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April 28, 1994
HONORl'.BLE CITI' COUNCIL
Palo Alto, California
Report from the "I.)ream TeamS Advisory COO".mittee 011
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Members of the Council:
'l'nis repot"t forwards the. Advisory Co;r,:llittee and staff reco:nmenda
tiolis t:eg.;nd1ng a joinlly funded City/Stanford feasibility study
for the DoI."lItOwn Palo ,,,He Intennoo<tl Transit 5tation and surround
ing interface an:~a bctw~ell };m.barcade"ro Road, San Prancisquito
Creek, 81 C<lminQ Real and Alma" A letter from the Dream Team
A(h'iaory cc-mmittee acco~panie~ this l"eport and summarizes t.heir
concll;siono.
Staff proposes that a public financing .specialist be hired at a
cost not to exceed $5,000 to conduct and prepare a program for
seeking public and public/priv..1;te financing both, to develop
sc}lematic design plans and to implement this project. 1\ budget
amendment ordinanco (BAO) approp:datil1~ $5,000 io attached. Staff
also recommende that the current plans,be }"eferred to the Compre
hensive Plan Adv!oory CorI'.mittee (CP.AC) (or incluoion in their Phase
II policy and prograM do~ument and incorporation into the Phase
III, Urban Design Element: and SIR processes. further, it is
recommended that Council encouJ;'"age })cth Stanford University and the
Palo Alto Medical Foundation to continue to cooperate with regard
to planning in the area and to further their current joint
discussions surrounding multi-modal ';ransportlltion alternatives.
On August 9~ -199)~ the City Council authorized the City's joint
participation with Stanfol'd Univel.-oity in a f:easibility study of
the "Dream Team" Charette results, descrlb~d in the r-eport titled
"Dreams to Visions: l\ Summary of the Stanford/palo Alto Interface
Urban Desi9n Charette. 'lOne of the Charette' B four professional
advioors, Peter Walker of Peter ,",'alker, Will iam Johnson and
Partners, was retained to conduct the feasibilit}' 8tlldy which
focussed on one of the central conclusions fron\ the charette: the
new civic Town Gt"een and round-about entry>l,'ay to Downtown Palo Alto
and Stanfor.d UniVeYBity.
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PE'.ter Walker retained aubconsultants in trangportation and civil
engineering, as well as a railroad specialisl;., to simultaneously
explore the feasibility of the Charette' f> conceptu<ll solut ion. The
traffic and cil .. culation scheme proved feasible: however, the
depressed railway concept proved technically infeasible due to
railroad aut;J:lOritic8~ l'egulations regal"ding gradat ion of {.;lope and
level stopping zones,
A revised scheme was drafted which co~tain.ed all of the ol"iginal
civic and environmental benefits, but the railroad tracks .(il"e
conveyed by a redes~gned bridge, as narl"OW as possible to allo· ....
light. landscaping improvements and pedestri..l11 llctivity bene..1th it.
The .:;:osts of constructing this revised scheme ",,'ore estimated. and
the project was divided into t~}() major components for ptll-pQflea of
further development of funding and de~ign, The Public Garden or
Civic Green. contained by the roundabout. is -estimated to cost on
the order of $18,000, 000 to conaU'uct. The second area over
Bl Camino Heal, called the Stanfoxd Plaza in the Phase II report,
~llOuld cost on the order of $10.000,000 to const:nJct. Total design
and implementat.ion fees are approximated to add 20 ·percent to these
construction estimates. Schematic design develop'i!if)nt tOl" botll
projects, which would be neceA9ar~{ to refine not onJy the Pl'Oject' 8
specific character and detail, but also II >:oore exact cost, ,,",'ould
range f.l"om $300,000 to $400,000. The timeline fot-taking the
project f}'om its current conceptual stage to initiation of
constxuction is 42 months. if the City moves fOl'ward in an
assertive manner after funding is secured.
ANALYSIS
After receiving an enthusiastic endot-sement of the revil:ed sclleme
from t.he Advioory Committee ~ City and Stanford staff furth(':l"
pursued the prospect.s for public and pl-"ivate funding of the plan.
The following preliminary discoveries were ascertained.
Public Financing
Staff from the City and St~nfor(j held a meeting with several
tl:.'ansportation agencies on March 18, 1994, and a previous interview
with the Joint Powers Board (JPB> and Public WorKS Director on
March 15. 1994, to "brainatol:1'l1 n on public financing possibUitie"",.
It was discovered thaL there are multiple possibilities for
construction financing. but many or: these SQUl-CeS ace in flux
within a dynamic political environment. Construction financing for
this project seems promising because it in an import~nt regional
transit hub, and the IIDream Team n solution is very consistent with
recent State and national trends in transportation and infrastruc
ture financing, Palo Alto~s station is on a rail corrldot:' of
Caltrain and at the linkage between two county bus s,"Istems. It is
supported by a local shuttle system and ar, extensive bicycle system
in both Palo Alto and Stanford .. a8 well as being located adjacent
to one of the most pedestrian-oriented and vital main streets in
the Bay Area. The JPB consid~rs it to be the most ill'1pOl"tant.
station between San Jose and San Francisco. and their hopes for the
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·station -are further reinforced by the transit-oriented planning
currently in progress by the City .tn the Comprehensive Plan Update,
Stanford Univer.eity in theil' Sand Hill Corridol" planning l and the
Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF) in their entitlement submittal.
Staff was unable to identify sources for fundit'Lg the schematic
design phase of the project, which is one of the next major steps
in achieving public or public/private funding. Financing r
especially for the construction of this project, would likely come
from a variety of sources, with incremental implementation. It
would be moet appropriate for staff to systematically evaluate
potential funding, for both the schematic design work and fUl"thel"
design/construction activities, with the assistance of a transpor
tation .tinancing specialist.
Staff has contacted the firm of D. J. Smith and William Kempton of
SaCl"amento, who specialize in advising and acquiring transportation
funding foX' public agencies. Mr. Kempton estimates that for
$5,000 1 funding sources can be investigated and a \oro'ork program and
cost proposal prepared for seeking a package of public funds fOl"
both design and construction, including all. estimate of the time and
money necessary for preparing applications and grants for doing 60,
Staft recommends that thi$ investment be made by the City at this
time,
It is worth noting that several of the Dream Team concepts al'e
already being achieved. The private redevelopment plans submitted
by the Palo Alto ~'edical Founda.tion show the Urban Lane connection
to Town and Country Village. Staff is currently exploring, on a
preliminary basis. the design of the Urban Lane road extenaion from
the University Circle interchange to the PAMl<' property. to be
further investigated through the EIR process fOl: the PA....,F entitle
ment application, Stanford University has funcled a capital
improvement program for the design and reconstruction of Palm Drive
in 1994. \~hich will mo:x:e safely and attractively accommodate
pedestrians and bicyclists to the transit station. The Oream Team
circulation schemes have repeatedly been raised by public members,
as a preferred option during their discussions with Stanford
University in the Sand Hill Corridor Community Outreach efforts.
'rhe concept of forming interagency pal"tn'crships to €xtend and
promote the Stanford "Marguerite U shut.tle to various destinations
in the area has frequently been raised in both Stanford and CPAC
planning sessions.
hoi vate Financing
In parallel with a review of the current public financing arena, an
analysis of the area's pl"OSpects for private financing was
investigated. This effort involved interviews with local real
estate experts, as well as consultation by Stanford planning staff
with the Senior Part.ner ,in charge of the San Francisco office of
Hines Interests I.:imited. The consultation with Hines Interests
J ... imiced had been done at the time of the original Chilrette,
regarding the prospects for real estate development in a period of
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retrenched real estate activities. In sUqlmary, the consensus is.
that the area is a pL"ime candidate for a public/private venture, in
which the public agency (Palo Alto) brings its regulatory authori
ty, funding access, and its land CAlma Street side) forward in a
proactive fashion. in order to encourage private investment
(Stanford and/or third ,pa~;ty) in a portion of the infrastructure,
as well as the agreed development upon land parcels. This could
follow only after the CPAC review process and adoption of the new
Comprehensive Plan and its EIR.
/!lli;Q,'lMENDllTION
Staff recommends that the City Council endorse the Dream Team Phaee
I I concept thl'ough the following actions:
1. Adopt the attached Budget Amendment Ordinance (BAO) and direct
staff to secure the se:t"vices of a transportation financing
specialist for a coat not to exceed S5~OOO.OO, to assess fully
the potential fox: public financing of both the schematic
design packages and subsequent design/ construction of thE'.
project; and to provide a \<"ork program for attaining these
funds;
:2. Refer the plan to the CPAC for consideration in their Trans
portation Workshop on May 15, in the Phase II policy and
program recommendations, Urban Design Draft 81cment~ and
Business and Economic nt"ait Element, and for later inclusion
in the Phase II! work developing a new Comprehensive plan. A
ht."oad-based consideration of this plan is included in the
current Scope of Services of Peter Calthorpe Associates and
Jim Musbach, Economist;
3. Commend the Advisory Committee for their efforts in critically
evaluating and steering the Phase II Feasibility Study. and
ask the Co-Chairs to continue in an advisory capacity during
the transportation financing study; and
4. Request
planning
in terms
Stanford University to continue
data to support an eventual public
of positive multi-modal ridership
its pursuit of
financing request
impacts.
Respectfully submitted,
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"Chief Plann' 19 Official/
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KENNETH R. SCHREIBER
Director of Planning and
Community Envi:t"onment
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Attachments: Budget Arr~nd~ent Ordinance
Attachment A -Letter from Dream Team Advisory
Committee
Attachment B -Article by .Alan Hess,
San .Jose Mercury
IIttachIMnt C -An 3152
Attachment 0 -palo Alto Dream Team Phase II
Preliminary Feasibility Study Project Summary,
Plirts One and Two
eel Or~am ream Advieory Committee
David NotJ'!l"Ian~ Stanford Unlversity PlanniJl.S Department
CharIeR C':"1"ter, Stanto~d University Planning Oepal'tment
Artdy Coe, Stanford univet'sity Governmental Relations
Julia FrelOOn, Stanford University Transportation Division
Jeff TUmlin, Stariford University Transportation Division
Cut,tis Feeney, Stanfo):d Manngemcnt Company
Leonie Batk,ln, Stanford t-!.'magement Company
Bill Phillips, Stanford Hanagement Company
Crlrolyn Johnson. StanfOl"d Shopping Center
Peter Walker, Pete!." Walker William Johnson and Partners Peter
Calthot'pe, Calthol-pe Aasociat.E!8
Russell Drivel", Joint Powers Board
Blisa Arias, Joint Powero Board
Jin, Lightbody, Santa Clara County Transit Authority
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ORDINANCE NO,
ORDINANCE OF Till: COUNCIL or THE CIT¥ N' PlIf,() AL'I'O
AMENDING 1'11& 8UDGET rOR TilE FISC~L YEAR 1993-94
'1'0 PROVlVE AN ADDITIONAL IIPPROPRIATION ,'OR
THE PLA1WIHG OEPlIl1THENT '1'0 STUDY FINAl/CHlG OP1'IOIIS
OF TII& DREAM TEAM DESIGN AND PLAtltHNG SOLUTIONS
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions Of. Section i2 of Article
III of the Chartor of the City of -Palo AltQ, the Council on June
21, 1993 did adopt a budqot tor fisco.'tl ye.ar 1993~94j and
WHEREAS, Planni'ng Departt:lont staff partioipated in .;\;'1 ad hoc
City-Stanford-Col"lmunity co;::rrd.tto(t ("OreaDl Toan.") investigating
planning issues on the island or land bounded by Alma stl:"eet,
E'rnbar-cadero Road, El Ca~inQ Real and San t'l'ancisqu ito Creek j and
WHEREAS, the Dreaa TearJ COhductcd a professional planning
charette which developed a var iOT.y of concepts for the designated
area Which ne~d further study;
WIJEREAS, there is .a need to hire a financing Gpeciallst to
conduct and prepare a program for ~ee}dng public/private financing.
NOW, TIfEREf'ORR, the Council o( the City of Palo Alto does
ORDAIN a~ follows~
S~Q1:LJ~.. 'rho Surt of Five Thousand f)ollars ($5,000) is
hereby appropriated to Contract Services in tho Specia.l Studies
Activity in the Planning Division in thu Planninq Department, and
the Budget Stabilization Reserye 15 cor .... enpondin9ly reduced.
