St. Helena City Council
February 27, 2024

[Dyett and Bhatia] [February 27,2024]
A. City may terminate this Agreement, with or without cause, at any time by giving ten (10) days written notice of termination to Consultant. If such notice is given, Consultant shall cease immediately all work in progress.

B. If either Consultant or City fail to perform any material obligation under this Agreement, then, in addition to any other remedies, either Consultant, or City may terminate this Agreement immediately upon written notice.

C. Upon termination of this Agreement by either Consultant or City, all property belonging to City which is in Consultant’s possession shall be delivered to City. Consultant shall furnish to City a final invoice for work performed and expenses incurred by Consultant, prepared as set forth in this Agreement.

SECTION 22 – ATTORNEYS’ FEES
If litigation or other proceeding is required to enforce or interpret any provision of this Agreement, the prevailing party in such litigation or other proceeding shall be entitled to an award of reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses, in addition to any other relief to which it may be entitled. In addition, any legal fees, costs and expenses incurred to enforce the provisions of this Agreement shall be reimbursed to the prevailing party.

SECTION 23 – ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This Agreement, including the attached Exhibits, is the entire, complete, final and exclusive expression of the parties with respect to the matters addressed therein and supersedes all other agreements or understandings, whether oral or written, or entered into between Consultant and City prior to the execution of this Agreement. No statements, representations or other agreements, whether oral or written, made by any party which are not embodied herein shall be valid and binding unless in writing duly executed by the parties or their authorized representatives.

SECTION 24 – SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS
This Agreement shall be binding on the heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns of the parties. However, this Agreement shall not be assigned by Consultant without written consent of the City.

SECTION 25 – CONTINUITY OF PERSONNEL
Consultant shall make every reasonable effort to maintain the stability and continuity of Consultant’s staff assigned to perform the Services required under this Agreement. Consultant shall notify City of any changes in Consultant’s staff assigned to perform the Services required under this Agreement, prior to any such performance.

SECTION 26 – DEFAULT
In the event that Consultant is in default under the terms of this Agreement, the City shall not have any obligation or duty to continue compensating Consultant for any work performed Agenda Item #11.4.

[Dyett and Bhatia] [February 27,2024]
after the date of default and may terminate this Agreement immediately by written notice to Consultant.

SECTION 27 – WAIVER
Waiver by any party to this Agreement of any term, condition, or covenant of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of any other term, condition, or covenant. Waiver by any party of any breach of the provisions of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of any other provision, or a waiver of any subsequent breach or violation of any provision of this Agreement. Acceptance by City of any work or Services by Consultant shall not constitute a waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement.

SECTION 28 – LAW TO GOVERN; VENUE
This Agreement shall be interpreted, construed and governed according to the laws of the State of California. In the event of litigation between the parties, venue in state trial courts shall lie exclusively in the County of Napa. In the event of litigation in a U.S. District Court, venue shall lie exclusively in the Northern District of California, in San Francisco.

SECTION 29 – SEVERABILITY
If any term, condition or covenant of this Agreement is declared or determined by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby and the Agreement shall be read and construed without the invalid, void or unenforceable provision(s).

SECTION 30 – THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES
Consultant’s subconsultants shall agree to be bound to the terms of the Agreement to the extent of their scope of Services, including but not limited to, terms regarding indemnity and dispute resolution, and shall agree that City is deemed an express third party beneficiary of their subconsultant agreements. Nothing contained in this Agreement, however, shall operate to confer such or similar rights or benefits on persons or entities not party to this Agreement.

SECTION 31 – STATUTES OF LIMITATION
As between the parties to this Agreement, any applicable statute of limitations for action arising out of, pertaining to, or relating to any act or failure to act in connection with this Agreement shall commence to run on the date of City’s issuance of the final Certificate for Payment, or termination of this Agreement, whichever is earlier, except for latent defects and/or deficiencies, for which the applicable statute of limitation shall begin to run upon discovery of the defect and/or deficiency and its cause.

SECTION 32 – SPECIAL PROVISIONS
Agenda Item #11.4.

[Dyett and Bhatia] [February 27,2024]
This Agreement is subject to the following special provisions: none.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have accepted, made, and executed this Agreement upon the terms, conditions, and provisions above stated, the day and year first above written.

Consultant: City:

By: ________________________________ By: ________________________ Name: ______________________________ Name: Anil Comelo
Title:________________________________ Title: City Manager Approved as to Form:

By: _________________________________
Name: Ethan Walsh
Title: City Attorney
Agenda Item #11.4.

[Dyett and Bhatia] [February 27,2024]
Exhibit A-Scope of Services
Agenda Item #11.4.

Proposal for the City of St. Helena
Downtown Specific Plan
Submitted by In association with
DKS Associates
Economic & Planning Systems
Bottomley Associates
December 21, 2023 West Yost
Scope and fee amended February 5, 2024
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TABLE OF

CONTENTS
1 QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE 4

1.1 Project Team & Management 4

1.2 Team Qualifications ......................................................5 Dyett & Bhatia............................................................................. 5 DKS Associates......................................................................... 25 Economic & Planning Systems ................................................ 25 Bottomley Design & Planning ................................................. 27 West Yost .................................................................................. 32 2 APPROACH AND SCOPE OF WORK 34

2.1 Project Understanding and Approach 34

2.2 Scope of Work.............................................................43 3 SCHEDULE ........................................................................53 4 BUDGET ............................................................................54 5 RESUMES..........................................................................56 Agenda Item #11.4.

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Agenda Item #11.4.

December 21, 2023
Mr. Aaron Hecock, AICP
Senior Planner
City of St. Helena
Submitted electronically
Re: Proposal for Downtown Specific Plan
Dear Mr. Hecock and Members of the Selection Panel:

Located in the heart of one of the world’s premier wine growing regions, St. Helena’s historic downtown is cherished by residents and draws visitors from around the world. It features a variety of shopping and dining venues, galleries, and landmark buildings in a charming, walkable setting.. The City is seeking to prepare a Specific Plan to strengthen Downtown’s identity and its role in the regional food and wine culture, enhance the public realm, realize the potential of five catalytic sites and other development opportunities.

A critical consideration will be ensuring that new development is cohesive and in keeping with Downtown’s exceptional character and historic resources, as well as fiscal balance.

We are especially interested in this assignment because it provides an opportunity to build on our recent work in preparing the City’s General Plan, and leverage both our familiarity with the community and our extensive experience in leading Bay Area specific plans. Our strengths include:
•Bay Area Downtown and Other Specific Plan Leadership. Dyett & Bhatia is the Bay Area leader in preparing specific plans. Within the last four years alone we have completed specific plans for Santa Rosa, Pacifica, and Pleasanton downtowns; the Sonoma Developmental Center; Livermore and Union City station areas; and the Bayhill District in San Bruno. These are all complete specific plans, with full EIRs, also led by D&B. We have a portfolio of completed work that also includes specific plans for small, distinctive downtowns, such as Windsor and Belmont as well as major downtowns such as San Diego, Honolulu, Phoenix, and Portland.
•Exceptional St. Helena and North Bay Familiarity. D&B completed the St. Helena General Plan and led the EIR on it. We have completed numerous other general and specific plan assignments in the North Bay, including the City of Napa General Plan last year. •Expertise in Community Engagement. D&B offers strong community engagement skills and has built consensus around numerous specific plans that have been seen through to adoption and implementation. Forging consensus will be critical to the success of the project, and we propose to use a range of tested and proven tactics to ensure this objective is achieved, actively engaging stakeholders at each phase of the project.
•State-of-the-Art Computer Modeling, Illustration, and Graphics Abilities. We pride ourselves on creating graphically rich, illustrative plans, which use both text and diagrams to effectively communicate broad visions down to zoning regulations. D&B offers a highly sophisticated in-house computer mapping and modeling studio with extensive experience with preparing three-dimensional models and visual simulations.
•Integrated Planning and Environmental Review. D&B has led EIRs for more than a dozen specific plans in the Bay Area, as described in the firm qualifications. Specific Plan policies and environmental impact assessment will be conducted in parallel. As environmental impacts are identified, Plan policies will be developed to mitigate these impacts, resulting in a “self-mitigating” plan. Having one firm responsible for managing the Plan and the EIR will also help ensure timely and on-budget completion of the project. As the General Plan EIR authors, we will also be able to conduct the needed environmental review (an EIR Addendum or a Supplemental Focused EIR) efficiently.

Agenda Item #11.4.

Project Team
Team members and roles shall be as follows:
•Dyett & Bhatia will be responsible for all aspects of the Specific Plan, project management, community outreach, policy development, and preparation of all final documents. D&B will also lead the environmental review.
•DKS Associates will serve as the transportation consultants. DKS worked with D&B recently on the City of Napa General Plan, using the new Napa Solano Activity Based Transportation Model, and the Pacifica Downtown (Sharp Park) Specific Plan.
•Economic & Planning Systems will conduct a focused market assessment, conduct financial feasibility assessment, and prepare the infrastructure financing strategy. EPS has worked with D&B on Pacifica, Pleasanton, Santa Rosa, and Windsor downtown plans, and the Napa General Plan. •Bottomley Design + Planning will prepare streetscape and open space plans. Bottomley has prepared streetscapes for numerous downtowns, including all of the Napa Riverfront and adjacent downtown streetscapes for the City of Napa. Bottomley has worked with D&B on a dozen specific plans, most recently Sonoma Developmental Center and Bayhill Specific plans. •West Yost will lead infrastructure planning and assessment, which they have done for D&B on several specific and general plans, including recently for the Napa General Plan.

Senior Staff Commitment
Rajeev Bhatia, AICP, Principal and Project Manager, will manage all aspects of the project and serve as the primary point of contact for the City. He has worked on numerous specific plans throughout the Bay Area and has a proven track record of managing large teams on complex planning efforts, leading community outreach processes, and ensuring projects remain on schedule. Andrew Hill, who led the St. Helena General Plan and EIR, will serve as Participating Principal, focused on environmental review. Senior and Principal-level staff will lead the efforts of the various sub-consultant team members. All work will be done from our (only) Oakland office.

We offer a commitment to community-based, innovative planning, and a proven track record of taking plans to adoption within specified time frames and budgets. The caliber of our work is evidenced by our record of adopted plans and 11 American Planning Association awards in the last four years alone for the small volume of work from our one office. Our scope of work and cost proposal reflect our understanding of the RFP; we would be happy to modify any aspect of our proposal to better meet your needs. We look forward to renewing our relationship with you.

Cordially,
Rajeev Bhatia, AICP, Partner
DYETT & BHATIA, Urban and Regional Planners
[email protected], cell: 510-899-3301
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Agenda Item #11.4.

4 QUALIFICATIONS

AND EXPERIENCE

1.1 PROJECT TEAM &

MANAGEMENT

TEAM ROLES
Team members and roles shall be as follows:
•Dyett & Bhatia will be responsible for all aspects of
the Specific Plan, project management, community
outreach, policy development, and preparation of
all final documents. D&B will also lead the environmental review, ensuring seamless integration of the planning and environmental processes.
•DKS Associates will serve as the transportation
consultants. DKS worked with D&B recently on the
City of Napa General Plan and the Pacifica Downtown (Sharp Park) Specific Plan. •Economic & Planning Systems will conduct a
focused market assessment, conduct financial feasibility assessment, and prepare the infrastructure financing strategy. EPS has worked with D&B on Pacifica, Pleasanton, Santa Rosa, and Windsor
downtown plans, and the Napa General Plan.
•Bottomley Associates will prepare streetscape
and open space plans. Bottomley has prepared
streetscapes for numerous downtowns, including
all of the Napa Riverfront and adjacent downtown
streetscapes for the City of Napa. Bottomley has
worked with D&B on a dozen specific plans, most
recently Sonoma Developmental Center and Bayhill
Specific plans.
•West Yost will lead infrastructure planning and
assessment, which they have done for D&B on several specific and general plans, including recently for the Napa General Plan.

TEAM ORGANIZATION & MANAGEMENT
The organization chart on the following page shows
the responsibilities of each firm, and the key personnel. All subconsultants will report to Dyett & Bhatia, and all reports and technical analysis by the sub-consultants will be submitted to Dyett & Bhatia, to be integrated into the project deliverables. Dyett & Bhatia will coordinate the format of final documents, and will be
responsible for the overall consistency of the products.

This approach results in higher quality proposals and
conclusions than having separate consultants all deliver separate products independently.

We envision working in close partnership with City
staff. The complementary skills and knowledge of staff
1 Organization Chart
Community
Engagement
Dyett & Bhatia
Andrew Hill
Karen Chavez
Rajeev Bhatia
Project Management
Land Use &
Urban Design
Infrastructure
Analysis
West Yost
Doug Moore
Elizabeth Drayer
Patrick Johnston
Environmental
Review
Dyett & Bhatia
Andrew Hill
Clare Kucera
Karen Chavez
Dyett & Bhatia
Rajeev Bhatia, AICP
Principal-in-Charge and Project
Manager
Andrew Hill
Participating Principal and
Environmental Review Lead
Market Demand
& Financing
Economic & Planning
Systems, Inc.

Jason Moody
Megan Gregory
Dyett & Bhatia
Rajeev Bhatia
Michael V. Dyett
Dyett & Bhatia
Rajeev Bhatia
Helen Pierson
Devaki Handa
Jackie Sunwoo
Bottomley Design &
Planning
Terrance Bottomley
Claire Vlach
Ritu Goel
Zoning
DKS
Erin Vaca
Daniel Block
Sean Carney
Alexandra Haag
Sylinda Villado
Transportation, Circulation
& Multi-Modal Access
GIS
Dyett & Bhatia
Isha Bhattarai
Jason D. Castañeda
Graphic & Web Design
Dyett & Bhatia
Claire Villegas
Agenda Item #11.4.

5 Downtown Specific Plan
Downtown and Specific Plan Experience
Dyett & Bhatia is the Bay Area leader in Specific Plan
preparation, bringing expertise in all facets of specific plan preparation. D&B has prepared plans for some of
the most vibrant and transformed districts in Western
U.S. — from small city downtowns to the most intense
urban environments. D&B prepared the landmark San
Diego Downtown Plan and zoning—led by Principal
Rajeev Bhatia—about 20 years ago (which remain in
effect) that have led to transformation of this 1,500-
acre area into perhaps California’s finest high-intensity, livable, live/work district. D&B has prepared several dozen downtown and other specific plans since. and consultants can result in a process that is efficient and a Specific Plan that is effective. City staff will provide baseline information and help in coordinating with typically underrepresented populations, partner
agencies, Planning Commission, and City Council, as
well as maintaining a liaison with property owners and
interest groups. City staff will need to carefully review all work products, and provide unified direction to the consultant.

1.2 TEAM QUALIFICATIONS
Qualifications of all team members follow. Resumes
are included in Chapter 5.

DYETT & BHATIA
Dyett & Bhatia offers strong understanding of St.

Helena—helping with finalizing the City’s General
Plan and preparing the EIR on it—combined with
our exceptional experience in preparing Downtown
Specific Plans, including half dozen in the Bay area,
including in the North Bay very recently for Santa
Rosa and previously for Windsor.

Dyett & Bhatia is a California corporation based in
Oakland, operating since 1978. Our small size—20
employees—allows us to be nimble and responsive in
our work, communication, and outreach. We conduct
analysis and develop policies on the range of planning
topics, from land use and urban design to economic
development and sustainability. The professional services we offer are focused on planning, design, and outreach:
•Downtown, urban design and specific plans
•General Plans
•Environmental planning and assessment
•Development codes and zoning ordinances
•Public participation and facilitation
•Geographic Information Systems (GIS), threedimensional computer modeling, and visual simulation We see policy-making, land use planning, physical
design, and implementation as related activities. The
diversity of our practice helps us clearly define issues and identify practical courses of action. We believe
that plan-making is a collaborative effort involving a
diversity of stakeholders, and are committed to active
community participation in the planning process.

Dyett & Bhatia has won 15 awards from the American
Planning Association in the last five years alone for the relatively small volume of work produced.

Year Recent Awards for Dyett & Bhatia
2022 APA California Chapter Award of Excellence
Santa Rosa Downtown Station Area Specific
Plan
APA Northern California Section Award of
Excellence: Large Jurisdiction
for Comprehensive Planning (Hard Won Victories)
2021 APA California Award of Merit: Hard-Won Victories Award Half Moon Bay Local Coastal Land Use Plan
Update
2020 APA Comprehensive Plan Award: Large Jurisdiction
Mission Valley Community Plan
APA San Diego Section Award of Excellence
Mission Valley Community Plan
2018 APA Northern California Section Comprehensive Plan Award of Excellence: Small Jurisdiction Belmont General Plan, Village Specific Plan, &
EIR
APA Comprehensive Plan Award of Excellence:

Small Jurisdiction
Belmont General Plan, Village Specific Plan, &
EIR
APA California Sacramento Valley Section
Comprehensive Plan Award of Excellence:

Small Jurisdiction
Woodland General Plan
APA California Northern Section Award of
Merit for Comprehensive Planning
Redwood City El Camino Real Corridor Plan
APA California Inland Empire Section Comprehensive Plan Award of Excellence: Small Jurisdiction
Redlands General Plan, CAP, and EIR
APA California San Diego Section Award of
Excellence: Best Practices
Grantville Trolley Station / Alvarado Creek
Revitalization Study
Agenda Item #11.4.

6 PROPOSAL FOR CITY OF ST. HELENA
Examples of downtown and other Bay Area specific
plans in the last four years include (Dyett & Bhatia was the prime consultant on all of these assignments, and
also led the EIRs for all but one project):
•Santa Rosa Downtown Specific Plan and EIR
(adopted 2020)
•Sonoma Developmental Center (Reuse) Specific Plan
and EIR (adopted 2022)
•Pacifica Sharp Park (Downtown Pacifica) Specific
Plan and EIR (adopted 2023)
•Union City Station District Specific Plan (includes
proposal for a new Downtown like center for the
city) (adopted 2022)
•Livermore Isabel Neighborhood (Station Area) Specific Plan and EIR (adopted 2020; amended 2022) •Bayhill Specific Plan (San Bruno; includes YouTube headquarters and surrounding sites) and EIR (adopted 2020)
•Pleasanton Downtown Specific Plan and EIR
(adopted 2019)
•Collins/Serramonte Master Plan, Colma (highly
detailed streetscape plans and standards for two
principal streets/one of main auto rows in the Bay
Area) (adopted 2020)
Other work within the last ten years includes:
•Belmont Village (Downtown Belmont) Specific Plan
and EIR (2017)
•Honolulu Downtown Neighborhoods TOD Plan
(2017)
•Santana Row/Valley Fair Urban Village Plan, San
José (2017)
•Winchester Boulevard Urban Village Plan, San José
(2017)
•Rio Vista Downtown Specific Plan (Solano County;
2016)
•Palo Alto Downtown Planning, Phase 1 (2016)
•Santa Clara Downtown Concept Plan (2015)
•Lake Merritt Station Area (Downtown Oakland)
Specific Plan and EIR (2014)
•Diridon Station Area (San José) Station Area Specific Plan (2014) •Windsor (Sonoma County) Downtown/Station Area
Specific Plan Specific Plan and EIR (2013)
Downtown Zoning
Dyett & Bhatia has unsurpassed national experience
in preparing zoning regulations for downtowns, as
well as comprehensive citywide zoning regulations.

D&B uniquely has a group of highly experienced planners dedicated solely to zoning. We have familiarity with form-based, design, performance, and Euclidean approaches for zoning. Our current zoning work involves a broad array of implementation concepts;
pedestrian-friendly and transit-oriented districts;
mixed-use development; green building; best practices
for neighborhood design, parking, landscaping and
lighting; and streamlining development review and
implementation procedures.

Example Completed Downtown Zoning Regulations
(in addition to zoning completed as part of specific
plans)
•San Diego
•Chicago, IL
•Philadelphia, PA
•Portland, OR
•Abu Dhabi (UAE)
•Austin, TX
•Berkeley
•Porterville
Environmental Review for Specific Plans
Dyett & Bhatia has led complete EIRs on about 20 specific plans, as well as more than 40 general plans. Concurrent EIR/plan work by the same firm helps to design “self-mitigating” plans that are easier to implement.

Design Standards and Guidelines
Dyett & Bhatia has prepared numerous citywide and
area-specific design standards and guidelines. Current
North Bay work includes residential/mixed-use design
standards in concert with Housing Elements for Ross,
Fairfax, and Belvedere. D&B has also completed comprehensive zoning code updates for cities, and is doing this currently for Carson and Oceanside. Recent completed work includes City of Santa Barbara zoning code update (including for Downtown), Carmel, and Monterey. D&B also recently prepared interim zoning regulations for Napa, following adoption of the General Plan last year.

Agenda Item #11.4.

7 Downtown Specific Plan
General Plans
Dyett & Bhatia has prepared general plans for over 60
California cities, including in the North Bay for Napa
(adopted 2022), St. Helena, Santa Rosa, Petaluma, and
Rohnert Park, as well as EIRs on all of these assignments. Current work includes general plans for Oakland, Sacramento, Fairfield, and Monterey among others.

GIS and Three-Dimensional Computer
Modeling & Visual Simulation
Dyett & Bhatia maintains leading GIS capabilities, and
has several full-time GIS specialists on staff. D&B also expertise in preparing three-dimensional (3-D) models
of urban areas, which can be viewed from any angle, or
viewed in a walk-through or fly-by mode.

LIST OF CLIENTS DOING BUSINESS
WITH DYETT & BHATIA IN THE PAST 12
MONTHS
•City of Belvedere
•City of Carson
•City of Chino
•Town of Fairfax
•City of Fairfield
•City and County of Honolulu
•City of Los Angeles
•County of Marin
•City of Monterey
•City of Moreno Valley
•City of Napa
•City of Oakland
•City of Oceanside
•City of Pacifica
•City of Richmond
•Town of Ross
•City of Sacramento
•City of San Diego
•City of San Pablo
•County of Sonoma
•City of Turlock
•City of Woodside
•San Diego Association of Governments
All of these are also current clients, with the exception of City of Napa and County of Sonoma, work for whom
was completed within the last year. D&B has not been
a sub-consultant to any firm on any assignment over
the past 12 months.

The following pages include profiles of recent representative projects.

Downtown San Diego Plan
Agenda Item #11.4.

8 PROPOSAL FOR CITY OF ST. HELENA
Santa Rosa Downtown Station Area Specific
Plan and EIR
The Santa Rosa Downtown Station Area Specific Plan (DSASP) is the blueprint for development and preservation in a 720-acre area at the heart of the city. Originally adopted in 2007, a key objective of the DSASP is to increase the number of residents and employees within walking distance of the SMART station; however, 12 years after adoption, only 100 housing units had been constructed downtown in spite of a booming Bay Area economy. Dyett & Bhatia led a comprehensive update to the Plan focused on removing barriers to development, improving connectivity and walkability, fostering economic and retail vitality, and helping realize Downtown’s full potential. Developed with extensive community engagement, the Plan incorporates strategies to promote high-density, transit oriented mixed use and residential development as well as to facilitate construction of urban parks and gathering places, activate the creekside multi-use trails that traverse the area, and optimize the use of City-owned parking. D&B also prepare a Subsequent EIR for the project, which involved a thoughtful approach to historic preservation.

SANTA ROSA,

CALIFORNIA
ADOPTED 2020
APA California Award of
Excellence: Hard Won
Victories
APA Northern California
Section Award of Excellence for Comprehensive Planning: Large Jurisdiction
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Jefferson St
11th St
McMinn Ave
Prince St
6th St
Orange St
Klute St
Bosley St
Corby Ave
Coulter St
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Hazel St
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Madison St
Petaluma Hill Rd
Pierson St
Healdsburg Ave
Ripley St
Decker St
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Lincoln St
W 7th St
A St
10th St
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Boyce St
Cherry St
1st St
S A St
Dutton Ave
2nd St
Morgan St
Wilson St
Beaver St
Davis St
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Mendocino Ave
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Agenda Item #11.4.

9 Downtown Specific Plan
Windsor Station Area Plan/Downtown Specific
Plan and EIR
Windsor is a small town in Sonoma County, with a downtown centered adjacent to the planned Sonoma Marin Rail Transit (SMART) Station. The Specific Plan seeks to establish a cohesive transit-oriented community with links to the town and the region and set the framework for the next era of Downtown’s development, with an expanded core—re-orienting it around the Town Green with a “Town Green Loop” strategy—and a broader array of uses and amenities, which will serve as a regional draw.

Dyett & Bhatia led an extensive community outreach process, including a community-wide survey; and prepared the Specific Plan and Environmental Impact Report. The Plan includes guiding principles that provide an overall vision for the area, goals and policies for each topic, as well development standards/zoning regulations and design guidelines for development. It also includes an implementation program, with timelines and responsibilities.

WINDSOR, CALIFORNIA
ADOPTED 2013
APA California Chapter
Award of Merit, Comprehensive Planning, Small
Jurisdiction (2014)
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1 / 2 M i l e R a d i u s f rom S tat io n
1 / 4 M ile Radi u s f rom S tat io n

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OLD REDWOOD HIGHWAY

MCCLELLAND DR

OLD REDWOOD HWY
HIGHWAY 101

SMART RAIL

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Town
Green
Keiser
Park
Windsor Creek
Elementary School
Windsor High School
Windsor
Mill
Bell
Village
New
Pedestrian
Crossing
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Pedestrian
Bridge
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Bridge
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& Library

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Seating Area
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Parking
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0 500 1000
Village Residential
(5-8 du/ac)
Medium Density Residential
(8-16 du/ac)
Compact Residential
(12-24 du/ac)
Commercial
Town Center
Office Overlay
Entertainment Overlay
(No residential uses)
Public
Park/Open Space
Active Use Frontage Overlay
Sidewalk Seating Area
Proposed Downtown Core
Potential New Connection
Activity Center
Windsor SMART Station
Roundabout
Potential New Park
August 9, 2011
Agenda Item #11.4.

10 PROPOSAL FOR CITY OF ST. HELENA
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Visual Simulation

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Agenda Item #11.4.

11 Downtown Specific Plan
Sonoma Developmental Center (Reuse)
Specific Plan and EIR
Dyett & Bhatia led a Specific Plan for reimaging the shuttered 945-acre former Sonoma Developmental Center (SDC) in the heart of Sonoma Valley, with a 180-acre core campus surrounding by hundreds of acres of some of most picturesque and resource-valuable open space in Sonoma County. The state’s first and largest developmental center and the valley’s largest employer in its heyday, the center was in 2018 closed by the State of California, which owns the entire property.

The site contains 180 buildings, including some on the Natural Register, almost all in severe disrepair or unsuitable for contemporary uses.

The Specific Plan, adopted in December 2022, envisions a vibrant community of 750 homes and 900 jobs in a walkable setting, with new and adaptively reused buildings, enhanced open spaces and creek setbacks, and vibrant community gathering spaces.

The Plan generated extensive community interest, with community meeting attendances in the hundreds, and nearly 1,000+ pages of comments on the Draft EIR alone. Dyett & Bhatia led preparation of all documents, including the Plan and the EIR, and conducted the community outreach.

SONOMA COUNTY,

CALIFORNIA
ADOPTED 2022
Agenda Item #11.4.

