program was approved by voters in Novemer 1986. On
April 19, 1988. the Soard of Directors of the SC'MO approved the Engineer·s
Report and a Negative Declaration for the Matadero and Barron Creeks Flood
Control Project which represents an irrportant element in an area'"ide so1ution
to reduce the flood damage potential adjacent to those two cree<s. The
project consists of six phases .t1ich include the replaceme"t of nine bridges
and 2.500 feet of concrete channel. addition of floodwal1s aiong S.OOG feet of
la.oer Matadero Creel:. construction of a 2.300 feet loog "ndergrourd h1gh flow
by~ss box culvert and a 2.500-foot-iong underiJround diversion box culvert.
and miscelianeous erosion r~pa;rs and access ramps in the upper reaches of
Matadero Creel; near Foothill [xpress.ay. Phases J·!ll of the project ha"e
been constructed and Phase IV is currently lx'i,og ad<ertised for bids.
The Phase V ill(lfOyements consist af the construction of the Matadero Bypass
and the Barron Diversion underground culverts, which will divert a major
portion of the one percent flows (i.e., the 100 year flooa) from both Matadero
and Barron Cree<s to Mat.dero Creek downstream of EI Cil",ino Real. The SCI'.O
estimates that the Phase V improvements will protect approximately 30D homes
1-21-94
.. : \PCSR \MATAOERO 2
/'-'", •
•
ill Ba rrJOn Park from be I nrJ fl axed by a nne percem f1 Dod Cons t ruct 1011 of trle
culverts 'w"ill 3110w the Cr'eeK5 through Barron F'ark to !"efTlaUI in thelr natural
state and continl..ie to carry ~1Cl't1 flows. High n()WS that WDU"id cl..tfrent'iy cause
flood~ng win be d;l,Ierted ~nto the box culverts that will circumlJent Barron
Park. and c!; scharge back into Mdtadero Creek at E1 Cami no Real, By pravi ding
an underground h4gh f1i:M bypass between l301 Park and E1 (am4no Real. more
extensive ifTQrOvements (e.g .. concrete cnarmelization of the creeks.) ....mlch
could have more slgniflcant impacts on the natw'al enviranmeni wi 11 be
al,loided.
The site i5 with,n the Public Facilities (PF) District. and the proposed
project is a permitted use. However. since the project is located in a C1ty
park (801 Par.). City approvals are required for a 51te and Oes1gn application
and a Park: Itiprov~t Ordinance. In additiol"l. both permanent and temporary
easements from the Ciiy \oIi 1i be requ, red. The t..";pora,,y easement would be for
constr-uction access. The pennanent eaSeIT"Jl-2nt 'WOul d provide the necessary
nght-of-\oIay for flood water control management and storm dra1n.ge ;>Jrposes.
The Part Improvement Ordi nance and ea$ements do not requi r'e act; or: by th.e
Planning Cctm1iSSioo.
The City is now considered the lead agercy under CEQA for the Phase v proJect
(pursuant to Section 15052 (a)(2) of the CEQA Guidelines). The C1ty prepared
a mitigated Negative Dec1aret10n (attached) ·.MiCh evaluates the environmental
ilTpacts of the Phase V project in 1 ight of new infonT'-'!tion which was not
available at the time that the SCVWO prepared the orig1n.l Negative
Declaration in October 1987. The SCVOD has agreed to include tt~ proposed
mitigation measures in the project (see the letter from the SCVWD dated
J.nU<lry 13. 1994 .t1ich is ~ttached to the EIA).
1\ joint PlannirY,j COI1J11ission and Architectural Re',iew Board field trip to the
Site will be held at noon on January 25. 1994. Prior to the field trip. the
trees which are proposed to be removed .nd transplanted will be t'99ea. Tne
project will be reviewed by t~~ Architectural Review Board on February 3.
1994. The City Council "'ill review the project on February 22. 1994.
Since October 1992. the SCI".O has ilT\llemented a neighborhood outreach program
for the Phase V project (for. summary of the meetings. see the attached
letter frw the SCWD dated ~ .. rch 22. 1993). The most recent ".treach meeting
was held on January 13. 1994. At the meet1ng. the SCV\olO preserted the results
of a questionnaire regarding the use of Hatadero Aver.ue as a con5truct~lQ(1
access (for. surrrnary of the survey results. see the attached letter from the
SCVWl) dated March 22. 1993). the proposed mitigation p1.n for the use of
Matadero Avenue and the project status and construction schedule The
neighbors expressed concerns regardi~ the proposed construction traffic.
construction .nd hauling hours and tree removals. Same of the neighbors also
questioned the need for the proposed flood control improvements.
P : \P""....5R\MP.7ADDO
1-21-94
3
..... llIP
-.
£4te DescriptiQn:
The ma'ority of Phase 'I extends along an existlng blke path between Stanford Chanile~ ant:! the Barron Cree~ sedHTlent bas1ns The project area also il1ciudes
about 180 feet of Matade!~o Creek. on both sides of an existing br-idge and two
existing sediment basins along Barron Creek west of Gunn High School. The
bike path is located wlthin an SO-foot wide former spur of the Southern
Pacif,e Rai1ro,d (SPRR) rlght-of-w'y. The portion of the right-of-way north
Of t-tatadero Creek. is o.nled by the CHy of Palo Alto and the par-tior. south of
the creek is owned by Stanford University. A vanety of native and i"troduced
trees ane shrubs grow an both sides of the blke path.
PrOJect Qescription:
The Phase 'I proj<'Ct involves the construction of 4.300 feet of underground
concrete box cu1vert_ a coefluence structure at Matadero Creek. a new bridge
across Matadero Creek (which wl1l replace an existing bridge) and
TJUdlficatioos to two eX1sting sediment basins along Barron Creek. "The Phase V
construction is proposed to take place in four stages (for a complete
description of each stage_ see the attached proj<'Ct location map and Project
Description By Stage). The staged constructi on .j 11 ml nim; Ie constructlOn
impacts and a11<>o early reopeni'19 of cOl!l>leted portions of the linear par~ and
bike path to the ~Jblic.
The construct1on of the flood control improvements is anticipated to be
appcoximate1y 1 l! years _ followed by six months of replacement planti rig and
approximately 15 year maintenance and monitorlng period (three years by the
SCVWO and approximately 12 years by the City). Below is a summary of the
planned construction schedule.
Stage A
Stage B
Stages C & D
Tota1 Project
Time for
ConstructlOn
of nood
Cont ro 1 Work
in Months
5
Same 6 lOOflths
as Stage A
18
18
Time for
Installation
of Planting
(Revegetation)
iJLl!Q!1t1&
J
Same 3: months
as Stage ~.
6
6
Time from
Start of
Construction
to C\'Jeni ng for
Pul>lic Use
6
9
24
24
When construction is complete. the concrete box culvert wMll not be visible
because it will be underground for its entire length. The e.isting bike path
will be replaced, generally in the same location as the existing path. The
City has reqcired that the bl~e path remain open at all times_ ft. detour plan
has been developed for the entire leng,h of the project (see the discussion
below under Transportati onl Cir'Culatior,).
As part of the project_ the existing bike and pedestrian bridge over Hatadero
Creek wi 11 be removed and replaced. The exi st i fog br; dge is bei ng replaced for
two re.sons. clrot, the bridge ~111 be a box girder design that .011
1-21-94
P: \ PCSR\)U'..l'ADltRO 4
..• ~'-'.
_____ ' _:.U....._.
~'ncorporate the Barron D1vErS1on box c{.I1vert and carry its flows directly lntD
thE Matadero Bypass culvert. Second. It w1l1 pro~lde an enlarged oper.-ing for
flow passage in Hatadero Creek and eliminate the hlgh velo.citles ' ... 'hich have
resuited in erosion irrmediately downstream. Tne design dimEnsions of the
confiuence structure are based on a phys; cdl hydrau.lic modEl sb..oldy. The
widened channel confoms to the exIsting creek approximately 50 feet
downstream of the bridge The channel bottm through the brldge wIll be
COne rete 1 i netl .
ANAl YSISITSSUES
Grading:
Up to approxi11li!tel1 70,000 CUblC yards of matenal would be excavated to
insta11 the proposed flood control improvements, The contractor may haul all
e"cavated materia1 off Site arid thereafter lITJlort fll1 rr.aterial to the Site
for backfi11ing, The tctal truel; loads of eartloen material may be up to
9,300, The earthwork quantities and truCK loads are based upon the assumption
of trapezoidal excavation with the exception of 500 feet on the north end of
the project (i,e., from toe Stanford Channel south 500 feet) wh;ch wl11 have
vertical CL1s In the event that the contractor elects to excavate vertically
in additional areas (possibly to the north of the proposed confluence and at
Strawberry Hl1l near Gunn High School and the VA HOspital), the excavated
quantities would be decreased by approximately 201. or a net difference of
15,000 cublc yards (i ,e., to appro.imately 55,000 tota-I cubic yards of
material that would be excavated),
FollOWing completion of the project, the topography of the sit. will be
restored to pre-project conditlons except at the lower Barror. Cree< sediment
basin. The existing l~r sed1ment basin levees will be raised by four feet
to enable the control structure to accuratel, dIvert excess flows to the
Barron Cree~ diversion box culvert in the event of a lS flood.
Vegetation Remoyal:
Exi st i ng trees. shrubs and groundco .... er wi t h i n the construct i or. aCCE-SS a rEa
along the bIke path and adjacent to approximately 180 feet of Matactero Cree.
near the existing bridge ~ill be dIsturbed, VJe to the locatlons of the trees
to be rero'led, there wi 11 be minimal iTTpact to privacy of hcJres in the
vicinity of the project.
A total of approximately 84 trees .nIl be removed during Phase V, plus 34
additional trees wtJich would be transplanted, The trees to be transplanted
are in vigorous health and are generally between the sizes of 4" and 10" in
diameter.
P: \PCSJ<. \MATADERO
1-21-94
5
• , J
. ...;.-
I
':"-.
The trees Droposed to be removed are elther 1) located \oIith~i1 the ~ath of the
proposed bOx culvert 0, construction trEnd and are too large tQ be ~
transp l.nted; 2) in poor h2.1 th. d 1 soosco Dr frost d,maged. cr 3) Me
detrimental to other trees. Of the 84 trees to be re"med. approXlThltely 64
are in healthy cO!'"ld it 1 on. The remaln;l1g 20 trees to bt! removed are either
dead or diseased. The largest healthy trees to be removed lnelude a 50"
diameter Eucalyptus. 24" Pepper. IS" Euca 1yptus. 18" Blue lIderoerry. IS" Pine
and a 15· Oak.
The proposed pianting program is intended to rest. Ore the vegetative cov~r'.
although it \fill tale a nuw.bel' of years for the planted trees to rEach ehe
size of the larger trees wt1ich will be rerroved dur1ng constructlOn. The
SCI'WD's proposed landscaplng plan for the Phase \' project includes a total of
124 new trees and 118 new shrubs. Thi s "epres~nts appro'i~<1tely a proposed
2:1 tree replacement ratio for the 64 healthy trees which are to be removed
(i.e .. 124 new trees versus 64 existing healthy trees).
In order to deveTop mitigation measures wtndl lrlsure that the, habitat v~lue of
the area \fill be adequately re,tored following cOfT\lietion of the proJect. the
City retained the services of the Habitat Restoration Group (se€ the attached
letter fram the Habitat Restoration Group dated Dece!!iler 20. 1993 which
contains recamendations for replacement landscaping). The recoomendaticns of
thE Habitat Restoration Group were included in the mitigation measures in the
Negative Declaration and the condltions of approval (below).
The conditions of approval require that all existing trees which are removed
be replaced with new native trees on a 3:1 replacement ratio for tree5 over
six inches in diameter. and on a 1:1 replacement ratio for trees under six
inches in diameter. This would require appro'i~dte11 20 additional trees be
included in the proposed landscape plan. The new trees would be five gallon
container stock and planted in the vicinity of the original tree. unless the
C1ty Arborist determines that an alternative location is appropriate.
Tree 1662 (60 inch diameter Eucalyptus) is a potential nesting Sites for red
shouldered and red-tailed hawks and Tree 1231 (18 inch dlameter Eucalyptus)
may be a potential nesting site. Both of the trees are loca:ed along Matadero
CreeK n~ar the proposed confluence structure. To aVOid disturbance of nest
sites. the conditions of approval require that the upper one·th·ird of Tree
#662 on Plan Sheet 9 (i.e. the plans entitled "Motadero Creek -Phase V"
prepared by the Santa Clara Valley Water District dated December B. 1993) be
t~ by the City of Palo Alto prior to Harch 1st If it lS determined that
Tree #231 is a potential nesting site by the City Arborist in consultation
with a ~jldl;fe biologist. the upper one-third of that tree would also be
topped by Ma reh 15t.
1he conditions also require that if any existing shrubs are reoooved d"ring
coostruction which are root designated for removal on the plans. they shall be
replaced by the contractor w4th read;ly avallable "ative shrubs on a 1:1
ratio. The new sh~Jbs would be one gallon container stock and plantea in the
vicinity of the original shrub. unless the City Arborist determines that 3n
alternative location is approp;'iate.
P: \ VCSR. \KATADERO
.~.
---.-~----
1-21-94
6
}
,
On~y trees in vigorous health and betwee~ the sizes ot 4~lO inches 1'1 diameter
would be transplante{l, If,any troJf1splanted trees d~e wlth1n the ~hree year
maintenance period. they wlll be replaced en ~ 3,} iatlo witn new natlve trees
4n the vici~ity of the tra~splanted tree. The new trees will be flve gallon
container stock.
Monitoring of the replacement landscapi::g io<IOu1d be performed 1n two phases.
short -term and long -term. Short -tenn Rloni ton ng ., 11 be co"duct~d for the
fnst three years after construction is. complete and will be the
rejponsibility Of the SeWD. The conditions requlre tT1e SCV'..JD to submit a
revegetation maintenance program for maintaimng the transp1ante1 trees and
~ landscaptng for reV1E!W and approval b.y the CHy Arborist The malr1tenance
program will inclLJde provlsions for mll!1tenance of watenng basins. weed
control, irrigation. pruning and thinning. pla"t protectlon. supplemental
planting. and debris removal. The rollowirtg survival rates are requlred for
any pTants that do not survive duhng the three year rna4ntenance period: 90~
for new trees and shrubs, 100% for transplanted trees. and 60% for g"ound
cover. During the three year rna; ntenance period. annual mani tor1 ng reports
wi 11 be submitted by the SCVIID for revie.· and approval to the City of Palo
Alto Planning Divisi~".
long-term monitori og (i .e., fl"OOl four to approximately
planting). ~ill be conducted by the C1ty of Palo Alto.
.,; 11 be conducted at three-year interval s.
K!Aan Health:
15 years after
Long·term monitoring
The Hillview-Porter Regional Program currently maintai ns appro.'imate1y 20
wells in the vicinity of the Phase V project. These wells were originally
insta11ed for groundwater mDOltoflng. E1even of the wells are in tne process
of being converted fer lise as groun6.oiater extractiQJ'i wells.
Potential impacts of the Phase V project are 1) potential wellhead damage due
to construction activities: 2) temporary dlsruptioo of the use of the
groundw-ater extraction wells which are 10cated wit,.,; n the project area which
could prolong the groundwater remed1ation process: 3) exposure of wor,ers to
contaminated Sails during e~cavation activit4es: and 4) potent~al problems of
dlspcsing of contaminated soils which will be e<cav.ted from the site.
There is a minor riSK of pipeline damage to h'O ",,115 while soil is being
removed around the laterals and supports during the initla) excavatlon (see
the letter from Brown and Caldwell dated December 3. 1993 which is attached to
the ElAJ. Four of the 11 groundwater extraction wells are located on the east
side of the bike path. Three lateral pipelines connect1ng these four ..,11s to
the main 9roundwater extraction conveyance l;~e along the west side of the
bike path .,11 be constructed as part of the remediation program. Each of
these three laterals crcss the proposed e<cavation for the SC'/I,r)"s box
culvert. Three of the wells will be shut down for up to one wee, during the
construction of the box cu1vert_ One well .,;11 be out of service for up to
one month. This short-term disruption of the wells for the SCI'WD project
should have no measurable iTll'act on the groundwater remedlati on program
1-21.-94
p, \ E-CSR \MAl'ADERO 7
---"'_et -,"" ., __
..
1
1
I
I
.,
: ,
S41";ce the box culvert is aooye the est1rnat~d hlgl1 ground~'ater 1'1 wells and
borings. son contamination would have no sigmficant impact on the projec~
(see t~,.e "D1scussiOfl of 50115 Anaiysis Results" dcte-d Oecember-7, 1993 by
Wooc.Jward-Clyde Consllltants which 4s attached to the EtA). None of so; 15
within the Phase V alignment eXCClvatlon wOl,;ld be classlf1ec! as "hazardous~
accordll')g to California Title 22 criteria. 5011 excavated during CQnstr'.Jctlon
of the proposed box culvert is expected to be disposable at any CTass III
landfill that w;11 accept ; t. The SCVi-ID has agreed to requl re tne contrat:tcr
to implement the mitigatlOn lIl2asures which were recommended by Brown and
Caldwell and approved by the Ca1,fcrnia Department of TOX1C Substances Control
(see the letter from the C~llfornia Department of TOX1C Substances Control
dated December 14, 1993 which is attached to the EiAl.
Transportation/Circulation:
Dunng construction the exiSting Bol Pac. bIke path .ill be closed and bicycle
and foot traffic temporarily detou.red: and constructiOl1 traffic w111 impact
surrounding neighborhoods.
During construction, the existing blke path will be detou'ed from the Vanan
Site (611 Hanser Way) south to Motadero .~venue, along laguna Avenue. !1irr~
Way. then enter Gunn High School via McGregor Way. and leave Gunn High School
imnediately north of the intersectioo between "'4 randa A~enue and Arastradero
Road onto Miranda Avenue. The temporary path will remain untll construction
of the concrete box culvert and sediment basin mod4ficatlons are comolete.
Following construction of the underground concrete box culvert. a neW bike
path will be constructed along the eXlsting alignment. During construction.
access to the project area .ill be from the following three locations:
~atadero AVl!"ue Access (between Laguna Avenue and El Camino Real) -
ApproximatelY 1.700 feet of the Hatadero diversion box culvert f'am Stanford
Channel to Matadero Creek wnl1 be constructed using this route. The average
daily true. loads 011 ~.atadero Avenue are estimated at 33 trucks/day (based on
five workdays/wee. for six months). The number of truck loads on Matadero
Avenue will be reduced if the Veteians's Administration Haspital access is
also used for construction of thi5 portion of the project.
Veteran's Administration Hospital Access {from M1randa Avenue through the VA
Hospital property) . The VA tias approved c:onst:~uction access through its
property. "right-of-entry agreement has been executed between the SC\'WO and
the VA. This construction acc~" Wlll only be available to the contractor for
a periOO of 1 ~ years.
Ar.str.dero Road Access -the contractor will be al1~ to use the existing
Bol Par, bi~e path from ~~astradero Road thfough~Jt the construction period.
During construction of the project there .111 be up to approximately 10.400
truck loads of materials transported to and from the site, including
approxiw,te1y 9.300 truck loads (in five axle truc's:> of earthen I'klteria1. 900
concrete truck loads and 200 truck loads of other types of materials (e.g.,
sand, reinforcing bars. gravel. water. timber. trees. shrubs and rocks).
Below is a scenario the contractor is likely to implement in tenP~ of thE
distribution of truc's.
P: \PCSR \.""lA.TADERQ
1-21-94
8
\ : ,
•
-------""'""
MatadelfQ f\,ccess: 4.300 trucK 1 Dads
VA Access: 2.100 truck loads
Arastr~~~rQ ~ce~~: ..l.JlJlJl t r UC< loads
10,400 truck loads
The SCVwD has implemented a public Dutreach pro.:;ram to keep area residents
updated on the construction schedule and the use of Matadero AV€'rlue as a
construct; on access route. In and; ti on, the SCVWD conducted a survey of area
reside-nts regard,ng the use of Matadero Avenue for construct4an access A
rna iority of the res; de.,ts oreferred two-',rJay construction access on Matadero
Avenue (see the attached letter fr[)(l1 the SCV~!) dated Harch 22. 1993 .t1ich
contains the results of the survey).
A new bri dge wi 11 be constructed across Matadero Creek (see Detai'! C·17 on
Plan Sheet 17 and the discussion above under project description). The new
brldge w11l be ;r1 the same location and will na'/e simi1ar dimensions and
natural mater4als compared to the existlng bridge. The proposed materia1s for
tne 3' 9" high bridge railing include 6" X 6" wood posts and 2' X 8' redwood
rails. The bridge surface material would coosist of 2" X S" redwood boards.
To provide a more durable bridge surface material which would be better suited
for use by bicyclists and require less ""intenance. 1t 1S recOfllllended that the
bridge surface material be changed to coocrete (see the conditions of
approva 1) . For safety purposes. it is also recO!I1l1P.nded that the hei ght of the
bridge railings be increased from 3' 9" to at least 4' 6'.
n,. SCVWD W111 require the contractor to i""lement the foilawing measures
regarding the proposed Hatadero Aver"" construct10n access for Stages A and B:
1. Use of Hatadero .~venue will be limited to a PEriod not to exceed
six consecutive calendar months.
2. Use of Hatadero Avenue will be iimited to the hours of 8:30 a.m.
to 6:00 p.m .. Monday through Friday (excluding holidays).
3. Constructioo traffic wiil be iimited to truck.s with no more than
five axles.
4. Construction traffic will be controlled such that no trucKs are
permitted to pass each other on Hatadera Avenue.
S. Construction traffic on Matadero Avenue wi 11 be subject to a 20
mph construction zone speed limit.
6. A full·time flagger will be stationed at Hatadera Avenue .t1ere it
crosses the ccnstruct'on site to control traffic. A flagger will
also be statlOned at the intersection of Hatadero Avenue/Josina
Avenue between 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on school days to assist
school children in crossing Matadero Avenue.
P:\PCSR\NATADERC
1-:21.-.94
9
REC(ff!EtID.'TIQN
fINDINGS
Staff reeoomenas that the Planning COO'II1ission make the fello.nng fIndings
regardlng the site and des,gn appl,cation:
1.
2,
3.
4.
5.
That the project, as conditioned, .ill not have any signif,cant
envi rOnfil€'flta 1 impacts, i r1 that measures halle been incorporated
into the project to minimize the irrpacts on the natural
environment along Sarron Cree, and Hatadero Cree •. and the
Coost ruet i on per i oc i "l'acts !1 a 'Ie been reduced:
Tne project design, as conditioned, will be orderly. harmonious.
and cOIT(Jdtib1e "nth eX1Sting or potential use~ of adjoining
property. in that the proposed i mpro'lements wi 11 be 'i mll ar to
other iq:lrovements if! the area. and 1'OOre eJC:teflslVe flood cor.trol
i"l'rovements (e.g .. concrete enanoelization of the cree,s) which
could have more significant ilTpacts on the natural environment
'«ere avoided:
The project. as conditioned. ';11 maintain des,rability of
inve,')tmeflt in the sarre or adjacent areas, in that U-je req:Jired on
site irrprovements. revegetation. and construction standards
governed by the current coces will assure flood control ap~
mitigation measures that .011 maintain the current wildlife and
aesthetic v.l"~ of the par,. and .ill improve surrounding property
values protecting approximately 300 homes in Barron Par, from
being flooded by a 100 year flood;
The proposed design. as conditioned. observes sound princlples of
environmental design and ecological balance. in that measures
which have been incorporated into the project design .;11 help to
minimize phYSical impacts of development:
The proposed improvements. as conditioned, ",11 be in accord with
the Palo Alto Comprf>hensive P1an, in that the pr'opasecl
il!'jJrovements conform ~i th the fo 11 CIWi ng pol i ci os and programs of
the Environmental Resources Element: Polic1 1 to minimize the
effects of water runoff: and Program 2 to requlre replanting where
veget~ti on has been removed.
Will !T! ONS
Staff recommends that the Planning Commission recommend approval of the 51te
and des i gn app 1 i cati on. wi th the fa 11 CIWi ng Cond1 t i OIlS :
'-
P: \PCSR\MA~BRO
1-21-94
10
-._-----
.'-----.
PRIOR .0 MARCH lSI
1. The upper one-third of Tree #662 on Plan Sheet 9 (i.o the plans
entitied "Matadera Cree, -Phose V" prepared by the Santa Clara
Valley Water District dated December 8. 1993) shall be topped by
the City of Palo Alto prfor to March 1st. If It lsdetermlned
that Tree #231 is a potential nestlng Slte by the Clty ArborlSt '"
(:oosultat4an with 3 w;'id1ife biologist. the upper one-third of
that tree shall also be tupped by March 1st
PRIOR TO ADVERTISING TNE PRQ1ECT FOR BIDS
2.
3.
The SCVWO shall incorporate language into the project
specifications requi ring the contractor to develop and i~! ement a
t€l1'llorary Erosion and Sediment Control Plan (ESCP). The ESCP
shall be submitted for review and approval (within or.e week of
receipt) by the City of Palo Alto Publle .orks Engineering
Division. Prior to submittal to the Clty. the ESC, shall be
reviewed and apprcved by the SCI'IIO. The ESCP shall describe
existing soil conditions and the potential for erosion. proposed
soil stabilization and sedlment control practlces. The ESCP shall
efT1)hasize presel' .... ing existing vegetation and the construction
areas shall be revegetated 3S soon as feasible. At, minil1JJ111.
soil stabilizat;Dfl practices shall be in place between October 15
and April 15. or when there is flow present in the creeks.
The SCVWD shall require the contractor to implement the following
(these reasures shall be incorporated into the project plans and
speclfications aod shall be slIDmitted to the City of Palo Alto
f>"b 1 i c WorKS Engi neeri ng Oi vi si on for revi ew and approv.l);
•. In order to reduce dust levels durlr.g constructiDfl.
e,~sed earth surfaces shall be watered frequently.
with reclaimed water. during the 1 ate rooming and at
the end of the day. with frequency of watering
increasing on windy days. Spillage resulting from
hauling operat1oos along 0r across any public or
private property shall be removed immediately at the
expense of the contractor. Dust nuisances originating
from the c()(1structi on operati ons sha il be contro 11 ed
at the contractor' s expense. The SCI'.O project
inspector and the City of Palo Alto f>ublic Works
Department shall monitor the contractor's dust control
operat i ons.
P:\PCSR~TADERO
1-21-94
11
,
/
D. The contr3(tor snall comply wlth the requirements of
the Palo Alto Noise Ordlnance. Construction work and
truc' hauling shall not be conducted on Sundays or
holida)'s and shall be limited to the follQloling hours:
Stages A & B:
Stage C:
Stage D:
Monday-Friday.
Monday-Fnday;
Monday·Friday:
Saturday:
a: 3D am
8:00 a' a·oo am
9:00 am
C. Hufflers and housings shall be providec on
construction vehicles and equipment.
6:00 pm
6:00 pm
8·00 pm
8:00 pm
d. Overfilling of truc's by the contractor shall be
prohibitec.
e. Any spills on City streets shall be cleaned up
immediately by the contractor.
f. Iotlile it is being usec as a constructiCfl ascess rOlIte.
Hatadero Avenue shall be swept .ith a mechanical
sweeper at the end of each wor.ing day.
4. The SCVWO shall incorporate language into the project
specifications requiring the contractor to prepare a Storm.ater
Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) incorpc~~ting best management
practices (BMP's) for storm.ater pollution prevention in all
constructIon operations, in conformance liith the Santa Clara
Valley Nonpcint Source Pollution Control Program and State of
Califernia Water Resources Control Board. These measures shall be
included in the project specifications. The SWPPP shall be
submitted for review and approval (within one week of receipt) by
the City of Palo Alto Public Works Engineering Division. Prior to
submittal to the City, the SWPPP shall be reviewed and approved by
the SCVWD. The SCYWTI shall comply with all previsions af the State
af California's General P.rmit fcr discharge of stormwater
assoctated with construction actilllties and shan provide a copy
of the Netice of Intent (NO!) to the City of City of PaiD Alto
Public Works Department.
S. The following measures shall be incorporated into a derailed
planting and irrigation plan which shall be suemitted to the City
of Palo Alto Planning DiviSion for review and approval. Hlnor
lOOdif,cations to the plan may be made during installation, subject
to the Planning Division's approval.
P: \ PCSR \MA'!'ADERO
'-,:;.
1-21-94
12
---, --_.--.-
~. All eXlstlng trees f"hich are removl?d shall be replaced
wit:l new nat~ve trees on a 3,1 replacE·meflt ratlO for
trees over six inches 111 diameter. and on a 1-1
replacement ratio fer trees under six inches In
d.iameter. The new trees shall be five gallon
container stod. ~nd shall be planted in the v;cimty
of the original tree. unless the C,ty Arborist
determines that an alternative location is
appropri ate.
b. Plan Sheet 9 shall be revi sed to 1nclude baffl es and a
l~-flow channel invert Dr grouted rock in the stream
chan~el to prevent creating a velocity barrier to fi sh
migration.
c. Plan Sheet TA·8 shall be revised to show replacement
plantings around the entire perimeter of the lower
sedimeot basin (i .e., southern portion of the bas1n.
d. Plan Sheet TA-9 shall be rev; sed to include herbaceous
plants (e.g., plugs of native grasses) 1n the openings
of the gabions (midbanK to upperbank) along the
proposed confluence structure. The Planning Oiv; sian.
in consultation with a habitat restoration specialist.
shall develop a herbaceous plant mix to be included in
the final design.
e. Plan Sheet Pt-3 shall be ,'evised to cootinue
hydroseeding southward to the ef1{j of tile project area
in the Yici~ity of Gcnn High School (; .e" currently,
the propcsed southern 1 imi t of hydroseeding is at
Mat.aero CreeK).
f. The hydroseed mix shall consist of native IOiidfla..er
and native grass species ar.d shall be subject to
review and approval by the City of Palo Alto Planning
Oiv; sian. ; r cons1l1tation Wlth a revegetation
specialist. It;s recommended that:
the seeding rates per acre should be
increased as follows: purple st1pa .. from
1 Lb. to 6 Lbs.: blue rye --from 4 lbs. to
5 Lbs.: and
the nurrber of proposed species should be
increased (pctential additions include
California brarne at 5 Lbs. per acre. and
st icky mookeyfl ower at 2 Lbs. per acre).
g. On Plan Sheet TA-8, the following species shall be
added to the shrub 1 ayer: Cal iforni a blackberry, loin d
rose, blue elderberry, and red flowering currert.
P: \PCSR\,M1t..'LADERO
1-21-94
13
6.
h Q1 Plan Sheet TA-S. the proposed .hlte alder trees
shall be change<! to oa.s (coast l1Ve or valley oak) or
sycamore trees.
1. Q1 Pla" Sheet TA-9. the follOWing species shall be
."ded to the shrub layer: wlld rose. California hazel
and red flowering current.
j. On Plan Sheet TA-9. at least half of the replacement
willows shall be yellow ~illow.
The SC..-.o shall require the cO!1tractor to implement the following
(these measures shall be incorporate<! into the project plans and
specifications and shall be submitted to tho City of Palo Alto
Planning Divislor for review and approval):
a. I f any ex; stl r.g shrubs are removed during constr~ctl0n
wh'Ch are not deSignated for removal on the plans.
they shall be replaced by the controctor with readily
available native shrubs on a 1:1 ratio. The new
shrubs shall be native speci es and one gallon 1n 5i ze
and planted in the,;cinity of the original shrub.
~nless the SCVWD. in consultation with the City
Arborist. detennines that an alternative location IS
apprOjJriate.
b. The following requirements shall apply to the trees to
be transplanted:
Only trees in vigorous health and between
the sizes of 4-10 inches in diameter may
be transplanted;
Watering baSins shall be large enough to
encompass the dripline of the tree
(generally 36 inches in diameter):
A revegetation specialist or certifled
arborist shall supervise ail tree salvage
and rep1antir~ activities:
Du ring the th ree yea r rna i ntena nee per i ad .
the contractor shall be responslble for
watering. pruning. and treating the trees
for pest or disease problems;
P;\PCSR\MATADERO
.1-21-94
14
.......
. .. /
If any transplante<! trees dle wlthon t'l.
three year mal ntenance peri od" they sha 11
be replaced at a 3'1 ratio wito new natlve
tree s~Cies in the vic; r.i t.>" of the
transplanted tree. The new trees sha11 be
five g2110n container stock and planted In
the vicinity of the original tree, unless
the SCVWD. 1 n consultati on "ith the Clty
Arborist, determ1nes that an alternatlve
location ;s needed: and
All replacenent plantings shall be natlve
species.
> .
c. The plant'ing tlol es for new trees and shrubs shall be
excavate<! to be twice the size of the root ball of the
plant. Slow-release fertilizer shall be place<! in the
bottom of each plant1ng hole. The holes shall be
back-fi lled ..,th native soil from the project area. A
layer of coarse mulch shall be place<! around the base
of the plants to COliser'w'e moisture afld control weeds.
d. Watering basins around new and transplanted plants
shall extend far enough to encompass the dripli"e of
the canopy of the tree or shrub. If the ground is
sloping, a 4-inch high. hand-compacte<! earth berm
shall be constructed along the forward edge of the
planting terrace. If the grc~nd is level, a 4-inch
high, hand-c~acted eorth berm 36 inches in diameter
shall be constructed around the plaflt hole.
e. Trees to be retained which are located "ithin or
adjacent to the zone of disturbance shall be protected
throughout the construction phase by the following
measures:
Temporary plastiC COrlstruct4on fenclng
that 15 secured with metal T -post~ shall
De ins ta 11, ed a round the t iees to be
retained. The fencing shall be six feet
in height and installed at thE tree's
dri p 1 i ne. In cases 'ftllere cOt'!struct; on
access is required, the fencing may be
placed closer to the trunk. The placement
and adequacy of the protective fencing
shall be periodically inspected by the
City's Arborist and the SCYWD inspector.
Where construction access is required
under the dripline of trees tc be
retained. a gravel cushion of 6 inches in
depth shall be provided.
~,)
" ..........
0" ./
~ -,
1-21-94
15
•
..
"
f. For trees with branches or roots which Dverhang "ir.to
the CO!'lstructiDn lone, lower branches ar1d e.)i\posed
roots shall be pruned to provlde clearance for the
movement and operatlon of construct1on equlpment
P:"uning shall COf'l~lst of clean cuts by a qualifled
tree surgeon possessing a (-27 Landscape Contractor's
License. All priJning: shall be subject to review and
approval by the City Arborist,
g. A revegetation rn.aintenance program for maintaining the
installed container stOCK and transplanted trees shall
be SUOO!1tte<i for review and app,·o,al by the Clty
Arbor;st, The maintenance progrdm shall be for three
years fo11o.1ing e~letion of the project and shall
include provisions for the following: malntenance of
watering basins. weed control. irrigdtion. pruning and
thinning, plant protection, supplemental planting, and
debris remewa1.
h. During the three year maintenance period, the
frequency and duration of irrigation shall be
moni.ored by a revegetation spec i a1ist/arborist.
Irrigation equipment shall be inspectEd. repaired, and
replaced as requi red to ensure proper operation and
adequate plant growth.
i . P1 ants that do not s urvi ve dur; ng the th ree yea r
mainterl<1nee period shall be replanted under the
supervi s i or of the SCVWO' s inspector. The f 0 1100 ng
survival rates shall be requi reci: 90% survival rete
for new trees and shrubs. 100% survival rate for
transplantEd trees, and En, surviv,l rate for
herbaceous cover. If at any time during the three
year .,,;nten.nee period. the percent surviya1 fall s
below the remedlal rate. olantings will be necessary.
7. The SCI"OD shall requi re the contractor to ill'!' 1 ement the fo 11 owi ng
(these measures shall be incorporated into the project plans and
specifications and shall be sulxnitted to the Clty 0' Palo Alto
Pl anni ng Oi vi si or for revi ew and appro",1):
a.
b.
Each of the extractior well laterals shall be tied to
a bur,ed suPPOrt (e.g., steel I-beams) spanning the
width of the box culvert excavation, The SC'OO's
contractor shall excavate below the structurally
supported pipelines while the laterals remain in
service, The support will ,1so provide a measure of
physical protection to the exposed pipelines.
Wells BP-46AJ46B and BP-62A will be shut dONn prior to
the excavation of their respective laterals. This
disruption shall last no more than ore wee~ at each
location in order to minimize the amount of extracted
P: \PCSll \MATADERO
'-..
1-21-94
16
c
d.
e.
f.
g.
groundwater that cO'uld be rei eased 'in the event of
pipe1ine ddlildge. well operations w'lll resume O~lce the
excavation for the bc;\ cul\'~rt lS completed
The lateral and Its 5u.pportlf'lg strlJct.ure at loJell BP--58
shall be rerrcved while the SCVwD's contractor pours
concrete for the roof of the box clJh'ert. Disruption
of groundwater extract' on at that wen shall 1 ast no
longer t~an one month. The lateral shall be replaced
onCE the box cl[lvert concrete 15 cur~.
During construction of tne pt;ase V project, all \o\I'el1s
within the project area shall be protected US10g
techniques such as sneet pl1ir~. installation of
tratfi c bo 11 .rds, ut 11 i ty boxes, and heavy steel
trench plate. The actual techn'ques used to protect
the wells during construction shall be approved by the
California Department of TO>ic Substances Control
prior to the commencerr~nt af wor~ on the Phase ~
project.
Air monitoring for worKer's health and safety shall be
conducted by the SCVWO's contractor in accordance with
the contractor's Health and Safety Plan for the
project, The project Health and Safety Plan shall be
reviewed and appro,ed by a Certifle-j Industrial
Hygienist retained by the contractor. If preeAisting
contamination is encouotered during construction, the
contractor shall ilTlTledldtely suspend all ~ratioos
and notify tee SCVIID. Cit,Y of Palo Alto Pu::llC WOr<s
Department and California Department of Taxlc
Substances Control,
Should previously undetected SOll contaminati"" be
encountered during construction, the Health and Safety
Pl.n prepared for the site ( .. hieh shall be reviewed
and approved by a Certified Industrial HyglenlstJ
shall be amended to address the speclflC potential
hazards to wor<ers and any others who ~ill be lnvalved
in the construction that could result froo exposure to
the detectea contaminant(s).
The SCVWO's contractor shall provide the necessary
personal protective equipment for the wor<ers during
project construction, Personal protective equipment
shall be in accordance with the require.ents of the
project Health and Safety Plan. The nealth and Safety
Pl,n shall be reviewed and approved by the
contractor's Certified Industrial Hygienist.
P; \ PCS:R. \MATADBRO
l-n-94
17
e. The SCV\l(J shall fequ~!"'e the contractor to implement the following
(tt':!'se measures sha'fl be 1ncorporated into the project plans and
spe.:lficatlO<1S and 5ho1 I b£ s"bmHted to th', City of Palo Alto
Public Works E~;ret?nrl9 On"sio,"'I and Transportatton Di .... ision for
review and apprc~al),
••
b
c.
d.
e.
Upon C0ll1l1et1()n of the flood control lmprovements
witt'l; n Stages A al)(1 B. restoration of tl"le blcycle path
and rev~~tation .,th,n these areas shall be comme~ced
inmed,ately. Stage A s'.all be reopened to the public
as soon as the bIcycle path is cOll1lleted and accepted
by the SCOO and the C1 tf (rev€getat lOn work • ..,y
contin"~ after the pat~ '5 reopened). Stage B shail
be reopened to the pub11c as soon as the bicycle path
and revegetation wort are cOll1l'eted and accepted by
tne scoo and the C,ty. The remaimng stages of the
project sholl be I eopeoleO to the puIll ic as soon as the
area 1s c0II1l1ete<l and acceptec by the $CWO for flood
control purposes and the (,ty for public use purposes.
Standard constructH)n area ~ igns. subject to revl ew
and approval of the City of PlIO Alto Transportation
D,vision. sholl be postec illor'l ~.atadero Avenue.
Miranda and other streets. as necessary. to warn the
public of the ongo,ng construct,on traffic.
No contractor worker par';ng shall be permitted on
City streets. The City will limit on-street par'ing
on Matadere Avenue duri ng const ruet i on hours as needed
for traffic safety rEdSons.
No storage of equipment or materi.ls shall be
permitted on (ity streets.
Emergency vehicle access and access to all residences
along MataderD IIvenue and other streets affected by
the project shaii be maintainec at all times.
9. The SCYWO shall require the contractor to impl~t the following
regarding the proposed llatadero Avenue constructioo access for
Stages A and B (these measures sha 11 be ; ncorporated into the
project plans and specifications and shall be sullinitte<i to t.oe
City of Palo Alto Pub-I ic WOrks Engineering Oi vision for review and
approval) :
a. Use of Mat.dere Avenue sh~il be limited to a period
not to exceed six consecutive calendar oonths.
b. Use of Matadero Avenue shall be limited to the heurs
of 8:30 3.m. to 6: 00 p.m .. HondilY through Friday
(excluding holidays).
p:\pCSa~TADERO
1-21-94
18
., .