SECTIOtL-.2.. This' transact ion will decreBse the Rudget
stabilization Reser'fe froll! $'11,265,349 to $11,26'0,349 as of March
31, 1994.
SECTION 3. As specified 1~ soction 2.28.080(&) of the Palo
Alto Municipal Code, a two-thirds voto of the city Com1cil is
required t9 adopt this ordinance •
.s~ION . ...1.. Tnfl council of the City of Palo Alto hereby fillds
that the enactment of this ordinance is not a project under the
California Environmental Quality Act and, therefore, no environmen
tal impact assessment is necessary.
SECTION 5.
Municipal Code,
adoption.
As provided in Section 2.04.375 of th~ Palo Alto
this ordin~nce shall becone effective upon
!Nl'RODUCED I\NO PASSED:
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NOES:
ABSTENTiONS:
ABSENT:
ATTEST:
city Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM,
Sr. ASDt. cIty Attorncy--
APPROVED:
cITy Manager
Director of Finance
Director of, Planning and
community Environment
APPROVED,
M.::\yor
April 28, 1994
Palo Alto City Council
clo Clerk's om""
p.o, Box 105m
250 Hamilton Avenue
Palo Alto CA 94301
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DREAM TEAM ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Dear Mayor Kniss and Members of the Cit), Coune;]:
The "Dream Team" Advisory Committee would like to enthll$.iaslically recommend Ihat the
City take a variety of steps to pursue the innovative ideas that came out of the Dream Team
Charette. Last March the City and Stanford University sponsored a Charette to explore ideas
for the University Avenue interface of the two enlities with each other and with the Ioint
Powers Board (lPB), as well as transit agencies for Santa Clara and San M'leo Counties,
Major themes thot emerged from the Charette were: (I) the possibility of depressing the
railroad tracks; (2) uniting Palm Drive and University Avenue with a surface fevel "Town
GfCP..n"; (3) creating a new circulation network; (4) rccogniz'ulg CO\ltraln as a major regional
asset and the station as a major wnununily .sset; (5) reC<Jgnizing San FrallCisquito Cr",k as
a major regio",,1 asset; (6) the need to "damp down" the speed and c.hange the character of
traffic on EI Camino Real between the Creek a,,<1 Embarcadero to make the interface
between Stanford Shopping Center and Downtown more pedestrian friendly; (7) to close off
Alma at the railroad tracks to unite EI Palo Alto Park, Hopkins Park and EI Camino Park;
(8) 10 provide circulation 10 a variety of existing and potential uses around the transit station,
the new PAMF site, the Holiday IIUl, and Town & Country Village to improve their
economic vitalityj and (9) to improve bicycle & pedestrian access ill. and among Stanford
University, Downtown, and the Projcet Area and its perimeter.
The key to many of these ideas: was whelher the railroad could be depressed. The City and
Stanford agreed to fund tcehniCllI feasibility Sludies. A wpy of the results is attacbPA. The
City also appointed ~ "Dream Team Ad'lo'isory Committee" representing a range of
s[a)ceholders'in the concepts to review tlle results of those preliminary feasibility studies and
report to the Council.
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Aner holding [W{) meelings 'with Peler Walker and Associales, we have learned that il is n<>[
technically feasible 10 depress the railroad. However. mas! of the other beneficial ideas
which arose from the Charette woold still be possible if the railroad lrack,; were narrowed 10
a "iadllci over the ·,own green-, 'fbe que.slioll for our Committee then became, "Is the
Chare!te concepl 5tH! viable if the railroad C-aMot be depressed?"
After con.s!derable discussion, the "Dream Team" Advisory Committee ha~ concluded that
the NVfsed plan is indeed worth pursuing. While certain elements of tl"te plan raise debate
and cOflC'em among our members. the technically feasible plan contains the majority of the
beneril.s which motivated our membership to apply to yo'Ur requesl that we pursue 111is
process. In add(lion to its civic aoo environmental benefits, Stanford has volunteered to help
Qrganize some prelimlnary ao.alysis of lhe environmental aoo economic advantages of rhis
coordinated. conuuu~ry-oriented pmject.
Out OltiSi""K.iing C()occms and debates are as follows:
• Some of u;. are skcptkal or critical of the Alma Street closure proposal, believing that
relbnc:e on a round-about at Unh'crsity Avenue is sure to creale in10Jerabie traffic
inconvcnience and conge.stion. Others believe that this element of the p!3n is a
crilical opportunity for linking three City parks and elevating the importance of and
access to San Fraocisquilo Creek in the publi.; realm. Some think tllat the closure is
noOOoo to prevent auto cirCUlation across the m Camino from impacting the
Down!own North neighborhood .
• The quality and usability of the civk sl)ace envis.ioned for the center of the study area
is quesliolk."d by some of us. With c.ars circulating around it and the train overhead,
will that space really function as a tradiHonal '"town green"?
.. The urban 'ane wnnection through the r~ar or (he Holiday Tnn will impact the parking
~ hotel uses. Can a solution for this access be reached [0 the mutual benefit of
bolll Ihc community and the hotel? [City staff are currently investigating this
assignment.]
.-TIle reli a~e on intcnnodal movement of people through the area is ciitlcal to the
plan, including elements like the jitney. til; this economically feasible?
Peter Walker is. going 10 be addre~jng these issues wilh you and the community May 2,
1994 at (he regular Couocil me.eting.
Now th't we Imow the project is tccMically feasible and potentially f<onomically desirable.
and we have acquired the estimated costs of cons(J'Uclion, the Committee has yoteii
unanimously to make the following re<:ommeooalion to the City Council:
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+ Pursue ISTH" and oil possible funding me<hanisms for potenlially implementins Iho
plan .
.. Investigate immedhlle and long·lerm planning meaSlJrt.s and tools (0 refine, adopi and
implement tho plan so that fUlUre and immediate land use proposal' in the Urban Lane
aroa. at the Red Cross ()r lIollda)' Inn sites lUld on all ,"<rounding properties ClIn
reinfon:c (be Dream Team objccl1\'e.s and C'onnkling l~nd use aCllons can be avoided.
This effOrt enl.ils add~ing the eo""ems oulilned above. and requiring that
development plOpO'Ols frOh1 both Stanford and the Palo Allo Medical Fcundalion
relnfoTl,<! and remain 0005i>1<nl with the Drcain Team plan,
• Ref" lhe pl.n 10 CPAC for ioclUlion in Oleir Ph.,se II, Urban Iksign errort so that
coordinaflon between the ",,'iswn (or lhls important area aoo the remainder of the City
will OCCUr.
In ~rnmalion. we rcollin enrhusiulic abou' the COf');-Cpt and would request Council
aUlnorilJ:lion 10 C'oolinue to aCI as a ~.ouooing board as Inc plan is pU.fS1JW further.
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EMn.Y RRNZIli.
Co·ChIIl,
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TONY CARRASCO
Co·Chair
Attachmenls: David Neuman's Economic Anal}'s.~s
Backg,ound Summ,ry
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Medical building looks like
major Palo Alto monument
PAW AL'fO's ge:iing.!'. 101.
rooN' I han a new clinic in
the Palo Alto Medk-a.1
Fotir"tdallon's new headquarters.
The extellslv.e project, unveiled
last '.· .. ft'k, will tum ~he wrong
side of the Palo Alto tracks h1tr)"
SOphlS.ttC1lt.o;d l1ew distrtrt.
The 300,OOO·~quare·(oot 001\\·
p!C')( w:lll be a m 1\JOr m·onumt'nt ill
llselr. But the foulldatioll and Us
aTchltects, t:.t~rbe Bed:et of Sl! n
la MonIca, have set a clear goal:
to ~nsiU\'ely link l~e project to
downtown Pal!) AHo and a n(Ow
transportation l1ub proposed (or
University Avt'lhIe with new llr·
ban pathways and new public
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Dt:eatn 'I'eam financing bill -AB3152
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t'rOO1: -Matthew J. WilHaJM· ~{N'illia~eis.calst3t(' edu>
Subj~ct: Transit Villages bill
To: vanpel t_,steve@tar.d~.c(rn, m,)tor750@nelcom. cern, jim..,heeier@aol.('(I([,I,
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Stanford landcl" ... ucrs .:lnd Dream Team procrote:rs:
H€re's a COW of a Bates bilL AS 3152, that could havE' an positive ilTpact on our
ability to develop our 1a:'1ds aroWld the PA train station, Essentially. the bill
allO'"",8 agenci.os to create a special distdct within a quart(,l-mile radius of a
transit center, and grant:'> the district l"edevelop"rlent agency "uthority to
ir,pleroent plarts. A quarter mile from the PA station includes Hoover pavillion,
the tront of the Shopping Center and almost all the Dl"E>atn Te-aln pLoject area.
The big bonus is that such a district gets the authority to use tax incl:.'E'J'OC'llt
financing to blild Dream Team-type proj&·ts, and entitles it "to first pi-iority
for avai1&ble fW'ldlng for innovative fe....ieral tl'ansit and land use programs in
C.llifornia in which the state has discreticnalY authodty .•
I encourage y'all to look it over and. hopefully, voke Stanford's opinion_
IJeffre'}'
AsserrblY;;;;.bei: Tc:.n-Bates of o. ... -kland -has -"i~troduce.1"""the follcM-i"ng-i~iil.
Please look over. If you like it, his assistant is asking for a bl.-ief
letter of SUPPOl:.'t (I call provide a draft) ~ C<X1l1'\E!nts, are of course ~'elcO!ne"
Thanks.
B!l.l. NUMBER: AD 3152 INTROOOCIo::I> 02/23/94
BILL T&X'T
U:!'I'RODl.~F'.J) BY Assembly !-leTber Bates
FlmRUARY 23. 1994
An act to add Article 5 CcOft'Tl'\eoncinq with Section 33299) to
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Chaplet" :) of Part J of Pivision 24 of the Health and Sa[ety
Code, :t:elating to lar~d use.
LEt.HSL.-\'i'IVE CC(JNSgVS DrGE.,.C;T
I\B 31S2. as introduced. Bates. I....:llld use: Transit village
Oevel~~~nt Act of 1994.
&x,isting ho ..... , kno-.. Tl as th'3' Coonunit\. Redevelopncnt. LaN.
MtlNrhcs the tl'stablisl'.ir(>nt of )."ooevelopnent agencies in
CCOl'lHnities to dddress the etfC{;ts of blight. as de(ine-.:.t, in
'l'lightw a1"(>a5 of thos~ c<tltrLmitics KnQ',,'ll as )?l:oject areas.
7his bill \o'Vtllo:t enact the T ... ansit Village Devei'opT\I2'nt ACt of.
1991. The act:. "'-'O\lld £I:>..'p)."(>SS various findings a.xi declaratjons
o( the [.(!gislature regarding the use of rail transit in
('~IHo:mia ard related issue-s. The bill \o;\)\.I)d i\uthoL'ize the
QstabJ ism~lt ot t),'a.nsit vilhge devel~nt districts. "rhich
..... 'GtIld C"C'nsi,'st of all land .,dthin a quHter-mile radius of a I-ail
tra:lsit statioo (~sirrnat«l br the GQvemor, Ul-)()ll awli<»t ion by
Ule l'C9hl.~'\ti\'e hxlo..l of the city, .t:'olmty, or cit~' and county
tMl has judsdictioll o\.'cr the station area and that has
'Esta,bl i shM a t:ed£!vt."10\-..toont agency _ 'I'r'1e bi II hUU 1d speci fy that
.a trar,5it vill,lge dIJ .... elC1m<;>nt district lo.'Oulci possess the lX ..... ,."i>l:S
of ., rc':w .... el~nt 'agency estdhli~hed purSI.!a,nt to the c(.(rmunity
~j.eve1cop~;I"-ll.t I.,.),w. 'tilt" ,bill .... ')iJld l'equhe that a transit
\'illalJ~ d~vl)lc.; .. :.ra:,nt riistxict m .ar.hinistere.i by thE' le<.Ji~lati\mIH[79C)3
l:cd'./ al")<.i staff ot the l-ed-evelo.fXnent agemy jn the 11..1rjsdict ion
in ... nic:h it is 10<'<'11 ed,
I,'ole; fT<',ljod.ty, AW1"Or,dation: llO. Fiscal c(:;(uI'ltt('e:
... ~S. Stat.o--r" .... n<..Uted loc~11 pr(gr<" .. iI: lK>'
11n: PE:)Pl.J-; ())' HIt-: STATE OF CALlf'ORNIA I)) ENACT AS Fm.L(Y,',·S:
SEc-ll(;t-l I. Article 5 (cOOTl"l-J-ncing ..... ith se-ction 33299) is ,10.1&1
to ChaptN 3 of Pdrt 1 of oi"ision 24 of the Health and saf(:o~,~1
('0<\9, to l'(·ad:
Article 5. TJ'ansit Villa'1e [)eve-1orment i\ct of 1994
))299. 'fhis act I5l1a11 be h)O""'n, and ffi"lY be cited, as the Tl:ansit
Vi llagc ~ve
)c·prr .. :nt. Act of 1994.