12 PROPOSAL FOR CITY OF ST. HELENA

ILLUSTRATIVE RENDERINGS OF POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS AT FULL BUILDOUT OF THE SDC SPECIFIC PLAN Agenda Item #11.4.

13 Downtown Specific Plan
Pacifica Sharp Park (Downtown Pacifica)
Specific Plan and EIR
Dyett & Bhatia led the first comprehensive update of Pacifica’s General Plan and Local Coastal Program in nearly 30 years, and developed a new Specific Plan for the Sharp Park neighborhood, which is Pacifica’s downtown, concurrently with the General Plan.

The Sharp Park Specific Plan built upon the area’s significant opportunity for mixed-use buildings, new housing and higher intensity development to help the city address issues of housing affordability and create a center of gravity for the broader Pacifica community and visitors. The Specific Plan addresses issues related to development scale, intensity, and character; outlines streetscape improvements; and includes new development standards. The plan also includes a comprehensive implementation program and an infrastructure financing strategy.

D&B also led a combined EIR on the General Plan and Sharp Park Specific Plan; both plans were adopted unanimously by the City Council in 2022.

PACIFICA, CALIFORNIA
ADOPTED 2023
www.planpacifica.com

SHARP PARK SPECIFIC PLAN
VIBRANT SHARP PARK: LAND USE | 3-5

3.2 LAND USE FRAMEWORK
In the future, Sharp Park is envisioned to become
many things at once: a vibrant community hub with
new restaurants, shops, art and entertainment
venues; an attractive place for new and existing residents to live; and a cohesive and charming area with strong connections to the ocean and to history. To
support this vision of the Sharp Park Specific Plan
Area, the Specific Plan presents a blueprint for balance, including changes that add higher intensity mixed-uses along key corridors and at major opportunity sites, stewardship of natural amenities along the coastline, and preservation of residential uses
in between. Visions for each of these areas where
change may occur are described below.

PALMETTO AVENUE
Palmetto Avenue serves as Sharp Park’s vibrant
“spine”, a mixed-use corridor with new housing
opportunities that support the vitality of existing
businesses and development of new amenities.

After enjoying time along the Beach Boulevard
promenade, pier, or Sharp Park Beach, residents and
visitors will enjoy shopping at unique and eclectic
shops, dining at a variety of restaurants and cafes,
taking in Sharp Park’s arts and cultural oerings, or
meeting their other daily needs. New four- to fivestory buildings activate the Palmetto corridor at multiple levels. At the ground floor, streets are enlivened with attractive window displays, storefronts, and
enticing uses. At the upper stories, residences and
o
ce uses include balconies, windows, and rooftop
green spaces. While the entirety of Palmetto Avenue
is envisioned to become mixed-use, the “energy
center” is focused south of San Jose Avenue, where
new, active uses complement the hotel and visitorserving commercial uses at the 2212 Beach Boulevard site as well as the revitalized civic jewel, the new Sharp Park library. North of San Jose Avenue,
the ambiance is more community-focused, with an
emphasis on accommodating more housing in buildings of slightly smaller scale than southern Palmetto.

Envisioned Palmetto Ave and Santa Maria Ave
Envisioned Palmetto Ave and Santa Rosa Ave
Envisioned 2100 Palmetto Ave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTLpP6-0-1I
Agenda Item #11.4.

14 PROPOSAL FOR CITY OF ST. HELENA
Union City Station District Specific Plan and EIR
The Union City Station District Specific Plan is designed to transform a 470-acre area around the Union City BART Station by converting two large existing shopping centers into what may ultimately constitute a new downtown for the city, and transition several hundred acres of outdated industrial uses and vacant land into a high-intensity employment hub, fostering life science and innovation uses.

The Specific Plan, which was adopted in October 2022, fosters a large mixed-use district with unique sub-districts, complemented by engaging and attractive public spaces, with multiple new streets and pedestrian/ biking connection to enhance connectivity walkability, and access. The plan envisions 5,600 homes (4,000 of which would be new) and 18,200 jobs upon implementation. Dyett & Bhatia wrote both the Specific Plan and the EIR for the project, aided by a team of sub-consultants.

In a separate but related project, Dyett & Bhatia worked successfully on behalf of the City with architects and owners of an approximately 1,000 housing unit proposal in the station area being pursued as the specific plan was underway, and helped re-imagine it to enhance walkability, orchestrate densities to capitalize on BART access, and foster enhanced public realm and integration with the broader Station District.

UNION CITY,

CALIFORNIA
ADOPTED 2022
Link to project website.

Link to adopted plan.
8th Street: Curbside Parking, Sharrows 2-4-2021
Bottomley Associates
Urban Design & City Planning P E D E S T R I A N S P I N E

JAMES LOGAN

HIGH SCHOOL UNION CITY

FREMONT

UNION CITY

FREMONT
Future Quarry Lakes Parkway
Future Quarry Lakes Parkway

BERGER WAY

GALLIANO WAY

CHEEVES WAY
11TH ST
O

MEYERS DR

DECOTO RD

UNI N SQUARE
11TH ST
8TH ST

MISSION BLVD
7TH ST

BRADFORD WAY

ZWISSIG WAY

GREEN ST
H ST

DECOTO RD

ALVARADO-NILES RD

ALVARADO-NILES RD

DECOTO RD
7TH ST

QUARRY LAKES DR
0 250 500 750 1,000
Feet
3/4 Mile Radius
1/4 Mile Radius
1/2 Mile Radius
Union City BART Station
BART
Union City Station District
Union City Limit
Allowed Land Use (General Plan)
Residential (3 - 6 du/ac)
Residential (6 - 10 du/ac)
Residential (10 - 17 du/ac)
Residential (17 - 30 du/ac)
Station Mixed Use Commercial
Station East Mixed Use
Commercial
Private Institutional
Civic Facility
Existing Open Space
Marketplace Mixed Use
Existing Streets
Potential Streets
Non-Motorized Connection
Potential Open Space
Pedestrian Spine
Retail
Future Quarry Lakes Parkway
Potential Streets
Union City BART Station
BART
Union City Station District
Union City Limit
Allowed Land Use (General Plan)
Residential (3 - 6 du/ac)
Residential (6 - 10 du/ac)
Residential (10 - 17 du/ac)
Residential (17 - 30 du/ac)
Station Mixed Use Commercial
Station East Mixed Use
Commercial
Private Institutional
Civic Facility
Existing Open Space
Marketplace Mixed Use
Existing Streets
Potential Streets
Non-Motorized Connection
Potential Open Space
Pedestrian Spine
Retail
Future Quarry Lakes Parkway
Potential Streets
Union City BART Station
BART
Union City Station District
Union City Limit
Allowed Land Use (General Plan)
Residential (3 - 6 du/ac)
Residential (6 - 10 du/ac)
Residential (10 - 17 du/ac)
Residential (17 - 30 du/ac)
Station Mixed Use Commercial
Station East Mixed Use
Commercial
Private Institutional
Civic Facility
Existing Open Space
Marketplace Mixed Use
Existing Streets
Potential Streets
Non-Motorized Connection
Potential Open Space
Pedestrian Spine
Retail
Future Quarry Lakes Parkway
Potential Streets
Existing Trails
Existing Open Space

EXISTING TRAIL
Union City BART Station
BART
Union City Station District
Union City Limit
Allowed Land Use (General Plan)
Residential (3 - 6 du/ac)
Residential (6 - 10 du/ac)
Residential (10 - 17 du/ac)
Residential (17 - 30 du/ac)
Station Mixed Use Commercial
Station East Mixed Use
Commercial
Private Institutional
Civic Facility
Existing Open Space
Marketplace Mixed Use
Existing Streets
Potential Streets
Non-Motorized Connection
Potential Open Space
Pedestrian Spine
Retail
Future Quarry Lakes Parkway
Potential Streets
Pedestrian Spine - Potential
Pedestrian Spine - Existing
Potential Parks and Plazas
Union City BART Station
BART
Union City Station District
Union City Limit
Allowed Land Use (General Plan)
Residential (3 - 6 du/ac)
Residential (6 - 10 du/ac)
Residential (10 - 17 du/ac)
Residential (17 - 30 du/ac)
Station Mixed Use Commercial
Station East Mixed Use
Commercial
Private Institutional
Civic Facility
Existing Open Space
Marketplace Mixed Use
Existing Streets
Potential Streets
Non-Motorized Connection
Potential Open Space
Pedestrian Spine
Retail
Future Quarry Lakes Parkway
Potential Streets
Figure 1-6: Open Space Network
Agenda Item #11.4.

15 Downtown Specific Plan
Livermore Isabel Neighborhood (Station
Area) Specific Plan and EIR
Dyett & Bhatia led a Specific Plan for reimaging the shuttered 945-acre former Sonoma Developmental Center (SDC) in the heart of Sonoma Valley, with a 180-acre core campus surrounding by hundreds of acres of some of most picturesque and resource-valuable open space in Sonoma County. The state’s first and largest developmental center and the valley’s largest employer in its heyday, the center was in 2018 closed by the State of California, which owns the entire property.

The site contains 180 buildings, including some on the Natural Register, almost all in severe disrepair or unsuitable for contemporary uses.

The Specific Plan, adopted in December 2022, envisions a vibrant community of 750 homes and 900 jobs in a walkable setting, with new and adaptively reused buildings, enhanced open spaces and creek setbacks, and vibrant community gathering spaces.

The Plan generated extensive community interest, with community meeting attendances in the hundreds, and nearly 1,000+ pages of comments on the Draft EIR alone. Dyett & Bhatia led preparation of all documents, including the Plan and the EIR, and conducted the community outreach.

SONOMA COUNTY,

CALIFORNIA
ADOPTED 2020
AMENDED 2022
Existing
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C o l l i e r C a n y o n C r e e k
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HTLAETS TS

RETTUS TS

RETNEC AEHS RD
Cayetano
Park

TS IN A M
S
C a y e t a n o C r e e k
Las Positas College
Costco
Valley Link Extension to Isabel Station
Arr o y o L a s Po s i t a s
Livermore Municipal Airport
A
ANYON
P

ORTH CANY

PORTOLA AVE

ISABEL AVE

N ONS KWY
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NOR H C S T KWY

CONSTITUTION DR

INDEPENDENCE DR
AIR

P R CAN COLLIE Y D ON R

PORTOLA AVE
E.AIRWAY BLVD
R

DOOLAN RD
INTERSTATE 580
LVD

KITTYHAWK RD

LINDBERGH DR

RD NES IS N

TS GNORTS MRA AIRWAY BLVD
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FIGURE 2-1: LAND USE DIAGRAM
Agenda Item #11.4.

16 PROPOSAL FOR CITY OF ST. HELENA
Pleasanton Downtown Specific Plan and EIR
Dyett & Bhatia led a Specific Plan for reimaging the shuttered 945-acre former Sonoma Developmental Center (SDC) in the heart of Sonoma Valley, with a 180-acre core campus surrounding by hundreds of acres of some of most picturesque and resource-valuable open space in Sonoma County. The state’s first and largest developmental center and the valley’s largest employer in its heyday, the center was in 2018 closed by the State of California, which owns the entire property.

The site contains 180 buildings, including some on the Natural Register, almost all in severe disrepair or unsuitable for contemporary uses.

The Specific Plan, adopted in December 2022, envisions a vibrant community of 750 homes and 900 jobs in a walkable setting, with new and adaptively reused buildings, enhanced open spaces and creek setbacks, and vibrant community gathering spaces.

The Plan generated extensive community interest, with community meeting attendances in the hundreds, and nearly 1,000+ pages of comments on the Draft EIR alone. Dyett & Bhatia led preparation of all documents, including the Plan and the EIR, and conducted the community outreach.

PLEASANTON,

CALIFORNIA
ADOPTED 2019

ST JOHN ST

ST MARY ST

ST JOHN CIR

DIVISION ST

ROSE AVE

FAIR AVE

PLEASANTON AVE

ANDERSON ST

ROSE AVE

DIVISION ST
RAY ST

VERVAIS LN

STANLEY BLVD

DEL VALLE CT

WALNUT DR

VINEYARD AVE

FIRST ST

SPRING ST

MAIN ST

WEST ANGELA ST

EAST ANGELA ST

FIRST ST

SECOND ST

ABBIE ST

NEAL ST

MAIN ST

THIRD ST

OLD BERNAL

BERNAL CT AVE

PETERS AVE

AUGUSTINE ST

HARRISON ST

PLEASANTON AVE

BERNAL AVE

CASE AVE

RAILROAD AVE

KOTTINGER DR

STANLEY BLVD
Lions
Wayside Park
A l a m e d a C o u n t y T r a n s p o r t a t i o n C o r r i d o r

ARENDT WAY

DIVISION ST

DEL VALLE PARKWAY
Arr o y o d e l V a l l e

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD

SUNOL BLVD
Delucchi Park

ALTAMONT COMMUTER EXPRESS

TESSA PL
Police
Department
Mayor
Building
Dept
Parks
Dept
Library
Civic
Park
Veterans
Plaza
Park
Alameda
County
Fairgrounds
ACE
Pleasanton
Station
Firehouse
Arts
Center
Museum
on Main
Veterans
Memorial
Building
Main Street
Green
Pleasanton Downtown Specific Plan
Land Use
Medium Density Residential
High Density Residential
Downtown Commercial
Office
Public
Park
Open Space
0 250 500 1000
FEET
Land Use Plan -
Existing
Agenda Item #11.4.

17 Downtown Specific Plan
Belmont Village (Downtown Belmont)
Specific Plan and EIR
Dyett & Bhatia prepared an update of the Belmont General Plan, a Specific Plan for the Belmont Village Priority Development Area (PDA), a combined program EIR on the two documents, as well as Zoning Code amendments to implement the General Plan and the Specific Plan.

The General Plan focuses on land use and mobility improvements, and infill possibilities. Belmont Village, located in the heart of the city at the intersection of Ralston Avenue and El Camino Real, represents Belmont’s primary opportunity for revitalization and creation of a true town center. Addressing urban design, streetscape improvements, and multimodal access and connectivity to the Caltrain station and nearby businesses and neighborhoods are the primary objectives of the Specific Plan. The Specific Plan includes a comprehensive implementation program, new development standards and design guidelines, and an infrastructure financing strategy.

BELMONT, CALIFORNIA
ADOPTED 2017
Agenda Item #11.4.

18 PROPOSAL FOR CITY OF ST. HELENA
Honolulu Downtown Neighborhoods TOD Plan
Dyett & Bhatia prepared two neighborhood station area plans encompassing six station areas of Honolulu’s new urban rail system— at $7 billion, one of the largest urban rail system currently under construction in the western U.S. Dyett & Bhatia led all aspects of the assignment, including all planning, urban design, and community outreach, supported by a team of local subconsultants. The two plans are:
• Downtown Neighborhood TOD Plan. The Downtown Plan
encompasses three stations—Downtown, which serves the financial district, with the highest intensities in Honolulu; Chinatown, which is on the National Register of Historic Places; and Iwilei which the Neighborhood TOD Plan envisions as new high-rise mixeduse district, resulting from transforming older industrial and commercial uses. Promoting walkability, enhancing transit access, and developing of a new waterfront promenade are additional features of the Plan.
• Kalihi Neighborhood TOD Plan. The three Kalihi stations are adjacent to Downtown, and represent very different opportunities.

The Plan proposes complete transformation of the Kapalama station from big-box stores and industrial uses to a walkable highrise district adjacent to Downtown, while Kalihi and Middle Street station areas are outlined for conservation with selective reuse, and transformation of the Kapalama canal into an active waterfront.

Community engagement included numerous workshops, as well as a multi-lingual mail-in survey that elicited a more than 25% response rate (with completed responses running into thousands). The Plans were adoped in Summer/Fall 2017.

HONOLULU, HAWAII
ADOPTED 2017
Kalihi segment Iwilei Chinatown Financial District
Agenda Item #11.4.

19 Downtown Specific Plan
N. NIMITZ HWY
N. BERETANIA ST
S. KING ST

ALA MOANA BLVD

BISHOP ST

NUUANU AVE
N. NIMITZ HWY
N. VINEYARD BLVD
N. KING ST

LILIHA ST

DILLINGHAM BLVD
Honolulu
Harbor

DOWNTOWN

CHINATOWN
IWILEI

IWILEI RD

ALAKAWA ST

AALA ST

COLLEGE WALK

RIVER ST

MAUNAKEA ST

BETHEL ST

SMITH ST
N. HOTEL ST

ALAKEA ST

RICHARDS ST

QUEEN ST

PUNCHBOWL ST

SOUTH ST
PUA LN

KOHOU ST

KOKEA ST
H1
N. KUKUI ST
K a p a l a m a C a n a l
N u ’ u a n u S t r e a m
Civic
Center
New District
Hawaii
State
Capitol
Aloha Tower
Marketplace
Fort
Street
Mall
Kekaulike
Mall
Honolulu
Community
College
Kaiulani
Elementary
1/4 MILE RADIUS
Hawaii
Pacic
University
Dole
Cannery
Foster
Botanic
Garden
Sand Island
State
Recreation
Area
Residential
Generalized Land Use
Mixed Use (Medium Intensity)
Mixed Use (High Intensity)
Commercial Ofce
Public/Quasi-Public
Public Park
Proposed Rail Line/Station
Major Street
Road Bridge
Freeway
Proposed Street
Activity Node
Overlook Point
Proposed/Enhanced Promenade
Fig. TOD Plan Concept
Downtown Corridor
Industrial
1/2 MILE RADIUS
Existing Pedestrian Bridge
Proposed Pedestrian Bridge
0 500 1,000 2,000
FEET
Redevelopment of
Oahu Community
Correctional Center
N. NIMITZ HWY
N. VINEYARD BLVD
N. KING ST

LILIHA ST

DILLINGHAM BLVD

KAPALAMA
KALIHI

MIDDLE ST
H1

KALIHI ST

WAIAKAMILO RD

SAND ISLAND ACCESS RD
H1
H201

PAHOUNUI DR

PUUHALE RD

MOKAUEA ST

LIBBY ST

KALIHI ST

MCNEILL ST

KALANI ST

KAUMUALII ST

WINANT ST

MOOWAA ST

MOOKAULA ST

ALAKAWA ST

COLBURN ST

KILIHAU ST

MIDDLE ST

GULICK AVE

KAILI ST

IWILEI RD
PUA LN
1/2 MILE RADIUS

KAMEHAMEHA HWY

KOHOU ST

KOKEA ST

ELUWENE ST

HOME RULE ST

KAHANU ST

ALAHAO PL

HOONEE PL
UMI ST
1/4 MILE RADIUS
K a p a l a m a C a n a l
K a l i h i S t r e a m
Ke’ehi
Lagoon
Moanalua Stream
Fort Shafter
Keehi
Lagoon
Park
Multi-modal
Transit Center
Honolulu
Community
College
Puuhale
Elementary
Kalihi-Kai
Elementary
Kalakaua
Middle
School
Farrington
High
School
Kaiulani
Elementary
Dole
Cannery
New
District
0 500 1,000 2,000
FEET
Industrial
Industrial Mixed Use
Public/Quasi-Public
Public Park
Kalihi Corridor
Proposed Rail Line/Station
Major Street
Road Bridge
Freeway
Proposed Street
Activity Node
Overlook Point
Proposed Promenade
Fig.

Residential
Generalized Land Use
Mixed Use (Medium Intensity)
Mixed Use (High Intensity)
TOD Plan Concept
Agenda Item #11.4.

20 PROPOSAL FOR CITY OF ST. HELENA
Santana Row/Valley Fair Urban Village Plan,
San José
Santana Row represents perhaps the Bay Area’s largest successful example of a built-from-scratch high-intensity pedestrian-oriented mixed-use district. It has emerged as San José’s “second downtown”, a hugely popular retail and dining destination, and a residential district.

Valley Fair, across Winchester Boulevard from Santana Row, is the largest mall in Silicon Valley.

The Santana Row/Valley Fair Urban Village Plan, led by Dyett & Bhatia for the City of San José, provides the framework for the next era of development of this pivotal district. The Urban Village Plan builds on the energy of Santana Row to revitalize and enhance connections to surrounding areas, outlines the framework for mid- and high-intensity new development, with building heights reaching 15 to 20 stories, and fosters a dynamic urban environment that embraces the creative workforce and urban living. Development will be supported by a future Bus Rapid Transit line, as well as new mid-block paseos and urban plazas.

The planning process was supported by community outreach that included two large community workshops and an online interactive, map-based community survey.

SAN JOSÉ CALIFORNIA
ADOPTED 2017
280
880
17 WILLIAMS RD EDEN AVE

LOMA VERDE DR

WILLIAMSBURG DR

CADILLAC DR

IMPALA DR

DAVID AVE

DRIFTWOOD DR

PAYNE AVE

WINCHESTER BLVD

LEXINGTON DR

ESSEX WY

CASTLEMONT AVE WALLGROVE WAY

NEET AVE

VAN SANSUL AVE

OPAL DR

TERISI CT

MYLES CT

NEAL AVE

MAGLIOCCO

HUFF DR

MAGLIOCCO DR

EDEN AVE

NEAL AVE

MOORPARK AVE

RIDDLE RD

ACORN WAY

ACORN CT

VERDANT WAY

BARKWOOD WAY TEAKWOOD DR

FIRESIDE DR

GREENTREE WAY REDOAKS DR

GREENBRIAR AVE

FRUITDALE AVE

EMERALD WAY

STEVENS CREEK BLVD

OLIN AVE

TISCH WAY

FOREST AVE
N. MONROE ST
S. MONROE ST
S. CLOVER AVE
S. BAYWOOD AVE
S. REDWOOD AVE

HEMLOCK AVE

SANTANA ROW

VILLA CENTRE WAY
S. GENEVIEVE LN

DUDLEY AVE

SPAR AVE

HANSON AVE

MAPLEWOOD AVE

OLSEN DR

GLENEEDEN

FINCH DR

WILLIAMS RD
S. BAYWOOD AVE
Winchester
Mystery
House Frank M.

Santana
Park
S. DANIEL WAY

WINCHESTER BLVD

WESTFIELD AVE
Valley Fair Mall
Monroe
Middle School
Marijane
Hamann Park
Castlemont Elementary School
Rosemary
Elementary
School
Streetscape, Open Space
and Connectivity
Concept Diagram
0 2,000
FEET
500 1,000
Potential Grand Boulevard Segment
Potential Main Street Segment
Existing Park
Existing Plaza
Existing School/Public Use
Potential Park
Potential Plaza
Potential New Connection (pedestrian & bike-only
and/or vehicular right-of-way)
Potential New Crosswalk
Potential Pedestrian-Focused Connection to Open Space
No Existing Sidewalk
Case Study Site
Boulevard/I-280 Bridge
Winchester Boulevard/
Stevens Creek Boulevard
Intersection Improvements
1/4 Mile Radius from
Existing/Proposed Open Space
Urban Village Boundary
Agenda Item #11.4.

21 Downtown Specific Plan
Winchester Boulevard Urban Village Master
Plan
San José’s General Plan envisions growth clustered in infill “urban villages”, transforming these strategically identified areas into vibrant, higher density, mixed-use districts that promote transit, walking, and bicycling.

Winchester Boulevard is a major north-south vehicular connection that links key destinations in Campbell, San José, and Santa Clara.

Centered along a 1.4-mile segment of the boulevard, the Master Plan for this Urban Village, being led by Dyett & Bhatia for the City of San José, seeks to revitalize this key corridor with nodes of high-intensity development, and strategic lower-scaled infill development between the nodes. A variety of outdoor plazas, public art, and parks integrated throughout. Building heights and massing are carefully feathered to minimize impacts on adjacent residential uses.

Winchester Boulevard itself is re-envisioned as a memorable boulevard, with commercial nodes serving surrounding neighborhoods, while maintaining its current traffic travel lanes and capacity, with parking/ vehicular lane switch—San José’s first such configuration—at peak hours, enabling provision of new protected cycle tracks, and rain gardens for water filtering.

SAN JOSÉ CALIFORNIA
ADOPTED 2013
Agenda Item #11.4.

22 PROPOSAL FOR CITY OF ST. HELENA
A map-based online survey prompted respondents to interact with draft land use and height maps, providing example images to aid in visualizing the proposed changes. 280
880
17 WILLIAMS RD EDEN AVE

LOMA VERDE DR

WILLIAMSBURG DR

CADILLAC DR

IMPALA DR

DAVID AVE

DRIFTWOOD DR

PAYNE AVE

WINCHESTER BLVD

LEXINGTON DR

ESSEX WY

CASTLEMONT AVE WALLGROVE WAY

NEET AVE

VAN SANSUL AVE

OPAL DR

TERISI CT

MYLES CT

NEAL AVE

MAGLIOCCO

HUFF DR

MAGLIOCCO DR

EDEN AVE

NEAL AVE

MOORPARK AVE

RIDDLE RD

ACORN WAY

ACORN CT

VERDANT WAY

WEST HAMILTON AVE EAST HAMILTON AVE

BARKWOOD WAY TEAKWOOD DR

FIRESIDE DR

GREENTREE WAY REDOAKS DR

GREENBRIAR AVE

FRUITDALE AVE

EMERALD WAY

STEVENS CREEK BLVD

OLIN AVE

TISCH WAY

FOREST AVE
N. MONROE ST
S. MONROE ST
S. CLOVER AVE
S. BAYWOOD AVE
S. REDWOOD AVE

HEMLOCK AVE

SANTANA ROW

VILLA CENTRE WAY
S. GENEVIEVE LN

DUDLEY AVE

SPAR AVE

HANSON AVE

MAPLEWOOD AVE

OLSEN DR

GLENEEDEN

FINCH DR

WILLIAMS RD
S. BAYWOOD AVE
Winchester
Mystery
House Frank M.

Santana
Park
S. DANIEL WAY

WINCHESTER BLVD

WESTFIELD AVE
Valley Fair
Mall
Monroe
Middle School
Marijane
Hamann
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Agenda Item #11.4.

23 Downtown Specific Plan
Napa General Plan and EIR
Napa is one of Northern California’s signature cities, at the cultural and economic heart of the wine country. It is strategically located along the Napa River and set among one of California’s most highly-valued agricultural and tourist regions, yet within easy reach of the greater metropolitan Bay Area. The city is home to established neighborhoods, a riverfront downtown that is a regional draw in its own right, and existing and expanding economic drivers, both related to the wine industry and otherwise.

The General Plan, adopted October 2022, maintains growth within the existing Rural Urban Limit, and promotes corridor revitalization, continued downtown development, riverfront orientation and open space development, and sustainable development patterns.

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Agenda Item #11.4.

24 PROPOSAL FOR CITY OF ST. HELENA
St. Helena General Plan and EIR
Located in the heart of Napa Valley, St. Helena is one of the Bay Area’s most picturesque small towns, with a population of 6,200 and a land area of about five square miles. Dyett & Bhatia assisted the City with the completion of a targeted update to the General Plan, focused on incorporating policies to address new State requirements that have come into force since the plan was last updated and extending the horizon year of the plan. Issues central to the effort include growth management, economic development, historic resource preservation, public safety, and agricultural preservation. The effort also included preparation of an EIR and analysis of sensitive environmental resources and capacity constraints in areas outside the City limit where municipal services are provided.

ST. HELENA, CALIFORNIA
ADOPTED 2019
Link to adopted plan
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Agenda Item #11.4.

