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Martial Cottle Park Master Plan

Martial Cottle Park Master Plan with State Park General Plan Elements

Task Force Meeting Task Force Meeting

December 11, 2007

Martial Cottle Park Master Plan

Agenda Agenda

• 1. Welcome and Introductions
• 2. Accept Task Force Meeting #1 Summary
• 3. Community Workshop #1 — Review of Outcomes
• 4. Review of Submitted Public Comments
• 5. Update on Draft Resource Inventory
• 6. Draft Opportunities & Constraints Analysis
• 7. Draft Goals & Objectives
• 8. Public Comments
• 9. Next Steps/Adjournment

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Community Workshop #1 Community Workshop #1 Review of Outcomes Review of Outcomes

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• Introduce the community to the park planning

process

• Familiarize the community with the park site and the

Donor’s Vision

• Solicit community input on issues and aspirations for

the park

• Solicit community input on the prioritization of the

program elements set forth in the Donor’s Vision

• Inform the planning team’s articulation of park

goals, objectives, and programs

Purpose of Workshop

Community Workshop #1 Summary

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Community Discussion Groups

Community Workshop #1 Summary

• Approximately 155 attendees
• Eight discussion groups
• Asked to address to questions:
• Their priorities for program elements set forth in

the Donor’s Vision, and

• Issues and concerns they had regarding the park.

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Discussion Group Priorities

Community Workshop #1 Summary

Program Elements Identified in the Donor’s Vision Historic Farm The majority of the groups identified the following as high priorities:

• Preserving historic farm elements and structures
• Farm animals and hay rides
• Interpretive programs and elements

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Community Workshop #1 Summary

Program Elements Identified in the Donor’s Vision Farmers’ Market

• A limited number of groups identified the

incorporation of a Farmers’ Market as a top priority.

Discussion Group Priorities

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Community Workshop #1 Summary

Produce Stand

• A limited number of groups identified the produce

stand or a concession and refreshment stand as a top priority. Program Elements Identified in the Donor’s Vision

Discussion Group Priorities

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Community Workshop #1 Summary

Specialty Crops/U-Pick

• The majority of the groups identified the cultivation
• f specialty crops as a priority.

Program Elements Identified in the Donor’s Vision

Discussion Group Priorities

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Community Workshop #1 Summary

Equestrian Center

• A majority of the groups identified the Equestrian

Center as a priority.

• Most indicated a preference for a non-boarding type

facility. Program Elements Identified in the Donor’s Vision

Discussion Group Priorities

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Community Workshop #1 Summary

Community Hall

• A limited number of groups identified the

Community Hall as a priority.

• One comment raised the question of what the

Community Hall would look like and who would use it, while another comment questioned the need for a Community Hall. Program Elements Identified in the Donor’s Vision

Discussion Group Priorities

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Community Workshop #1 Summary

Grassy Park

• A limited number of groups identified the

incorporation of a grassy park as a priority. Program Elements Identified in the Donor’s Vision

Discussion Group Priorities

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Community Workshop #1 Summary

Trails

• A majority of the groups identified trails as a top

priority with the following points emphasized:

• access into and through the park
• a perimeter trail
• separate trails for different users

Program Elements Identified in the Donor’s Vision

Discussion Group Priorities

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Community Workshop #1 Summary

Lake

• A majority of the groups identified a lake or pond as

a favorable element.

• Most comments expressed a desire for maintaining a

“natural” character and designing it for wildlife habitat or flood control. Program Elements Identified in the Donor’s Vision

Discussion Group Priorities

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Community Workshop #1 Summary

Cultivated Fields

• A majority of the groups identified active farming
• perations as a priority, including:
• Historical and sustainable farming
• Agricultural research and advanced

practices

• Community subscription agriculture

Program Elements Identified in the Donor’s Vision

Discussion Group Priorities

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Community Workshop #1 Summary

Orchard

• A majority of the groups identified orchards as a

priority element within the park.