))299, I, Tnc l..e-gislatll~e hercl1./ Unds ;uxi declares all of
the foll(t""ing:
(al Fedel"al, state, and local qoven¥neots in California are
ir.vestiog in nC" .... • and expande.:i rail transit systffi.s in ar(?aS
thNugh<..."Ut the st.ate. including r..cs I\ngeles COWlty, the San
Francisco Ba.y area, san Diego County. Santa Clat:a County, and
Sdcra."t'lento County.
to) This public investment in rai 1 tl"ansit is. unrivaled in
the-State's history and represents ",,'ell over ten billion d)llal"S
(.$lO.OM.OOO.O{){)) in planned invest~nt alone.
fe) Pe>:ent stUdi.es of transit ridership in Califomia
indic,,.te that persons 1>0.00 live I-iithin a quartl2'r"'mile l'adius of
rail tY<Ulsit stations utilize tlm t.ransit !>")'stem in far gredte'r
flU!i"bers thAn does the general p..lb}ic.
"Id} The use of t.ransit b,,.. :r,.ersons livin<:J neal· rail transit
stations is,p,Hti(.!.llarly irrportant giver. the decline o( trans.it
d,dership in California .bet\~<m 1980 and 199D. Transit's share
of C«lTlute trips dl"Or-PCd in all California rretropolitan
areas~-q(eater ws Angeles: '5.4 percent to 4.S pen:ent,· ScmfH[79C66
Fro;)ncis,,:o 3.;,.y ,\rea.: 11.9 percent to 10.0 percent; San Die<J():
).7 perc~nt to 3.6 ,:.oerce-n"t; Saclamento; 3.1" percent to 2,5
per.cent .0) tun-cnt ly. only a Sll'\:loll nU!TOer of rail tl'ansit stat ions
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in CalifonlLa tlave any cOI'cen'tratio\l of housing proxuMt€' to th~
station,
If) Interest in clustering housiog and, cOOU'Jercial de\'el~nt
around rail transit stations, call<ed transit ... illages, has
gained rt"()I"rentum in rece-nt ye30rs, An ic:le-al tt".ansit \,iU<we hi!-S
all of the follO'o"Iing characteristics:
(1) It is a neigh'tx>rhood centered arounO a transit, station
that is planlle(l and des_\ojned so th:lit l.:csid"2nts" .... "orket"s.
shoppers, and ol;hers (ind it coov';-ni('nt dod attractiYe" tQ
patroni~e transit.
(2) It has a mix of housing typo.:::!;!;., iricludil\? <"Ip<;l"trnent 5,
within.) qua.rte:r-mile radius or th& transit stat ien.
(3) It cont<'lins other. land us.es. lnclvdincj a. n:?tai 1 (Hst rict
o.riented to. tiw: tr<.V'lsit GtOp and civic t.lse-3. such as schools an...i
libraries.
(4) It invites pedestrian and biC'/do ,1CCoS3-S to. th~ t k'ansit tH[79CS)
station, with attra<.:tivel}' deSiiJ11ed .. md l"l"ndscar":xll" • .lth-,,·"I's.
(5) It pIovides d<:!sro()Stra'bl(t public l)(>J1Cfi.ts l--eyond the
inc.rease in transit l.l-t-31)!?, iocludir"1 ",11 ot th? follC' ... ,ir'l9:
(A) Relief of traffic c~Jostion.
(8) Inpl"o.VOO ait" qJality"
(C) Jnc~:ease.d transit ccvt:>nu.e yields, ()15i)~) I:n-('.as-f,d stoc',;; (If
affonia'hle ho\lsin
g.
{t:} Rede'/elopTcnt of ck..pl"~SS( .... i cJ).~1 f'T,,'1'9in~t ilw€h.'1.c,em: Act of 1991.
H<XJS~ LOCATlal ASH
IJlSr JUST. ACT. [~TE: \)2124194
LAsr HISf. ACl'Ia~ Frnn pdnLoE!l'" M-~>' be hl!drd in. (""('l1mittl:'e ~,,-'Uch 26.
31 DAYS W PRIW O)J26/9~
d lo reduce vf>j}icle
traffic on the high-"'dVS. the state gO,,-'E.>Il),'r.-:nt stK.tJld dir.ect ne" ... •
develO{:ffoI:mt close to the ti'dJlsit stiltio.')s aJKI a'6&'1 tl'(~'" ot.h€'t"
e.xisting neiC]hoorhoods. D:oin'J .5') will H.·.quire an <!(jg:r(>s5ivc
program o.f financial lncellt ives and land assCf!~Jl)' pf.,''"!l'$ si:rr.i lar
to. those I)O"~ utilized b.l rooove)OluoE'nt !1ist rict s.
3)299.). {a} (1) A tratlsit .... ilLlg(' c:loY-lI'lq:tr>,:,-nt district
shall consist o.f all land \dthin a q\laTt('r-miloe-radius 0: a rail U"dHSit
station
designated v/ the GovonlOr. U1X')Jl <1PDlication 11/
the legislative bYi}' of .a city. county, or city and county that
has jurisdiction over the st,ltion are"" and t)k"ot l~s establi~.l~cd
. a redevelop:r~nt agency pursuant to this p,u:t,
(2) Por pu~ses o.f this article. 'district' rr~~ns a transit
village develO{Ire-nt district ~s definoo h\ p.:lragraph 11).
(b) A distdct shall ha .... e all of the 1)O',,~rs p.:::ossess€'t.i b, a
redevelo~tT\E'nt agency established porslJa!lt to this p.3rl.
including, but not limited to., the pO' .... '('l:S of la.n(l assroi"Jly and
.-''''-'~ tax incr€'f"OC'nt financilY,J. Th-ese poo .... -e:rs s}>.all 00 aw'li lable to.
districts in order to COll('entrate develop'f).2'flt, p,lrticul.arl}'
houshlf}, 'I .. dthill the district,
(e) A district shall be en.t it led to. (h"sL priorit}, (or
available (unding for innovative federal transit and land use
programs in Califomia in ",il,lch the state has diS<.'l.'et ionaty
authority.
{d) A district shall be ad-niniste.red bj the le<)islat"l_v-e bx!y
and" staff o! the redevel~'"lfi.ent ag~n(.y of the juri&:lic'::ion in
whidl it is locateo::l.
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BILL NUHBBR ! A.B. No. 3152
I\tJl"HOR : Bat es
TOPIC : Land use: Transit VilLage DevelOiXT'~.mt IIct of 1994.
BI LI. HISTORY
1994
Feb. 24 From printet', Hay be heard in comn.itte~ M-;lt'"ch 2~.
Feb. :n Read. first tirr.e. To pdnt.
CURRt2lI' BILL STi\TUS
MF.ASURE: A.B. No. ).152
AUTHOR(S) Bates.
TOPIC I...ar-.d t.lse~ Tnnsit Vil1.age Devel()r~nt Act of 1994.
HOUSE LOCATION ASH
J~ST HIST. ACT. DkTE: 02124/94
LJ\S'[' HJ$T, ACr:tOO F.t'OITl printer. May be heard in C'<:<rnuttee t'.,uch 26.
31 DRYS IN PRINT 03/26/94
TITLE An act to add Article 5 (coolT~ncin9 with Sect:i(m 31299>
to Chapter). of Part 1 of Division 21 of the He,11th a.nd
Safety Code. relating to Vmd use.
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Prepan><! for.
Th9 City of Palo Al to and
SIan(om UnlYOnlity
Prepuedbr.
Pe~r Walke: Wllliam JobnsoQ and Pa.rt:DCrs with
Briau Kangaa Foul II: and
FeIn & Peel'S Associates. Inc.
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'lTl. WALXER. WILL!AM IOliNSON AND PAATNERSJ.
t.~NDSCA'1 Ak(:'H'lfEClUIlI INCOIIPOP;AllO SAN FP. ... NCI-SCO ANN ARBOR CAM8P.I{'ICl\.:
TABLE OF CONTENT8
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L P.o..rtidpanta: ............................... . ......................... 4
n. ProJ«t S"""""Y ......................................................... 6
A Plan Summary . ............................... 6
ll. Coet Su 0ltn8.t)' ·········· ........................................... 6
c. Roo:lmmend.s.Uol\9 and CocclusioWl ...................... 9
D. 12
UI. SUllUllo8l)' Di~ ....... . 20
A Autoroo!>iJ.e Circulation ., ....................................... 22
B. P~rl8n. Bicycle. Shuttle Bus RoUI.ee ................................. 26
c. Op'h S"""" .............. . .. ... 21
D. InvetoPJnell t Parcel, ................................. , , . .. .. 2S
I. B"dpt. ............................................................... 31
IL Dreem Tt\I6.Ql TI\$k. Force ............ . . .......••••.••••••. 37
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Cllen!:
Toohnlcal
Advioory Group:
C.neullanl8:
Th. City .C Pol. All. ond Sulbl.nl U.h .. rel,y
Imam 1'oom Tu~ Yo ""
'I'o1lJ' Carturo, Cornoro & Mo.,,;" ... Co·Cbalr
1'.,111 RouoI, eo.Cboir
Moo~m.llry NJ.du8IOlI, Cody.M!o..."i&I€(I
Tl>1lJ' Badgor
Jim Ilalbonl
Ctelnf!bt Cben, m. ClflJlWnt Cbt~ &: Asooodlltes
Ell •• Yletdl ..
Bob OrtJ:lt, Wtl7'e and }'rcldI)Dridl
De.vW Jury, Pilla Alto Med.iOll Foundatloll
CoIM. L<htbo'll
Jobn B. Montgomoryj &ker'& MeKtDde
John VfJl Ho~
Th. Ci Iy of Polo All.
Nan<:)' L,.tJe
JlkTVin O,"'I'!rway
Virginia War-licit
Sta.nford UniV"l."rait)'
David N'ellmtn
Charl0ll c.m r
Bill Phillip"
Jerfrey 1\Imlin
LeonIe F. BalkJll
The City or Me-n]o ratk
Do.dola P.~
p.rer Wolk<r Wal""" J.h .... and 1' .. 1 ..... ~'J Co ........ ,
LaOOscopo Ard.1I""",,. and PI .. nlng
PeLtr WaJker
Will [ltD J 011 D..'IOD
Celhy Dol .. Blah
Arthur Ba.tt.oDlteln
Brian Kansu Foulk, Civll EnjO ... ring
Dave Rlcl>wood
Fehr 8t'ld Peen .A..s8oci81~ 'f'nIf'fic Consu]lants
Jeri)' Walten:
Railroad COr..oul .... '
C.ny Murdoc\
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DREAM TEAM PHASE II
PROJECT SUMMARY
PLAN SUMMARY
The Peter Walker Wllllam JohD8(!n and Pe..rtJlere Uloaln W'88 retalned by the City Dr Palo Alto and
Stal1J"ord Unlvmlty to lO\'l.,. tho foaolblll ty or the M.u<h 1900 Droa,,""m plan whiM CO<>lSOd on
the lowering of'thiEI tailroad tn\CkI.i and the creatioD of Q civic garden piau In tbe are& bet\\wn Palm
Drh"8 and University Avenue. The. I!IO)pe of work waa to Ibcluda a roview of Lbe lecbnical
requIrements at t.b.e plan. atId also to de\"9lop a pre-ecllematic &JIj rna I.e of plobabta oorutruct 10 n rost3
for bUdgetillg purposee. The resolution of Palro: Dri~ the Dardell and the oooned.ion to Unh-pr:;.ity
AV'8nue, AJma Stroot and EI Camino Roo.I ~r& the major Usu(l9:,
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An: InJfull review of the Pen:iMUJa Corridor Joint POW9l"B &ard (PCJPB) requiNmellts rellttl\"e to thl;\:
ve:rtica.l a]lgntMIIt of t.be railroad r'8ve.a1ed tha~ the original Dream t~m noHon o( t< .. wering the I rMk. ..
was I~ble.. The rna:ajmum allowable gradient for Mfe~)' acd operationAl purposos eppl\."\Elchjng
the statlon ot Is 1 % mong with a streLch of ~OR.lty bve! lra~k area at the sf.ation. Th000
spedllcatioJls "W'I)wd not p&~ut, tho tracks to achieve il »t<»S:S81)' .ceptb. o!thirl)' (~t within tbe
project; ares or any other reasonable di8lanoo. Based upon other Pen.illSula dtie!J' «l~ri9ncee. It a11IO
teorooo unlikely that the PCJPB wouJ:<3 change the requirements (or this ptlrtirular 8fhJ8.Uoc.