25 Downtown Specific Plan

DKS ASSOCIATES
DKS Associates provides specialized transportation
planning, design, and engineering services to public agencies across the country. Firmwide, our staff includes 150 professionals with offices in Oakland,
Sacramento, and Anaheim, CA; Portland and Salem,
OR; Seattle, WA; and Austin, TX. Our professional
staff members provide expert services in multimodal
transportation analysis, planning, and engineering;
intelligent transportation systems; corridor and intersection safety, pedestrian and bicycle planning and design, and transit planning and design.

DKS has led or supported numerous long-range transportation planning studies including county level transportation plans, corridor studies, and mobility
elements of local comprehensive plans. We bring to
these studies our full spectrum of services which range from public outreach through travel demand forecasting and traffic simulation to GIS and graphic design.

DKS staff are familiar with most of the travel demand
models maintained by county transportation agencies
in the Bay Area and Sacramento regions, including
the Napa Solano Activity Based travel demand Model
(Napa Solano ABM). DKS staff have applied the Napa
Solano ABM for several projects including the most
recent Napa General Plan update.

Project Examples
•City of Napa General Plan Update, Napa, CA.

DKS analyzed the existing and future transportation network and needs in support of an update to the Transportation Element of the City’s General
Plan. DKS applied City’s local travel demand model
to assess traffic LOS effects and the Napa Solano
Activity Based Model to assess VMT. DKS prepared
a Transportation Impact Study that was incorporated into the environmental document (EIR) for the project.
•City of Pacifica General Plan Update and Sharp
Park Specific Plan, Pacifica, CA. The general plan
update for Pacifica took place in parallel with a Specific Plan for their downtown Sharp Park area. The analysis involved multimodal demand analysis,
LOS calculation for roadway segments and intersections within the city, parking occupancy, and the creation of maps in GIS to visualize the analysis.
•Dixon Streets Master Plan, Dixon, CA. This study
for the City of Dixon assessed long term roadway
capacity needs based on the City’s most recent General Plan update. DKS analyzed roadway cross section as well as intersection operational performance under general Plan buildout conditions. In addition,
DKS recommended changes to the City’s engineering design standards regarding service volumes. •Contra Costa County Transportation Action
Plan Updates, CA. The DKS role for these studies
encompassed travel demand model application and
performance metric development. The performance
metrics used in this round of Action Plan updates
have been expanded to address safety, equity, and
sustainability, in addition to the more traditional
roadway and intersection level of service metrics.

For this project, DKS has prepared a set of land use
inputs corresponding to MTC’s Plan Bay Area 2050
and a set of baseline 2050 model outputs. These outputs have been used to forecast metrics, including VMT per service population, greenhouse gas emissions, intersection delay, and peak period travel times and speeds.
•San Leandro Parking Analysis, San Leandro, CA.

For a private online grocery delivery business, DKS
prepared a parking analysis to support the application for a parking code exception. DKS prepared a shared parking analysis, supported by primary data
collection, to demonstrate the adequacy of the proposed parking supply.

ECONOMIC & PLANNING SYSTEMS
Economic & Planning Systems, Inc. (EPS) is a land economics consulting firm experienced in the full spectrum of services related to real estate development, the financing of public infrastructure and government services, and assessing local fiscal and economic impacts.

Established in Berkeley in 1983, EPS has provided consulting services to hundreds of public- and privatesector clients throughout Northern California and the U.S. Our balanced portfolio of clients allows us to understand land use and development economics from
a variety of perspectives. Areas of expertise include:
•Real Estate Market and Development Feasibility
•Developer Negotiations and Transaction Support
•Financing Public Infrastructure, Amenities and
Services
•Fiscal and Economic Impact Analysis
•Public-Private Partnerships
•Land Use Planning and Growth Management
•Reuse, Revitalization, and Redevelopment
•Housing Development Feasibility and Policy
Agenda Item #11.4.

26 PROPOSAL FOR CITY OF ST. HELENA
EPS was founded on the principle that real estate development and land use-related public policy should be built on realistic assessment of market forces and economic trends, feasible implementation measures, and recognition of public policy objectives, including provisions for required public facilities and services. EPS has a deep understanding of policy formation at the local
level and the need to incorporate perspectives from residents, property owners, developers, tenants, and other stakeholders. This experience is supported by an analytical approach that stresses rigor, transparency, and objectivity rather than advocacy, and one that seeks to engender the trust of clients and the public at large.

As a central part of its consulting practice, EPS has
helped inform all aspects of planning the evolution,
revitalization, and programing of small downtowns
and other mixed-use commercial districts. Numerous
projects have been completed for municipalities, developers, business associations, and property owners seeking to promote economic development, improve public infrastructure and amenities, and incentivize investment at strategic nodes and catalytic sites.

EPS also brings unique expertise with communities
that have strong links to the tourist economy including substantial work in northern California’s so-called “wine country”. We understand the unique pressures
faced by these communities, including balancing the
needs of residents, visitors, and businesses, developing appropriate housing, and promoting economic diversity. We provide fine-grained analysis with results and recommendations that are tailored to local market and
financial realities, unique physical and geographic considerations, and community driven policy objectives.

Project Examples
•Napa Downtown Specific Plan and General Plan
Update, Napa, California. After decades of gradual decline and lack of investment, the City Napa sought strategies to help its historic downtown better capitalize on the cache of its location in the heart of the Napa Valley and “wine country”. As part of
the Downtown Specific Plan, EPS conducted market and feasibility analysis to identify and opportunity sites and develop realistic options to encourage redevelopment of underutilized properties with the
goal of creating a more vibrant, mixed-use district.

EPS also evaluated financing and implementation
options to deliver public infrastructure and amenities. Guided by Specific Plan policies and implementation measures, Napa’s Downtown has evolved into a successful visitor destination with new hotels,
restaurants, mixed-use residential, and enlivened
entertainment venues.

Building on this success, EPS was subsequently
retained by the City, as part of a team lead by Dyett
& Bhatia, to provide economic analysis in support
of the General Plan Update. With a growing tourist economy, the City’s priorities for the General Plan had evolved to include opportunities for economic diversification, sustaining desirable employment prospects for residents, and strategic redevelopment within a largely built-out city. EPS completed an economic, demographic, and real estate profile that identified Napa’s competitive attributes
and positioning as well as challenges to sustainable
long-term growth that might be addressed by the
General Plan Update. While EPS gave special consideration to retail and visitor serving uses and their continued role in economic development, the analysis was expanded to include other emerging sectors such as health care and tech. The work culminated
in an Economic Development Element with a focus
on sustainable and equitable growth strategies to
avoid an over reliance on tourism sectors.
•Healdsburg Housing Policy and Implementation Services, Healdsburg, California. The City of Healdsburg has been working to improve its
supply of affordable and “missing middle” housing in the face of an ongoing shortage and continued increase in housing demand. While its highly appealing community attributes and a lively visitorbased economy have provided substantial economic and fiscal benefits, it has also caused housing price
increases, further exacerbated by non-resident home
ownership. Moreover, the City’s voter-approved
Growth Management Ordinance limited new housing construction to 30 units per year, severely constraining the addition of new market-rate housing.

Over the last decade EPS has provided the City with
a variety of services to develop policy and implementation measures to address housing shortages.

Most notable, EPS led the team that prepared the
6th Cycle Housing Element, which was adopted
by the City Council in May 2023 and Certified by
HCD in June 2023. EPS drafted the City’s original
Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance, and subsequently
provided revisions and updated the inclusionary
housing in-lieu fees. Other efforts have included
preparing revisions to the Growth Management
Ordinance, identifying and forecasting new affordable housing funding sources, assessing opportunity sites, and assisting with negotiations for individual affordable housing projects. As a part of this work EPS has applied a range of supporting methods including quantitatively based housing needs assessment, financial feasibility analysis, and budget
and economic forecasting.

Agenda Item #11.4.

27 Downtown Specific Plan
•Pacifica General Plan Update and Sharp Park
Specific Plan, Pacifica, California. As part of the
General Plan Update, and a subsequent Specific
Plan focused on its historic downtown, the City of
Pacific sought to better understand opportunities to
improve its economy and better leverage its coastline location 12 miles south of San Francisco. As a subconsultant to Dyett & Bhatia, EPS contributed
to both the General Plan and Specific Plan efforts
by evaluating market conditions, development
opportunities, and public financing strategies. For
the General Plan, which came first, EPS evaluated
various strategies, such as “branding” and “place
making,” as well as the catalytic effect of a luxury
or resort hotel, that would help the City to capture a
growing share of the regional tourism market. The
EPS analysis was used to assist community leaders develop policy choices and ultimately identify the historic Sharp Park neighborhood as a strategic
location for further analysis.

EPS provided more fine-grained analysis of market
opportunities and economic feasibility to support
the Sharp Park Specific Plan (approved in 2022).

The EPS market analysis found that the historic
Sharp Park neighborhood, adjacent to a popular
public beach, presented opportunities for a more
activated mixed-use environment that could draw
both visitors and local residents. However, achieving its the full development potential faced market and feasibility challenges that would require a range of efforts on the part of the City, property
owners, developers, and others to overcome. To
support implementation of the plan objectives, EPS
also prepared a strategic financing plan for targeted
public and private investments designed to create a
unique and cohesive sense of place.
•Downtown Danville Real Estate Feasibility Assessment, Town of Danville, California.

Despite its affluent demographics, Downtown Danville’s commercial sector was relatively small and locally oriented. But because the Downtown serves
as a central gathering place, a source of community pride, and the primary commercial district in Town, the City sought to prioritize reinvestment to
improve overall vibrancy.

Danville retained EPS to evaluate potential zoning
changes to spur new investment and development.

EPS conducted market analysis and performed
financial feasibility testing to identify potential
development opportunities in the Downtown. The
analysis revealed that historical low density development patterns had limited the broader market appeal of Downtown. Additional flexibility in allowable land uses, and development incentives
that reduce project costs would likely incentivize
investment. EPS also found that allowing groundlevel service retail, office, and medical office (along with traditional retail) would improve feasibility,
given stronger demand for these tenant types. In
addition, the EPS study identified an opportunity
for commercial condominiums suited for service
retail and office users. Finally, the analysis showed
that fee waiver incentives, like those used for historic preservation projects, and reduced parking ratios would improve project economics. Along
with these recommendations, the study cautioned
that the Town should weigh the benefits of changes
to land use policy and/or the provision of incentives against potential secondary effects, such as potential impacts on parking availability.

BOTTOMLEY DESIGN & PLANNING
Bottomley Design & Planning (BDP) is an urban
design and city planning firm specializing in pedestrian- and transit-oriented development planning and capital improvements. Work products include land
use and development master plans, regulatory/zoning
standards, design and development guidelines, and
detailed designs and construction drawings for streets
and public spaces. All BDP work is related to infill
development in existing cities and towns, and promotes TOD, complete street, and green street design principles. Plans typically include traffic/circulation and capital improvements components, as well as
streetscape designs and concept land use and development plans, diagrams, and 3D illustrations.

Agenda Item #11.4.

28 PROPOSAL FOR CITY OF ST. HELENA
Recent projects completed with Dyett & Bhatia include
the Sonoma Developmental Center Specific Plan,
Union City BART Area Specific Plan, Belmont Village
Specific Plan, Redwood City El Camino Real PDA Plan,
and Winchester Boulevard/Stevens Creek Boulevard
urban village plan for San Jose. Other recent projects
include the Newark Old Town Specific Plan/Thornton
Avenue Redesign, Mountain View Downtown Transit
Center Master Plan, Millbrae Downtown/El Camino
Real Specific Plan, East Santa Clara Street urban village plan for San Jose, and the Bayhill Specific Plan for San Bruno.

Project Examples
•Downtown Napa Riverfront, Napa CA. Responsibility: Prime Consultant. Infill development prototypes, land use/development standards, design guidelines, site plans and schematic designs for
capital improvements in the Downtown Reach of
the Napa River Flood Protection Project (FPP).

These improvements included three new bridges, an
8-acre river bypass channel/park, 2 miles of public
access trails that include a riverfront promenade,
and renovation of Veterans Park, a river-edge community green. The work involved a series of ongoing public workshops, and coordination with City departments, the Napa County Flood Control District, Army Corps of Engineers, two community design advisory panels, and four engineering firms,
The overall goal of the work was a vision and consensus on capital improvements, development of adjacent private properties, architectural design
character, and design interrelationships of the FPP’s
major design elements. Awards to-date include the
2010 Award of Excellence from the California Redevelopment Association and the 2009 Public Works Project of the Year Award from the American Public
Works Association.

Additional projects completed for the City of Napa
include the Soscol Avenue Corridor & Downtown
Riverfront Development & Design Guidelines,
Downtown Riverfront Urban Design Master Plan,
Napa River Parkway Master Plan, Tannery Bend
Development & Design Guidelines, Riverside Drive
Vision Plan, and the Downtown Plaza Corridor
Master Plan.
•Latham Square, Oakland CA. Responsibility: Lead
Consultant. Existing conditions analysis, concept
alternatives, community and staff design/workshop
process, 3D modeling, and construction documents
and support for reconfiguration of the intersection
of Telegraph Avenue and Broadway in Downtown
Oakland. Project includes intersection reconfiguration, traffic calming, and plaza expansion within a National Register Historic District. The project
links the landmark Rotunda and Cathedral buildings with the thriving Uptown District and Oakland City Hall. Design elements include restoration of
the 1913 Latham Fountain, brick and stone replacement paving, rain garden planters, a range of seating options, programmable specialty lighting, and historic/art panel installations. A series of community, staff steering committee, and public meetings and
hearings were conducted to evaluate options, tradeoffs, and materials recommendations. BDP prepared the construction documents in conjunction with
Kimley Horn & Associates, Inc., civil and traffic
engineers, and a team of specialty subconsultants.

Construction completed summer 2016.
•Downtown Brentwood Streetscape Master Plan
& Improvements, Brentwood CA. Responsibility:

Prime consultant for master plan, subconsultant
landscape architect for construction documents.

Work included existing conditions analysis, concept alternatives, community meeting process, and detailed design recommendations and phasing plan
for a 10-block, pedestrian-oriented downtown commercial district. Principal elements include conversion of angle to parallel parking in order to widen sidewalks from 10 to 20 feet, definition of downtown
gateway locations, traffic calming and pedestrian
safety improvements, and linkage to a new Downtown civic center complex. A series of community, staff steering committee, and public hearing meetings were conducted to evaluate options, trade-offs, and materials recommendations. BDP prepared
streetscape construction plans as a subconsultant to
Carlson, Barbee & Gibson; construction completed
in Spring 2012.

Agenda Item #11.4.

29 Downtown Specific Plan
Downtown Riverfront Urban Design Master Plan
Napa, California
Description: Community visioning, site planning, and schematic design plans for the downtown reach of the Napa River Flood Protection Project. Improvements include river-oriented mixed-use development, three new bridges, an 8-acre river bypass channel/park, 2 miles of public access trails including a riverfront promenade, and reconstruction of a river-edge community green. The work involved a series of community workshops, coordination with City departments, the Napa County Flood Control District, US Army Corps of Engineers, bridge engineering  rms and community design advisory panels, and ongoing design and development review. Work products included the Downtown Riverfront Design and Development Guidelines, Downtown Riverfront Urban Design Master Plan, and Napa River Parkway Master Plan. The still-underway riverfront revitalization effort has received the 2010 Award of Excellence from the California Redevelopment Association, and the 2009 Public Works Project of the Year Award from the American Public Works Association.

Client: City of Napa
Completed Project from Above In ll development
Veterans Park Riverfront Promenade
Project Area Rendering

BOTTOMLEY DESIGN & PLANNING PROFILES
Agenda Item #11.4.

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Former Intersection
Reconfi guration Options
View South of Plaza and Restored Fountain
Final Design Concept
Latham Square
Oakland, California
Description: Services included existing conditions analysis, concept alternatives, community meeting and staff design workshop process, detailed design/3D modeling, and construction plans for the intersection of Telegraph Avenue and Broadway in Downtown Oakland. The project focused on creating a 22,000 square-foot plaza at the center of a National Register Historic District, linking the adjacent landmark Rotunda and Cathedral Buildings with the thriving Uptown district and the Oakland Civic Center. Specifi c design elements include restoration of the 1913 Latham Fountain, brick and stone paving, rain garden planters, a mix of seating options, programmed string lighting effects, and historic/art panel installations. A series of community, staff steering committee, and public hearing meetings were conducted to evaluate options, trade-offs, and materials recommendations. BDP prepared streetscape construction plans in conjunction with Kimley Horn & Associates, Inc., civil and traffi c engineers, and a team of specialty subconsultants; construction completed 2016.

Client: City of Oakland

BOTTOMLEY DESIGN & PLANNING PROFILES
Agenda Item #11.4.

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Downtown Brentwood Streetscape Master Plan / Improvements Brentwood, California
Description: Existing conditions analysis, to-scale concept alternatives, community meeting process, and detailed streetscape improvement recommendations and phasing plan for a 10-block, pedestrian-oriented downtown commercial district. Principal elements include conversion of angle to parallel parking to widen sidewalks from 10 to 20 feet, de nition of downtown gateway locations, traf c calming and pedestrian safety improvements, and coordination with design and construction of a downtown civic center complex. A series of community, staff steering committee, and public hearing meetings were conducted to evaluate options, trade-offs, and to determine block-by-block sidewalk improvements and materials recommendations. BDP prepared streetscape construction plans for the $5.5M  rst phase project as a subconsultant to Carlson, Barbee & Gibson; construction was completed in 2012.

Client: City of Brentwood
View from corner of First and Oak Streets
View along First and Oak Streets
Oak Street - Angle parking prior to sidewalk widening
Sidewalk Widening to 20’ - Typical

BOTTOMLEY DESIGN & PLANNING PROFILES
Agenda Item #11.4.

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WEST YOST
West Yost is a consulting engineering firm that was
founded in 1990. Our focus is exclusively water, recycled water, wastewater, groundwater, and stormwater. We provide planning, design, construction management, and program management services in these areas.

Headquartered in Davis, California, West Yost operates from 10 offices and has a team of more than 200 dedicated professionals. Our staff comprises certified
or registered experts in various fields, including chemical, civil, control systems, electrical, environmental, and mechanical engineering, as well as wastewater
treatment and regulatory compliance. We also have
specialists in geology, engineering geology, hydrogeology, architecture, GIS, control systems, cybersecurity, risk management, asset management, condition assessment, project management, and construction management and inspection services.

West Yost is dedicated to providing exceptional client
service and producing high-value solutions. We build
trust and long-term client relationships through proactive communication. West Yost’s proactive approach to project management enables us to provide responsive service and deliver work products that exceed the expectations of our clients.

West Yost has provided General Plan support for the
following agencies:
•City of American Canyon
•City of Brentwood
•City of Ceres
•City of Millbrae
•City of Milpitas
•City of Dixon
•City of St. Helena
•City of Lathrop
•City of Napa
•City of Manteca
•City of Sacramento
•City of San Marcos
•City of Santa Rosa
•City of Stockton
•County of Sutter
•City of Turlock
•City of Vacaville
West Yost has provided services as part of Dyett & Bhatia’s team on several projects:
•City of Pleasanton Downtown Specific Plan Water
Supply Assessment
•City of Sacramento 2040 General Plan Update
•City of Ceres General Plan Update
•City of Dixon General Plan Update
•City of Fairfield General Plan Update
•City of Fairfield Multi-Modal Rail Station
•City of Lodi General Plan Update Infrastructure
Analysis
•City of Napa General Plan Update
•City of Turlock General Plan Update
West Yost has worked with the City of St. Helena since
2004 on more than 10 projects. Our current/recent
projects include:
•Louis Stralla Water Treatment Plant Condition
Assessment
•Clearwell & Tank 1A Rehabilitation
•Recycled Water Facilities Plan
•Safe Yield Estimate and Water Neutrality Policy
Past projects with the City include:
•Engineering Support for Water Rights
•General Plan Update Environmental Impact Report
•Stonebridge Wells Water Treatment Plant Filter Restoration •Potable Water Storage Tank 1A Design and Construction Management Services •Tank 1A Engineering Services During Construction
•Water Conservation Assistance
•2003 Urban Water Management Plan
•Water Enterprise Services
•Wastewater Treatment and Reclamation Plant
Upgrades and Water Recycling Project Design
Project Examples
•General Plan Update and Ongoing Support, City of
Dixon, CA. As a subconsultant to Dyett & Bhatia,
from 2015 to 2021, West Yost provided infrastructure support for City’s General Plan Update (GPU).

Support included potable water, sewer collection
systems, wastewater treatment, and storm drainage
and flood control. West Yost prepared a background
report, identified infrastructure requirements and
costs for GPU land use alternatives and for the preferred land use plan, and supported of the GPU Agenda Item #11.4.

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Environmental Impact Report. The City adopted
the GPU in May 2021.

West Yost prepared the City’s Storm Drain Report
(SDR) in 1999, and has since been providing stormwater services to the City. The SDR included delineating the City into eight watersheds, developing computer drainage models for four of the watersheds, and planning and sizing the required infrastructure to address existing drainage problems and to support the future buildout of the City. The
planning work has included close coordination
with the downstream agricultural drainage agencies to identify drainage projects that maximized the benefit to the City and the downstream agencies while limiting the project costs. From this project, West Yost prepared the Dixon Regional Watershed Management Plan, which identifies three regional drainage projects. Two of the projects were
designed by West Yost and have been constructed.

West Yost is currently preparing an update of the
SDR based on the new General Plan. West Yost is
currently providing stormwater development support to the City to identify specific infrastructure and timing of the infrastructure for specific development projects.

In addition, West Yost prepared the City’s Water
Master Plan and an update to the Water Master
Plan. The updated plan identified the major infrastructure needed to support the GPU, including new wells, water tanks, and water transmission
mains. West Yost is currently providing water system development support to the City to identify infrastructure requirements and timing of the
infrastructure for specific development projects.
•General Plan Update, City of Sacramento, CA. As
a subconsultant to Dyett & Bhatia, West Yost prepared updates of the Background Report from the 2035 General Plan Update (GPU) for the 2040 GPU
Domestic Water and Water Supply, Storm Drainage, Sewer and Wastewater Treatment sections.

West Yost also provided support for Green House
Gas Reduction opportunities related to these wet
utilities. West Yost reviewed and commented on the
GPU policies prepared by Dyett & Bhatia. We prepared a Technical Memorandum (TM) that summarized the estimated water demands for existing conditions, buildout of the current General Plan, and a base GPU land use alternative. For the
GPU Environmental Impact Report, we prepared a
Storm Drainage TM and Sewer/Wastewater TM to
identify potential impacts of the GPU and recommended actions to reduce the impact to an insignificant level.

The storm drainage TM provided estimated relative
increases in peak storm water flows and volumes
resulting from the current General Plan growth
and from the GPU preferred land use plan growth.

We provided a brief, qualitative discussion comparing up to two other land use alternatives with the preferred land use plan. We identified General Plan
policies that address the increased runoff rates and
volumes.

Similarly, West Yost prepared a TM for sewer/
wastewater treatment. The TM estimated the average dry weather flow (ADWF) and the peak wet weather flow (PWWF) for existing conditions,
buildout of the current General Plan, and the GPU
preferred land use plan. We compared the ADWFs
and PWWFs and identified significant changes
from the current General Plan with the updated
General Plan. We provided a brief, qualitative discussion comparing up to two other land use alternatives with the preferred land use plan. We identified General Plan policies that can address changes in the ADWFs and PWWFs.
•General Plan Update, City of Napa, CA. As a subconsultant to Dyett & Bhatia, West Yost provided infrastructure support for the update of the Napa
General Plan. West Yost conducted brief, qualitative evaluations of the existing water supply/water treatment/water distribution, sewer/wastewater
treatment, and stormwater/flood control facilities.

This evaluation was based on information provided
in existing water, wastewater, and stormwater master plan documents, supplemented with discussions with City and Napa Sanitation District (NSD) staff.

In addition, West Yost provided preliminary, comparison-level utility plans for each infrastructure system for the preferred land use plan. These plans
included major infrastructure cost estimates.

West Yost reviewed the draft General Plan Update
(GPU) infrastructure-related goals and policies document and provided a draft and final comment technical memorandum (TM). West Yost provided the peer review and comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) Hydrology and Public Utilities sections of the EIR for the GPU. The team
identified additional potential impacts and recommend mitigation measures to reduce the impacts to a less than significant level.

Agenda Item #11.4.

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In this chapter we first present our project understanding and approach to key topics, followed by the scope of work.

2.1 PROJECT UNDERSTANDING

AND APPROACH

PROJECT OBJECTIVES
St. Helena Downtown is one of Bay Area’s most charming, with well-preserved old buildings, and numerous shops and galleries to linger and enjoy on a stroll, particularly along the traditional Main Street. Adjacent streets also have some stores, as well as galleries, offices, and dining establishments. Within a block or
two of the Main Street are also banks and offices with
large parking lots, with possibilities of redevelopment to contribute to contribute to Downtown vitality.

As the sole downtown in the valley between the northernmost Calistoga and Napa at the southern end, and located in the heart of one of the world’s most famous
wine regions, shops in downtown—such as upscale
boutiques, gift shops, dining establishments, and galleries—cater largely to visitors, although there is also a grocery store (Sunshine Market) and a supermarket
(Safeway) as well as banks and other services for locals.

As the pandemic fades, Downtown has seen a drop in
vacancies, with very few available retail spaces, particularly along the sought-after, roughly three-block National Historic Register Main Street stretch. Stores
such as Tweed and Vine and Elyse Walker have reshuffled their locations and renewed their commitments to downtown. NO|MA, Houtskool Dumplings, Ray Ray’s
Tacos, Pizza Station, and Orion Swift and JCB tasting rooms—all along Main Street—as well as Charlie’s Place along Railroad Avenue will bolster the current somewhat limited dining/tasting options, and help widen Downtown’s commercial base.

KEY OBJECTIVES
The RFP outlines the Specific Plan objectives clearly.

The City is looking to:
•Prepare a Specific Plan to strengthen Downtown’s
identity as epicenter of food and wine culture, promote additional dining options, and enhance DownAPPROACH AND

SCOPE OF WORK
town’s visual and other “sensory” qualities. Ensure
that new development is cohesive and in keeping
with Downtown’s exceptional character and presence of historic resources. •Enhance the public realm – including through
streetscapes, potential Main Street sidewalk widening for outdoor dining, public gathering spaces including accommodating larger gatherings at
Lyman Park, and possibilities for temporal street
closures and activating alleyways.
•Outline Possibilities for the five catalytic sites, as well as other opportunities such as banks with
parking lots taking prime real estate, with considerations of Downtown vibrancy, fiscal sustainability and ability to pay for improvements, and realize potential for City Hall relocation to the Adams/ Library Lane site.
•Ensure that parking supply matches demand, land
use and roadway configuration changes are fully
analyzed, and need for infrastructure reflected and
incorporated.
•Ensure that the Specific Plan is thorough and
detailed, with clear policies and design standards
that fully reflect community priorities and City
needs.
•Conduct environmental review to address the
planned changes, so implementation can be streamlined and without need to conduct project-by-project analysis. •Engage the community, property owners, decisionmakers and others to ensure that the plan reflects community priorities and results in successful
implementation.

