creating great neighborhoods along el camino real

GCC Funder Network

GCC Advisory Board

Sit #1 22nd d I t ti lSite #1 – 22nd and International15

International Boulevard, Oakland

Sit #1 22nd d I t ti lSite #1 – 22nd and International11

Before

After

TOD Market Demand

TOD Market Demand

TOD Market Demand

TOD Market Demand

TOD Market Demand

TOD Market Demand

TOD Market Demand: Drivable Sub-urban VS Walkable Urban Homes

• Schools: Among best in nation

• Zillow Value: $1,194,000

• Sq Ft: 4254

• Lot: 43,560

• Walk Score: 18 of 100

• $/sq foot: $281

• Schools: Among worst in nation

• Zillow Value: $1,950,000

• Sq Ft: 3400

• Lot: 1597

• Walk Score: 89 of 100

• $/sq foot: $574

$/Ft Value Comparison: 2:1

Infrastructure Costs

• Schools: Among worst in nation

• Zillow Value: $1,950,000

• Sq Ft: 3400

• Lot: 1597

• Walk Score: 89 of 100

• $/sq foot: $574

VS

Bay Area Burden

Bay Area Burden: San Mateo & Santa Clara Counties

February 23, 2013

I. Intro to the Grand Boulevard Initiative

II. ECHO I

III. MTC Climate Initiatives

IV. TIGER II

I. Complete Streets Case Studies

II. Infrastructure & Financing Study

III. ECHO II

V. Activity Along the Corridor Website

VI. GBI Award Winners

• Collaboration of

governmental entities

and stakeholders to

achieve a shared vision

for El Camino Real

corridor

• Regional opportunity

for sustainable growth

• Increase travel and

mobility options

• 43 miles long, one mile wide Daly City to San Jose

• 425k population

• Connects San Francisco Peninsula downtowns

• Transportation infrastructure and service

• Low density development – not easy to walk

Development constrained by terrain

Development constrained by

water

*Doesn’t include regional shopping centers

Making the case for transformation

1. Estimate of Potential Growth on the

Corridor.

2. Provide Examples of Transformational

Projects.

3. Measure the Fiscal and Economic Benefits of

Infill Development.

98,849

45,071 39,147

57,355

89,270

240,264

107,135

138,543

190,395

246,231

-

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

250,000

300,000

Greenbelt Alliance FOCUS PDAs GBI Baseline GBI Moderate GBI Enhanced

Households Jobs

Broader range of housing types for changing

demographics in the counties.

$-

$50,000

$100,000

$150,000

$200,000

$250,000

$300,000

$350,000

$400,000

Low Density

Retail

3-4 Story

Housing

5-6 Story

Housing

Sales Tax Property Tax

Assumes

one-acre

parcel with

low-density

retail use

generating

$300/sf is

converted to

3-4 story

housing or

5-6 story

housing use.

• Average 45 du/acre, at a range of densities

• 900-2,000 acres of land needed, 3-9% of

corridor

25-35 DU/AC – 3-4 stories, stacked attached

townhomes, tuck-under parking

30-40 DU/AC – 3 stories, stacked flats

over underground parking (horiz. M.U.)

20-25 DU/AC – 2+ stories, attached

townhomes, underground parking

14-18 DU/AC – 3 stories, dense detached

townhomes, tuck-under parking

62 DU/AC – 4 stories, flats over semi-sunk

concrete podium

100+ DU/AC – 10-16 stories over 2-4 levels

of structured parking/g.f. retail 70-85 DU/AC – 6-8 stories, flats over

structured parking/ground floor retail

42 DU/AC – 3-4 stories, senior housing

flats, surface parked

2-3 story townhomes

3-4 story stacked flats

5-6 story stacked flats

TDM Strategies:

• Car Share

• Vanpool

• Telework &

Flex Schedules

• Marketing

• Bike Sharing

Making the Last Mile

Connection”

“Making the Last Mile Connection”

Goals

• Change travel habits away from personal cars to other transportation

• Increase mobility options

Removing Barriers to Sustainable Communities

Federal Grant: $1,097,240

(Total Project Cost: $1,703,290)

• Partners: SamTrans, C/CAG, VTA

• Goals:

1. Designing El Camino Real as a Complete Street

2. Economic/Housing Study - Phase II

3. Infrastructure and Financing Study

Design El Camino Real as safe and efficient

for all users

• 25% – 65% preliminary engineering designs

• Document process of transforming State

highway into Complete Street

Daly City South San Francisco San Bruno San Carlos

Evaluate the state of readiness of infrastructure

Identify infrastructure needs and costs

Develop strategies to finance the infrastructure

needed to serve planned growth

Infrastructure financing options

Addressing barriers to transformation

Case studies

→ Identify common themes

→ Guidance for the Corridor

• Mission St

• Draft General Plan: higher density,

mixed-use development

• Adjacent single-family neighborhoods

• Public realm investments

• Transit-rich

• Diffuse retail and auto-

oriented strip pattern

• Concentration of auto uses –

urban design impacts

• Topography

• Small fragmented parcels

• Zoning does not encourage

intensification

• Weak identity/ “brand”

• Positive frontage

• Small lot development

• Respect & preserve

neighborhoods

• Strip to nodal retail

development

• Branding the corridor

• 14-acre site(s) owned

by city

• Busy intersection

• Specific plan

• Creation of new

activity node

• Centennial way

• Current market conditions

• Loss off RDA

– Site control

– Financing

– Build value over time

– Roadway and other improvements

• Grade issues

• Economic case for retaining assets post-

redevelopment

• Long-term vision and shorter term feasibility

• Smaller city

• Downtown & Caltrain

• Surface parking lots

• No center of activity

• Belmont Village

Zoning in process

• Small, irregular sites and

fragmented parcel

ownership

• Aging infrastructure and

associated costs

• Zoning barriers

• Long pedestrian crossings

• Limited market demand

for additional retail space

• Align plans and policies with market forces

• Zoning supportive of GBI vision

• Ground-floor retail vs. focused activity nodes

• Making the case for housing

• New BRT

service

• No change for

decades

• Precise Plan

• General Plan focus area

• Gateway to Castro

• Extremely small

and shallow lots

• Fragmented

ownership

• Under-parked sites

• Adjacent single-

family

neighborhoods

• Small parcel development

• Creative parking solutions

• Incentives for property owners

• Creating linkages to downtown district

• Minimizing impact on single-family

neighborhoods

website

How do we track progress toward the

GBI vision?

What is being built in the corridor ?

What is happening in my city in

relation to the corridor ?

How many specific or precise plans

apply to the corridor?

• Originally gathered from many

sources

• Maintained mostly by the

Working Committee

• Not yet exhaustive, but this is the

goal

Centennial Way Linear Park

South San Francisco

El Camino Real/Downtown Vision Plan

City of Menlo Park

Villa Montgomery

City of Redwood City

Ronny Kraft

Transportation Planner

San Mateo County Transit District

kraftr@samtrans.com

650-508-6367

Kate White Initiative Officer, Great Communities Collaborative

The San Francisco Foundation

kwhite@sff.org

415.733.8505

Corinne Goodrich

Manager, Strategic Development

San Mateo County Transit District

goodrichc@samtrans.com

650-508-6369