Wa then PUNJued a Matron to the pltl.n with IOlOO very early ek&t.cbea that weN pfG9iQnt.od 10 the
Dteam TM.m S\Ilx:olJ:llDittoo. Our 8%ploration t.,;lGted the reV"et"ge colloapt: tha tratk would r'fI.lMltI
above and PI large chic garden could flow beneath.. Q\VlStlolUl were askoo tIS to whether lba t'El6ultinS
gradients would be oomtortab!e to wal~ on, whether thllfe wou.ld be enough light benE-altl the-tttl.clr..s.
end whether it could be made illro a fin&. uaeab!c civic gaYden, dirrereD~ from what rorrentty m;ists
!Uid ooJl.li.&t.6Dt with the Dream. T~'8 noUon (Ol' the area, Out rep:reeen!aUolII to tbe Comrnitt.oo
waa thal1lV9 thought we could addre6s these coooema &nd W9 were d:i~ to punue this MW
oonoept further.
The 'reeulUtl8 plazi repreeenta a con08pt wbere .. grand Chi~ Garden fonns the entry to both
dOWllto"Wl'n and Stanrord University. rt IOOvea oollltJrl\Klual,y (rom the bMd: o( Un:ivemt)' Awnul\
p8IItI'!I8 down with a g&I1t1e grade under the railroad. and tl!en rises again .. It oonLlDuee \n'6t to
CI:.lnnect to Stan!o:rd'. Palm Drive. Though not yet • speci6c de8.igu, Lbe atl.8.cbed dhlwingsJ iUuatmkl
whal, sueb a ga.rdetl oowd be like.
EletneIlta ortha p:an include a naM'Owoo railroad bridge that would enable a quality or light. planting
and the pe.rk,to oont.inue g;racofuJ:ly underneath, etiminaUng the pl\'l8en~ tUDnel effect. We·ve let\. Ute
station whei'8 It le {(It tha nudy. although there are other &!teruaUv89 that c:an be oonsldered. As
Obe movea: from Un! vereHy Avenue and pa.88Ia8 under the trt.cb. the nu t task becolOO8 ono o( maldns
a OO:tllle..:tiOD which lWOlvtt3 Palm Drive in a way th at &.lao b&cQmee Q part o( tb II ci";c {ttperienoo.
The propoeed solution is 8; tramc dn::).e. to be l0C:4ted at tne EI CamIno Real a'Q8S:)ng on a widened
~atto:rm. This would be oon&'truct.ed by adding a new e«tion o(bridge tl:l the north o( tho uiBtitlB
one and lowering a portion or EI Camillo 011 that sjdo.
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PRELIMINARY FEASmILITY STUDY
April 6, 11194
'l'b& Before anti After study .k~tchea giV9 an jndiootion I r you looked 6.tt08S the existing aroa wbat
the prospoct might reel like. Looldng from Uo.lvenrity Avenue a.cross to Stanrord toward Palm Drive,
the 8nt .bt.cb .hows the view that you ooutd bay&. It '¥I"Owd be, much more open tbal1 it is no.w.
Tb~ BeIXIl1d sUtch Hlustratea the view t<JO\Jng t:a5t when you rome (lut of the P6Jm Drive gau.s .. nd
look toMro tbe be6io.ruag8 of the park. ~d Palo Allo beyo'Dd. You wo\lldn't fully see the garden as It
dropped, but would know tbat it W1I.8 open 8.D.d as you progreesed, you would 90e the! it W&S open.
The real 8pE:\OE'. and dirtanoas are of a scalp that geE.'Dl8 comfortable an.d traversable.
We beUeve the plan ill phys3cally feuib13J would be a 11l8jor dyj:c and aesthetic im'provom&ot if'
flOOOmpllaboo, and Ues: well within the orig\nat"-8pirlt (It the roo'lmmondations: by Dream Team.
COST SUMMARY
The eslituatoo ro!18ttuelion budget for the oonterpieoo and rela.too street and
rrulroad improvem&Iits tQt.aJ& 8ppro:tiruA~ely $28,000,000 In 199.1 dollars. In add!tiou to this dSifign
tUld itnplemer:.t.8:tion (~ may .add aoot~er 20% (or an o't--erall total project hud~t of $33.000.000.
The ooeting analysis coval'S two areas and the stroet .and ~rimeler improve-menta directly relatOO to
lb.e oellt~rpi&::le. Area J ($18,200,000) deals \litb Ibe pubJle gald~n, railroad bridge modifications and
rotary atteet improv(l:mente. Area 2 ($9,741,000) includes what we're calling Suuford pjQJ)l which is
the drue and improvements over EI CantlM. We Ihlnk it's poosibls to oonstrud-tb6ge two nroM in
pbl3.8iJ8, ~U93 the park retuTtl8 to grade from paMing under the ra31rood before rE'aooing the
CUrf'SDt overpass. It is. also ~ible tbat the-No be 110 improvtlment t-O the OV&rpruss on E! CranillO or
that Lba nist.in, ovorpe.sa be eUmin.atOO 8lld El Ca:nUno Real be raiged 'Up to grade.
Tba 008t8 address the pubUc garden.9, immediately adjaoont drculel!on and Stanford Piau only.
They do not take into &C(()u:nt all of the improvements tb.at mtght Call to other development. patIO os
structul'eI!J, etreet impro\"eDW.lnta or th& additional park improvement8 that might cxx:ur in the vidniLy.
This is a very focusod etud,)' 01 the O&llterpieoe 88 the kil)' lirtk to the who19 eyaOOltl and t.ba ~nerator
M far 8.8 increa.eed land value. Illcreaeed movement betweell the varioU$ 5yBtem.s., alUlrnalive
transportation Innovations,. Improved alr quaUty. the jitney, walkJng. bJ<.')'cles, mucod parklbg
nqu.i tetne'Dt8,. and potential fulldjng, as well as all of the aesthetic rewards.
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PRELIl!INA.'lY FEASIBILITY STUDY
April~. 1994
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April G, 1994
COST BVMl>WlX
A.RBA 1 Peb1Jo GU'den
P"",~1lon
Bhoony (Trta. Ot'ldint. Utility R.t~u...n)
T_ruyIUl. Bridr r", SMon,.
Psrmanwt RJt Sridrt t...,r UM.t~in& ., Unh'fflity
AWJnu.
R.!.aJninr 'iVan.
N .. AC Pu~mffl~
Utili'ty ~kuijorJPN~n
Storm Dra.i.nA,p S)"'~
Su.ga Cor"~n.& Tu.fTk: C'<>ntNl
Signing, Stlipinc: and Muki.J:.,:
Comrn<'l"'" Wd~tNttbca?!,
8UB10I'AL
.i.5 ... Conlln(ecltCy
AREA 1 TOTAL
AREA .a SW:\Iord P1u.a
a.~W.u.
N.", B~ "I Univf.trl:I)I"'~ £i CaJnino
N6W AO PaytmtnlwlCurb, OlltUr, ~.,..,~
Utility Rtloolti.r"rJPt\')l~n
8""", ~ sr."'"
Sc...p CoMtJuebol) -' Trabk Contr",1
Si.ar:nini, Striping Ilnd Markin,
Rolat» LAM>oope
BtrBTOTAL
t:.H. ConllntellCY
ARE.A i: TOTAL,
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2.600,000
2,000,000
600,000
1,100,000
g80,OOO
J.&'qo,OOO
1.600,000
/1.1(\,000
1,2()),000
m,ooo
2,200,000
J4,660,OOO
S,~O.OOO
18.200,000
120,000
3,800,000
1,~500
Y.>l,ooo
200,000
600,000
200,000
9.\(),OOO
7,'l~.600
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PRELJNlNARY FEA.~mlLlTY STUDY
AprlJ 6, 1994
MCOMMEIWATIONS Arm~CLUS!ONS
We bel{8\'8 LhQt. ooM1lrt.ent with the Dres.m Team CQhd~ona. tbe p~ 'W()uld 00 or great eo:oDOm!C,
eoa:a1 and aestbl!tle benefit to the COtll..O:lunity. In order to facilitate ttl) oonlJntJ4Uob. we hllw
outlined 11. prog.re.ru leading to the break.i:ng or ground In tvu,gbly tlI roe and oc.e·hal r)"tllU¥..
TIl, rim signlflcanL step wblob we would recommend la: II pl'OCl:!e8 roughTy 6 tDOnlM In ,,\J.NI~{)n
whereby th. opodfic deelsn. l.cll1lJ"" reoJ!~ .. and P't..~aJ /.lMln8 ""'roes and .-.qui ... .,..'. ""uJd
he deOz:;ed. AXld dEGCribed. The ulJ tmat.$ ~ of thls pb~ or work 'WOuld be to (()lll~et.s !.he
SchelnatJc Dee:lgn ror the ~I1terpjeoe and to develop boU! IEcilt:J<.'8I.DtI illu..rlratJ .... 't ms~riah tcltAble
(or the solicitation ot funds trom the Jot.ermod.al S'Jri400 r,j.'nUlJpol1.8.tioll Effidc'ner Ad of J!f9J
ag'1'EA) or other applicable funding .oUI'C'«t.
Speo:iOc tasks during tli, Sch.ematie Dee.ign phase 'WOuld ir.dude:
A D0\t&lop~nt ohrx~tll.~ base DlSJXJ Including topographic,. ooundary end
iDtTas!ructUN: 1Nl'V\l)'"
B. Site iDvaatig.tLioIl Into tb.o pre~nl condition IUld OOlUtnu;tlon UmJ.(lI8 rclAtJ\'Q 10
existJogstructUtM and p]"nL I.ll6teriaJ. Md ss:«iCiceJly Inch .. diD,LClbe tl CamlM
oYerpas:8, the taUroad bridge atl-d the: m.llroad mlioR.
C. Ree.::lutioD of an overall 18Dg1noerino plU'l (or tbe-sile e.ddN8\illg aU aINd.,raJ,
grading, draine.ge and infraltructure;~ Oc( the site,
D. Resolution o( an ovemJl dteign pZan (or tbe «>DlrailtpBCO and adjs..N>nl stteEt80.."apN:
addl"ElflS'ing the i88\le& O( progr&m, parkJllg. &COO8:S, flCrvioo. l.Ddsolpe Crl'JIlltneDt,.
au:dUary str'\Jcturw. bwJding eelba.eb, gt'8dinS'. Ipx:Hlc OOl)l)t'I('CiOM to Unh-emf)'
AV8t1ue aIld Palm DriY'f! and spedaJ roatUrtlf..
E. Reeolutlo:a or a spedflc ti"afflc and drculaUon plan f''lJr" tbe .. !ta Including d~gJUlioN
and locaUClu for veh1ru1ftt, pedhltrilUl, bl~de and jitney travel.
F. ~OPmetlt ora .Ue model and wfficil;ltlt <3ra\'tlnga .nd reDderi083 1.0 dee.::ribo llIe
project.
O. InvartJgaUon Into the poos3blo t"uDdlng 8(Hlr0)8 and lh9 apedfie d~gn. ~,rograru 8~
tubmiltal f$'.j,uinm~nts (01 ooell.
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PRElJMINARY PEASmlIJTY STUDY
April 6, 11194
It Preparation ()f lUI. updat.ed etat.eroont or probable construction 00lfts.
J. Partldpl1tiOD ill a series or commu.nity worubops foeu&ed on reflnJng the program
a..od de8ign plan.
We estimate the m.s.a'Oltude of this 900pe of services to be approrlroatel)' $300,000 to ,",00,000. Our
initlal ~ a%ld jpput bas '*'0 that it will take this kind of work efrort in order to bri~ the
project up to. a JG"n1 when It wilt be OOtnpetitive in the JSTEA funding arena.