• Heirloom and demonstration orchards

Program Elements Identified in the Donor’s Vision

Discussion Group Priorities

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Community Workshop #1 Summary

Program Elements Not Listed on Donor’s Vision Plan

• Community Gardens
• Composting
• Dog Park or place for off-leash dogs
• BBQ/Picnic Facilities
• Miscellaneous Park Elements, including:
• Kitchen/added value
• Facilities for school programs
• Greenhouse/plant conservatory
• Amphitheatre for ranger
• Rose garden
• Native tree nursery
• Memorial to Mr. Lester

Discussion Group Priorities

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Community Workshop #1 Summary

Habitat/Creek Restoration

• Several groups’ comments reflected a desire to

preserve or create wildlife habitat

• Focus on the ecological restoration of Canoas Creek

Discussion Group Priorities

Other Priorities Not Listed on Donor’s Vision Plan

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Community Workshop #1 Summary

Design Considerations

• View preservation
• Treatment of park edges
• Tree preservation and planting
• Sustainable design
• Site topography

Other Priorities Not Listed on Donor’s Vision Plan

Discussion Group Priorities

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Community Workshop #1 Summary

Education

• Strong support for an educational component
• Opportunities to partner with schools, Master

Gardener programs, 4-H, and other existing

• rganizations
• “Hands-on” opportunities for children

Other Priorities Not Listed on Donor’s Vision Plan

Discussion Group Priorities

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Community Workshop #1 Summary

Events

• A number of comments indicated support for a

harvest festival or similar events. Other Priorities Not Listed on Donor’s Vision Plan

Discussion Group Priorities

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Discussion Group Issues

Community Workshop #1 Summary

Fees

• Affordability
• Park funding
• Revenue-generating opportunities
• Concern about creating a “for-profit” park

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Community Workshop #1 Summary

Parking, Traffic and Roadways

• Parking emerged as a leading concern
• Traffic an area of concern, including:
• Potential for impacts on adjacent neighborhoods
• Traffic conditions on Branham Lane and Snell

Avenue.

• A desire to not put roads through the park

Discussion Group Priorities

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Community Workshop #1 Summary

Safety

• A desire for the park to be closed at night
• Security lighting
• Park security or emergency services

Discussion Group Priorities

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Community Workshop #1 Summary

Noise, Odors, Maintenance

• Concern about potential impacts on neighbors,

including:

• noise from recreational activities near homes
• dors from animals
• maintenance and litter

Discussion Group Priorities

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Community Workshop #1 Summary

Pesticides and Pests

• A desire to limit or avoid pesticide use, or require
• rganic farming
• Some concern about rodents from the park infesting

the neighborhood

Discussion Group Priorities

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Community Workshop #1 Summary

Other Comments included:

• Non-historic agricultural uses and events would be

allowed in the park

• Access into and within the park

Discussion Group Priorities

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Final Draft Resource Inventory Revisions

• Most revisions corrected factual data about the

site

• Executive Summary to be completed early next

year

• State to conduct additional site survey for

cultural resources and incorporate findings into Final

• Draft Resource Inventory early next year
• Final Draft Resource Inventory to be posted to

the County’s Web site for public review early in 2008.

Resource Inventory

Update

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Draft Draft Opportunities & Constraints Opportunities & Constraints Analysis Analysis

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The Donor’s Vision The Donor’s Vision “The property shall be used exclusively as a public historical park… that informs and educates the public about the agricultural heritage of the Santa Clara Valley… as exemplified by the Martial Cottle family, dating from the 1850’s into the 20th century.”

Opportunities & Constraints Analysis

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The Donor’s Vision–Grant Deed Conditions The Donor’s Vision–Grant Deed Conditions

The property may be used for: Passive recreational activities (e.g., picnic facilities, trails) Interpretive, agricultural education and research uses related to the history of farming in SC Valley Commercial uses related to the primary historical purpose of the park, such as:

• Agricultural leases
• Produce stands
• Community gardens
• Farmer’s markets

Opportunities & Constraints Analysis

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The Donor’s Vision–Grant Deed Conditions The Donor’s Vision–Grant Deed Conditions

The property may not be used: For high intensity, organized recreational uses, such as:

• athletic fields
• playgrounds
• tot lots
• swimming pools
• play courts
• amusement rides

As a repository for historic structures from other sites.