..
c. Construction traffic shall be llmHe~ to true,s wHh
no more than five axles.
d. Construction traff1c shall be controlled such t~,at no
truclcs are penTIitted to pass each other on MataderD
Avenue. ?rior to construction. a traftic control plan
sha11 be submitted for review and approva1 by the City
of Palo Alt.o Transportation C;vis1on wh~ch d~scnbes
trJe methodology for insuring that only one truck uses
Matadero Avenue at any gwen tlme. This cequir"",,,,nt
shall be rr,anitored by the SCi/WD· s project lnspector.
e. Construction trafflc on Matadero Avenue sha11 be
suDject to a 20 ~4'1 construction lone speed limit.
f. A fu11-time nagger shali be stationed at Matadero
Avenue where it crosses t~e construction slte to
control traffic. A flagger sha11 a1so be stationed at
the intersectioo of Mat.adero Avenue/Jos4na Avenue
between 1:30 p.rn to 3:30 p.m. on school days to assist
school children in crossing Matadero A,enue.
10. The SCVWO shall require the contractor to imp1ement the following
(these measures sha1l be incorporated into the project plans and
specifications and shall be submitted to the City of Palo Aito
Public War,s Engineering Di'ision for review and approval):
a. The contractor sha11 inmediately repai r any darruges or
potho1es caused by construction traffiC on any City
streets in accordance with City of Palo Alto
standards.
b. "'!adera Avenue shall be swept "ith a mechanica1
sweeper at the end of ea ch ""rl:. i ng day. Pctr.o 1 es
resulting from the construction traffic on Hatadero
.~"el1ue sha1l be promptly repaired by the contractor.
At the conc1usion of the use of Matadero Avenue as a
construction access route. all street failures sha1l
be repoired and the street sha11 be resurfaced. The
cost of the street resurfacing shall De shared by the
City and the SCVWD. in accordance with a formal cost
sharing agreement to be negotiated prior to
construct; on.
P: \PCSR\Mli.'TADERO
1-21-94
19
I
All work wlthin the pub11c rlght-of--IooJ-3y to be
maintaine-j by the C~ty {Clty ut1hty relocations,
bicycle path improvements. landscaplng.etc.) shall be
subject to inspection and approval by the Public ~orks
Inspector and/or Utilit1es Department inspectois. The
SCVWD's contractor stldll obtain a street opening
permit from the City of Palo Alto Public Woc>:s
Engineering OivisiOll (the fee will be waived). The
SCVWO's contractor shall also na"~ tne City of Palo
Alto as an additional insured on thelr liabllity
insurance policy.
Detail C-17 on Plan Sheet 17 shall be revised to
provide a concrete bridge ~urface material and brldge
raillng at least 4' 6" h1gh. to the satisfaction of
the Transportation Division and Publ1C ~orks
Engineering Division.
P.llil!L TO CONSTRUCTION
12. Prior to constrJction. the SCVWO shall provide the City with video
documentation of all existing vegetation within the project area.
PURING CONSTRUCTION
13.
14.
Tr~ SCVWU shall continue implementing a public outreach program to
<eep area residents updated ClI1 the construction schedule and the
use of Mataderc Avenue a5 a construction access rcute.
The SC'IWIJ and the contractor shall ~ly with the requ; rements of
Appendix K of the Guidelines to the Cal 1 fornia Environmental
Quality Act. including tne rol1ow1ng (these measures shall be
incorperated into the project pl3ns and specifications and shall
be sut<nitted to the City of Palo Alto Planning Divi sian for revi..,
and approval prior to advertising the project for oids):
a. Upon unearching any archaeological artifacts or a
burial site as evidenced by human s~eletal remains.
wor< shall be suspended and the persOfl making such
discovery shall immediately notify tne SCVWO. City of
Palo Alto Planning Department and the project
archeclogist.
b. If a burial site is unearthed. the County Coroner
shall be notified immediately. If the County Coroner
determines that the remains are Native American. the
(or'Ol1er wi 11 contact the Cal i forni a Nati ve A,neri can
Heritage Commission and the County Coordinator of
Indian Affairs. No further disturbance of the Site
may be made except as authorized by the County
Coordinator of Indian Affairs.
P; \PCSR\MP.TADERO
1-2J.-94
20
THREt YEARS FOLLC>!ING IN'lALLATlQN Of l ANDSC~.PING
15. Duhng the three year maintenance period. monitoring shan be
iCDnducted by the SCVWD in CO!1JunctlOr'1 \rW~th a l:ndscape architect
and habitat restoration specialist The moritoring shall ~nclu.de
reconna i ssance· i eve 1 S~H'veys, quant 1 tat i ve samp 1 i ng. P~loto
docL.'Ttrentat1Qfl, and annual mo!1itoring reports that dr..cllTlent the
results of the monitoring. fT'ouintenanCE, a';1c[ revegetation
activities. The annual reports shall recOll1T1€'nd rew.edial actions.
to be undertaken if the project is not meeting performance
criteria. the reports shall be semitted for review and apprDval
to the City of Palo Alto Planning Division.
FOOR TO 15 YEARS FrX.LOIiING INSTALLATlON Of lANDSCAPllili
16. LO!lg-tenr.lOOnitoring (i.e., from four to 15 years after planting).
shall be conducted by the Clty of Palo Alto. Long-term
performance criteria shall be establlshed by the City Arborist and
shall address t\1e following: average tree height (by spec,es),
percent canopy cOlier trE€'S, percent ca~opy cover s~lrub5. percent
of invasive nO!1-native plant species, and habitat value in terms
of wildllfe use. Long-term monitoring shall be conducted at
three-year ~ntervals by a qualifie<1 habHat restoration
specia1ist. The results of reconna4ssance-level surveys. photo
documentation, and remedial measures (if applicable) shall be
included in monitoring reports.
Attactments :
Location Map
Project Description by Stage
ElA
Letter from Habitat Restoration Group dated December 20. 1993
Letter from SCVWD dated March 22. 1993
Project Plans (Commission Members Only)
COQies Sent To:
Nai Hsueh. Santa Clara Valiey ~.ter District
Paula Kakimoto. Stanford Management Company
Al Wanger. Dert. of Toxic Substances Contral
David Marrs. Brown and Cald.~ll
Veterans Admlnistration
Kathy Herzing. Hewlett Pac~ard Cclrpan;:
Dr. lnge Harding-Barlow
Linda Elicind
Arthur &ayee
John Joynt
Will Beckett. Presidert. Barron Park Association
George Bagdon, Public Works
Joe Teresi. Public Works
Gayle Likens. Transportation
Doris Mael. Environmental
Ma rtha 1111 1 er, Rea 1 Estate
Oon Piana. Parks and Recreation
P: \PCSR\KATADDO
> .
. '-"
1-21-94
21
CI 1,'. s r ,l
NORTH
MATADBRO PHASE V -PROJIfCT CESCRXPTXON BY STA<JE
Stag. A consists of 570 feet of 12 X 12-foot reinforced
concrete box culvert (ReB) from Stanford Channel to Mataderc
Avenue. For this portion of the project. the box culvert will
be constructed beneath the existing bike path. Duri~9
conetruction~ pedestrian and bike traffic will be routed to the
easterly side of the right-oi-way, adjacent to the rear
property lines of seven single family homes. A temporary
compacted gravel path will be conEitructed along the r-ear
property lines of seven single family homes on the east side of
the bike path.
Sta~ •• consists of 1 1 140 feet of 12 X 12-foot ReB from
Matadero Avenue to north of the bridge over Matadero Creek.
The proposed 12 X 12-foot underground RCB will not be visible
fro.'ll Bol Park.
St.~ C includes the confluence structure and extends from the
end of Stage B to a point 400 feet south of the confluence
area~ T~e confluence bas been designed to al!ow low flows to
continue flowing in the natural stream channel down to El
Camino Real but will divert higher flows into the underground
bypass chL~el. The existing bike and pedestrian bridge over
Matadero Creek will be removed and replaced with a new
structure.
Stag. D consists of a 10 X 6-foot ReB from Stage C to the
Barron Creek sediment basins, modifications to the lower
sediment basin, and about 550 feet of floodwall at the upper
sediment basio_ The underground diversion channel would be
located within the existing SO-foot wide former SPRR right-of
way that is owned by Stanford l~iverBity. Adjacent land cses
consist of the u.s. Veterans Admini~tration Hospital to the
west and Gunn High School and single family homes to the east.
The San Francisco Water Department's Retch Hetchy pipelines run
adjacent to the sediment basins on the northerly side and will
be protected during const:t"uction of the diversion. A new
overflow structure would be constructed on the northerly levee
of the lower sediment basin~ The structure is designed to
discharge high flows out of the lower Barron Creek sediment
basin and into the underground diversion box culvert. A two to
five foot high concrete floodwBll vill be constructed along the
upper sediment basin.
--.--..~-
\
!
[
":,:
lRwedneSday, Jao,.ry 26, 1~994. I ~ Regul.r ~eeting
Commission, City of Palo Alto Planning
APPROVAL Qf MINVTES
1. Approval Qf Piann1ng C~iss1Dn .inutes of NOiember 10, 1993. 2
2. Approval of Planning CommiSSion olnute, of Oec .. ber S, 1993. 2
PUBliC HEARINGS
3. !!AJADER!) CREEK PHASE Y -SIANllARll CHANNEL 10 ARASTRADE!!O 1
~: Application by S.nto Cl.ra Valley Water District for
Site ,"d Design tc construct 4,300 feet of ~nderground
bypass cul~ert, I conflaence structure and .od1f1cattons Df
two existing sediment basins. Project extends a~ong
existing 801 Par. bike path fro. Stanford Channel to
Ar~straderD Road. Environmental Asse~$aent: A negati~e
decl'ratlon has been prepared for this project. File
Nos. 93-EIA-36, 93-D-S.
4. 3QQO alEXIS DRIVE: Application by Palo Alto Golf and 34
Country Club for Conditional Us. Ponoit (Recreation Use)
and Site and Design review to allow: (I) the renovotion and
expansloo of the club's existing club house froo
27,SS4 square feet to 32,396 square feet (net eKpansian of
4,812 square feet) and (2) the alnor expansIon and
re,trlplng of the parkIng lot to pro,lde 57 additi~".l
spices. Environmental Asses.sment~ .' negative detlaration
has beer, prep.red for this project. iile Hos. 93-EIA-34,
93-UP·35, 93·0-S.
5. 3901 EL CAM!NO REAL (LA CUMBREI: Appeal of the ZonIng 34
Administrator's decision tc revoke conditional use permit
73-UP-2, grantoo to an .atln9 and drInking use at 3901 El
Camino Real. now occupied by La CLlmbre. The use perwit
a1lows recorded music anc dancing isscciated with the
on-site sale and consumption of liquor. beer and wine.
File KD. 73·UP-22.
REPDRTS FROM QFFICIAlS
J. 51.:111
01/26/94
-l-
61
The p1annin9 commission met in a re9ular meeting ~n Wednesday, Ja~uary 26,
1994 at 7:35 ~.m. in t~e Council Chambers ~;th Chairperson Schmidt
!presiding.
ROll CAll
f:ctltD1: Comm1ssioners Be~cham. Carrasco, Glalier, Qjakian. Schink
."d Scllmidt
!I!an1:
:it iff Present:
Commissioner Cassel
Ariel Cllon"e, (ity Attorney
Joseph M. Col~nna, Plln~er
Gayle likens, Transportation Department
Nanc] Lytle, Cnief Pl.nn!og Official/Zoning Ad.in;strator
Oorls Maez, En~irDRBental Oepart.ent
Robert Schubert~ Pl.n~er
Joseph, Te",s', Public Works Department
ORAL COltlUN J CAT! OIlS
Chlirpersgn $ebaidt: The first itea of busin~ss this evening is Oral
(...unlcat!"",. At this tl .. , "'1 ..aber of the public .. y .peat t~ an]
itea that is not on the agenda. ls tnere anyone who ~i$hes to speal this
eye~1ng? See'~ no speakers, we will .ave on to the next agenda ita..
APi'!lQYAl Of I!!!!!ITES
AGENDA ITEM 1 Approval of _Inute, of HDveober 10, 1993.
Chairperson Schlidt: Are there any com.ents or C~ln9.S to tnes_ a1nutes?
CQlli$$1pngr Beech •• : [wtll abstain fro. the YQte~ is [ was unable to be
present at t~.t ... ting.
HQIlQH! Commissipner $chink: ] .ave ipprov~l.
~, By CoaDI,sloner OJ.kiin.
fIlTIOH PASSES: Chllirper$Qn S,h!!I1dt: All those 111 favor, say ,6ye? All
opposed? That passe; on a YQte Gf 4 lYes, one abstention and two absent~
C~fs5iDner5 tasse1 and 'lazier.
A;EIIOA ITEM 2 Approval of .inutes of December 8, 1993.
Cha1tptr$Dn $chl1dt: Are tnere ~ny ca.ments Dr changes to the~e minutes?
I wil' abstain from the vote, IS [ was not present.
HQIlQU: CommissiQner $cbjnk: ] DOve apprQ~al.
~: By Cooni.,io.er OJ.kian.
MOTION PASSES: ehairoer.gn Schmidt: All those in favor, say ~.? All
opposed? That passes on a Yote of 4 ayes, one abstention and two absent.
toa.issioners Cassel and Glazier.
01/26/94
-Z-
. -''',.
-,.
------
•
-:-~-~----
(Cpnmissioner Glazier joins H,e meeting.)
AGENDA !TEM 3 MATADERO CREEK PHASr V -STANDARD CHANNCLJQ ARASTRADERD
ROAD: Application by Sz-!Ita Clara Valley Water District
f~r Site and Design to construct 4,300 feet of underground
bypass culvert, a confluence structurt and ~odi(tcltions
of twu existing sediment basins. Project extends a10"9
existing 801 Park bike path fr~ Stanford Channe1 to
Arastradero Road. Environm!ntal Assessment: A negative
declaration has been prepared for tnis project. File
Nos. 93-ElA-36, 93-D-5.
Cbajrperson Sc~midt: Since we have a lot of speakers for this item
tonight, I would ask that you be as succinct as possible. ~es staff nave
any additional comments?
Ms. Lytle; ] ~uld like to begin by introducing the stAff members at t~e
table this evening. City Attorney Ariel CalonnE is present t~night,
replacing Sue Case. B~b Schu~rt is the p1~nner who managed the site and
design application befDr! you. We have Gay12 Likens from Transportation
and Oaris Maez, our en...-ir.onmentil coordinatol'" present to answer question~
about any enYirQn~ntal issues related to the ground water cleanup process
tnat intersects this project. The project manager from Public Works is
Joe Teresi.
Mr. Schubert: [hive two cGmments. Si~ce the packet went out, ~~
retefved three letters, co~ie$ of .t.1c~ are in front of you tonight. One
letter dated Jan.ory Z4th 1, opposed to the project from Je.n Wren. There
are two letters in support, one dated January 25th from Dave Matson and
one dated January 25th from linda Elklllnd. Slnce the packet went out, the
Water Cistr~ct has proyided a set of photographs shOWing existing s\te
conditions ~ich Ire posted below the plans on the wall. Also, they have
submitted what tne gabian material looks like fram anotner project. This
.aterial would be placed on both sides of Matadero Creek where they are
constructing the confluence. That completes t~e staff comments.
Mr Teresi; I would like to introduce th~ staff that is present tonight
from the Santa Clara Valley Water D;strict~ Nai Hsueh and Joe (nen 3re
here representing the water district.
ChairpersQn $fnmidt: Are there any questions from the comm1ss1on of
.taff?
CQmlissiongr B~echam: I received i call Or t~ fra. members uf the public
asking tnat w! disapprove this project, in pirt, to wlit for i Federal
Emerg~nci Management Agency (F~) rev1~. So r have two questions. One,
is ther~, in fact, i F~ review coming? Two~ what ~s our authority
tonight in addressing t~is issue? Do we have any iutnority to re~iew tne
project and approve or disapprove it, or is it more li.ited to ~at we
normally cDnsider as a site and design review where we ccnsider the
crit.ria of how it is aone?
Mr. Teresi: In response to the question of the F~ rev;ew~ I am not
aware of any ong~ing review by FEMA at this ti~. Back in 1988 when the
water district first thought up this overall plan for the e~tire length of
Barron and Matadero Creeks, they sU~ltted the~r plan~ to FEMA at that
01/26/94
·3·
tillE'. The,), received ii letter back from them, stat1n9 tn .. t if the
1mpro~em!nts. as described, ~ere act~a'1y constructed, that would result
in several flood zones be1n9 ~1iminated. That was the only revi~w by rEM
that I i~ aware of.
Mr Calonne: 45 to the second question. the comn1ssion doe~ have
a~thority in the site and design ordinance to approy~ or reject the plan.
I t~ink the harder que$tion is. what is the permissible basis for making
that decision. Perhaps leaping ahead to some fnformation that .ight come,
I tnink tne tough question is, if there is testimony or evidence to the
effect that this facility is unnecessaTYt it wc~ld be extr~ly difficult
for the commission to use that evidence in connection with the site and
design f1"dings. Unlike i ~riv~te project. where the Quest~or. of
necelsity dDes not really come up, it eay be presented here. I think it
would be quite a reach to use that as a basis for denial~
Cnmm1$$1gner Beecham: So for a lack of necessity, should .e for some
reason conclude that. 1t is not necessar1ly a basfs for denial?
Hr CalDnne: i ~ate to SlY ~ne~er~ on It, but [ think it is really quite
i stretch. under the site and des1gn review. Jt fs certainly n~t
contOMplated by the ordina"ce.
Cglmtssigngr Ojakian: Let's take t~it I step furtner. Ariel. If it is
not a _,ti0. of denying the pl'oject outright, we might get 'DIll! c.,....,"ts
tonight regarding the size of the project. Somewhere that plays back into
tne aoount of dirt that will be l •• vlng the area, the number of
trutkloads. etc. We de have some cC9trol o~er that. don't we?
Mr. Calonno: r b&lleve so, under both the sit. and design ordinance and
la connection w't~ the en~iranment.l review. Quest;Qns of sClle and
consequent enyironmental i~icts will be appropriate for the ea.aission to
consider and base 1ts Iction upon.
CQlm1$$'oner Schlnk: J h~ve a sf~le technitll question. On Page 9 of
the staff r.port, It i, described that there will be 10,400 truckloads.
Would I be correct in understanding t~at _auld then aea~ th~re wculd be
20,800 trips? Each truck would haye to go to the site Ind lea~e the site.
Mr· Schubert: Yes. that lS correct.
hQ!ll$$ionrr (arT'$c9: I recelved fo~r phone call! regarding the F£MA
reylew and regarding the nuaber of trip' and truckloads of dirt. Most of
them believed that the project could be detr •••• d If fEMA ~10 r.view it.
Is there any ju.tification for that? 'S there '030 hop. that this project
or the channel or box culvert could be reduced In size, thereby reducing
the nuober of truckload. that would use city streets?
Ms. Lytle: My i~ression Is that the water district ,taff has further
information on the subject of a FEMA reYlew of the project. So wa might
wint to deflect that qu.stion to the wat.r district staff at the ti .. that
1s appropriate for them to make their c~nt5 in the pu~11c nearing
prDC!u.
C""rperion Schmidt: If t~ere are no other Quest10n for staff, 1 w1ll now
open the public hearing. Traditionally, we Isk the applicant to present
01/26/94
-4·
...... .::,-------
~a~eria's first.
Na1 Hsueh. Sant? Clara Valley Water District. 5750 A1mad~n Expre~.
San JQ~e. CA: I am tne division engineer for the water district's flood
control design d'vision. We are the applicant for the Hatadero Phase V
site and design application. Before i talk about the details of the
Katadero V project) I wculd like to givp. you so~e b6ckground 0" the ~ork
that the ... ·ater district hi.s already comp1eted on Mataderc c.ree'k.. 1t l,-as.
been a lO-"ear effort. I don't 'Know if ,=,verybody knows of that effort.
Briefly I will give you some bac.KgNlund on the Mo1ltadero Creek and Barron
Cree, pr.ject.
Flooding occurred on Matadero Creek and Barron Creek in 1941. 1952, 19S5,
1958 and 1973. The ma$t recent 'looding occurred on Matadero Creek and
Barr.n (reek In 1983, In J.nu.ry, 1981, Hatadote Creek flooded at
Matadero AventJI!', Alma Street, Cc'tlper Street, Mlddlefiel.j Road, Ross Road:
and louis Road. BarrQn Cree'k flooded at laguna A .. "enue. After the 1983
flood, at the citizens' request. the ~atl!'r district started a study to
solve the flooaing problems on Haiidero Creek and earro~ CreeK. At t~at
tiae, the water district's d~si9n goal was to provide flood protection
i.ga1nst the one percent flood event and reduce the pubiic's flnancial
b~rden of the mandatory flood insurance required by the National F100d
I~surance P~ram. We kno~ t~dt any structures within the on~ percent
flood plain is required by F~~ to purchase flood insurance if this
~tructure i~ financed through any federally b~tked institution.
This DaP shows the City of Palo Alto an. shows Hatadero Creek an. Barron
Creek. ~atadero Creek flows into the Palo Alto flGod basin. Barron Creek
jOins Adobe Creek near Highway 101~ SD the water district's study of
Matadera Creek and Barran Creek stlrt!~ in 1986~ The study boundarie~ for
Nataderc Creek are fr~ t~e Palo Alto flood basin going upstream .11 the
way to foothill Expressway. Tne study boundarles for Barron Creek started
~t louis Road and go upstream t~ Foothill Expr~ssw~y also.
During the p1annfng preCESS, th~ citizens of Palo Alto were greatly
involved in the p1anning process. Here are s~ signlficant events during
t~at planning process. In April of 1988, the water district's baard of
directors approv!d ar.d adopted t~e engineer's report a~d act;~e
declarition for the M4tad2ro Creek and Barron Creek flood control
prDject~ So the proposed flood control measures fer Matader~ Creek l~d
Barron Creek as outlined in that report calis for flood wall construction
and bridge replacement for "atadero Creek downstream frOM Ei Camino Real
~ll the way to the Palo Alto flood bastn~ The flood control measures are
to add. flood wall on top of existing flood control channel and replace
the \nadequ~te bridge crossings. There is 2 totai of nine c~oss1n9s.
Then up~tream from [1 Camino Reil, the proposed flood cn~trol heasure
calls for an y~der9round bypass channel to divert high flows from Matadero
Creek from the end of BQl Park ind the~ going downstream to [1 Camino
Rea1. In this way. W! tan leave the existing Matadero Creek undisturbfd.
We do not need to take any structural ~asures within t~e nituril creek.
The ~i9h flew will be carried t~roug~ this und~rground bypass cha~n~l.
Also, the flood control measures ir,clude a dhersion c.hannel which is also
an underground bypass channel to divert high flow from Barron Creek to
Katadero Creek. This is what we call the Barron diversion. With this
proposal, tne existing Barron Creek downstream from Footbfll Expresswa~
01/26/94
-5-
T. JP
\
. ,. "." , .
. ~: ..
------------'-" ---
does not need any struct!Jral imprO'llemtf1t.
Tr.is project is financed through two sources of re~enue. The first one is
th~ Northwest Water District Flood Control '5 allocation of the one percent
prcperty ta.. The second s~urce is the Northwest Water Di~tri't Flood
Control's benefit assessment. I do wlnt to mention that this benefit
assess~nt is i plan to accelerate the flood control construction
progr~. Tnis plan was approved by the v~ters in the City of Pilo Alto in
Noveober of 1986.
Since the adoption of our engineer's report. the co~str~'tion of the
proposal I just mentioned. tne whole project started in 1988. It has
proceeded I. stages. To this dite, the •• ter district has completed tho
flood control .. asu~s fr .. the Palo Alto flood basi. to El Camino Real.
The next phase of construction we have cailed the Matadero Phase IV
project. It is this stretch indicited in green whicn is about two-thirds
of the downst .... portion of this ",tadero bypass channel. The
co~struetiQn of th1s project is schedulEd tc start in Narcn~ Our board of
dlrEctors awarded the const~uction contract to Race (onstruct10n at the
board meeti"9 yesterday for $4.9 oillion. Thoy .ere the low bidder. That
is the background of what the water district has already done on Matadero
Ayenue.
Proceeding to the subject of tonight's discussion. the Matldero Creek
Phase Y project, r ha'Je one more transparency to show you. You can see
that the wat~r di stri ct has .already invested 53.4 II,1110n for Phase I,
$I.B ail lion for Pha.e II, $4.6 oillion for Phlse III, ".d a.other $4.9
alllion for Phase IV. T~i. makes a tot,l of $IS oillion t~at the .ater
district has .lreody Invested in the City of Palo Alto for tho Matad.ro
treek f100d control project.
I will use this aap ta talt about the MataderD V project. The Matadero
Pha.e Y project Includes a 12 x 12 underground box culYert from the
confluence with the Stanfor~ Ch.nnel to the .xisti"9 "at,dero Creek. It
also Includes a 6 x 10 underground box culyert froo the existing airron
Stanford basin to the e~ist1nq Matadero Creek~ Also, ~~ propose to
construct a confluent $tructure right at the 1r.tersection of the box
culvert ar4 the existing "itade .. Cr.ek. The purpose of the confluent
structure is to connect this 6 x 10 Birro~ dive~siDn to this 12 x 12
Katadero bypass chan.el and .lso, to diy.rt the desig.ed high flow from
the exl.tlng ~at.der. Creet Into this Katadoro bypass channel. That i.
the p~rpose of t~at confluent structure.
Also thore are the modlfi<itlon. to the ex;stlng aarron Stanford basi. so
the purpose is also to dlYert the designed high f1 .. frmo Barron Creek
into the Barron diversion and then into the Hatadera bypass channel.
This Matadero P~ase Y project goes under the existing city bicycle pat~,
and It !s .lso adjacent to the ball park and the Barron Park
neighborhood. Construction ~apacts are I very seriOUS coneern to ,tne
citizens i~ the area. We understand that very well, so it is a serious
concern for the water distri~t as well.
I would like to go OYer with yo. what brings us to t~ay's date. It is a
long p"cess Inyo)ying working with the cit1 staff and ;nvolYir~ the
public to giye us input. We haye wor •• d closol1 with the Barr.n Park
01/26/94
-6·
\
As~ociatior.. is ""ell. want to assure you that this is: not sorr;ethi:n'3
where we ha"'e closed (!'ur doors and came up w'ith this plan.
In September of 1991, .e fir.t started the design of this Ph.se V
projer.t. HIe water dlstrid had a .. co'UpTe of meetings to helr .about the
residents' cor.c~rns before going too deeply into t~e design of this
project. At that pubiic ~et1ng, the residents identified four areas of
major concern. first is the temporary detour of the bicycl~ path and the
rt!storation of th'!! permanent bicycle pat~, especially the stretch adjacent
ta tne ball park. REsidents are ~ery concerned about the closure of the
tricycle path during eonstruct1on right adjacent to the ball park and the-iT
ability to use that path to go to the b,11 park.
Tr.e third concern is constrilction access, and the fourth concern is
construction duration. Recognilir.g these concerns, in working on our
design, we tried to accommodate these concerns as much is we could. The
d;str~ct staff developed ~ four-stage constructior.. The goal of the
fo~r-sta;e construction 1$ to minimize disruption to the use of the ball
park and the bicycle ~It~ adjac~nt to the ball park as ~c~ as possible.
On top of that, WE are striving to shorten the total construction period
of the entire project as .uch as ~ossible.
We are faced wit~ those two conditions, hut also we are faced with i
dilemaa. because at the time when we had designed this project,
Arastradero Road was 'he only construction access we planned to use. ~ith
only that const~ction access. and wanting to do this project in four
different stages, that wo~ld proTong the construction duration to close to
four years. We t~ought that it was probablj not acceptable to the City of
P~lc Alto tc have construction activity for four years in the Barron Park
lrea~ So district staff started exploring the option of getting
permission to use Matadero Avenue and .1so the Veterans Hospital property
for construction access as well. So on February 18 t 1993. th~ water
district had our second public meetfng to present the diff2rent scenarins
of the construction access and their aSSGciated construction duration
tiges. In your packet. I have included an iapact analysis sheet and also
a Questionnaire that vas sent out to res1dsnts with our meeting notice,
showing th~ different scenartos. With two·way censtruct10n access on
Matadero A .... enuE. the constructior, duratiQn would be reduced a lot. liith
one-~ay atc!ss on Matadero Ave~ue, tbere would be a longer construction
duration. Without construction access on Matadero Avenue. the
constr~ction duration would be the longest. So in ou~ February, 1993
public eeeti~gt _e presented III the different scenarios and III t"~
associated 1~acts. We asked the residents to fil' out t~e questfonna;re
and indicate their preferentes on whether to have one-way or two-way or no
construction access at all on Hatadero AY~nue.
Before 90;n9 into the survey r!sults. let me show you this map. It shows
our o~treach limits. We sent out letters to every home and business
within this area bounded by E1 Cam1no Real t Arastradero R~ad, FODtnill
Expressway and Page Mill Road. We have received 396 replies to the
Questionnaire that ] just mentioned out of 2,000 sent out. So that is
ap?roximately i 20 percent return rate. Among the 396 responses. 317
preferred two-way constrYction access Gn Mataderc Avenue. That ~ay, the
water district is able to cons tract the project in the shortest period of
time and with the lowest constructio" costs. That is about 80 percent of
the responses. WE had 21 people favoring one·way on Matadero Avenue, and
01/26/94
-7-
45 people favored no constructi{Jn at 0111.
Table 2 shows tne sUlOO1ary of returned questionnair~s from Hatadero Avehue
residents only. So of th! 396 r!sponses. 32 of them lived right On
Mat~derc Avenue. Of these 32 responses~ 18 preferred t.o-way construction
access on Matadero A ... en'Joe, or about S6 percent. Also, 11 p!ople sailj tt,ey
~referr@d ~o construction access on Matadero ~venue.
So although the c1t1zens~ response WiS favorable on using Matadero Avenue
for ca~struction access, we also ~eard at our second public meeting .any
leg1t1JUte cor-cerns regarding safety issues with construction traffic on
fIiIatadero Avenue. After the public .. eting. _ilter district staff worked
clase1y with Clty of Palo Alto ~taff to develop a safety and mitigation
plan TOT usfng Matadero Ave~ue f~~ tonstructfon access.
This fs tne proposed mitigation ptan for using Natadero Ayenue jor
CD"stT'\Jction access. Ttlis plan _as approved b,Y the City of Palo Alto
stiff. It Is .lso endorsed by t,. Barron Park Association. This pli. was
presented to all of the residents at our tbird public meeting on
Januolry 13, 1994. J _i'1 not go t~rou9h itt but every item is already
intluded ;n the negative declaration prepared by the city planning staff4
In Oeceaber of 1993, th~ water district submitted a site and design
Ipplication for this project. City staff coapleted an environmental
assesSient. outlining tne construction impacts and the re~uired .itigation
weasures. The water district has reviewed those m;ti9~t1Dn Measures. and
we ha.e agr&ed to Incorporate all of thea Into our construction project.
J will not go through .11 of the .ItJgitlDn ""' .. ures, but wol!ld like to
Blntion I few of the important ones to you. The first one ~s the
construction schedule. With construction access on ~taderD Avenue, we
will require the contractor to c~lete Stage A and B within six ~nths.
Stage A .ill be open to the public for use .fter .1. months. After the
six .anths of flood control construction, we need anather thTee .onths for
the revegetation work. So Stage B will be open to the publfc for its use
.fter nine .. nths.
This ;s Gur revegetation plan. Based on the City of Palo Alto's
requ1~nt, we have agreed to replace every tree that we remove th3t is
larger thin six Inche. with a three·to·one ratio. £v~ry tree reooved that
is saaller than six inches is going to be replaced on a one-ta-one rltf~.
All of the shrubs that are removed ~y our project will be replaced on •
one-to-one ratio. This is • table showing the nUiber of trees that will
be removed in this project, wit~ the t~ree-to-one or one-to-one ratio.
Based on the requirement, the water district .ill be replacing 118 tnoes
and shrubs. In our revegetation plan, we are gO'ng to plant 124 trees ind
shrubs.
Thlt I, .y presentation of the project. Shall I respond to the F£MA
question? (Yes) The question from residents rEga~lng FEMA Is, does the
one percent flow developed by the .ater district for Sarron Creek, which
Is 760 cubic feet per second (cfs), too big. nUDDtr for Barron Creek?
The question is. sh~uld FEMA ree~aluate the one percent flow for Barron
Creek? That was my understanding of the quest~on4 In t~e two letters I
suba\tted to you, the fIrst letter .as fro. FEMA to the City of Palo Alto
Ol/Z6/94
·8-
---.-~---
i~ 1988. It is right after the completion of the water distr-ict
en9ine~r's report and En'l"il'"onmental document. The .... ater d1strict
subm;tt~d Dur ~ydrojogy cal~ulation and also th~ engineer's report to FEMA
for a conditior..ill letter-of map amendment. In the fir'St retter, fEMA
confirmed that they have reviewed our hydrology calculatlon and also Dur
proposed flow control m€asl.'re for Mahdero Creek and BarrM Creek. They
nay! granted the cond~tional map amendment. The letter said that once
t~fs flood control project proposed fn the engineerFs report is
constructed within the City of Palo Alto 9 the residents within the current
!OO-year flood p1~in will be removed from the flood pTain and will no
longer be requtr~ to pay fl Clod insurance. That i.s from the first letter
in 1966.
There fs a second letter just recently received by the City of Palo Alto
from fEHA. FE~'" stated that tn.:I received a l.tter ffom Mr. Roy Star.,
City of Palo Alto~ requesting tnem to reevaluate the one percent flood on
Barron Cre.'. Tnat Is a standard reply froo FEHA. They said that if the
community fee1s there is a necessity for FEMA to dD that, the community
needs to make a request of FtMA so tnat FEMA can commence the rE~valuat~on
process. But before tnat is done, the current one percent floOd on Barron
C~k is 760 'fs. That was in the second letter.
Chafrpfrson Schmidt: Thank you.
you.
am sure we have some questions for
Commissigner Glazier: Thf reaso~ we wo~ld consider doing something like
tn1s is to p~ve~t damage~ in the event of the lOO-year flood. kr.at are
the likely d~ge$ that would take place? There was some mention ~de in
the .. teri.l, about 300 homo' being affectod. I. this 100-year flood In
thi, particular pl.!n • ..eth!ng where 300 home. would go drifting down
1.to the bay? What I. the likely .cal. of potential damage that we need
to weigh this project against?
"5. Hsueh: Do you mean, what kind of daaage witl be encou~tered during
the one percent flood?
(gmmjsstcner Sl~zier: Right. G~ven that we wi1l spend 24 months
d1srupt~ng the neighbornood a"d spendiny a great deal of money, whit is
the benefit from this dlsruption1
Ms. Hsue~: 1 do not remeober eXactly how deep the water flow .ill be, but
ay ~ry sa~s that it is between one foot ind four feet of water in the
e~rron Park neighborhood. For these bomes within the lOO-year flood
plain, the flood level is about one to foor feet above the existing ground
elevation. More than 1,400 homes and apartments and lOa c~~rcial and
industrial buildings would be inundated. One percent flood damage is
estimated to be 14.5 units. Thfs is only for Barron Creek. For our
entir~ study area~ which \s Matadero Creek plus Barron Greek, there are
actuilly 4,300 structures wit~in the lOO-year flood plain.
Commissioner Glaz~gr: This is ~nly one part of an overall project. Naybe
Bob has more data on this. He ~sua1ly does. ] would like tQ understand,
for this .pecific project, how many home. would be .ffected, and What
potentl.l damage would be averted by doing this.
Ms. Usueh: For this specific project, Mahdero Phase V, then are about
0]/26/94
-9-
/:
r~~7f:":-: .
. '-" ~
300 home, .ithln the ;OO-yea. flood plain.
CC!!i!!!i'?sjooer Schiok: How many residE'nts of the City of P~lD Alto win no
'o~er be required to purchas! flood insurance?
Ms. HSUib! The 4,300 structurES that J just mentioned.
CQlP1$51gner SChink: Usually, is flood insurance aro~nd $300 to S400 per
year?
Mo. H'Yib: I think 'd. M.ybe $~OO. It depends upon .,en you purchased
the home. It has s6metn1ng to do with the value of th~ home.
CDlmi$s1oner Schjnk~ But at the end of this project, 4.300 hoees will no
IQoger have to purchase flood Insurance? (Correct) Thank you.
Commissioner Ojakian: Tonight, we are probabl, gOing to get a lot of
infQ~tio~ or people's concerns about the size of this particulir stage.
By that, I .ean that construction of I 12 foot b) J2 foot over th.t first
extent and tht~ maybe even the 10 foot by 6 foot section, why was that
particular sfze of construction determined to be the right size for this
project?
Ms· Hsyeb: First of all, I me~tfoned that our level of protection 1s tc
protect t~e neighborhood from the 100-year or one percent flood. So the
channel design is based on that one percent flood on Matadero Creek ar.d
Birron Creek. The $ile of the box culvert is deterained by the ~unt of
flow that I. going to be dlYerted into the box culvert. There Is going to
be Eoo cfs dlYerted frca Barron CreEk Int. the Sarron diversion. That is
the baSis for the 10 x 6 box culvert. Once the Sarron diversl .. goes Into
the Matadero bypass channol, that 600 cf. plus another 1,200 tf. Is
diverted fro. the existing ~~tadero Creek, s. there are 1,800 cf. that
needs to be •• fely pa,sed through the Katadoro bypass thann~l. The 12 x
12 box culvert Is desIgned biSed on the 1,800 tfs.
Cpaffilssfgner Q1akian: let.e flip that questio~ to you fro. the Gt~er
end. What if it is a nine by ~1~ foot culvert dnder there. What wD~ld
that .. an? To what extent would there be daaage or flood probl .. s in that
area!
Ms, Hsyeh: If it is a saaller size box culvert, the box culvert could not
take this expected 1,800 cfs. The additional flow will overb.nk right at
the confluence. So It will flood the .... upstre .. from the confluence.
CQII1$slgner Qjakian: For clarity sake. we ire t.lkfng about & one
percent overflow and .e are talking .bout • IOO·ye.r flood. Does that
... n that for the other period of tl .. , thl. culvert is basically eopty of
water? Or is actually in function?
"$, HS4eh: The ae~ign criteria are for one percent of flow. but •• y high
flow beyond the capacity of the oxistlng Motldero Croek and aarron Creek
will be diverted into this byp ••• Channel. It dees not .. a. It has to bo
a one percent evont. The box culvert Is designed to safely carry a one
percent flow. Perhaps every yeir. in aUT 'ilculatiDns~ there will be
water In thIs box cul'/ert. It is just th,t 1t does not g. that high.
01/26/94
·10·
~ .
! --
-------._-
rr Isn't it tn.~e that if j{iU decreas.e the size by "'"!':',"-'=~"""'!:t+h"a'"n~tni! 760 cfs. FEHA will nat let the insurance be
Ms. Hsueb: That is correct.
COmmissioner Carrasco: Also, what hap~ens when this box culvert is not
b~1ng used? H~w are we protecting it fr~ other kinds of uses, e.g.,
animal s using 'it as a habitat. Ho_ do you protect it? With a grat.e?
Ms. H~veh; There i$ no grate, b~t the water district has OUT own
~i1ntenanc~ f~rces. We conduct regular ~intenance ~n all of our
facii1t)2S w;thi~ the county, so the bo~ culvert will be maintained on a
reqular bas;s~
&onmfssioner Carra~co: But wiil it be open at both ends. without grites?
Ms. Hsueh: The downstream end goes under El Camino and then goes into
Matadero CreeK downstream of £1 Cimino. The confluente is under [1 Camino
Re.l.
~Q!TI2Iis.sfOm!T' Glazier: If, for 501J!e reason, this Ph.ase Y were not done,
~Q~ld it prevent thes! other two phlses from befng done, and therefore,
even t~ough this project may only impact 300 homes, may the inability to
do t~~ follow-on projects impact I greater number of potent1al homes in
terms of their not being eligible to get out of th.e flood plain
designation?
Ms. Hsweh: Can you repeat that?
r~issjQner Glazjer: If ~ were to not do this ~hase, there are otner p\aS~s yet to be done. Is there other constr~ction yet to be done here?
At least, it looks this way from the map. [t says. Pending Construction.
Ms Hsu:h! No. that 'is upstrealTl~ This is the 1 ast stretch of th.e flood
control aeasure~ The pending stretch is f~r erosion control. Th.is is the
last one~
Chairpgrson Schmidt: We might get some speakers addressing the traff!c
Ciused by this project. Can you make any comparisons between tne trafflc
generated fr08 this phase versus Iny of the other ettrl ier phases? Is thh
twice as .uch, about the same, ten times IS ~ch~ Can you .. ke any
cocparisons between any of th£ other phases, lire how .ere other residents
farther d"""streilll .ffooted?
"$ ~syeh: Are we talking about just the triffic on Matadero Avenue?
Chairp~rsQn Schmjdt: I was asking about the quantity of concrete trucks
and quantity of trucks carrying fill.
