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City of Palo Alto
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HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL
CITY ~"AGER DEPARTMENT: Public Works
November 23. 1m CMR:529:94
Santa Clan! van..,. Water District's Matadero Creek/EI CamirnJ
Real Proj~ . StatUs Report
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On September 7, 199-t staff presentC'd 3: sta[lJS ref'lrt to Council on the SJ.nta Clar.~ Valley
Water Dislric[':>. (Di:'otrict) Mawd::w Cn.'e~/El Ca.mino R-cal Project and iL<; impacts on
adJacent [I>..lSinesse~ (CMRA17:9.t). Cl,lur.\:Il reque-.tb .. ; li',8J SL'Hl prepare a f('llow~up report
wtlt:n tr~ toaj'tl.'3), delou:1" is shifted t(~ 3cc\:nnrncidat;;" the ...-:ur~~lruct\On of the box culvert on the
west side L)f EI CamiI10 Real,
Sub.tect to fol\o'orable wc.ather o:.:onditions, the Dlstrio's wntractm is currently scheduled to
s;hjft the construl:tion dett.I'Jr on the night of Monday, December 5. In order to comply WjtJI
Caltrans.!ane closure To:striCtiOru, tbe work is 'S-Cheduled to begin.1t 8:00 p,m. and continue
until approxh-nately 1:00 •. m. The =clUng confIguration will be three traffic lanes in each
direction, whh a barricaded work area on tttC west ~ide of E1 Camino Real, adiacent to the
northern end of the Fr=o Restaurant parting lot. A=s to the parking-lot will be
maintained al all times, altbough some parking spaces wlll be temporaril)' eliminated,
Existing Ofl-sueet parking restrictions will remain in effect on both sides of EI Camino Real.
Staff believes that the foHov.ing fa.:tors \I\'ill Tl13.ke tills work phase less disruptive to business
than the earlier work phase in from of the Slzzler Restaurant:
• The work area is. arljace-nt to a parking lDt rather than directly in front of a business.
• The District has kept ~ local busines~s. updated on the scope and sdledule of the
WOi'..:. so that the bl.lsine~~ owners "",'ill rwt bt' ~urprised.
• The Di. .. trict has pro\'id1."Ai an overflow r..arking lot Oil VarIan propeny to compensate
for the loss of parking spaces at Fresco Restaurant and Creekside Inn.
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III addition, the District and the contractor have taken lile follo~'ing steps (0 minimize me
impacts of !be conslI'dction on adjacenl businesse>:
• Large banners have been placed on street iight poles akmg holh sides of EI Camioo
Real (at District expense) anoo(.IDdng that .. Bus inesses are OJ-Jell During C oruiIUCtlOD" .
• Notices e",laining the night work 10 be performed on Ilo:=her 5th "cre ,nailed in
advance to all residences and busines.o;es within a 10J0-foot radius of the werk site.
In addition, DislriCl staff personally visited the affected busln<"s!'Cs along EI C •. lnioo
Real to uooate them on me work schedule. Tbe contractor has coordlna~ed the
scheduJlng of the night work with Police Dc-partment staff.
It is anticipated that construction of Ibis la..o;t 'if'gmem of tx1.~ cch'ei1 ~::r(l-S~ El Camin(: Reoaf
will be completed by ,b,UguS! 1. 1995. TIlis ph.ase will !.3:ke SiglliTi';.3ntly !(mger (h:-Ul t:Jrlier
phas ... "':S due to the IltX'j for e~!ensi,,"e undergwund urililY rd"Y:.Ji~;:":l Tth' f~r:.!l rr..<15e cf '.\nrk
will be th-: r~torat!OD of tIlt' medi8.n is.lanJ arID !.1l'hi~l,.ar;nl J!.1f;~: U Cjmir:,) R-:.:d, \;.hi:.:h
should be complete·d prior to Ule end. of I~N5.
Staff wlll c(JntLnl]e to pru\'id.e O)ur.:::i! v, it11 pc'rlf.J;( uf"\blt'" l"if: (h' .\L-ll;~l~~'I(" Crt.'t'k· El
Camino Rcal Project unril Its completiMJ.
FISCAL IMPACT
This repon has no tiscal impacts l0 the Cit)'.
ENYIRONMEI'ITAL ASSFSSMHa:
There is nu c:nYLTC1nmental assess-men! rt'quired in cnnjun{lion'", ith chi." r~r·(lit.
PREPARE!;> BY: John Carlson. Acting AssiSUJll DireclOl of Public Worb
DEPARTMENT HEAD REVIEW g ,J :~d=-:
GLENN·S. ROBERTS
Direc,ior of Pubiii/
..... ~. fl.,. t;J£tf:--. IVNE FLEMIW i to/ Manager L/
CITY MANAGER APPRO\' AL:
cc: Sran Williams, Santa Clara v~iey Water District
Will Beckett, Barron Park As.',c)clarion
Susan Frank, Palo Alto en.amber of Commace
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