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April 6, 1994
Il.\lMMARY DIAO RAMS
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Following t.be d4veloptnE-tlt of the cent.E-rpieoe, we were Il9ked to til-this back into the Droom Team
prellmlnary pin. The disgrolnS we have prepared rotl.S.id&l' the various pteoe& or tbe Dream Team
uwmptJoM aM. b.ow thl6 uew Civic Garden mighf work ,""itbin them. There ArE! Cout' ba8ic divistons
otirJormaOQIl whJc:b we h.,."VG described including Automobile Circu:atioDj Pedettnan, Bicycle fUld
SbuttJ~ Bua Ro,u*; Open Space;./UId Future De~lopmi'!Dt Pa~19, Barrlcatly we have fludled and
rerl.&ed theee S)'j1.efliS only as Lbay TEllste to tbtl' feasibility ot the ool1terpieoe.
The overlllying ot t.h.ooe .. "'&fious ~ms !>egi M to IJUggoot SOUle 'Unlque opport:uu; ties: (or the
development oh mulU.mod.9.J. or translt orienl.ed (ocua ror this area wiJhin tll.o oonanu!lity.
AUTOMOBILE CIRCIILATION
The Aut()mobiJe Circu!stion diagn\m dee.::nbea a street 8)'at.orn with the red representing th~ main
arterial or oolIector street", and the yellow represenfing trAre lo.:::aJtzed transportation which Ie within
the aile vidnity. In thl) now plan th~ oonterpi~ is a type of rotary or traffieci\'clo, which i9 then
ro:xltlnectod to tbe tmnspotiAtion syat.!m patlilrn fundamentally f'(I(X)lnmendM by thlil Dream T0am.
Th plM inclooea the EJim3nalioll ~r the AJooa ronnactlon to El Camino, And tb~ assumed
oont.inuation of Q~ny Road fl:ct'OS::J EI Camino ReaL 'Tho circclatlon patt.em sbown iu the vidrlity of
tba PRlo A1to Medicat Found8.Hon LS iIIu.strativc only, and would n~ ~ \Jtlimatdy re9polld to the
dave!oprnent program to be proposed (or this area.
We rosliw that thet-e are aloo other drculalton dllUlges being proposed and studiEd wlthin the larger
city a~ We oolie"'e that the h'flffic circle/rotary OOlloopt rould 00 mad0 t.o (unction \"egardJE$3. of
what &ome o( these (lther decisioD.3 may ultLrnately be.
PEDESTRIAN, B [CYCLE, SIJ\ITTI.E BUB ROUTES
We' .. -e ilIu..stra\.$i diagram.matiallty b.ow Ihe ped.ecrtri8DlbiC)'cle Detwork couJd work within th~ Dream
Team IUI8\l rnptiona. 'I'he ~D represents a diagnun of ~ntia1 ~eatri "n movements. There would
be maDj" tnOl'Q ~bil:ities because pedestrian tnovement is 01OO11 8 function of pedeetria.n ingenuity,
and alro a fu~OD of Vwil ere the opportumtiee. are. As the plan gete-more det.ailed, broadeT and more
rompleJ: 'betworU of pedestrlllll QlOV9Dl.(;!nt willliktlly oocur.
Tho orange shows the bicycle routee, arid the b!uo highlights tho route a ab.uttle bus might take and
h!)w It would ronnec:t the major dest.inaUons... Y9u could ~t from Unlvel"lrlty Avenue across to the
abopp;ng oanur, acroea to the Stanford enlranoe, and maybe connect t-O a whole network wbich
mowe through the Uni'o'SJ"8lty (It' the downtown. '1"be plan does Dot yet aftempt ro dClfin~ the sp&dfic
rou~ bllt more demoMtratoJ. that the connections ate feasible and can 00 a continuous aygt.em.
Peroept.uaUy. to the u:tent that thit ana appesnl to be oonnac.ting, it wiU be oonnectlng, bec:aU8e if
people thInk ill &)' can from ODe placoe to anothelJ they wi II start going th(l1"8. Pr&eeDUy one ac:tuaUy
can get 8.Cr"OQS from Uwv""rsity Avenl.UJ to Stanford. but it.'s 90 uncomfortable that poopte flI'Elll.'t. doing
it. uruees the)' h'''ie to.
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PREIJl,!iNAAY fEA8mILl1Y STUDY
ApIU6,11»4
. OPEN BPACE
The: 1o:!l1De.a.pproo.m ....... takeD with lbe open ~ Wb.C>N the AS8\l mpiJona of til e [lOW 080t.erpieoe are
laid t:.ad: in\(> lM I>rMm Team plu lDd the pt0O(llS a.ro Ulan CIODn~ to form 8 oontinuous &y1IteIG.
TllI!1 garden at UDl'f'EIr .. U),'" the 'Centerpiece.. The perk nrend8 outward from lb()r& to &.lI. upe.nded El
Ct.InJlK) Pu\ Il!)d <»tltiDUOM to th. north ~ aortheNt w connert to \.be &0 FI'8Ilaequlto Creek
oeorri40r. BT elIm1Q1.ti~ the Alma oouMCtlon to 8J C .. m1DO, the> op&c....-.eoo corndoi'" would beco:ne
ro:aUvety cocUl:lwUot. 'nf)t"8 ('(l'U)d be tho be I.D. open rpeoe meMfon down along the lO'Uthem
portiOb ~r Aleria (or a .-Ign.l6ettnt "mol.lllt or Dflw open ~.
~ o( the op.lu IFpi\t$ oou!.d b.i used tor I"Ca'eSt.iOtl, ",bi~ oiber l>3N would be primarily (or
~ri .. n aDd N~d8 n»vome:nl 'The .,..11018 syatt>m W'OuJd work l.ogether and provt~ a ploo..sa.nt
en-.;:roo('f){lht j'c)t oon·\'ehirolar ha"eJ. The opt'n fPQOO oolTi'dor beocolOO8 tbe front door to ~e city
And lh!l' o;,C.D>Xti'Oll &eroe:II to llIo Stanford Uni""E'Mty.
DEVELOPMENT PARCELS
Thr.. dJq"!'am 1II"I>h6101.9 what mIght be the Zle'aJlf de .. -elopment oP.POrtun.lU~ gilr'ell tbte pt9.D. The
putpJ~ t~~nu. puking. or e-o-ec in &orne C8.St'l8 p.IIr)Jng an.-J oomnlEro!li or civic opportUniUN.
There I'r.tibl ""'~iM of d(welopment.and pa"'~og pooolbililio;'llEl ill hre. which can be: analyzed in
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PALO ALTO DREAM TEAM PRASE D
FltEIDllNAllY l'EASm= STUDY
PROJECT BUMrtIARY
Part Twco
April 6, 1994
Prepared tor:
The CiLy of P.eJo Alw and
Stanford UniveNily
Prepared by:
Peter Walker WiUi'!Ull John&On and Partners with
Brian KaDgae: Foulk and
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TABl.E OF CONTENTS
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PlUlLOON ARY FEASIBILITY STUDY
April!!, 199i
na emmated ooNttvctJon b~get ~r the cwm~rp{eoo ~ rru.,tro .troot and
..utoad i .. ~"''''.,.nto tolalt oppt<W""'\oQ-'28,000,000 in I W3 *11.,... In .dJiUon to tbl. deslgn
and hnplf3.mE!I\.a~on feN may Md: aaolbll: 2&J, (or an o\""nJl toW project b\ldgtl of $-33,000,000.
The IbUOWSagCoet SutruOary p~ta. rooJ'9 dttailed ~~\doW1) or lhe ~flc elbDlent.. The
cottJng..". Is ". identified of tbo U)I m.ap with Lhol! acepUoD or.ny uU1i'Y I"iJ'WOtklng wblch 'III"Ould
be DecetlDa.ty OT tl.impor.ty ooNhvrtlon fi\q,"UlroD,)tctllib 0.11 &booDy (or tho railroad (temp:!RI')'
rerou.ang) or wmponuy IntJ'IlQ ~tl81Uid Ntttln.g n-qwrtrI)(!Dt.a wbkb mI,sht tall O\lI.si~(I ~e 6tud)'
iIl.r'ea during ooNttuctJon.
Spodtlc compo-Mnts or tho l"O$'l ~mat.t waf1'l.Dt eoa)Gdi9...vation '"fh~ liN NI iollom:
o The sl:!oo-fly is a u.mp.'H1H)' tra~k I1rxJ (!Yr\I\ll brid~ lh .. l togelhe.t' lolAl t.s about $2.6 million.
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TtU!'IlU'8 (mV>tru...-W to &imply lde Lbe It'Ilfn &1\)Ur.O t,bt. are. 01 (m~$ttvd.iOD while )'OU'N
Uldns: out lh.a old (l~1?rp:J~ aDd pulting In lbB MW brid"..~ .nd IhNllheJ would t;.e. l'eIDOV'OO,
The pEirWllH!nt bridge U \"().r;;' lIaJTOW, %82 root. and i.'I quite 1\ bit 1'3a1 than the 0031 of ~'Oing
8\';}1l00. Jt d'N'ld not l"Oe'm fMilbla IM\'e It In pl,q.:),} and jad: II u:>, boc:a~ the tNC"U have to
ket.-p ~ratit)g at thelr o.Jrt'e'ot,. raJriy bU$)' la~'il (2 rre-l¢!t h~jra and 62 oonunuler lraina ±
pEli" day iDttOaBing to 116) aM a OOMlructioD ""inOOW' or awro.lirnately 48 hcura would be
needed. It would f.}8I() be diffi.";\llt to ",I Iblllll!iWrovro by UI1~ PJPB. AddiUonally with
ovutimtl flIS)'t m, it mAy DOt be roore ~n<JmlCllJ.
The new bridge at }:I CamillO 11 usumOO to be a.:fdith't\ IhlJ old brid~ hi Mlvaged. Wben
uJthnatel1 d('JSlg~. th. brldsr-would be 'i~fIlly (onDoctM fK) 8B to eppesa.r as Oo.B Bpd((\
All orlhe I'IddiUOD would lab plaoo to U:e Mrtb of the P~!lt bridge:. Thare would bo only
olle eel or .beeL Il)werit'l~ an ~nptl?n or tbe hro k'n'I9S lane. "On e:lthor fido., which .bowd
:cot &!Teet preoont frontf.gil ~blllty. The nunS-l.o Ule-north would hltV9 10 be q«lnded
to BOt down 'under the ~ridge. nth) I\I'1iI ditJcxtl.lJOnJ or tftlffit durin.g oollllructto'D here, too,
which aN eubstan.UaJ. EJ Ce.mlD<lll DOt U mud! of .. problem M the-lnIltl, but It nl',m be
IlOI))In:l.OOd.s:t.ed. The rotary landlcaS* doot bOt I Delude .lC\IJplul'\'" (ounwn. monument, elt',
thaL rou]e! be .8pOJl$.)red by • doMr.
• The uUlJty t'eloc,..t.fon Mtimate8 are ~ i'Oup U tb8)' ate be..ged upon ph. ...... echll'matIce
oonoe~ ~ Wsl\lto bYe Mt {~the <XIodlUc.Q CJit..he retatlY'S coDtingetlC)'. At t.be
railroad and the E,I Ca.mJoo o"'8~ 1lI" tlr\ldUf\\IJ fJ'e ~Id. e.nd one of Lbo quesUOn.9 it
alW'8.)"l wben you touch tlIoee thing. it ft \"$oluh~ (IrdetlrabJe 10 bringlhem up to .lAndards
whJeb t..re perbaJ'4 higher than th~ thM they 'W!"e'r'8 originalJy built to.
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As t.hl.s proje(i mo ... ea forward. duriDg rub3eqloWlnt .nIIJ'y~RI.nd ~view or tbe budget, Lhe lo!rodudion
01 CXlIJt oaviog aI~rnatiV'EIR and the 1Ie8:rc:h fer fuodJ'ng. It wUl be !wporW:it to remem.ber that "hal
nelly ia drivl.,., the plan it the oentnu. civic oonn.ectloD. The operung up orthe entry to llle City ~II
~ the genenator u tar as increa.eod land value, i~ wowment betwOOtl the ,~-ariout.Ii)"'l1(irn.<J.
alt.emative ~ Uon innovations, Impl1.lved a.lr quality. the jit-oS)', "9I'"Il.l k.J ng. blC)'d ~ r'OO\K'E'oi
pe.tkln,r. and potetltial funding. as well u ~l or lbe aetrt.belic renIck' rr the par~ ~ dark, or
08I'I.fIIlI8 to be 8'8Dero~ then t.he fMOOn for doing j~ will di.uppea.r, ft I. ill dvloe ,~. attd pubUc
pe-t'CeptJon, entJau.sJarm and Uge are 1\l-o~D.t.a! to It&~.