Ms. Hsyeb: It is very difficult t~ make i comparison. One thing ~e need
to consider is that we will place a requirement en the contractor to
cooplete the fIrst stretch of the box culvert next to 801 Park olthl" 51x
.onths~ So the construction activity will be denser. It is not l\kt the
downstrea. project, which will giYE tke contractor 300 days to construct
the p~ject. It is diff;colt to ~ake , co~arison that way.
01/26/94
-11-
,
~ • ,
•
. ,.'
:~ .
Chairperson Schmidt: If there ilre no further QuestiOr1S., we ... ill hear from
other members of the Dubllc.
pouglas Moran. 790 Matadero AVenue, Fila Alto: ] ha~e lived at this
address for seven years. ~hat I am g~ing to say is a consensus of what a
nlJlllber of my neighbors hay! tried to put together for eff; cienty sa~.e. I
understaod the problems of the flood poopl.. 1 c~~ out of • flood looe.
The town I lived in was 80 pertent under in the 15172 .~9nos flood, wl"den
got FEMA into this busfness. 1 spent my summer digging people out, so I
know what flood damage is li ...
But 1 .. opposing this measure beta use there 15 not an adequate traffiC
plan for dealing with Matadero Avenue, and this plan should not be
approved untiJ the issue of traffiC ~as been dealt with. Tne February.
1993 $u~ey on using Matadero A~enu2 was sent out. Wt were not tQld the
volume of truck traffic to expect. [was one of those 18 people ljving on
Matadero Avenue whD said~ r would be willing to agree to use it t~ ways
if t~ere is an adequite safety ~lan. Several of my neighbors put down
sillilar things. So those n-.RJbers are not truly inforMd consent by the
people on "atadere Avenue. At the February, 1993 meeting, we did not get
to the ISSUe of traffic until vory fir into the meeting. 1 believe it .as
two-and-I-half hours into the meeting. We expressed • n~r Df
concerns. I felt that Hatadero Avenue and the issues and probleas of that
$t~t were not understood b~ t~! water d1strict_ ~ asked them. have you
drive. I truck down it to see what it feels like1 They .ald, no. So 1
drafted I five-page letter , outlining the CDncerns Ind issues that needed
to be addressed. ] consulted with .y neighbors; I presented & copy to M~.
Teresi, who .as going to forward it to the water district, ind 1 gave.
copy t~ the Sarron Pork As.ocllti"". In the January, 1994 ooeetl.>g. lIO.t
of tbese issue$ had st\ll not been addressed. Also at the 1994 ~eting,
... foun<! that volume of expected truck traffic had gQne up over 50 percent .-
frctl what we "ad been told In February of 1993.
We all felt t!1at the February, 1993 numbers were pretty bid. Most of us
were highly skeptic.l t"at that vol ... could be dealt with on the street
because of our experience with c~rrent~ very light leve1s of construction
traffic, the no~al trutks that 90 down there now. We kno. ~hat those
problems are. When they talt about outreach programs, the people on
Mitadero Avenue do not fe.l they ha •• had outre.cn. ! hive Just pa,sed
you • petition of 63 residents of Barron Park bot~ on Mltadero Avenue and
arDund Matadero Avenue~ who think the traffic plan needs to ~ a detailed
plan bef.re yO" go and appro'" this plan. We need to know what I s going
to be done , and say_ yes we can iCc~lte the vol~ of traffic, or no,
we cannot. We dD not want lOU to pres~me that this traffic ~an be
handled. and the. ,ay, well, this plan Is the best we can do, so it going
to be good enough. and you people are going to have tD survive, whatever
~ay happen. And survive is the word.
S~ we have an fnerease. We are now tal ling 4.300 trucks. They Slid i"
February, 1993, t'at the peak traffic would be 13 round trIps per hour.
W. dQ not know What it is going t. be now. This i. just the heavy
trucks. This does not include ,11 the ancillary trucks, the Inspectors,
the ~nagers, the lunch service trucks. people coeing and 9Oing. The
probl .. with the current traffic plan: tne 20 mile an hour ll.it. It
needs teet~. We are told that this plan Is enforceable only at 25 .ph.
in I:.;
01/26/94
-12-
It nfeds t~ be strict~y ~nforced at 20, anc !t needs to be a99reSS1~ely
en~orced. One of the sugge~tinns was to put a picture-taking radar on
Matadero Av€nue in severai places, moving it around so that the trUCKS
~nOWt arod to ~ave penalties on the contractor if certain t~resholds ar~
exceeded. so that they ire firin9 people who are spe~ding.
Parking restrictions: tt says a total ban en Matader"o ~wenue for six
months. Matadero is I long. thin street with very few side strpets. This
is I serious problem for the nQrma1 comings and goings on the street:
People moving in, movin9 Dut~ maintenance service, r~roadel1ing~ getting
your roof fixed, de11~er1es. Hav1~g to schedule a delivery on ; Saturday
means you might have to waft a month ~r a month·and·a-half. Sevfre
restrictions are needed, but a total ban or near total ba~ is not
workable. The -restrictions have to bE done in cansulhtiDn with the
people on what is doable and looking at where the problems are.
What is not addr~ssed: visibility and clearance problems. I a= 901n9 tD
give a number ~f slides graphfcal1y showing what scme of these are. and
the two huardous ir.tersections. 1t underestimates tni! problems with
trucks sharing the ~avement witn all of the ether traffic. There is a iot
of other traffic ~n the street, and access hazards. This plan talks about
children crossing Matadero Avenue, but it does not tal~ about children wno
live on Matadero Avenue.
One of the basfc problems is that we have pedEstrians appearing suddenly.
You've got i car coming along. ond we've got trees., we"fe got a fence, and
a pedestr~an will suddenly step Gut in front of an oncoming car. [know~
lhlt happened to me on the way to this meeting tonight. I wa5 ~eting an
enCODing car, and somebod~ stepped aut of a blfnd driveway. Similar
visibility prDblems ~ith bl1nd driveways. If you look at t~e elearanees,
they are ~bout 30 feet in .any places~ Matadero fs not I true, two·way
street. When yO'\l are co.1ng down the street and yQiJ meet oncDlling
traffi', what you dD is. you spot it, then you pick a spot, you slow down.
you pullover, you pass, you pull bace out to the middle ef the street.
Thfs Is the way you avoid hitting the people who are ngsfng out of t~.
blind driveways, and the pedestrjans suddenly appearing4
Twenty tG 25 mlles per hour is safe. E\'erybody J have talked t~ who lh"es
O~ the street. the people who visit me. all think that is a safe limit.
Sp~ing. especially of constructlon trucks for other remode11fng s 1S a
persistent problN on our street. Since J aoved in, evarybod:'!'" hu bHn
c~lainf~g about it, and nDtbing has been done about it4
The most hazardous intersection is w~ere Hatadero crosses the creek at the
bridge. There is a little S there. Tnere are trees overhanging and
pushing Cirs and trucks out into the middle. There is a branch
overhanging the creek which p~snes stuff' out from t~e other direction.
There is i fence right here t~at blocks visibility. This fence could
probably be 1tQ\o"ed in. It IS around one of the cit,)' wells~ So YOlu've got
people pushed to th~ middle in I section where you've got limited
visibility. To conpuund that problem, what we hive is two blind entries
from Tipiwingo and Josina. Cars coming in are very nard to see coming
fr~ t~e other direction" If you do not have your speed down and you are
not prepared for it, you ire in trOUble.
You also ~ave it this intersect10n problems of cars that rather surprise
01/26/94
-ll-
" '~,": ,
I
!
you because they have suddenly stopped in tne middle of the str~e!.
S~bDdl planning to turn onto Tipiwango wi11 come, and tnere wll I be ~
pedestrian standing there. Tn!y have not signalled. Peeple don't
s19~ll. They will just suddenly stop on the bridge. You see nQ rea~on
for th~ to step, you think you ta~ see ahead, sa you saYt they are Just
driving on. The same fc·., somebody about to ('.ut inlD Josina. Peap' e jlJst
stop fn t~e street. You ~aye to have your speed down and be prepared. ~r
you ire going to Tear end somebod). Rear ending a car against a car is
enQug~ ~f a problem. A truck rear ending a :ar is something to really
worry about.
The ether •• riously difficult intersectio" is It El C .. ino. The driveway
for Senor Taco is tva car-lengths back from the intersection. You
frequently get •• ituatlon where you'ye got cars piled up here. You'ye
got eithe •• pedestrian J-walking, • car pulling out of tne Driftwood
Mirket, or one more car length up, I car pulling out of the Creeks1de
Inn. The~ j~st sit across the street, wI1ting to get into the linE.
Anybody coming around at speed is gelng to take them out.
Anotner yari.tion on tnis is that we get trucks and Cirs turning into the
luto lot or intG tne alley into the automobile stare. T~ey sit here and
get re~y to be wbacked~ You cannot see them. You've got to t~ iroynd
that cerner yery slowly and be prepared. We residents know this. but
there are lot5 of people at the Creekside rnn. and we are especil1ly
worried tnat the construction drivers are g01n9 to have real problems with
this.
The next probleo is. because cooing off It El C .. lno at 35 miles per hour
ento this I. not reasenabl •• this I. a street where people actuilly pull
right t. turn right. You ~.ve te be concerned that ~he hotel people ai,
poll right and have a truck come in and pinch them in there •• specially
trucks that do not put out their turn s1gnlls. So iga1n, sore problems
with thl. CGrner. especially with the '.300 trucks thot are going te be
cooing through here. tlch one adds to the possibilitie.. Part of the
probl .. behind speeding on ~atad.rc Is that the prevlou, sectien of [1
ta.ino is, shall we say, ~hallenging? What you have ;5 I lot of places,
the restaurants, where you haye a car trying to tOCDe 1n, and it _fl1 stop
w1t~ its tail still out in the street, as at Fresco's, for ex~le. Other
cars will try to pullout of the pITking lot. and they will be blocked by
plcku~ trucks, vans, big trucks. They will jYst nose out blindly into the
st~t, because they cannot see. You've got tnree or four ~Ifferent
places down there. People set their adrenal;ne uP. and when tney get to
where It seem. to be cle.r. they let l.ese. Where do they let loo,e?
Cooing around tOt corner ante Matadero and doom the fIrst part of
Matidere. There is a big speeding preblem tOt .. because of this. Thl, is
expected, and this ha, to be dellt with In the traffiC plon.
After baying all of those examples, what we want is a traffic p~an to be
~de in consultation with the people on the street~ We know whit the
proble.s are; we haye sa.e idels about the solutions, but wa Ire nat
traffic experts. We can say. thi' works. this does "at ... ri. We need to
say, what Ire some of the possibilities fo. truck traffic en the street?
W. need to know the distribution of trucks. Are they going to be spread
•• enly. or can they be b"nched up? One of the problem, .ith El C .. ino Is
that we get ~ steady stre~~ of people .t luncn tiDe, ca.ing down the
stre.t from Stanford Res.arch Plrk and going to the resta.rints on £1
01/26/"
-14-
.. ----.....-~~---
\. ,
. ,
<",
(a_inc. Lunch time is a very busy time. rt is one of the nastiest times
cn El Camino, and there are lots of pedestrian5 ~n the street. Can that
be av~ided? Can you avoid later in the afternoon ~hen the kids are more
likely to be out? (an the schedule be adapted to have less ti~ in the
s~r when the kids are out of school? We r.eed to look it the opti~ns.
Can they bu~ch things up? One of the conditions in the p1an 15 to have
only ont truck on t~e street at a time. During ti~es when it is not as
ser.s;tive~ it may be better to have multiple trucks on the street to avoid
these mnre critic.' p~riods. So why are we saying ~e need this traffic
plan? There are it~ms that are in the bid that Dight not be their
cond;tions~ and we want a lot of conditions to be in the bid that are not
in there~ So you c~nn~t put out this thing for bid. and the~ add these
on. We want enouyh c~nd1tions in there. and we also ~ant you to come up
with a plan and nGt ass~ that it is goin9 to w~r~. Evaluate it and ask,
is this 90in9 to work? tan this handle the traffic, Dr are you going to
have t~ come up with some ot~er options?
To ~ake the p~int ~bout average, If averages were important. we would n~t
need flood control on thtse ,rEeks. because the average flow over the
years is probably less than 5 percent. So we have similar problems with
traffic on our street. On! of the most importij"t things is to have i
reliable .. thad to enforce the speed limit, and the~ to loo~ at other ways
to alleviate th~ problem. I thank y~u.
Dan Farley. 712 Matadero Aven~E. Palo ~lto: ] would also like to urge t~e
commission to delay approval of the plan until a traffic ylan can be put
in place, Ind also so that the scale of the project can be reviewed~ ]
l1'E on Matader. Avenue at one of the narrowest parts. last ... nth, 1 1 cst
an animal to speeding traffic. COincidentally, Just last Saturday, my
neighb<lrs and I were out JD our front yard., talking a""ut this plan. One
of ~ r.eighbor's sons came very close to being hit by a car, because his
front yard 1~ rfgnt on Matadero AvenUE. He stepped out. a car could not
see hill, and he cue ver), clon.
Another thing. in tenDS of practiciil aspec.ts. that I would 1 ike you til
cons1der that was not covered by the previous speaker, is that we are
talking about an average of 13 trucks In hour~ We have heard commitments
that there would only be one truck on Matadero at anyone time. So think
about 1t f~r a ~inute. You are going to ha~e a lot of empty trucks.
Where ~re t~ose tr~cks that Ire waiting to go up MataderD going to wait?
They are pr<>ba::'l,. gOillg tCi wait on E1 Caino. That is something you need
to consfder, at 13 trucks an hour. So these are examples of things we
feel have not beer. ;r~ned out.
I was also one of the people ~h~ was involved in recruit;ng Barron Park
residents, the 61 people who couldn't be here to urge delay. Most of them
Wrre very concerned about the size. We hi'ie heard FEHA mentioned
tonight. A couple of things that 1 did not hfar; I heard t~at FEMA
reviewed the project in 1988. J am wondering, has anything chinged in
five years? Another thing 1 have not helTd is, what contact has the City
of Palo Alto had with fEKA? 1 think you should bo con.emed about
liability, with all of the dangers we have talked about. It would seem to
.e a geod investment of your time, tnd perhaps th! city's money, if the
clty could be involved with a F~HA re~i~. You will hear from some of ~y
neighbors that we are getting conflicting commun1Citfon about F8HA. Thank
)'QU.
Ol/26/94
-15-
Rakesh Aga~a' 709 Mata~ero Ayenue, ~.iQ Aito; I am i ten-year Tesi~nt
of Sarron ParK, Our house borders Matadero Creek. so I am at least as
co~cerned as anyone about this item. I also bave a !;x-year-old son who
often runs atross the raad to visit nis friends. Althoug~ J tell him t~
be careful, I knQ~ t~at ne does not al~ays look DO both sides. 1 am quite
frankly very concerned. not only about him, but about other cnildren Gn
the street. ~ot only that. but there ire I ~umber of aduits backing out
of their driveways in the morning. 1 can tell you that I have been
inattentive at least once in the last ten years. 1 can only imagine what
sight hap~n if a loaded truck going at 20 miles per hour suddenly decides
to come into my field of view while 1 am pulling out. So I think t~i.
whole project will be for naught if anyone gets hurt during the ,i'-month
pha.e. So 1 would like to empha.ize that safety is a re.'ly big 1"ue
that has not really been addressed. Putting guards at two ends of
Matadero do not r.ally do the job for people who live In between. By the
way, just this aftern~on> m~ wife mad~ an 'n'D~i count Df the number of
cars going on Hatadero Avenue betwee~ 3:30 and C p.m. ] was surprised.
There wera 40 cars in th~ half~hour period. That might be a b~sy time,
becluse people are coming home from w~rkt but if s~me perCe"tage of those
cars are caTS that belong to Matadero, ] think we ha~e a serious problem
ir. tenllS of accO!MDdating all those ca.,'s, plus the traffic frOil the
trucks. So what I would like to as. is t~.t appro.al of the plan be
delayed uotll a traffic plan that works can be formulated.
Thelma V91ffers, 904 Mitaderq (PUrt, P.l0 Alto: I heve been living in
Barron Park for 24 years. [would like to ask the com.ission tu del~
approving thl, plan. Sooe of .y concerns are a little different from the
previous speakers because I do not ltve on Matadero A~enue. 1 a. Oq
Matadera Court, which inclu~.s the 12·foot by 12·foot culvert that they
plan on putting In. The area I .. spea.ing of Is about one'eighth of •
blod long. and I do not think it. can support a 12·foot by lZ·foot
culvert. I would like to have It read Into the record that if such &
culvert is gOing to be used, one of ~y concerns is drainage. ~ place has
neyer been flooded, and in tho event that it does get flooded after the
project, I want It stated in the record that I did brIng this up.
Another part t~at ~as not been addressed is the environmental impact. One
of the thIngs that ha, not bee ... ntloned Is the fact that the Santa Clara
Valley Water Distrfct i$ plann1ng on cutting down 32 or more ~ture trees
and one l7ye oak tree. They are not replaCing them in kind. As you heard
the lady ... tion. they are going to replace them one for every three.
Ms, HsUeh: For every one tree we remove. we are gOing to replace it wit~
three new trees.
MSI Wolffgrs: Everyone tree of what size?
Ms Hsueh: larger than s\x inches.
MS t Wolfferi: If you cut down a mature tree that has been growing for SO
to 100 ye.r" It cannot be replaced with. tree that is SO to 100 years
old. The other thing I III lIery concerned I.oout is soll erosion. Once you
re.ove trees, you leave the land open tD erosion. Also,] think that tnis
whole project will change the whole character of aarron Park, ,. the
environmental i~act report has bee~ grossly underestl~ted. Also. the
01/26/94
-16·
I -. I ----_. --; -,
__ -.:. ,c
arei of Barron Park has been designated as semi-arid, so this whole
preject smacks of o~erkill that is o~t of proportion to its real needs.
Thar.k. you.
Raul Serrano. 827 C~ima1us Drive. palo Alto: I have a coup1! of
questions. The first one is. is the Santa (lara Yalley Water District to
~e held responsible for any damage on hous~s caused by vibrations of the
trucKs or any other type of daroage? For instance, ~itn the five-axle
trUCKS running on Matadero Avenue. I foresee that ;t will probably cause a
lot of destriJction on the slJrface. Is it going to be resurfaced by ttle
Santa Clara Valley Water District? Are \I'e gOing to be assessed fer it?
[s Palo ~lto going t~ do it? Just who is going to be responsible?
As far is the traffic problems, they have been addressed very thoroughly,
sucn as the blind entrance at Tipiwango and Hatadero. He forgot about the
other bl ind er.trance of Chimal'Us and Matadf!ro. You actually have to scoot
t~to Matadero to see if there ar! any tars coming. in sp1te of the line
drawn by the Police Department. Finally, on t~is she!t, it says that
regarding hum.a'!'l nulth , there ;:5 a maybe impact. My wife-"-as i se'le-re
pulmonary probl~. and I have been wondering if the exhaust fumes from
tnose five-axle truck! will ha~e any effect. If so, I would refer back to
MY first qu.,tioo" Will the Santa Clara Valley Water District bE liable
f~r t~2Se-!ffects?
KathY Olmstead. 906 Matadero Covrt, Palo Alto: J would like to express MY
opinion. I am strongl~ oppos~d to this project. I ftel that, to this
pof"t, there has never been I public forum to express this feeling. I
hlYe attended all the neighbornood public hearings, h~yer. they have
.1wlYs been in regard to the deta~ls of wbat trees were ~omin9 o~t. and
how _e vere gOing to deal wit~ ~ickey and the traffic problems on Matadero
Av~ue, but never 'With the basic, fundamental issue of whether ttlis
proj9ct makes sense, and why are we doing it.
The engineer from the _ater district talked about th! project being
endorsed by the Barron Park Association. 1 think t~ Planning Ca.mission
s~ould be a~are that the president of tne associatio~ at the time has a
hGus! on the creek. and i second ~ember of the asso<iatlon, Mr. Hoss, who
is here tonight providing yo~ with some of yo~r numb~rs, also has a house
on Barron Creek. This project is very expensive. It is going to be"~fit
a few. It is going to Cluse major disruption to tne c~nity, bnd it is
gofng to tear up t~e enviro~nt. In some places. it is never going tG
look the same, primarily ~t the place ~ere the bicycle path and Matadero
Creek intersect. [would really 1ik.e the cOlTIDission to thin'k abolJt
whether or not government ~as the right to use pubiic f~nds to ~ake it
right for people who buy houses on flood plains~ Bill Glilier's questions
to the engineer I felt were very appropriate. Thank you wery ~uch~
Lisa Frfedman. 930 RQble Ridge. Pal~ Alto: Roble Ridge is in a part of
Barron Park that is act~ally sepa~ate-from Barron Par~. I near that yo~
all had a walk-thro~gh down the bike pith. It is on t~~ ~ther sid~ of the
bik~ path from the rest of Barron Park, so even though we are not on
Matldero Aven~~, there is a whole ne-ighborhood that 909S up Matad9ro
Avenue behind the park, so ever. though It dDes not sound like we are on
Matadero AY2n~e, ~tadero is the only road ;nto and aut of our
neighborhood. So when some of the suriey results counted the people on
Matadero Aven~e, it might also be i~portant to look at what were the
•
0!/26/94
-17 -
.Im . ..___ r N ,
:v
~::-~t
:..-, :.~
.'
survey resuits <l'f people 1i .... ir:g in the Roble Ridge neighb()r".ood~ as ",,·ell.
Given that, I have oil couple of concerns. One is ihat I second all the
concerns about the traffic. because we will experience t~at, as well.
Another part of my con,~rr. is t~it right now, there ~ill be 9uards and
traffic help It laguna, 'We win be enterillg from the other side. We will
be cDming in from up a~ve that (rossing. so 1 would like to second all
the c::oncerns you have a' nady hUrd about traffic.
[ would alsa like to add that [ appreciate sh~rtenin~ the project. Going
for f~ur years would nave beer. unbearable. Construction will attuallJ be
occurring feet fro. ~y land. Basically. 111 the construction time is in
front of all the land of people 1i.ing 00 Roble Ridge. If you remember
how it looted, it !$ all countryish. Most of tne parcels ire one acre to
three acre sites. S..e of t~e old orchards of Palo Alto have remained.
There is lind toat people h •• e not developed. There is not fancy
landscaping. People went to the Roble Ridge arei because it was ~stic
and quiet. Thore is • lot of wild life. I know there has been discussion
about what is going to nappen with all the trees. There are a lot of
a~1mals. There are hawks and i kind of black squirrel t~at is only in
that irea~ 50 1 would also seco~ anything that laoks at shortening the
amount of tt~ th~t the construction takes. I appraciate thlt tnere Is I
tradeoff b!tween ~at you do with traffic and how long the construction
takes. [realize ft is a diffic~lt ba1ance, so 1 appreci;te the work the
water district has done by changing it from a four-year construction
project down to six months~ and I also setond tnat if we can keep it at
si ... nths lnd look ve.y c.reful1y at traffic .nd .hile you are doing it
in six months, looklng it what other triffic controls can you put in.
[ also want to second the co~cern about that fundimental question, does it
need to ~ dono at all? w. no.e heard tnat FEMA might ~ a place to get a
reviow. I have heard other people in the neighbor~ood .oicing a con<ern.
Is it .1so worthwhile having an independent consultant for a $5 .illion
project review It, since there are so .any questions about whet~er thfs is
the right size that noeds to ~ done? I heard that it was approved by the
voters in 1986. I think t~~ people who voted for it didn't hl.e any ide.
of the scope, the cost, the size of this project of a 12 by 12 cu1Yert
when they appro.ed it. They didn't know that that was what they were
appro.ing. They didn't know they were appro.ing 4,000 trucks on Matadero
Avenue. So 1 would also second really eyal~at1ng that fundamental
question of, are you sure it needs to be done? Jf it really needs to be
done, I s"pport going ahead to do it. I would like to have experts c ...
in and get a second opinion, the sa.. •• y you would jf yoo had to ha ••
surgery. You would get a second .edical opinion.
50ae other separate questions] have not heard addressed that I hope you
would Isk if you do not already know the Inswers. One is that I hear that
crossing El (&a1no before yQ~ get to Phase Y, that the sa.e construction
will cross E1 Camino and that parts of £1 C~ino will be closed down,
aaybe one lane at • ti... Since that has not started yet, will th~ ••
t~ings h.ppen simultaneously, so that not Dnly will 10U have trucks
potentIally backing ~fore Matadel~ A.enue, waiting to get onto the
street, and .!ght be backing up on [1 C .. ino, is that going to happen It
the S&le ti .. that construction is also crossing [1 C .. ino? If that is
true, [ t~ink we would have a real mess on E1 Ca.1no and in Gur
ne ighborltood.
01/26/94
·18·
--~-
-'
A ~econd q~estic~ is. where do the trucks turn around? If they are goi~g
in and out from Hataderc. where does a large. fi~f-axle truck turn
around? I am co"cerned because I am afraid they are going to turn around
right at the intErsection where I am crossing ~r right at the part that is
in my frvnt yard. I nope that if you do not ha~e the an~wer to that
question, you can fipd out. Whe~ we asked on~ another the q~estion in the
neighbornood, Wf! found 1:!ut that no one knew or it had not ~en answered
adequately _hen t~e question been asked pr2 v iously.
The last Questlon 1 ha.e is about earthquake safety. That came abo~t from
lookir.g at all t~e pictures and things that happened in los Angeles. We
are putting In a 12~fcot by 12-foot concrete box where con~rete did not
exist befOrE. I persona1ly did not l~~e by a creek; 1 did not move next
to water, and I am i'lOW going to ha~e a 12 x 12 potenthlly concrete box
full of water feet from ~y lar.d. So I hope that th~ peopie who know the
engineering questions to ask wi11 look at the earthquake safety of this
and ~at hapPfns in the event of an 8.0 earthquake+ At the same time. I
saw in the ~alo Alto Weekly in arti~le saying that we are close to the
Stanford flu1t. so particularly given that it is right next to an
earthquake fa~lt, it seems liKe I rele~ant Question to ask. Thank ycu.
DOugl.! Graham. 984 I11ma Way. Pil~ Altq! r havf been a Barron Park
resident for about 21 years now. I ha~e been invol~ed in matters
concerDing aur creeks for about 21 yearS9 since the March 1973 flood,
which removed part of IU.)I back yard. I was Chair of the BarroTI Park
Citizens Committee on ~tadero Creek f~ 1973 to 1983, and was involved
in the 1978-79 improvements .ade on Katadero Croek which were supposed to
make the Matadero Creek cul¥ert at Matadero Avenue good for the 1 percent
flood, which proved, within only fo~r years, to be sadly, sadly
inadequate. That culvert overbanked badly in what was only 01 2D-year
fl~od, or i 5 percent e~ent in 19SJ~
I won't 90 into a lot of the dehil s of the 1983 rlood with you, bIlt I
would like to give you a few !tatisttcs, because they have not been g;yen
here tonight. In Sarron Park, there were 24 streets bodly flooded. T do
not mean blacks. I did not ca~nt thf blocks. There were 24 n~d streets
with s~rious flooding on them. I caltulated on the map that therE were
about gO acres involved, 10 percent of wnich were under 18 inche$ of
~ilter, and about 45 percent of which, 12 to 18 inches, and about
45 percent frOR 6 to 12 inches. 1 disregarded all the areas that were
only six inches deep .s being reloti.ely triviol. We had a survey to
about 1,000 houses, roughly speaking, tnat were in the aTea of greater
than six inches deep. We hOld a return on thls survey of almost
2S percent, which is very good, but the returns .. de it ob.ious that there
were many people who ~re flooded thit did not r~turn cur survey. for
whatever reason. You could see tn15, because you would have a house t~at
was flooded, and a gap with no return 9 and then the npxt house was
flooded, EtC. We had 90 homes flooded. We had 130 garages flooded. We
tlad 44 properties with major erosion damage. Ttii5 was just in a little
flood. This was coming from two sources, Matadero Creek and Barron Creek.
There have been soae figures bruited about on ,ost that sGund very low.
would like t~ caution e~erybody thit any figure you mi9ht have heard on
cost was preliainary. It was based on a partial survey. and certainly
greatly understates the actual cost of the 1983 flood. Sosides these
01/26/94
-19 -
~ '." .
items, ] would lj!o;e t~ respor1d to one corrment that the Barron Park.
Assoc11tion apoarently is pursuing some personai business here. I wa$,. 1
btlie~e. the president they were referring to as being the president w~en
this was approved and who 1 h'ed on the creek. I do 1; 'lie on a creek.. ,am
net in the f100d plain. ] have no dan9~r of being flooded. snort of
perhaps the SOO-year event. if I am flooded. everybo~y in this room is
going to be under water j along with me~ So I have no fear of flood and
have flO particular reason for being concerned with flocding personally.
Furtnermore, ] am the t~ird house dcwn from t~1s gigantic, confluent
structure that is g~in9 to be built at the corner of Mickey's pasture and
the bike pat. cr.ssing. I do not particularly like that. My personal
back yard is going to be horribly torn up with this project. If I had
knONn that we were going to be inundated (if I .. y use the word) with
ne~9hbors frOtD Natadero Avenue tonight. I might have organized Ily n i11la
WaYl"c6regor Way neighbors to COle down .ere and tell you that the last
th1ng we want is to endure four years of ~aving our b&ck yards torn up.
!leaf! very close, right irt our bad yards ... itt. th; s prQjett, which is
Soaet~1hg that benefits us not. and which we do net really like~ 1 will
say that 15 one of the fathers of this project, it is with great sadness
that 1 am going to see my beloved park torn up from one end to the other.
realizing that I bear some responsibility for it.
But I do think that this issue has been addressed so c~let.ly thoroughly
that it is hard to i.agine any project of this scope havtng been addressed
more thoroughly. Besides the public seetings that Nai told you about, she
did nat .ention that the Barro~ Park Association held ~ny other aeetings
where ~ leafletted the entire larger neighborhood, door to door.
Personally, I delivered leaflets oyer .nd over again, IS did otn&r people
I. the Barron Park Association. W. UT90d people to get out. We talked
about tr~ project. w. talked about the .. gnitude of It. The "gnltudo
b •• been known .ince 1985 or 1986. It has been discussed s.verol tileS a
year during the period 1985-88. whe~ it was finilly approved .ft~r
exhaustive 10v •• tlgation of the hydrology b)' the city, because the
hydrology wa. all investigated is part of the flood control of the flood
basin project, which you lIlY ""-r. The flood ba.ln project, which wu
~Jilt lround 1985 Dr 1986. had to be done before either of the~e creeks
could be worked on, because they feed into it. At that time, the
hydrology was dra.tical1y cha11enged, to the extent that the City of
Palo Alta hired an outside con5~ltant hydrologist , .no came in with a
counter-report. This was all gone over at the Planning Commission and at
the City Council before that project was ever approved. Thlt WI. the
basi. for .11 of these others.
I feel, ~s.lf, thit asking to have the who1. thing opened up again at
this late date ;s a violation of the de.ocratic process and due process of
govermoent. I feel yery ,trongly that the traffic p1.n needs, heck of •
lot of werk. I don't think I heard anything fran any of .y ~tadero
neighbors tonight that I would disagree with when It comes to talking
about traffic. Any other mitig~tiDn 8eiSUreS that we need aT can call for
u citizens, they are endflrlng ' .... thing we don't 11ke t~.t is, for the
.ast part. for the benefit of so.eone else. [thorough1y agree with
that. J questfon the wisdDm, hDWeyer t of trying to stop everything at
th1s point In time to tidy up the detiils of the traffic plan which can be
worked on after approval of the design portion of this project. So with
those thoughts, ladles and gentlemen, I have taken too long already.
Th."k you.
OI/~E/94
-20-
"", -----------
\
" '
pahl Edwards. 4047 Manzana lane. Pal 0 ~lto: I ha .... e bee:"! a p.Q:rt of the
Barron Park Association, and we have been consider-'ing this fl'Jod problem
for ever ten years. very often t'l"'yil'l9 to COlmluntcate with iiill of ~ur
neighbors. One point nas not been rai~ed th~t I woulo like to brIng ~P.
that is, there has been a great d~a' of development in the watershed up
behind our nej9~borhood, The amount ~f concrete that is up there nD~
reall, causes ~ great deal of ~ater to COmE d~ yer~ QuiCKly. Tbis is
so~tbing that we saw actually happen at the last february meeting. We
had I ~ery heavy rifn at that meeting. When I went out to take a look at
Sarron CreeK, which is one of the problems, that creek was two-tnirds full
within about three hours of heavy rlin. So [ rtllly think there is a
problem there. We believe there is a problem tntre. We would not have
caused all of this stuff to hapPEn if we did not believe there is a
problem there,
The other thing I would like to say ;$ that I also be1ieve there is a
traffic problem. Unfortunately, where this work n~ed~ to be do"~ {and
these l,st reaches of this work are the heart of thts design), there isn't
very BWck aeee.s.s. These roads are 'o'er,)" narrow. They are r.ot standard,
P.1D ~lto streets. by any means. So tnere is goin9 t~ be some pain. I
think the piin is going to be a lot less if ~e Ire able to manage the
traffic and move the project along very quickly. So I would like to urge
two things, (I) that this project go ahead, and (2) that the City of
Palo Alto take a great deal of care with traffic ~anagement. Thanks.
Will Beckett, 4189 Baker Avenue, Palg Altp: I am the c~rrent president of
the Barron Park Association, and I don't live o~ the creek. "About
50 percent of the board dOf' not live on the creek, We have bee"
review'ng t~1s project for quite some ti.e. We recognize the fact that it
will hive a huge impact on tht neighborhood. which is the reason why we
have had so many public .eetin9s, tryfn9 at I very early stage. aaybe in
some cases, too early a stage. because 1 notice some of tnese people were
wondering when that meeting was~ Some of those meetings were eight years
ago, so t~at is why it ~ay be hard to remember. We got reasonable
turnouts, standard turnouts for what we get at p~b11c meetings, which
typically is, depeoding on whether it is a flood year or not, 40 on up.
Ouring flood years, in fact. it was rather conven1ent, since we st~rted
the project and a flood year happened. Our percentage of attendaoce did
increase significantly.
I want to make sure that some points that are in the exi~t;ng document are
pointed Dut , as they have not been pointed yet. So you will get a few
more of tho,e, Also, I would like to point out that Ooug Horan',
presentation, having been the traffic chairman in Sarron Park fer ever IS
years, was extremely accurate. You should accept the accuracy of that
lnfo~tion. It is perfect. Everyt~1ng he says about the dangers on
Mitadero Avenue related to El Camino are all true. A very good
pres~ntation, ind [ was wery impressed.
first of all, there was an agreement entered into at i fair1y late stage
with the City of Palo Alto in a meeting with the water district that,
because of 1ts befng a historic site involv1ng a corral area north of th!
Matadero Bridge on the bicytle path and several large trees, that in fact~
there would be \lerticill shor'ln9 there to prDtect that area. Currently, it
says. ·possibly vertical shoring-at tne north end of the bridge. I have
01/26/94
-21-
-,
beef) assured t"'at that is going to be c.orrected later, nOioie"w'er, I w~nt-to
make sure it is in the record.
Jt Is important. also, tbat t~e habitat be lOvked it in i more thorough
way. It has been pOinted out, for instance, that t~ere are hawks. rind we
nave to top th! trees. etc. What was not mentioned was t~at the hawks ira
there because of 1Tound squirrels that have po~ulited the area, and there
are quite a number of other things such as parrots. owls, ducks, and 1
have been told, cranes. There is a wide variety of fowl. SkUr.KS,
raccoons, and tnE vegetatlon that is going to bt removed for this project)
including some thorny berries, is not only papular w1th the neighborhood
but also popular with .any of those wild animals that live in there. So
it is important to revegetate wit~ that kind of material.
We would like to se •• leYation, of the bridge, in addition to .. king sure
that that bridge ends up being constructed of wood, not concrete, as has
been bandied about. T~e current bridge is wood. ne~t to Mickey's pasture~
and it Is important that that remain a ,"stle and natural kind of looking
bridge, If you can .a~ a bridge natural.
There are quite a quantity of scouting projects. IS most of you ire aware.
since yo~ walked the area. There are planters~ etc .• that ~aye been
constructed in the are. which were directly in the path of what Is g.i~
on, including a horseshoe pitt which is an Eag1e Scout project. One of
the planters is dedicated to Ti~ "cblrr. whose father was a scout .aster
for quite some time in the Barron Park area. His son died. You may
relelber it fro. years back. So it is importint. for his &emOry. that
those be dealt wit. carefully.
Let .e sum up that for the Birron Park AsSOCiation. the triffic issue, the
safety issues~ nat just .10ng Matadero Avenue but with any route that
aight be used as truck access fer this prDject, hiS been a ver) deep
concern of curs. We are hoping 1150 that the neighborhood can live w\th
this project for the short •• t period of tl .. , but not at the expense of
.... probleo due te sifety. So It Is critlcil to us L~.t thIs project be
looked It very carefully .nd that you understand the probl~ that Doug
outlioed e.r1Ier, because those .re real, and that we try to address thOSE
the be~t way we can.
One point was ~de to ae that the 20 mjle an hour speed limit Is not
enforceabl. by the police beeluse the posted speed Is Z5 ~h. One .,y you
.ight be able to put teeth Into that 20 aile an hour 11.it would be to
fine t~e contrlctor~
I would like to point out that there are three fonoer presIdents of the
Barron P~rk Association present tonfgnt. along with t~e current one. and
they sp.n the duration of this project. Just I 1ittl. hi.torlc.l note
t~ere. Tnank you very mucn.
Boy Stark, 4QQQ El Cerrito Road, Palo Alto: r have been a reSident of
Sarron Park for s ... 38 years. I .. 11so the architect Ind llf.tl ..
engineer ~ose ~as worked since early January of last year to try to get
this project • ....m.t down to size. I would like to s.y first, so there
is no .1sunderstanding, wh\ch there seems to have been. that the
objections I ha.e have nothing to do with trying to provent • flood
control 1l1J!roYeI!el'1lt. I have lived there long er.ough, and Wi.$ one of llany
01/26/94
-22·
-----.._~.lo. ,
'. ,
/
\
~' .
-.,.
peQPle who got out in the middle of th~ nisht many tim~s to unplug the
~eDris at laguna. is well as at El Camino Real. I know what the prcblem$
are. ] have seen them, :a:nd I thoroughly understand Hem. My objection is
that this project; s Ilrobe1 ievably large for what it ; s trying teo
ac.compllsh.
Barron Creek is carried by a flYe-foot diameter reinforced concrete,
precast ptpe+ It has been in there since the pjpe was started at [1
Camino in the late l~SOs. A.lmost a11 thf:: problems that have eller occurred
are due to lack of maintenance, d~~ris catc~ing in the grates that are p~t
at laguna and originally at El Camino. There i$ also a grate ~p It t~e
catch bastn. The on1y time, to ~y knowledge and to anyone I have been
able to contact, that t~e catch basin ever overflowed was in 1983. If you
look at the pictures that were p"e,ented, both by the flood district ond
the vario~s people, you will find that there are unbelievable ~unt$ of
d!bris --cat tails, etc. Tne pipe that gOES under Foothill Expressway is
o~ly nilf the size of the pipe tnat the flood district is proposing to
use) not to carry Barron Creek, but to on1y carry t~is so-cilled 1 percent
flood, which may Dr may not ~~er occur. I am not saying we snouldn't do
something. I am saying that it looks tremendously like Gver~ill if you
thlnk of the pfpe that prese~t'y has carried it all these years. Many of
us believe it hiS never been ~ndersized. It is only lack of .aintenance_
But to ,ay, maybe it 15 80 to 90 percent filled, but now I want to put In
soaething four-and-l+ha1f tiftes bigger, only to take that small amount
that you expect s~ay? The Foothill Expressway was built some years
3g0. It has an ~19ht-fogt diameter pipe. The state highways, bel1e~e me,
are very cDnservative. Having floods over your bigrnway is not the nicest
thin9 to have happen. It i5 only half the size of wnat i5 being proposed
to be put in for just the ,urplu, water.
If we go back to 1953, this S~ flood control district, under the naMe of
the Slnta Clara Valley flood Control Oistrict, put in a retention basin at
a cost of about 53DO,ooO_ It was to control Barron (~k to control the
flood that Dccurs at laguna AVEnue, tne flood that 1S no~ll, caused by
debris.
I talked to the gentleman who was t~e landscape IrchitEct at that ti~.
H! tells ~ that it is at least four acres. It is not D~11 that portion
that lie, to the north of the bridge. It .150 goes all the way to
FootMll Express",ay 5-ide StTe4!t. It goes to the nospttal. Using
r~tentiDn basins to control floods is not high tech art. This is
5omet~ing tne world hiS been ~s;ng for a thQusand years. It wDrks
extremely well. It works very we11 in Barron Park. There is no reason to
presume that it wan;t work.