KEY CONSIDERATIONS
Land Use/Mixes/Possibilities for the Key
Sites; Local vs. Visitor-Serving Uses
This will be a key issue, that will also garner significant community interest. While the community is generally supportive of housing as well as affordable housing (and portions of some of the key sites are designated
for affordable housing in the City’s Housing Element),
there are divergent views on local vs. visitor-serving
uses. In particular designations that permit new hotels or for the City to pursue hotel uses on the Former City Hall or the Old City Hall sites (along Main Street and
Railroad Avenue) has the potential to be controversial, requiring sensitive community outreach and discussion
framing. This issue was one of the hot topics in the City of Napa General Plan that we recently prepared, and
which we were able to successfully resolve. The community has a history of being “anti-growth” and “antiAgenda Item #11.4.

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hotel”. However, according to City staff, the community open houses in October for the proposed resort at the Krug Winery did not receive significant blow back
or rejection. Recently (2023) the City has been intentionally communicating a narrative to residents that getting out of our fiscal crisis will involve many tools, one of them being allowing at least two more hotels to
bring in needed transient occupancy taxes (TOTs) to
balance the budget.

Similarly, we would need to explore if the community
supports more active nightlife downtown and thus
encourage more bars and restaurants with extended
hours – this is an issue we have encountered in many
previous downtown planning efforts, and resolved
through listening to community concerns and intelligent land use planning and zoning.

Adams/Library Lane Site/New City Hall
According to City staff, the Adams/Library Lane Cityowned site has been mired by controversy/lack of consistent vision for a long time. The overall visioning process for the Specific Plan early on should include
discussion of what this five-acre site should be, in addition to a small portion as housing as identified in the Housing Element. The City is currently leasing the City Hall site on College Avenue from Napa Valley College.

Due to higher priority funding needs and current fiscal challenges, City staff does not see the City building a new City Hall in the next 10 years. However, hotels can be part of the strategy to generate revenue to enhance
the City’s bonding capacity to proceed with City Hall
plans in a shorter time frame.

Market Demand and Fiscal Sustainability
This is related to the previous topics. Given St. Helena’s strategic and desirable location, there is likely to be continued demand for most of the uses likely under
consideration for the key sites in the Specific Plan.

There are currently few retail vacancies, and if the
desire is to diversify the retail and dining offerings, the principal issue will be how to provide these spaces more affordably. Thus, our scope includes financialfeasibility analysis of development on key sites. From the City fiscal perspective, and the ability to support improvements and a potentially new City Hall on the
Adam/Library Lane site, it is likely that TOTs from
hotel uses would need to part of feasibility considerations. Fiscal evaluation of various land use outcomes and assessment of costs required for streetscape and
other improvements will help inform community discussion and decision-maker direction.

Sidewalk Widening/Parking
Widening Main Street sidewalks to promote outdoor
dining by removing parking alongside is one of the
principal ULI TAP report recommendations. Removing a median that exists in stretches and left turn pockets may also provide additional space for widenings.

While promoting more active street life is a desirable
objective, the number of dining establishments fronting Main Street is currently small, although more eating and drinking establishments may seek to locate if this proves successful. Sidewalks can also be widened
in pockets to provide outdoor dining space, while providing pullover loading and limited on-street parking.

Our scope of work includes development of a detailed
streetscape plan the Main Street in three dimensions
using Sketch Up, with details on sidewalk widths,
parking, and street furnishings, by Bottomley Associates, streetscape design experts, in addition to gateway treatments, as well strategies related to Hunt Avenue
temporal or partial closure, open spaces, alleyways and plazas and community gathering spaces.

Former City Hall/Lyman Park
St. Helena lacks public gathering spaces the size of
other North Bay downtowns, such as plazas of Windsor, Healdsburg, Sonoma, or Santa Rosa, although St.

Helena is by far a much smaller town. Clearly, with
the gazebo location and the presence of some trees
in sightlines, the park does not easily lend itself to
outdoor events like concerts. The park is also on the
smaller side for such activities (about one acre, compared to say 4.5 acres for Windsor Town Square, which has summer concerts). Using industry rule of thumb,
the one acre park can probably accommodate about
300 to 350 people, even if the space were a lawn with
no trees. Through intelligent planning of Key Site 1
(Old City Hall on Main Street) to the north of the park, including potentially removing the internal road, the
park size could probably be increased by 50% without
sacrificing building area. Both the (redeveloped) City
Hall and redeveloped office buildings to the south of
the park could also be designed with dining establishments, especially along portions closer to Main Street, with ample outdoor dining spaces overlooking the
open space, that would also activate this portion of
Main Street without interfering with Main Street traffic flow.

Agenda Item #11.4.

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Water Supply/Infrastructure
Water supply and use is another hot button community issue in St. Helena, and there are also infrastructure constraints in Downtown. Our team includes West Yost, who bring familiarity with St. Helena and
have worked with us on multiple projects—including
recently for the City for Napa, from which St. Helena
purchases some water—to help thoroughly analyze and
cost infrastructure improvements.

Future Traffic Operations
Our scope of work includes evaluation of future traffic conditions with projected additional (additional to General Plan) growth, with a focus on 13 intersections – seven within downtown and six additional key ones. Rather than simply running the future land
use projections as they exist by default in the Napa
Solano transportation model (which would not realistically reflect future land uses), this would require us to update the land use projections in the General Plan
by traffic analysis zones (TAZs) with changes resulting from the Housing Element sites and additional Specific
Plan growth. With our understanding of General Plan
growth projections and strong in-house geographic
information systems (GIS) capabilities, we will be able to efficiently carry out this work.

Appropriate Level of Environmental Review
Because General Plan and zoning map amendments
would be needed, and growth projections would exceed
what was contemplated in the General Plan, environmental review for the project will be needed. Furthermore, the General Plan EIR had significant unavoidable impacts for Air Quality; Energy, Greenhouse Gases, and Climate Change; and Transportation (as
well as Agricultural Resources), and regardless of what environmental document is settled upon, these topics
will need to be analyzed in detail.

There is no way to do a “Mitigated Neg Dec” for significant unavoidable impacts. However, we believe that an EIR Addendum, focused on significant and unavoidable impacts of the General Plan EIR is likely to suffice, should no new significant and unavoidable impacts
result. In addition to the topics listed in the previous paragraph, the EIR would also update the Land Use,
Population, and Housing section. Should new impacts
result, a Supplemental EIR may be appropriate; the
basic effort of the two would be similar, however, the
Supplemental EIR will require public noticing (preparation of a NOP, scoping meeting, circulation of Draft EIR, and preparation and certification of the Final EIR, which would add to the cost), and likely use of vehicle miles traveled (VMT) for traffic analysis, rather than
level of service (LOS), which was used for the General
Plan EIR (the General Plan EIR reported VMT for
informational purposed). Our scope includes preparation of both LOS and VMT analysis, which would provide flexibility for the environmental approach.

As D&B (with Principal Andrew Hill) prepared the
General Plan EIR, D&B can carry out this task efficiently.

OUR APPROACH
Dyett & Bhatia specializes in specific plans, general
plans, and zoning work. Over the years, we have honed
processes and methods to deliver the highest quality
of products, on time and budget, and to provide value
to our clients by leveraging our exceptional experience with similar work for Bay Area cities and throughout
the western United States.

Key aspects of our overall strategy and approach to
assignments include:

Emphasizing Implementation
At Dyett & Bhatia we truly believe that implementation is an integral part of the planning process, not an afterthought. This will be critical to ensure that the
planning amendments have the desired result, that
they do not just represent “shelf-art” but rather serve as an effective tool for city-building by programming
public improvements and guiding private development. Our considerable experience writing zoning and development regulations informs practical policy formulation and code drafting to effectively achieve community goals.

Dyett & Bhatia brings extraordinary experience in
writing zoning, shaping some of the most vibrant
downtowns across the country, including Portland,
San Diego, and Chicago, to smaller North Bay downtowns. Our scope of work includes preparation on new design and development regulations, reflecting community and stakeholder input, that lead to real results on the ground, provide certainty in the development
process, reduce staff development burden, and ensure
transparency and fairness.

Agenda Item #11.4.

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At Dyett & Bhatia we mix Euclidean, form-based, and
performance-based zoning to best meet a project’s
objectives. Zoning should be easy to understand and
implement, balance flexibility and certainty, and lead
to positive on-the-ground results. Zoning done in concert with specific plans opens possibilities of applying controls areawide, to a district or a corridor, or to specific uses and building types. These need to be thoughtfully explored and applied, while avoiding unnecessary complexity. Parking regulations would need to be developed in synchrony with the parking study. We
would also seek to leverage the City’s recently completed zoning regulations. Ensuring that the regulatory framework is streamlined, and design and development regulations provide certainty while promoting vibrant, livable environments will be a key component
of the process.

Integrated Planning and Environmental
Review
Dyett & Bhatia has led EIRs on more than a dozen specific plans in the Bay Area, as described in the firm qualifications. Dyett & Bhatia also prepared the St. Helena General Plan EIR, and is thus intimately familiar with it. Because several impacts in that EIR were significant and unavoidable, a Negative Declaration for the Specific Plan will not suffice, as per the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Our base scope
and budget assume an Addendum to the General Plan
EIR, as permitted under CEQA. This would include a
thorough transportation analysis, using updated citywide land use projections and using the new Napa Solano Activity Based Model (which DKS and D&B
recently used for the City of Napa General Plan), updating greenhouse gases, energy, air quality, land use, and population and housing analysis; and reviewing other
sections to ensure adequacy. We will also consult with
City staff on water supply issues, which can be significant in St. Helena. Specific Plan policy development and environmental impact assessment will be conducted in
parallel; as environmental impacts are identified, Plan policies will be developed to mitigate these impacts,
resulting in a “self-mitigating” plan. The process will also minimize the environmental review required for
the evaluation of future development projects that are
consistent with the Specific Plan.
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Quality Control
Dyett & Bhatia will have overall responsibility for all products. D&B will review and comment on products
by sub-consultants, and sub-consultants shall revise
their products, prior to submittal to City staff or incorporation in larger documents. This will ensure that City staff review time is spent efficiently and work by different team members is fully integrated prior to
review.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
The City of St. Helena has established community
engagement as a priority for the project. A plan is
only successful if it reflects the aspirations and priorities of the community. To be effective, the community engagement strategy must provide meaningful opportunities for input and be outcome driven in order to inspire confidence and rally the community around
the adopted plan. Drawing on our award-winning outreach experience, Dyett & Bhatia will collaborate with City staff to develop and implement a creative community engagement strategy that generates input from a wide range of voices in the community. Community
workshops, stakeholder meetings, online survey, and
other tools will bring people into the process and give each person an opportunity to share opinions and provide feedback.

This section outlines Dyett & Bhatia’s approach to
community outreach and participation, and provides
an overview of program components. Note, however,
that the program is preliminary and adaptable. We
look forward to working with City staff to refine this
program to best address the particular needs of this
project. Our approach emphasizes engaging participants in positive and productive dialogue to collaboratively develop a shared vision in the community’s own voice.

Agenda Item #11.4.

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PROJECT BRANDING AND LOGO
To set the foundation for the community engagement
effort and project-related materials (print and digital), we will design a logo and branding to uniquely identify the Downtown Specific Plan. The logo will be used on
all project documents and outreach materials.

PROJECT WEBSITE/NOTIFICATIONS
The website will provide background and meeting
information, reports, and maps related to the project,
and will be kept up to date throughout the project. As
example of website used by D&B for a specific plan, see link. The website will also include an email signup feature to get on the project email list. Email notifications will be sent out at four key stages in the process and to announce community workshops (we can provide the
project email list to staff to send out additional notifications).

COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS/OPEN HOUSE (4)
Our work program includes four workshops at three
stages in the process: during initial issue identification, when alternatives are evaluated, and following preparation of a Draft Plan (typically conducted as an
“open house”). Workshops will be designed to be fun,
educational, and inclusive, giving community members the opportunity to learn about the process, make informed choices, and see how the plan responds to
their input. We will work with staff to design the workshops in a way that is most responsive to community needs—especially with regards to time of day, location, and accessibility. All workshop results will be summarized and made available on the project website; we want community members to know that their input
has been recorded and is being considered in the planning process. Workshops are assumed to be in person; if desired, one or more workshops can be conducted
virtually.

COMMUNITY SURVEY
Knowing that many residents lead busy lives and may
not be able to set aside time to participate in person, we will design and disseminate an online survey to complement workshops and give people the opportunity to participate in the process on their own time. The userfriendly survey will integrate maps and images with a range of question types to encourage participants to
engage with, comment directly on, and rate according
to their preferences and priorities.

STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS
At the outset of the project, six to eight small group
(two or three people) meetings will be held with representative members of the community and decisionmakers to understand salient issues and concerns in a candid setting. These would be virtual or planned as
in-person over one day at City Hall or another convenient location.

COMMUNITY GROUPS (4-6)
Our Community Engagement Strategy includes time
for small group meetings with residents, business owners, community leaders and other stakeholders. These are expected to be largely virtual. Additional meetings could be done by staff or added to our scope if desired and if budget permits.

DOWNTOWN STEERING COMMITTEE (DTSC)
MEETINGS (4)
We will work closely with the DTSC throughout the
process, relying on them to review vision and key strategies, help guide policy directions, and provide recommendations to decision-makers at critical junctures.

We would expect most of these meetings to be virtual.

PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY
COUNCIL MEETINGS AND HEARINGS (5; IN
PERSON) AND OTHER COMMISSIONS (5;

VIRTUAL)
Decision-makers will be involved at key stages in the
process, to receive community feedback, provide input
and direction, and ensure there are no surprises at the end of the process. One joint Planning Commission/
City Council Meeting, two Planning Commission
meetings, and two City Council meetings are budgeted, as well as five additional (virtual, time-certain) meetings with other commissions.

Agenda Item #11.4.

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St. Helena Downtown is one of Bay Area’s most charming, with well-preserved old buildings, and numerous shops and galleries to linger and enjoy on a stroll, particularly along the traditional Main Street
Agenda Item #11.4.

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Key opportunity sites, labeled as 1-5 as in the RFP: (1) Old City Hall, redevelopment of which could be reorganized to remove internal road and add acreage to Lyman Park (2) Former City Hall (3) Adams/Library Lane, which has been mired in controversy for a long time and can potentially accommodate a new City Hall (4) Vacant Catholic School along Oak Avenue, and (5) Bank of America Agenda Item #11.4.

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A key component of the project will be enhancing the public realm including through streetscape improvement, potential Main Street sidewalk widening for outdoor dining, and possibilities for temporal street closures and activating alleyways Agenda Item #11.4.

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Lyman Park could be expanded through intelligent planning of Old City Hall to refurbished for events and concerts, with new uses to the south and north with ample outdoor dining spaces overlooking the open space In addition to the key sites, there are other development opportunities, including along Main Street and banks and older office buildings on side streets, and opportunities to extend Downtown’s energy to beyond Main Street Agenda Item #11.4.

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2.2 SCOPE OF WORK
This section outlines the scope of work for the project..

Meetings and products are summarized at the end of
each task.

The task-by-task descriptions that follow present our
approach to data collection, alternatives analysis, policy formulation and preparation of the documents.

Each task description includes a purpose statement at
the beginning.

The team for the project consists of:
•D&B: Dyett & Bhatia, Prime Consultant
•DKS: DKS Associates, Transportation Planners and
Engineers
•BDP: Bottomley Design and Planning, Landscape
Architects
•EPS: Economic & Planning Systems, Economic
Consultants
•WY: West Yost, Civil Engineers
PHASE 1 – PROJECT COMMENCEMENT
Objective: Complete introductory and information
gathering tasks. Ongoing project management.

Task 1.1 – Information Gathering
The consultant shall review and collect existing information about the study area. Primary sources of information are the General Plan, the General Plan EIR, and appendices, Renaissance Plan, Cultivate St. Helena
streetscape plan, ULI TAP report, Money Way study,
Main Street Commercial National Register listing,
Economic Strategy Plan (2021) SHAPE report, Surplus Lands Act staff reports and Retail Analysis (2018).

The Consultant shall also review the recently adopted
Zoning Code and Housing Element Update. In addition, the consultant will work with other City departments, such as Public Works, for relevant infrastructure plans and standards. City staff will also provide information on current development projects. The
selected consultant will review and use this information, and submit any data requests needs to City staff, to develop the Plan.

Task 1.2 – Kick-off Meeting with Key City
Staff and Consultant
The consultant(s) and City staff will meet to review
and finalize the work scope and project schedule. The
meeting will include a discussion of project goals,
opportunities and constraints, provision of relevant
background information and documents for the existing conditions analysis, arrangement of informational meetings with relevant City staff members, development of the community engagement program, and project management.

Deliverables/Meetings:
•Project commencement meeting with City staff
•Detailed project schedule including meetings with
community and DTSC, key deliverables, public review periods and adoption hearings. Project schedule for the CEQA and detailed milestones
should be represented conconcurrently with Specific Plan process. •Memorandum summarizing the meeting
Task 1.3 – Community Engagement Strategy
The City of St. Helena values input from our community and advocates community engagement throughout the planning process of any strategic plans. The Comprehensive Zoning Code update included robust
outreach and stakeholder participation. For the Specific Plan, staff anticipates a more focused approach, with a proposed Downtown Steering Committee
(DTSC) and more participation by City committees
and commissions, such as the Parks and Recreation
Commission, the Active Transportation and Sustainability Committee, the Planning Commission, and City Council. In addition, consultants can expect to
work with staff to schedule regular check-ins with Subcommittee throughout the Plan process. With assistance from City staff, the consultant will develop an engagement strategy, which will focus on engaging key
business owners, property owners, and residents, as
well as check-in at project milestones with St. Helena
committees and commissions. The consultant team
shall consider community outreach strategies and
methods, including online surveys.

The main goals of the community engagement strategy
will be to:
•Engage the Downtown Steering Committee (DTSC)
representing a wide range of community stakeholders
•Provide information to the DTSC and broader community regarding what is a Specific Plan and how it is different than prior studies such as Renaissance
Plan.
•Invite input on features of the existing City policies and programs that have been successful and those
that have been less successful
•Provide information to the community and City
commissions and committees, including but not
limited to the Planning Commission in connection
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with joint meetings with the City Council, Parks
and Recreation Commission, Active Transportation
Sustainability Committee, Downtown Subcommittee regarding the purpose of the Plan update and clearly describe the impacts, benefits, the scope and
contents of the Plan, and implementation timing
•Provide opportunities for stakeholders and interested community members to plan for the future of their community, including seeking input on
the vision for the area, land use, the public realm,
streetscape, and the final preferred alternative.

The DTSC will be made up of a wide range of community stakeholders. Members will be identified and asked to participate in meetings with staff and consultants.

The purpose of the DTSC is to involve the community
in the Plan process in a focused, technically-oriented
manner, to be leaders and a voice for the community,
and to ensure that their input and interests are heard
and reflected. The group will help review plan concepts developed by the consultants and ensure that community sentiment is reflected in the Plan.

The strategy should include an approach for contacting all business and property owners within the Plan boundaries. The project budget should include the cost
of preparing community meeting notices, as well as
any meeting materials (such as informational or educational mate-rials, staff reports, and presentations, etc.), renderings, and photographic simulations that will
assist in the engagement process.

The consultant will work with City staff to develop a
project logo, develop a website to provide background
and meeting information, reports, and maps related to
the project. The external project website will be linked to the City’s website. City and consultant staff will post information to keep the site current.

Task 1.4 – Stakeholder Interviews
Consultant will conduct six individual or small group
one-hour long interviews on Zoom with community
members, the Downtown Specific Plan Steering Committee, Planning Commissioners, City Council and stakeholders to determine what is working well and
what challenges need to be addressed.

Deliverables/Meetings:
•Stakeholder interviews
•Memorandum summarizing interviews findings
•Community Engagement Strategy
•Meeting Materials
•Project Logo graphic design
•Project website
Task 1.5 – Project Management – Bi-Weekly
Conference Calls
The consultant should anticipate biweekly to weekly
(as needed) project update conference calls between
the consultant and City staff throughout the duration
of the project. This task should provide for bi-weekly
1-hour conference calls for a 2-year timeline, and other associated project management.

Optional Additional Project Update Conference Calls:

This will provide for 25 additional Zoom meetings/calls (@1 hour each) over the course of the project, enabling weekly check in during key project phases. The cost for this will be $6,500.

Deliverables:
•Project Management – Bi-Weekly Conference Calls
(with optional additional weekly calls)
PHASE 2 – EXISTING CONDITIONS AND

INITIAL OUTREACH
Objective: Prepare existing conditions report, documenting land use, opportunity sites, and key development constraints. The report will be map based and visual in nature, with supportive text, table, and charts as needed.

Task 2.1 – Existing Conditions Report
(including maps)
An existing conditions and opportunities map and
report will be developed. The consultant will evaluate
the existing physical and regulatory conditions in the
project study area. This information includes:

Land Use, Physical, and Regulatory Context
Existing land use; physical conditions; environmental conditions; urban form; public realm; streetscape; pending and approved development projects; planned
public and private improvement projects; historic
resources; and development constraints. Based on
analysis of existing conditions, potential opportunities and constraints in the Plan area shall be identified. As part of the work, a 3D model will be prepared depicting existing street and frontage conditions for the principal three-block stretch of Main Street; it will be used to illustrate alternatives and policy recommendations
for development, streetscape, and circulation in later
phases of the project.

Transit and Traffic; Parking
Transit service will be summarized. For traffic and
parking, the scope is summarized separately as Task
A: Parking, and Task B: Traffic Study. The “existing”
portion of these studies will be completed at the same
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time as the Existing Conditions Report, and information either included within the report or as a separate attachment. For parking, the parking occupancy survey results would be available. For traffic, include updated existing intersection analysis at 13 locations
would be completed.

Infrastructure
West Yost will prepare a brief, qualitative evaluation of the existing water supply and distribution, wastewater
collection and treatment, and storm drainage facilities relevant to the Specific Plan area. This evaluation will be based on information provided in existing infrastructure master plans, capital improvement plans, and other available studies, supplemented with discussions with City staff to identify changes/additions since completion of the plans.

This work task will also include preparation of schematic figures of existing facilities (water, wastewater and storm drainage) based on CAD/GIS utility mapping of these existing facilities to be provided to West Yost by the City. We will prepare a draft and final
Technical Memorandum (TM) providing the utilityrelated background for the Specific Plan process. This task includes one meeting with City staff to learn about the existing utilities.

Deliverable:
•Existing Conditions and Opportunities Report
including Opportunities and Constraints Map
Task 2.2 – DT Steering Committee Meeting #1
The first meeting of the DTSC will occur after completion of the existing conditions and opportunities analysis. The purpose of the meeting is to understand the community’s vision for the Plan area and solicit input
on opportunities, issues, and hopes for the area. The
consultant will develop a strategy to understand community preferences within the Plan area.

Deliverables/Meetings:
•DTSC Meeting Notice (staff) and Agenda #1 (consultant) •DTSC Meeting #1, including attendance and facilitation, and all necessary meeting mate-rials •DTSC Meeting summary
Task 2.3 – Community Workshop #1
Following the DTSC meeting, a community workshop with the broader community will be held to solicit additional feedback. The meeting will provide
input regarding community interests that will help in
the development of two concept Plan alternatives. The
consultant will lead this meetings. Conduct a community workshop visioning session, open to all community members, to assist the team in understanding issues and considerations from a community perspective. This could be conducted as a formal workshop or a drop-in open house. Regardless of the format, the
objectives are as follows:
•Provide an overview of the specific plan and environmental review process •Present findings from the existing conditions technical analysis •Engage community members in a dialogue about
their vision for Downtown and their concerns and
priorities
Deliverables/Meetings:
•Community Workshop 1 agenda and website notice
•Community Workshop 1, including attendance and
facilitation, and all necessary meeting materials
•Community Workshop 1 summary
Task 2.4 – Community Survey
An online community survey will be conducted to
understand community priorities and preferences
related to key opportunity sites and other development
possibilities, parking and streetscape design, community gathering spaces, and other issues of interest or concern. Results of the survey will be summarized in
a short report.

Deliverables/Meetings:
•Community Survey
•Community Survey Summary Report
•Joint Planning Commission/City Council meeting
summary notes
•(Up to four (4) consultant/staff meetings with community groups, residents, business owners, etc. upon request; total six (6) for project)
PHASE 3 – CONCEPT PLAN

ALTERNATIVES
Objective: Prepare alternatives, based on the existing conditions analysis, market demand study, DTSC, decision-maker, and public input. Conduct outreach to
present the alternatives and determine a preferred plan.

Task 3.1 Preparation of Two Concept Plan
Alternatives
Following the initial meetings and outreach, the consultant will develop two different urban de-sign scenarios. The scenarios will be “high level,” and include Agenda Item #11.4.

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a vision statement(s). Alternative scenarios should
promote development of underutilized land and create an urban identity for Railroad Avenue and Oak Avenue. Money Way should also be studied in the plan
as an opportunity area for activation based on public
feedback. The Specific Plan will seek opportunities for both visitors and residents to use circulation networks to easily access services and facilities throughout the plan area and beyond the Plan’s boundaries. Changes
to development standards and standards overseeing
the public realm and right-of-way may be considered.

The alternatives should consider information prepared
through the planning process and from outreach conducted.

Each alternative shall address at a high-level:
•Achievement of a mix of uses, including residential
infill where appropriate
•Building height and increased densities, and a
modal split of reduced/consolidated parking within
the Plan area and increased transit, walking, and
bicycling
•Motor vehicle, bicycle, and pedestrian circulation
•Roadway design alternatives including sidewalk width, public amenities/furniture, and onstreet parking; for the principal stretch of Main Street, the 3D model will be used to depict potential streetscape, traffic lanes, parking, and sidewalk changes. Approximately three principal design
options for Main Street will be explored (e.g. full
parking removal, removal/sidewalk widening in
portions or stretches by eliminating medians/leftturns, flexible zone configurations, etc.), with estimates for each the number of parking spaces lost.

Additionally, streetscape cross sections and recommendations for Railroad, Oak and Adams will be studied.
•Location and design of public spaces, including
design for more activation of Lyman Park, sustainability features and community facility options, illustrating how these fit into the built environment
Deliverable:
•Alternative Concepts (short report, with graphics),
including:
–Graphics illustrating the alternative land use,
circulation, and urban design plans with additional sketches, visualizations including simulations, 3-D streetscape concepts for Main Street, and street sections for Main, Oak, Railroad and
Adams needed to convey each alternative
–Quantified development potential for each alternative Task 3.2 Community Workshop #2
This will be an opportunity to provide feedback on the
alternative concepts and preferences in an engaging
workshop. Participants will be asked to weigh in on the concepts, as well as their ideas on policies and strategies to be incorporated as part of a Preferred Concept or in the Specific Plan.

Deliverables:
•Community Workshop 2 agenda and website notice
•Community Workshop 2, including attendance and
facilitation, and all necessary meeting materials
•Community Workshop 2 summary
Task 3.3 DTC Meeting #2 and Joint Planning
Commission/City Council Meeting
The consultant will present the alternatives at DTSC
Meeting 2 and a Joint Planning Commission/ City
Council meeting (city is open to a community workshop as alternate format but emphasizes importance of engaging the City Council and Planning Commission
early in the process). At these meetings, the consultant shall use creative, interactive techniques to understand participants’ preferences. This may result in a clear
preference for one alternative or in a hybrid concept
that combines components of each. Based upon input
received, the consultant shall develop a preferred concept plan alternative that will serve as the basis for the Plan. Input received will be used to refine the alternative and develop the preferred alternative. Meetings with community groups will be conducted, within the
overall number of project meetings specified toward
the end of the scope.