Opportunities & Constraints Analysis

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• Red Foxes
• Constraint: non-native species is a threat to native

species

• Hawks and Raptors
• Opportunity: enhance public experience
• Constraint: nesting raptors sensitive to disturbance
• Rodents
• Constraint: potential increase with more gardens
• Wildlife
• Constraint: domestic and feral non-native species
• Opportunity: enhance public experience
• Constraint: features that attract Canada geese

Natural Resources - Fauna

Opportunities & Constraints Analysis

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• Natural Habitat
• Opportunity: restore areas of native habitat
• Valley Oaks
• Opportunity: areas for programming & restoration
• Constraint: protect & replenish existing trees
• Riparian Habitat
• Opportunity: potential for creek restoration
• Seasonal Wetlands
• Opportunity: hydric soils suitable for restoration
• Constraint: areas may be subject to regulation
• Invasive Exotic Species:
• Constraint: conflict with agricultural use

Natural Resources - Flora

Opportunities & Constraints Analysis

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• Structures
• Opportunity: education and interpretation
• Opportunity: functional space for education,

agriculture, administration, community use, etc.

• Constraint: significant rehabilitation &

maintenance costs

• Farm Equipment & Personal Affects
• Opportunity: significant interpretive resource
• Archaeological Sites
• Opportunity: significant interpretive resource
• Constraint: sensitivity to subsurface excavation
• Historic Patterns of Use
• Opportunity: significant interpretive potential

Cultural Resources

Opportunities & Constraints Analysis

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• Adjoining Uses
• Opportunity: appropriate edge treatment with

widening of Snell & Branham

• Constraint: balancing visual access to park from

roads with preserving internal park character

• Constraint: privacy & aesthetic conflicts with

residences along west side of park

• On Site Resources
• Opportunity: mature valley oaks are dramatic

visual features

• Opportunity: historic buildings are distinctive visual

features

• Opportunity: Canoas Creek channel has potential

for enhancement as visual amenity

Visual & Aesthetic Character

Opportunities & Constraints Analysis

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Valley Oak Valley Oaks

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Historic Seasonal Wetlands Historic Seasonal Wetlands

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Canoas Creek Canoas Creek

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Historic Structures Historic Structures

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Views Views

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• Adjacent Lands
• Opportunity: vacant 2.34-acre SCVWD parcel @ S.E.

corner of site

• Constraint: vacant 0.75-acre private parcel (“Tear

drop”) @ Chynoweth and Snell

• Constraint: residences that back onto site
• Maintenance Facilities
• Constraint: potential visual & noise conflicts
• Parking
• Opportunity: wide public r.o.w. for Chynoweth
• Constraint: implications for traffic, noise, and visual
• Constraint: location/design of special event parking
• Constraint: space needs for larger vehicles (e.g.,

buses, horse trailers, etc.)

Land Use

Opportunities & Constraints Analysis

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• Soils
• Opportunity: fertile, well-drained soils good for

agricultural crops

• Opportunity: areas of poorly-drained soils good for:
• Re-establishing native vegetation
• Incorporating recreational uses
• Developing above-grade community gardens

Land Use

Opportunities & Constraints Analysis

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Soils Soils

Land Use

Opportunities & Constraints Analysis

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Potential Partnership or Programmatic Connections Potential Partnership or Programmatic Connections

Land Use

Opportunities & Constraints Analysis

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Adjacent Land Use Issues Adjacent Land Use Issues

Land Use

Opportunities & Constraints Analysis

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SCVWD Parcel SCVWD Parcel

Land Use

Opportunities & Constraints Analysis

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Tear Drop Parce Tear Drop Parcel

Land Use

Opportunities & Constraints Analysis

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Potential Streetscape Improvements and Parking Potential Streetscape Improvements and Parking

Land Use

Opportunities & Constraints Analysis

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Infrastructure Infrastructure