What 1 have given to the commissioners tonight is our cDrresponde~ce with
F~. I have spent enormous amounts of time with the flood distri,t and
cI111n9 Washington, and then, Saker Consultants, tne e~ineering an. of
fEKA. The first time I talked to tho., I talked probably 40 ~inute, 00
the phone. The ~an asked Ee ~ny questioos. He sa;d~ J th1~k J will look
1nto this. He tilled me back two we~ks later. He said. why aren't they
inc1udir\g 1n their calculations a rete!)tior. basin? As you will see in the
papers I have handed out to you, the reason that this pipeline is so big
is that therE is no consideration 9i~en by the water district engineers to
I retention basin. It is just not fn the calcu1ations. Further, the
letter that is on top where r have unoerlined Is their report to f~.
01/2£/94
-23·
Their repoit refers to Bl~rcn Creek, to Matadero Cre~k, to Adob~ Creek.
Th.e lmderlir.ed sentence says, ·specifh:ally.-There are no retention ~
1akes or bas1ns on any of the!e three bo~ie5 of water. The water district
des19n~ them and caased us nice taxp~yers to p_y for them. lt is very
true; t~ere is no retention on ~~tadera or Adobe Creeks. but there is a
real bi9 c~e on Barror. Creek. And it works. You don't have to be a
rocket s:~ent1st to figure it Dut. You rEta1n the w~te~ under l high
intensity flood and l.t it out at a re.sonable flow. It oas .lways worked
a~d will continue to work. Even under this new plan, if they put jn this
ridiculously large develo~nt, you are still dependent ~pon ke~ping the
catch basin tlean, and the creek. If they don't keep it clean. the water
will still plug up It laguna, and you will still c.ll it a flood. It is
tnat simple. Tnere is nothing e1se involved.
Th~y mentioned that FfMA passed this prcgr... If you were sitting in
Al~xandriaJ Virginia. wnere their engi~eers are, and you read this report
and It said there are no retention basins on a~y of thes! three creeks.
and you looked at the setond page~ which is tbeir calculations, you wDuld
only come to one conc.lus1on. That is that this IIIJst be oka.v. But when he
ca1led me fr03 his office and offered to prov~de this service. he was
appalled that the retention basin was not Included. They have offered,
through ffMA, through the City of Palo Alto by direct .. II to your .ayor,
registered, certlfiod .. il with copies to ~self and the water district,
telling th~ the procedure for Isklng for a reevaluation.
I attempted to talk to the •• yor one diY, and she said, I rely totally on
~ consultants. I hl.e I copy of the letter froa one of your PubliC Works
director. saying, we support the water district thoroughly. If she had
talked to that gentlesan, that is prob.bly why she did n~t both£r to fill
olit the fo"",-It only costs $750 to get FfMA to reevaluate this thing.
It only costs $2 to .. ke • phone call to find out why ... n as busy IS on.
of the chief engineers of FtHA would write I three'plge l.tter to the City
of Palo Alto, offering th15 service. No one ever availed the.selves of
eyen phoning the .. n.
If this thing were reevaluated. and I had a c1v11 engineer work with .e to
see what it might be, wnat would happen is that inst •• d of a huge, bo.
culvert poured in place with a11 of these concrete trucks and all the dirt
removal. it would redu~e itself to probably about a five-foot in df~ter~
reinforced concrete pipe. That would be exactly the S~ size 15 is in
the creek right no.. It would be I 100 percent safety factor, Ind the
project would reduce itself to I back h~ and • coup1. of .wing CltS to
drop the pipes i. place. Th. ,"fety for the wor"'n is greatly improved,
and the tioe to produce the work would probabll cut on.·thl~, and I don't
think there is a Single person s1ttin9 in this audtence or up here who
thinks you ca. run trucks up Ind down Mata60ro Avenue for si. mo.ths
without having In aCCident. It is unbelievable to Evon pre .... that could
happen. It is a.ailabl. to you to avoid It.
I ean only ask yau, won't sa.ebody ict? I ba¥e d~ne all t~It I hUMan
being can do. An individual cannot fill out the foras. It has to be done
by the city. It is available to you. PI else use it.
"'ratty Benedict· 791 "atidcrg AVenug. Palp AltO: T~e creek is behind our
house. My husblnd has lived at this plac. for 40 years, and it has neyer
oyerf1owed. I do not leok forward to the month of June and following. In
01/26/94
·24-
= .. -
fact, I would 1ike to leave those months al"d \lacation somewhE:.-e else.
ddnot leek forward to t~e dust, to the noise. I understand from my
Sreenr.1eado..-friend. that "'hen they worked on th! creek in her area, the
d~st and the ~ofse was not any fun. My husband is in a whee1chair. He
uses Matadero Avenue with his electric wheelchair t.o ;0 up and down to
~is;t with neighbors and to go dewn to the park. He will not be able to
do that. The children wl11 not be able to USE their roller blades. The
mothers will not be able to push their children down to the park_ The
joggers and the walkers will be confined. I sometimes think that people
in the ivory towers work with n~mber$ and figures and p\cture~~ but forget
about us who have to live with it. Thank you.
Bob Moss. 4010 Qrme. Palo Altc: Thank yCU 1 Madam (hairman. I am Chainma~
of the Barron Park Creek Committee. Before J was thairma" of tnat, J was
one of those who followed ~U9 Graham .s Chair. I have been involved with
flooding in Barron Park, particularly from Barron Creek. since 1973. In
fact, the day lfter i moved into my house, a notice was passed out
inviting me to a meeting tn talk about th~ flooding which had happened a
few months ear1iar from Sarrnn Creek. J was rather surprfsed to find
that.
BarrDn Creek will absolutely. p~sitively without question flood ~nd
1nundat~ dozens and dotens of homes in a ten-ye2r event. Tne ~ap that you
5~ is wnat Doug Graham drew in the January. 1983 flood, whfch was
Ipproxirut~ly a 10 to 20 percent flood. You can see that streets up as
f.er as filatadero and Jos ina were flQ{Jded. Matadero Creek did, ir. fact.
overbank at the bridge at filatadero and Jos1na. The ~x1mUM capacity of
t~e creek at tnat br'dge is between 1.500 and 1,600 cfs. There is a
stri~g gauge on the creek, and the district has data for the creek go'ng
back to approximately 193L~ __
Barron Creek wi1l overbank at bet_een 180 and iOO cfs at the culvert,
despite what Mr. Stark said. He said he has never heard of anybody seeing
overflow fr~~ the settling pond. It is I sett1in9 pond. not a retention
bastn. At Gun" Hig~ School, ~1 wife and I have seen it on at least a
dOlen ~ccasiQns w~en BlrTOn Creek did not~ in fact, flood. If we have
more than about three-quarters of in 1~c~ to an inch ef rain, we ~ave
sheet flew of water frem the retention basin .(rOSS the Gunn fields into
Barron Cr~ek preci!ely as it was desi9ned to do. That is what the
retention basin is for, to catch debris that Wishes dawn fr~ the
footn111 s iind k!:ep it frOli go~ng into Barron Cnek. The pip.e ttlat goes
under tne fields from t~e retention basin to the creek ~s ~bout
four-and-.-ha1f feet in diaueter. The pipe at laguna is .pproxj~.te11
five-a"d-I-nalf fe!t in diameter. rt doesn't take a rocket scientist,
even though I happen to be one, to understand tnat if you have a
four-and-a-half foot pipe at the open end of the creek and a
fi~e-and-a-~alf fo~t pipe at the tail e~d of the creek and you are
flooding at t~e tail end, you aust have sheet water flow going atross the
fields. And by God, you do. I have seen it.
(Vlewgraph is projected) Thes. are the actual, tabulated damages fram the
flood of January, 1983. It significantly understates the actual damages
because ~e got no reports from businesses. There was one businESS in a
building whitn now houses a ~oste1 and an electronics st~re ~hic~ used to
house a music store. We were told that they 1.st between 510,000 and
530,000 worth of stock in instrwnents. In fact, they went out of business
01/26/94
-2S-
'i
about six months after the flood. partly, I tnink~ as a resuTt of the
flood d ... ge. So that is not counted in tne 5120,000. T~e total
esti=ated da~9t in 1987 do'1ars from flooding of both Barron and Matad~ro
Creeks WiS SZ8 million, a 1 percent flood.
~ou have also n!ard that Barron Creek only floods because there is d~bris
It the catch bas1n. Absclutely, totally? completely false. You see ~ere
two pictures from 1986 when the creek did not go over bank. In the upper
p~cture, you can see very clearly that there is no debris. rt ~as cltan.
[n fact, we have regular, Barron Park-sponsored cleanouts of Barror.
Creek. We ~ad one this yeir. Tnat catch basin is kept clean. Tne lower
picture is absolutely brim full. No debris. Nothing i.peding t'e flow.
Witer is flowing is fast is it is physitil1y possible to flow withDut
overbanking. This is about ten o'clock in t~e evening of February 18th.
lihen the water goes Uy and down in Barron Creek, it {ioes up and down
fast. There is a ~arK along the creek where you can actually eeasurr the
height of the .ater. ADout half in hour after it stopped raining, the
wlter began t~ drop, and it dropped at a rate of one inc~ per minute. The
water was runni~ about as fast as it was possible to go through there~
If we had had rain for another ten minutes, we would hawe had a f1ood.
By th. way, Dr. the day when tnat happ!ned, we ~ad about 1.1 inches of
raln. It doesn't take a lot of rain to haye Borron Creek flood. Is the
project nece5sary? Absolutely~ You are talking ~bout people's lives and
safety and property. Durlng the 1983 flood, I wooln on Kendall had her
floor furnace and hot water heater flooded out. She got up in the middle
of the night, stepped into one foot of cold water, and had the gas
bubbling up through it. If she had not awakened, there was the
possibility that she either would haye been asphyxiated fro. the giS or
thore would have been a gas explosion. That was in the 20 percent flood.
t real ize a lot of people are not aware cf tr.e baCKground. Ttlis is ttle
draft negative EIR prepared in 1987 after three public .. etlngs in June,
August and Septeaber of 1987. Following that, th.re was. discussion bi
the eicycl. Advisory C ... ittee in June of 1981. It ap~royed tne plan in
concept, tnat \s, closing the bike p.th. The City Council discussed and
approved the concept on Septomber 28, 1987. Public meetings were held in
Oeceober, 1987, Janu.ry, 1988, October, 1988, April, 1991, SepteRber,
1991, October, 1991, October, 1992, February, 1993 and January, 1994. I
am sorry, folks, but there a~ some people that still are ~ever going to
get it.
In t .... of capacity of the creek and whether the project is too large or
too small, I .. not a hydrologist. The city has played the hydrology game
before. When the flood basin in the boy1ands was going to be improved
abo~t ten or twelve years ago, tr.e water district was DUC~ less receptive
to publ1c cu..ent thin they Ire nDW. Tney just blsl~llll came fn and
thought the were going to roll oy~r the City Council and the staff and put
in I Yery large project. SaGe of the p.opl. on the City Council would not
go along with that, so they hired their own hydrologist, spent close to
S200,OOD in 1986 dollars, for an independent study. The result was that
the leyee in the baylands was reduced by approximately one foot in
height! A very small difference in the overall project.
let's assuae that the water district's engineers are totally incompetent.
That ~s a real reacn. B~t let's iSSUie that they are really incompetent
01/26/94
·26·
....... '-~-
and have oversized it by 20 percent. So you make the pipe 20 percent
sC1.1·lTe!"', a.n.d c.ut the numboer of trucKs by 20 percent. So instead of having
4,300 trips daily, yo~ ~ill have 3,500 tr~ps. fs that going to make
traffic on Matadero A~enue any better? No. Traffic ~n Matadero is a
probl<:'m. Tohllyagreed. This project is a series of tradeoffs. We have
been working on it since 1985. Believe me~ it is I lot better today than
it was in 1985. One of the questions t~at was as~~d was, when fEMA
reviewed this, was it the same project? Yes, the size of t~e ~ipes was
exactly the s.me in )985, in 1987, as is it in !994. The hydrology has
no! changed. The theory behind the rainfall statistics nas not changed.
I was involved vith Adobe Creek several y~ars ago. i was called in by
SOMe friends of ~ihe in Greenmeadow to try and assist them ir. dealing with
the water district, because they knew [ bad been dealing with th~ in the
past. It f1~a1ly got do~n to a questiDn of the hydrology and the design
of tf'le c.hannel. ] am not going to bore Y.:IU ,with all the dehils, but let
me just say that we beat them about the haad and shoulders for I~Ut a
year on the ~ydrology and the methodology. Finally, one of the flllows
who is a Ph.D. in mathl!l1!:!It1cs and t'eally unders.tood statistics said, okay,
I am going to see if tl'le statistical analysis that people have done that
sizes the creek and predicts the flood is valid. He spent a full day at
the water e1strici, talking to all the engineers and looking at all of
thefr data, a~ eame back and said, based ~n the available data and based
on the r.athematics and stat i sties, ] cannot find fault with what you have
done. You can argue with the validity of sizing a lOO-year flood on 30 or
40 years of data, a valid argument. But n~body you hire is going to
magicall, come up with ]00 years of data on Barron Creek and Matadero
Creek, So While we all Eight feel in our gut that .. ybe the proje<t is
not the right size, I don't think there is any possibility that you are
go1ng to get ~ si9~1f1cantly different answer in the volume. I ala a
little dubiOUS about Whether you need 12 feet or 10 feet .ys.lf, I am not
an expert to dispute that.
My last co.Ient is in regard to retEntion bast~s. The statement has been
.ade that nobody ever thought about retentfon basins. In 1957. back
before recorded hi story in Carron Park l Harry Jenk.s I Consult i ng Engi neer ~
investigated the pr~~sal to build , retent~on ba~in for Katadero Creek in
order to bring the (retk flow d~ to acceptable levels, that is, the
equivalent of appr-o.:dmate1y 900 c.fs, which is what is going to be ,Hverted
thrDugh that pip~t it would tike between 240 and 300-acre feet. To divert
600 cf. from Barron Cr ••• , let's take the 240-acro foot figure.
Proportionately, it wo~ld take 1~600-acre feet. So here we have t~is
four-acre settlfng basin~ which would only have to be 400 feet deep.
That's wonderful. Tne district's conclus1~n was i" 1957, the cost of
buying land in Los Altos Hills and Los Altos for i retention basin was so
exorbitant that it was not warth even pursuin~. Sinc~ then. of course,
there has been a terrible depression 1n los Altos Hills. We .11 know the
ground couldn't be giv!n away. a~ there is no need to worry about
spending I few hundred thousand dpliars to buy 10 acres in Los Alto~
Hills. Retention basins are nice in theory if you have a desert where )iOl.l
can buy the land for SIO an acre. But jf you can buy land in los Altos
Hills for SJO an acre. let me ~now ~ho you are, because [ want to get ~y
.hare of it.
In su~rYt [ will say that we have some real potential for traffic
i~aets. We kicked this around extensively during the public meetings~
Ol/~5!94
-27-
•
We had a meeting .at a gentleman's hou.~e Friday. and ... e kicked it around
again. There.are an a1most infinite number (If .... ays yOil can trade off ~
traffic. We tllked abo~t tnis at one of the pub1ic meetings. Should we
nold the speed of t~E tr~'ks down to 20 or 15 miles an hour? But then .e
~ould have thee ~n the rQad for a lQnger perind of time? rate of
separation betwetn trucKs versus ha~ing them go 2S milp.s an hour and get
them out of there in a hurry. We taiked about w~ether we should have
trucks on Matadero A~enue or not. By the Wli'~ having the two·way truck
traffic on Matadero Avenue not only shortens the time of ccr.struct1on by
about two year" but it saves the taxpayers almost I ~i'lion dollars. So
there's a whole series of things we are ba1anc1ng off and trading off.
There is no $1~le way to do it; this is the only way. It is not sl~le.
There are ~ny d1fferent perturbations. I cannot tell yQU what 15 tne
best c~inat1on of traffic flow on Matadero is. We did have discussions
about It. We did have public ... tin9s. We d1d hIVE a yote. The vote
WIS, on balance, better to have traffic on Katadero 'wen-ue. If you are
going to go against th.t a~d decide that the traffic hazards on Hatadero
Ayenue are too great, recognize that 1t is going to raise the cost and
increase tn~ t'~ of construct~on. but It is still going to be done.
The con5truct1on~ by the way, relating to Barron Creek ~as nothing to do
with the Hatadero Ayenue truck traffic. The M,tadero traffic will only be
during Stages A ,nd 6, which is from the Stanford Channel to Matadere
Avenue and from Matadero Avenue to the creek. Tne other section from the
creek to Barron , ... k wIll have no truck tr,fflc along M,tadere
whatsoeveT. It is only t~,t one six~month window. So if we Ire tilting
about doing Matadero Cr~t anyway, it is I Question of whether you are
going to do it quick1, or not, and to what extent IOU Ire going to
.itlgate the trafflc Imp.ct.. I do not hay! • single answer for the best
way Df handling traff1c on ~t~dero Avenue. Froa ~ perspecttve, except
for the f~ct that I am exposed to floodlng for .nolher ye.r or lwo, It
.. ko. no differen~e to me, except as • toxyayer, whether you do it wlth or
Wlt~Dut tr~ff1c on Matadero Ayenue, take lo~( and pay more, or not.
There ore people who will tell you lhey don't want the traffic, and there
are people who wl1' tel' you the, don't want that construction ll ...
It is • tr.aeoff. One of the thlngs .beut living in this coomunlty. in
this country, is that we try to havR I sense Df community. We recognize
that there are things that people are going to hiye to put up with that do
not directly benefit thOA, but benefit the "ntiro coomunltl. WO try to
.'ft1.1ze those pains. 1 Bade no ca.nent at the City Council about t~e
city spendlng oonoy for Shoreline AmphItheatre noise. I don't hear it.
It i. of no interest to .. , but other neighbors who live half. aile to
two .11es away do he,r it. It is a problee to them, so God bless them, if
the clty wants to .pend OIOney on It, It is for tho public ben.flt. ThIs
is lnother project for the publlc benefIt. Some people are going to be
dlslccomoodated. I certainly hope we can .. ke the tr.ffic ,.fe for the
people, and t don't think we should do anything that will ~ake traffic cn
Katideno Av~'"e • hlZard. We have done as much as we can. The city staff
has worked aa.irably to try ond do it. But I think the project should go
ahead. Thank you.
PianR Wren. BOg Matadt[P A~enyet palo Alto: I want you to know that 1 was
one of the residents t~at did not receive ti~ly \~formation about .any of
the ~"bljc .eetings, as well as the questionnaire. In faet, I got the
questionnaire that the Santa Clara Valley Water District handed out after
01/26/94
-28-
---_.-"
l
the (utaff date. I filled it out and turned it in. I dO:1't know if my
an~wers were incorporated in their numbars~ howe~er~ I am not the only one
who received the questionr.ain after the cutoff date. It leads me to
Qu~stion wnether people are really interested in listening to what the
re~idents on Mat~dero Avenue ha~~ to say+ I am also concerned abQut
wheelchair acce~s and safety of children, because there are a number of
people "ho tome bar:k and forth from the Stanford area, bot" to Gunn Higl'1
Senoal, .as well as to the stores for lunch. During Stage A of this p,",ase~
there is gOing to be a gravel ~oad put in. I wor~ with a man who drives
an electri, wheelchair. He cannot d~jy~ over ~any gra~el roads. To put
in a gravel road co~'d make tnls neighborhood inaccessible to those who
cannot ~alk. So I hope th~t this can be looked 1nto further so that we
try to limit the blocks to accessibility. A 1;)t fJf times that is not
thought about by people who can walk.
The h,lls behind thls n!ighborhood are not built up rig~t~ow.
Apparently, if they w!re to be built on~ tkat would intrease the necessity
for s~e flood control. I ~~ wondering if there is any way that that
flood control could be ~ade the respcnslbi1,ty of indiYiduals building on
those hills, as opposed to causing a lot of problems for residents
presently in the 84rfcn Park area.
Also I a~ concerned about access for those who are elderly. If they are
not able to park i~ driveways right now and they ~ark on the street~ they
may not be able to walk the distance to get to their homes, if they kave
to park on another street in the neighborhood. I am cGncerned about
acce3S for emergency vehicles, and 1 also want to say that surveys teil us
t~at whatever infoTmation you want to get, if you want to get Answer A~
you cln word ycur questions to get that ans~r. I am wondering if maybe
there was a certa~n bias in the ~ay the questions were put. [certainly
was under the iapression that this whole process was .1ready approved and
was gofng to ha~pen anyway, regardless of whether Dr not I attended. I
j~st want to voice my concerns, and also 1 want to bring up if there is
any way tQ block atceS$ to wildlife ana people in this culvert hiS been
tnought of, because that could be a potential hazard. both to residents if
indi~iduals who are presently ho=eles$ dec1de to take th1s up as a home,
and also to wildlife, because it ~~ not be a safe p1acE. Tna~k you.
Jo~n R. Pierce. 4008 [1 Cerritq Road, Palo Alto: 1 have n~thing to say
tnat has not already been said b1 someone e1se.
(Applause)
F1DTt C~Yt 1509 Lagyna CQyrt. Pile Alto: I live near a house that was
about six inches from being flooded in the 1983 flood~ so I certainly have
an interest in keeping flood conlrol~ but I am very opposed to the plan
for a couple of reasons. I won't r!peat e~eryth1ng that everyone e1se has
said. In teres of traffic, I haYE a couple more concerns. One that nas
not been brought up in this whole discussion ind thit SOlIe of the pl inning
commissioners may not know is tnat Barron Park hiS tke unique feature tnat
most of lhe streets in Sarron Park do not hawf sidewalks. For somebody
like me who has kids and whose ~~ly mode of transportation around t~e
neighborhood is by ~alking, the truck traffic that is created would cause
an 1~nse problem. At tnis point~ we can talk about the fine details,
but I am not secure in letting my kids wilk in and around the Ma~aderc
area, given what has been plinntd. 1 think tnat instead af appro~ing a
01/26/94
-29-
-~-----~--'"<---, ....... -.~-->-
plan right now, I would like resident participation in coming up with a
traffic plan tnilt would, at hast, ensure me of the safi!t)' of my t:hi1d,ren
before going ahead with the plan.
The second thing is that everything that has been said tonight has focused
on Matadero. [fo~see I problem r.ot just on Matader~ Aven~e b~t on other
st~ets, because! saw it oil re.dy ttl; s mor~i"jg. People connected with the
project. I don't ~now who, ha~e been parking on the streets next to my
ho~se. We live r~ght Icro:s the street fro~ the park. They hive been
~$ing our cul-de-sac as a turnaround point. Tbey zip into our cu'-de-s~cj
they z~p out, and we h .. " kids pl ayir,g in the cul-de-sac. I think the
question about traffic safety and t~! safety cf childreh and adults has to
be addressed in the larger cor.te~t beyond Matadero Avenue. ] kn~ what r
wi" do. l~ere is truck traffic on M.tadero Avenue, so what do ] do? I
come off on Los Robles, go across Laguna and try to g!t into my partlcular
cu'-de~sic. I think a lot of people are going to do that, They are g~ing
to c~ange their routes within Barron park, ar~ ] think Wf need to address
that Issue.
As to the second point J want to address, there is. .a lot of things going
back and forth toni,ht as to whether there re.lly Is a flood probl~ that
we have to deal with. let me give my simple. layperson interpretation of
whit Is happening. My understanding of when the 1983 flood happened i.
this. Sarron Creek has been built, based on the ten-year flood plan,
which ~ans that every ten years, soeething ;5 gcing to f1ood. Ob~iously,
that Is a probler. we have to ~e.l with. We live right across froe
Nltadero Creek. ~y understanding is that in the 1983 flood, the problem
.... caused by debrl$. ','Ile pIcture. that have been sh ..... tonight showing.
blgh flood lev.l .. re frao Barron Park. That goe$ to the Issue of whether
the size of the project is needed. I agree that .... thlog has to do with
Barron Creek. I don't agree with the fact that there is • lin.ar
~cteleratiQn of cost, triffic ind t~e sfze of the project. 1 had neard
(and this Is • layperson's Interpretation) that If the ~rej.ct Cln be cut
to I certain e.teot, there would be • big dip In terms of the coaplexlty
of the project. I would like the e ... lo,lon to think about that and see
if there is a way Df app~oaching tnat. T~ank you.
Marjorie Hans. 7Q3 ~osjna Avenue. Palo Altg: ] don't have a great deal to
add beyond what has already bee. said. I do feel that the cr.ek project
Is oversiled. I think the U.S. ~ail is the best way to get in touch wjth
people when someth~~g important is going on. T~e Barran Pari Assaciation
has done some vonderful things, but we don't always read the newspapers;
we don't always have notificltion even when they are having I .eeting, and
it would be helpful if the postal ser,ice delivered to us.
1 have i very definite quest10n about intruders, transients, or Inyone
.l.e who would enter that culvert. I did a,k, when this project first
began, that there be I screening of same sort locked It the QP~n end sa
that people canno! get In there and so that adventureus children froe Gunn
High School or anywhere .lse could not climb up and go through It. If
•• ythlng should happen to thee In there, no one would know it. Also, I
asked at that time when this first began that I ,ubstantlal, high fence be
put up or SOle barrier so that after the workmen go home and a~ weekends,
the children would not be climbIng that fence and getting into the
equlpaent or getting hurt in the ditche, toot ore going to be there.
Cl/2~/94
·30-
._-_ •.. _---
•
It has already been mentioned that a man ir. an electric whee1chair uses
Matadero Aver.ue. W~ll, a 'WorJIa:1 dOi!s a1so. She is .. 'erjl elderly, and she
goes t~ the grocery store in that chair. r don't how how she is going to
navigate .ith increased tnffic. I have eve~ wande,"ed why los Robles has
not been i!'lelltioned. Then!· is only one a.rea wiler! it is anywhere near as
narrow, or seems to be~ beca.use of trees, as Matadero Avenue is. laguna,
too, is ~re open. One can see what is coming and going. I rather t"in~
t~at the school buses go out of the area on Los Rob1es. The} go up into
Sarron Park on Matadero A~enue and then turn on Josina.
I am a 1ittle confused. Mr. Moss related to me last Thursday night that a
great deal of the problem of fl~cding in the streets that drains into
Barron Creek .as ciused by inacequate and, in fact, constructi~n t~at was
wrong. Where there 5hould have been a barrier at the top, instead it was
at the bottom. He said that debris collects in the bottom, so Barron
Creek did not have its ncnmal~ natural flow and the water com1"9 in from
the side streets cannot get out because of debrh and tile placement of
that particular barrier. But there is one thing that intel'ests me. In
your papers~ Stations 30 to ~ to 45 and SO~ the bypass channel, a
subsurface box culvert of 12~foot by 12~foot dimensions is proposed for
this .rea. Some of the land in this part of t~e a1ignment is low off the
creek, whereas t~e more northern portion of this section is Dn higher
ground. Tn! soil on the l~r ground is dark brown loam and clay w't~
gravel and cobbles of $and~t~ne. Between Stations 37 to 00 and 41 to ~O,
the darkness of t~e soils and several small pieces of thermally alt~red
stone indicated a possibility of .idden soils. A noenside, CAS~CI 616 is
recorded in this vicinity. It is recommended tnat archaeological testing
should be carried out in this area. So yo~ ~ay have ngt only suits from
t~is person Qr that person, but th! native Americans ~1 get into this.
T.ls I, in ar.a woero t.oy ~av. found, and t~e arc~aeo109lst at Stanford
has recorded. artif,cts and traces of habitation. 1t is an occupation
irea at the confl~ence of the creek bypass and the confluente. It is
right there that they think they are 90in9 meet that problem. Thank you.
Brenda Woodard-Pierce~ 4008 [1 Cerrito Road. Palo Alto: I have nothing to
add.
Jun Wren 2 800 Matadero Ave-nue. palq ".lto: ! urge-you to rec.oantnd that
the city not approve the negative impact report or the site a"d design
appl ic:ati{}n until you 'halie further participation from the affect!d
neighborhood. My reasons: first of '11, community involvement which has
been stated to have occurred. The ~uestionnaire arrived late, after tne
date it was due. Secondl" the Questionnaire was sent to an area much
wider tho. that affected by this proposed project. T~~rd, the
questionnaire t~at r rec!ived was biased. Any ~rket research
questionnaire ca~ be biased to get you w~atever result you would like.
This one was biased to get a favorable response for the project. We ~eed
a new questionnaire. one that clearly states t~e full impact Df the
project. nat the-.inimal prGject that was included in the ori9inal
quest ionna f re.
Tbe next point is that all of the floodin9 that has been t.1kod about
occurred prior to the Improvements made of east of [1 Camino on Katadero
treek~ This new work allows tne water to flow away much more rapidly, and
probably ~ill decrease the n~ for this project. I t~ink that if the
creeks were ~ept tlear Df debris, and thit was the main probl!m with any
01/26/94
-31--
\-
" ,
flooding that occurred on Matadero Creek dut~ng th! ]983 flood. there
WCl'uid probably be no need for this project. Cont':"ary to Ml"'. Moss' ,
stat2f'lents. I have personally noted a great acclJmuiiition of debrfS ilnd
brush in Barron Creek througncut the years that I hdve lived there. 1
have lived in Barron Parle. for over 20 jlEars.
The next point is that nat much concern has beef') giver. to the
p.nv1ronmental lmpact report~ As Mrs. Hans just .entloncd. there are
archi,oloqical sites tnat n~ed to be investigated. I think that these
nave not been addressed properly. Native Americans might not be too
pleased to have tneir burial grounds disrupted. The next point is that
lOst of t~e affe(ted properties were in t~e area flooded by Sarron Creek,
not Katad~ro Croek. Matadoro Creek only flooded in that little area from
the bridge to E1 Camino. The reason had to do with debris that caught at
the bridge and wit~ a privat! bridge that washed awiY, Dr was caught in
the flood. So it ~as Frobabl1 not reilly I proper bridge. So if th!
prcject fs needed at all, it is needed for Barron Creek. not for Matadero
Creek. Probat~y that five-foot pipe that tarries Barra~ Craek to £1
Camino is really the problem.
The next point is that tne real probl~ that we suffer with every year
f~ flooding is on our streets. This has nothing to do with whet~er or
not the creets cln nandl~ the ~ater. What it has to do with is the way
tne streets are constructed. They are not constructed so as to drain
properly, Ind the stnrm drains are inadequate to take the water f~ the
streets out to the bay. Finally, should this project be approved with
traffic on Hatadero tree~, what happens after six IIOnths? How ..any of you
haye had construction project! .t your home? How ~ny of these projects
ha.e .~tual1y been co.p1eted on tne date specified? I doubt fewer than
one percent, unle$~ perhaps you personally kn~ the contractor very welle
Therefore, what happens .fter sIx months? 00 we 1.ave the project in
.1d-span, or perhaps or in .id-dirt heap?
In conclUSion, I am opposed to the project. I doubt that it is necessary,
especially the Matadero Creek section. The use of Motadero A.enue for toe
heavy truck tr.ffit is totally unacceptable. The strEet is too narr~;
there are too Dany children WhQ play .long the stroot and too aany people wnn wl1k along the street. I have personally s.en three different people
in electric wheelchairs usir.g ~atadero Creek to go fr~ the upper end of
it d~ to the shcps on El C~ino~ Th!se people would be unable to do so
with those trucks. The truck traffic ~J1d be way too hazardous. It .as
bad enough when they ~ilt • house on Roble Ridge. We only had maybe half
a dozen trucks then. It would tnu1, be a hazard.
Finally. we need to cor-sider the environmentcl impact, first of all, on
sitES of arc~aeologi~al interest and second, on the wildlife in the area.
This project will disrupt the ground squirro1 burrows. 111111e I III no
partic~lar fan of tne ground squirrel, theaselYes, seeing as how they are
rodents, they Ire a source of food for owls Ind h.vks t~at not only hunt
and live there, but also nest in the arei~ ] th~nk we need to consider
that. Thank you.
ChristIan Xalar, 3728 ja9Hn, AvcnuDz Palo Altg: My house Is on the
crook. I have thr •• concerns about the project. The first is, I w ••
wondering if there is coordination between the waste water recl~t1on
progr .. and Matador. Creek Phase Y? The public notification letter of
01/26/g4
-32-
\.
Dezember 16, 1993 indicates, on Page 11, a desire to put a 30-inch pipe
tHrough the o1d riltiroad right-of-way in Bol Park. 1 beli£ve they ola., to
do that in 1995 or 1996. So that means that Phase ~ ~jl1 be completed
just in time for tn. Palo Alto R0910nal Water Quality Control Pl,nt to
bEgin digging to go the other way.
My second concern has been covered so J wi1l go through it qu1ckly. It
referfnces a memo from Rijb£rt Schubert to Su~ Case. The memo is in re3ard
to t~e refusal of the Santa thra Valley Water Vi strict to sUMit Ute map
identifying the native ~~rican archaeological site, which is in the
(or,struct'ion lone. [was wonder~ng whether they have pro .... ided that.
My last item is that I disa9reE with Section 16, which is the aesthetics
of the e"~ironmental assessment because of the confluence str~cture. I do
feel that the project _ill result in the creation of an aesthetically
offensive site open to pub1ic view. I feel that the commission should
deny the project, understanding that the homes thdt bave b€en i~ tbe flood
plain will r~main in the flood plain, but will avoid the confluence
struct~re which will be an enormous concrete 5ca~ for every ~inute of
every day for the rest of our lives. It l~oks like 1, potentially, will
be one of the ones to site it the longest.
Clara S~arple$ 777 La Para. Palo Alto: J would like to speak to .Y
neighbors and suggest that they sign the list in the back tc help us pass
out the fliers. Many of us have wa'ked hundreds of miles doing t~is. 1
have lived in Barron Park for 30 years. T~e Question iS t do we need this
project? I don't think I ha¥e heard anyone speak to the fact that tney
have been flooded. I happen to have lived in an area tnat w~s flooded on
La Pari. At my nelghbors, there is one low-income rental on the side in
tne back. Tne water was almost 12 inches up. T •• people tnat lived tne ••
had to move out for about six weeKs, and they had no home. It was a very
difficult situation4 My ether nefghbors had their garagE flooded. I
persona11y nad ~ family room on grad •. Tne ylnyl 0. the flnor lifted.
My Dther neighbor on La Jennif!r, j~5t down the street, lost her hardwood
flooring. W. went i. there two nights, ~ husband and I, attempted to bag
the area 50 that they would not los~ anything e1se. These people happened
to haye very f1ne ar\tiques, ar.d. there was a cOlLsiderabl e amount of
repair. Tne flood caused a lot of daMage for us, and we would like you to
consider it as something tr.at could be a hirds~ip on many.
One of the things tbat is still continuing fs the development in the
Stanford Researt~ Park. This is leading, as I view it, to m~ch of the
water flow cDRllng down into Barron Park. throu9~ these creeks. If you will
look at the floods in the United States, especially i~ areas like Soutnern
California where they have built subdivisions, they have not considered
the floods that haye happened. The~, when tne floods do occur, ~;llions
of dollars go to rescuing these people in their situation. I personally
would 1ike to have the project approved, and I also would like to say that
many af us have worked hard for ten years t~ let our ~omGrunity know, and
.any ti.es, ~ neye~ got nore than 4Q peop1e out. Thank you.
Cha\rperson Schmidt: I will now close the publfc hearing. Since the hour
is quHe lat.! and .e still have some potenthHy length,Y items on the
agenda, I would like to discuss the possibility of bringing both Items 4
and S forwal~ and c9nt1n~ing them to the next available date, which I
understand would be febr~ary 9th.
.. '
01/26/94
·33·
---.., -rr ",1 , n
AGENDA ITEM 4
. -,
3000 AlfXIS C~liE' Application by Palo Alto Golf and
Country Club for Conditional Use Permlt (Recreation Use)
ind Site and Design review to allow: (!J the renovation
~nd e~pansiDn of the club's ex~sting club house fram
27.S84 square feet to 32,396 ~qu~re fe~t (net e~pansion of
4.81~ square feet) ind (2) the m1nor expansion and
restrfping of tht parki~9 lot to provide 57 additional
spaces. Environmental Assessment; A ne~ative declaration
.as been p-.pared for tnis project. file Nos. 93-EIA-34,
93-UP-3S, 93·0-S.
~: (ommj$$ion~r Refchim:
fer discussion at this point.
IZPQve tl'1lat we pull Ager.da I tes 4 forward
~, 8y Commissioner OJ.kia •.
MQJ1QN PASSES: Chairc@rso~ Schmid1: All those in favor, say Aye? All
opposed? That passes on a vote of 6-0. wit.h CODlllis~ioner Cassel absent.
~: Commissioner Betenam: r ~ve that we continue Agenda ltea 4 to
February 9, 1994_
~: By Ccamissi.ner Ojakian.
!OlION PASSES: Chairperson Schmidt: All those in fiYOr, say Aye? All
opposed? That passes on • vote of C,], with Ca.m1ssioner Scnink y~tin9
no, Ca..iSsioner Carrasco lbsta1ning. and Co..issfoner Cassel absent.
AGENDA ITEM S liP! EL CAe!MQ REAL (LA CYMBBE): Appeal Df the loning
~inistrator's decision to revoke conditional use pe~1t
13-UP-22 granted tD an eating and drInking us. at 3901 El
Camino R~al, now otcupied by t. Cumbre. The U$e permit
allows recnrded .usic and danc;ng associated with the
on-site sale and consumption of liquor, beer ;nd wine.
Fil. ~D. 73-UP-Z2.
tIQllQ!!, Comiuioner Beechll!: I IIIlV, that we pull Agenda It ... S fo,.,.ard
for discussion at this point. for those in the au~ience, we understand
"hat there are a lot Df peopl~ here probably for Item. 4 and S. ~,
appreciate your cu.i1Mj, ilnd we are sorry that you are now leovfng. We
antiCipate tn,t the discussion tonight on It .. 3 viII continue for quIte
SOMe tt~~ We are concerned about giving adeQuate discussion tG It .. s 4
ond S.
~: By ComMissioner Glazier.
MOTIQN PASSES: Chijrptrson SchmIdt: All those in f.vor, s.y Aye? All
opposed? That passes on I vote of S-C, with ComMissioner Carrasco
te.porar~ly iway and Commissioner Cassel absent.
naIl2M: Commissioner 8eech)m: J ~ve that we continue Agenda Item 5 to
february 9, 1994_
~: By Ccami •• ioner Glazler_
HOTION PASSES: (nairper$on Schmjdt: All those ;r, favor, say Aye~ All
01/26/94
-H-
op,osed? That passes on a vote of 4-2 •• ith Commissioners Schink and
Ojakiar. voting n~ and Comm~ss1oner Cassel absent.
A number of questions were bro~9ht up in the public testimony that ~e
might want to get answer~d. let us begin with Commissioner Glazier.
Camm~s5ior.er Glazier: I h~ve a quest;~n for the Santa Clara Wa1ley ~ater
District engineering. Is there, in your eng'ineeri~g studies~ independent
con.firmation from some th1rd party eti9in~er or constructiol"l firm of the
need for a lZ-foot by 12-foot st~ucture? I undfrstan~ that your o~
engirleers ni!.vi! dor.e that analysiS. but I would like some independent,
third party confirmation. 1 don't think saw that in the documents that
were presented to me.
Ms. Hsueh: We actually hired an engineering consultant, C.H+ Hill, which
is a r~putable company in Santa Clara County. They conducted ~ydraulic
analysis f~r tne c~nfluent structure. Also the .ater district viewed a
physical model Df the confluent struct~re, wn1c~ showed the diversion of
the flow from Matadero Creek into the ~atadero divers10n channel and a1so
the 600 cfs from Barron Creek to Mitidero Creek. So there is an
engineering study, plus a physical, hyd~au'ic model.
Comm1ssfgner Glazier: Maybe I did not 100k t~rough everyth~ng~ although
think I did. Is the~e a letter somewher~ in my packet from C. H. Hi1l9
whom r have heard of, that says that this 12-foot by 12-foot structure is
the minimum idequate structure necessary to achieve th~ desired effect9
which 1, to mItigate the 100-y.ar flood? I did not see that. 1$ that
'08Othing that exlsts. or something that you lntend to glve us?
Ms. H,ueh: This document •• s prepared by the City of Palo Alto staff. If
you need a cQnfirmatfon letter from our conSUltant, we will be glad to
provide it~ Is that what you were asking?
C?!!'~5iQ"er Glazier: HiS anyone from the city seen this document? Does
it exi.st?
Ms. Hsueh; The city has a hydra~lic report conducted ~y c+ H. Hil1~
There ;s a report.
Mr. Teresi; Here is the report.
CQlWi$s;oner tarrasco~ ] wo~ld like to follow up on that question~ 00
you have. copy of tois letter from FE~ t. Mayor Fazzlno? It 1, dated
1993 and fs i reply to Mr. Stark~s question. In the next to last
paragraph, Mr. lock says that if the citJ .ishes to revise the lOD-year
discharges, a detailed, hydraul~c analYSis of Barron Creek ~ust be
submitted for consideration by the community ~ich refutes the effective,
100~year discharge or which dEscribes the current hydrologic conditions.
The question is. do we have a detailed hydrauliC analysis? If that is the
hydraulic analYSiS, does fBHA have it?
Ms. Hsueb: FEHA has our hydrauliC analysis+
(o.m;ssjoner Carrasco: But is it not detailed epough? 1s that what this
paragraph means?
01/26/94
-35-
~'~ .. ---!:t:e
i
f
, .
