1960 Tate Street
East Palo Alto, CA 94303
650-853-3195

The Ravenswood/ 4 Corners Transit Oriented Development Specific Plan (Specific Plan) offers a great opportunity to create a community vision around land uses in the RBD and 4 Corners area and bring public transit alternatives to East Palo Alto to facilitate the smart growth of, and increased access to the Ravenswood Redevelopment Project area.

The City Council/Planning Commission Subcommittee on long range planning worked during 2007 and 2008 to create a Blueprint for long range planning in the Ravenswood Business District (RBD). A key outcome of the Blueprint is the Ravenswood/ 4 Corners Transit Oriented Development Specific Plan (Specific Plan). The City successfully applied for a planning grant from the MTC for the Specific Plan.

The Specific Plan will be a comprehensive planning study focused on defining land uses and circulation patterns around the planning area, which will cover, loosely described, 1) an area within a half mile radius of a potential transit station in the Ravenswood, (mainly, the Village neighborhood), and 2) the Ravenswood Redevelopment area, which is composed of two distinct areas: the Four Corners Area, and the Ravenswood Business District.

The City issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) in January, and hired Design, Community, & Environment as the lead consultant in July. It is anticipated that it will take approximately 18 months to complete the Specific Plan and Program EIR. A key part of the process is public involvement, and a key part of the public involvement is the formation of a Community Advisory Committee. The City Council appointed a 7-member CAC in May 2009. There will be a series of CAC meetings and Community Workshops in 2009 and 2010. The meeting agendas and documents will be posted below.

Specific Plan RFP

RFP-Rail Station Plan (PDF, 1.1MB)
1st Addendum 01/27/09 (PDF,1.36MB)

Specific Plan CAC

Specific Plan CAC Desc 3-25-09 (PDF 213KB)
CAC Application 3-25-09 (PDF 21KB)
CAC Appointment Summary 5 8 09(PDF 330KB)

Specific Plan Consultant Selection

Staff Rep DCE Contract 6 29 09(PDF 2.35MB)

November 10, 2009 CAC Meeting

CAC MTG Agenda(PDF 75KB)
11 10 09 CAC MTG #3(PDF 2.85MB)
11 10 09 CAC MTG #4(PDF 447KB)

October 8, 2009 Kickoff Meeting

Kick-off Workshop Summary(PDF 155KB)
Presentation (PDF 5.17MB)
Kick-off Workshop Agenda (PDF 114KB)
Dumbarton Project Flyer (PDF 708KB)
Outreach Strategy and Plan (PDF 490KB)

December 10, 2009 CAC Meeting

12-10-09 CAC Mtg Presentation(PDF 3.70MB)
Agenda and Packet(PDF 3.28MB)
Existing Conditions Report December 4, 2009 (PDF 16.74MB)

January 20, 2010 YUCA Presentation

Presentation YUCA 1 20 10 (PDF 492KB)

January 21, 2010 CAC Meeting

1 21 10 CAC BAE Presentation (PDF 1.16MB)
Ravenswood CAC #3 Summary (PDF 291KB)
Ravenswood Market Demand Analysis 2 17 (PDF 2.47MB)
1 21 10 Market & Economic Analysis (PDF 968KB)
1 21 10 CAC Packet (PDF 995KB)
Ravenswood Market Demand Analysis (PDF 1.63MB)

February 18, 2010 Community Workshop

Ravenswood Workshop 1 Presentation Final (PDF 2.21MB)
Ravenswood Workshop 1 Summary Final (PDF 5.39MB)

March 31, 2010 2nd Workshop

Workshop Flyer (PDF 567KB)
Ravenswood Workshop #2 Agenda (PDF 53KB)
Ravenswood Workshop 2 Presentation (PDF 819KB)
Land Use Alternatives 3 31 10 Workshop FINAL (PDF 2.06MB)

July 15, 2010 CAC Meeting

CAC Meeting (PDF 6.63MB)
CAC Presentation to ETB EPA Coalition (PDF 508KB)
CAC Presentation to RBD LLC (PDF 2.77MB)
CAC Presentation to San Mateo Public Health (PDF 574KB)

For more information, please contact:
Sean Charpentier
RDA Project Coordinator II
(650) 853-5906
dumbartonplan@cityofepa.org