We hB\'81l't beer! itl a pe.rtiM!I.t period ofai";c orieotation rot.the Jut 26 yeanl Ot $I). Most ofu.
have gt'O'rt1) up In a lhne where most. of Lbat eD('rg)' bM BODe oullDto ouUylll8 Bt"'6S.I. Bul IrY-Oll ..m
Lb-e litErature ofillft 1S90s or again in th" 19109 .,.,,1I('n there were.gres.1 W1l\"CdI of chic iruproWDlI?Ut,
the a.rgurO&Atll"IlYOlved arouod nol only social and s'('$t.hetic ianlM. but around tho growtb of tht
vatue of the cHy. The Dream Teenl moo IQ oommuc.h;ate that thls .. roo was in rA>."'t tb-e b&::-kydrd of
both the downtown aDd Staorord. There ts;ll difTerenoe hetWOOD the \!llue of the ba.c~atd llnd the
t.ront yard, Wb.an e-mlu.a.tlng tbeoo ron8truc:tion numoo rtI, It will a1", 00 importADt to, 8 ... -al'J..II.te the
gain j n properly value on either eida of Un] ~'('llli ty fo r I*"'r-eral bl<.'oCu 0 r the front ~r or the
University, and other ptJtectlal EXXlnomic benefll.P; thllt would oo..'lJr 8.'J B result ~l thll plAD.
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PAAWIlN Ally FEASffiILITY STUDY
April 6, 1994
DATE,
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Palo Alto/Su.n(v-ro Entry
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Dream Team Cont;apt Pistl . Phase n
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April~, 1m
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PREUMINARY FEASlBrLrl'l' STUDY
April 6, 1m
1) 'l'bll Coet. SumnlAJ)" lI-'bOL Il J'J.&I'1ll'IU-o or Ow bid ('(l$f.e.. V.riaUowslc. ma~1ial <.'OSiB, labor
ef£lde-bC)', ~ raw.., and uwon Fra.d.l<.U wi!l affect. Ona} bid roeU.
2) Thb: eo.w Sun:un:&ry It: hued on a oor'coept-plll'D.
A. Th. p~l o)bM::ii¢o bctwaen Palo Alto A'o1!nue/Alma Stroot and EI Camlno Real
will be eHmlMted,
B. Thu ~t nJlrof.d U"nd('~ng'PliH be l!limlnat.ed. (Tbl' approdmato 110,000
kl.~ fool. aroo. from Alma Stroot. to E! Camino J«.N will bo da\-elopOO lUI a bolow
grM. pi ... )
C. '1\1.'(1 J)6W ,·it.Broad uoo€-r<"ro&!ings"oJ two tlew ~ .\~r.a will be oonstructed
eJObg l'Ilh~1' side-or the belo'W·&1'8de piau area A new 320':t: lQll8 railway bridge will
00 oor.slru(.too. Rc-Wnlng walla offlli be 1l0l:X:aStU"'.1 to open \lp tho plua. area and to
provide 8E'paratic,Q oohTNn the AJm.s Stroot loop (at lU'irting grade) and the tv."(I naw
Unh"9nrity \l.nde~nge, AInu. Street., in t.b.e noo.r vidnity ~r the. \Jndeh.TOSSings,
will roquit&..:>mtl ftt.gNdil:'g.
D. The UnJnnd:ty A"-eulXl O\-ex:ro:tsiDg at XI Cemtno Re.<tJ will require a new widenoo
brld~. No wid€nhll (or O)!li'Il'\Ki11)1l or EI ~no ",aa 8&3umOO. Ver1:iooJ clearance
or bricJp baa DOt been 't1!n rLOO •
.fi) "I"ht. CosLs SUmtDAry adudll8 the ro,Ho,"';l'lB LteJN.:
A O't"'EIr~ca''1IliQn .. OO it..1p.:1rtaUOP ot .Iructutal fit! which may be requJr'i'od If poor roils
.are rouoo.
B, Sil. gnophl"',
C. ~moljUob o( the preee1lt cobnectJt'lb beL~u Palo Alto Avenue/Alma Street e.nd El
Camino Roal,
D, QUA..,. Rood .... Hgnmo,L
E. Y.~deD!ng or o:mslrucUofl of 81 CAmino,.
F. LoMJ.-tft>o&C; work cd la~pla.gouwde or Are.as l.and U.
O. Signal work. a..cd modItled &reaJj to Stanrord Shopping Oenter.
J-L lnfrt.struc1ure oonnecUGn lo new few! Areas,
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ABEA 1 PubUc Garden
DtmolitJon 2,600,000
SMon, (fuU. (Indio:, Utility
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Ttmpotar)' RR. Bridge ror Shoofly 600,000
P~ma.ntnt RR.. Bridg-e ror Undu~iros: 1.100.000
at UniYmlli I)' AVOJ'IUoI
ReWnin& Wallt _,000
New AC P.wID4'nt J,~.O()O
Utility &Ic<"lll\i('ln/PJ'C>~tion 1,{,l.Xl.{oO)
S ronn Dra.!nAp Syttem (,0),(00
St4&11 Construction & Tl:.s!f..::: Contr",1 I,M,O/))
Signing, Striping and Mark.ing 30."\0,(0
Conuoon, ~pelStnei.&:::8pe 2,'2\lO,Cl:1O
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tl5% Cobtlnitlocy 3.0840.000
AREA 1 TOTAL 18.000,000
AREA.2 Stanford Plaza
Rolalnlng Wallo 120,000
NfW Bridp al Univef'lity and El CUIlil)() 8,600,000
N ..... AC P.awment w/Curb, O\l"~r, 1.222,600
8H!ewolk
Utility Rek<.ati.OD,IPN~l!(:tk>n SOO,OOO
Storm DnUnage S)"It.eD\ 200,000
Stage ('4Ntr'\w:ti:"m .& Trame Cenb'<ll $l){),ooo
Signing. Striping an<l M&l'king 2>)0,00()
H<>Wyw_", ~,OOO
8'l1llTOTAI. 7.192,600
26% ec..1l11age..tlocy 1,$<8,!25
AREA.2:TOTAJ .. 1 9.740,636
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When we _y tlIat M 1I6vo an answer or a p:an t.h~t we QUI bring rorward willi a dMr boort. It
C:oesn't mean tbst &.heN &ND't «till • myriad of QueatioDl about the design, the E('I)no~ tbe
eng(oomDB. what H, going to be IIke-ilIat '1'1111 all be ""ery important to lb. (,~ty end to st.a.nrord In
making ilia decUion about bGW mUC'b they waz!,t b do it 'l'bUI particv1ar preliminary ttudy doe. not
pretend to have aU thQ;lQ 8.MW'ererd. At thts time we ba\'fI done our best to docIJtoont U,e QUNtlOM
niliIecIln the DreAm TMl:r1 Suboolnlnltloo work !l()8;ij01UJ aod the inHlal readiOM: and re8pO['LlIoN.
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How .attracUva win the green area or oommon, be boe;au.sa U'lllifot a etope to it On
the eu-l ride, on the other !ride It doea too~ but it may not be as Q,l'e6I?
The slopa!l on eacl:! $ida are just about the &am-t'o length, lI.Dd Ib.y a.r-e tra~rsab!e ~n pll[lnfng
Ul'Dla. Th~ W'OvJd tni'l6t wbeel chair requirement.;; and you \Vol-dd roo] in roost p1800l that
you c:an walk perfectly comfortably. Discow!ort may bave less to do with the pbysical ~it)'
than with t-h& visual PE'NElptiOD, because if it gut dark fUld bea:lme t.b~ plaoo underneeth the
ooway it would not be worth the. effort. We .have &alisfied ou~vo1 t11at we could m.U.o
sometbing ruOl out ot the space, and tbat your sense of going IhNllgb would not '00., Wnn-ru,
would not be ruI:lf.el'T8nean. and tbe'lt ~ oould make tlIat Into eometblog which WJI.I both civic
Md m&toorabJe.. Tbe-re will aJeo be the opporturuly rOT aumdent U$W frontap to anhMte the
OOp of the gardon.
t. the elope any dlfterent than 1he way It Is now?
The slope Is a little less tha.D tb9 _ay it is now. Right new it's held to tbtl edl)O oi A!nla tll~n
baa to go do'oVD pretty €Mt, and we would be able to eM(! th8t alittte bLt. Whal" ba!,)XIning
now VI l.bat Ibis vertfcal curve of the road is a.ctual!y going high, then dQwn and then 'Up
••. It would be poeei ble to Dat!<ln Ill.t curve out. bl ~
How will i.b.rtIo llU1N or tralrtc: Ql'Ound the circle be? What kind of' vI.lbUlly will
th .... be? Will peopl. want to be In tbIo _7
The 1raffic diagrams domoDIJtra~ hoW' the pecl9!ltrian and trame moveZOODt CIl'Uld work. OUr'
bas.ic premise l8: that we tbiElk it can be 81'leeaant place and that people will wanl to aoee
over to the greElD. IIUId that we wm be able to male It into 80tnethrng sp.:.daJ. There: are
~, f'or e:rample ill Golden Gata Par'k tor example, which haVe Ibm kind of
vehJcuZarJpEldeetrian relat.[oDBhlp and are very well uaed. Tbe key ls thAt lbey IU'e "pressed
in pedestri.a.n terms. rather than in automobile terms.
While the plan 1.1 not yet adeaJgtl,] notice that you have broken the spaooil1to
eevenJ spaoea rather tha.ra one big room. ]s thh: JnteDtional?
Duric.g ll\lbaequut ~ we would be looking at Lh.a.e in much lOON del$.ll. At thl. poInt. aa
derlgners. we can iJnBiine ae.leut five,60lutJon.a 6lld that'. about all tht La neoe.sary (or tble
level or f'ea.8ibilily ~ We know ~ can maktl it into EIOlMtbl ng, tuld (001 lUI oonRdent
abou tit as tb 8 pmoUl Dream Teau:a aclIeroe.
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The f"I:I.1.!road bridge .howe! be &<>meth.ing really lland80me arcbJtecturally.
The eloment.8 that really 81'& nooessary to make it elegant. AN that the soffits and thG IIghtioZ
&n3 bandled wall, Ille oolumns sbould ba,,-e $CIme grace to them and the balustrade IIhoutd be
beau tiMI)' done. Those are the least apenBivo parte of the aystom.
We have .. beeuUtullJtation buJldlDg sltUng there now that &0 few Palo Alto
reoIdenlo hav. been to. Can we owl dolog IhlopwUb lb. buJldlni1 There 18
currently. pl"Qpoea.I to mllke it a National Rt:gttter project.
One of the DQ.:t. dI.eIgn steps ia to look at. whel'(!: tlIe staUOD would moot ad vantageolJSly be
lOOlted wItMn the trame. Should be: on the inbonrd side or the outboard Mwn tride? Tbere
would be a certalll graoetuJUDBS there irone eovld walk from Iba, elation directly Lnlo wwn
that croes-n't preoontly Ea.ist for the ROO C~ Building or the restaUr8.!1t If you think of
ch·;c Ufe as 11 ps~t, then the mUon lIh()wd work to dlroct travelers into fba pedestrian
tlo..... We know that t.h$ &taeioD C9D be ptt,raically room We are nct. sure what N6trictiODIJ
wou1d O('aJr if it ~oo in fart Hlgistel"ed.
7. Wlllthe noise generated by (he trequency-of the p&e8lng tralno allow poopleto
enjoy the g8l'deD.
ThEoN are many who low to slt aod watc.\ trains go by, Originally they W\'!te to 00 the
oont.errj~ ofibe park. and in &orne wa)"i tbey 81iII are. Those who are looking for absolute
quiet, would )Jrobabty lllect to spend their ptWi ... ~ time in another I~tiou or as Car (rom the
t:rac:U as ~bJe. There Qf\:!! &lao design mo .... "ElIl, 8'Jch 8.8 founUU"M tbat provide 'while Doiae',
that oould be madt'll i (tbis weN 10 be pe~iYL>d 88 a real issue.