Land Use

Opportunities & Constraints Analysis

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Land Use

Opportunities & Constraints Analysis

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• Site Access
• Opportunity: Hwy 85 underpass for trail connection
• Opportunity: dead-end streets on west side of site
• Opportunity: Canoas Creek maintenance roads for

trail use

• Constraint: implications of site entry and parking

locations on traffic and aesthetics

• Constraint: site size and limited access make

pedestrian access inconvenient

Circulation

Opportunities & Constraints Analysis

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• Circulation
• Opportunity: Chynoweth alignment thru park as

trail/service road connection

• Opportunity: Chynoweth west of site as potential

bicycle corridor connection to Guadalupe River Park

• Opportunity: widening of Snell & Branham to

enhance pedestrian safety and visual character

• Constraint: implications of primary access on

Chynoweth to traffic and adjacent neighborhood

• Constraint: implications Snell & Branham traffic on

site access and pedestrian/bicycle safety

Circulation

Opportunities & Constraints Analysis

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• Transit
• Opportunity: convenient regional access via

Blossom Hill light rail station

• Opportunity: bus routes along Snell and Branham
• Opportunity: bike lanes along Snell and Branham
• Constraint: distance from Blossom Hill LRT station

to core of park

• Constraint: absence of comfortable & attractive bus

facilities

Circulation

Opportunities & Constraints Analysis

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High Traffic Speeds and Volumes High Traffic Speeds and Volumes

Circulation

Opportunities & Constraints Analysis

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Existing On-street Bike Lanes Existing On-street Bike Lanes

Circulation

Opportunities & Constraints Analysis

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Potential Vehicular Access Potential Vehicular Access

Circulation

Opportunities & Constraints Analysis

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Potential Pedestrian Access Potential Pedestrian Access

Circulation

Opportunities & Constraints Analysis

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Potential Traffic Impacts Potential Traffic Impacts

Circulation

Opportunities & Constraints Analysis

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Potential Vehicular Conflict Point Potential Vehicular Conflict Point

Circulation

Opportunities & Constraints Analysis

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Existing Bus Stops Existing Bus Stops

Circulation

Opportunities & Constraints Analysis

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Existing and Potential Multi-Use Trail Existing and Potential Multi-Use Trail

Circulation

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Circulation

Opportunities & Constraints Analysis

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• Water
• Opportunity: five existing wells provide source of

water for park

• Constraint: implications of depending on ground

water versus connecting to municipal water system

• Sewer
• Constraint: need to expand septic system and/or

connect to municipal sewer system

Utilities and Infrastructure

Opportunities & Constraints Analysis

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Draft Draft Goals & Objectives Goals & Objectives

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Recreation

Preliminary Goals & Objectives

Goal: Provide for a range of passive recreation

• pportunities that complement the vision of a

historic agricultural park and are consistent with the property’s deed restrictions.

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Recreation

Preliminary Goals & Objectives

Objectives:

• Integrate recreational programming and facilities

with the park’s agricultural function and historical resources.

• Locate and design recreational facilities that are

compatible with adjacent uses outside the park property.

• Balance the mix and distribution of recreational

elements including those identified in the Donor’s Vision with elements that may be needed for efficient park operations (corporation yard, storage, hazmat shed).

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Recreation

Preliminary Goals & Objectives

Objectives (Continued):

• Provide facilities that will activate and enhance the

recreational use of the park (e.g., picnic facilities, multi-use trails, par course facilities, benches, etc.).

• Provide facilities and programming that addresses

the needs and interests of a broad spectrum of the public.

• Provide facilities to serve large groups (e.g., group

picnic area, central gathering space for events and festivals, etc.) as well as individual park visitors.

• Explore the potential for compatible dog use within

the park.

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Agriculture

Preliminary Goals & Objectives

Goal: Preserve and enhance the park as a functioning farm that supports sustainable and multi- faceted agriculture that includes educational and community-serving components and commercial concessions consistent with the Donor’s Vision.

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Agriculture

Preliminary Goals & Objectives

Objectives:

• Preserve functioning components of the historic

farm, including historic crops and farming methods, providing for interpretation and education about the historical farming practices of the Valley of the Heart’s Delight.