Deliverables/Meetings:
•DTSC Meeting 2 notice/agenda
•DTSC Meeting 2, including attendance and facilitation, and all necessary meeting mate-rials •DTSC Meeting 2 summary
•Joint Planning Commission/City Council meeting
•(Up to four (4) consultant/staff meetings with community groups, residents, business owners, etc. upon request)
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PHASE 4 – SPECIFIC PLAN PREPARATION
Objective: Prepare the full Draft Specific Plan, incorporating the major substantive content developed during preceding tasks.

Task 4.1 Preparation of Preferred Concept
Plan Alternative
Based on input received at the second DTSC meeting,
community meeting, as well as input received from
other methods of community outreach, the consultant, in consultation with City staff, will develop a preferred concept plan alternative, which will serve as a basis for the draft Plan. The preferred alternative may be one of the alternative scenarios or a hybrid of the
alternatives. This step will be the most important and
public outreach-intensive part of the process, so the
consultant team must propose a creative and extensive
public outreach process. The proposed preferred concept plan alternative would be reviewed by the Parks, Recreation Commission, Active Transportation and
Sustainability Commission, and followed by Planning
Commission and City Council, who would give final
direction on the preferred concept plan alternative
prior to drafting the Plan. Consultant will attend the
Planning Commission and the City Council meetings,
with attendance at other commission meetings within
the overall project meeting limits.

Following finalization of the Preferred Plan, Dyett &
Bhatia will prepare a summary of existing and projected land uses and density for use by infrastructure sub-consultant, and by traffic analysis zones for use by the transportation sub-consultant.

Deliverables/Meetings:
•DTSC Meeting 3 notice/agenda (review preferred
concept plan)
•DTSC Meeting 3, including attendance and facilitation, and all necessary meeting mate-rials, if necessary •DTSC Meeting 3 summary
•Community Workshop 3 notice/agenda
•Community Workshop 3, including attendance and
facilitation, and all necessary meeting materials
•Community Workshop 3 summary
•Four separate meetings with the Youth Advisory
Council, Economic Development Advisory Commission, Parks, Recreation and Culture Commission, and Transportation & Circulation Commission •Planning Commission
•City Council
•Refinements to the preferred concept plan alternative based on input from the City Council Task 4.2 Preparation of Infrastructure
Development and Services Plan
West Yost will describe infrastructure conditions and
improvements needed to support the preferred Specific
Plan land uses in terms of water, wastewater, and storm drainage. We will distinguish between improvements
needed for existing versus future development in the
Specific Plan area so future costs can be appropriately attributed.

West Yost will estimate the buildout water demands
based on the preferred alternative deter-mined in Task

3. We will compare the water supply through 2045 to
the projected water demand from the City’s Integrated
Utility Master Plan as well as the City’s Water Neutrality Policy (once the current update is completed and adopted by the City Council). Dyett & Bhatia will provide a summary of existing and projected land use and density in an electronic, tabular format (e.g., Microsoft Excel or GIS) for the proposed Specific Plan preferred
alternative. It is our current under-standing that the
City lacks adequate water supply for future growth.

We will estimate the level of future growth that can be allowed with the available water supplies and suggest
options for additional supplies. However, thorough
evaluations of the supply options are beyond this scope of work.

West Yost will also estimate changes in water system
flows necessary to provide water supply to and within
the Specific Plan area, the current water system capacity, and improvements needed to the water system at buildout of the Specific Plan.

West Yost will estimate the buildout wastewater and
storm drainage flows based on the preferred alternative determined in Task 3. West Yost will estimate the average wastewater dry weather flow (ADWF) and the
peak wet weather flow (PWWF) for existing conditions, current approved development in the Specific Plan area, and for the buildout of the Specific Plan. We will compare the ADWFs and PWWFs and identify
changes from the current General Plan with the Specific Plan.

West Yost will provide planning-level evaluations and
cost estimates for the recommended water, wastewater
and storm drainage system improvements.

Note regarding water use: The City has a water neutrality policy that all new development must achieve (refer to St. Helena Municipal Code). The Specific Plan will
model and forecast future water demand based on the
proposed Specific Plan preferred alternative and determine any shortfalls that exist. The Water Neutrality Policy is currently being updated in collaboration with a consultant under the direction of the Public Works
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Department and is expected to be adopted in 2024. The
Specific Plan water analysis should be consistent with
this updated policy that will be adopted by the City
Council.

The draft Infrastructure Development and Services
Plan will be reviewed by staff and service providers.

Any comments will be provided back to the consultant
for correction prior to inclusion into the Specific Plan Deliverables/Meetings:
•Draft Infrastructure Development and Financing
Strategy Technical Memorandum
•Incorporation of staff and agency comments to prepare final report for inclusion in the Specific Plan •GIS maps of existing utilities (sewer, water, storm
drain)
•GIS maps noting areas of future needed upgrades
(sewer, water, storm drain)
Task 4.3 Prepare Public Review Draft of the
Specific Plan
The consultant shall prepare a draft Specific Plan in
compliance with State law. The updated Plan will serve
as the City’s long range, comprehensive land use, circulation, and implementation plan for guiding development within the Plan boundary. The Plan shall contain the following components:
•Land Use Plan. Description of the land uses, maps,
diagrams, policies, development standards, development guidelines, massing, etc. Focus areas for future development opportunities shall be studied and highest and best land uses shall be recommended utilizing model of high revenue generation.

It is assumed any new land use standards would be
implemented as a “Downtown Specific Plan Overlay
Zone” and also respect the historic fabric of buildings both within and outside of the Commercial National Register District.
•Transportation. Description of circulation for
motor vehicles, transit, bicycles, and pedestrians.

Policies regarding complete streets.
•Urban Design. Design and development standards
for development, streetscapes, lighting, and open
space including treatments for downtown gateways,
alleys, public amenities and wayfinding throughout
the Plan Area, including wayfinding sign locations.

For Main Street streetscape, the preferred strategy
will be shown in greater detail, with key dimensions,
intersection treatments, street trees/furnishing locations, etc., using 3-D Sketch Up drawings where appropriate using the model previously created, and
two-dimensional drawings and photos/images as
appropriate.

Optional Streetscape Design Recommendations for
Other Streets: The base scope includes a prototypical cross-sectional drawing each for Oak, Railroad, and Adams. As an optional task, using Sketch Up,
recommendations for salient improvements to Oak,
Rail-road, and Adams will be made, to create a unified look and feel for Downtown. This will include sidewalk widths, parking recommendations (e.g.
angled parking), intersection treatments, location of
any mid-block crossings, and street trees. City will
provide information on as-built conditions; otherwise the Consultant will use estimated information using Google Earth or another source.

Optional “Before and After” View Simulations (3):

Using Sketch Up, photomontages, and other techniques, before and after views will be shown from three locations, selected in consultation with Staff.

These could include, for example, Main Street or
another street with mix of existing and new buildings, an opportunity site, and Lyman Park with adjacent new building at former City Hall site.
•Public Services. Includes information about services and infrastructure needed to implement the Plan. This should include specific policies regarding
utilities, public safety, parks, educational facilities, libraries, and cultural facilities.
•Access and Connectivity Plan. Addresses access
to and through the Plan area, with specific focus
on connecting development with all transportation
modes including walking, bicycling (include Napa
Vine Trail Route), driving, and transit. Accessible
design for disabled and elderly persons should be a
component of this section.
•Implementation and Financing Plan. Identifies
actions and strategies for Plan implementation,
along with completion date estimates, phasing, and
cost estimates. The strategy will consider streetscape
improvements that will be in the public realm as
well as infra-structure improvements needed for
Plan implementation that may be a private development obligation. The implementation plan will be formatted and organized to show for each action
who is responsible, the timing and resources needed
to implement. The analysis will be based on the type
of Master Plan improvements sought, industry standards regarding who typically pays for what, the timing of public improvements relative to private
development, commitments, statutory and legal
considerations, and likelihood of funding from
other sources (e.g., see below), among other relevant factors. Financing tools considered will likely include, without limitation, the following:

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–Area-specific development impact and/or in-lieu
fees (and related reimbursement agreements).
–Special assessments and taxes (e.g., MelloRoos Community Facilities Districts, business improvement districts).
–Private contributions and exactions.
–Tax increment financing mechanisms (e.g.,
Enhanced Infrastructure Finance District or
Community Revitalization and Investment
Authority).

Each funding tool will be evaluated based on a variety of criteria, including without limitation:
–Likely revenue generation
–Ease of adoption and implementation
–Cost burden and incidence
–Flexibility over time
–Stakeholder support
An administrative draft Plan shall be prepared for
review by City staff. Comments received shall be incorporated into the public review draft Plan. One meeting will be held with DTSC (#4) on policy brainstorming
during Specific Plan preparation.

Deliverables:
•Administrative Draft #1 Specific Plan
•Administrative Draft #2 Specific Plan
•Public Review Draft Specific Plan
Task 4.4 Conduct Decision-Maker Meetings
on Public Review Draft of the Specific Plan
The consultant shall conduct DTSC and Community
Meetings, meetings with the Parks, and Recreation
Commission, Active Transportation & Sustainability
Commission, Planning Commis-sion, and City Council and any other method of outreach, following preparation and release of the draft Specific Plan to present the Plan and to receive public comment and input within the limit of the overall number of meetings
established for the project.

Deliverables/Meetings
•DTSC Meeting 4 notice/agenda
•DTSC Meeting 4, including attendance and facilitation, and meeting materials, if neces-sary •DTSC Meeting 4 summary
•Four separate meetings with the Parks, and Recreation Commission, Active Transportation & Sustainability Commission •Planning Commission meeting to review draft Specific Plan, including attendance and presentation •City Council meeting to review draft Specific Plan,
including attendance and presentation
•Up to 4 (four) consultant/staff meetings with community groups, residents, business owners, etc. as needed
Task 4.5 Community Workshop/Open House
#4
Conduct a community workshop open to present the
Draft Downtown Specific Plan and solicit feedback.

This could be conducted as a formal workshop, dropin open house, or a community event.

Deliverables/Meetings:
•Community Workshop 4 notice/agenda
•Community Workshop 4, including attendance and
facilitation, and all necessary meeting materials
•Community Workshop 4 summary
Task 4.6 Specific Plan Consultation and
Referrals
State Law requires consultation with a variety of Federal, State, regional, and local agencies whenever a jurisdiction updates or emends its general plan (e.g.,
Native American Tribes, Military Branches, Airport
Land Use Commission). These statutes are located
throughout the Government Code and have varying
requirements for when draft and final documents must
be submitted and how long agencies have to review and
provide comments. The consultants will maintain a
checklist of agency consultation requirements that we
will use to ensure the City provides the Specific Plan to the appropriate agencies. For budgeting purposes, it is assumed that only tribal consultation will be needed,
for which D&B will prepare a letter and file that with
State agencies.

Deliverable:
•Tribal consultation letter
Task 4.7 – Prepare Final Draft of the Specific
Plan
The consultant shall prepare a final draft Specific Plan based on comments received during the review period
in Task 4.3.

Deliverable:
•Final Draft Specific Plan
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PHASE 5 – PLAN ADOPTION
Task 5.1 – Environmental Review
The consultant will coordinate with the City regarding
the type of environmental clearance determined appropriate for the Plan buildout. The City has an important goal of streamlining the environmental review process
for subsequent development projects that are consistent with the Downtown Specific Plan.

The project could use the adopted General Plan EIR for
CEQA clearance if the land use buildout is within the
scope of the General Plan. However, it is anticipated
that General Plan and zoning map amendments may
be needed, and thus additional environmental review
would be required. We believe that an EIR Addendum is likely to suffice should no new impacts result.

Should new impacts result, a Supplemental EIR may be
appropriate; the basic effort of the two would be similar, however, the Supplemental EIR will require public noticing (preparation of a NOP, scoping meeting, circulation of Draft EIR, and preparation and certification of the Final EIR, which would add to the cost). This EIR Addendum would be detailed, would need to reflect
Housing Element additional development as well as the
Specific Plan, and will cover the following topics:

Air Quality. Updated analysis of emissions under
buildout
Energy, Greenhouse Gases, and Climate Change.

Updated GHG emissions and energy calculations
Land Use, Population, and Housing. Updated information to reflect increased buildout Public Services. Updated water and wastewater
demand, based on infrastructure analysis Technical
Memorandum
Transportation and Traffic. While for CEQA purposes
traffic level of service is no longer an environmental
criteria and instead vehicle miles traveled (VMT) is
to be used, at the time the General Plan EIR was prepared LOS was still the CEQA criteria, and VMT was provided for informational purposes. If an EIR Addendum is prepared, the same thresholds/information will be repeated. If a Supplemental Focused EIR is prepared, VMT thresholds will be used. Our scope includes preparation of both LOS calculations for 13 intersections (which would include as well as VMT, which would
provide flexibility in appropriate environmental document determination.

DKS will estimate the VMT impacts of the preferred
concept plan based on a single new model run of the
Napa Solano Activity Based travel demand model (this
model run will also support development of future
intersection turning movement forecasts). This model
is maintained jointly by the Napa Valley Transportation Authority and the Solano Transportation Authority. The horizon year and land use of this model have been recently updated to correspond to the regional
transportation plan, Plan Bay Area 2050.

VMT will be reported for informational purposes in
the EIR. Should a Supplemental EIR be needed, DKS
will compare the resulting VMT metrics (home-based
VMT per population and home-based work VMT per
job) for the specific plan area to the appropriate threshold of significance (e.g. SB 743 implementation study that the City may be preparing or a regional metric).

No Initial Study will be prepared – the Addendum does
not require an Initial Study or any public circulation.

Optional, Supplemental EIR: If the City determines
that a Supplemental EIR is needed, we would need
to work with the City to define the scope of the EIR.

This would include preparing an NOP, scoping meeting, Draft Supplemental EIR, and Final Supplemental EIR. If the topics and the basic analysis stays the same as in the EIR Addendum, the additional cost may be +/-
$30,000 (assuming that responses to comments do not
require more than 80 hours).

Optional, new Focused or Subsequent EIR: The below
outlines the scope for new (focused or Subsequent) EIR, should it be determined that new EIR is needed. The
scope covers topics likely to result after careful initial screening based on a detailed Initial Study that will be done. Components of this will include:
•Initial Study (D&B). D&B will prepare an Initial
Study to screen out topics for resources not present or unlikely to be significantly impacted with the Specific Plan. The General Plan EIR will be cited as a
resource as needed. These would likely include:
–Agriculture/Forestry Resources
–Biological Resources
–Geology/Soils
–Hydrology, Water Quality
–Mineral Resources
–Noise
–Tribal Cultural Resources
–Wildfire
Agenda Item #11.4.

51 Downtown Specific Plan
•NOP and Scoping (D&B). D&B will prepare a NOP
to be submitted to all responsible and trustee agencies and to the public, informing them that the City is initiating the environmental review required
for the Specific Plan. During the 30-day scoping
period, D&B will prepare a PowerPoint presentation and meeting materials for a public meeting that will be held to take comments on issues to be
addressed in the EIR.
•Draft EIR (D&B, with DKS, WYA). D&B will prepare a project description that out-lines the components of the Specific Plan and provides quantified projections of the population, housing, and employment that would result from implementation. Development of mitigation measures and policies concurrently will be an iterative process in concert with finalization of the Specific Plan, such that goals, policies, and implementation measures can
be used as mitigation measures, where appropriate,
to ensure the Plan is self-mitigating to the extent
possible. The project description will form the basis
for the environmental analysis and will be submitted to City staff for review prior to commencing work on the technical analysis.

The D&B team will prepare an Administrative
Draft, Screencheck and Public Review Draft EIR. To
streamline environmental review and optimize the
timeline for completion of the project, the analysis
will draw on the special studies described later, as
well as technical and specialized analyses prepared
in previous tasks. The Administrative Draft EIR
will contain the following chapters:
–Introduction
–Executive Summary
–Project Description
–Environmental Analysis
It is anticipated the EIR will evaluate the issue areas listed as follows.
–Aesthetics
–Air Quality
–Energy
–Greenhouse Gas Emissions
–Historic Resources
–Hazards and Hazardous Materials
–Land Use, Planning and Population/Housing
–Public Services and Water Supply
–Recreation
–Transportation
–Utilities
•Other CEQA Considerations. The EIR will discuss
growth inducement, irreversible commitment of
resources, and issues that were found not to be significant during the scoping process. •Alternatives. The EIR will address a minimum of
two alternatives (No Project and at least another
alternative) that could feasibly attain the basic project objectives. Determination of specific alternatives will be done in coordination with City staff, and it is anticipated that some of the alternatives
developed earlier in the planning process will be
used to develop feasible alternatives for the EIR.

Following approval of the Screencheck Draft EIR,
the D&B team will coordinate with the City for the
publication and public review of the Draft EIR.
•Final EIR (D&B). After close of the 45-day comment period, D&B will bracket and number each individual comment received within each comment letter and any comments received during the public hearing and will prepare responses to each
comment. Because it is not possible to anticipate
the number and extent of comments, our budget
assumes that 80 hours of staff time will be sufficient.

D&B will prepare an Admin and Screencheck Draft
FEIR for internal review along with a Final document for circulation ahead of hearings.

The additional (additional to the $63,300 for the EIR
Addendum in the scope) cost of the EIR (including Initial Study, NOP, and Draft and Final EIR) will be $52,000 (for a total EIR cost of $115,300). Should
a noise analysis be desired, that would add another
$10,000 to the cost.

Deliverables:
•EIR Addendum
•(Optional): Initial Study, NOP, NOC, Draft EIR,
Final EIR and NOD. D&B will be responsible for filing appropriate documents with the State Clearinghouse and the City with the County TASK 5.2 – PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC

HEARING
The consultant will facilitate a public hearing with
the Planning Commission to review and make a recommendation to the City Council regarding the Specific Plan. The consultant team will make refinements to the Plan based on Planning Commission input, if
required.

Agenda Item #11.4.

52 PROPOSAL FOR CITY OF ST. HELENA
Deliverables:
•Review and input on staff report for meeting
•PowerPoint presentation
•Presentation
Task 5.3 – City Council Adoption Hearing
The Consultant will facilitate a City Council public
hearing to adopt the Specific Plan.

Deliverables:
•Review and input of staff report for meeting
•Presentation
Task 5.4 – Final Specific Plan Document
Following public review of the Specific Plan, the Consultant will prepare the Final Specific Plan.

Deliverable:
•Final Specific Plan

SPECIAL STUDIES
In order to complete the scope of work, it is anticipated that the following technical studies will be needed
(additional studies for the purposes of the CEQA document may also be necessary):

A. Downtown Parking Study
DKS will contract for the collection of all on-street and off-street parking (up to 10 private lots) occupancy data for the study area. The inventory will include all on
street and off-street parking supplied within the specific plan boundaries. The inventory will classify offstreet parking by private or public and note the hourly parking rate, if applicable. On-street parking spaces by block face will be counted as marked versus unmarked,
metered or not, and any parking restrictions by time of day or length of use will be noted. The presence of ADA accessible spaces for both off-street and on street parking will be noted.

Parking occupancy counts will be taken for three study
periods: weekday midday, weekday evening, and Saturday midday.

For future conditions, DKS will:
•Model Parking Demand during the weekday midday, weekday evening, and Saturday midday periods based on preferred Land Use Plan
•Calculate spaces lost from full or partial removal
of parking on both sides of Main Street be-tween
Adams Avenue and Spring Street (ULI report
option)
•Compare total parking demand during the peak
periods with the preferred Land Use Plan to the
remaining available parking inventory and calculate
the additional public parking supply needed to bring
average occupancy to no more than 85 percent
•Recommendations on what public parking facilities
or strategies, including metering or timing limitation, fee strategies, etc. are needed downtown based on calculations above
•Should significant additional parking supply be recommended, DKS will prepare unit cost estimates for surface parking that can be used to implement an
in-lieu fee.

B. Traffic Study
DKS will prepare a traffic study to focus on intersection operational analysis to support the Existing Conditions Report and development of the preferred concept plan.

For the traffic operational analysis, DKS will describe the existing roadway network within the Specific Plan
area, map the study intersections, and supply a table
summarizing existing intersection operations. Existing
and future intersection operations will be characterized using primarily Highway Capacity Manual methods as
implemented in the Synchro software package. This
scope does not include traffic simulation (Simtrafic).

The intersection operational analysis will be conducted under the following parameters:
•Up to 13 study intersections, to be determined in
consultation with the project team
•Study periods to include weekday morning, weekday
afternoon, and weekend (Saturday) peak hours
For existing conditions analysis, recent turning movement counts are assumed to be available from the City’s Streets Master Plan project and are not included in this scope and budget.

Turning movement forecasts will be developed from a
single future land use scenario to reflect the preferred concept plan. Weekday intersection turning movement
forecasts will be developed from recent turning movement counts and outputs from the Napa Solano Activity Based travel demand model. Since the Napa Solano model does not include a weekend scenario, weekend
turning movement forecasts will be based either on
the midday model volumes or factors derived from the
Replica Places weekday and weekend scenarios.

Two future network alternatives will be studied for the operational analysis:

Agenda Item #11.4.

53 Downtown Specific Plan
•With current roadway configuration of Main Street
between Adams and Spring Street and Hunt Avenue
to remain open
•Removal of center turn lane on Main Street between
Adams and Spring Street and closure of Hunt Avenue between Main Street and Railroad Avenue Additional network scenarios will be analyzed as
optional tasks requiring additional budget.

DKS will summarize analysis methods and findings in
a technical memorandum.

Optional Traffic Count for 13 Intersections: Additional cost for collecting and processing data for 13 intersections for three periods (AM and PM peak period, and weekend peak period) will be $7,260. DKS would also
need the operational model files from the General Plan
that were done by Fehr and Peers; if these are not available, additional $3,000 would be needed.

Optional Additional Future Roadway Network Scenarios: The base scope of work provides for intersection operations analysis of two future scenarios: No Build
and Proposed Improvements (e.g., Main Street CTL
removal and closure of Hunt). If additional scenarios
need to be analyzed, for example, improvements on
Main Street but Hunt remaining open, DKS estimates
$5,440 per additional scenario.

Deliverables:
•Existing conditions intersection operational analysis to be summarized in tabular format •Map of study intersections
•Draft and final technical memorandum
C. Market and Fiscal Study
Market Conditions and Trends Analysis
EPS will evaluate the market conditions and trends
affecting the long-term success of the land uses being
targeted in the Specific Plan. The analysis will consider both local and national trends, including a focus on
the commercial sector linked to tourism (e.g., retail,
dining, hospitality, accommodations). EPS will leverage information from previous market studies conducted for the City with updated research and analysis to account for post-pandemic trends in retail, tourism, hospitality, and the St. Helena’s competitive attributes in this context. Among other things, the study will
identify the market prospects for development concepts at key opportunity sites identified as part of the study process.

Fiscal Analysis
EPS will develop an interactive fiscal model to estimate and compare how various land use concepts will affect the City’s General Fund budget. Specifically, the analysis will compare the likely key General Fund revenues (e.g. property, sales, and hotel taxes) with the cost of providing municipal services (e.g. public safety, infrastructure maintenance) for each land use programs being considered in the Concept Plan Alternatives (see Task 3). The analysis will inform selection of a preferred Concept Plan and support other City goals
as well as be integrated into the Implementation and
Financing Plan developed in Task 4.3.

SCOPE OF WORK ASSUMPTIONS
The Scope of Work and Budget are based on the following assumptions:
•Environmental Analysis Budget. The budget for
the EIR Addendum is an estimate, but should likely
be good unless topics outlined in Task 5.1 in our
scope are changed. The additional budget for a Supplemental EIR is an estimate and is based on analysis limited to the topics shown in Task 5.1 but with inclusion of NOP, a scoping meeting, tribal consultation, and 80 hour allocation for response to comments on the Draft EIR (Final EIR). •Consolidated Comments and Direction. City staff
will provide a single set of consolidated, non-conflicting comments on the review drafts of all documents, and documents will be finalized following consultant incorporation of staff comments. Where
multiple re-view drafts are provided in the Scope
(e.g. for the Specific Plan document), subsequent
reviews will be limited to changes made in response
to comments previously provided or correction
of errors, rather than changes to work previously
accepted or changes in methodologies or assumptions.
•Electronic Files. We will provide one electronic
file of all documents in PDF via email or file transfer service. Staff review drafts will be provided in Microsoft Word for documents that do not include
high level of graphics. No printing of plans or
reports is assumed. D&B will also provide native
electronic files of all documents created by the consultant team upon completion of the project – these may be in Word or for graphic-intensive documents,
in Adobe InDesign. Maps will be provided in Illustrator or ArcGIS format, depending on native format.

Agenda Item #11.4.

54 PROPOSAL FOR CITY OF ST. HELENA
•Reallocation by Task/Subconsultant. Dyett & Bhatia reserves the right to reallocate budget by task or consultant team member, provided the overall project budget is not affected. •Increased Costs Due to Delay and Suspension.

Should the project extend for more than three years
for no fault of consultant, or the project is suspended for longer than three months for no fault of consultant, additional budget may be needed for delay/ additional start-up costs, as reasonably agreed upon
by City and D&B.

MEETINGS
Our scope/budget include the following number of
total meetings. The scope may note addition-al meetings beyond those noted below; those meetings will be staff responsibility. Additional meetings can be
included for additional budget.
•City staff: Bi-Weekly meetings: 40 hour-long meetings assumed (allowing for holidays and periods, such as EIR public review) over a two-year period;
virtual, with the kickoff meeting followed by a site
tour in person if desired. Optional additional meetings as out-lined in the scope •Community Workshops or Open Houses: 4; in-person or virtual •Community Survey: 1
•Stakeholder meetings: 6 to 8 hour-long meetings
conducted at project outset; assumed virtual
•Other groups/businesses etc.: informal meetings, 6
to 8; assumed virtual
•Downtown Steering Committee: 4; assumed virtual;
an initial meeting can also be done in person without additional cost •Planning Commission and City Council: 5, including on joint meeting; assumed in per-son •Other Boards and Commissions: 2 if in person or
up to 4 or 5 if virtual with time-certain attendance,
with additional ones to be conducted by staff
Meeting Responsibilities and Products
Consultant
•Dyett & Bhatia will prepare agendas, meeting materials, print drawings and handouts for all public workshops. D&B will also prepare agendas for all
DTSC meetings, and prepare PowerPoints for all
public and decision-maker meetings
•D&B will provide meeting summaries for all public
meetings and DTSC meetings
•D&B will prepare and maintain a project website
where information on upcoming meetings will be
posted
City
•City staff will be responsible for conducting any
additional meetings (e.g. with additional community groups or additional commission) beyond those specified as consultant responsibility above
•Planning Commission and City Council meeting
recordings/minutes will be prepared by the City, as
per norm
•City staff will be responsible for preparing and distributing any meeting notices and staff reports •City staff will be responsible for providing community meeting space and any drinks or refreshments Agenda Item #11.4.