8. How would tbe University Avenuf'.,IE1 Camino Int:.eN-hang& 1l1oolncatiotUI work
durins'ooDatrui;llloll? Would they be kept partially open?
You bav" to keep things opon enc>ugh eo t.lHct they work. The real problam i,ij: the tra:iDj the
aulomobUe is elmp:er, If it's poeslb!e to.do what we're lru,gg&1ting (adding on to tbe wsting
bridge)J then it would be easy t/) keep it OpeD. Tile worst ca&e samano would be wheN (or
seismic or oU!ilr l"OO.8OM It would be n~ to lMr the existing structures doW'll. Then
there wowd be a hiatus ot 8OtJle; time llIat would be diffirolL for eV4~rybody and would also
roet a lot. More specific engineering Investigation would need to occur before a final program
",uld be developed.
9. 'l'be proposalls to widen the ovetpua at EJ Camino. It retro--nttlng the l"e8t ot It
turned out to be prohibItive or it It bas to be replaoed completely, have you
considered not replachllg it and making It 1101 a grade 8epa.rat.ed Intcreectlon?
We have <:onaidered that u a roW po.roility. Thcre are oplnlonS both ways. We're mLdng:
what we hope will bo a largoo number of ped68'tria.na with a muc-,h larpr nutnber or cars... One
('If the. arguments ror \:e.e~ng it a plaMonn, is that the nlO\"tItnent along EI Cam.!no would not
luterrup\; or be Inkarrupted by the pedNtrian mo"o'emeol How practtcaJ It is that peopte
would be walullg Inl() the Univel'8tty is QDe of the questiona. We took the more l!JIpellSive
route fur llIe teu..tbllity atudy, which was to keep or ertend the ptattorm. We're not BUN it's
that muth less expensive to fill it j D. and maio It ovor, but it is one of t.l:!e thtD.jS tb at oould be
oonaidered.. theN is a lot of land invoh-oo wb.ic.h is value tbt oould 00 gained back.
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10. 1 kDow)'Ou oaId u,_ Ian .. of Il'am. can work h....,wttb perb.po. parking lone
adJaoent. r. that 1iC01:1g' to get ... much trelt1c: iuto tb~ downtown mercha.otB, and
do )"Ou have to oopnoct Lytton to thJ.1I)"Jtem here JI1 ordet" to accompUsh viablo
clreulut:ion?
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1b~ ~w Unlvetsity rotAly would CUt)' a.a much ,to.ID~ M it ia. currently cany{ng ~ 80
UUlt e;rlI'Ung .ttoou.nl or ~ratDc could acceas dOWIltowu aDeI oonn.oct with the UniV'9l"!1ity. ~'i
ev.IJltjoulloe.dt (hal. matetialit.o due to IntoOJ:JfiootiollI ortar.d U99 in this 8.ret'l. or io
dQWDW'W'1) or In Stanrotd would ralee lb. n.eed 10 eetabtreh olber CI"'086ing poteaU ab. That
oould: be doDe e.lthtr by mUln,g IIOme improvsmt.lnt. at Embarcadero to eJlow It to eerve as a
reJltwe.f for lb!.a a.rea.. or by Tt'l8.I MOg the AlmA «;[l.uecUon, or by oonllectlu,g Lytton 8C!l"O$S the
ralllOltd 10to thi.!exaJ drcoJaUoh.
Thl .. dtllJlgn may lead to eome .Iowlng up and rcluetance to U88 automobiles 10 this
.f'~ which we'v& egr.&od DOuncb i'OOd. ] ~hlnk that In tur-nJ however, U will
Fnetat~ oonCoe1'n from downlo~n merchanQ.
~f'he prop)Sal does not IMle Ule traffic.llow 8igni6CtlDtly lot beller, but it does not. make it
atty wor80 either lw;u::i upon the boot Ctipgcit)' inrormatioD. we ha~'S this moment. \Va ron
..... y. hOW$Y'E!r, til 8 t It I, sol r.g to be a lo~ more pleasant. So from a poin t or viaw of
p"roopUon. lUI o~ to the fu~clioD. ~e think Wli! ha ... 'E! made an impro'o'O!m9nL Cor the
downtown. Wb~n)'\')u oonna.""t t.h two ~doo or the symro., It tUea!l8 tbat the pedee~rian and
.!.roo pod~lriaDa aJdoo by the Ji Iney feMce Oln Gnwr tbe wb ole system anywh.ere. Shoppers
caQ I-'fuk aD)'Where and mo'oll to OlbH plaooe: wilbln the B)'f1s.!m without going btu:.!t to the car,
whlM.lt: what p00p2e no doing now. The eN'ec( wHi be ellghl1y more ps.rk.lng. So we tblnk
you can say to U,e mercllante. that ll1is \vill be at leart as good in traffic terma, but "Will be
IN'bsiantially better In t~ DumbeN oC people Ulet .", "III'il.hin .hopplng dislAnoe in any gi ... en
day.
I'm WOYl'led thd people 'lIVi1l vI~ thl, u-ea aa Dot casUy traver'800, pet"Celve It &8 a
botU ... ""k.
We:-e golDg to have to dooJ with that wiUl what we believe to be true, that that perooptioIl LS
not oorrect. 'ltle tre.tncwithl~ tho circle: we vie ... as l.f1e8 oocrusing than the ODe wo aN
~adDg by ta.k.lng out the exia.tiZlg rpag:helU, a.nd even t.clking out Ahna. The Il$Xt step,
i D te1:l.!llla1t.Job or uee, "tMY require additiow ci I'C1Jla. tiOb potential, eu.c.h u the Lytton
co.n.r.ecUon.
The Id~ II to .0000ll.ectBtMtord 8hoppln8' Center to downtown. BuHdinI'B and
u.e. oonncct people by providlc,tbe acUvll:y and the ability to lee people outa!d.e
In ootteelbope.. and I.e) OD. We need. buJJdll1itroct.aae, NpeClallyln thll area. Are
you ge!", to take It the ntcrl.tep to eee bow to get people connections?
We haV«tI't under the 900pe or 1Ma Rudy, ThE! land to the weel of EI Camino was out$ide the
study l\re8. 01 l1Ie Dream Team u we.ll j but t.b Eire were .a number of people who were aD..J..ious
to put buildiDgol not only ajong lhe front of t.be ahoppirag 03Dwr but along I.be froZlt or the
Unlverslty on El Camino aa well. There were itl~reeting oonvefMtiollS about this, ona or
wh[Cll \%nll'lOmE"thlng like Lbia, '"Why bave bou.s:l n.g 4lI.d shops or anytbiDg along El Camino
~u.ee people en movlng &0 fast a1oD8 it? And theI! J (Pater Walke-r) bad eaid, well, this is
the orJy place on El Ca.mlElO whl'l"", they &l$ moving Cast. Everyplace else h!lB thoee e.bop9
and h .. thooe thing>! ond tho t .. m, I. tIoppod ""'Y blook or lwo by • traro, light. So If you
dM .he one., you oould iben do lha othor, Bnd In eome wl1o.)IlIIlCyou bu.:ilt the U&08 you would
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WJllt to tlow t'b-e lrame down, 1:«aU5e thla b.a',t tervlng IUI.Y ll'1LMp:ntation purpooo, U'8 j\18t
one IHtll'l pJ800 UIIU', fut a.od the reoI' b lIlo""."
14. kJl'torletllly, StalJford. hu maJnteJntd the l.ud adJaoent to Palm D;rlve: And at tho
maJa gate!n open ~aCt\ -.nd haA &""COenUy roatnrmoo their intention to keep It so.
'I1lU area t. already to C011prlOO tha I Pflhape & L'OD\'e:nUon pJ (ron Uigo there
on>UI ~ be ""7 •• "We B·
Wi IiU"'& mUill8 til Dfjw Op$D ~ In the «-~t.Eor Clftht d\y to try to make 'llOOre vlfUtJJy,
mally, ~0Il11y CUrd p$rUool.rly moro proeelrla &<\, ... .e.'ible. Thill b II. legitimate us(lOr
opo.:tJl .~ tu t>ny dly. Thl!lt', oot!' or Lbe tUUoJM)'OU h\'& etn.'oe"li. In It; Ilen9O, <Ipell 8p800. If
It'a plet\ll.aDt,. ud t.h¢"~ ate doltlg the I!lme job. Ther'", maDill tho! ambillD<);). It you put
lhl.la extNOleIlo gcllho Idta. il'l'\&g\M WIllk.lng 100 (eet til ..onmhlng through a garden or
~ Ih" oo9la. One hundred foot Ls a lot fI.I!11!eor'n lh(l OM Instaoos-(ban the other. To
80mB tQt.ent,. Ihal i$ the. P""'~ to Iry and n\l\ke thU dimrroo 'Wf)tk. T'he oorun.eroN' (rontage
the Drot.m • .... ·MIll talkoo about b<)'K.l!wr ..... lU n<>'; p~ in the DlB.)ol" Ope.D 1I'p!\008 adjaccnt
to tho Cttmpug; entry, l>ut \olere 10($100 (Q the north 10 clooer proxJmHy t.o tho ehopping' o:!nter.
I~. 1b.e. sbulIle should be open like the cable C'AN In &n FI'nnC"1&oo and a fcaluroo
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pad 01 thr.. plan. Pooplo p.l;'k~ and lUI A trAn,Woll b«wocn tho pOOO'itrlan and the
\'eb1euJ.u way to go D lIut", longe..r df.tAnoo. would .HII foel Hke R pOOe61rlan
~tUe they c.a.n get oft at any lime (unllk" 1(1; bw wheD Ibe door6 close on you), It'
It La pleaJ.tlnt a.nd fun (..G; rld(l )'ou l"E">lllly WOQ'. neoed to pack Ibe downtown wJth
lots or ~ Ii thl5 wtre t~ ~me one ~ ",here the ah<:pping (\)nter is joined, not by
fO.lldj; atone but by adlv-o $tt'OOl !ire:. ...ttl."""lka and I ... 'un'o. t.b~n it be.:omee. one ~t.eP'l,
more lib II, town MnLtr. Ahttt1\ctl)' &.hI:! didil ollha rpbtJe'or ao:.E168 III l'a:p9ooed Mithout
addiUQnl'll ear tripe.. Ho .... blg b III at dttle in IJrM? If)'ou C'l\n ~t it dOWEll Ie an E<lght OJ' nine
wnuiIJ dtdo, you can F;l}t tnl'JrG program IMld& th&t d'rcl .. tmd there 19 more Byhergi~m.
Additionally. peopI.e wiJl ~ 10l'lgel' <li.uDl."'\"$ lhan they'll walk 'Wben Lhrne b Lbe added
Ingredient ot the plMBUte or ereoeins tlIlng:. or ~ppina: aJong the way. rn lhelargtlr &elUK\
1M. ia probD.bl)' the aolutioll (or. Lbll tJn.i\"'erclt)', eM urAouhtOOly tor the town.
11tere. are also people who Itke to walk. R!gbt now)'Ou C&l'l walk from Menlo
Vuk to the ehop.plng«!:tlIwr OQ a *ldewaJk.
This U a oomplerely 'trange pfer.."O 01 EI Cam!nc probably cau..eed by th~ tw() Mginooricg
O'Mrpaas dwicee wbl<.'h lurn thllLllilUe portiOD l!:Ito a .. "ehlcular Ilrro\.i:g:bw-.y. 'lbe one at
UntversHy hltl.i: tonslliinoo .toppEd. allowing ~jflg on it heao\~ or a.U the thlngt 'adJaoollt.
Stnle~pe plant: l)O.l~ the ~«'tri-.ns blva t1~r w-a)' al the *XpE!1\lII& otCtU'8 and that:La
what ia DOw Nt~ to as ttaffic ('$.)mlDg. The &I ~m!no throughway I, lUll operating 8JI a
vehicular -!OM whJeh Ghould I'robably be changed.
17. In .loolDg Alma At EI C .... lno. have )"Ou ""'n>ldenld a J>OOBIble Sand 11111
ooilinectiob to Alma? Weroyou going to addrEel the que.Uon of whllL some call the
·Norlh Palo A1to Stanford E::rp~". boc.aute Ute plan ,how", a circular patteril
rather thaa a through pattern?