• Employ sustainable agriculture practices for all farm
• perations, including organic farming practices.
• Employ state-of-the-art agricultural practices and

technologies, including efficient irrigation systems.

• Establish viable partnerships with farming and

research organizations to develop and operate the park’s agricultural programs.

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Agriculture

Preliminary Goals & Objectives

Objectives (Continued):

• Preserve Develop programs that will engage the

public in active farming, including possible incubator programs for aspiring farmers and training in sustainable farming practices.

• Explore opportunities for developing and enhancing

the marketing of produce grown at the park and creating value-added products.

• Develop community garden(s) in partnership with

the City of San Jose.

• Develop interpretive programs for the agricultural
• perations of the park (see Education).

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Education & Interpretation

Preliminary Goals & Objectives

Goal: Provide educational opportunities for a broad cross-section of the public that address the agricultural and historical themes of the park.

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Education & Interpretation

Preliminary Goals & Objectives

Objectives:

• When available to the County, utilize the buildings,

equipment and personal affects of the Cottle Ranch estate as the foundation of a program that interprets the history of agriculture in the Santa Clara Valley through the lens of the Cottle family’s experience.

• Develop and implement a broad range of programs

to provide hands-on training and education for people of all ages and backgrounds in agriculture, gardening, food production, and related topics as both vocation and avocation.

• Provide classroom facilities and/or multi-use space

to accommodate educational programs.

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Education & Interpretation

Preliminary Goals & Objectives

Objectives (Continued):

• Establish partnerships with appropriate
• rganizations such as the Santa Clara County Board
• f Education, San Jose Unified School District, 4-H,

Future Farmers of America, Master Gardeners and the University of California Cooperative Extension, and others to develop and implement educational programs at the park to further the park’s mission.

• Develop programs to interpret the history of the

site and region through its agricultural practices, cultural traditions, and natural resources.

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Education & Interpretation

Preliminary Goals & Objectives

Objectives (Continued):

• Emphasize the development of interpretive and

educational programs that are interactive and experiential in nature, in addition to more traditional exhibit-based approach, including use of internet technology to expand marketing and

• utreach for the park’s educational programs.
• Develop agricultural business development

programs in partnership with educational and research organizations.

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Natural Resources

Preliminary Goals & Objectives

Goal: Preserve and enhance natural resources within the park consistent with the park’s primary mission to provide for agriculture and passive recreation.

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Natural Resources

Preliminary Goals & Objectives

Objectives:

• Preserve and restore native wildlife and vegetation

populations within the park to the extent possible while allowing for the agricultural and recreational programs.

• Explore ecological restoration opportunities along

Canoas Creek consistent with the channel’s required hydrologic function.

• Create a lake, pond and/or wetlands in the area

historically associated with poor drainage and seasonal ponding for the purpose of creating wildlife habitat and scenic value.

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Natural Resources

Preliminary Goals & Objectives

Objectives (Continued):

• Preserve the existing valley oaks and provide for

enhancement of oak savannah habitat with a program of new saplings.

• Incorporate the natural history of the park into the
• verall education and interpretive program.
• Make agronomic suitability of the various soils

types a primary consideration in site design.

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Visual and Scenic Resources

Preliminary Goals & Objectives

Goal: Protect and enhance the park’s visual character while preserving high quality scenic vistas provided from within the park.

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Visual and Scenic Resources

Preliminary Goals & Objectives

Objectives:

• Preserve the sense of openness felt from within the

park and balance that sense with future park development as part of the Donor’s Vision.

• Visually screen or buffer low-quality foreground

views of adjoining development while preserving high quality views from within the park of the distant mountains to the east and south.

• Provide visual buffers along the adjoining street

corridors that reduce the visual prominence of automobile traffic from within the park while maintaining some views into the park from surrounding streets and neighborhoods.

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Visual and Scenic Resources

Preliminary Goals & Objectives

Objectives (Continued):

• Create visual buffers or screens along the western

edge of the park that will reduce potential for privacy conflicts with adjacent landowners and views into private yards from the park.

• Preserve and enhance views of buildings or other

structures with architectural and historical significance.

