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Please comment on the
Cooley Landing
Vision Plan(Rev.07/15/10), which summarizes community input, design concepts,
implementation plan, and other information already on this website
or discussed at public meetings. We want your input!
Please click here for discussion
about alternative parking plans.
Cooley Landing is a 9-acre peninsula at the
end of Bay Road. For a long time, East Palo Alto leaders and
residents have wanted to open Cooley Landing to the public. The
City has hosted community meetings and stakeholder working groups
to understand what community residents want at the site. Residents,
Council members, and stakeholders have agreed to low intensity
recreation, education, and conservation uses of Cooley Landing
while respecting the natural and historic integrity of the site.
The City has done technical studies to understand what it would
take to open a public park there. The City is also continuing
community workshops to get input about the refined site design.
We held community workshops on 2/6/2010 and 4/8/2010 to refine
the site design.
Thank you to the 45 people who attended the April 8 community meeting. Please click here to
see what we presented then and click here to
see community comments.
Click
here to see photos of Cooley Landing, courtesy of Dennis
Parker
For photos of Cooley Landing Click
here
Courtesy of Jitze Couperus (photographer) and Saul
Chaiken (pilot)
East Palo Alto youth at EPA.net have created
this video to introduce the Cooley Landing project: Click here
Thank you
to the almost 140 people who participated in the Cooley Landing
community workshops! To those of you who didn't make it, here is
the
design we presented. You can see a paved loop trail that leads
from the existing hiking/biking trail on Bay Road, past the parking
lot
and into Cooley Landing toward the water and back around again.
Smaller granite trails let you get closer to the water. A roundabout
in the middle lets buses and fire trucks turn around. Parking near
the building helps seniors, children, and others get close to the
water and the building more easily. An open meadow to the south
can
be a place to picnic, kick a soccer ball, or throw a frisbee. At
the waterfront, the two jetties stick out into the water and lead
to
overlook areas that can have benches. On the southern jetty is
a potential kayak/boat launch ramp.
Click here for a full-size
view of the Concept Plan
Below are two side views:
A) Side view of the area going from the
parking lot, to the bathrooms, to the picnic tables, to the
overlook. As you can see, people of all ages and mobility can easily
move on a wheel-chair accessible trail among these parts of the
site.
B) Side view as if you were in the water and looking
back at the building and the area the dredge used to be. At the
bottom right is a potential new structure where the former dredging
boat was that gives a feel for that historic structure. This former
boat, possibly from the 1930's, unfortunately burned down in March,
2008. But salvaged parts could be put back on display. The
transparent wall will protect a visitor from the wind. Information
about what you are seeing to the north can be etched into the glass.
Click here for a full-size
view of the Conceptional Sections
We want to hear from
all East Palo Alto residents about the Cooley Landing
Plans. Please click
here to make comments and to take a survey of what features
would be most important for you to see at Cooley
Landing.
Please click here for a
summary of the February 6 meeting.
See
articles about Cooley Landing in EPA.net,
in EPA Today
Newspaper, and in Palo
Alto Town Square Forum.
Recent updates about Cooley
Landing
June 2010 Newsletter
May 2010 Newsletter
April 2010 Newsletter
March 2010
Newsletter
February 2010
Newsletter
January
2010 Newsletter
December 2009
Newsletter
November 2009
Newsletter
October
2009 Newsletter
September 2009
Newsletter
August
2009 Newsletter
Other
Parks and Survey (27KB PDF)
Presentations
East
Palo Alto Planning Commission Presentation 6-28-2010 (476 KB
PDF)
East
Palo Alto Planning Commission Presentation 6-14-2010 (2.28MB
PDF)
Public Works and
Transportation Commission Mtg 5-19-2010 (1.70MB
PDF)
SF Bay Conservation and
Development Commission presentation 5-10-2010 (3.33MB
PDF)
Cooley Landing Community
Meeting 3/15/10 (3.27MB PDF)
Cooley Landing Community
Meeting 1/11/10 (3.74MB PDF)
Cooley Landing Community
Meeting 11/9/09 (9.60MB PDF)
Cooley Landing Community
Meeting 9/21/09 (6.56MB PDF)
Informational Update (118KB PDF)
City
Council Update - May 19, 2009 (1.47MB PDF)
City_Council_Presentation_Cooley_Landing 7-20-2010.pdf (2.7MB PDF)
Below are technical studies of Cooley
Landing completed by the City's consultants:
Summary
of technical studies done thus far (5.68MB PDF)
Historical
Assessment Report (391KB PDF)
Structural Assessment Report
(912KB PDF)
Summarizes biological resources onsite
(3.98MB PDF)
Report on 7 borings into the ground (6.71MB
PDF)
Describes lead, asbestos, and other hazardous
materials found onsite (1.0MB PDF)
Assessment of the current
boat launch and the potential for extension (2.64MB PDF)
Summarizes the soil and groundwater
contamination background information (26.83MB PDF)
Locations referenced in the above report
(1.88MB PDF)
Plate showing the likely exposure pathways
(29KB PDF)
Health Risk Assessment of cancer and
noncancer risk from former dump use (4.64MB PDF)
History of Cooley Landing and
documents the former dredge (1.14MB PDF)
Proposed
wetland delineation (4.65MB PDF)
Well Water Testing
Results (791KB PDF)
Draft Planting Plan (98KB
PDF)
Become a part of the Cooley Landing community by beginning your
training as a park docent/volunteer at other local parks. Attached
here is a list of
opportunities to get trained and volunteer at nearby parks, so that
once Cooley Landing opens and needs volunteers you are prepared to
help immediately!
Alternative
Parking Plans
Some
residents who have attended recent community meetings have asked for
less parking near the building and to move school bus parking off
site. They want to maximize the feeling of being in nature near the
water front and encourage visitors to walk, bike, or use public
transportation. Others, especially those using wheelchairs/walkers
or families with small children, etc. have asked for more parking
close to the bathrooms, building, and the waterfront. In addition,
more parking would make it easier to earn money for long term
operation and maintenance through renting for private events. In the
"current version" presented at the community meeting 4/8, the
accessible parking spaces were 70 feet to the restroom and 100 feet
to the front door of the building. In a "Reduced Parking"
alternative presented last night, it would be roughly 120 feet from
the bathroom and 160 feet to the building entrance. In addition the
amount of self parking onsite is reduced from 57 spaces in the
"Current Version" to 35 spaces in the "Reduced Parking" version. The
"Reduced Parking" alternative version is here and will be posted
downstairs at City Hall in the Community Room in the next few days.
We look forward to getting everyone's feedback about this and any
other issue related to Cooley Landing plans. Staff hopes in July to
present alternatives to the City Council in July, with discussion of
trade-offs, so they can make a policy call.
Click Here to see the
Parking alternatives presentation.
Tax Deductible
Donations
The Philanthropic Ventures
Foundation has set up a Cooley Landing Fund.
Tax-deductible donations can be made through Philanthropic Ventures
Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public charity acting as the depository for
the Cooley Landing project.
Donate Online
Make an online donation via Philanthropic Ventures Foundation's
secure online donation form. Next to "Support one of PVF's
Designated Funds," make sure to select "Cooley Landing"
https://secure.groundspring.org/dn/index.php?aid=12832
Donate by Mail
Send your donation by mail. Please make your check payable to
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation. Be sure to specify "Cooley
Landing" on your check memo line.
Send your check
to:
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation
1222 Preservation
Park Way
Oakland, CA 94612-1201
For more
information, please contact:
Lily Lee
Cooley Landing
Project Manager
(650) 853-3166
llee@cityofepa.org | 