I .>"
Ken Schreiber
l' .
-'-~,-,~----.
BOO Matadero Avenue
Palo Mo, CA, 94306
14 January 1994
par" Aho Platlning and Community Environment
250 Hamilton A.enue
Palo AI1D. eA 94301
Dear Mr. Schreiber:
RECEIVED
JAN 21l9S4 -. .. ,,--...
~.".-'.' .•. -."'"
I am writing 10 you I<> urge you to deny the application of the San!a Clara Valley
Water OisUict (SCVWO) 10 con SlTuet 4300 feet of underground b)1)ass cu Iven and to
deny the use Maladero A"""",, for truck access fo< phases A and B of the proposed
Maladero er.-Phaee V ProjeCt (the Project).
I ahandeo' the meeting last night (13 January) with the SCVWD at Hoover
ScItooI. $$vera! impoftanI points were discussed at this meeting which lead me 10
question the vaJicfrty of this project·
L The ProjeCt greaUy exceeds the FF.MA requiremen1s for nood conlroi-Why
are we wasting money on a project which gr8lllly exceeds FEMA requirements
when a less coSIly and less disruptive project would handle the Pfoblem ... ry
well? Are the City 01 Palo AIIo (the City) and SCVWO required :0 undertak" a
ftood con1roI project? Or was this project p<opoSao' because a few d1y
residen!s objec! to ~ng lknd in!lUf3llCe or Ie raising the level of all new
conslruclion above elCpected nood levels? Cer1ainly.' the City chooses 10
address FEMA requiremems for fuod oontro!, a less cosUy and less disruptive
project-wltich ...,uld adequately meet. rather than greatly exceed FEMA
requirementoHs caII6d for;
2. The 1962-83 winter fuods ware misrepresented !IS a 100year, rath ... than a
5O-year probiem. In the 30+ years that I haw lived in and near Palo ,6.110 there
have beel1 many weI winters. However. the w'nter of 1982-83 was espedafly
wet That wimer was the only time 1I1at I have seen flooding in Barron Park
from Malad ... o Creek. At many ~mes during !he 1982-83 winta: !he rainfa.~
exceeded 1I1B1 of Pfe.,;ous records. Certainly, this was not a 100year 1e ... 1 of
Pfecipilation. AI the tme tt was described as a 50-l00-year level of
Pfecipitation;
3. Only H large arass oIlhe Stanford hills are cieveIoped lor industry will
Ma-.o Creek be unabla 10 handle the runoft The Stanford lands along
('.oyote Hil Road hwe lor'll been uSao' as a horse pasture, and are likely 10
JelTlllin thus for many years 10 coma. If and When this land is cIe'J8loped lor
industrial usa, certainly the developer should be reqlJired Ie build tile
necessary caICharnent and.tx eediment basins on the site 10 control lIXCI8SS
runoff. Development or potential development 01 Stanford land should not be
allowed 10 negatively impact the Barron Par1< neighborhood.
"'-----'-6· ___ 1Ij~&J"'''. __ "!,,,'''.
The -Notice of Public Hearirlfl of the Planning C--ommission" indicates that ,the
Project has not been runy appreved. At the Hoover School meetlng (13 January),
howell8f, the SCVWD implied that the Project was approved and they were only
addressing neighbortlood concerns refating to safety if>Sues associated with l:!se of
Maladero Avenue 10< all construction trucl< access 10, phases A and 8 of the Project.
The<fore, I think the issue of truck access for the Project also needs to be addressed.
lI$e 01 Maladero Avenue for heavy construction true\< access lor this Project is
absolutely unacceptAble. First. SCVWD projects 8 trucks per hour will travel
Matadero Avenue. This wiil totally disrupl an traffIC, both vehicular and pedestrian,
along Maladero Avenue from e an. to 6 pm. In addition, severai people who use
eiectrk: whaelchairs r8\!ularty traverse Matadero IIv""ue 10 shop at the market on the
oem er of EI Camino Real. Aoother person who uses an elecmc wheek:llair lives on
Maladero Avenue and regularly rides along Matadero to 981 some fresh air. They
would be unable III do so with 1tIe heavy truck traffic which SCVWD is p<oposing.
Thus, you would depriw these indn.iduals their one outlet into the community
Second, SCVWD proposed he"';ng a flag person at the interS6Cliol1 of
TlJ)pIlWingo-Josina-Matadero only during the early morning and midafternoon 10
assist scI\ooI children, This is an extremely haZaIdous inteo_n even wittlout any
ialge construc:oon lrudcs. A driver trying 10 exit Josina 0< TIppawlngo onto Mataclero
Avenue cannel see oncoming 1r!i1Iic. This intersection should have a four·way stop
sign. R is an extremely hazardous Intersection with I\OmIIll auto traftic; most hke4y l
..,;! be a deadly intersedion with heavy construction trucI< 1raftic.
Thlld. alIema!ive rout8s have not been properly investigated and P4Jrsued with
8UI!icient vigor. The most logical. safest, and shortest route for access 10 phases A
and B Is Ihrough 1118 Varian properly. This route should be pursued v'.gorousiy end
Varian should be pressured 10 accept it Ahemalively. 1ruCks should access 111& site
via ei1he< Laguna, which is a Wide<, straighter streel with fewer hidden driveways 1I1an
Ma1adero A-.ue, end Los Robles, or via the V_ans Adminislralion Hospital 011>.)
property. Accass via the VI>. has alraadly been granted for later phases of lIle project.
1heraI0I'8, there shoWd be "" problem in 9 &in ing BOOIISS 10< pI1ues I>. and B also,
The VA lOUIe would provide the safest, least dtsruptive III the neighbortlood, and
easiest access alter the Varian roUle.
Founh, many of the driveways along Maladero Avenue are hidden and/or hav"
romited visibility for drtvers P4Jmng onto Matadeno Ave,",e Many driveways ana also
narrow and the placemeo d of trees along the street requires the drill8f 10 come 10 an
a1mDS1 complete stop on Matadero in O<der 10 !um inlo the driveway. These
dlivft'ays present hazards even with normal traffic on Matadero Avenue. With the
proposed II9aYy 1r!i1Iic of !arge, fully ladan oonSlnJction 1ruCks 1I1ey might prove
deed!y. The 25 mph speed 5mit on l.4a1adero Avenue is nol enforced now. Normal
1rafIic, both auIomobies and large trucl<s involved in 0111'" projecls, on Maladero
Avenue regularly travels at 3&45 mph. Evon 1tIe schooi busses do not obey the 25
mph speed limit. I>.1Ihough SCVWD Slated that 1nKl< speed win be nmited 10 20 mph, 1
am not convinc3d that this win occur unklss there is sIIict ""'foroemen1 (radar) by the
Palo Allo Police Departmenl al aI1 times during 1118 construclion.
----...-----
,'-.i
, io cooclusion, should the Matadere Creek Phase V Projecl be deemed
necessary, ttl. best access route for constnJction trucks would be through Varian.
This would be the safest, easiest, and leest disruptive route. The a~.mativa
recommended roUle would be via the VA. This access has alrea:!y been granted fo<
later phases of the p;cjeet; rt should also be used for phases 1\ and B The Maiedero
Avenue access ncUIe is IIBIY dangerous, extremely dlSfupUve !o the nGighOOrtlood,
and 101ally unaoceptable. Filially, the City should reconsider wilmer the Project is
required at all. Certainly the minor flooding experienced during 111. 5O-year
precipitation level of 1982-63, and probatly!he prBCIpitation level of a 100-year flood,
could have ~ aveMa!! If the culverts where Matadero Avenue and Laguna cross
Matadero and Barron Creeks were enlarged and 111& creeks themseives were kept
dear of lr88s and debris. This option would easily handle the water flow with minimal
disruptfo/1 at lI1e nelghborhood and the environment and could lead 10 a mere
beautiful Barron Park.
Jean Wren
\ .. -' ;-
\-------------
i '-
--~<'''') ~fl'''''-::'.J
l'_;.."·:,r' I·..=~f it fee i v £ D
800 Matadera Avenue
Palo A~O, CA, 94306
14 January 1994
Michael Jackson, Superintendent of Public Works
City of Palo Alto
250 Hamilton Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Dear Mr. Jackson:
JAr, 2 5 1394
I am writing 10 you to urge you to d'9ny the appllcatk>n of 1he Santa Clara Valley
Wa1er Disl:!ict (SCVWD) to consb-uc:t 4300 feet of underground bypass CUNel1 and to
deny the use Maladaro Avenue for truck accass for ph"""s A and B of the proposed
Maiadero Creek Phase V Projec1 (the Project).
I attended the meeting last night (13 January) wi!f1 the SCVWD at Hoover
Schoo. Several importan1 pointE were diSC\Jssed at this meeting which lead nle 10
question tile validity of this project:
1. The Project grea~y exceeds lI1e FEMA requirements 10< flood cor,troj, Why
are we wasting money on a project which gre~y exceeds FEMA requirements
when .. less costly 8nd less diSfUptVO project would handl. the problem very
wen? ATe 1he City of Palo Aha (the City) and SCVWD requir!!d 10 undertake II
flood control project? Or was this pmject proposed because a rew city
residents object 10 paying flood insurance or to raising tha level of all new
oonstruclion above expected flood levels? Certainiy, H 1I1e City chooses 10
address FEMA requirements for flood conl",I, "less cosily and less disruptive
project-which would adequately meet rather than greatly exceed FEMA
requirements-is called for;
2. The 1982-83 winter noods were misrepresented as a 1O .. year, rather than a
5O-year problem. In 1I1e 30+ yeans that I have lived in ,md near Palo Alto there
have been many wet winters. However, lhe winter of 1982-83 was especially
wet That winier was tile onfy time tna1 I have seen ftooding in Barron Park
from Matadero Creek. At many times during the 1982-83 winter the rainfaR
exceeded that 01 previous .accras. Certainly, lI1is was not a H)-year ievel of
precipitation. A1 the time it was descnbed as a 5O-100-year level 01
precip;la~on ;
3. Only n large areas of \he Stanford hills are developed for industry will
Matadero Cree~ be unable to handle the runoff. The Stanford lands along
Coyote Hill Road have long been usad as a horse pastUre, and are likely 10
remain 1I1us for many years to come. If and when this land is developed for
industrial use, certainly 1M developer should be required 10 b"~d the
neoessary catchement andlor sediment basins on the silo to con1ro1 excess
runoff. Development or poten1ial development 01 Stanlord land should not be
anowed to negatively impact the Barroo Park neighborhood.
The "Notice of Public Hear!ng of the Planning Commission" indicates that the
Prajecl has not been tUlly approved" At the Hoover School meeting (13 January),
however, the SCWVD implied thaI the Project was approved and they we'e only
addressing neighborhood concerns relating to safety issues associated with use of
Matadero Avenue lor an construction truck access lor phases A and B 01 the Project
Therfore, I ttl~nk 1he issue of truck access for the Project ale.::> needs to be addressed.
Use of Matadero Avenue-for heavy construction truck access for this Project is
absolutely unacceplable" First. SCVWD projecls 8 truei<s per hour will trove!
Maladero Avenue" This ... iiI totally disrupt all traffic, both vehicular and pedestrian,
along Matadero Avenc", from 8 am lc 6 pm" In addition, several people who use
electric wheelchairs regu1ady traverse Ma1aderc Avenue to shop a1 the market en the
comer al EI Camino ReaL Another person who uses an electJic wheelcl1air lives on
Matadero Avenue and ro;Juiariy rides along Ma"<8dero to get some fresh aiL They
would be unable to do so with the heavy truci< traffic which SCVWD is proposing"
Thus, you would deprive these individuals their one o.ut!et ioto the communily"
Second, SCVWD proposed having a nag person at !he inter.aclion of
T!ppaW,ngo-Josina-Matadero only during the early morning and midaltemoon to
assist sct-oOOl ch~dren" This is an extremely hazardous intersection even without any
large construc!ion truci<s" A driver trying to exit Josina or TIppawingo onlo Maladero
Avenue cannot see oncoming traffic" This intersection should have a tour-way stop
sign" H is an extremely hazardous intersection with normal auto traffic; mosIlikely ~
will be a deacfly interseclion with heavy construclion truei< traffic"
Third, alternative routes have not been properly investigated and purS'Jed with
su1ficienl vigor" The most logical, sa19S1, and shortest route for access to phases A
and B is through the Varlan property" This route should be pursued vigorously and
Varian $hould be pressured to accept"" Alternatively, trucks should access the she
via either Laguna, which is a wider, straighler streel with fewer hidden driveways !han
Maladero Avenue, and Los Robles, or via the Veterans Administration Hospital (VA)
properly" Aooess via the V'" has already been granted for later phases 01 the project.
!herelore, !here should be no problem in gaining aocess lor phases A and 8 also"
The VA route would provide the safest least disrup~\'e to the neighborhood, and
easiest access after the Varian route.
Fourth, many 01 the driveways along Ma!adero Avenue are hidden andlor have
rlmi!ed viSlb~iiy for dri..,ers p"mng 0010 Ma!adero Avenue" Many driveways are also
narrow and !he placement 01 !rees along the street requires the driver to come to an
almost complete SlOp on Matadaro in order to 1IJ m into 1110 driveway" These
driveways present hazards even with normal traffic on Malaaero Avenue" With lhe
proposed heavy tnaffic 01 largo, fully la:len construction trucks they might prove
deadly" The 25 mph speed nmit on Matadero Avenue is not enf,m:ec now" Normal
lra!lic. both automobl1es and large trucks involved in other projects, on Maladero
Avenue regularly travels at 3~5 mph" Even the school busses do oat obey the 25
mph speed fim"" Although SCVWD stated lIlat Wei< speed will be [<miled '" 20 rnph. !
am nal convinced that th is will OCCIJ' unless !here is strict enfOl'cement (radar) by the
Palo ",Ito Parlee Depallrnent at an times during lIle construction"
---.,----
,
.'
, In conclusion. ~.ould lhe Maladero C,eek Phase V Project be deemed
nscessary, the best access route lor construction tfUctc:S would be ti1rough Varian.
This woold be !he safest, easiest, and least disruptive route. The alternative
recommended route would be via the VA. This access has already been granted for
later phases of the project. it should also be used for phas.s A and 8. The Matadero
Avenue access route is very dangerous. extremely diSlUPttva to the neighborhood.
and lOtany unacceptable. Finally. the City should reconsider whether the Project is
required al all. Certainly the minor flooding experienced during 1/1e 5O-yea,
predpita1ion level of 1982-83, and probably !he precipitation level of a loo-year fiood.
could have been averted it the ""Iverts where Maiadem Aven~e and laguna cross
Matadero and Barron Creeks were Bnlargfld and the creeks themselves were kept
clear of trees and debris. This option would eaSIly ha"dle !he waler flow with minimal
disruption of the neighborhood and !he environm.n~ and could lead 10 a more
beautiM Barron Pat!<.
Yours truly.
-1u.-tII~
Jean Wren
I
I
I
I
i
I
To:
From:
Subject:
. r ,'",' ,.,'
. "~,.'
Palo Alto Planning Commission
Dave Matson, 4062 Campana Drive, Palo Alto, CA 94306
Matadero Creek Phase V Creek Flood Control Pruject
Public Hearing Comments -January 26. 1994
, .
' ..
-:,\ -
/-
I urge you to support the proposed construction of flood control
improvements on Matadero Creek. I have followed the progress of this
project for several years as it has moved upstream from San francisco Bay and
believe it to be a well-planned and wDrthwhile project. It has been designed
by an organization t.~t truly cares about the work it does and the impact it has
on people's lives -the Santa Clara Valley Water District.
In the long term it is really the ideal project -when it is complete no one will
know that it is even there. The entire project consists of underground culverts
that will do their job without making our world uglier in the process.
Compared to the alternative of concrete-lined channels, it is hard to believe
anyone could criticize the concept. While there certainly will be a number of
disruptions in terms of impacts on traffic and the usc of Bol Park, I believe the
long-term benefits are certainly worth t.~e cost. My family and I enjoy the use
of Bol Park and the bike path as much a, anyone -we used it this weekend -
but we recognize t.""t this short term disruption is worth the long-term benefit
of flood protection for Barron Park. Severa! hundred homes that are currently
within a FEMA-designated Special Flood Hazard Area will be protected from
the danger of flooding. Not only will tllese residents gain added piece of
mind, they will no longer have to pay flood insurance premiums totaling tens
of thousand of dollars per year!
The Santa Clara Valley Water District has gone to great lengths to satisfy the
concerns of our neighborhood. The conditions applied to the project will
assure that is built safely and with as little impact as is possible for a project of
this magnitude.
Pleilse support this most worthwhile and necess4TY project!
i ---
•
•
•
r~
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Washington, DC. 20472
CERIIFl£O K.UL
IlETURl< UCE IPI REQUESTED
The HODOrable Jack SutD~iu3
.~YOT, City ef ,.10 Altc
P.O. 80.-: 10251)
Palo A1to~ Californi. 94303
Dear Mayor Suto~iul:
~ov 17 1988
14 ,. ,-:"'~
Case N04: SB-09-64R
RE: Kat:adero and BCt"l'"Oll Creeks;
Palo Altc;, C.1Ilif"rnia
n1i. i .. i~ rUpott.le to & letter dated .11.101,. 18, 1988, frca Mr. Rand.e.ll R~
Talley. F~E.. Saat. Cl~r. Valley Water Di.triet (scvwn) reBar-dins the
effective Flocd I~.uranee Aate Hap (FIRM) for tbe City of PaLo ALto l
c..liforab. dated 'Febn.tat'y 15 J 198Q. .ftc. 'Talley rlt:ctuu ted .. COQcH donal
Letter of Kap Revis;igon (I.OKR) baud coa propoled channel improv~tI acd
p'f'Opoee.d £loodwdll (wt.ich Are fWlc:tionil:lJ. oil hveu> dODI .M.Iuduo Creek
bet~eD i&yabore Freeway aad Foothill l%pre •• v&y.
In support of hi. reque.t. "r. Taller .u~tted the folt~~ inform&~ioc:
• A tec:b.aical report I enti~hd "lYt.derc and knoD C'reeks," dated
April 1918 and prepared by SC\'VD
Desip pta. of the propoud lloodv .. U •• beets 34. 3S, 36, &ad 37
of S4, entitled "'Hahdero Creelt-Ph&n I-Type J FlOOdwall," 4ated
April 1988 &Cd pre~Ted by SCYVD
A printout containing input and output lininl' for the bydraulic:
c:oeputl:Z' ~el .that pre.eDts t.be e.zhtina-and revi.ed l<>o-,ear
u.ter-Igr!aee profile for Hat&dera ~Dd Barron Creek.
III • letter dated Jaly 28, usa, Mr. Talley certifi€d ~:: tbit propoled
p~jeet is fo~ public benefit ~ prim4rily iDtended for flood 101.
reduction co eIi,tiDI 4e .. lo,.ent in ideutifie~ flood b&~.rd &rea ••
Therefore, ill acoc.ord&Dce vieb Sec.tiou 72 • .5 of the Ratlan&l Flood Ia.urance
Proar .... (lII'lP) rtpl&tiOD. (con ado.ri), the feu .... Od.tK with oo.r r-rnew fDr ... e.ocditioul i.OKl haft bee!). " ... ived.
We b.tve c..,le:t.. ovr ~ ... of t.'u .utaitte4 da~, and tie bell.... that" i.f
eDG.t.ncdoa. of tlM. pnpoaed ~.h aDd: floocs-.l h an uaplete4 -••
iiitli.Md -.'is eM: tec.bDica1 report., t..be loc-,ur flood. will lie CODtaiDed ill!
the cJ:wmel-fra .. ,oiat approa:i .. atel,. 200 fHt 4owutru.a Df 1.0.. load .co
ti.e-• ....-tlI!.fi ~.~ &1_ /lata4orc C.-.
Upon ca.pletioa of ~ prejecc 1 plea.e .ua.it -.s-built-plan. certified by
• rqittered proiasiOGel eD,I:iDHr, am{ eridec-e that .. ill.UNDce. pt'OviaiOa.8
for the. Jlr'Opou" 1...-ee have 'be_ aa4e. For the IltV'ee., that flv.i.clll'Dce awst.
be ia ~e f~ of aa officia11r adopted plaD that ~tc the rwquire.eftt. .et
forth ia Sectin: 6).10(41) of the VFIP re",l.tiona. All .. izu:,Ulall.ce
•
·~ -.. :~
a,I!:DCY {;.re.at.ed by Federal or State 18"', or an agel1<:y .of .a.
pntic:ipstit:ll in rhf!: NFlP t.h.a: uSWlles ultim.a~1!: responsibility
.~tiv~ties. Upon receipt af th~~ i~~ormaticn. we. vitl ma~e:
dete~natiQn on revl&ing the fIRM.
~ommunity
(or these
a fitlal
The bui. o[ this coaJitil)nal LOHR is ir. put • proposed channel
modification projel'.:t. NFIP regulat.iC'cs, .as cited in Section 60 •. Hb)Ol,
requjre that communities ~assure that tbe flood-~arrying capacity vithin the
alterEci or t"elocl1t.ed: portion of any "'.Cercourse. is ... inteined."
!hit! provision i. incorporatt:d into your C:OlbltUnir,.' s existing ftoodpl .. in
manageeent reguLation~. CobsequentLy, upeo co~pletioc of this proposed
pr(lje:.t. the u!timace ruponsibility far !D.&it1tenanee of the c.hanllel
2Odification will re.t vith yoyr co~ity.
Should you. haW' an)' question. relarains: tbe matt1!"1' , pLease t:ontact t.he
Cble!, Bat.ural and "Tec.bnolOlic.!il Har.&t"d. Division, FEMA, in SaD Ft"Anc:iSCQ,
Cali£oraia, at (415) 913-7175 0"1' Hr. Alan JOhnSOD ~f ., .taff in Wa~bington,
D.C., at (2021.&46-3403.
ect .-tb:"... 1..and.a1l 8.. Tall e:y. P .. E.
LS!:VIIlJ
Sinc.erely,
2ff~
~ Chief, lisk Stu4ica Divi.ion
Fed~r&l In.uraae~ A4ministr&tioQ
',.
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Wa.shington~ D.C. 20472
CERIIFlE) MAIL
RETURN RECEIPT REQUFSI'ED
The Hoooable Gary Fazzino
Mayor, City of' Palo Alto
P.O. Box 102S0
P210 Alto, Califurnia 94303
Dear },fayor Famno:
JUH 0'11993
t,/il ReT 5 Nil/
This is in regard to • k:ttcr dated April '-9, 1m, from Mr. Rcyaden F. Starli: of Royaden F.
SlId: aud Co., Inc., Palo Alto, California, ~g a ptOJlO'f'l divenion project to COIlStrUCI
• bypass bolt _ d""","bed as Matodcro e:.dI: Phase V. Mr. St!rk ""IuesIed that we review
!be intmmrlon pmW!ed 10 biD! by !be Santa Clan Valley Waler District (SCVWD). WIlh his
_, Mr. SlId: provided copies of conespondecoc:
10 IlIe SCVWD from Mr. SIlIrk dated FebruaIy 22 and MlIrcb 12, 1993; 10
CaIifomia Stile ScDaIor Rebea:a Q. Motp!l from Mr. SI3rk dated April 8 orod
Apd113, 1993; to 0"" Tec:Imica1 EvallIIIiocl eoo_ from Mr. Starli: dated
MardI 31, 1993; to !be ...wen .. 0( l\moG Patk from Mr. SI3rk dated Pebt_, 20, 1993; to !be residen .. 0( Batron PatIt from !he SCVWD dated
Febn>aly S, 1993; aud 10 Mr. SIlIrk from the SCVWD dated MlIrcb 31, 1993.
lofi-. SI3rk oIJo pmW!ed F>pre II, coti!Icd, ·Maladero " Batron CIeeks, One P=ent DeoigII
Flow RaIes· (copy eacIcIsed), wbich he described as a SCVWD dcJc:umom. FJgme II shows Ibe
",.......-:<I c5wnica WlXIcI routing Ibe now from Batron Creek ID MaIadero Cmok. Figun: 11
abo """' .. Ibe di.!o:barge value at several Ioca.tioos.
Mr. SIId:""", I """""" repnling tile lro-year discbarge 0(760 oul>ie feet per """""" Cds)
for lImooI. Creek II FooIhiIl ~ just upstream 0( tile existing Buroo e:.dI: sedimeou
basin. Mr. SI3rk bdievcs that tile lro-year cIiIcIwgc bas been .,.,......mma .... and that histori<2l
daIa """' DOtjusdfy tile l00-you discbarge. To support his CXlCIQlm, Mr. Starli: eocIosed a _
datrd April 12, 1993, from ORA Fnginuring 10 tile SCVWD providing an esIimaIe 0( the
di.scbatJc at tile same 1oc::aIioI> using the IlIIiooal tDOIbod.
We bue R:Yiewcd Ibe eIfective Flood InsutaDce Study (FI'.5) rq>Ort and Flood JJISI.!taIIQO Rallo
Map (FIRM) for tile City of Palo Allo, _ Sq>«emba 6, 1989, and 1he informaIio!l provided
by Mr. SlId: zqardiug !be prcposed divenioo proJect. Because deIaiIed information and
ta:hninoJ dam were DOt provided, ..... cannoI ddermine tile imp3CI 0( !his c!iv=ioo 011 !be
c!e!jnco';"" of Ibe Special Flood Hazard AIoa (SFHA) in your commlillity alibis time.
However, as stated in S:ction 65.3 0, the NFIP regulations, Ihe rommunity is required, within
6 months of obtaining information regarding pbysical changes affecting flooding ccnditioru, to
provide !hal information to !be federal Emergency Man:Jgement Agency (FEMA). The
community can meet this requirement oy requesting a Conditional Letrer of Map Revi.non
(CLOMR), thereby giving FEMA an opportmlity to comment on the impocts of the propoS«!
chmlges OIl the Wsting $FHA. Upon IeCeipt of !be information to dcs......fue !be proposed
projoct, I'EM. .... will review it and infOI1Tl the City ofits fi.,dings. To assist the community L"
obtaining and provicIing Ibe information needed to SIlpport its request, we are enclosing. 00fYY
of A Gui4t TD 0Jmmu,"TiIy Qf!idI1!s and AppliClIliolllCotijiclIlion ForrroS ar.d J/IStnICtIons fo< !be
suhmitlal of requests foe Letten of Map Revisioo. The =tilication forms must be completed
by the community and submitted with any request to revise the FIRM. In the case of CLOMRs,
the community does not hove to provide evidence of completion of the project.
FEMA has irnpleme!J~ • reirnbunement procedure to I~ costs associated with reviewing
and processing CLOMR requests, thus reducing the ...:pense 10 the NFlP. The initial fees of
$735 lIe !he minimum c:barges associa IM with our review of • project of \his I)Ipe, in
""""'Ilance with "Seetioa 72.3 of the NFlP regulatiOlU. You will be notified of the estimated
COOlS if we amicipate Ihzt, due to the _I of the review required, the total costs will exceed
$1.soo. In !hal situalicn, our review would be suspended pending OUI IeCeipI of written
amharizalioo froID you to pzooeed.
~ Mr. SIark'. CIlIl<lem abcuI Jlarrog CreeIo'. JOO-year ~e, we deIetmiDed IbaI
based <XI !he iIIformadoo provided in the April121eaer from CIRA EIlgincering, we CIIII>Ot, at
Ihis lime, revise the dieoIiYe c!iscIwge for BarnxI" Creek at Foothill Exprmsway. If the City
wisbos :0 revise !he 100.,-~, • cIeIaiIed bydmlogi<> analysis of Batron Cleek must
be ..,bmjIted foe cur COIIsidcn%ion, by the oammunity, which Iefures !he eIfecIr,oe lOO-year
cIisc:IIaqe or which d=:ribes lbecunml hydrolagic <XlIlditions. Theafomncntiooed oertificaIioo
fonDs may be used for Ihis JIIllPOII'. MeaDwhilc, the eIfecIr,oe disc:barge for Bam:u Cnel< at
Foodtill Expi .... way. IS -.. in Table 1, SIIDIJIIat)' of~. in the o:Ifec:IMo PIS report
(00fYY eodosed). is 700 cis.
We Ihank Mr. Stad;: fat bringing IIIis proposed project to OUI attention. If you ohould have amy
questions zepnling !lJis _, please coolaCl Mr. Jolla MagnoIIi or my slBfI in
Wasbingtoo, DC, eltber by ~ lU (202) ~3932 Ol by facsimile al (202) 646-6445.
" ".. "''"''', ',:
Sinoere!y,
u)'J},,R~
William R. l..D<:k. Chief
Risk Studies Division
Federal Insun.nce A rimin; stration
-.
-
Pla.n.cing Commissioners
City of Palo Alto
PO Box 10250
Palo Alto, CA 94303
Dear Planning CQmmi3siocer C a.He I
790 Matadero Avenue
Palo Alto, CA S4300
H~m~: i,,·H5} S55~33(l2
Offi« (415) 859·6486
Febn.:.ary 4, 1994
RECEiVED
FEB 071994
~~
I would lik-e to thank you for the a.t.tentioa. and conside.ration you gave to the opposition to
the SilIlta. Clara. Valley Wa.ter District apl='lication for the M .... t~ero Creek bypass. ] wOuld
aIM> like to express my &'ppreciation fot your Leua.ci~y ill pushing SC\'V.rD to acknowledge
that rest:ridiow: were poesible. for the aoJutions tha.t the mem'ben proposedl &lld for the
condiLions and restrictions you S'1.l.g..gested be imposed on the project. I &I'D. now gua:-dediy
optimistic ,hat an a.ceeptable tn.fik plan can be produred within the short time £rUDe
avail&ble.
I would like to comment on the process, using this pa.rtic:u.lu ease only as .a.n example. If I
hod been & member of the Commission, I w<>wd have tabled (or denied wilhout prejudice)
the application bet:ause it WitS not yet ready for a. fi.naJ decision. Some-yeuf!: ago (bei(lr~
moving here),] had served a. year as president of 600-member association (fot' a. 2100-memher
commUDity~of·interest). sc I Wlderstand the moth'ation 10 try to fix .a. deficient proposal
rather Iho.n have 10 deal with it ~a.in .t • latter meeting, but I abo am painfully aware tbe
perils and pitWJ.. of t..rying 10 do so. The only way I found 10 stop the ...-.aIating problem
of people bdng jssues prematu.reIy before out' decimon.ma.k.ing bodies W~ to be rl.ltbless
in throwing them off the agendl1.. ] suspect t.hat you, as a. goverument body, don't have
the rcllexibility that 1 did, but I think you roi£ht he ahle to do more to a.void UOllet:e5sary
interminable meetings (to your benefit and the benefit of Palo Alto resident..).
Aside: the meeti:lg could ha.ve been much wone than. it was. You rowd ha.ve bad many
more speakers opposed the pb.n -several of us worked to encourage spea.ker9 to coordinate
a.nd organize wh .. t they wane.ed to S&y, and we advised p~le 10 focus OD only their most
imporbnL jssues. I believe that we. also managed 1.0 dissuade & Dumber olangry, unproductive
presentations.
Include examination of priOl" pu bUe hearings
I dliggest th a.t. the Pianning Commission ha.ve the cl ty sta.ff examine and :report on the public
mee~ings lhat lea.d up an &ppeAriUlce before the commission (since they are likely tc be
pte:ie.Dt at many of those meetings).
• !
• How Jlubl1c is ')Juhlic": [n the p:.Jblic comm'2".:J.t section, Beb Moss I'attlec (Iff CL List of
re«;nt IIpubLic" meetings or... t.his is.sue. Except for tbe two SC'V"Vv'D met:tiugs (whose
onnOUDcemenls weremailed).th~ first] had heard ofthcse meetings was in a discussion
with him on 1/21j94. The next day when 1 was collecting signature::;. for the petit\on.
I llSked: my neighbcn; whether any of them had re<:eived any notk~ or such meet;ng-"
-none h~d, I now think r know how this mismatched in peTCl2'ptiotl occurrP.1J, and ~t
is one of those situatjons tbat commonly a.rises a.nd must be glJard-ed agalnsL.
::=} A "public meet.ing" is more t.han just a. meet.ing that yeu wouldn't get kicked. out
of Ehould you happen upon it.
=-In enumerat:ng wha.t public meetings were held, city staff should i:ry to report what
g:oups DDd viewpoints were 1 and weren't, represented,
• Hcno eiJedit:ely were the isstoes di.. .. ,c'USSfd 1J'f'.ti. presented
Ae the first SCV.liD m""ting 0" using Mataderc (2/18/93), there "as ahS<llut.ly noth
ing in tbe prepared presex:.ta.tion on eA-pected lelleLs of truck traffic or mitigation mea·
rures, despite this being adverti!!cd as the p:rimary topic or the meeting, Instead the
fim part of the meeting-taking almost 2 hours-involved describing the route ot the
channel and the sta.t us of variOU.5 trees. The next part of the meeting was occolpied
with argument over the use &!ld interpretation of the survey. Only io the Q&A ses
Ilon at the very end of the meeting did we get a. smidgen of information about trafiic.
And Lhis was not for want of effort on om part: in prepara.tion for the meeting, ] had
thoughi &bout what informaticn I would need to make an imor.:ned. decision, and I
called Noi llsueh at SCVWD and left voice-m.il dela.iliog the items I thought Deeded
10 be pari of their presentation (I<> no ded),
At the """"'" SCVWD meeting (1/13/94), the tnull< pl;u, w .. a.ll but set in roncrete
(oorry), .."d the presenl~tion t<l the Planning Commission meetiog .... ab:eady ..:hed
uIed. There was COIUiiderable criticism and opposition to the plan .at this meeting. Of
alI the criticisms of the plan, only one ma.de.it into the version presented to you -
<banging the starting hour from 8:00 I<> B:3(j,
I judged both these meet.i~gs to be a.bsolute fa.ilures in te.""IDS of getting usable ir::.put
from the residents. 1 am convinced tha.t this was simply the result of a chain of mistakes
and misunoient&ndings on the part of SC\fV.."D staff, but It rould easily be per<:eived
as intentionally suppT"es.<ring input.
IT city stan had been asked to ..... sess whether pohli< CO"<ems had been adequ.lely consider<'<!
.and addressed. before this went on your agenda., they could have told you tbat the traffic
plan was far from beiog ready, and you might have avoided the long parade of spea.ken; and
the need to sabstantialiy alter the piau. I recogni.ze that the present.c..t.iotlS that I and many
others ~ belonged in the prepa.ratory meetings-we were forced to bring those issues
before you because of Lhe fallure of that pIepara.tory process.
Bad early impressions
Tb06C leaving tbe ~ting after !ile urly portion of Cornm'isslon comments (11 to 11:30?)
had • very different perception from those of us who stayed 1,0 the end (I 2:30am), Those
2
0',0---__ -
"r ___ '_"
departing "early" CArTied away the perception that several members were unreceptive or
ho!;tile to their -concerns aDd to the fa.ilur~ of a.n important. component of the prepara.t~ry
prCCefs.
Two comments (with which ~vera.l members seemed to concur) sta.nd out as being potl!'ntially
inOamma.tory:
• That the pub{,c out-rellch effor;, had been adtJ/1Jafe!gooa: Altbough this wg,s Dot the
focus of th~ presentations opposed the the plan. speaker after speake: commented on
the fa.ilu:-e of SCVWD and other proponent.s of the plan to c.orosider the concer.u; of
Mata.dero Ave area re.side-nts.
The p-e:rcepticn of many Matadero residenl5 was that they had been frozen out of
the pl'Ocess, and tha.t a.t meetings they bad beer:: told of, they had been filibustered,
then misreI'"r~Ijted a.cd den..igJ.-ated: and iina.lly ignored. From this perspect:ve: this
comroect would be perceived as endorsing is. sham "public-outreach effort."
• CriticUm of the opponents for n ot ~t!ing willing to 9~ crifice for the publIc golYl.:
[ was surprisee tha.t severa.! membe!"S so rea.dily &.doptoo tim viewpoint. The h.igtory
of this ~roject ft.s the pattern of it classic 5lrat~em for insiders foist...lng off costs a.nd
pain O!)OO outsiders (I am wi.lling: to accept that it isn't the case bere). Consequently,
] would have eT.pected members to be tD(1)' of such representa.tions--my eA'p-e..rience-:is
that people making such represenLatlo.Q.8 are more often than not trying to stea.mroll
legitimate ""'«=lI.
For Uflmple: By the time Matad.ero Ave became involved. in the project as the route
for construction traffic, eo numbe..t of options had been considered and rejected (eg
rot:tmg the Buran c:eek bypass along Loo Robl .. ), and tbe prop","", byp ... was all
but-fu:alized. When we a.ttempted. to get ~Ia.n&tions for the proposed prill. a.nd for
the rejection. of the other options, we were rebuffed. The perceived highhandedI.es.s of
the propon.euts cre.Ued a strong suspicion for many .. bout their motives in rejecting
certaiu proposals (eg) avoid disruption oftbe proponents' neighborhoods}. In addition~
some of the more V"()Q.} proponents were yiewed as unreceptive to even c.onsi dering: the
merits oC our concerns a.bout safety, Our concerIUI began to receive attentio.:u. only 6
da.ys before the Commj,sj i)C meetjng. The perl;eptioD is that this bappened heca.use
the proponents finaJ..Iy realized tha.t we wereu't going: 1.0 roll OV\"!"f &nd let them have all
hut-unrestricted use of Ma.tadero. I firmly believe illt th. pro!"' ••• ts did not intend
to abeh!l.ve b&d.Iy" nor realize bow their a.ctic.!l8 were perceived until it W~ too late,
but in politia;, perception often morE important thao f.a.cts.
Sincerely,
'f) trt~~/J .1);1{";.#-",-
Doug! .. B. Moran
3
----.----
•
,'.' "' .. " " .. ,' -. "~-'
" ,
.:: -01of.. ,,' 'J-~.::----""" -----. I\j .• I\V ~ ! ."1.L\. """-•
c
'," " -
7'! '~ __ ,,_
-, ,
5E\T BY' KI.'\KO S f'.U.O .-\'
~:::. -
-;,~ .
. ~*}--i~
~-.
JIll' :ADDO CREES: PItASE V r..ooc CON'!'RO!. PiOJ>;CT
£,tlXIIAP.Y O. nEES/SIIJIOlIS Rl!:IIOVlm Pc». COBST!lUCTIOJI
Table 1 Tree Removal & Transplanting
.--... ..
/
--. ..?'
Removed Trans l.anting
1'ot~l Trees "
Shrubs
Shrubs
Deceased Trees
Total Sealehy Trees
102
21
70
r~e 2 ~tigaeion Measures
Proposed
Mitigation
Required
Planting •
Proposed
~ns
planti
SCVWD
proposed
Planting •
11
Trees, 6-
or Larger
24
Replacement Replacement
Ratio. 1,1 Ratio. 3:1
1 x 11 • 11 3 X 24 =72
118 1'/14
• Trees Are 5 ~/Ea.
Shrubs are 1 Gal/Ea.
TreI!S~
Smaller
Than 6-
46
:Rep:!.scement
Ratio Ij 1,1
1 x 46 • 46
filA
36
Total
Trees
70
118
38
124
.'
-~-~--
STANFORD
o COMPLETED
• 1994 -95 rn.'"T,~;i'''TTrl'''
PHASE IV
(] ~-95 CONSTRUCTION
PHASE V
g (PENDINGl CONSTRUCTIO
iii (PENDING} CONSTRUCTION
() BRIDGE REPLACEMENTS
FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS
IN
PALO ALTO
~~ ~ '. -'" \
''''"' c."> • ,
, ' "'. ,,'."";' ' I
I
/1
.. /
•
MATADERO CREEK & BARRON CREEK
PROJECT BACKGROUND
• PLANNING STUDY STARTED
• PUBLIC MEETINGS
• PUBLIC HEARING
• PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD
"'. DISTRICT BOARD ADOPTS
THE ENGINEER'S REPORT &
NEGATIVE DECLARATION
1986
MAY. 1987
JUNE. 1987
SEPT. 1987
JAN 20. 1988
45 DAYS
APRIL 1988
6
. ".~-~ ti~~~J.\' I<T\5~C~l:,
'!' ,
.
,.j'
" >,'. ,\
,
\
" '\..)-
j,'"'
/
"
". ;\.'.;'
.~)
I
I
I
I
I ,
FLOOD CONTROL REVENUE SOURCES
• DISTRICT'S ALLOCATION OF THE
1% PROPERTY TAX
• FLOOD CONTROL BENEFIT ASSESSMENT
..
"
"
o j~'" \ . ';.....J-
• I :'
'/ I 0
• i •
J
i
MATADERO CREEK & BARRON CREEK
CONSTRUCTION SCHEULE & COSTS
PALO ALTO FLOOD BASIN TO MIDDLEFIELD RD. 1988-89
BRIDGE REPLACEMENTS, FLOOD WALL & CONCRETE CHANNEL LINING
MIDDLEFIELD RD. TO ALMA ST. 1989-90
BRIDGE REPLACEMENTS, FLOOD WALL & CONCRETE CHANNEL LINING
ALMA ST. TO EL CAMINO REAL 1990-91
BRIDGE REPLACEMENTS, FLODDWALL' CONCRETE U-FRAME CHANNEL
EL CAMINO REAL TO STANFORD CHANNEL 1994-95
UNDERGROUND BYPASS CHANNEL
STANFORD CHANNEL TO BARRON SEDIMENT BASIN ADV MAR. 94
UNDERGROUND BYPASS CHANNEL CONST. 94-95
'3. 4M
I , , .