55 ‘The schedule proposed for this project is presented in a flow chart on the following page. Key products and
meetings are shown per the task-by-task description
in the Scope of Work. The graphic shows a 15-month
schedule leading to release of Public Review Draft of
the Specific Plan and the EIR Addendum. With another
two months of hearings, the Plan should be adopted in
about 17 months from project start. Should a Supplemental EIR be needed, two months should be added to the schedule, for a total of 19 months with adoption.
3 SCHEDULE
I
2 3
4 5

5.1 A
B
C
Proposed Schedule
City of St. Helena Downtown Specic Plan
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June Market and
Fiscal Study
Trafc Study
Parking Study
EIR Addendum
Hearings and
Adoption
Specic Plan
Concept Plan
Alternatives
Existing Conditions
and Initial Outreach
Project
Commencement/
Administration
2024 2025
Tasks
Kick-Off
Meeting
Community
Engagement Strategy
Final Product
City Council
Meeting
Downtown Steering
Committee Meeting
Draft Product
Public Hearing Community
Workshop/
Open House
Online Survey
Planning Commission
Meeting
Consultant
Effort
Kick-off
Meeting
Workshop/
Engagement
Existing Conditions Summaries
Report
Concept Plan
Alternatives Joint PC/CC
Preferred
Plan
Public Review
Draft Specific
Plan
EIR Addendum
Stakeholder
Interviews
Adopted
Specific Plan
PLAN
Final Technical
Memo
Fiscal Analysis
Parking Reccomendations
and Modeling
Existing
Conditions
Existing
Conditions
Market Demand
Dyett & Bhatia has been able to deliver on similar and
even tighter timeframes. For example, we completed
the full public review drafts of the Windsor Downtown/Station Area Specific Plan and full new Draft EIR in 14 months after project inception.

Agenda Item #11.4.

56 4 BUDGET
The worksheets on the following pages show hours and
budget by task for all team members. The guaranteed
maximum fees for our proposed scope of work identified in our proposal is $402,957 without the environmental work. With $63,300 for the EIR Addendum (as described in Task 5.1), the total budget is $466,257.

The worksheet also shows several optional tasks;
should the City wish to include all optional items
listed in the budget (with the exception of a Focus EIR) along with a contingency amount of $983, the total
budget would be $500,000. This does not include the
St. Helena Downtown Specific Plan Updated Feb 5, 2024

HOURS BY TASK
Task 1 Task 2 Task 3 Task 4 Task 5 A B C Task 5.1
Project
Commencement
/ Adminstration
Existing
Conditions
and Initial
Outreach
Concept Plan
Alternatives Specific Plan
Hearings and
Adoption (not
incl.

Environmental
Review)
Parking Study Traffic Study Market and
Fiscal Study EIR Addendum
Dyett & Bhatia
Rajeev Bhatia, Principal-in-Charge 60 56 48 70 12 246 6 6 6 264 20 Andrew Hill, Participating Principal 12 30 16 30 6 94 94 60 Helen Pierson, Associate 30 40 32 110 8 220 220 8
Clare Kucera, Associate 16 16 16 60
Karen Chavez, Planner 24 24 24 52
Devaki Handa, Urban Designer/Planner 32 50 110 192 192
GIS Specialist 60 40 84 16 200 200 24
Web Design/Project Assistant 60 24 24 40 16 164 4 168 36 Sub-total 1 62 2 66 2 10 4 60 58 1 ,156 6 1 0 6 1 ,178 260 DKS Associates
T. Klim, Principal - 2 2 4 2
E. Vaca, Project Manager 28 28 18 12 58 14
D. Block, Sr. Engineer - 3 3 6 12
S. Carney, Project Engineer - 4 14 18 4
A. Haag, Associate Engineer - 16 24 40 22
J. Heald, Sr. Design Engineer - 2 2
B. Cruz. Onst Estimator - 8 8
Assistant Engineer - 38 38 76 18
Assistant Planner - 20 48 68 12
Project Coordinator/Admin 1 1
Sub-total 29 - - - - 29 111 141 - 281 84
Economic & Planning Systems
Jason Moody 4 2 2 44 4 56 26 82
Megan Gregory 4 2 2 10 1 19 64 83
Sub-total 8 4 4 54 5 75 - - 9 0 165
Bottomley Design & Planning - -
Terence Bottomley, Principal 12 24 32 68 68
Claire Vlach, Associate 24 48 28 100 100
Ritu Goel, Associate 12 24 20 56 56
Sub-Total 48 96 80 224 224
West Yost - -
Doug Moore, Project Manager 2 1 2 1 6 6
Melissa Duffy, Stormwater 1 6 4 8 19 19
Patrick Johnston, Sewer and Potable Water 1 8 8 14 31 31 Staff Engineer II 2 8 20 42 72 72
Manny Jimenez, GIS Technician 4 4 8 16 16
Elizabeth Drayer, Water Supply 1 2 2 8 13 13
Administrative II ` 4 2 4 10 10
Sub-total ` 7 33 42 85 0 167 167
TOTAL 206 303 256 599 63 1,427 117 151 9 6 1,791 344

TASK TOTAL TOTAL ALL
expanded cost for a Subsequent of Focus EIR, should it
be determined at a later stage that that this needed.

Fees include all personnel costs, sub-contractors’ costs, and direct costs, and delivery of products identified in the Scope of Work. Sub-contractors’ costs and direct
costs will be billed with no administrative markup or
handling fee. The fees will not be exceeded provided
there are no changes in the Scope of Services. Assumptions for the scope, including assumed meeting attendance, are outlined toward the end of Section 2.2.

Agenda Item #11.4.

57 Downtown Specific Plan
St. Helena Downtown Specific Plan

BUDGET BY TASK
Task 1 Task 2 Task 3 Task 4 Task 5 A B C Task 5.1
Project
Commencement
/ Adminstration
Existing
Conditions
and Initial
Outreach
Concept Plan
Alternatives Specific Plan
Hearings and
Adoption (not
incl.

Environmental
Review)
Parking Study Traffic Study Market and
Fiscal Study EIR Addendum
Dyett & Bhatia
Rajeev Bhatia, Principal-in-Charge $ 255 15,300 14,280 12,240 17,850 3,060 62,730 1,530 1,530 1,530 67,320 5,100 Andrew Hill, Participating Principal 245 2,940 7,350 3,920 7,350 1,470 23,030 - - - 23,030 14,700 Helen Pierson, Associate 155 4,650 6,200 4,960 17,050 1,240 34,100 - - - 34,100 1,240 Clare Kucera, Associate 155 - - - 2,480 - 2,480 - - - 2,480 9,300 Karen Chavez, Planner 145 - 3,480 - - - 3,480 - - - 3,480 7,540 Devaki Handa, Urban Designer/Planner 145 - 4,640 7,250 15,950 - 27,840 - - - 27,840 - GIS Specialist 155 - 9,300 6,200 13,020 2,480 31,000 31,000 3,720 Web Design/Project Assistant 100 6,000 2,400 2,400 4,000 1,600 16,400 16,400 3,600 Direct Costs 120 1,200 1,200 1,400 1,400 5,320 5,320 -
Sub-total 29,010 48,850 38,170 79,100 11,250 206,380 1,530 1,530 1,530 210,970 45,200 DKS Associates -
T. Klim, Principal $ 325 650 650 - 1,300 650
E. Vaca, Project Manager 260 7,280 - - - - 7,280 4,680 3,120 - 15,080 3,640 D. Block, Sr. Engineer 250 - - - - - - 750 750 - 1,500 3,000 S. Carney, Project Engineer 195 - - - - - - 780 2,730 - 3,510 780 A. Haag, Associate Engineer 205 - - - - - - 3,280 4,920 - 8,200 4,510 J. Heald, Sr. Design Engineer 315 - - - - - - 630 - - 630 - B. Cruz. Onst Estimator 220 - - - - - - 1,760 - - 1,760 - Assistant Engineer 190 - - - - - - 7,220 7,220 - 14,440 3,420 Assistant Planner 175 - - - - - - 3,500 8,400 - 11,900 2,100 Project Coordinator/Admin 115 115 - - - - 115 - 115
Direct Costs 13,000 13,000
Sub-total 7,395 - - - - 7 ,395 3 6,250 2 7,790 - 71,435 18,100 Economic & Planning Systems -
Jason Moody $ 340 1,360 680 680 14,960 1,360 19,040 - - 8,840 27,880 - Megan Gregory 205 820 410 410 2,050 205 3,895 - - 13,120 17,015 - Direct Costs 50 50 50 150 100 250
Sub-total 2,230 1,140 1,140 17,010 1,565 23,085 - - 2 2,060 45,145 Bottomley Design & Planning
Terence Bottomley, Principal $ 230 - 2,760 5,520 7,360 - 15,640 Claire Vlach, Associate 130 - 3,120 6,240 3,640 - 13,000 Ritu Goel, Associate 120 - 1,440 2,880 2,400 - 6,720
Sub-Total - 7,320 14,640 13,400 - 35,360 35,360
West Yost
Doug Moore, Project Manager $ 351 702 351 702 351 - 2,106 Melissa Duffy, Stormwater 286 286 1,716 1,144 2,288 - 5,434 Patrick Johnston, Sewer and Potable Water 302 302 2,416 2,416 4,228 - 9,362 Staff Engineer II 205 410 1,640 4,100 8,610 - 14,760
Manny Jimenez, GIS Technician 160 - 640 640 1,280 - 2,560 Elizabeth Drayer, Water Supply 355 355 710 710 2,840 - 4,615 Administrative II 121 - 484 242 484 - 1,210
Sub-total $ 2,055 $ 7,957 $ 9,954 $ 2 0,081 $ - $ 40,047 $ 40,047 TOTAL $ 4 0,690 $ 6 5,267 $ 6 3,904 $ 129,591 $ 1 2,815 $ 3 12,267 $ 37,780 $ 29,320 $ 23,590 $ 4 02,957 $ 63,300 Total, incl. EIR Addendum $ 4 66,257
Optional Tasks
25 Additional Weekly Project Management Meetings $ 6,500 Wayfinding Program Recommendations $ 5,000
Streetscape Recommendations for Oak, Adams, and Railroad $ 5,000 "Before and After" Simulations (3) $ 9,000
Traffic Counts for 13 Intersections $ 7,260
Contingency $ 983
Total w/ Optional Items and Contingency $ 5 00,000
Optional Focus EIR (not included in above) $ 52,000
TOTAL ALL Hourly
Rate TASK TOTAL
Agenda Item #11.4.

58 5 RESUMES
Agenda Item #11.4.

Rajeev Bhatia, AICP
Principal
Rajeev Bhatia is a planner and urban designer, whose work is place-based, centered on fostering livable and sustainable communities. He is one of Bay Area’s most experienced planners, with 30 years of experience in leading dozens of Bay Area specific plans, general plans, EIRs, and other planning assignments, as well as projects throughout the Western United States, with current clients for urban design assignments including San Diego, Honolulu, Oceanside, City of Los Angeles among others. He is well versed in community participation and engagement, and in working with diverse community groups and decisionmakers, and finding common ground He brings exceptional experience in preparing Bay Area downtown and other specific plans (about one dozen completed), combined with vast experience in working in Napa and Sonoma counties, including four general plans in the two counties (including recently City of Napa) as well as several specific plans (recently Sonoma Developmental Center and Santa Rosa Downtown, and previously Windsor Downtown). Within the last three years he has also completed the Union City Station Area Specific Plan, Livermore Isabel Neighborhood (Station Area) Specific Plan, and Bayhill Specific Plan (San Bruno). He has also led complete EIRs on most of these assignments. He brings familiarity with St.

Helena, having served as Participating Principal on the General Plan update.

Projects led by Mr. Bhatia are shaping some of the most livable and vibrant communities in California. Examples include the Downtown San Diego Plan (with 15,000 housing units built and approved since plan was adopted 15 years ago), the Capitol Area Plan in Sacramento for the State of California (which has shaped the largest State office development in California’s history in a mixeduse TOD setting), and Milpitas Station Area Specific Plan (with 7,000 housing units planned around future BART station). He recently completed station area planning for Honolulu’s new urban rail, including planning for the most intense areas (Downtown, including proposal for a new high-rise district adjacent to Downtown) and the most transformative corridor (Kalihi), as well as advising the city on a new citywide framework for station area zoning.

Relevant experience includes:

Specific Plans and Urban Design
Bay Area
• Sonoma Developmental Center Specific Plan and EIR
• Oceanside Smart & Sustainable Corridors Specific Plan • Bayhill Specific Plan (San Bruno; incorporates YouTube headquarters expansion) and EIR
• Sharp Park Specific Plan (Pacifica) and EIR
• Union City Station Area Specific Plan and EIR
• El Camino Real/Chestnut Area Specific Plan (South San Francisco) and EIR • Serramonte/Collins Master Plan, Colma
• Santa Rosa Downtown Specific Plan and EIR
Education
Master of City Planning
Master of Landscape Architecture
University of California, Berkeley
Regents Fellow
Thomas Church Award for Design
(first prize)
Outstanding Graduate Student
Instructor Award
Bachelor of Architecture
(First Class)
School of Planning and Architecture,
New Delhi, India
Awards
Mr. Bhatia’s projects have won 30+
awards from the American Planning Association, as well as awards from the Urban Land Institute and
the Congress for New Urbanism,
and the Ahwahnee Award. He has
been Fellow of the German Academic
Exchange Service (DAAD) and the
Asian Cultural Council (Rockefeller
Foundation, New York).

Agenda Item #11.4.

• San Pablo Avenue Specific Plan (San Pablo) and EIR
• Valley Fair/Santana Row Master Plan (San José)
• Winchester Boulevard Master Plan (San José)
• Livermore Station Area (“Isabel Neighborhood”) Specific Plan and EIR • Milpitas Station Area Specific Plan and EIR
• Santa Clara Station Area Plan and EIR
• San José (Diridon) Station Area Plan
• Lake Merritt Station Area Specific Plan and EIR (Downtown Oakland) • Windsor Downtown/Station Area Specific Plan and EIR
• Pleasanton Downtown Specific Plan
• Genentech Campus Master Plan (South San Francisco)
• BioMarin Campus Master Plan (San Rafael)
• El Camino Real Corrdior Plan and Zoning EIR (South San Francisco) • Brisbane Baylands Specific Plan (City-led alternative) Outside Bay Area
• Oceanside Corridors Specific Plan and EIR
• Hillcrest Focus Area Plan (San Diego)
• Honolulu Station Area Planning
• Mission Valley Community Plan and EIR (San Diego)
• Capitol Area Plan, Sacramento (client: State of California) • San Diego Downtown Plan
General Plans
Mr. Bhatia has led over 35 comprehensive general plans throughout California (including 20 Bay Area cities, including Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park, and Petaluma in Sonomar County). Recently completed general plans include Napa (city) and ongoing general plans include Oakland, Oceanside, Fairfield, and Sacramento.

Zoning
Extensive experience, including for most specific plans; downtowns such as Windsor, San Diego, and Chicago; mixed-use regulations (recently for San Diego); corridors such as El Camino Real in South San Francisco, and TDM and parking regulations, including for Genentech Campus, and BioMarin Campus (San Rafael). Underway citywide objective design standards for Oakland (all uses except industrial).

Program Environmental Review
More than 35 complete program EIRs, including 35 specific and general plans, as well as several Bay Area SCS/Regional Transportation Plan for MTC.

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Education
Master of Urban Planning (MUP)
McGill University
Honors Bachelor of Arts (BA Hons)
University of Western Ontario
Awards
2022 APA California Statewide
Award of Excellence. Santa Rosa
Downtown Station Are Specific Plan
2022 APA Northern California
Award of Excellence.

Comprehensive Plan, Santa Rosa
Downtown Station Are Specific Plan
2018 APA Award of Excellence.

Vallejo General Plan Update and EIR
2018 APA Award of Merit. Palo
Alto Comprehensive Plan Update
2016 AEP Outstanding Public
Involvement Award. Palo Alto
Comprehensive Plan
2008 Clear Vistas Design
Competition. Regina, SK
Andrew Hill
Principal
Andrew Hill is an award-winning urban planner with expertise in land use planning, community engagement, and environmental review. Innovative and collaborative, his work is rooted in a strong commitment to sustainable placemaking and meaningful stakeholder involvement. He has led multi-disciplinary teams in preparing long range plans for communities throughout California, and he possesses over 15 years of project management and leadership experience in the fields of planning, construction management, and engineering. A particular focus of Andrew’s recent work has been on developing strategies to facilitate infill development in strategic locations, promote climate resilience, and engage residents who may not normally participate in civic processes.

Recent Assignments
St. Helena General Plan and EIR. Andrew assisted the City with the completion of a targeted update to the General Plan, focused on incorporating policies to address new State requirements that have come into force since the plan was last updated and extending the horizon year of the plan. Issues central to the effort include growth management, economic development, historic resource preservation, public safety, and agricultural preservation. Andrew also led the EIR on the Plan.

Santa Rosa Downtown Station Are Specific Plan and EIR. Andrew led a multidisciplinary team in preparing the Santa Rosa Downtown Station Area Specific Plan (DSASP) Update, which comprehensively retooled a plan that serves as the blueprint for development and preservation in a 720-acre area surrounding the Downtown SMART Station at the heart of the city. The DSASP incorporates innovative new strategies and standards to incentivize high-density, transitoriented projects, remove barriers to development, improve connectivity and walkability, heighten sense of place, and help realize Downtown Santa Rosa’s full potential. By combining rigorous background analysis with a thoughtful, inclusive approach to stakeholder and community engagement, the planning process generated a bold plan that garnered wide-spread support in the community and was adopted unanimously by the City Council, paving the path to successful implementation.

Union City Station District Specific Plan and EIR. Designed to transform a 470-acre area around the Union City BART Station, the Union City Station District Specific Plan seeks to foster a large mixed-use district with unique subdistricts, complemented by engaging and attractive public spaces, with multiple new streets and pedestrian/biking connection to enhance connectivity walkability, and access. Andrew was a participating principal on the Dyett & Bhatia that led preparation of the plan and also worked successfully on behalf of the City with architects and owners of a key site in the plan area to enhance walkability, orchestrate densities to capitalize on BART access, and foster enhanced public realm and integration with the broader Station District.

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Pleasanton Downtown Specific Plan and EIR. Downtown Pleasanton is highly successful, with a vibrant mix of uses, community events, independent businesses, and historic homes. As the City looks to relocate its civic center and redevelop the 13-acre site where it is currently located, significant new opportunities emerged downtown. The updated Specific Plan provides guidance for transforming this area into a new mixed-use destination while retaining the small-town feel of the Downtown. The Plan also ensures that small-scale infill throughout the Downtown contributes positively to the existing urban fabric, focusing on appropriate land use mix; economic development; transitions and context-sensitive urban design; and streetscape and multi-modal connectivity. Andrew led the D&B team in finalizing the Plan and preparing a programmatic EIR for the project.

Crow Canyon Specific Plan Update. San Ramon is a vibrant, growing community with a strong job base and a diverse, well-educated population. Andrew led the team assisting the City with an update to the Crow Canyon Specific Plan intended to recalibrate the vision for a 135-acre area in the northwest of the city and refine implementing actions needed to support successful redevelopment. A key project objective is to create a walkable village center at the heart of the plan area with high-quality design that contributes to the character of the community.

Through a series of study sessions and workshops with the Planning Commission, D&B worked to define desired design outcomes and create objective development and design standards for multifamily and mixed use development. Multimodal connectivity, retail vitality, and creekside development were also issues central to the project.

Sixth Cycle Housing Element Experience:

City of Moreno Valley (certified 2022)
City of Monterey
City of San Pablo
Town of Ross
Town of Fairfax
City of Turlock
Agenda Item #11.4.

Helen Pierson
Associate
Helen Pierson has a background in architecture and design that informs her work as a planner. Ms. Pierson specializes in General and Specific Plans and has a range of skills and prior experience that support her work, including land use planning, data analysis, research, community outreach, graphic design and 3d modeling. Her research interests include equity-driven planning, environmental justice, and the power of data analysis in the planning process.

Recent Assignments
Sonoma Developmental Center Specific Plan. Ms. Pierson was instrumental in producing the Specific Plan for the Sonoma Developmental Center, a retired State owned care facility. Her work on the project included drafting the plan and supporting policies, leading and supporting community outreach efforts to a diverse range of stakeholders, determining land use allocations, drafting public realm designs, and conducting financial analysis to work towards a plan that satisfied both the community’s vision for the site and the needs for financial feasibility and housing in the Sonoma Valley. The plan was successfully adopted by the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors in December 2022.

Oceanside General Plan Update. Ms. Pierson is leading the Oceanside General Plan Update, a complrehensive update for the third largest city in San Diego County. The General Plan Update envisions the future of Oceanside as a diverse visitor destination with a distinct identity and focus on mixed-use development along the City’s major transportation corridors. Ms. Pierson has been engaged in all phases of the planning process for the General Plan and is currently drafting the final Elements and policies.

Smart and Sustainable Corridors Specific Plan. Concurrent with the Oceanside General Plan Update, Ms. Pierson is leading the City’s Smart and Sustainable Corridors Specific Plan (SSCSP), a Specific Plan focused on revitalizing the three main east-west corridors in Oceanside as vibrant pedestrian-oriented communities, benefitting from infill and redevelopment on currently vacant and underutilized sites. Ms. Pierson has been involved in all phases of the Plan’s production and is currently working closely with subconsultants to finalize the Specific Plan.

Union City Station Area Specific Plan Zoning Amendment. Ms. Pierson contributed to new portions of Union City’s zoning code for districts established by the Union City Station Area Specific Plan. Additions to the zoning code were written to both improve on the existing code, and integrate well with what the City already had in place.

Moreno Valley General Plan and Housing Element Update. Ms. Pierson has contributed research and writing to several chapters of the Moreno Valley General Plan Update as well as providing support for sections of the Housing Element Update.

Education
Master of Urban Planning
Columbia University
Bachelor of Architecture
Washington University in St. Louis
Agenda Item #11.4.

Clare Kucera
Associate
Clare Kucera is a multidisciplinary planner with an emphasis on environmental review, climate change resilience, and physical planning and design. Ms. Kucera is dedicated to connecting ecology and social sciences to sustainably and equitably integrate humans into natural systems. She has expertise in producing research and written chapters of technical background reports; general plan elements including housing, safety, conservation, open space, and noise; and environmental analysis for a variety of projects across California addressing topics including utilities, geology, land use, recreation, greenhouse gas emissions, and air quality.

Recent Assignments
Oceanside General Plan Update. Ms. Kucera has been involved primarily in drafting the General Plan’s Safety and Resilience Element, Vital and Sustainable Resources Element, and Healthy and Livable Community Element.

Sonoma Developmental Center Specific Plan and EIR. Ms. Kucera was the lead author of the EIR for the SDC Specific Plan. The Plan and EIR, adopted in 2022, set a framework for conserving 750 acres of habitat and open space and redeveloping a core campus with housing and jobs, while maintaining the key historic elements.

Town of Fairfax Housing Element EIR and Safety Element. Ms. Kucera is the lead author of Fairfax Housing Element EIR. Her other works involves producing research on existing hazard mapping and wildfire p rograms i n preparation for drafting the Safety Element.

Town of Ross Housing Element EIR and Safety Element. Ms. Kucera prepared the public review draft of the Ross Housing Element EIR, with a focus on an analysis of biological resources, greenhouse gas emissions, cultural resources, noise, transportation, wildfire, and geological hazards.

Pacifica General Plan EIR. Ms. Kucera contributed to the EIR, and assisted with providing responses to over 700 comments from the public, agencies, and organizations.

Oakland General Plan Update. Ms. Kucera has been involved primarily in drafting the General Plan’s Safety Element and Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment. Her other work has included updating the Housing Element, including summarizing the City’s zoning code and writing the housing needs assessment and housing constraints sections.

Carson General Plan and EIR. Ms. Kucera prepared an Initial Study/Negative Declaration for the Carson Housing Element update and is contributing to the environmental review and analysis for the General Plan EIR, with a focus on an analysis of geological and seismic hazards.

Napa General Plan and EIR. Ms. Kucera contributed to the environmental review and analysis to the EIR for the General Plan update. She is the primary author for the population and housing chapter and assisted in the writing the land use and recreation chapters.

Education
Master of Urban and Regional
Planning
University of Michigan
Master of Science in Ecosystem
Science and Management
University of Michigan
Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies and Spanish University of Michigan
UCLA Extension, Successful CEQA
Compliance: A Step-By-Step Approach
University of California, Los Angeles
Agenda Item #11.4.

Karen Nicole Chavez
Planner
Karen Chavez is a multidisciplinary planner with expertise in community engagement, environmental planning, and housing. Ms. Chavez has contributed research and writing for technical background reports, community outreach reports, and environmental analysis for a variety of projects across California, addressing topics including transportation, public services and facilities, recreation, agricultural farmland and forest land, and hydrology. Drawing on her background in environmental planning and growing up the Salinas Valley, Karen recognizes the influence of the built environment on physical and mental health and strives to plan healthy and sustainable communities. Karen has native Spanish fluency.

Recent Assignments
City of Monterey Housing Element Update. Ms. Chavez is the lead planner for the 2023-2031 Housing Element Update for the City of Monterey, being prepared alongside an update to the City’s Safety and Land Use Elements. She has been the principal author of background reports on housing needs and constraints. She has also been integral in the public outreach for the project, including the development of interactive surveys and flyers, as well as facilitation of various pop-up outreach events in Monterey.

City of San Pablo Housing and Environmental Justice Element Update. Ms.

Chavez is assisting with the preparation the 2023-2031 Environmental Justice Element for the City of San Pablo, which is being developed in tandem with the City’s General Plan Housing Element Update. Her responsibilities include providing an assessment of the previous Housing Element’s progress, assessing the demographic background and the City’s current housing needs, as well as facilitating Environmental Justice pop-up outreach events in both English and Spanish in the City.

City of Turlock Housing Element Update. Ms. Chavez is the lead planner for the 2023-2031 Housing Element Update for the City of Turlock. Her responsibilities include assessing the demographic background and the City’s current housing needs, as well as facilitating outreach events in both English and Spanish in the City.

Town of Woodside Housing Element Update and EIR. Ms. Chavez is the lead planner for the 2023-2031 Housing Element Update for the Town of Woodside, being prepared alongside with the Environmental Impact Report for the Housing Element Update. She is the primary author of the Housing Element and has been involved in updating the Housing Element, including analysis of the Town’s zoning code to calculate the sites inventory. She is also the primary author of environmental review and analysis for the Housing Element.

City of Oakland Environmental Justice Update. Dyett & Bhatia is assisting the City of Oakland with a comprehensive update to its General Plan, including the creation of a new Environmental Justice Element. Ms. Chavez has contributed to community engagement efforts, including labeling and organizing environmental justice focus group notes, and weaving themes found in engagement into the Draft Environmental Justice Element.

Education
Master of City Planning
University of California, Berkeley
Bachelor of Science in Earth
Science, Minor in Urban &
Regional Planning
University of California, Irvine
UCSD Extension, CEQA
University of California, San Diego
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Devaki Handa
Urban Designer/Planner
Devaki Handa has a multidisciplinary background in both architecture and urban design and she integrates various graphic tools into her work, including 3D modeling, CAD drafting and Adobe Creative Suite. Her career in architecture and planning has included design development of institutional, commercial and residential projects.

