JUNE 9, 2025 www.paloalto.gov
IMPROVING CUBBERLEY
Updated Vision Statement,
Poll #1 Results, and
Project Updates
2 PROJECT WORKPLAN
Completed
✓ Contract approvals
✓ LOI with Friends of Recreation Wellness Center
✓ Council Visioning Session
✓ Master Plan Community Meeting #1
✓ Council direction on poll #1
Upcoming (through July)
• Review poll results with Council – June 9
• Master Plan Community Meeting #2 – June 12
• Public Art Commission – June 19
• Parks and Recreation Commission – June 24
• Planning and Transportation Committee – July 9
• Architectural Review Board – July 17
COMMUNITY &
STAKEHOLDER
ENGAGEMENT
3 REVISED VISION STATEMENT
City Council (February 2025)
Community (March 2025)
The future community center should be: “A
vibrant and beloved destination with activities,
amenities, and offerings that promote learning,
joy, and wellbeing where all cultures and
generations belong.”
The future community center should be: “A
vibrant, beloved, and adaptable destination that
promotes learning, connections, joy, and
wellbeing where all cultures and generations
belong.”
4 POLL SUMMARY
• Fairbank, Maslin, Metz & Associates (FM3) initiated a poll to seek voter input on the goals and future of the community center and voter willingness to support a tax or bond measure. • Polled 437 registered voters in Palo Alto from April 28 to May 7.
• Critical planning tool that directly informs milestones throughout the Cubberley workplan and ballot-related
decisions.
• Two more polls are included in the workplan that will provide more data to inform this iterative process.
POLLING THEMES www. paloalto.gov
POLL #1 RESULTS
Presentation by FM3 Research
David Metz
6 ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS
• Friends of the Recreation Wellness Center
• Parks and Recreation Commission
• Community fellows
• Direct mailer, newsletter, utility bill inserts,
more
• Online comment card
• Tabling at City events
• Opportunities to build excitement through
site activation
7 SITE ACTIVATION
Staff are circulating a site activation plan for stakeholder review, feedback, and recommendations:
• Cubberley Ad Hoc
• Public Art Commission
• Cubberley Users
• Parks & Recreation Commission
• PRC Ad Hoc Committee
• City Council review
Activation ideas, with implementation corresponding with master planning effort and ballot progress:
• Outside tenant spaces
• Corridors
• Community projects
8 NEXT STEPS
Polling
• Next poll planned in the Fall
Master Plan
• Developed three concepts based on input received from community meeting and poll to be presented at the June 12 community meeting • Continue CEQA analysis
Upcoming Meetings
• Master Plan Community Meeting #2 – June 12
• Public Art Commission – June 19
• Parks and Recreation Commission – June 24
• Planning and Transportation Committee – July 9
• Architectural Review Board – July 17
• Master Plan Community Meeting #3 – September 17
KRISTEN O’KANE
Community Services Director
Kristen.O’[email protected]
650-463-4908
CHRISTINE PARAS
Administrative Services Asst. Director
[email protected]
650-329-2486
Project Website: www.paloalto.gov/cubberleyproject