.. , c.
'1. 8M
S4.6M I ,
I I,
'4. 9M I f • I
.5M
6 ..I r,: . '-.. j
-.,---/
• .. '~; ,
EXNiSj'f A
LIMITS OF OUTREACH PROGRAM
--~.~-------
IMPACI· ANALYSIS SHU.
(io( the Use or Matadero Aveftue-Con.'tt11Jctiol'l ACCess}
The proj~ area c:omidf';fed UDder this impact analysis consists of Stage A (from Stanford Ola.-we! 10
Mat;acjero Avenu.). Sta::~ B (from Matadero Avcoue to the south end of Bo! Park area), .IJ'Jd Stage C
(from ~ <lid of S..,. B 10 ~ <lid of MIci:ey pastUre). Pi .... POt. _ the co"""'ctio~ odIodw. fo<
die remaiDinJ project area (Stile D) is depaldGll on the VcreriID'S Admini~D (V A) x.eess IDd DO(
ooasJde:red under the impact analysis. If the acc:es.s chrougb. VA is available, Stage D will be ooDSCruc::led
coac:um:atl) and mt affect the ~ construction duration. If the V A access is DOt S-o-cured, approdmate:y
12 I!lO<!Ihs will b< added 10 !he tota1 OOOSInIctioD dunuion.
T .. W.,~_ o-.w.,~_ No Ac:cen 0. ~
'"'-""" "' ..... ~Aft:l:ft .. .....
ApproaiaWdy 12 mc:R!du No 'impa.ct.
duratioa willi ' , "wya} 4IIinlicIft ~ to.dod
COOI::nIIe aDd 5Ye .uk c:oacme tnd:J ud o::mply
1nEb . fiyo uSc 1lrI.Icb. ..,. ............ s.1ict)' IDI'UIlrCI an:
pnrvidtd 10 redIaoc:~. JIIOVido:d .. m:iucc uaffic:
1 ........ -Opal Stap A ud • ., Opea Stqc-.It. ~ ..,wtic: :a Opa: Sta&e .It. 10 public ic
public: ia abour; I.i 1IlICIGI:t., ~ , 1ftOIIIhI, S&ace B ill ~JO~.s..acB sa.ce C ill .t..oul 1.5 abtJc.C 12 CIGIIlbI. aDd ill -.ouc. 20 ........ aad ....... sca,e C ia abotIt S\a&c: C ia IIboat
27_. is,.,....
C -timeb ~ l' DlOl<bc. App; c im"el! 'D mor.UIs. ApprQ~ 3S 1aOaIhI.
Sa.gcc A. B. WId C
Ne impa4U. ApprvI..iza&tdJ $120,000. ~I$167.ooo·
\
QlJESTlONNAIRE
SANTA CLARA V All.EY W A'IER DISTRICT
M.ltad:ero Cree\: Rood Control Project
Ciry of Paio Aim
ALTERNATIVE CONSTRUCTION SCIfEDlJLES WITH PROPOSID ACCESS ON MATADERO
AVENtlE
Please indicate I choice. of the three OODSlIUcOOO access aJl~Yes' t\ .... o-wa)' access on Muad.ero
Aveoue, ooe--way access. or 00 access on Matad~ Av~.
Afterna.tin J-t prefer tbe two way construction acct$S on M~ Avenue.
AJteroati.e 1-1 prt.ter the ODe way coD:Stn!ctiOJl access on MaLldero Avenue.
AJtematift 3-1 prefer no construction:acx:css OD Matac1ero Avenue.
Please RII1m JOIU ,espo= to the District .. !lie Febnwy 18 meeting or in lb. eqclosed self-addressed
euvdope _keel by February IS, 1993.
N~ ________________________________________ __
~:-------------------------------------
-APNNo:. ________________________________________ ___
COIllJllelM5: ______________________ _
"Ac<es5or', Parcel Number (APN} is as sbown Illite "'" left ..""... of address label.
-..:.;.,. ',' f:~j· . .:i"""""
TABLE I
Summary Qf Rdurne<! Questionnaires From Barron Par" Residmts
Access Altenuluns Nos. Pr<ferT<d p(:t"'Certt:lI::~
No.1: 1"wo--way 011 Mmdero 317 80.0
tole. 1: Ooc-way on Mmdero 21 5.~
No.3: No <OflSUU<Iioa acc.ess 4S II..
No~sdt<ted 13 3.3
TOTAL 396 100
TABLEZ
s.-nary of IleIumed QuestIom1airu !'ram Matadcno A_ ReoideaU
_All"""; ... Nos. Pr<f=<>d P.......ca:e
No. I: Two-way "" MaIJdmJ Ii 56.2
No. 2: ODe-way 011 Maadcro 3 9.4
No.3: No COIISInICIioa ICtoSI II 34.4
TOTAL 32 100
'-<._-----
~";;11::
"0'--.
EXHmIT MA"
iaTXaATrDN PLAB FOR l<ATAD2RO AVl<NUE AS CONSTRUCTION ACCESS FOR
lI!A'lADBRO PSASB V COHS'!"RT1C"l':ION FOR STAGES -A-" -B-
1. SAfety ~.urea
Reduce speed limit to 20 mph.
Set up ::!. crossings. '1" ppa_ i 3 /fT laeet:o and Laguna/
Matadero, to accommodate pedestrians (primarily for echocl
age ~~ildren} and bicyclists with flagpersons to direct
traffic/pedestrians for safe crossing of Matadero Avenue.
Re-route local traffic off Matadero Avenue to reduce traffic
volume on Matadero Avenue. This requires the cooperation of
the Barron Park community through Barron Park Association.
Request ebe City of Palo Alto to prohibit on-street parking
on Matadero Avenue during days of construction for a
designated 6 months period~
Adopt the city's modified two-way traffic plan on Matadero
Avenue. The plan requires construction trucks be allowed to
only travel on Matadero Avenue in one direction at anytime
during construction. The contractor is required to schedule
all constntction trucks l.mder his control to comply with the
modified two-way traffic plan.
The Contractor will be directed to provide parking areas at
the project site for construction workers.
The Contractor will be required to ~ake timely repairs on
potholes on Matadero Avenue.
The Contractor will be direCted to comply with the
requirement that truck stacking on Matadero Avenue or £1
Camino Real will be absolutely prohibited.
palo lito Police Department will be requested to frequently
monitor speeds of construction vehicles on Matadero Avenue
through the cooperation of the City of Palo Alto.
The use of Matadero Avenue as construction access for the
designated period only will be strictly enforced.
Storage of materials or equipment on Matadero Avenue by the
Contractor wil~ be prohibited.
Resurface Matadero Avenue at the end of deSignated use as
2.
construction aCC6SS .
• 018. ~tlgatioD .... ur.a
. No work shall be perf~rmed between the hours of..% p.rr.. and
.. ..8" cLUL ?:,C)
. No truck traffic on Matadero Avenue and no work for Stages
A and B shall take place on Saturdays and Sund3ya except
for emergency-.
Comply with CPA noise regulations.
3. Du8t Kittgatien ..... ur ••
Strictly enforce that overfilling of truck haul is
prohibited.
The Contractor will ~ directed to clean up spills on
Matadero Avenue as stipulated in the S~ci£ication5.
4. Acceaa Mitigation .... ur ••
Tbe Contractor will be required to maintain access on
Mat.ad.ero Avenue for emergency vehic~es during the designated
use as constru~tion access.
The Contractor will be required to maintain neighborhood
access. .
The District will strictly enforce the use of the
designated access by the Contractor.
The ~esideDts will be notified about construction schedule
and the beginning and end ~ate of using Matadero Avenue as
construction access.
The Contractor will be required to maintain pedestrian
acceaa to homes at all times.
(12/27/93)
JI1TADKRO CRXBlt PRASE V FLOOD CORTROL PROJECT
PLAmrBD COI!IST'RtlC'TIOR" SClDmULE
Construction Time for Time for Tillie frOlll
Stages Construction Installation Start of
of Flood of Planting & Cons true: t 10%1
Control Work La.ndscaping in to OpeniDg rcr
in Mont.hs Months Public: '0' •• in.
JIQZ1tha
A 6 3 6
B Same 6 months Same 3 monthe:: ,
as A asA
C "D 18 6 2.
Total Project: 18 6 H
11/13/94)
....
IlArADDO CRZEJ: FllASE V FLOOD CON'I'lIOL PROJBC'r
SllJII(AJlY 01' TltDS/SIDWI!S REIWV'.lIl FOR COIISTIlt1CTION
Tab~e 2 Tree Removal & Transplanting
Removed Trans lanting
Total Tree s &
Shrubs
Shrub.
Deceased Trees
Total Healthy Trees
102
11
21
70
Table 2 Hi tigacion Measures
Trees
Removed
Shrubs
11
Trees, E
or Larger
24
Trees,
Smaller
Than 6-
46
Proposed Replacement Replacement Replacement
Mitigation Ratio e 1~1 Ratio. 3:\ Rati~. 1:~
Requix'ed
Plant" '* 1 x 11 • 11 3 x 24 572 1 x 46 :5 46
Propo.ed
Trans
planting
SCVWD
Proposed
Planting ..
us
'* Trees are 5 GaljEa"
Shrubs are 1 Gal IBa .
N/A N/A
.----~--
38
Total
Trees
70
118
38
124
..
"$,-'''-'" .~'~~,:-~-
:~~;\ ..
'---
Matadero Creek B),pasl' Phase V Plan Unacceptable
.> )
To: City of Palo Alto Planning Commi"ision
Subject: The application by the Santa. Clara Valley \\'ater District for t.he Matadero Creek Phase V bypass
D&~: January 1994
W-e, the undenigDed residents of the Barrorl ?cuk neighborhood of Palo Alto, urge the Planning CommlssioD
to NOT approve this ~pplica.tioD bec4ur;e:
;
• An detailed plan for traffic 00 Mata.dero that answers the concerns of the ne-ighborhood needs to be
produced first .
• We doubt tha.t a traffic plan could be formulated that wely accommoda.tes the projected vvlume of
heavy Lruc.ks.
Phone
G~"G", 1', G ... ; frJN '7%'1;1~ '{"3."fO,,,'{
("\<;1<1\ C'~l>rT"-']1) \n. ... :\-•. ,k<:.ol¥-'f'lyn33
! l@o{~ {(MEN \?, Q 114 ~ DE@ 'If $ C'i<jL
slli1 /1/ IJJI? €-tV !' C (J It) "7 [1 D 5-to If tid 9 </ ,
Cu ry [u (' A :5 0) / l1'1l, <I'c,... ox. 321/
fottd-/l,Fc,d~u s?SZ h q frU/.tcP gsY-oS'(JI
T"'~,,-,,--,-~......::..R-,+ __ ~M€S fl (J.a-J '.16;: A!ll'r.A~H'()
~t 'k-:;t....;p~ P-6N";;-M/l<A'Pi,y~ 1/7"-"'''I'>tO.rH''
1\:)6,<;' -d;:: n\N2i6 ))1) wl ---l.R,-,-'1IL.O =jlla;.Ar~ok~(I,-, 'i-YV-bar/,
,f~J, ·f>:S76 a/Jj /flJ.:I1P f},l?iHI 192 !fr.lA'PC":o ~r~
7'R~> .. (D 1'm?/tp
ggM;7 #/jYES
'7"2-. nt4iA;'h'7!# Avo ,.,';{4--FS-Jt .
7gS/'!47I9.oE~"'.4u; '/fJ-f.~/D
, 1 m
-~. .
... _------,'
Ma.ta.dero Creek Bypass Phase V Plan Unact.:eptabie
To: Cit)' of Palo AltCl Planning Commission
Subject: The application by the Santa. Clara \/alley Water Distr;d for tht.: M.a.tadero Creek Phase V bypass_
"",'e, theundenigned residents of the Buron Park neighborhood of Palo Alto, urge the Planning Commission
to delay a.pproving this applicat ion until:
• The City has requested a review the fioOO. bazard assessment from FEMA (Federal Eme-rgenc:y
M8.1Ja.g:ement Agency) and examined that report to de"'~:rmine if this project is over-designed .
• An detlLiled plan for tra.ffic on Ma.toaero has bef:D produced that addresses the concerns of the
neighborhood,
Signe.ture "I Printed Name ;;;;dLk.... JG,1 Ayq; r ::21"":1:" I(~ '14 iAd&l:/c'iPe."p;"<IAI-, ~me"
Address Phone
4'~
413·,.;q';7
'gIl'lM:f:l= !,!, ,).\.1 .... '" 3%:> a Q@,l,..~ '1" ... (,"I:'>c
",IIO} C. D.:>s1)9£N793(' L/I!S U> /iL(}:.v,7i; , J.jq~-{-h'-l6
rE';'~i;1W 'I, ?;,tO~ <roE; aC£HJ1~ Lf, (46)~<,-~'l":>'2
....... . ,J
Mataderg Creek Bypass Phase V PJan Una<:ceptable
To: City of Pa!o Alto Plr.nning Commis'!ion.
Subject: The a.pplicatioD. by the 5Mta Clara. Valley 'Wa.t.er Distrkt for thoe-Matadero Creek Phue V bypass.
D.~: J4Iluuy 1994
We. the U'Ddersign~ residents or tb~ BUTon P a:r\;. neignbor h()()oQ of Palo Al to, ur ge the Pla.l1 ning Commission
to NOT ... pprove-this a.pplicatjon b. sac.A<t~l:
• AD detailed pla.n fot tr&ffic on Matade!o to&t &Ilswers the concerns of tht> D€ighburhood _1I'R<sc~1I!!!!! ts
produced lint.
Signature Printed N arne Address
6J~)'~ Hder :LL"",,:"',; 707 m«-h.d~o
A/C'~ i?!t'l?4"'" WfuZ<' G 8&; Jly74e.p<9
.... £~t"?· .oliI1i~C."""",,~~ __ :::=&~~,,-,,~!:..:i~: 1...J-a,I;<IH:.a:'AI~::;:r:ftL-_ :~: =0
64, rSh. ff t5H'VG 6/9JAlfTr 7'> "tI"lA ~GRb ;"'::ioo=i~~IjF=;;'-~~~~~W~~:::.-. '7Z,Je; 1'1.6-?Jt.l?~A
Sn<l~~<2 ft .. kS"",, '1~9 Hd..si....ro
:-nolli' \..1 ~i·i
Phone
'I"'-oU3
q ?-f..-;' '>?i
g{'8<>~.3
95 {,--6ro&
-. :
Matadero Creek Bypass Phase' V Plan Unacceptable
To: City of Polo Alto Planumg Commi",ioD
Subject.: Th~ appJicatiou by the Santa Clan. Valley Water District for the Mataoero Creek Phase V bypass.
Date: J&Dua:y 1994
We, the 1.il1detllgned residents of th€' BMl'on Park ileigh borbood of Palo Alto, urg,e the Planning Commilisi 00
to NOT approve this application because:
• An detailed plan for traffic on Ma~a.dero tha.t &Il8Wers the -concerns of th.:: neighborhood needs to he
produ=! first .
• We doubt tha.t & traffic plan cou!d be formulat.ed that aafely accommodates the projected yolwne of
heavy trucks.
Printetl N arne Address
t, l. ., fb kuk,·
(. >$" CCJ, c'",
Phone
ff3-i.:L"=~
.~ ,1"1
f:'!:>i-'j:.""2/
Y?!I -2'7= 5t'i
'1'13-327'(>
'ti'l -(7q
5i.1-4fu
Matad~ro Creek Bypass Phase V Pian Unact"eptable
To: City of P&lo Alto Planning Commission
Subject: Th~ application hy the Santa Clara. Valley Wa.ter District fo: the Ma!adero Creek Phase V bypass.
Dato:Janua.ry ) 994
We~ theuodersignerl resid~nts oftbe BarroL Parl.: nt.igbborhood of Palo Alto, urge the PllU!oiDg ComIJ'J5sioIl
to NOT a.pprove this ... pp!J.cation because:
• An detailed pl&!l for traffic 00 Matadero that answers the concerns of tbe neighborhood needs 1.0 be
produ",d 1i,,1.
Signature Printed Name
-=t;:. AI ;P':o ""':511 M:oSJL-1=", \,,--'Sx]'{
. K>J·<,,",-h··[}.--.l-t, KP,Ki:)ij "">"N',''''~
Add"" •• Phone
If' 0",....,,£-'/l"""" 5-.0:<-N ti+l~"S 715f'MT,;;ocLO 556-1.s-5()' --'~----
,1-1'YjIMV nL7z!'>< Mo."Y"ft Whdm, E33 M..,.kuU.o 1~-S"'o
_"""'f'I""""....J;C.:.;1.:=.:,,,,,:::= !t':'1H-(A" L IIhCS4.J_7.....,,~"";.~M-=""4""""""'-_ ~~ -'>, (0
.....I-~~:......:.:6..:,::~~.:.!:: .. :.!::;:Z: A;;:k 8, f{l/f.t{/--'-7ffl....SL.~n..L,1/:J..1r..lL.:vo!';'<"-" ... L-'ff.3 .... M 7
;
(, ~{k:r~,;a)i!Ib\EU
.-'"1.-. '.' ~J
Matadero C~k Bypass Phase V Pla.n Unacceptahle
To: City of Palo Alto P!81lnin,g Commission
Subject; The applicatio:l by the Santa Chua Valley Water Ditit;1<:t for the Matadero Creek Phase V bYPil!s.
Date, January 1994
Vie, the uIJden;igned 'M:Zjd:ent~ of the Barron Parl: neighborhood of Palo AJto, urge the Planning Commis:sjoo
to NOT approve this appuca.tioD bec.a.use:
• An detailed plan for traffic OIl: Mat.adero tba.t answers the concerns of the neighborhood needs to be
procIu<ed first .
• We doubt tha.t a. traffic plan could be formulll.ted tbat saI~ly ACwmmoci&tes the projected volume of
heavy trucks.
Printed Name Add", .. Phone
j-fC/".4CL g/S7>1A7J 1S7L0YWi,fL· ·1'13-/0"1<-
M;ke (2¢-1@ 2Q::I%.Um RfJ:~/Jr
3509 /'j/{((« a:
35>09 ''flU4¥! cr
~S~-d-"'1
&£f-j~f1
Matadero Creek Bypass Phase V Plan Unaect"ptable
To: City of Palo Alto Pla.nning Commission
Subject: The applicl!.tion by the Santa Clara Valley \Va.ter Di~trkt for the Matadero Cret"s. Phase V bypass.
Vtie I the undersigned resi dents 'Of the BarroD Pa.rk neigb borhood of Palo Alia, urge the Planning Commission
to dela.y approving th~s application un~H:
• The-City ha.:) requested a re-";ew the flood hazara l33eSS1Dent from FEMA (Federal Emergency
Management Agency) and exunined that report to deterr:nne if this project is over-designed .
• An detailed plan for traffic on Matadero has been produced tha.t a.ddresses the c.onC("fDS of the
neighborhood.
Printed N arne Address Phone
2,yL f1C, ...... l.k 1'1 ~-}).~()
OO'f U1'fYlE.(vl> $7-1kl[
S3P eM, an e , ... .,. tJ:;-Ut,.4
-1'1 ~ . f'ltz.f
."
I
., ,-
," ,
GENllAAL ItIFOR>'.ATION
Matader~, Barron, and Adobe creeks are tributaries to the
Palo Alto Flood Basin (see Figure 2-1). The tot,al drainage area. of
the three creeks is nearly 28 square miles at the flood basin.
Nearly half of the watershed area is on the valley floor and has
~~ergone ~te~sive urbanization~ The watersbed receives an
average arutual rainfall rangin9 from 13 ~nches in the flood ba5in
to 34 inches in the uppermost reaches of AQobe creek where the
elevation 1.5 over 2,600 feet. ,.' On none of the three creeks are
there reservoirs which function as a flood corotrcl Eacility*
The objective of this report is to dOCl~~nt the hydzQloqy
work done to determine the design flows. It viII discuss the
Use of regression equations and the-analysis of recorded data,
together with the special treatment of urban are~~_
~
~~ ... 'SO .... 'i "-__ $0,"-""F-> .... \+ , .... '<:'.0.3 w" ~')
~'''''"'l\t. .. ~~o 1!.., 'T\.c 1N"~""~{i"-,c.r .&." ...
'. ~ .. <:::.. .. T"'-Q.... .lippeD .,f:;J/-ev./~ -----------------
2-2
.
•
,"
-.i,;:;"
.,',
GI~
~
0-
--' OO.\,O ..... ~ -:+;.;;""' ....... ~ O::.t.LA
(.
Q e~l'"~ 'W' e.: A&$~"'P,i."wc.'( ,-Sofa Z.!
.'~ .. )( \ ~ W' A ~ 'c~ t'\1S
~f "i
, ., .:yJ ... " 0 . ~ \..,., .,.
4-,t'~:!:'~
rlo04inq SQurce An~ Location
j,.Qob6 Cr.«}:.
ht Foot.htll £y.prus\r,:a.y
At (1 Camino Real
h~ SQuth@tn Pacific Railxo&d
At LaQt Charleston hoa6
},t Hie:dlefielc: 1\o/1d
;.t I:a~t ~:e .. do\O' Driv~
;,.t ~. S. High",·.y 101
&4t'rpn Creek
;.t foOthill [Kpre-U,.'4Y
ht. wguna ItVen\J~
At t1 Camino RGU
Do\O~5tceam of £1 Ca~ino ft~~l
llplJtrcilfll n( GUllt.hero l>acitic
:F.8.ill"OAd
~t 50uth~rn P3=i!~c ~!lro4d
;,. t. 1\.ttnane. ~t.ree t.
It.t Mout.h
lUt.adero Crt-ek:
100Q re~~ Do~~~ttOA~ of
Hillvi_.., ,,"venve
~t &1 C.~inQ Real
Upstream of Sout.hern P.c~{i~
P.4lltoad
~t Southern PA~itic ~ilroad
At AlII'''' Straet
~t .Kiddlet'ittld Road
Jtt LQuie Road
kt U.S, Hi9n~.y 101
i. • "17.0. .... II H '" 1 • 1. 'Y • • ~
A " ,..tt .... '''' Ac. .........
T.ble 1. Summar, of Di.ch~rD.a
-/.'. f ...... 7f,. OIj-/'/ r -! , ...... :
D:t.inAqlt Are. ..
~S~q~~4_re. ":~~e~!
6.9
•• 5
e.5
9.3
9.3
10.4
13, S
l.~ .
1.8 ,
2.6.,.
:::. (,
'2.R.
2.'
2.8
3.1
5.9
1.6
9.1
~.l
9.'
9,'
9.~
13.6
P.~~ D!.chAr~~A· (Cub~c reftt~.r S@con~)
~~_~~fI! ____ ._.l~Q::Yur 5COa'{",u
1,010 2.120 2.nD 2,1'0°1 l.,3;JO 2,S001 2,'100 2,10°1 1,35°1 1,45°1 -4501 1.4~t)1 " 1 1,110°1 1.400} 1,40°1 1,40°1 1,020 1. 020 1,020 1,020
1,350 l,3S0 1.350 l,~SO
1,660 1.180 1,780 1.780
J2Ql--~~
I~,.
6.)°1
180 <£) 1,10°1 180
:no 270 270 270
nO 270 2ie 270
no .20 920 1,050
320 &1S 1 (,'f!' &7\
320 ~3D 4)(/ 430
32" .(1)0 43t'l .)0
lBD l,fJO 1.810 2,}fO
1,100 2,100 2.~Ij"O 2.690
1.2:i;O 2.170 2,52°1 2.al01 1.220 .2.l?Ol 2.1?Ol 2,19°1 1,390 2.00°1 ;;!,OOO} 2.0001 1, )en 1, ~WC'l 1,90u 1 1,9001 1,380 I,SOD 1.500 I, SOO
l,6,QO 1,775 1,775 1.11'S
l}<.\louced or Const.ant. Flo,," Valu. Due to Capacity Rest.rS,ct.ion
<'. .\-
"
\
\ .... F
.,\.
~,,~a~ ? S~ & ifo.. '7.ee.
AlIIIC:'HITECT. CONSULT1NQ. P~NT EHQ1Ntl: ..
Ffileral EIMIr.;;.ncy ,....,..g._Y"It Ag.,.,C'y
see C at""_t
w..hin;~~., D~ c. 28.72
~t.rrti~ Mr~ .1o"n Mettieka
Apri 1 29., 1993
1 haY. .nelo_d .. 1.l"IlIth), ,.,..1.. of c:o,..,.._ponde-ne.
at:-..n th. Sant. Cl.are V"U-V Water Oistl""ic-t: in &.on J'ose.. 1:& ..
.anet ..y_l.,.. Th.i. Water Dlstrjet CG~t:V"ueticm knc:-n _ Mat.citrr"'o
~!J( ~ V prc~ to eontItT'Uli:'t .. ttypa •• be'" ~ylv.,.t 1al""g""
th~ .. ~ Creek i~ .. l~, t:h~ugh killy co~ntry, to provide
prot~iOt'll 'l"'~ .. poa.i.bl. 0.... PIli CB'it 'flOOd. Aeon;_t: the
CO"M"'ea~ence i. .. 1.'U:,.,... to Mr.. Adh.aJ\ hed P. L vf a.ker
ConIIou.ltarrt. Mho ..... ,...fl~ to ... by you... W&Mineton ooff':ll:e ..
...... hold t.l .... OIWd _ )" ... t~.y Re'ting th~ .,. ....... to .. ~
di ac:r.pal"'lCy in the 9CVWD ..... _, t1:.-1 and c::oepl1 anc:e .... U: 1'1 FEMA. ., leh
should bit ,...vJ~. he "th ..... .,01"'e .",g ... ted that I .,..tt:_ you to
.-.q ... t this be clOY'Ie. !oi'tic:h. 1 now fO?"'lllUllly do. Fro. the
ec,..,....pcmd~ 01"e can _ th.,... .pptt'a ...... to _.. .tep).,.. 1 ...
c:on 1)' ......cr .. 1".,.. d •• i..,. eVA! labl. to -tn. Wetat"' Dlst1"'ict ..
This prc.)eCt :i. elCPltC"te'CI to _ Pllit. gut: ",0 bill 1.,.. the ....... .,,,t ... .,....
.!!.iJit ..... l y,
~ c!1I!! , ... "' ... ~--
Roy F. Stark A ! A E
""." Senrlltor DS. • .,.., Feinat.i,l'l ..... ReI.,.." S.U PI: Ba .... ,..
Consultent •
. ----~.--.. ~ -,,;,.= ..
,..MDCIt ~1"
---... HONE 4115· .. :1·8457
Mr. ROY F. Stark
4000 E1 Cerrito Rd.
. "-.ii~~.
'tinitcd .stetr5 .smart
WAS KINGTON. DC 20510..(1.504
Novembe~ 10, 1993
Palo Alto, Ca1Lfornia 94306-3114
Dear xr. Stark,
.-'.
,--.
.'" _. -<""-
rhis is to let you know that I have received ycur recent request
for my assistance.
I have asked my casework .etaff in my Los Angeles off1.ce, where I
handle theBe matters, to help you. They have gone to Vt:IrJc on
your CiS Be, ~d you vi.ll hear f rom me again as soon as we ge t an
answer about your problem~ If we need more information, we will
a180 get back to you.
Thanks for contacting me. I hope I can be helpful to you.
Dl"~are
elY'~
. .,.." . ,.,--
Feinstein
Statea senator
-.... _ .. --'-,
ARCHITECT. CONSULT'~G "'LANT" ENOIN££R
Stl!)'IiJ.tC·r-D1ar.e F2ins--teiY,
111!1 Sa.,."ta. Mor.iciJ. Eivc:i.
S'Jit-R SlS
!....c!t R:n;:i.cs, C •• 901la:'5
Oct. 1-4, 19'93
Ref. L .. tter Fe i,r'lst I! 1 1", to 5: ark SepL 1'5, J'933 (I=l:pprollf)
FrOlll your 1..011i Ar,pl.1i office
..tr..,.,o,.r .. .. Dol'" '-'1'1!
Jll'EGO~IO:=A'"
It. ..... with con5iO"I"-abl .. COl".c.,...n that ,....d )'0<.1""
l"'eC'R'J"lt !. .. tter~ Tnis l .. tter, 1 presu.M .. , is in l""1r-.POnse to thlR
doeullten-te., .,.t!ont by ""g1.te:-.-d Mail, to you ..... W ... "ington offic. on
April 2~ of th~. y •• r. Th.-l .. tt.r .~gr.~5.a r.gr.ta that 1 am
.x~riPncin~ difficulty with tn. F~d.~.l E .. ,..;.~y ~.n.;eme~t
Ape-rrC')'. l'Iic·thing is fUY'"tr..e-r" frOfa the truth, FEIIlA has ~ v.ry
eoc,.;oltr&-ti>lC! e~::J he>loful. It .. as at their su~ge5tio .... , tl"ill"t copies
of t..,.illi C'C'nt. ... ov~1i)' b.-5RT.t to your office, .15 they rightfully
point out, th.y cannot prevent .... , &., ... ncy from ove-y' buildi"';~ FEAA
by th .. i"" lett.,... of Juni! 7 t 19'33, e.-rtifi.-d ~il tOo the M.yo ... of"
P~lo Alto, (c:opy .~los..c:i') of"fl!red .. t • 1"lONlin.l coat to
evaluate the r • .c for & .Merg_ney bypass eulvl!rt four timws
Digger tnen tn. er .. k it aerv ... .and .. peei .. lly e1~ it ha. to go
through. hill.. Mr~ John Magl"lcttl. o.f FEM tole! JNr aonaet-i_ .Ve,
th .. t no ona-hoils .-vown c.ll to ... sk why .. maTI .... bu.ay •• IItr. \001. A'.
Locka, Chief-qisk atudi .. Di~isio~-Should t~k. tn. tima ~o c~f.r
.ueh •• si.t.nee.
to
I i&'nclo .. .ae:&1n li1Iuc:h 0"-the C'Qr .... espond.nc. ~1""t.iTliTlIiI
the pcSSibl ....... t. of pub11e funds. an:::! da ... ;. to -t.... rural
.itn the hope th .. t ~e o~ you~ st."-f will at ] ••• t contact
Mr.J¢hn M.;nottit (~} 646 644~ to get • cl.ar plctur. of
C'Ont.?Vv .. rsy~ No cons.\ruc:t ion h ... 5t.,..ted.. Th.,... is fit ill
PA.LO ALTO. CA .~
-.~-----';;--"-""w<", -~:;-"
DIANN! FEINSTEIN .... -
i
Jfr. Roy 1'. Stark
4000 81 Cerrito Rd.
United prates .senate
WASHINGlOK. DC 2051~504
September 29, 19S3
palo Alto, california 94306-3114
Dear JIr. S~k,
3Ua~ a brief note to tha~ you for esnd!nq me e copy of your
recent ""rreapondenoe reqardlng th .. problem_ you are having w.l.th
the Federal Bmer9ency Management Agency.
I appreciate your keeping ... advised. If it appears that you
will need 'lIlY' ell8istance, be aure to get in touch with _ at wry
Lo. Angele. office.
~lY'~
. . . ----. <,,It.--,--,
D I'elnatein Hnlted State_Senator
DF1.r8
'. ""' .....
"": ~"
-' -,"{"' ,". ~ ~~'::r;::,:';~~;i. ., ~ "~~~;~~
.'.;.:...ac..~:,~~~-'~.~~ : ~1fIt~a-·;?Qii\·'''''·'
. -'.-;
; I .
i i
Oct~ 14,. 1993
SaYl .. tor Cianv Fvinsteln
11111 Santa i'1or.iea Blvd.
Suite 915
~os An~les. Ca~ 90025
Re". L.tter F.i.,..,.,tein 'to StArk s.pt. 1:5. 1993 C~ppro)Ci
FrC* your Los An;l •• o"'"fiee
It .,.... "i-th eor .• ider'.,bll2 eot'CFrn that. r-9.ad you'\'"
...... c:ent lRtt..... Th is lett .. r, 1 pr.s~., i .. in reo ... pan .... to the
~eumentsl .er~ by r.gi~t.r~ mail, to your wash1nlton offic. on
April 2'3 of' thl~ ~.,.... The 1.tt-er .xp ........ r.1iI .... ". that 1 ..
• xpe~iene1n~ di~~j~Jlty with the Federal ~g.ncy Man.g~
Apeney. Not-ning i.. fl.lrth.r <freta the tT"'-lthl F£MA h.. be.-n ~ry
eoopel'"'.t:i.ve anti helpful. l-t .. a • .at: th.i .... sugg ... tlCWII 'ttl .. :t copie5
0'" this cont.roveray t.-_rrt to your c,.,,.iee, •• 'they rightfully
point out, th.y CoI.nr.ot. prev~.t an .SE'nc'y fran OY"" bulldiftG. FEM
by their let.t.r of J'u"w 7, 19'33, ~ti.,il!Cl .... 11 to the M.ayDl'" 0"
Palo Alt.c-, (~C'py anelo.adl off.'t""'ed at • noatinal eo.t: to
.-vAl".. tM ,...... fOt"' .. "!IH'-Il.ncy 1:IypA" C'ulv.rt '-OUl'" tl~
biU!R~ "h .... "the ~k ;,t. aeorv .. and _pee-i.-lly ainc:o. 1"\: h ... tQ 80
tbroullh .. hill.. Mr. .JOhn .... ~tS 01' FE~ t.old _ ~t1_ .ago
that 'no one "&5 IN'~ co.lt to •• k why • I'Itim as b..,..y •• Mr. W.. R ..
L.oc-ke, Chi2-f"-Risk Studi .. Divis-ion-"'ould -t .. St. ttl_ ti_ to 0"".""
such ••• istanee.
1 enclose "1iiI.111 much of the C'Orr .. ponde~ peT"'tainin;J
to 'tn_ pc .. lbl .... st.. of' :publ SI:' f'und .. ana d .... ". too t"-ru .... l
.ith th. hope "that O~ of' your staf'f" Mill at 1 ••• t CQnt.~
..... .. .::John MaOnottl, ~202) &46 6445 to act. el •• r pl.et:ure 0"
eontr-cwersy. No con.trUC'tion h ••• tarted.. Th ..... Sa st ill
.......
FEl'IA,
this
&~-~G ;/~:Jltk AlA E
Copy ...... :J. ....Uno!; ti
4-.~fc...T"2'TO?~ '" _., • : IIIeIJ.. _ ..
'.;;t:;"';l"~-:';'::.
'.~:::;:(;" ,'4-~,,~,",-,
PALO ALTO. CA. ...uoe • _ ....... .t.r .... _ ...... _
' ..
"·~~~>;<,.~~~1.~·'
:;.. .•. ~~;.~ .. -.
,-c'
I
Itt. Roy 1'. StArk
4000 El Cerrito Rd.
'E.nirfd .,statts .,smatt
Nov~r 10, 1993
palo Alto, California 9'306-l114
Da<>r Itt. Stark,
.... r-",.
!'t>J.. 18 to let you know that I ha .... Acei ved your recent J:equest
for BY a.ai.tance~
I have aaked .y caaewcrlt ltaff 1n BIY Loa J..ngele-a office, where I
handle these matters, to belp you... They have gone to 'WOrk on
)"OUl: ease, ancl you will hear from sa agaIn ... !loon a5 va g'et .an
u&\I"8r e..bout your preblea. If we need more inforIMtion, we will
also qet hack to you.
'1'b&Dka for COIltactin'l _. I bope J can be helpful to you.
DF .. " ..
" . .. ~, .... 4'-"
":'--:-:~:
;,~·-t-'· ' ,-----, .... ~', ....
. .• :_'--' •• ;: '~-~'-.-:>!,";~~":!"<;.
. ,-:: ~';.: ,':.:"f:"-"":'-"~ '.j.
CiPA
ENGINEERING
~ -,\.....:...-'
1---r ....... ' .',-,-.,..,.J', _" ......... ~
. '--,.... .... " .
April 12, 1993
Board of Governors
Santa Clara Valley Water District
5750 Almaden Expressway
San Jose, CA 9511B-3686
Be: Proposed Barron Creek Bypass
GenU_Il:
We have reviewed the referenced project and have found the engineerinq
documents clearly executed and the design solution more than adequate.
w& viah to point out~ however! that the Di~t%ietls hydrology report
Table 2-3 indicate. Barron Creek at Foothill EXpressway generates a
peak flow of 574 cta. Another District hydrolo9Y report in Table 1
indicates the peak flow at 160 efa. Both reports are for 100 year
flo<>ds In events).
oar quick •• timate usinq the Rational Method indicates a peak flow of
510 cfa. Me used & runoLf faetor of .5 which is very high in a
.. thad known throu9hout the Enqineering community to yield very
can .. rvative ron the high side) peak flows~ Unfortunately, the
'60 cf. number vas used for design~ This has resulted in rather over
sized culverts and a costly diversion scheme~
It 11 our belief that use of a realistic runoff f4ctor for an area
co~iatiD9 of 1 acre ~inimum lots of say .3 would result in peak (1'>
flowa of 342 cta. The existinq retention basin would then provide
about 1 hour of net retention which 5hould be adequate.
Tbe di.~ict .. y vish to review their data again~ If diversion to
Kat..adero cr.u. 1. still considered neces.aollry" then the ~e8s .intr'Usive
diver. ion &10ft9 ~guna way p~oposed by Roy Stark appears much more
co.t .f fecti ve.
Yours trul~t"
~ IL.I tft.uJ ~ra
FJIC/da
2823 s.., Ad:, ~. B.Inoe'. CA 94002 (415)593-0021
.' . -
\
}
---------"--
Federal Emergency Management Agency .~
~ WuhJng1OD. D.C, ~'2 l1,,:,\er ]27-2384-
JUN 0 '1l993 ~u.-lo1~G~e"'"
CERTIFJEl) MAlL
REI'URN RECE!PJ' lUlQUESTED
Tho Hcaoroble Gary FazziDo
Mayer, City of PaID Alto
P.O. Boz 102S0
PaID Alto, CIIIi!brn.ia 94303
Dear Ma)'ll< FazziDo:
This is in tepnllO & Ieaer cIaIod AjniI 29, 1993, &om Mr. Royodco> ". SIart of RD~ F.
SIart aDd Co., IDe., Palo Alto, Ca1ifornia, ~ a p<CIpOIed ~ project 10 CCIIIInICI
& bn>m bo& cuIwrt doscribcd u MaIadem u.et PIwe V. Mr. SlId: Rq\IOSI8III11a1 we.mew
!lie iDCOtUllliall prvYidod 10 him by !lie SInla ClaIa Valley Wa/Or DisIzio::I (SCYWD). WIIh Ilia
1cIW, Mr.' SIart proYi6ecI c:apia of CO,,"'I' ,. ........
10 !lie SCVWD &om Mr. SIart cIaIod I'<IInII:y 22 IDd JIIn:II 12,.im; .. •
NlforDiI S-S--Rebecca Q. Morpn from Mr. SlId: da:ed AId .• ,aDd· :.
April 13, 1993; 10 _ TecIlDical EvaluoIioG CoDIzacIDr fIaD Mr. SIart' .. iIIIIed.·
I4udo 31. l!l93; 10 !lie raidcaIJ of 1IamxI Part from Mr. Slat. dIdId
Feb ..... , 20, 1993; 10 die midoaIs of lIIomJa Part from !lie SCVWD cIaIod_.
I'ebnIory 5, 1993; aDd 10 Mr. SIart fi'Olll!lle SCVWD cIaIod ~ :n, l!l93 • . --.-" .'
Mr. SlId: aIJo prcMdeI! Fipze II, oatiIIod, "MaIIdero .t I!arma Crceb, ODe Pcrc:at DcsIp
Flow Ra!os" (copy a>cIoood), 'fIbicb be daaibed as a SCVWD c!gc,,_ Fipm 11 II>eIwI die
popooed di-.ioa ...no II1UIin& die flow fIaD Barraa c..e.t .. MaIIdero c..e.t. Pipra 11
aIIo-1bowl1be di.Ic:I&arp YIhac It Im:rIllectrjTI " ,~c~4<7:".~1t -: ..
Mr. SIOd: _ f 00IICf2II '"P'diI>a !lie 100-,..... c!isdIIrp of 760 Qlbic feet pu _ (ofs)
fer JIarrca c..e.t at ~ &p ..... , jua lIpIII'eSlD of !lie ..wtil!& ...... u.et • OJ H'
builL Mr. SlId: bcIieYes lllallbe 100-,..... diocba2p lias beCD owmtimi!el aDd IIIaI bi""",,,
dIIa doea DOIjIuIify!lle 1()().yar cIiJdIarp. To mppart Ilia cmc:em, Mr. Slat ftriooed aleaor
dale! AId 12, 1993. from CIRA 1"';-'i., 10 Ibe SCVWD .......-III ~ vl!lle
. diJclluF atlbe _loc:otiaII usiD& Ibe WIoaaIIIICtbod. , '. .2!,i.:fL/,c.. ..
