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
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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
650-508-6367
Kate White Initiative Officer, Great Communities Collaborative
The San Francisco Foundation
415.733.8505
Corinne Goodrich
Manager, Strategic Development
San Mateo County Transit District
650-508-6369