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Saving the Vision of Menlo Park


Re-Arranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic

We Ask City Council To Take Immediate Action

• Remove the Stanford Property or the ECR- SE district from the Specific Plan and reestablish a base .75 FAR

• Review and Amend the Specific Plan as scheduled for June


It’s size of 4 HOMEDEPOTS


Traffic


Traffic Will Kill Menlo Park


Endangers the Safety of Families Biking and Walking Across El Camino

and Neighboring Streets


STANFORD PROJECT AS % OF LIMITS

UNDER 2012 PRIOR ZONING: 217%


Stanford Report Card: F SPECIFIC PLAN GOAL

GOAL DESCRIPTION STANFORD PROPOSAL

COMMENTS

Vision Plan Area Character:

Maintain a village character unique to Menlo Park.

F

Office park appearance, not small village character of Stanford Park Hotel or Specific Stanford Plan

East-West Connectivity:

Provide greater east-west, town-wide connectivity.

F Does not help fund undercrossing. Safety concerns about plaza

El Camino Real Circulation:

Improve circulation and streetscape conditions on El Camino Real.

D-

Worsens traffic.

Neighborhood Context:

Ensure that El Camino Real development is sensitive to and compatible with adjacent neighborhoods.

F

Significant concerns about additional cut-through traffic and congestion (only a few outlets from project onto ECR)

Vacant and Underutilized Parcels on ECR:

Revitalize underutilized parcels and buildings.

D

Overutilization of property increasing development size with limited access harming adjacent residential neighborhoods

Downtown Vibrancy:

Expand shopping, dining and neighborhood services to ensure a vibrant downtown.

F

Only 2% of the project is retail (shopping or dining). Any vibrancy is limited to color palette, plaza for development retail, and watching pedestrian and bike conflicts with cars at driveways

Housing:

Provide residential opportunities in the Vision Plan Area.

C

Provides only a limited # of units out of potential 337 units at Base (506 at PB Bonus level)

Open Space:

Provide plaza and park spaces.

F Modest plaza, with safety concerns, huge parking lot

Pedestrian and Bicycle Circulation:

Provide an integrated, safe and well-designed pedestrian and bicycle network.

F

Safety concerns for plaza; no undercrossing support

Parking:

Develop parking strategies and facilities that meet the commercial and residential needs of the community.

C-

Provides parking for its buildings on 30% of site and underground. Huge blight. Community harmed by traffic to reach parking lots.


Stanford Gains Hundreds of Millions of Dollars From This Development.

What Does Menlo Park Get? Their Traffic!


Traffic: Imagine 6400 Additional Car Trips Per Day On El

Camino

Traffic

• Safety and Traffic

• Clear Downsides and No Benefits

• The future of Menlo Park in the hands of this City Council. Your vote is what you’ll be remembered by.

The Money

• Specific Plan Assumed low traffic senior housing and a tax-generating hotel on this land.

• Current development will barely break even, even excluding costs for services like Police or Fire for the buildings.

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