We"1I'e..me-! !lie dfccIiw FIoocIl......-SIudy (PIS).report iad l'iood.1 .........
)lap (FIRM) I'or!lle OIJ vll"alo AlID, dUIId SejAo Ie 6, 1m,IDd lilt "" . r ejrlMdeol
by Mr. Slat ...... din& die jRlljI06CId di¥enicII JIIIlject. ........ dccIIIecI Iufoi ....... ad
wI!trica! dIIa _ .;>1 pnMdecI, .... _ cIeIenDioe Ibe lmpa1t vllbb cIIYaIIcaI'liI! !be
Ie' t-, vl!lle SpecIal FIoocI Haord Area (SFBA) in your """in""'l)' II ~ lIme.', ""'... ."
. -.--,,'·-;i;_~;~~~}~1·~~~;~~-
-;..c.:.v...--_':;.'~;"~L' (j).:--." "~_'t,..,~~,~ .. ,
. .i
r ., F
.,
-'-..
:l
Howcver ... _ in Section 65.3 of the NFIP reeulations. the comm1lllity iI required. within
6 mcmI!J of obIalnini information ~g physical chanies affeotin, flooding conditions. to
p:mide 1hat informatioo to the Feder.! Emer&enCY ManaJement Age:lC)' (FEMA). The
commurury em meet this '"'Iuiremenl by ""lue.ting 4 Conditional Letter of Mop Revision
(CLOMR), thtr'eby Jivi."i FEMA an opportunity to comment on the impacts of the pmposed
chani"S on the existiDC SFHA. Upon receipI of the information to cIeocribe the pmposed
prQjoc:. FEMA will review it and infonn the City of its ~ To usiJt the =1lllity in
obtainina: and pn>Yidini the infonnatioo needed to support its request, we are en:IosinJ a eopy
of A GuIdt To 01mnrwUry 0jJfci4!s and App!imzitmlCorjfluliDII Forms /Z1JIJ lnsmIt:tIoN fur the
submilllll of ~ for I.etton of Mop RevisioD. The oertifu:ation forma must be oompJeted
by the commurury and submi_ with :ony request to ...vise 1M FIRM. III the caoo of CLOMRs.
!be community does DO! _ to provide evider= of completion of the prQject.
FEMA bas implemeoled a rcimbW1tlDCllf proced= to recover OO$U usoci a ..... with moiewinr
and ~ CLOMR requests. thus reducl!lr the expense to the NFlP. The iIIi!iaI fees of
$13S are !be mininwm c:I!ar&es usocia'ecI with our review of a pniject 0( this type, in
~ with Sec:Iion 72.3 of 1M NFlP rquIa!ioIu. You will be DOClficd 0( 1M esrimne"
cos:. if we ~ !bat, due to 1M .. _ of 1M review required, the lola! COItI will exceed
SI..soo. III _ oituIIiorl, our review WCNId be I1lIpODded P""'finI our ~ of writ!eu
auIborizaIion &om you to proc:=d.
Reprdinf Mr. Stut'. canoem about IIImm Creok'. l~yar diJcb&JJe, .... delwminod dill
based OIl Ifle iDfonnali"" provided ill !lie April 1:l1caer Iiom CIRA ~, .... ClIIDOC, II
this lime, revUe !be cft'ecIive cIiscI1arJe for IIImm C!eeli: II POOIhill Eqaeuway. If Ifle Oty
wisIla 10 revUe the l~year diJcharaeo, a ~ b)'droloP: lIIIlysis of !lamia Crod: lIIUSl
be I1IbaIiaoc! for our amsidolalioo, by !lie O!ICIUIIWliIy, .. 1Iich refilIa the dfeI:Ii ... 1~,.....
discbatp or wbicb desI:ribes the aarent bydro!ocic con4iIions.. Theafanommdoacd cerrifjarrjoo
forma may be wed for this pwpooo. Meanwbile, Ifle cft'ecIive discIIarae for BI:mJa Cn:d: II
Food!il1 &p:essway, as shown in Table 1, Swnmary of Dis<:!wzes. ill the eIJo::ive FlS <qIOII
(c:opy eOOosed), is 760 cr.. .
w. thank Mr. Stari< for brinJini 1his jDapused projClOlID our &llenCioa. If you obouId ha .... :ony
questiOlli _din, this matter, pkuo oontII:t Mr. John MapoIIi 0( my 0!aII' in
Wuhinpla, DC, eiIbcr by rd.epbo!Ie '" (202) 646-3932 or by &a;m;1e II (202) 646 f44!!.
William R. Locl<e Cbief
Risk Studios OJ'';;;,,,,
FedeIaIInsuranoe AdminisInIIiGa
, J
3
cc: Ms P. Kay Whitlock
Flood CcuIroI Manaicr
Soma Can Valley W'kl District
Mr. JDa &au
GoaeaIlolad:q:or
Santa Can Valley Walor District
Mr. RandalI1t. ToIle7. P.E. :j' Soma 0... Valloy Walor DisZriI:I
Mr • .;".-F. StarlI:
Royadeu F. StarlI: aDd Compony,
','
,', . '
... -_.'. , •• ' ... ~~. ~,:--_,'.i:''i'
--? ·,~;:.:,~··~~s',::5~!:"··~-~~-.·,;t-."
... ::~!l~~~'~'~' ::>":.,--,.
~'..;""~~~'~'.~~
' .. -
: '" . -
-":~;';'""'
-~·-:_'.'·~~:W
~"'~""".::O:".: .
".
Federal Emergency Management Agency ,
WashiDgton, D.C. 20412
JUN 071993
"'I,":,\D' 52f-238+
~.u.--'WI t;.t..., D~
CERTIFIED MAIL
REI'UItN RECEIPT REQUESTED
The Hocomble Ga:y fu.iDo
Mayor, CUy of Palo Alto
P.O. Bor 102SO
Palo Alto, Caiifomia 94303
Dear Mayor Fazzioo:
This is in rep:d to a ~ daIod April 29, 1993, from Mr. Rcya.den F. Slark of lIoyIdeD F.
$lark aDd Co., Inc., Palo Alto, ~ ooac:en>lnIa jDopased cIivenica ptoject II> __
• bypua bOI cuIvaI ....... W u MaIIdeIo Creek Pbue Y. Mr. Stari: nquosII!4 III&! ..........
1110 iIIformaIioD p:Il'YiIied II> him by 1110 SaIIIa Clara Valley Wau:r J)iIIdcI (SCVWD). Willi his
Ioaer, Mr. $lark proridecl copies of OWl", ...........
to Ib& SCVWD from Mr. Stari: daIod FebJ-t 22 IIId March 12, 1993; 11>.
C81ifamia S_ SenIIor __ Q. MarpD from Mr. $lark daIIod AprilS....,
April 13, 1993; to OW' Tec:IuIiaI E¥aIuaIioa eaa._ from Mr. Stari:daIecI
Mardt 31, 1993; II> 1110 JCSidoDIs 01 Ilarrca Part from Mr. Stari:, daW
fdmIaty 20, 1993; II> 1iIo ri Ie .Is 01 B:moa Part from Ib& SCVWD dIIed
Februuy " 1993; IIId to Mr. Stari: from Ib& SCVWD dIIed Mardt 31, l~. .
Mr. Slark II» proWled rlC= 11, oatiIIec!, 'MaIIdeIo It B:moa Qeeb, ODe l'II'cea> Deaip
Flow RI!a' (copy euclosecI), wbicI! he cIooI:ribed u a SCVWD cIoa........ Filum II*-1110
~ eli""';"" works rouIinc Ib& flow from B:moa Creek II> MaIIIdczo Creek. Pipft I!
aIJo sbowa Ib& disooharze wI,.. It omnI !en';"".
Mr. $lark CJCj>1 ! ooocem RPldiI'IIb& l(J()..yar diJclwIe 0I7fIJ cubic &et por IOCOIId (c!s)
for B:moa Cleek at ~ Expa_ ... y jlUl upIInaIlI oIlIIe Clistm& B:moa Creek woij e"
bum. Mr. SIark beIi-.. III&! Ib& l(J()..yar diJcIIalae bas been ..-; ........ and III&! hi~
_ does !lOt JlIIIify 1110 l(J()..yar cIi.Ic:barJC. To IUppOft his ............ Mr. Stari: oacIosod aloaer
daIod April 12. 1993. from ClRA &!&i-mc 10 IIIe SCVWD JIl'D'ridiI>& .. toIIimaz of Ib&
diJcIIalae at Ib& same Ioc:alioII usina 1110 QIiaaalIlliOlllod.
W ....... m.-ieMd Ib& cIl'ec!iw FIoocII ........... SIudy (FIS) ,tePCIt aDd Flood Jmo_ IIaIe
Map {FIIIM) for IIIe CiIy of Polo Alto. doled Septrmber 6, 1989, aDd Ibe mro. ...... pnMded
by Mr. Stari: JrCIIIIiD& Ib& JlIOPC*d divenioo project. lIec:aiue deIIiIed LIft. • .... aDd
....... ial __ DOl p:ovided, we CIII!IOI cIeIIImino !be impoct 01II1II ~ 011 Ibo
c\oljDeatjon of !be Special FIoocI HamIl Area (SFRA) ill )'OUI' ..""inmdJy • ibis IiIDe. '
-__ JOd
...
•
2
Howcv", as _ in Soctio!! 6S.3 of Iht NFIP ~,uIation.s, Iht communii)' Is required, withlll
6 monllu of obIaWn, information recanlinz pby';cal changes affecdn, floodin, condiiWos, 10
provide 1hat lnfomwioa 10 !be Federal EmeriOllCY ~ Ai"""Y (FEMA). The
community """ meet Ihis requirement by requesting • Condilional l.aIcr of Map RIMoioo
(CLOMR), lhenby living FE.."lA an opportunity 10 CO"""""! 011 Iht Impacts of !be J)1C>j>OS<d
c/wIieo 00 Iht exisline SFHA. Upoo rocelpt of Iht informaIioIl 10 descn1>e !be ",opoad
project, fEMA will revi .... it and inforn> Iht City of its finclinp. To wist !be communily in
obtainin&: and providin& !be informalioa needed 10 support its request, we are enckr.:iJIf • copy
of A. GIlI4e To a...-.uy Qt1'lciIl1s and Ilpplia1IiDnICmijfa1tIo1o F""", _l1ut7ut:tiDaJ for tho
submluo1 of teq1IOSIS fo< I..etten o! Map Revision. Tbe cenifica%ico forms IIIUSI be COIIIjIIdId
by !be ... mmnnity and mbmilll!d ,,1Ih any request 10 revillo !be PlltM. In !be """" of Cl.OMRJ,
!be t!O!!!nmnily does _ haw '" prII'Yide evidence of comp1rricn of !be pmject.
fEMA bas impIemeIIlied I reimbursemeat procecIure to r=-costs as.uciata:I willi reviewiDJ:
and procasina CLOMR requests, IiIId recIucin& !be expense 10 !be NFIP. '!be initiaIlioos of
$735 are !be minimum cbarBes wocja.... willi our :mew of • projocI of !Ilia type, in
acconIa!>ce willi Seotion 72.3 of !be NFll' reeulali<Jns. You will be JIOIiIied of !be csfumlied
costs if we anticipale that, due 10 !be 0l<lIII! of !be :mew roquirod, !be IDIIl .... will ezcoed
SI,500. 111 dW 1IimaIioo, our review would be SI"P"""'d JICIIdinI _ rec:eIpt of.ma...
auIIiarizIaooI rr-)'OIl 1D JII"C""'d.
RtpnIiq Mr. SIut'. ecaoem aboIIt BImIa Cnct'l 100-,... disobo>p, we' miDed IbII
lruaI ... !be ialioiWlliua prcMded ill !be Aprll12le1ter from CIRA ~ we -. •
!III& d-, RYiIe IIIe ofredive cIisdJarp for lIa:roe Creet II I'ooIIIill Eapi .... ....,.. It .... Cit)'
wisIla 10 revUe !be lOO-year cIixbaqeo, • decailed h)'lln:>loPc &ZIaIysiI 0( BomIII Creot _
be szdImilIed JiJr __ considenIioo. by !be communii)', whidI ....... IIIe eIIiec:IM I~
disc:batp orwlDcb dep:ziJw 1be cam::athydmiopc c diflon. TIe.. ..... .. catlfk:ltiw
fOrms may be used JiJr lids purpooo. Mamwbile, Ibe e!I'ec:IiYe cIiJcIwp JiJr BamIn Cnet II
Foalhill Ezpressway. as !hOWl! in Table I, Summa:y of J>ischarps, in IIIe e!I'ec:IiYe FIS JqlM
(copy """"-I), is 7SJ c!I. . ,
> • ", : -." •• '
W. Ihank Mr. SIIrk JiJr II<incin& Ibis popoad projec:llD our 'nmdnn 1t)'Oll JIlaaI.1I1aw J1J1
q.-ions JqIfdin, Ihis _. pJeue __ Nt. JoIm Mlpna; 0( ...,. G!Itl' in
Woshinpa, DC, t:ilbor by tdt:pbone II (202) 646-3932 or by facsjmi!e II (2QZ) 646 64 \S.
SiDccnIIy,' '.
W~IJ2.~
WII6am R. t.oc:b. 0.;;,; '.': ':-;
. RisIc SIodieo DMsiIIII': 00 •• c·.·· .. ,,~., ..•.
Fedaa! mwra_ AdmiIlisI:oIioD .
Em L'iii.
. ~ . .".-~," .., ........ .
. ... "' • J!:
3
..,: fib 1'. ltaIy WhiUoclr;
Flood CooIn>I ~ s.m.. CIaza Valley Woter DlsIrict
Mr. Rca &au
ae...nI Msaacer
Santa CIaza Valley WIfJ$ Dislriot
Mr. RandaIIlL Talley. P.E. j' Santa CIaza volley Walt:r DisIrict
Mr. \tDyodea F. star.\:
ltDyadeD F. SIa!k and Company, .
-
,
, -",'
-
iI!!~'f4-1· S~ & (fo.. '9~
AIIICMrT-.C". e.oflCl.UL'rING PUNT il:NOINl:ll:II
........ ",.
,,~<",
......... I.A -----
April es, 1993
F.c:Ieral E""'l""g.ncy i"'l&nag __ nt Agency
see C Bt.....t
waM1nllt;01'II, 0.. C. 2&\72
~t.nt1on Mr. John ~ttiek.
J hay. enel~ a 1 .... Dt ... y _r1.. of" eorr.spond...-c.
bWtween the S.M. Clara VAlley Wat .... Di.t",ict. 1" s.." Jose" Ca.
ana 1*)'_1'. Thl. Wet.,.. Dist1"'.ic:t C'On.~ruetion kncMom.. ll\atadoro
er..k Ph __ V pr"OpoalPS to .:vn.trl.il:t .. byp.ll_ boN cul"",.,..t: 1 .... V.,..
"then .. ~ Cre.k it .. l." through h111y country. to provU~.
prot;eet:1Oft f"1""C*! a poae1bl. 0lW' ~.nt: "lood. ~.t the
eo~po'rid~ 1. • lett.,.. to Mr. Ac:I'haft BaAd P. IE., of Baker
Conaultant. ""0 ........ f.,...,... ",0 .. by yo ........ ."..,t .... ttcm of't'!~.
JIIr. ... t.lephonMl _ y_t;.rday .tat 1"1 ttt.er. ap~ t;o .. ___
Cli 1ICrep.t1"C)' In t.... BCYWD au_I "t.al and eo.pl i anett wi t" FDIA .." len
Mould be ..... v1.....:1 •. he t.h.,....,or.. eVIII"'" that 1 writ. :you. to
.-.qu.s" thi.. .. doNI. ....1ch. J now 'forMally do. Jrra. tho
~..nee 01W ~an _ thet-'e .PPINI .... to _ •• 1apl.,.. 1 ...
eonl)' aNt .. .,..,.. a..1Q1'\ &va.H&ble '\:0 'the w.t .... Dlst.riC't..
Thia pI"O,JeCt l • .,.~od to be put out to ltI:l.d 1ft the
.,..ar "utu-re.
.... w
Sen6t~ Diane Fein.tein
..... Ad..... Booad PE Be....,.
eor.ultant.
~Y. ~ c."'5""I:::II'I'!II,..~q".-I11 __ -
"0)" P. Bt: .. ~k A J A E
' ..
,-
, . -'.,
.. ~-~:
"".:"';,;,'.
-C.l'-:"
Ilr. Roy P. Stark
4000 El Cerrito Rd.
United ~ratcs eScnatr
WAS,,",INGTON. DC 20510-050.,.
September 29, 1993
PAlo Alto, CAlifornio 94306-311~
Dear llr ~ S~rk,
3uat 4 br~~f note to tha~ you !O~ 2en~lng me a COrY cf your
recent correspondence regard.1.ng the problems you are having with
the Pederal _rgency I' ... naq ...... nt Aqency.
I appreciate your keeping-me odvi. .. d. If it appears that you
will need .., assistance, be .ure to qat .in touch with me at my
Loa Angel •• office.
Dr:mre
Feinstein
States Senator
" !
,.; .. ',,, ...... -." ~-, .. ,:,-':"
" '~.
"",,"*,>':"-;::,:,.;./.>:.-j' >-r" "-c' . .;,',--_.
Linda V Elkind
2040 Tasso Street
Palo Alto, CA 94301
·, --,
'. ,-'----
January 25, 199~
Chairperson and Members of the Planning Commtssion
Palo Alto City Hall
250 Hamilton An
Palo Alto, CA 9430 I
Dear Chairperson and Members of the Planning Commission,
[ am writing in support of th~ stall recommendations and COIlditlons to ~
Matadaer() CCMk PIlas& V project.
1. Please awove and recommen4 joint 15 year maintenance and morutoring
period to assure successful r~tim.
2. Please appt'<)ft ana r.comm.nd the c:oncII1ioIlS of approval wIudl require
tree and shrub replaoetne'!lt and those re<:ommendationS contained in the
December 20, 19931etter from the Habitat Restoration Group. These ba\1e
been liSted as c:oncII1ioIlS in the staff report on page 13 thru 15.
It is unfortulleate that Ille project design does not allow the planting of more
vesetation OIl the gabIonS wIIidI are replacing natural \l8nk.S on. Matadero
creek I would hop9 that in the future Palo Alto woUld re<;uire the Water
District to plan Its Flood Control Designs a$$Utlling naturally vegetated banks.
I urge that you add a re<OlDlllelldation to the City CO\m(II and to the stal!
that in future disc1!ssions with the SCVWD Ille city Will reqUire tllat flOOd
<X>IItrol projects be engineered to provi4e lli.'Od protection and I!itIIal
yeptat.&d rb?,pntJs.
3
"> •
RECElVED-
Palo Alto Cl~y CounC1l
250 BaclltoD Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94303
DoH W. n.ldmal1 rEBl! 1394
'" 124 Thai!:!: Way OIP¢t""IOf~
Palo ."-lto, CA 94306 ~~.-.cf
February 14, 1994
He: File Nos. 93-0-5, 94-
ARB-5 , 93-EIA-36
Hatadero Creak Phase V
Bol Park Area -Initial
Environmental Study
The subject "Initial Study" was undertaken to deter
mine 1f a full ecale Envlronmeatal Impact Report is reqUired
tor thi5 project. The Study recommends a Negative Declara
tion. A "Necatlve DeclaratloD" meaDS that a lull EnviroD
Mental I_pact Report 1s not required bec~u8e the affects of
tb. project ~rB Dot shown to be ·significant". However , even
though lIIuch of the Study J.8 .eubjectlve J a car-et~l reading of
it shows that lIIany affects are ~slgn1ticant". The Study
18 ~la.ed, .i.l.a~lDg aDd Dot o~ the caliber requ1r~Q to
sup9rc94. a full ~DYtronmeDt I.pact StateaeDt.
The casualDees o~ the Study exhibIted by Its fallure to
include real data 1s aost ~lBqulet1ng. Are harmfu1 facts be
~DC hidden? Wby weren't the eatt •• ted 300 hO.8o~ers to be
e~rected i4&Dtl~led and polled? It is they who should cboose
between possible protection fra. a oua-ln-a-hundred-year flood
or havlnR to endure 2year. ot eonstruct~on CbD08. It 1e they
who wi11 bave to wait an Bstia.ted 17 year. tor the a.bleDce
01 Sol Park and surroundingato be restored. ThIs seventeen
years. 2 O~ CODst~uction and 15 of vegatlon regrowth, Yl~l
be a period of real estate devaluat1on, a t1ae period
eallously referred to In the Study a8 Wte~porary".
The Study aakeB DO mention ot past flOOding, ita ex
t~nt or &mOUDt of damage. It does not describe any geologic
evidence 01 catastrophic flooding prior to hIBtor~c t~me.
There isn't LDy. It aakes DO .ention ot alternat~ve8 to the
project. The Study lsuores the danger that long, confined
box cbannels will pose to the co .. unity. Fe. could survive
being swept into a 1700 foot tunttel durIng high water and
screeD~D. over the tunnel openl4gs de~eat. tbeLr purpose.
Chl1dreD are the most likely victlas.
This danger i5 blatantly obviOUS. Vany peop~e have re
marked on it. Why 1s the proble. omitted ~rom the study.?
Ie human lite that unlmportaat? On balance it appears that
the probability 01 Bo •• one being killed in tbeBe tun~el. ls
areater than serious daaaee from a flood. Buildings are re
placable, children are not.
------
Page two
Palo Alto City Council
February 14.1994
• As descrlbed~Phase V of the project involves tbe cott
struction ot .,300 feet of underground box culvert, a con
fluence structure at Matariero Creek, a new brIdge across
the creek and extensive modification of two sediment basins
alcng the creek~ Seveaty thousand (70.000) cubic yards of
.at~rlal would be excavated aDd hauled away by truck. Sevea
ty thousand cublc yards weighs about 120 J OOO tons. The
chol~e of .eaaurement terms serves to m!niMiz~ the scope of
the project.
The excay&ted material _11~ be bauled out and construc
tion materials hauled in, according to the Study. in 10,400
truck~. O~Vl0UBlYt the trucks must return empty _bleb
results in 20,800 truek trips. So, the estimated 33
daily truck loads on Matadero Avenue a6 given in the Study
translates into 66 truck trlpG per day, one every 71 minute8~
Tbe Initial Study consists of 63 posed questions which
are termed an EDvlronmental Impact CheekliBt~ Yee answers
to the questions mea~ that the proj~ct _111 bave a detri
mental eDT~ron.ental a1rect~ Maybe and No answers are self
explaaa~ory~ Only 19 of the ~swers are Yes, hare~ul, a~d
are azplE1ned i~ detail. But, tbe answers to the qU6stloDS
are subjective, not factual, and 41 could be answered by Y~B~
So.e examples follo.!
Wl1~ the proposal result In objectionable odors? S~udy an
awer, Wo~ As just stated the project requires 20,800 trips b, diesel powered truckB and thousands ot hours of operatIon
by exeavatiDg machInes ~ It 1s estimated here that a~ a
.1nuaum, 300,000 gallons of diesel fuel .i11 be burned.
WJthout odor? (It should be noted bere that a Tery accurate
estimate of fuel consumption can be made by any competent
engineer gIven the pertinent data. The calculations are so
simple that one wonders ~hy tbis ~ata is not being disclosed.
Areas bordered by tall vegetation or buildings close to the
street like Matadero Avenue .here th~re i8 restricted air
clrc~lation will without much doubt, reek ot diesel smoke.
IncldentallYJ ~iesel smoke carries aldebydes which are
known (since the 1940's) to be potent carcinogens. Con
centrations of d1e8el smoke in poorly Tentl1ated areas are
tar aore dangerous than cigarette smOKe; ~The~correet~answer
Is probably yes, but it Is subjective without facts. These
facts are obtainable. --
Y~11 the proposal result in: Ezposure of people to severe
Doise levels? Study answer. No. The streets in this area
are narrow and in many case~ it Is only 30 or 40 teet from
the edge of the roadway to 8ODeonea'tront door. It you
have ever been that close to an accelerating diesel truck
or bus TaU will realize ~hat the noise 1t deaf&Dl~g. On
Matadero Aveuoe it will happen every 7~ .1nutea~ Again
the answer is probably Yea. The study preSeDts no hard
d.ata. --
p..... three
Palo Alto City CounCil
February "4 ~ 1994
The two for2going questions can be answered with actual tact~
Instruments which measure pollution with its accompany1ng
Odors are available as are nOise-measu~lag lnstruments~ Tbe
equlpaant necessary t~r testlng is also ~a9!lY obtained
and the desigD ot a proper test hardly an effort ~or an en
gl~e.rlnl undergraduate. Standards tor pol~utlon aDd Doise
leYels bave bee~ estab1isbed~ Call your local OSHA otflce~
The I~ltial Study ~u lieu of an Euvlronmental Impact Report
sho~ld eo~ta!n th1s data, not subjective guesswork. This lack
of data 18 not excusable •
• 111 the proposal result lD: Use ot substantial amounts of
tuel or energy? StUdy &Dswer, No. Doesn't the answer
depead OD the .e&Dl~8 of ~substant1al"? And, doesa't tha1
1~ turn requlre a kaowledg~ of the amount of fuel tbat 18
to be cOIL.Wlled?
The •• tlaate aivea i~ thl. critique, 300.000 galloas or
about 7,000 barrels~ YO~ld probably not be cOIL~ldered
ftsubstantlal W b, the Saudi Oil M1nister. But it i8 enough
to power the aTerase auto.obile tor siz mil110n .ile8. It
wo~d conatltute a .ajor oll splil. ~e term "substantial"
ha. only relatlTe •• anlngs. It has no place 1. an enelne
er11L" atudy.
The point to be aade 18 that it is clearly the j~b aDd 4uty
or the Initial Study to provide the goYemiag bod1es w1th
au eag.1aeerlll8 _t1. ... 'te of the aaount to be used. Stated
aDotb~r way: A straIghtforward Initial Stud, without bIas
would have iftforae4-the PlaaD1ng CO __ 18Blon and tbe CIty
COUDcil wIth aa est1aate of fuel uee. Then, it is up to
these bodie. to dete~De if the amouat 18 ~.iiD1ticantH.
Yl11 the propo.&l reSult 1n: Chaa«es 1n 8lltatlon. de
posIt1on or erOSion which .&7 .o4lt7 the channel ot a river
or the bead of a bay or 1alet? S~udy answer. Maybe. Ch&D~e6
ID water flow cauee chan .... in slltat10D and th.re are no
aneta, 1ts. or ... ybe •• The natural aceurlng ot the e'treaa becls
during seasoDal.blgh water maiDtalns the abllity of tbe
channel to carr, even larger out-ot-the-ordift£rY flows.
Without this natural cle8~8lDK the streaaa beca.e chokea
and the surrounding areas beco.e more vu1nerable to 11004-lac than eYer, often negating aaa-aade flOOd eontrol etfo~t8.
This tact was learned with a vengenee this year lD 'the ald
w~8t. There 1. no .e~tlOD 1a the Study of the •• ana or
-anies that will be required tor onaoing channel cleaning.
Page tour
Palo Alto City COUDcil
Fe-,'ruary 14. 1994
AdditIonal co~s!derat1onB:
."
Tbe project 1s designed to protect 300 homes from 8
1 percent rlet of severe flooding. No bids have been let
but 1~ a cewspap~r account tbe cost 18 estl~ated at about
5 million dollars or about $16,600 per home. That amount
of money would ~uy 8 lot of single-cause insurance. No
cost/bene~lt study has been made.
The newepaper article (Palo Alto 'Weekly. 2/2/94) further
states that tbe project yould relieve the 300 subject home
owners trom tbe need to buytlood insurance. For reasons
just stated KDd to folloy_ they would be ill-advised to do
80. Anyone ybo ~ul1ds or buys 8 home adjacent to a stream
should realize the danger of flooding. It 1s not the res
ponsibility at others to protect tbem from their own
free choices.
What .easures have been taken to protect or insure vul
nerable hoaeOWDera if the once-ln-a-hundred year flood occurs
in the 2 years of construction when immenee damage can
happen and the liability c1early ls-th8t·o~ the C1ty?
The odds ch&DKertooi they become 1 in 50. And, during
the additional yeara of TUlnerabll1ty , the three years
or .ore it takes tor sod to develop Buttic~ent17 to
reaist erOSIon, the odds become 1 1a 20. I~ one attrlbute6
a structural value of $300,000 per housetthat 1& a 1~abl1ity
01 &inetJ (90) _lilloD dollBrs. Quite a SUB. eve~ for
Pa10 A1to. The Study doesn't even consider this pOSSibility.
But it exists if the possIbility o~ a 100 year flood exists.
The use ot Katadero Avenue "wll1 be lImIted to a period
not to exceed .Ix consecutlTe calendar months" a~cording
to Mr. Schubert 01 the Palo Alto Planning Commlss1oD~ 81.1-
la~ restrictions ha.e been placed on other access routes.
What hbppens it cOD8~ruct~on d~laYB for anyone of dozeus
ot·reasons, prevents the project rrom belD~ rln1sbed on
schedule? Y111 it just be abandoned as is? Opeu trenches
lett unfilled? ot course not. The stated lImite OD access
are CC5p1etely aean~ne1e.6 aDd ~rreBpoD.lble.
In 1977 tbe Santa Clara Water District began its stu~les
of potentlal flooding in the area and • construction program
was approved in 1986. There has been a.ple tl.e for an En
vironmental Impact S"tlJdy a..nd Report. It could bave and ,~ _
should hav~ been done. Wby not?
Pal'e five
Palo Alto City CouDcil
Fe~ruar7 14~ 1994
801 Park has a unique rural atmosphere that Is very
rare witbl~ .alklng dIstance ot a great many people, both
residents and those emplo,e4 nearby. It makes the entire
ar.a I1Teable and enjoyable.
-:-.
For the past ~o~r yeare tbe quIetude of th1~ place bas
been dl~turbad by the ro&r of drill riBs, the rumble of
trucks and the presence of aonltorln; equipment. Much of
ita character has already been 4aaaged and the serenity most
Bask here is only available OD aa intermittent basis. The
subject project will in affect r .. ove it trom Park etatu&
fQr the period of construetloD and w111 destroy its unique
flavor foreTer. To what end?
The 1&1t1&1 Study 1& aot data or fact-based. It 1 •
• taplr 8 listing 01 subject!Te OplD~on. and ~t ie strongly
bi&8ed 18 faTor 01 the project. For thess reasons Lt 1s
f~aw9d ~d inadequate and d08s Dot obvIate a Environmental
Iapact Report. The Cit, Council ahould opt ~or a P081tlve
Declaratton ..
t.',<
?~t0
"~~--'.
" ~~J
Arenit.ctural Review Soard
February 3, ~994 Meari~g
Mttadtrg trt@K Pha$t Y & Stanford Channel to~t!r~
Santa C1ari Vil'!! ~ater District
P.C3
94-AAB-5
S3-0-\
93-EIII-36
Site and design .ppli~ation for construction of 4,300 f •• t of undergrQ"nd
bypass cu'~ert, • con'lupnci ~tructure and modif;~ations of two eXlst1ng
,edi~nt basins. Project extend •• 10ng existing Sol rark bike path from
Stanford Chann.1 te ~rastr.d.ro Rood.
~~lrley WjltQn, Cba1C!io; A ietter to thQ board has bttn received
regarding this project, which I have ~en .sk~ to r ... into tho record.
"I am cor,eemed about the prQject under Con$ld.ratlon for a 12 by 12
culvert to be built adja ••• t to I\)' ·property. I!J>-cMcems are (I)
retafnfng current dri1~igB to prevent flooding; (2) downsizing the overly
large cul.art_ Also the ~v.1 of 70 he.llhy trees from the park to be
replaced by only five-gallon trees Is unace'ptoble, since it take, ZO
y.ars for a tree to mature_ lb •• ffett on tn. flora and fauna of Ihe orea
is env;ronmenta'11 devastating. It ~s aki" to cleir (~tting. P~ea$e
roj9Ct thl. project. ~.sp.ctfulll su~itted, Hro. Th.l~~ Wo'pers, gO.
"itddero Court.'
Let us havo the staff prasentatlon_
Mr SchYbert: Let me start with I brief overvlev of the project. Thl. 1.
the 1.st major phlse of • $15 million stOrN drain project by the Santa
Clara Vaney Water 0l,trlct, which began con,trUlt'on in 191!8. The first
three phl.e. of the project have been constructed. Recently, the water
district awarded the bid for Phas. IV of the project, which 1. just
down.tre .. frca the ~.se V portion. unlike the previOUS phas.s of the
project. this ph~$e goes through a city park, ,0 for the first time. the
city is 90i09 to be the lead agency on a portion of the project. ~e city
preplred , neg,ti.e declaration, and it will be the le.d agency on that
dotuaent.
The project runs froo the northern p~rti.n of the Varian property on the
other side, and the Stanford Channel i~ here~ Then it runs southward,
trosses Matadero Avenue, .nd tames up through 801 Park, and this is
~tader. Crook. [t goes on by t~. Yet_rans Adninistration S"11dlng her.,
and then Gunn High School. It ends It tnis portfan. Arestrldero Road is
here.
In order tc cut down the avera', time of construction, they di~ided Phase
V into four stages. The first two stages will be herE, StagP! A, 6, C and
C. Construction access will bs from three points: one c~ing dawn
Matadero Avenue, we have an easement froa the Veterans Administration to
set access, and also the construction trucks w'11 be coming in frOM
Arastr.dero Road on the other end. In order to redoce the impacts, there
;, • traffic .itigation p1.n f~r ".tadero Avenu., and it .ill only be used
for six IIIOnlhs. lit-went before the Planning CO<III1!sSion last week. There
were four hours of testiDOny from the neighoors., and many of the neighbors
were o~pos~ to tho project_ There was some testimony t'at to. projee,
02/03/94
-1-
P.84
w., oversized. There was also discu,sion fro. the neighOcr. living on
Mat.dero Avenue r9garding construction impacts. So .lthou9h we did have
conditions thd dealt .ith the use of M.ta~ero Avenue, the Planning
ComMission .dded • couple more conditions. The first one was that the
water district revise their plans to require th.t the ~ajority of the .oil
froa Stagas A and B be uoed as backfill in the project, reducing the
amount of mat!rial befng ha~'&d in Ind out on Matadero Ave~ue.
Previously, the water district had pro~s.d I •• vin. It up te the
contractor as t¢ ~ether they w~uld use the excavated soil for bl~kfil1 or
not t or ;~port soil for that purpose. The condition would ~Quire t~at
they ~se as much Excavated soil as PQ$si~1e on the site, reducing t~e
amount of soil comtnq into the "~teo
The second condition that th. Planning Commission added .a, that the city
.taff and th. w.ter district .ott with the •• ighbors on Matad.ro Avenu. to
s~. If t",re are more tr.fflt .Itisoti •• measures that coulo be \ntl~ed
to reduee the impact. of the cen.tructlon traffic on Mot.aero Avenue. Th~
(omD1ssiO~ directed us to consider~~tti~9 in l~-~nforcement provision
enforcing • 20 mil. per hour speed 11~lt on Matadero Avenue, restricting
parking on Matadoro Av.n •• , trying to Improve vi.lbllltl .'ong tho .tnoot
by possibly trimming tree., to look at ,~ bumps and to look it having
floggers out there that have some sort of authority to eontrol traffic.
The last cOnQltion that the Planning toaoi.,lon added had to do with
providing security .ea'"res to keep c~lldren .nd wildlife from crawling
into the undeTirouno box culvert, causing liability problem •.
Today, When tho beard look. at this, there Ire I coup1. of things we want
you to take • look at. Of eourse, we want YOu to look It the landscaping
iMPacts. As we descrIbed in the staff report, there I •• total of 84
tr~s being removed en the £it~. Ve looked It the~~ tr9IS on I field trip
last .... k. ln addItIon to that, there .... 34 trus they .ro proposing to
transplant. So there is • tot.l of 118 trea. being reooved or
transpllnted in the project. One of the conditions of approval is that
any tree. over six Inches have to be replaced on a three-to-one ratio.
In addition to tht, the city was concerned th'.t the rephc.,..nt
landscaping rep11tt the habitat y&1ue that is being 1ost. Th~ city hired
• habitat restoration fi .. to reviewth. proposed lands~.plng pl.n. They
went out In the f;e1d and looked It the troes ,od shrubs th.t •• re c .. in;
out. They .. de four p.ges of rte~ndation$ reglrdlng what should be
Incl~ed In the landscaping plan, which we have i~cl"ded In the tonditions
of Il>proval. So we feel th.t the landscaping It. end up wah will qo •
long wayS toward replacing the habitat value that Is being lopacted hero.
The w.ter district will be s"~ittlng a revised landscaping F1a. for staff
approval to Inc1ude tho •• Items.
Another thing the board should be looking at is, of cour.e, any materials
that will be visible, onc. the project ;s completed. The bike path will
be put back in its original location with the sase ~lteria15J etc. A lot
of tht construction going on wi11 be in this artl ~htrt the t~o c~lvert~
cooe together at what Is called the confluence area. All of the eXisting
concrete In this area ~ill b. removed. They ere going tc be widening the
cre<k I llttl. bit hara and they are going to tear down tha existing
bridge, replacing 't blSicall, at the sue lec.tion "it~ tn. sa ...
aaterials, etc. It is basically wood. I have .~ $.~Ies of what it
02/03/94
·2·
,
\
P.~
MS. Maser: The tre!s t~,t are to be tri"sp'ant~d are in ~i90rous n@a1th
and are general1y betwten thQ sizes of four and ten inches i~ diameter.
Thera are a number of thost that ~re ]2 fnt~es, correct?
Mr, Schybfrt: Yes.
Ms. Mas.r: Con someboay expl.in t. me the thinking behind topping some of
these trees where they think t~ nesting sito for the hawk. will take
p1a,.? Is that .0 that thoy are not attracted to those tree, .nd will not
go there? Topping them off before thoy ne.t there?
Mr. Schubert: Correct.
H$ H$ue~~ We will hive I presentation. and maybe you could 15k a lot gf
those que,tions tOen. We are prepared to tel' you .11 of those ans .. r •.
Mr. Sshubtrt~ 1 e_n answer thlt question4 That cond1tlon ca~ up from
the firm that the city hired, the Hobttat Restoration Group. There are
actu.11y .bout four 1.rge eucalyptus trees 10eatee here in Mickey's
Plst.re. Two of tho •• I ... s are proposee for r~yal. Th. h.wk., which
belIeve are red tailed hawks and red shouldered haNks, nest .fter Mlreh
1st. Sine. the tree. need to be cot down, the ide. Is to cut thom down
prior to March l,t .0 they doo't no.t In thom. In l,ou of cutting down
tho entire tree, you tan top off the upper third of the tree, and they
will not put thel~ nest there. They will put it in some other tr •• that
'5 not going to b. r&mOved. You aon't want to go in there during
eonstrutt10n When the nost I, In the tree and dIsturb the tr •••
This Is a small thing, but in your staff report, It 1.
t~lt the suard rail. of the bridge be locr.ased to four f .. t
Th.t seems awfully high to.e. Guard rlils typically are
f •• t eight ~r nln. inch e.. Why have they recommended that It
Mr. $ehubert' That came from the Transportlt!on Olvl,lon. I se. no one
here tod., from Transportation, but fO~T foot six inches is I professiDnal
standard for height. The concern, obv'ously, fs safety. y~U ~ant to make
sure it is hiSh enough so that someOne does not fall ovtr it into the
creak. 1 understand th.t four·and·.-ha1f f •• t Is standard.
Ms. Wj1.pn: I se. no drawing> for th.t rliling.
There is or.. that we tan show you. 'Sheet tl7 sbows the
and th. riil ;rlg ..
Ms. MJser: It looks, from th1s section, that tne wood deck is up or.
supports.
Mr~ Schubert: During ~ presentltiDn. Joe Ter~$~ came in. He is the
proJect manager frem the EngineerIng O'.!slon, and !s here to answer
qy&>tions as well~
Ms. Wi1spn: J apo1ogize for not introduc1ns our newest board Member,
DaY1~ Ross, who c~s tD us from the construction end af building~ You
couldn't have been here at ~ more timely d~.
£1.
-.
; .-
-----, ._-. ..;...,-.-
Mr. Ross: Thank lOU. J am looking forward to this, I have a couple of
questIons. First of .11. has anyone fallen Into the craek over the
exi$tln~ guard rails? Is that. concern based on history?
Mr. $chvb!rt: We are no~ aware of anyone falling over.
~i' What. If any, would be tho work 10 the .edlment b.s;n? I do
not .ee it on the graphic. I, th.~ anything antICipated on that?
Hr, Schubert' Yes, actul11y they are prupo,ing some work in both basins.
The upper b.,in Is located on the V.teran, Administration side, and the
lower basin is on the Gunn High 5thool sIde, J would defer to the water
distrIct .s to what they are doIng in there.
Mr. Ross: One other question. W!11 there be SQme monitorin9 of the
condition of the bridge on Matadero Creek when constructlDn trucks ire
.11DWRd In? Is there Iny concern about the Impoct on tn.t bridge of the
f~ve·axle truck traffic?