We he.ve Mt 8'OD& be)oond the Dre8tn Toes.m ~llOb OJ:! th4l We rooogniu tho diffiOJltiM
wi th clO!ring Al rna, tlnd thAt lb ere are & lot of ttaftlc ~ibili Uffl. There AN! people (or and
agaIo.tI. each of tbeU\ but we haven.'t add~ Lbat We'~ too-aed on whe-the.r we oould
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:mal:e the CI8:1lt.er o( the 8)'iUDlo work. Tbls pllU) CSlII f..lnd.iOD wbttlhar AhUA :roro" .. h~ op6n or
clooed. Tho trad$.off Is • pin of quaIJ ty pork I .. d.
The b-attIepattem ahown at the Palo Alto Medlca.l FoundlUOD porUoll ot lhe flte
to the 8O\l1b outs It Into III grid paUern &nQ JQQfI/I clreuJati(\o I'eOOi!l mend.llon,
whJcl> would ",ak. the ",""leal ioollll» Jull oboull",_lbl ..
There La no lntention hera to l"EI(!()mmend a.ny 8p&d~o patlern ot drcu!.t::-on lor ~b "I'M,
parlicularty Olla Uiat mJ,gbt prohibit future developme.nl For Lbo PUI'pOOM ot ~r 11u<Jy wt
sim.pty twXlpted t.be Dream TMm thtchee ot OM ldea abo\lt d rcu!aU<m.
There·. almOl't univertal e:b.thw(um &baLlt th!.ld~ but peoploN),. wber-ewlll wo
over get the mOIle)'? Tbeeecoe-te are ID todaY-dollRN. The Ie-nger we clel8¥ !.hI.
prqoot &.he more expe:ratve It trill be to iroplebleoi It. 1t~ltlS' moV'C$'" rut
U posclb1e. it 'IVO get 0.11 thu peopl(l tvgeth~ IMd M\O"e' the dra:wlniIJ done. '.rom
right nOW how lon8 wGUld II be to ilDplemwLaUon?
In about Lbl$Elaoo a hru{),eal'8 ),OU might 00 able to atart brv.akjDg gNUlxt ThtH', "Ely
opthrai4tlc given the DQrmsJ gQVE"mment EIR and .appro\-al p~, In lh~ tu\ oou~e of
~ C09W hava boon g-otng dowtl on mtl1l.Y majc., oon.¥trudi{ltl~, but H'" haN to fQl"E:\o:lUt
what' .. soing to hapP'0n ~..1th the ooooomy. 'T'te opportunity l)QW I. there, ths priVllle kd..,r
development end is 810w, 90 it'" driving OOlltracto(ll ieto the puNic WOI'U ruarl:ot..
Ilwe ask tber City io .upport thl. as It t-33 million pr<:.jecl, then the oonterl from
here on wUBt be emboc:lled in all our thJ:"kJng and pIlUle ettootlng ebb lone. Thtm)
are declrione being made every day 10 this _.rea with t-egard: kt the current traln
IltaUon, the Holiday Ino, PAMF, public hnprovement pl'Ojoota lhaL Palo Alt.o OJ"
8t~.nrord ma.y be planntng, blkslaner 8)'1Item., I .buttle 1I)"ilte:m, and..o {'\n, 10 thai.
tueremec.taJly wo can achieve ro the whl)le ot thU. In t~ It .hould make tho
bigger piece more vJ.abl8 over time If we will hAve tbo moruet\~um or IlltTemeata11y
moving torw&rd.
[I. would be good to U8e t.hla project when tostIng In.y ~bt prop<l8dlt. Furtb'tr,!be: City
Coundl oould formally &.dopt. the plan or ro~pl on an let.erim bAsi .. and there miY be
.tOnlDi changee relaUve to patk.ing. tralUlit. ~ houtiDi Ot development Inoonth"N built In'.O
the 'DeW ComprebanriV9 PlaD.
21. Do .... "oed 10 Iaz par<>eIs Ii> W, ....... 10 i~ add lUoo .. doll ..... ?
YOl,i're inereas{og their vaJu.e, whlc:b evelltuaHy t.&lIdI to prodl~ tho lAJ. Dev$lo,pe1"J d<Hl',
have to pay tor it up trout nea!l88ArilYI that's beeD the 10. or 80s alUtuda When you
improw the value Dr your land, you'vo tmprom the boeding capadty of)'our tawn. 01)6 or
the key parts to the next IU.p ts atl ('I(X)D.ollllc an.alrais. We ooed this evaJuallCtn t.o tee \1'haL
aD luvootruent or $33 mlllion is really going do {oJ' th.e commIJrutt. There ibc-uld b& l'8.lua
Addod in tertllS or reaJ eriata anclland values, &nd theN wy be t'IOme cost -lererme.nt ~
rela.tive to parki ng (it you park only in Ollo) ple.o::t', theD you dOD't Dead to bWld ps.rkJng Ie lwo
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'.t2. The dawntownland DWnen may M oonoernoo tbal1be-proJecl may .hitt rw.l
wtat.e mUM IIUlid lhat It 8Omebow would diminish their property va.]UCIf. A Io-t or
that publlcJand 01' Stanford land u In Iilllbo righl.l10W, with ~ to .loD.lng
&ad tberetOi"0 \Ia.I U~ Ceria.lnly there',s the aerihetJ c em bat:! oement of havt nB •
park ne6!'bYt but I Wok there's also a quettlon as to how much buy In there will
be Jt the whole thing must be P9.ved ,over with buJldlngs III order to pay tOf' IL
I Clou" think the:re~l!I eJl(Iugb ree.I edate ill thililepadfic site aretll tha.t wowd tn.1.ie nearby real
ortate worth!eos. There woltld probably be a more broadl)' based value that would be sddoo.
There', also a theory that tlIe ah(lpping center eronomlsts use and that the downtown
econom.J.att. use which hM to 130 with so-called aitical ma.aJ. Th(lJ'e'. a point in Lhe lJre or a
eboppiog 030ter when It aclJkl.V1;!8 this mA89 4 and than, un.tike It'. arl"ly life-... there'lalrn03t no
UmJt to what. eoonomlcally you can add to that m.iJ:, ~use you'w gQt !denUty ,Rod poop!e.
CXlmlng to it Moot d('>wnto'lflUl bave achievro thla, uruf;!88 they bave OOcome i.eo!atoo fOT one
Na80n or another. Ilhln. that baving a stronger downtown only e:dda to ita viability and
stabltiz.ee H, whioo. in tb i ill day a.nd age is just as importan t. Additionally it may be that the
de'o-elopmtnt in thi.'l areti would ba\'8 a more civic rocus. lJucb 83 a now tneat.er or f'\.'ICfOO.Lion
center.
23. 'I'Wa 18 galng to re"UeUn t'tle IP.nUre city, tskr: it I oto Qnother order-of magnitude
8JJ a f.i10re dE'83rableplaoe. It', incredibly exciting and r see the big danger b that
It get picked awa)l at and 'III'on't move forward with the 8peed that It oouJd, Thel"'O
18 .tOme urgency, not JU8t to eay that this 8bovld not talllnm the cracks, htlt I
think we have an addltloDal rapoDiribUlty and that 1.8 lOme way In whIch we can
stl.rt packaging the project I() that we can apply tor rSTEA or to other agcncl08
tor outside funding.
Uit'8 tho righe. thing to do And the poliUcaI will ia there to do It., then there'. moDey M the
Cit), Council level, thE; Univeraity lev-el, the ISTEA ~eveJ and ev&D the oon,8l"OO$ionalleveL
But it will Dot be III free ride, the politicm dGut and community support. will haVtllo be there.
'llle ISTEA prognu.Q iB on-going and other ODmt:D Imi ties and major agonci es ha~"9 been
developing proposal. or their Owtl. You can fill out an appliootion blank, but IKIttl8whcre in·
betwe3n there. is reg work and ftddJU(l~ loc::aJ moDey tht's going t.o bave to be .spent.
lSTEA usuaUy raviewa tairty oowplete projectIJ before gr:a~tjl1g titlal funding approval. The)'
may ooDoeplually buy into tha project somewhat 8OOner, provld.ing there is enou,a.h there to be
oompeUtive .
.24. It this plan il.1J:tlplemeated, we will be the only oommunlty In the bay ArUI that
has a total mulU·mcdal tranllpOrtatioD oente1' tor bIkes, pedestrJan •• LrahllJ, and
buaee in tbia 'WOnderful pedestrJan environment. Coming (rom. tnmrportAUon
pet'8"pectl'V&J I think thiJ has trem6DdOWl potentIal to get people out ot tho!r care.
At SlaJltord, 00 peroeut or the employees Uve 'WithJl1 cycling distance ot CaJ.Traln,
If the La'&in and bU&e8 wer-e made pleasant and rut Ill:Id easy aaclJuat a part ot life,.
there', no reason why every.oDO baa to drh'O alone to work.
It you do take the trWu b«:ause it" ee.sjer to U8e;o which was one or thB original objt\ct.ivea ot
the whole Dream Team e.%~rciee. the-n Palo Alto hM tbe makings of rt.ran.eit based pl!lnllitli('
whi~ bI: wbat ISTEA is about. ud 10 th[s fI ta 8t the b eart or the Gbjectl \'00. Tbey have been
looki ng ror citiea that are read>' to go fot'W8.l'd and to partj cipatc in tbig wave or federal
moru68 tha.I have been n.acle available. Alf.eruatiw fuel V'Elhicles,. ie electric. is anotber
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fonratd looking phellGmena. There are curI'eaUy no pJaJl8 for stations to servioo them.
Wb 1m we t.t..Ik about. a lllulti·modtJ I.'IeIlter we CIUl iDoorplrate thtnk'ing beyond bicycles.
HAve ether ('HIe8 made thl.' type. or civic Improvements in reoent times?
PhU.adclphlA hu beeD ma.k.lcg 8Ucb hnpro\lItnentIJ (or yean. San Fre.nciaoo just ope:aed. Verba
B~ OIJ"lk-Ai ud it bu generaWd a good dea.J of actl vtty j Do U. vicinity. This i& Dot
dlaerenl!tom ",hat msJl,)' MtnmunJtiee along t.b18 way .haV8 heeD doing vis a vt. the tmJn.
Few or Ulem. however, haw. &8 muc.b to gain, becauae you ba\l& Stanford and you hY'8 III
dol'rQ.toq. Other Bay area dUel!, tuch 8.8 SaD JOIIG, are heeding tJ)'llmrn lSTEA type 'clvic
relatod Inln>lt projoxU'.
28. How doee tMs project relate to other planningproJect8 thAt cu.rrenUy underway
su('-h oM the Comprehensive Plan, tbe Banet Hltl Road Proposal, eLe.?
AU pla.na e.ilil in titM. All plQ.M o\'Elrh.p. You may have to go quit#.! a bit further in boLh.
political and p'bysical t.el"mll, to bave somethillg that you can submit for [STEA t>;pe funds.
You 'Will a.!80 nood to ditfine tbe appropriate political path (or lbla particular project.
~7. When you have tbe right hies.. or close to it, IL8JUBt am B.lel ug how man)' poopleare
res..lIy onthused about It. [ha\'en·t talked to 8ll)<one that Itm'L (rankly excited
8bout thls project. I Lhiuk tbat Dream Team Charefte waa .. work of gcniWII. And
l t.loW1k we"d have to be pretty dlJt;lb to kill thJil LbJng.
The project :c&ed& II Do active _nd 00 ~ th~uJng tupport groUP.<"oDlti tuente. It will aliKI DEled
8UhstantlaJ political back~fI to lead It through the funding p~.
28. 1 propoee th~t W8 reoommend to Council that we enthusluUcaJly support this
desl811 concept (I.r a front door (.0 Palo Alto because It iB tran8it oriented. because
It generales anel enhauces pedestrIan t.raI'tlc, because it meets wUh the Intent of
Ute ldeu that CPAC .. del(,'1'ihlag regard:lng loclylDg I ... on automobile tratn", and
_ .... 11 oonnoobl ADd """,1, .. the area of Palo Alto ",hlch has prevlowly been
Itnored, and that ..... uk Co""cllthat ... e take Iheoeldeas 'orward to prep .....
applleatl ObS tor funding to tb08Cl SOUl'\X!lI that we aJ read)' II: now about 5\l ch as
IST£A, and thai weldenllfyaddlUonaJ fundillgoourceo, and thai we get atI
&..JdIUonal bu.dget tor Mr. Walker'. fI.rm to .reI1De the design and tbe cost element
to that u eaa. tit the appllC'.aUODB or thoeo orp,nlution .. we can anticipate gohlg to
fJ"1f.OU better.
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