• Visually screen views of maintenance facilities,

storage yards, and other facilities or structures that may detract from the park’s visual quality.

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Land Use

Preliminary Goals & Objectives

Goal: Develop and locate park uses to be responsive to the site’s resources while being sensitive to the park’s urban context and the potential for conflict with adjacent uses .

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Land Use

Preliminary Goals & Objectives

Objectives:

• Site recreational, agricultural, interpretive and other

park program elements to make the best use of the site’s soils and cultural and historic resources.

• Distribute agricultural, recreational, and

maintenance uses sensitively and provide appropriate buffers as necessary to avoid conflicts with adjacent residences.

• Provide limited site lighting only as necessary for

public safety while being sensitive to impacts on park neighbors, night sky, and habitat values.

• Provide adequate parking to minimize potential for

parking impacts on adjacent residential neighborhoods.

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Land Use

Preliminary Goals & Objectives

Objectives (Continued):

• Distribute visitor parking to reduce potential for

circulation, parking, and visual impacts on adjacent residential neighborhoods.

• Develop a coordinated land use and parking

strategy for special events that optimizes the beneficial use of parkland during non-event periods, avoids visual impacts associated with large parking lots, and minimizes parking impacts on adjacent residential neighborhoods.

• Address security concerns of residents adjoining the

west side of the park by permitting public access to the park during the park’s hours of operations only.

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Circulation and Access

Preliminary Goals & Objectives

Goal: Provide safe and convenient access to the park for a wide range of users.

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Circulation and Access

Preliminary Goals & Objectives

Objectives:

• Develop strategies for facilitating travel to and

from the park via alternative, non-automobile modes (e.g., bus, light rail, Caltrain, bicycle, walking) as a means of minimizing traffic and parking impacts and reducing harmful emissions.

• Provide safe and convenient pedestrian and bicycle

connections from nearby transit nodes that includes bus stops, light rail and Caltrain stations to the park.

• Provide multiple points of walk-in entry for

pedestrians and bicyclists to facilitate access to the park from surrounding neighborhoods and regional transit.

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Circulation and Access

Preliminary Goals & Objectives

Objectives (Continued):

• Establish trail connections across the park to

provide shorter and more convenient connections for pedestrians and bicyclists.

• Provide trails around the perimeter as well as

through the site that are designed to accommodate safe and compatible use by multiple trail user groups, including pedestrians, rollerbladers, bicyclists, and equestrians.

• Provide accessible trails and access points for all

people, regardless of physical abilities.

• Provide a system of internal service roads that

facilitates access and circulation of park vehicles and farm machinery.

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Circulation and Access

Preliminary Goals & Objectives

Objectives (Continued):

• Minimize potential traffic and parking impacts on

surrounding neighborhoods by strategically locating parking facilities and vehicular entry points.

• Work with the City of San Jose on the future design
• f park edge and access treatments in conjunction

with the widening of Snell Avenue and Branham Lane that will provide safe and attractive pedestrian and bicycle routes and allow for potential park access points (potentially both service and public).

• Work with the City of San Jose to provide safe and

comfortable pedestrian and bicycle crossings at all intersections providing access to the park.

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Circulation and Access

Preliminary Goals & Objectives

Objectives (Continued):

• Work with the VTA to develop safe, attractive, and

context-sensitive designs for park area bus stops as means of promoting transit use as a preferred means of travel to the park.

• Work with the California State Department of

Transportation (CALTRANS) to develop access beneath Highway 85 to surrounding neighborhoods near Blossom Hill Road.

• Evaluate the potential for collaborating with others
• n linking into other trail opportunities.

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Public Comment Public Comment

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Next Steps - Status Report

• Statement of Park Purpose, Vision and Goals and

Objectives

• After Task Force Meeting #2, TAC and Project Team

to provide input

• Program Development
• TAC Meeting #2 – Late January
• Task Force Meeting #3 – Late January
• Unit Classification – Mid March
• Phase 4: Design Development
• Develop Alternatives – February to Mid-April
• Task Force Meeting #4 – April
• TAC Meeting #3 – April
• Public Workshop #2: Alternatives – Late April

Planning Update

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