Hr. SGhubert' Again, I would defer to the water district on that.
Ms. Nilspn: On Page 17 of the ,taff report, Condition 7(e), refers to air
MOnitoring. Is it air monitoring for the work.rs· health and $.fety? Is
It o •• r concerns for the neighbors?
Hr. Teresi: I believe that that conditi.n .. ftrs to the conditions down
1n'ide the trent". [t iJ n~t I concern about d~st in the ~lr. That was ~
concern the neighbors expressed, ~ut the concern there is tnat workers
down 10 • deep trench ~isht have un.,fe eondillon, with raglrd 10 tho
..uunt of c)(ygen t etc. . ,
Ms. WI!son: Thera 1, sam. discussl.n In tho reading mattrlals about
9laces where constructfon workers eann~t park. Natadero Avenue. 1ft
particular, comes to ~y .Ind. ~.re i. It intended that construction
workers will be parking?
"r. Schubert: Thoy will be parking on the sit •• There \. an SO·foot
right-or-way tho ~nliro oist.nce through the p.rk, The artas are not
Spoclflcally d.slgn,ted. but thoy will be parting " that eo· foot
right-of 'way.
Ms. Wi1son: How hig~ will the wa~er be allowed t, get in the natural
""".k beds?
Mr. SShub,rt: Thit wo~'d be for t~e witer district to answer.
Mr, Cb~n: We allowed that. during that one pe",e.t, the high flow ... ill go
into t e bypass channel. The 10. flow water .il1 staf In the creek.
Ms. Wilson: let's do it .ery generically. How hig" up 00 those existing
~.nks will the river be allowed to 9tt?
Mr Chen: On the existing banks. it .aries fro, 30 feet to downstre~ on
the existing cre*k, somewhere around ten feet or so. ~ have to allow for
the aaxl..".. I would ISSU"", the wator would not ~ ""'ro than ... even feet
or so down.streu. That was tht reason wb,y we are diverthg water in the
02/03/94
-5-
• . .
._---_..:-_'-----,
F-'.0'3
box culvert to maintai~ the existing channel water nQt going over bank.
e" WI);gn: I understand that, But will it fill up to • dogr •• ?
'1:!. Hsytlt: U~der our desigr: c:onditi.ms. which is the <lne pe-rcent fl"c.d.
we provide thr •• feet fr •• board within the existing chanoel, Under the
0 •• percent condition, thO flow in the .xistlng channel ,hould be
approximately three feet below the current top·of-bank .1evat;on,
Mi' ",§er~ ~ould you discuss ongoing maint.nanc.? Who ts responstble for
it, and how frequently is It carried out?
MJ Yilson: 1 ,1so ha~e a quest1on. There was an issue and condition
about f;sf! migration. liter 11'1 these doeuments: 1 read thit there were no
fish. What is tne situation with the f;s~?
Ms. HSueh: We have never found fish in Kit,dero Creek,
Ms. Wilson: L@t us now have the prt-sentation frora the Santa Chrl. Valley
IIltor Dhtrict.
Hti HSQlh: 1 18 the d~vis1on engineer for th. Santa Clara Valley Wat~r
District Flood Control Doslgn Division. we a~ responsible for preparing
t~e CO"struct~on cDntract document for tnis Matadero Cree~ Phase Y
project,
Bob alreadY did .y job of explaining tho Matadero Creek Phls.,W project,
Thl. f. actually one SEgMent of a lorger, area-wfde flood protection
project, which add,..sses the flooding probl_ on "",Uaoro Creek and
Barro. Creek, In tn. past .Ix or ,oven y.ars, the water district has
already eo.pleted co.,tru'.tion of Ratadeno Creek and Sarron Cree.
downstream from El C~lno Real. Right OOW, we will start constroctlon of to. Natadero Pnase IV project which \, fro-El Camino Roal to the Stanford
Channel eonnuonce. Construction of that project will start In March.
The Ph •• e ¥ projeot is Immediately upst,...~ of t~. Pha •• IV project. We
ere In the final stag •• of d.sign, Tnat Is why we are here t04ay .nth our
project for your rovi •• ,
Once t~ls Hatadero Ph.se V proj.ct Is caaploted, the larger are. of the
City of Palo Alto will be removed frOM the leO·ye.r flo04 plain, We
estl •• t •• ppro~; .. te11 4,3()(J hOllOO. and !x;slnosses wil1 be relle',ed from
tne •• nd.t0'1 flood In,urance that thoy are p~ir.g, right now.
Another thing I would like to mention I, that during the design of this
"-tadero Phase Y project, wo understand that the project go.s through a
very sensitive area of Palo Alto, so we hed i very exteQs1ve outreach
program to talK to the ne;ghbo~ and listen to the1r conctrn~ and i~put on
how to do this project. N •• t.rtod designIng In September, 1991, and we
had three lorgo·;c.l. public ~tin9' with the n.ighborhood s!noe 1991,
Our ~utreach boundary is very 'ktensire, bounded by El C~ino Real,
Ar.stradero Road. Foothill Expressway and Page Mill Road. We sent Dut
notices to .11 the r~s;den~es ~nd busfnesses ~\thin thit arei. What is
pr.sented to you today Is the result of Our .fforts in working with the
neighbors and listening to the neighbor,.
With that, I would 'lk~ to introdu:e the water district's landscape
Ol/O!/94
-6-
Ire~itect eOnsultlnt, Beal's Landstape. We ~a~e Susan and Janet nere.
They are gOing to present s~ifics about the ro.egot,tlon p~oj.ct for
y.u.
Janet Bitsgaleodip: r am with Beal's landscape Arc~'tect~rl. T~~s is
Su.an landry. I/e both have been heavily in,olved with this proj.ct. The
overall lindscapfng and vegetation in this area for Hatader~ Creek Pnase Y
hid to ... t two primary objeetive.. One was to restore the •• sthetlc
character of the park, loa the other was to restere the h,blt.t value of
the park, which Sob mentioned earl lor. The two tie in very closely. If
you walk around here, • llrge part .f the aesthetic v.lue is the wild
lif.. There are bi~s flying around and ...... "",11 rodents. It adds t.
the nlt,r.l feeling and character of the park.
In relching the specific ways of h~ .e fulfilled the •• objective., I want
t~ .. ntlon that we took Input from the cOlONnity, we attended .11 the
public eeetings and listened to what the local residents had to s.y. They
did .nave I 10t of concerns, $0 we worked that -flltc our plans, as wen is
the profess1~n.' input of two otker concerns, the first being Yentner and
Ventne~. who IctU.l1y did the t~e assus,.."t at tr,? beginning of tne
~~ject. They took the tree survey frOQ the water district and went out
to the .it. a,d looxed .t every single tra.. They reported on thl siz. of
tbe tree .nd Vlnor.l health, whothor it WlS • vigorous tr •• or wheth., It
had boon d~ed by f~st or w,.ther It WI' dis.ased. Thoy caae bock .nd
glVI us I report~ From that, we c~ ~p with our tree removal p1.n.
Th. second eon.ultant WI. tho one that the city hi~, H.bit.t Restoration
G~up. What we ga •• to the city ~$ our 6S pe~.nt ,ubmltta', Ind they
revleoed ~r drawings .t that tl .. , making .~ 'ory good .U99lstions .nd
ree .... nd.tion •• which we did Impl..ent Into our plan,.
In ordlr to restore tho .esthetlc charleter of the plrk, th~ first thing
we did WIS to try and pre •• rY, •• many 1.rg., v;s,.lly significant trel.
I. we could. In plrtleular, there were .... tree. that overhung the
pathway and re.lly added to the character of the Dark. W. maint.lned ••
many of tnose IS possible. Trees t~at we did ha~e to remove we rep'lc~
at a mini.um of a one to or.e ritio. If the treas WIre larger than six
lnche" they were repl.~ed it three to one. All the troe. th.t were
reDO,ed were .1.0 replaoed with C.llfornl. native trees. Trees thlt are
being .... ved are not .11 nlt;y... There are a lot of exotics, Ii ••
e.liforni. pepper tree •• n~ eucalyptus tree.. To improve the Integrity of
tho c ..... n!ty. we Ptlt back In .'1 C.l ifornia natjves.
Th. l.st thing i. that we are hydro.eeding the'entj~ .re. lndl¢ated by
the light color here. All the are. that wIll be ci.t"rbed by the
construction wlil be hydro.eeded with I wild flower gr ••• mix In ordor to
control .ros1o"~ as wel1 as to enhance the aesthetics of the park
a.fterwards. Right now, tJ1ere fs. just. l\)t of wild 9'r'ass.s growing
there. T~re are not that nany wild flowers. 1hQre is some blue lupine,
but In ou~ .i., we will be including Californi. poppie., more lupine and
about four ot~er wild flowers, as well as soae natfve grasses to take root ""d hold the .011 down.
In efforts to re.tore the wild life habitat, the hydras.oding is me.nt to
,cc~lj.h that, .s well. It will DOr. Immediately restore tho ground
,over $0 there will b. places for small rodents and insects to tlke
01/03/~4
-7· ---_._ .. ",
•
shelter~ The three~to~one tr!t repl.~ement is &1so meant to more
immediate', replace tne foliage and the veget'tloo that is beIng removed
for the ",M tat.
In addition to restoring t~e aesthetic chara~ter of t~e park lnd restoring
the wild life. I"Iabih.t, uc:h sttge also has $~cial conditions "'hid we had
to take Into con.l~eratfon during our plan.. Starting with Stage A, you
can S~ that it is more dense'y vegetlted than t~e rest of the prcject.
On either sio •• ro residentl.l back yards. They r.ly h •• vily en the
existing vegetltion to screen them from the bike path which is very
popularly used. Sc for that reason, in this are. ~alf of tn .. tr.nspl.nte~
tre.s Ire 90lng in for the Donefit of the residents. This is al.o tn.
Ire' wnere tho tre.s that are 12 inches in diameter are being
transplanted. It Is a high risk, but beelu •• of that six mQnths
construction period, we wanted to provide them with I ... diate scr •• nlng,
so these treas will provide that.
W. or. also doing I lot of b.avy .hrob'~l.ntl"9-so that fn cas. the
transplanted tr.os die, th.y will have to b. ~placed with smaller tr~$.
Th. Shrubs. w~jch are foster growing, wIll pro,lde Ih. screening they ... 111
need fn about a year. [.1.0 want to not. that the w.~er district In this
area ;5 requtrin9 the CQhtractOT to do vertic,' shoring. They are not
reQijlring It anywhere el.e, but In thl' ar •• th.y ar. doing it iq ord.r to
save as many trees as possible.
In Stage B. which stlrts h.re and run. to the eonfluonc •• that is .11 Sol
Park. The park It .. lf Is not flll'lcted by the construetlon In, the s ....
that the people Can still use the park and children cln still pIll in the
pIll area. Howe ,or. thf. lawn ,ret here will need to be romoved. It Is
being replaced at the original grod! that It Is now and .111 Do resod<led
with the some sptele. 0' 10 .. that I. there now~
Down here, th.re io an exl~tlng fenc.. It reilly Idds to the unique,
rural character .f the path. At firot, we were goIng to have the
c.ntractor carefully di •• ssembl, It and put ;t back up again. We then
realized that was not goi.g to work, s. no. the contractor will be
required to protect it and the , .... nd everything, sine. it Is .11 of
historical signific"c •• and it Is a,.thelie.lly ple.slng.
StOg. C Include. the confluonc.. lbis w., the DOst crItical a",a in toro.
of restoring the habitet val... Bob alreldy expl.lned tn. situation with
the "uCllypt"s trees. There is • llrge oat on the oth.r bank opposite the
euc.lyptus trees. Regarding tni. tree, the man WhO live, in the house
right next to it came to t~ last public meoting and expres,ed • Concern
for the tree and whether it would be Imp.ctod by the construction. The
gate end. were golns to be constructed right under tno tree. So ~ went
out Ind pinpointed eXittly where the trtt was, then went to the ~ater
district. Tn" wat.r dl.trict rodeslgned tn. confiu.nce so that the ;ate
ends would stop pri.r to the tree, and it will no longer be ~isturbed.
The 9""ito that i. there now Is Important in t •• p;ng the moisture In the
ground. I am gl.d t'at the biolOiist th.t we have went out and analyzed
tho .it.ation. He said the 9unlt. sHo.ld be kept t~re to minimize the
disturbance. s. that I. what we are doing. The tr •• is b.lng laved.
In terms of gabiDo pllnt1r.g, we are p1antfng tne top three feet, which WQ
describe as the freeboard. That i$ where the water will not be gOing, so
02/03/94
·B·
-.'
"'l: ....
• ..1. .,.
--I'.
P.11
It will not affect t~e .ater flow. T~.t is where .e ar. planting th"
heeviest. Pue to tne recomoendatlon of the Habitat Restoration broup •••
havo increa," the diversity of the plants and the amount of plants In
order to cr •• te a r.all1 rich habitat there for the hlbltat to return to.
We .1.0 ha.e worked witn the city. We hav, gone over thi, quite. bit.
We v~11 bt planting mldabank of the stream, is well t 1n ordtr to soften
tho hardne •• of the gab!ons. We will be planting .0011 shrubs and
9r ... -1I1<o vogetaHon to cover tI,. gablons but at tho , .... time, things
thlt will not block the water ond hinder the effect USo of the confluence.
Ms. MI$,r: Wh~t is i g.bion?
", Bek$9,1m04io; ~abions are wire baskets fill.a .it~ rock~ They are
tiered uP. Inst.ad of hoylng straight cencrete. Th. benefit is that they
cln be planted and soften ...
Ms. Wilson, How do you stabilize these on the site? He. art thoy ~.pt in
place? 8y gravity?
Ms. kksoallJlOdjo: Yes, by graylty. As for the actu.l structural elements
of the confluence itsolf, the terracing will be colored concrete. This I.
a .ampl. of the color that w •• cho •• n. so you will not have the gray· white
stlrk concrete color, but will be oc .... ted and nltur,l looking to blend
In.
K" a.ser: Do you have a picture of what that hydroseed!ng mix l.ok,
like?
(A pIcture it shown)
MiI8.kSgalep410: As Sob mentioned. ·the brldgelt •• lf and the ralllnv
wi 1 be =ad. of wood. To increase the .afety of the bridge. thar. will be
black ylnyl chain link put behind the wood to further ~lnd." 1.'
possibility of • $MOll chIld getting through the openings of the ralls.
Tho black color will blend Ir. so that It will blve ;ow visibility.
Stage 0, the last portion of the confl"ence .11 the "'Y to the end. is the
lor~est .ectlon. The pllntlng along there I ... lnl, for .esthetics and
for habitat rostorlt!... The onll thing needing special consideration was
the sediment baSin at the very end, whic~ we pllnted In order to screen it
soaewh.t from the blk. ~.th and also to restore the screening which Is
currently t~.re between the sediment basi. and adjacent high scho.l
field. There Is I lot of screening I. there now Wblch will need to be
removed. We will replant it in order to bring that back.
lis, 'iil sgn: Could )'ou describe the pat~ of the water?
MI. Bet.9.logdjQ: It flows this way.
Hs, Wilsqn: There 15 something referring to a concrete flood wall along
there.
"$ B§ksoalm04jo; Yes, there is • bridge here, and we do not have
pictures of that, but it Is in the uppel· sediment basin. I ~'$ going to
go over tne tran1pTanting ,riteri., but you seem to be familiar w1tn it so r will not go over that again.
OZ;03/94
-9-
,
'-,
• f
P. !2
Ms. Maser: Would you describe the surface of th~ bike pith, ox.ctl, _hit
that is goi09 to be!
Ms. 8et§9jlmo~: When yo~ were out there t it will be pretty much the
same . tha .sph.lt.
Ms. Miser: What abo~t all of this area?
Ms. Beksp.1rno~j2: After it 1. caapl.tely p1,nted, for the first three
years, it ~;1' ~t ~intained by the water di$tri~t with our s@rvices. We
will be 90ing out the .. to ~nitor during that three'year peri~, .nd ..
will check on the health of tree. and noting ~h.n things need to be
replaced, just ieeing that the co"tractor is mair.tatning it ~$ he needs
to. ThIn aftar the three yeaTS, it pass~s on to tht city fer matntenanee.
Hire is I sample of the concret! texturing.
That complete, my presentation.
Hr. Ross: What kind of t~or.ry fenelng Or barriers will be used t?
•• parat. the park from the construction are.1
Ms, 8Gkso'lopdio: It will be standard chain link f.ncing or snow foncing,
but probab y cha~n link fencing. as it is sturdier. then tnt snow fencing
would bo .sid to protect the tre.s from constructIon.
Mr. !!oss: How hIgh?
Ms. fttk§p.lmqd1p: Six feet high.
Mr. Bos.: Any type of screening on it, or viII It just be str&ight chain
link fencing?
fts. I!gl\so.l mod tS!' I do not know.
(Inaudlb1 •• nswer from audIence)
Mr. Bp •• : Will that be pretty much at the drive •• y boundary?
Mr. AQit: What kir~ of measures are in p1ace to make s~re there isn/t
ever.tu. subSIdence in the deeper exc.vatio" .~.s to litigate that,
s~uld ;t OCcur a year cr two down the road after ,a coup" of riiny
•••• on.? Is there any concern about s~ subsidence of the soil if it is
not compacted perfectly?
Ms. H.u.b: We require compotion of the soil. In .11 con.tr.ctlon
projects •• 11 backfill Is required to be compacted to 90 percent
compaction. So we really do not worry .bout that happening. Also in cur
d~stgn of th~ box cu1vtrt. we proVide tolerance for fut~re s~ttlement. So
we do not feel it will be a problem.
Mr. R9$1= I •• s ~ore concerned about t~e areas of the 51 oped excayatio~
rather han the shored excavatIon. ~.re there is a older C"t, thera i.
more of • chance for subsidence. 15 It compacted In 12·lnch liPs or
6·lnt" lips?
02/03/94
·10·
.' " .::'-;:>i;. :
>~9.-;'.'.
l'
~~: Six-Inch lips.
M$s ~a$g~; I ~uld likt to go out there and look at some trees and try t~
identlf, s~ of the t~s. I think it is .ome~ere In this area that
there is • elump of trees. It ,.ems to me th.r. was 0 tree that had three
trunks that ~.s quite large and ••• eo~rked to be relocated.
transplanted. It was somewhere fn t~1s Irel~
Ms, Hs.,n: It was a t~·trunked tre ••
Hs, Naser: Is that an oak Dr ~ pepper?
Ms. Biksoalm04io: It 1$ I Il-and I.· Inch o.k.
Ms. easer: Is it a""ut 50 feet high? It Is very tall. !s It tree '28?
Ms. Wilspn: I vould like to purswe this i5sue of c.nstructi.n ~rk~r
parking a llttl. further. To ... one of the big'i,sue. here Is Impact on
the en.lron-.nt. I don't know how big the er~ Is going to be. but it
see.s substantl.l. give. the tlDt fra.o of construction. I wondered If
any consideration or negotiations were tno~ht a""ut with Varian and their
parking areas. ~ieh are being disrupted anyway, to park off sit. on a
paved Ir ••• rather than entering this rlther sensltlYe enYironment Ind
iMpacting it with car' and PIOple .11 day? Old you pursue t~at In any
,,"y?
Ms. H.UJh: A major portion of the Varian parking lut will be Impacted by
Matadoro Phase IV. The box cul.ert I. withIn Yorlan's parking lot. That
Is to preyent 4isturbane. to the nome •• long Chiaalu$ Drive. [Inaudible
c .... nts) Tho water distrIct ~"rrentl1 ha$ a t~'foot right-of-way
adjacent to Ch!~lu. Orlve t~'"9 to avoid ". impact to these n_, undeO"iround box cuhert on hrhn property. fhty are
cooperating with us. Their parkIng lot is being affected by the project.
Also they are gl.1ng U$ construction entrance frOM Hans.n W.,. So
contractors Will enter on Hansen and·go through the Varian parking lot to
do the proJoct. So we are not pursuing an, additional lopact to Varian.
til. Wilson: twld you describe to me I little more how the construction
of the lctual tub< ;s going t. occur? Is thIs. fo", tnat I, being slid
and contin.ally refilled with • ~ .. l.ss type of construction?
Nt. Ross: Is it • precast box eul •• rt?
Ms. ~il$qQ: No. It is not precast.
tn.re is so much damage to the sit •.
aucn less impact on the site. But I
It is ea.t In place. lhot \. why
If it were pr~cast. there would be
am told you cannot do t~.t.
~s. Hs.eh: Tnat I. becaus. of the size.
Ms. Wilson: Could :ou generally desorlbe to me what Is going to happen?
What ar~ these fDnas aade of? Whit happens cut here?
~s, Hiueh: (In,udlble)
~ •. M,ser: 00 they pour it and then do they come in and put the top onl
(Ves} So thel pour the U-shape first? (Ves)
02(03/94
-11-
. .
, .
j .-
-_._--------'-. .......,
FEll-17-1994 15; 11 FROM Vll1a9~~ ~c!:j400-274-11b7 TO 41532'9224f1 P.14
•
M$. Wilson; We h~v. no MeZba~S of the public pres~nt today~ so we will
r~turn tnis item to the board. Julie, would you like to co~nt fir$t?
Ms~ Ma$er: [$ theta any w~ of usin~ the exclvat!d walls for forms:
Mr .. Ross: First of .11, I ha'/e never b-Jilt ~ d;vt'rsian chJ.nnel, but I
would i.agine it would ~ extremEly difficult to do th.t, bec,u,e the
excavation requires one of two techn1~Rs. Either the soil has to be
retained with shoring to the depth of tne oxcavatlon, 00 there ha, to bo a
sloping cut .0 that the dirt won't roll doom onto the wor'ers. In olther
ca$e~ when yo~ are ~.stlng the concrete, ~ou need something to ktep it
fro~ falling off the outside. At this depth. you cannot just make. dirt
form cut and then ea.t ".crete against It_ There .Ight be some technique
where the .horing Itself could be used, but I do not ~now it that me~ts
the staMord. of tlHo roqui, .... nts of the water di,trlct. That would b.
pure speculation Dn ~ part. The ~"ly thing I ~a~ think of that would
mitigate the a.gunt of eX(lvlt1cn would be to require more shoring and I
le~s sloping cut. That fS t generaltl~peaking. I more exp~nsiye approach,
.1though I understlnd it is being off~nod as • contr.ct.,', option In the
bidding process.
Ms. Ht§Cr: So they are do'ng vertiCil shoring on the first p~rtion of
thi., correct? (Yes) That" the lrea th.t concern. me the most, the
replacement and transplinting of .... foirly significant trees. From the
Jt,ndpolnt of tree. and the feeling you get as you are walking .10ng the ..
or biking Ilong there, that Is tho geo of thl. who'. blkt path. I am not
a bot.nlst and I do not he ... lot of experience with transplanted tr"5,
but In looking at s~ of th05. tree., I cannot bellev. that thoro isn't
some way of constructing this box culvert in another fashion, whether by
making it deeper In that .ectlon •• that you are not impacting ,ome of
these tr~es. You are shaking your heid, Weli,] am not an engineer and !
.. Just thr6Wing .... thoughts out .. Isn't there sao. Wly, in.t.ad of Ju.t
~ •• ;ng t~at • straight byp •••• of trying to curve it gontly to avoid .ome
of these really fine trees? In ~ert? 'partfcular1y, we are mov~ng some
tree •. Fir,t of .11, the expon •• of movIng tho •• tre •• has got to be
enormoU$ .. 1 just think their ability to sI.IrviYe·fs I big qUI!ls.tion. rsnrt
there somethiog that can be done right tn thlslrl' with .Ither the way
this I, constructed or it. location?
To repe.t, I lID .ery concerned about tlHo trees In the middle portion of
the Ire. at the begin"iog of t~e project ar.o. I ~on't hold out much hope
for their surviving the tran.planting, and also, It .ill be very
e~pens1ve~ I would urge 5~ody. s~ engineer. !Dme brtght. creative
per.on to come up .ith • solution for tke .,y the culvert is built in this
ar •• or whlre it I. built to try to .void the 10 •• of some of these trees
or the noce.sity of moving .... of th ••• tre... That is my first c~nt.
BefDre 190 on, I wo~ld l'ke to saJ.that lour presentation has bten
wonderful. All the materi.l. were-very cl.ar. Ino lhe photograpo. have
been beautifully pre •• nted and very helpful in reminding us of What we saw
out there on the .itt. Obviously, a lot of thoughtfulne.s and .ensitivity
ha. gone into this proje<t. I think it ha. been done very thoroughly and
very professionally.
The other th1ng I am concerned aboul ;s the bridge. I .ee absolutely no
reason why this ~ann~t r~;n • wooden bridge. Th. sound I wn~n you are
02/03/94
·12·
biking over a wooden bridge, is r •• lly kind. n •• t. It is very rural. and
It fits in with the ~harlct.r of this .re.. 1 think th.t the top of the
box could be sloped .lightly .0 that as the w.ter penetrates and dr.ins
down. ;t is already on sleepers. It is s~own as h'~ing an air space 7n
the •• so the •• ter will just naturally dr.in off to the sid.. Maybe it
has to be repl.c~ in fift.en y.ars. I don't think th.t i. such a bIg
deal for the city. That re.lly adds to the f •• l as you are bumpir.g
.10ng. I think it i, on. of those charming things that r hate to s ••
lost.
Also, I sle no r •• son why that gu,rd rill has ta be so high. For. biker,
it would come right .t eye lov.l, so I would recommend that it b. l.ft at
the thr •• foot eight or nine lnch.s as orlgl.,lly proposed. Unl.ss there
is some kind of W.lrd. c.t •• trophlc ~ccld.nt, I t~i"k that Is plenty
high. Th.t is what guard r.,1 height I. In tho VBe VUlrd rail helsht
standards. SG I do not se •• ny pro~leo with that.
Othenwfse, J a. very concerned ~boat· some of t~eie trees that are be1ng
transplanted. I cannot I"'gine that they ..... going to survl, •• and I
think the eost of doing it Is prohl~ltiv.. I would love to .ee ....
• olution to that ane particular area that I pOinted out to avoid lOSing s.
~ tree.. Otherwl.e, I thin. this is an exciting project and will bring
tremendaus finanCial relf.f to • lot of peopl.. I would think that the
neighbors would be excited about that. It noed. ta be done.
Nt Ro!.: I would lik. to .tlrt off also by saylngth.t I .. Impressed
wfth the effort to preserve the existing creek. I think this I. an
extraord!nary effort. I live about 100 yard. 'rOOl Platodero Creek It
Cowpor Street. I have •• en the other version of chann.llzlng the creek.
Thot cannot be undono, but I .. happy to see tht creek In Its upper
portion left In Its nltur.l state, ,splclally .lth In .ffort to keep water
In it, but not too lQeh. So I applaud that effort. I think the efforts
to re.tore this bike path and 801 Park are also extraordinary. It is
going to hlppen It great expan •• to the public, but I think it I. worth
It.
I agree wit' JulIe tnat tho Wood surfaee of the ~ridge should r~;n. It
~ require malntenaroee .s the y •• rs go by, but that Is part of the beauty
of wood. It Is natural. It deteriorate., but It can be replaced. I .lso
f-.l the same as Julio about the guard rail. Unless It can be show. to be
SODO kind of hot.rd .t SORe time, I do not ••• a probl .. with Its being
kept at a lower elevation. Since the creek, are being kept n.tural. It 1.
nice to be .bl. to look out at th ... $ you are croSSing the bridge. So
let It be as transparent and IS 1 .. IS possible.
I would lik. to ••• sooe special attention paid to preventing coll.teral
daa.ge to the sit, tnat is purely fT~ access and construction parking
Issue.. I know this projlct that is go1n9 on now has no rel.tion to the
•• ter district's project, but It h.s deoon.trated t •• nyone who tore. to
•• lk the site how fragile the topsoil there I. and how ••• ily It is "'$~
up fro. people doing a wheeli, or • donut on the way home from work.
Whil. th.t whol. swath will be tlken out and replac.d anyoa,. it certaioly
doe. have at least a short te .. lopact 0" the people who w.te~ it hoppen.
I would like to thin. that access In parti'i shauld perh.ps be limited to
a coupl. of tho wider open spots. It looks li~e there are a coup1. of
spots that $U9gest themselves to .. that are going to be within the
OZ/03j94
-13-
•
"
rIght-of-way that .ould be very handy to .ctually ,.t .side .nd set up a.
t.-porary parkln9 lots, If most of to. d ... ~e of thit type is restrIcted
to tho, •• rea" then they could be speclfica.ly restored maybe a little
~re e'$lly than if t~e entire SO-foot riiht-of-way for the entire length
of the project Is vulnerable.
J did not .. k. It to the field trip on Jan"ary 25, .s I w.s "at QuIte on
board yet, but T did ... t with Will 8ec~ett for I slmi'lr wal~ out there
on Tuesday Ift.moon. I got the distinct iapr ••• lon that this project, I,
;t stands now t is the result of I prettl 5ucc.tsful negDt1~tfon with th~
neighbors. While there is nO way to 10 • project like this without .ny
iapact at .11, the eventu.l res.lt herw Is pro ttl sltl,factory.
Will did mention there WIS. person involved 'n the origln.l push to get
thl. bike path and corrIdor done, and he WI. ,orlou. If Ken Artun'ln had
bee ••• ked .bout this project or had bee. Involved In .ny way.
(fn.udlble .n,wer)
M, Wilton: I agre9 with ~ cQlleag~es. On~ mai" issue is c~nstructiQn
around th ••• trees. I totiHy agree with Julie. I have no trouble for It
least one Df tnose trees sUTv1v1ng I transplant. w. must find a way to
get around It. I think the damage would be Irreparable. I think that \s
going to be • very specific conditio. that that partlc"lar a""a be
",ooked at around Tree ;28, yah every effort Qde to werk around that
trM.
~orkor plrklng needs t. be c •• trolled. 1 know there .r. pro,lslo •• that
poopl. cannot park on Matadero Aven.e, but nowhere does It SlY thlt they
cannot park on other sId. streets. I think that n.ed. to be Ig~ upon
.h •• d of time, and there n •• d. to be discipline fn that Ire.. I had the
.aMe feeling '$ you do th.t they can do • lot of damage with • ljttl~ ~et
ground and ears driving out the ...
Tne bridge is the t~ird Issue •• I~e hei9~t of the hand rail, the roadway
~t.ri.l. Why Is there & ch.nnel under I~. bridge? CO, 10" explain that
to mo, in concrete, .t ,Ill O.e place ~.r. J h.,e • nole "Y' t~.t the
ch.nnel bottom through the bridges would be coner.t. lined. That is in
one of the documents I have. I did not r •• llz. untIl I got to t~ls
... Ilng thot there Is • total tube under the bridg'_ Yhy is that?
Ms_ Hsyeh: The main conce~t Is to divert the blgh flow from ~.t.d.ro
Creek going Into this underground dlyer.lon ch,nnQl, and .1'0 divert the
high flow from Barron Creek going into this underground box tulvert we
c.ll the Barron Oiv.rsion. They Ire actually two sections of the box
cul.ert. On. is to divert Ihe high flow fro. earron Cree. and the oth.r
15 to divert the high n ... from MahdeTO C...,ek and Sarror, Cr.ek. Tile
e1evat~c~ of thi$ Ba~n di~~T~ion channel i3 .uch higher than this Barron
diversion. Th.t is the tube you .re talking about that goes under the
bridge.
"" Vil$on: 1 saw I Qrawing where these two fit 1ntc ~ich otheT. ODe~
that happen here?
Ms. Nsueh: Yes, it happons right there. So this is what we call the
eonfluent structure. It is the tonf1uente of th~ eXist'ng Katadero Creek,
02/03/94
-14-
4153292240 P.l?
the Barron diversio~ box cu1vert, and the Matadero diversion box cu'~ert.
So the three things go together right here. Sinc. the Barron ohanlon
channel 15 at a high~r elevation t~an the Matadero diversion channel, it
goes under tne bridge and then g ••• down and converge. in here.
Ms. Wl!s.n: I •••• Thank you. s. this accomplishment of • lower hand
rail of wood mlt.rial will be don. through SOle kind of appropriate
drainage system. They pr~bably could llso arch that brldgt up • little so
the 11r can blow through. [think that could be solved in I coupl. of
ways.
~: "s. Ma,er: [move for gener.l approval of the pcoj.ct as
presented, with the following conditions, in .6dit;~n to the staff
conditions: (1) that ... ,ures be taken to preserve Tree 128 in Its
current locltlon, and if possible, otho~ trees In thlt genora' olcinity'
that are eanoar~ed for relocation .nd transplanting; (2) that the wood
surface of tho bridge be retained and tn.t proper drainaso b. d.slgned to
.llow th.t bridge surfact to br •• th •• nd dry out and that the wood railing
be designed at I .aximuo height of three feet oint Inches. [would like
t. hay. o.vid add the third condition which hi. to do "nil cO:lstr"ctlon
ItOrl\er po.klng.
Nc. Ross: [would like to S •• I condition that the teapor.ry parking for
construction vthlcl.s and construction oorkors be ll~!ted to throe or four
specific areas that ore built for thlt purpose, w1th perh.~s sQOO gravel
put down, with those areas being restored otttrwtrd to tho ._ stand.rds
.s the rest of the work; that construotlon worker parking not be allowed
outside those are •••
~: By M •. Wilson. Ve have a .. tion. [s any clarification needed by
the appl icont?
Ms. Hsu.b: (InludJble portion of quo.tion until u.ing the ~Icrophon •• )
---eontractor is not allowed to park on any city streett not just
Matadero Avenue.
~, &tksoll!9dio: I wo,ld 11ko to .,~,.ln the r.isonlog why the tree is
being transplant.d. Thero noods to be a 15·foot wid. access for the
trucks to get In. There ar. co.crete truc~. and dwap trucks that need to
get In. That is the minimum that they noed. Who. we looked at this and
evaluated this, wt decided that thIs is the bettor Side for it to be on,
.~lch is why this swath of trees Is either btlng removed or tran.planted.
W. see It a. that tree olther needing to be removed or transplanted. I
know that you want to see It .a.ed. I gooss we can look at it, but I
think the cost of trying to save It would bt more pr~hlbltlv. than
transplint'ngo ft. .
Ms. Wilson: ~y does t~at box culvert hay~ to be ~" perfeetly straight?
Ms, Hsutb: I think It aetually hits tho l.ast amount of tree. this ~.y.
That Is where the bike path I. now. There are no trees or anything there
now.
11 •• ""'ir: Could 11 Just dip oround that clump of Uees In that one
area? O~ eight be hitting some trees on the other side, but not tre@s of
any laportance. Could you s •• what you could do to save that particular
02/03/94
• j S·
"
•
r • .'
a.rea cf trees.?
~s. Wilson: specla' areas. Haybe th.t ~s w~.t n.ed, t¢ ~ worked
Jt. I think it 1$ worth ~t, tOO. I wa5 terribly conterned wnen J saw
th-lt SiVJltion~
~Jlt: I wou14 like to •• k a que.tion of the water dIstrict
engfn~eriR9 pecp1t. Is th~r~ any engineering reason, or is it a f;nan~iil
burden to bend t~! box culvert there~ sl~ce it ;5 not a pretast culvert?
It could be cast In .lmost .ny shape. would there be • probT~ with
creatIng I slight c~rv. or offset to it to ail •• access on one .Ide and
$'Ve those trees? Can Y'u move It fift .. n f •• t?
~s, H$ut~: ~;thout looking It tne ~dr.ulic analysi5, I cannot answer
that Guestlon right now. But when we desIgned tho .li9nmtnt of this ~x
~ulyertt t~ concept is to loc6te the box culvert under tn~ existing
bicycl. ~th as .. ch IS posslbl.. There Is no vegetatIon right on top of
the existing blcycl. path. T •• t!s the alignMent that .ould i~act the
least vagetlt'on. 1nat was our ori9inal concept whtn ~e 1aid out the box
cuhert. "11 tho an.lyses Ire based "" tll~s struct"re. The hydraulic
calcul.tlons Ire based on thl. alignment. At thl. timo, r r •• l1y cannot
tell you what klod of ;~act It will have on t~. ~x culyert If .e put.
curv. 'n tho ~x culvert a!lgROent. We need to look .t our struct"r.l
cllc,l.tlons lnd hydra,llc colc.1.tlon5 in detail. I can •• y that we will
~ that. We will look .t the structural cllc,lltions to see If it is
feasible to put a curv. In ther •.
!s. MI •• r: 11M not Inslstlnq that you do that. It is Just-one
$uggestlon that we are m.klng IS t. how to sav .. the tree. In that are •.
Shirley brought up anotller idea of bringing In, tho trucks from e!thlr end.
MS. Hsy,b: The other e~ is the wall that ~~par&tas th~ Vi~ian property
from the bicycle path. Trucks c.nnot come I. from the other end. They
tin only come in froG Matadero Avenue.
Ms. Maser: I koep hoping th.t th.t wall could be temporarily dismantled
to allow some acc~ss.
M~. Hsu'b: That i$ ~~It I just expliined. that the Varian prope~ty will
be iapacted by our Phase IV construction, so we are negotiating with
Varian on any construction .ccess for the MJtadero Phas~ V project~ Th~ir
entire parkIng lot will be under cQnstruction because of our Ph ••• IY ~ox
cijlveTt construction.
We .a. loot at "n1 otn.r feasible way to do the construction of the box
culvert to try and s ••• that tree. .
Susan landry. B@tl's landscape Arch1tetture= Tnpr~ are several trees on
t~t other side, $0 we balanced $a~1ng fiye t~ seven trfCS on one side
~trsus one tree O~ the other Sidl~ The oth~r considerlti~n is that if the
trucks were to work on top of the tre""h, they .... uld •• ed to be using
Matadero Ayenue for l lop,ger per;od of t;~t beca~se it would take;
longer period of tine to construct that portion of the box culvert. So
there was a lot of tons!deration ~Ide at the time we were looking .t
transplanting and removing tr~es. Tnat on~ tree is ~e$tjonahle to
transplant It, but it .as at the ~uest of the community that inst •• d of
02/0l/94
·16·
P.19
just taking the tree out completely, that the tree be transplanted in an
Ittempt to .ave it, We understand th.t it I •• higher risk than .11 o(
the oth.r tree •• W. did bal.nce the .ther side. I( you looK ot t~ plan
closely, If you bend this bcx culvert, yQU will now take out almost seven
tre.s on the oth.r sId. of the project Instead ~f that one on the one
sid •.
~i!r' There i. DOr. thar. ono, Th.r. Is • whol. group of trees that
you might save on that side,
Ms. Landry: ~ •• r. trying to .,v. -..t of t~, and then there are sooe
that are being trlnsplanted,
Ks. Wll.en: I want t~ add a e .... nt on tnl, kind of an issue. My initial
reaction, when I went out to the s1t!, was that the whole sca'e of
construction .as out ef ,e,le with the land that wa< being dealt with.
think that III WI Ire askini is th&t ~be In thl. area, the seal. of
construction be reduced I few feet·in"order to protect this tree. I knew
can~rete trucks can hosl cancrste quit. I d1st.nct, so it cannot be tne
concrete t~uek,. It hi, to 0. the d.-p trucks that .~. a p.oblem, Maybe
you ~.v. to .s .... 11.~ truc~.. I don't know, but I ~,lly think
.... thing ~.s to be don, .bout It. I havon't t~. ,lighte.t prayer that
th.t tree tan be tran,pl.nttd. I think it \ •• wast. of .. ney to try and
d. that. I have seen .maller trees than t~at transplanted that did not
survive. That nriet.1. 1:1 partlcullr,. is pretty sens!the. I don't k..,ow
how WI stat.d that condition, but .. ybe WI ean.,tat. 1t very strongly, so
that at 1 ••• t there will be some BOrt dlscu,slon about It. -
!s Vo!", How .bout 'M.asures to be taken to preserve Tree '28 in it'
location, and other trees in the gener.l vicinity.'
Ms· "lSlr: • ...• nd AS .any other treea in that general ~rea as poss\bll.·
!so Wilson: Another conment ! would make i. that while the intent I. fine
of having this culvert go .long the existing bike p.t~ because the
vegetation is not o.ing dlst"~, everything Is being di.tu~bed, so to
me, that Is sart of an .~~iflcl.l re.tr.lnt you have put on your.elf. It
probably •• d. "ns. In the beginning, but now with the imp.cts of
construction, 1 think the best thing Is to slve.the more long·llved
vegetation. The grasses and thing. lik. that are gOing to como back
quickly.
MOTION ~fS: Ms. Wilson: Is there any furth.~ disc,.,lo" on thl •
.otion? A tho •• in favor, SlY Aye? All opposed? That passes.
Ms, Wi).on, I would lIke to thank the staff (or the long, hard work they
ha •• done on this project. I know that your work with the water di.trict
has be.n difficult. It has been verI thorough, .nd you have brought u ••
project that i, • Iittie out of our noraal scope, but •• had enough
Informltlon here So that we felt we could de.l with it. Hy compliments to
you,
OlIOJ/!/<!
.)7.
, --
•