Recent Assignments
Honolulu Public Views Study. Devaki is the project urban designer preparing analysis and recommendations to preserve views in urban Honolulu. The project is Honolulu’s first ever comprehensive assessment of views to maintain an overall sense of the city’s landforms as urban development occurs, and will result in establishment of view corridors, and zoning height and bulk limitations to preserve views.

Oakland - Objective Design Standards. Ms. Handa is involved with this project that will develop procedures, regulations and objective development standards to streamline the approval of residential, mixed-use, and commercial projects.

Her efforts include research on existing building typologies, as well as creating visuals to help describe the new design standards for multiple building types.

City of Monterey General Plan and Housing Element Update. Ms. Handa is involved in the community outreach aspect portion of the plans, by creating online surveys to help understand where the community would like to see future housing projects in Monterey.

Oceanside - Smart & Sustainable Corridors Specific Plan. Ms. Handa is involved in the Sustainable Corridors Plan which will seeks to channel future housing and employment growth into the City’s commercial corridors while maintaining the integrity of adjacent residential neighborhoods. The work includes contributing to the Existing Conditions Report and the creating visual simulations of various development alternatives along the three corridors.

Sharp Park Specific Plan. Ms. Handa contributed to the development of a specific plan for the vibrant town center of Pacifica, including the development of policies and objective standards for mixed use development, and creating visual simulations and walkthroughs of the Plan area for community outreach.

Sonoma Developmental Center Specific Plan. Ms. Handa has been involved with a variety of tasks in the Specific Planning Process, including assessing opportunities and constraints, and creating visual simulations of various development alternatives for community outreach.

Crow Canyon Specific Plan Update. Ms. Handa is an urban designer contributing to the development of Crow Canyon’s specific plan, including development of objective standards for multi-family and mixed-use development.

Union City Station District Specific Plan. Ms. Handa is contributing to the development of the specific plan, including helping to develop the urban design and chapter of the existing conditions report, creating visual simulations of various development alternatives surrounding the Union City BART as well as community outreach efforts.

Education
Master of Architecture and Urban
Design
Columbia University – GSAPP
Bachelor of Architecture
Sushant School of Art and
Architecture
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Isha Bhattarai
Senior GIS Specialist
Miss Bhattarai brings more than 10 years of experience working with GIS in the field of Urban Planning. She is our in-house expert on ESRI’s ArcGIS, Spatial Analyst, 3D Analyst, Network Analyst, 3D Visualization and Modeling, ArcGIS Online, Google, Sketchup, AutoCAD and Adobe Illustrator.

At Dyett & Bhatia, Ms. Bhattarai has worked on an array of projects ranging from General Plan, Station Area Plans, Downtown and Corridor Plans, Environmental Impact Reports, Redevelopment Plans, and Zoning Ordinances. Ms.

Bhattarai is involved extensively in all phases of planning including Demographic Analysis, Existing Condition Reports, Alternatives Analysis, Preferred Plan, Buildout Scenarios, and Environmental Impact Reports. Ms. Bhattarai has experience working with multiple data sources, conducting research, collecting, refining and analyzing data, digitizing and editing spatial data, editing attributes, merging and joining data from different sources, presenting data in geographic and tabular forms and designing and producing advanced cartographic products. Ms. Bhattarai has prepared graphic displays and maps for many of the award winning projects led by Dyett & Bhatia. Her ability to create clear, detailed and beautiful maps using ArcGIS has been appreciated by our clients.

Education
Masters of Community and
Regional Planning
Graduate Certificate in Geographic
Information Systems (GIS)
Iowa State University, Ames
Bachelor of Architectural
Engineering
Institute of Engineering, Tribhuwan
University, Nepal
Recent Assignments
Regional Plans/EIRs. Plan Bay Area EIR, Contra Costa Transportation Authority - 2014 Countywide Transportation Plan Update.

General Plans and Related EIRs. Ceres, Belmont, Half Moon Bay, Carlsbad, Woodland, Turlock, Pacifica, Visalia, San Pablo, Fresno, Princeton, American Canyon, Daly City, Emeryville.

Station Area/Specific Plans. Windsor Station Area/Downtown Specific Plan, Honolulu Station Area Plan, Southeastern San Diego Community Plan Update, San Diego Commerical Imperial Corridor Master Plan, Lake Merritt BART Station Area Plan, Livermore Isabel BART Station Area Plan, Mission Valley Community Plan Update.

Zoning and Form-Based Codes. Richmond Zoning Ordinance Update, Santa Cruz Corridor Planning and Zoning Code Update, San Carlos Zoning Ordinance Update, Emeryville Zoning Update, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Code Update.

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CITY OF ST. HELENA DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN
Erin’s experience is concentrated in multimodal planning, transportation impact analyses, transportation impact fee development, and travel demand model application.

SELECT RELEVANT PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Contra Costa County Transportation Authority Action Plan Updates, CA. Erin managed the DKS role for this project which involved travel demand modeling, operational analysis, and performance metric development for the updates of the subregional Action Plans. The Action Plans cover geographic subregions of Contra Costa County and serve as the foundational documents for CCTA’s overall countywide transportation plan. The performance metrics used in this round of Action Plan updates have been expanded to address safety, equity, and sustainability, in addition to the more traditional roadway and intersection level of service metrics. For this project, DKS has prepared a set of land use forecasts consistent with MTC’s Plan Bay Area 2050 and a set of baseline 2050 model outputs. These outputs have been used to forecast metrics, including VMT per service population, greenhouse gas emissions, intersection delay, and peak period travel times and speeds among others.

City of Napa General Plan Update, Napa, CA. Erin managed the DKS role in analyzing the existing and future transportation network and needs in support of an update to the Transportation Element of the City’s General Plan. DKS applied City’s travel demand model among other tools to assess current and future LOS and VMT. DKS prepared a Transportation Impact Study that was incorporated into the environmental document (EIR) for the project.

Napa Countywide Transportation Plan Update, CA. Erin managed this project for the Napa Valley Transportation Authority to update its long-range transportation plan. She oversaw public outreach; development of goals, objectives, and performance measures; and coordinated travel demand modeling for plan alternatives.

The DKS team was also responsible for all map preparation, visual communications design, and document layout.

Dixon Area Advanced Traffic and Railroad Safety Study, Dixon, CA.

DKS developed a comprehensive railroad crossing improvement plan to enhance safety while preserving convenience and accessibility for all travelers. This study also assessed how growth would affect traffic on City roadways and intersections adjacent to the railroad

PROFESSIONAL

HIGHLIGHTS

EDUCATION
MS, Transportation Engineering,
Master of City Planning, University
of California, Berkeley
BS, Civil Engineering,
Princeton University
Coursework in statistical
programming and data science

REGISTRATION
California Professional Traffic
Engineer No. 2819
American Institute of Certified
Planners, 32155

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
16 Total
9 with DKS

SENIOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNER

ERIN VACA, TE, AICP
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crossings as well as the traffic impact of potential grade separations or crossing closures. Appropriate safety improvements at the seven at-grade railroad crossing locations and impacts on adjacent roadways and intersections were determined by reviewing crash data, analyzing traffic impacts/benefits of railroad crossing improvements and recommendations for safety improvements consistent with the Dixon General Plan 2040 transportation goals and UPRR policies. Erin served as project manager for this effort.

Dixon Streets Master Plan, Dixon, CA. Erin managed this study for the City of Dixon assessed long term roadway capacity needs based on the City’s most recent General Plan update. DKS analyzed roadway cross section as well as intersection operational performance under general Plan buildout conditions.

In addition, DKS recommended changes to the City’s engineering design standards regarding service volumes.

STA Big Data Consultancy, CA. DKS advised the Authority (STA) on big data products to support their planning analyses. DKS led a big data bootcamp presentation for STA staff and leadership, advised STA on selection of a big data product, and assisted staff in conducting several analyses. These include an analysis of commute trip making in the I-80 corridor for the purpose of marketing Travel Demand Management programs and analysis of trip origins and destinations along the SR-37 corridor that might be diverted to rail. Erin was the DKS project manager for this effort.

ERIN VACA, TE, AICP

SENIOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNER - CONTINUED
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Daniel brings a wide variety of transportation engineering and planning experience from work throughout California. Bringing an engineering background to planning, he specializes in finding new methodologies for data-driven planning for roadways, active modes, transit, site developments, and general plans. Daniel has experience with developing, validating, and applying travel demand models and economic/behavioral modeling using discrete choice models, multiple regression, and factor and cluster analysis. He has also been responsible for building and evaluating micro-simulation models.

Daniel is experienced with various transportation analysis software such as VISSIM, VISUM, VISTRO, Synchro/SimTraffic, TransCAD, Cube/ Voyager, ArcGIS, HCS, FREEVAL, and Traffix.

SELECT RELEVANT PROJECT EXPERIENCE
*SR-60/Theodore Interchange PA/ED Traffic Study, Moreno Valley, CA. Senior Planner for the traffic study. The SR-60/Theodore interchange is currently a low-capacity facility that will not be able to accommodate significant planned development that would access SR-60 at Theodore Street. The team analyzed the traffic benefits and challenges to compare seven proposed interchange configurations.

Daniel was responsible for travel demand modeling and oversaw traffic operations analysis. Client: City of Moreno Valley. *Stockton Blvd Corridor Complete Streets, Sacramento, CA.

Dan was the lead traffic engineer for a study to evaluate potential changes to a 4-mile segment of urban arterial that was built as an intercity auto route and now needs to serve a variety of user types (pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users, etc.). Dan used SACOG’s regional travel demand model to forecast future demand, as well as the effect that changes to the corridor might have on parallel routes.

He also performed VISSIM micro-simulation operations analysis for a particularly challenging intersection. Client: City of Sacramento. *Guam Island-wide Program Management, Guam, USA. Senior Planner for traffic and transportation issues. This program management contract is a precursor to what will be an approximately $30 million effort to upgrade infrastructure on the island to accommodate relocating the U.S. Marines from Okinawa, Japan, in 2010-2014. Parsons Brinckerhoff is providing a traffic impact analysis of projects related to the development of a new Marine base and expansion of Air Force and Navy installations. Dan developed socio-economic inputs for a new Guam travel demand model, traffic forecasting and roadway analysis for the Guam and CNMI Military

PROFESSIONAL

HIGHLIGHTS

EDUCATION
M.S. Transportation Technology
and Policy, University
of California, Davis
B.S. Civil Engineering,
California Polytechnic State
University, San Luis Obispo

REGISTRATION
California Professional
Traffic Engineer No. 2676

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
17 Total
<1 with DKS
TECHNICAL LEAD: MODELING

DANIEL BLOCK, TE
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Relocation SEIS and signal timing for Guam traffic on-call studies. Client: United States Department of Defense.
*California Statewide Rail Market Analysis, Sacramento, CA. Provided market analysis in preparation for a new state rail plan that incorporates high speed rail. Daniel aggregated and synthesized a variety of origin-destination data sources including existing rail ridership, the California Statewide Travel Demand Model (CSTDM), and FRA’s CONNECT, to create a tool to show potential rail demand along corridors and between markets, for scenarios including phases of California High Speed Rail, and inter-state high speed rail. Client: California State Transportation Agency.
*Fresno Strategic Service Evaluation, Fresno, CA. Daniel applied the Fresno COG travel demand model to prepared travel-time heat maps to compare the accessibility of key locations by transit versus driving.

Client: Fresno Council of Governments.
*Santa Clara County Expressway Program Support Services, Santa Clara, CA. The scope includes planning and design services for a series of expressway corridor studies in Santa Clara County on a task order basis. Daniel is the traffic analysis task lead for the Montague Expressway corridor study. The scope also includes modeling this major arterial in VISSIM and developing and testing operation improvements.

Client: Santa Clara County.
*I-15 Express Lanes PA/ED, San Bernardino County, CA. The scope includes the preparation of a project approval and environmental document (PA&ED) evaluating the feasibility of introducing express lanes on a 14-mile section of I-15 in San Bernardino County. The project would construct two managed lanes in each direction in the existing median for most of the corridor and a single lane in the rest. Dan used the San Bernardino Travel Analysis Model to prepare travel forecasts and then performed microsimulation analysis to determine the effects of vehicles weaving to and from the managed lanes. Cliwent: San Bernardino County Transportation Authority.
*World Logistics Center Environmental Impact Report/Specific Plan, Moreno Valley, CA. Daniel was a lead modeler/traffic engineer preparing future traffic forecasts and traffic operations analysis for the traffic impact assessment of what will be one of the largest logistics centers in the United States. The study included forecasting the traffic that will be generated by tens of thousands of workers, analyzing the LOS for hundreds of intersections, determining the LOS on freeways affected by car and truck traffic, and preparing the traffic section of the EIR. The project’s effect on the regional Vehicle Miles of Travel (VMT) was evaluated using the RivTAM TransCAD model.
*Regional Truck Fee Update, Riverside County, California (Client: Riverside County Transportation Commission), CA. Lead modeler for updating an impact fee for new logistics warehouses as a mechanism for paying their fair share of the cost of freeway improvements necessitated by increased truck traffic.

Used the RIVTAM model to identify existing and future freeway deficiencies, forecast the growth in truck traffic that is attributable to new warehouses in Riverside County, and determine the fair share contribution that could potentially be charged to new warehouses. *Projects prior to joining DKS.

DANIEL BLOCK, TE
TECHNICAL LEAD: MODELING - CONTINUED
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Sean offers a broad range of analysis skills including signal timing, traffic operations analysis, transportation system planning, and crash data and safety analysis. Sean works primarily with public agencies to identify and resolve the transportation issues of today and plan around the travel demand of the future. He is experienced in providing both quantitative and qualitative analysis for all methods of mobility and has worked on projects throughout Northern California, Oregon, and Texas to address the needs of growing traffic, transit, and active mobility demands. Sean is adept at applying various software packages for traffic analysis including Synchro/SimTraffic, Vissim, ArcGIS, and Cube.

SELECT RELEVANT PROJECT EXPERIENCE
City of Sacramento Grid 3.0 and Central City Specific Plan, Sacramento, CA. Sean assisted in evaluating planning alternatives for the Downtown Sacramento street grid. Evaluation metrics included mode share, vehicle miles of travel, vehicle hours of delay, and street segment volume-to-capacity ratios for all streets in the downtown area. Sean performed a high-level review of the existing transit data and the projected growth in transit operations to provide the City with recommendations for targeted improvements to the transit system including enhanced bus stops, queue jumps, and new dedicated transit lanes. Sean provided model data and model postprocessing for the preferred alternative that was developed through this process for the Central City Specific Plan. He also provided data that helped the City define a methodology to address VMT impacts related to SB 743 including developing maps that show high-quality transit proximity and development densities for the Central City.

City of Rancho Cordova On-Call Transportation Support Services, Rancho Cordova, CA. For the past nine years, Sean has provided support to the City of Rancho Cordova on a wide variety of transportation related projects. This includes signal warrant studies, modeling support, TIA review, access management review, special event parking design, grant support, traffic impact fee updates, and truck circulation planning. Sean has been managing task orders for this On-Call since 2019.

City of Sacramento Transportation Impact Analysis On-Call, Sacramento, CA. For the past nine years, Sean has completed numerous Transportation Impact Analyses for the City of Sacramento through their TIA on-call. This has included analysis of roadway projects, commercial and residential developments, schools, parking

PROFESSIONAL

HIGHLIGHTS

EDUCATION
B.S. Civil Engineering,
California Polytechnic State
University, San Luis Obispo

REGISTRATION
California Engineer in
Training No. 146088

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
9 Total
9 with DKS

TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER/PLANNER

SEAN CARNEY, EIT
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structures, and various other development types. These studies have ranged in size from single parcel developments to entire plan areas and have included analysis of on-site circulation, parking, driveway access, local streets and intersections, interchanges and freeways, and construction diversion analysis.

Metropolitan Transportation Commission Program for Arterial System Synchronization, CA. Sean worked on the MTC PASS program for four years evaluating and updating signal timing on corridors of regional significance. Through this program, Sean has evaluated, developed timing for, and implemented signal timing on more than 200 signals utilizing a variety of platforms including Econolite Centracs and Ares, Siemens SEPAC, McCain 233 and 2033, Intelight Maxview, and other systems.

Pier Avenue Multimodal Corridor Study, Oceano, CA. Sean is currently working with San Luis Obispo County to evaluate multimodal improvement concepts for Pier Avenue. This corridor is just under

0.5 miles long but serves as a key community access and as access to one of California’s only beach vehicle recreation areas. The project seeks to find the best utilization of existing right of way to improve pedestrian and bicycle access to this tourist destination. This project is being done with significant input from the local community to ensure that the developed concepts meet and serve local needs.

North 12th Street Complete Street PA/ED, Sacramento, CA. Sean provided traffic analysis and intersection concept plans for the installation of a new Class IV bikeway on North 12th Street. He evaluated delay and queuing impacts of the project and made recommendations for intersections that posed a particular challenge. Specifically, Sean worked with City staff to ensure that the proposed intersection design concepts for North 12th Street and North B Street met California MUTCD requirements while clearly and efficiently directing intersection operations. This included recommendations for bicycle signals and striping that were recently approved by Caltrans. Additionally, a concept design for a protected intersection at North 12th Street and C Street where the Class IV bikeway terminates was developed to improve regional bikeway connectivity and safety.

Broadway Complete Streets Project, Sacramento, CA. Sean completed a traffic analysis for the City of Sacramento’s proposed roadway diet on Broadway Street. Work included HCM analysis of the modified intersections along Broadway as well as analysis of intersections on parallel corridors that would be affected by the shift in traffic caused by the road diet. Travel patterns were made consistent with the Sacramento Downtown Specific plan which was being developed in parallel to this effort.

Grant Line Road-Sheldon Feasibility Study, Elk Grove, CA. Traffic Operations/Access Management. Sean worked with the City of Elk Grove staff to evaluate the feasibility of corridor improvements on Grant Line Road between Elk Grove Boulevard and Calvine Road. This work included providing strategic advice regarding intersection and median treatments, access management, safety evaluation, and intersection delay evaluation. This work was then used to assist the City in preparing data for a SB1 Local Partnership Program grant application in 2018 for a portion of this project. This preparation work included providing VMT, expected crash reduction, and emissions calculations using the available Caltrans calculation tools and the SacSim model.

SEAN CARNEY, EIT

TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER/PLANNER - CONTINUED
Agenda Item #11.4.

CITY OF ST. HELENA DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN
Alex is a transportation planning and engineering associate with DKS. Her previous work experience is related to multimodal planning studies, traffic operations analysis, and road safety analysis for both the private and public sectors. Working as a transportation engineer in Canada before joining DKS, Alexandra assisted in the planning and design of transportation projects ranging from public bike share launches and vision zero initiatives to major infrastructure and highway planning. She also has experience with signal timing and operations, parking studies, and microsimulation modeling analysis.

SELECT RELEVANT PROJECT EXPERIENCE
STA Countywide Local Road Safety Plan, CA. DKS prepared a Countywide Local Road Safety Plan for STA and their member agencies. This included an analysis of safety needs as well as outreach covering education, enforcement, and emergency services.

Alex assisted with the production of Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) applications for signalized and unsignalized intersections in Solano County.

Half Moon Bay Podesta Analysis, CA. DKS provided preliminary transportation impact analysis and site access assessments to guide the early planning phase of a mixed-use project. For this project, Alex evaluated existing pedestrian and cycling conditions in the study area adjacent to a high school and proposed potential future infrastructure improvements to improve safety for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists.

Hood River Westside Park Traffic Study, OR. For this project, Alex identified existing pedestrian and cycling infrastructure and proposed future improvements as part of the proposed Westside Park plan. Alex also evaluated motor vehicle crash data and identified collision-prone locations near the study area.

ODOT Newport Transportation System Plan Update, OR. DKS led an update to the City of Newport’s Transportation System Plan to address multimodal needs through 2040. The focus of this update was to apply practical design techniques to get the best outcomes for the City, and to address gaps in the development review guidelines to include site re-development. Alex provided support for the development of evaluation criteria to evaluate planned walking, cycling and motor vehicle infrastructure upgrades on the basis of improving safety and accessibility for all modes as part of the Newport Transportation System Plan Update.

PROFESSIONAL

HIGHLIGHTS

EDUCATION
Master of Science in Community
and Regional Planning,
University of Toronto
Bachelor of Applied Science
in Civil Engineering, University
of British Columbia

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
5 Total

1.5 with DKS

TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING ASSOCIATE

ALEXANDRA HAAG
Agenda Item #11.4.

CITY OF ST. HELENA DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN
Sylinda is an experienced transportation planner with three years of experience in planning. She also has community outreach experience and is dedicated to involving the public in the planning process.

Sylinda is dedicated to ensuring disadvantaged communities gain equitable and accessible transportation.

SELECT RELEVANT PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Siskiyou County General Plan Update, Siskiyou County, CA. DKS is preparing an update to Siskiyou County’s Circulation Element including policies, SB 743 compliant VMT thresholds and analysis, and Safety Element SB 747 compliant analysis. Sylinda is analyzing and summarizing existing mobility trends and conditions in Siskiyou County. Analysis of demographic, socio-economic factors, vehicle miles traveled, and pavement condition index including manipulating data and emulating data graphics is included in this update.

Santa Maria Holiday Inn TIA Peer Review, Santa Maria, CA. The City of Santa Maria requested DKS Associates to perform Traffic Impact Analysis Peer Review to a proposed development to ensure compliance with City, state and county standards. DKS is an on-call consultant to the City of Santa Maria and is tasked with reviewing TIA’s performed and submitted to the City.
*Tolowa Dee-ni’ Connected Communities Plan, Tolowa Deeni’ Nation, Green DOT Transportation Solutions, CA. Sylinda previously worked with Green DOT Transportation Solutions on the development of the Connected Communities Plan for the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation in Del Norte County. The Plan evaluated and identified gaps in tribal land infrastructure and areas in desperate need of pedestrian safety improvements. Sylinda provided technical data analysis including demographic, socio-economic, and safety. *Grant Writing Support, Various Agencies, Green DOT
Transportation Solutions, CA. While at Green DOT, Sylinda provided excellent grant storytelling and data input for various agencies on state and federal grant opportunities. Sylinda has developed grant narrative for the following grant programs:
• Caltrans Sustainable Communities
• Caltrans Clean California
• Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE)

PROFESSIONAL

HIGHLIGHTS

EDUCATION
BA Geography,
California State University, Chico
AS Wildland Resources &
Forestry, Citrus College

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
3 Total
<1 with DKS

TRANSPORTATION PLANNING/ENGINEERING ASSISTANT

SYLINDA VILLADO
Agenda Item #11.4.

Economic & Planning Systems, Inc. 1330 Broadway, Suite 450 ▪ Oakland, CA 94612 The Economics of Land Use 510.841.9190 ▪ [email protected] ▪ www.epsys.com Jason Moody
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Education
Master of Public Policy, UC
Berkeley, 1995
BA in Economics, UC Santa Cruz,
1988
Previous Employment
Budget Analyst for City of San
Francisco (1995)
Research Analyst, Fisher Center
for Real Estate and Urban
Economics (1994–5)
Business Analyst, Port Authority of
New York/New Jersey (1994)
Reporter, States News Service,
Washington, DC (1989–1992)
Publications/Presentations
Capturing the Value: Financing Arts
and Culture, presentation at CALED
annual conference. June 21st, 2023
“Preparing for Infill Housing in Retail &
Office Developments,” Urban Land
Institute TAP Report for Orange County
Council of Governments (OCCOG)
“Revitalizing the Commercial Strip with
Housing,” California Economic
Snapshot Quarterly Report. CALED,
December 2022
“Bay Area Downtowns, Post-Pandemic
Prospects,” Bay Area Planning Directors
Association (BAPDA), Winter 2022
Meeting
“Retail versus Housing: Rethinking the
Fiscal Paradigm” Meta hosted
webinar, June 10, 2022
“Bay Area Downtowns: Place Types
and Post Pandemic Prospects.” San
Mateo Council of Cities, May 22, 2022
“Repositioning Languishing Assets:

Building for the Missing Middle.” ULI
Urban Revitalization Council, Fall 2020
“COVID-19: Cross-Cutting Trends
toward a New Reality.” Lambda Alpha
International Spring / Summer, 2020
“The DNA of Downtowns, – Typologies
and Success Factors”, West Coast
Urban District Forum, Spring 2020.

Jason has worked at EPS for over 25 years and has been instrumental in building the firm’s practice in Northern California. He has extensive experience in real estate market and financial analysis, public finance, and economic development strategies. Jason regularly works for both public and private sector clients, focusing on the feasibility and economic implications of individual projects as well as development and provision of public services and infrastructure to larger areas, including downtowns, mixed-use districts, corridors, and entire cities. He has developed specialized expertise with tourist-oriented economies, particularly smaller communities linked to California’s abundant natural, recreational, and agricultural resources (e.g., wine country, coastal communities, ski towns).

SELECTED PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
Downtown Napa Specific Plan and General Plan Update: EPS provided market and development feasibility analysis to revitalization strategies for a downtown that has subsequently evolved as a vibrant, mixed-use district. EPS subsequently provided economic analysis to support the General Plan Update.

Santa Rosa Downtown Specific Plan: EPS evaluated the market and development feasibility of vertical-mixed use residential and commercial development in this historic downtown.

Downtown Sebastopol Specific Plan: EPS provided market analysis and a financing strategy for the evolution of an underutilized commercial district into a mixed-use town center serving residents and visitors to California’s Wine Country.

Pacifica General Plan Update and Sharp Park Specific Plan: EPS provided economic analysis focused on how this small coastal City could further leverage its tourist, retail, and recreational assets. EPS subsequently evaluated market conditions and developed a financing plan for a historic downtown adjacent to Sharp Park Beach.

Sausalito General Plan Update: EPS served as the lead economist for the Sausalito General Plan Update, a small and relatively affluent coastal community located on the San Francisco Bay that also service as a major tourist destination.

Half Moon Bay General Plan Update: EPS provided economic analysis focused on how this small coastal City in the San Francisco Bay Area could further leverage its tourist, retail, and recreational assets.

Downtown Pleasanton Specific Plan: EPS provided strategic market and development feasibility analysis focused on how a relatively small downtown can carve out an effective commercial market niche in a mature and highly competitive regional market.

Downtown Orinda Precise Plan: EPS evaluated a range of economic and market issues to inform a downtown Precise Plan and Housing Element approval.

Downtown Walnut Creek Precise Plan: Working for the City, EPS evaluated the market and financial feasibility of various mixed-used redevelopment options for a sub-district of Downtown.

Agenda Item #11.4.

Economic & Planning Systems, Inc.

The Economics of Land Use
1330 Broadway, Suite 450 ▪ Oakland, CA 94612
510.841.9190 ▪ [email protected] ▪ www.epsys.com
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Education
Master of Public Policy,
Mills College, 2022
Bachelor of Arts in
Government, College of
William & Mary, 2018
Previous Employment
Account Clerk, City of
Concord Finance Department,
2018 - 2022
ABOUT
Megan Gregory joined the firm in 2022 and brings academic and professional experience in local government, urban economics, and housing policy.

SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Healdsburg Housing Element Implementation and Housing Needs Assessment EPS assisted the City of Healdsburg in characterizing the existing workforce in Healdsburg and assessing the need for additional housing affordable to those working in Healdsburg. EPS produced a quantitatively based housing needs assessment which is responsive to policy objectives. EPS continues to conduct research and provide analysis on housing element implementation questions posed by City staff and the Healdsburg Housing Element Working Group.

Benicia North Study Area
The City of Benicia is interested in exploring potential uses for a large parcel of privately owned land, identified as the North Study Area. EPS supported City staff and planning consultant efforts by conducting a market analysis of potential land uses as well as a study of emerging sectors in the region. EPS also conducted a feasibility study and fiscal impact analysis on several development scenarios, identifying tradeoffs associated with various land use types.

Calistoga Impact Fee Update
The City of Calistoga contracted EPS to update the development impact fee program. EPS is reviewing the current fee structure as well as the status of City Capital Improvement Programs. EPS will conduct a complete review of the City’s capital facilities needs and prepare the nexus-based cost allocation necessary to develop an updated fee schedule. As part of this analysis EPS will also develop options to convert development fees to vary with residential unit size, as required by AB 602.

Fisherman’s Wharf Revitalization Strategy
To help the Port address vacancies and faltering business performance, EPS undertook a collaborative engagement with Port staff that leveraged internal data, past district studies, and internal working strategies already under consideration.

EPS evaluated market conditions, characterized Port real estate assets, considered past public realm studies, and studied international waterfront district exemplars.

Berkeley Affordable Housing Policy Incentives
As part of the Mills College Master of Public Policy Program, Megan conducted a detailed analysis of land use policy incentives for affordable housing production for Councilmember Lori Droste’s use in preparation for the 6th Cycle Housing Element.

Megan researched housing market conditions and the historic context contributing to the City’s struggle to produce affordable housing. Additionally, Megan conducted GIS analysis to evaluate whether the housing units being produced in the City were distributed equitably. Megan provided recommendations on next steps to improve the production and geographic distribution of affordable housing in Berkeley, CA.

Agenda Item #11.4.

Bottomley Associates
Urban Design & City Planning
Bottomley Design & Planning 600 grand avenue suite 202 oakland ca 94610 tel: 510.663.3808 fax: 510.663.6304

TERENCE BOTTOMLEY
Background
Principal Terence Bottomley has over thirty years of experience and has completed over one hundred urban design- and city planning-related projects. His work focuses on pedestrian- and transportation-oriented development planning and capital improvement projects. Work products include land use and development master plans, zoning standards, design guidelines, and detailed design and construction drawings for streets and public spaces. Projects typically involve a public engagement process, and Mr. Bottomley has extensive experience facilitating community meetings and workshops. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) and a California-registered Landscape Architect. He founded Bottomley Design & Planning in Oakland, California, in 1999.

Selected Projects
Bottomley Associates Urban Design & City Planning, Oakland, CA 1999 - present. • Sonoma County Development Center Specific Plan, Sonoma County/Dyett & Bhatia • Benicia North Area Vision Plan, City of Benicia/Ben Noble Planning • El Camino Real/GBI Street Improvements, City of South San Francisco/Mark Thomas Inc. • Harbor Industrial Area Specific Plan, City of Belmont/Good City Inc. • Newark Old Town Specific Plan/Thornton Avenue Street Redesign, City of Newark/Rhoades Planning Group
• Safe Routes for Seniors/Downtown Improvements Project, City of Hayward/W-Trans • Capitola Objective Development Standards, City of Capitola/Ben Noble Planning • Mountain View Transit Center Urban Design Guidelines, City of Mountain View • Lakeside Park/Fairyland Entrance/Bellevue Drive Improvements, City of Oakland • Decoto Industrial Park/Union City BART Area Specific Plan, Union City/Dyett & Bhatia • Bayhill Specific Plan, City of San Bruno/Dyett & Bhatia • Benicia Eastern Gateway Mixed-Use Zoning Standards, City of Benicia/Ben Noble Planning • Innovate 680: Shared Mobility Hubs Program, CCTA/Kimley-Horn • Mountain View Transit Center Master Plan, City of Mountain View/VTA/Kimley-Horn • Millbrae Downtown and El Camino Real Specific Plan, City of Millbrae/Mintier-Harnish • Millbrae BART Station Access Plan, City of Millbrae/Kimley-Horn • Latham Square Permanent Plaza Design, City of Oakland • 18th Street Streetscape Improvement Project, City of Oakland • East San José Multimodal Transportation Improvement Plan, City of San Jose/Kimley-Horn • Hongguo City Expansion Concept Plan, Panxian, China
• East Santa Clara Street Urban Village Plan, City of San Jose • El Camino Real PDA Plan, City of Redwood City/Dyett & Bhatia • Downtown Plaza and Pedestrian Corridor Design Plan, City of Napa • Baijin New District Master Plan, Guiyang, China
• Oakley Downtown Specific Plan Update, City of Oakley
• Lincoln Square/Alice Street Neighborhood Park Project, City of Oakland • Winchester Boulevard/Santana Row Urban Village Plan, City of San Jose/Dyett & Bhatia • Citywide Transportation Plan for Redwood City, City of Redwood City/Fehr & Peers Agenda Item #11.4.

Terence Bottomley

• Lake Merritt BART Station Area Master Plan, City of Oakland/Dyett & Bhatia • Menlo Park Transportation Master Plan, City of Menlo Park/W-Trans • El Camino Real and Downtown Specific Plan, City of Millbrae/Mintier-Harnish • BART Silicon Valley TOD and Station Access Study, VTA/Kimley-Horn • Downtown Transit Center Master Plan/Broadway Streetcar Study, City of Redwood City/CDM Smith
• Carolan Avenue Complete Street Improvements, City of Burlingame/Kimley-Horn • Belmont Village Specific Plan, City of Belmont/Dyett & Bhatia • Fruitvale Alive Gap Closure Streetscape Project, City of Oakland/AECOM • Grand Boulevard Initiative: El Camino/Arroyo Complete Street Improvements, City of San Carlos/Mark Thomas & Co.
• Napa Riverfront/Riverside Drive Vision Plan, City of Napa • Stanford in Redwood City Precise Plan, City of Redwood City • SR 29 Gateway Corridor Improvement Plan, County of Napa/Dyett & Bhatia • Grand Boulevard Initiative: Complete Streets Case Studies Project, SamTrans w/Caltrans and the Cities of Daly City, South San Francisco, San Bruno, and San Carlos • Guominsen Village Plan, Panxian, China
• Grand Boulevard Initiative: Multi-Modal Transportation Corridor Plan, SamTrans w/VTA, San Mateo C/CAG, Caltrans
• Peralta Hacienda History Trail/Park Renovation Project, City of Oakland • Downtown Brentwood Streetscape Master Plan/Improvement Project, City of Brentwood • Winchester Boulevard Development Master Plan, City of Campbell • Chuandong Satellite Areas Growth Plan, Tongren, China • SVRT/BART-to-San Jose Station Areas Vision Plan, Santa Clara VTA • 14th Avenue Streetscape Improvement Project, City of Oakland • Marina Shores Village / Peninsula Park Precise Plan, City of Redwood City • Downtown Riverfront Urban Design Master Plan / Schematic Design Plans, City of Napa • Downtown Winters Master Plan, City of Winters
• Wusitai New Town Master Plan, Wuhai, China
• East Campbell Avenue Master Plan, City of Campbell
• Josie Cruz Neighborhood Park Renovation, City of Oakland • Oakley Downtown Specific Plan, City of Oakley
• Bayfront Area Visioning Study, City of Redwood City
• Napa River Parkway Master Plan, City of Napa
• San Jose Medical Center Land Use/Health Care Study, City of San Jose/HCA Inc. • Inner Telegraph Avenue/Uptown Streetscape Improvements Project, City of Oakland • Soscol Avenue Corridor / Downtown Riverfront Development Guidelines, City of Napa • Foothill Boulevard/Seminary Avenue Transit Hub Master Plan, City of Oakland • Underhill Housing Area Streetscape Design Manual, UC Berkeley • Telegraph Avenue Pedestrian Streetscape Improvement Project, City of Oakland • Alameda Point Bay Trail & Parks Master Planning, City of Alameda • Downtown Oakland Streetscape Master Plan, City of Oakland • Ashland/Bayfair BART Transit Improvements, Alameda County Redevelopment Agency • Tannery Bend Design and Development Guidelines, City of Napa • Charleston/Arastradero Corridor Improvement Plan, City of Palo Alto • Main Street Silicon Valley Corridor Study, Joint Venture Silicon Valley Agenda Item #11.4.

Terence Bottomley

• Tamien Station Site Development Master Plan, City of San Jose, VTA, Barry Swenson Builder
• MacArthur Boulevard Streetscape Master Plan, City of San Leandro • Gardner/Atlanta, Josefa/Auzerais, and Spartan/Keyes Neighborhood Plans, City of San Jose • Hegenberger Road Streetscape Improvements/Urban Design Coordination, City of Oakland • Central San Leandro/BART Station Area Revitalization Strategy, City of San Leandro Freedman Tung & Bottomley Urban Design, San Francisco, CA, 1988 - 1999. Conducted or participated in over sixty urban planning- and design-related projects. • Downtown Mountain View Transit Center, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority • Downtown Lodi Transit Center Master Plan, City of Lodi • Evelyn Avenue Corridor Precise Plan, City of Mountain View • Civic Center/Hayward BART Site Development Master Plan, City of Hayward • Downtown Ventura Specific Plan, City of Ventura
• Central City Specific Plan & Revitalization Strategy, City of Yuba City • Old Mountain View Neighborhood Improvement Plan, City of Mountain View • Boulder Creek Village Specific Plan, County of Santa Cruz • Downtown Precise Plan, City of Cathedral City
• West San Carlos Street & The Alameda NBD Revitalization Strategies, City of San Jose • Plumas Boulevard Streetscape/Town Square Project, City of Yuba City • Palm Canyon Drive/Highway 111 Streetscape Improvement Project, City of Cathedral City • Downtown Phoenix Streetscape Improvements, Phoenix AZ • Downtown Gateways & Broadway Streetscape Renovation, City of Redwood City The Planning Collaborative, San Francisco, CA. 1984 - 1988. Managed and/or participated in over twenty land use-, CEQA-, and urban design-related projects.

Registrations/Certifications
Member, American Institute of Certified Planners, AICP
Registered Landscape Architect, State of California # 3031 Professional Affiliations
American Planning Association
American Society of Landscape Architects
American Institute of Architects, Associate
Urban Land Institute
Education
Master of City Planning: Economic Development/Urban Design, University of California, Berkeley; Eisner Prize in the Fine Arts for Urban Design, College of Environmental Design Scholarship
Bachelor of Science in Environmental Planning/Landscape Architecture, Rutgers University Agenda Item #11.4.

Bottomley Associates
Urban Design & City Planning
Bottomley Design & Planning 600 grand avenue suite 202 oakland ca 94610 tel: 510.663.3808 fax: 510.663.6304

CLAIRE VLACH, AICP
Background
Ms. Vlach focuses on policy planning for development and capital improvements-related projects. Her work has included preparation of master development plans and regulatory documents, as well as transportation- and streetscape-related urban design, mapping, computer imaging, communications graphics, and landscape architecture construction drawings. Ms. Vlach will take the landscape architecture licensing exam in 2022.

Selected Complete Street-Related Projects
Associate, Bottomley Associates Urban Design & City Planning, Oakland, CA, 2007 - present • Safe Routes for Seniors Downtown Improvements Project, City of Hayward/W-Trans • Benicia North Area Vision Plan, City of Benicia/Ben Noble Planning • Harbor Industrial Area Specific Plan, City of Belmont/Good City Inc. • Newark Old Town Specific Plan/Thornton Avenue Street Redesign, City of Newark/Rhoades Planning Group
• Mountain View Transit Center Urban Design Guidelines, City of Mountain View/VTA/ Kimley-Horn
• Union City BART Area Specific Plan, Union City/Dyett & Bhatia • Latham Square Permanent Plaza Design, City of Oakland • Bayhill Specific Plan, City of San Bruno/Dyett & Bhatia • Mountain View Transit Center Master Plan, City of Mountain View/VTA/Kimley-Horn • Lakeside Park/Fairyland Entrance Improvements, City of Oakland • El Camino Real Grand Boulevard Improvement Project, City of South San Francisco/Mark Thomas Inc.
• Newark Old Town Specific Plan/Thornton Avenue Redesign, City of Newark/Rhoades Planning Group
• East Santa Clara Street Urban Village Plan, City of San Jose • Citywide Transportation Plan for Redwood City, City of Redwood City/Fehr & Peers • Menlo Park Transportation Master Plan, City of Menlo Park/W-Trans • Downtown Redwood City Transit Center Master Plan/Broadway Streetcar Study, City of Redwood City/CDM Smith
• Carolan Avenue Complete Street Improvements, City of Burlingame/Kimley-Horn • Fruitvale Alive Gap Closure Streetscape Project, City of Oakland/AECOM • Grand Boulevard Initiative: El Camino/Arroyo Complete Street Improvements, City of San Carlos/Mark Thomas & Co.
• Napa Riverfront Riverside Drive Vision Plan, City of Napa • Grand Boulevard Initiative: Complete Street Case Studies Project, SamTrans/ Caltrans, Cities of Daly City, South San Francisco, San Bruno, San Carlos • Grand Boulevard Initiative: Multimodal Access Strategy & Design Guidelines, SamTrans/ VTA/Caltrans, Kimley-Horn
• Downtown Streetscape Improvement Project, City of Brentwood • 14th Avenue Streetscape Design Project, City of Oakland • 18th Street Streetscape Improvement Project, City of Oakland Agenda Item #11.4.

Claire Vlach

Research Assistant, Urban Planning Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2004-2007
Registrations/Certifications
Member, American Institute of Certified Planners, AICP
Education
Master of Urban Design, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2007 Master of Urban Planning, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2007 B.A. in Urban Studies, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, 2004 Agenda Item #11.4.

Bottomley Associates
Urban Design & City Planning
Bottomley Design & Planning 600 grand avenue suite 202 oakland ca 94610 tel: 510.663.3808 fax: 510.663.6304

RITU GOEL
Background
Ms. Goel has varied experience in architectural design with a background in urban design principles and master planning. She specializes in detailed design and production of construction documents for projects ranging from urban brownfield redevelopment and campus planning to small neighborhood infill developments. Her work involves design & graphic representation, written reports, including design guidelines, master plans & streetscape and plaza designs.

Experience
Associate Urban Designer, Bottomley Associates Urban Design & City Planning, Oakland, CA, 2015 – present
• Safe Routes for Seniors Downtown Improvements Project, City of Hayward/W-Trans • El Camino Real/GBI Street Improvements, City of South San Francisco/Mark Thomas Inc. • Sonoma County Development Center Specific Plan, Sonoma County/Dyett & Bhatia • Newark Old Town Specific Plan/Thornton Avenue Street Redesign, City of Newark/Rhoades Planning Group
• Mountain View Transit Center Urban Design Guidelines, City of Mountain View/VTA/ Kimley-Horn
• Union City BART Area Specific Plan, Union City/Dyett & Bhatia • Latham Square Permanent Plaza Design, City of Oakland • Bayhill Specific Plan, City of San Bruno/Dyett & Bhatia • Lakeside Park/Fairyland Entrance Improvements, City of Oakland • Benicia Eastern Gateway Mixed-Use Zoning Study, City of Benicia/Ben Noble Planning • Bayhill Specific Plan, City of San Bruno/Dyett & Bhatia • Mountain View Transit Center Master Plan, City of Mountain View/VTA/Kimley-Horn • Benicia Industrial Park Plan, City of Benicia/Dyett & Bhatia • Church Street Infill Housing Study, City of Napa
• Millbrae BART Station Access Plan, City of Millbrae/Kimley-Horn • El Camino Real and Downtown Specific Plan, City of Millbrae/Mintier-Harnish • Citywide Transportation Plan for Redwood City, City of Redwood City/Fehr & Peers • Menlo Park Transportation Master Plan, City of Menlo Park/W-Trans • Newark Old Town Specific Plan, City of Newark/Rhoades Planning Group • East Santa Clara Street Urban Village Plan, City of San Jose • Belmont Village Specific Plan, City of Belmont/Dyett & Bhatia • Downtown Redwood City Transit Center Master Plan/Broadway Streetcar Study, City of Redwood City/CDM Smith
• Winchester Boulevard/Santana Row Urban Village Plan, City of San Jose/Dyett & Bhatia
• Grand Boulevard Initiative: El Camino Real Complete Street Improvements, Samtrans/City of South San Francisco/Mark Thomas & Co.
• Downtown Plaza and Corridor Design Plan, City of Napa • El Camino Real PDA Plan, City of Redwood City/Dyett & Bhatia • Fruitvale Alive Gap Closure Streetscape Project, City of Oakland/AECOM Agenda Item #11.4.

Doug Moore, PE
Doug Moore’s experience includes infrastructure support for updates to general plans. This general plan update support has focused on preparing background reports quantifying and identifying required infrastructure and supporting the Environmental Impact Report for the general plan updates. Doug also has experience in storm drainage facility master planning, stormwater computer modeling, facilities planning, preliminary design, design and specifications, construction and capital cost estimating, project permitting, and project management. He has provided initial planning, detailed design, and construction period engineering services for four large detention basin projects, each of which created significant wildlife habitat areas. Doug has performed wastewater treatment plant planning and facility evaluations. He has prepared potable water demand estimates and facility evaluations. He is also skilled at preparing potable water, wastewater, and stormwater evaluations for development-specific plans and environmental impact reports. Doug is skilled at quickly developing infrastructure concepts and plans that minimize construction costs without compromising system performance.

EXPERIENCE
General Plan Update and Ongoing Support, City of Dixon, CA: Project Manager for infrastructure support during the City’s General Plan Update (GPU) that included potable water, sewer collection systems, wastewater treatment, and storm drainage and flood control. Doug prepared a background report, assessed infrastructure requirements and costs for both GPU land use alternatives and the preferred plan, and contributed to the GPU Environmental Impact Report. In addition, West Yost is updating the Storm Drain Report based on the new General Plan and providing stormwater development support to identify infrastructure needs and timing for specific projects.

Sacramento General Plan Update, City of Sacramento, CA: Project Manager.

Doug assisted the City with updates to the Background Report from the 2035 GPU for the 2040 GPU Domestic Water and Water Supply, Storm Drainage, Sewer and Wastewater Treatment sections. He also provided support for Greenhouse Gas Reduction opportunities related to these utilities. The work efforts for this project will also include the review of the GPU policies and the preparation of a Technical Memorandum that summarizes the estimated water demands for existing conditions, buildout of the current General Plan, and a base GPU land use alternative. For the GPU Environmental Impact Report, West Yost will prepare a Storm Drainage TM and Sewer/Wastewater TM that identify potential impacts of the GPU and recommended actions to reduce the impact to an insignificant level.

STAFF TITLE: Engineering Manager II
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 31

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION
ƒ Professional Civil Engineer,
California No. 58122,
Nevada No. 19924

EDUCATION
ƒ MS, Civil Engineering, University
of California, Davis
ƒ BS, Geology, University of Oregon
ƒ BS, Mathematics, University of
Oregon

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
ƒ North Bay Engineers Club
ƒ California Stormwater Quality
Association
ƒ Floodplain Management
Association
AWARDS
ƒ California Water Environment
Association, Sacramento Area
Section 2011 Engineering
Achievement Award – Dry
Creek Levee Relocation at the
Wastewater Treatment Plant, City
of Roseville
ƒ American Society of Civil
Engineers, Sacramento Section
2011 Small Flood Control Project
of the Year – Dry Creek Levee
Relocation at the Wastewater
Treatment Plant, City of Roseville
Agenda Item #11.4.

Elizabeth Drayer, PE
Elizabeth’s expertise is in water resources engineering and multi-disciplinary project teams. She has experience leading water resources planning studies and design projects and specializes in water supply and infrastructure master planning. She has prepared more than 24 water and utility master plans, more than 20 water supply assessments, and more than 30 urban water management plans. She has also prepared many other studies and plans for clients including groundwater studies, drought response and water shortage contingency plans, facility operations plans, and emergency operations plans involving the evaluation of existing facilities, evaluation of existing and future water demands, identification of system deficiencies and needs, evaluation of water supply alternatives, and development of recommendations for capital improvements. She has prepared preliminary and detailed designs for water supply facilities such as pipelines, pump stations, reservoirs, and canals. Elizabeth is a West Yost Vice President and serves on West Yost’s Board of Directors.

EXPERIENCE
Water Supply Assessment for Pleasanton Downtown Specific Plan, Pleasanton, CA: Project Manager for the preparation of a Water Supply Assessment for the City of Pleasanton Downtown Specific Plan Update. Tasks included projection of water demands for the project, evaluation of water supply availability and reliability, and preparation of a Water Supply Assessment report in compliance with the requirements of SB 610.

Milpitas Metro Plan Specific Plan Water Supply Assessment, City of Milpitas, CA:

Project manager for the preparation of an SB610 Water Supply Assessment for the City of Milpitas Metro Plan Specific Plan. The Proposed Project, to be developed over the next 20 years, includes 7,000 units of new, multi family residential development (approximately 14,000 new residents), and new non residential development including office, retail, research and development, light manufacturing, and hotel uses. Tasks included development of water demand projections, evaluation of available water supplies from the City’s SFPUC and Valley Water water supplies and preparation of the Water Supply Assessment in accordance with the requirements of SB 610.

Water Supply Assessment for the Tracy Village Specific Plan, City of Tracy, CA:

Project Manager for the preparation of a Water Supply Assessment, in accordance with the requirements of California Senate Bill 610, for the City of Tracy’s proposed Tracy Village Specific Plan. The Proposed Project will be a master planned, age qualified community that will include up to 600 single family detached homes, in addition to a community building, pool and a series of lakes and open spaces. Tasks included preparation of estimates of the projected water demand for the proposed project and, together with the City’s other projected water demands, comparison to the City’s anticipated available supplies under normal, single dry, and multiple dry year hydrologic conditions. This comparison was then used to determine the sufficiency of the City’s existing available water supplies (including surface water supplies purchased from the Bureau of Reclamation, treated surface water purchased from the South San Joaquin Irrigation District’s South County Surface Water Supply Project, and local groundwater), STAFF TITLE: Vice President
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 35

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATIONS
ƒ Professional Civil Engineer,
California No. 46872

EDUCATION
ƒ MS, Structural Engineering,
University of California, Berkeley
ƒ BS, Civil Engineering, University
of California, Berkeley

CERTIFICATIONS
ƒ Underground Storage Tank
Installation
ƒ UC Davis Extension, 32-hour
Course, Groundwater Hydrology
ƒ UC Davis Extension, 32-hour
Course, Principles of Toxicology

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
ƒ American Society of Civil
Engineers
ƒ American Water Works
Association
ƒ Association of California Water
Agencies
ƒ WateReuse Association
Agenda Item #11.4.

Patrick Johnston, PE
Patrick Johnston is a civil engineer who focuses on the planning, design, and construction support services for water and wastewater systems and environmental projects. His experience includes preparing design plans and specifications, evaluating treatment alternatives, modeling wastewater and water hydraulic systems, developing utility master planning documents, preparing cost estimates, contract administration, construction survey layout and construction management for water supply and wastewater projects.

Patrick’s experience includes collection system hydraulic modeling using a variety of software packages. Patrick has experience using water billing data to develop wastewater loads, calculating landuse-based flow factors and developing future flow projections based on planning documents and landuse data. Patrick has experience develop flow monitoring plans, analyzing flow monitoring data and using flow monitoring data to calibrate the dry weather and wet weather flow components for collection system models.

EXPERIENCE
Sacramento General Plan Update, City of Sacramento, CA: Project Engineer.

Contributed to the collection system portion of the Draft Master EIR Supplement by analyzing the effect on the collection system. This included estimating dry and wet weather flows for buildout of the current General Plan and for the preferred land use plan in the General Plan Update. A qualitative assessment was made of the effect of the changes in land use on the collection systems of the three entities that are involved in the collection, conveyance treatment and disposal of wastewater in the City of Sacramento.

Wastewater Master Plan, City of Stockton, CA: Project manager for the wastewater master plan for the City. Project focused on a system-wide flow monitoring program, inflow and infiltration analysis, development of a fully-dynamic hydraulic model and all model inputs using InfoSWMM, evaluation of the system under existing and future dry weather and wet weather flow events, and development of a capital improvement program. The project involved review of land use data and Significant Industrial Users that contribute flow to the sewer system. The model was developed from GIS, survey data and record drawings. The model was calibrated to measured dry weather and wet weather flows and used to evaluate the system under dry weather conditions and wet weather storm events for current and future flow conditions.

Sewer Evaluation and Capacity Assessment Plan, City of Davis, CA: Project engineer responsible for development of a fully dynamic model of the wastewater collection system. Flows were based on a previously developed model. Updated GIS files were used to develop the hydraulic model and flow monitoring data was used to calibrate the model for both dry and wet weather flows. The model was then used to analyze system capacity, identify deficiencies and recommend improvement projects.

STAFF TITLE: Principal Engineer I
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 29

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATIONS
ƒ Professional Civil Engineer,
California No. 59028

EDUCATION
ƒ MS, Civil Engineering, Stanford
University, Stanford, CA
ƒ BS, Civil Engineering, Tufts
University, Medford, MA

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
ƒ American Society of Civil
Engineers
ƒ Northern California Pipe Users
Group
Agenda Item #11.4.

Agenda Item #11.4.

Agenda Report to the City Council
Agenda Section: CONSENT ITEMS
Department: Public Works
DATE: February 27, 2024
FROM: Rebecca White, Administrative Assistant
SUBJECT: Consideration and proposed approval of a resolution approving (1) a temporary closure of Adams Street from
Friday, May 17, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. to Sunday, May 19,
2024, at 6:00 p.m.; and (2) authorizing possession of open alcoholic beverages on this public street for the
Neighborhood Community Table Event scheduled for
Saturday, May 18, 2024, from approximately 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

RECOMMENDED
ACTION:

Staff recommends approval of the attached resolution.

PREVIOUS COUNCIL
ACTION:

None.

STATEMENT OF THE
PURPOSE:

Authorize the road closure of Adams Street and allow for possession of open containers on said street for the
Neighborhood Table Event.

FINANCIAL IMPACT: The Financial Impact is $2,675 resulting from the applicant submittal of Request for Fee Waiver forms for 6 permits related to this event including two encroachment permits, a banner permit, a road closure permit, a raw water permit, and a temporary use permit.

BACKGROUND:

The Neighborhood Table is presented by St. Helena Hospital Foundation to bring the community together in the spirit of health and connection while bringing awareness to the Hospital's mission and animating downtown St. Helena. This project is a collaboration to highlight the work being done by dynamic health and community visionaries who are committed to investing in each of us and our wellbeing, so that we may heal and create our most vital and connected lives. This is the 4th year the St.

Helena Hospital Foundation has produced The Neighborhood Table on Adams Street.

The event will require the temporary closure of Adams Street, east of Library Lane to the dead end. The closure would occur from Friday, May 17, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. to Sunday, May 19, 2024, at 6:00 p.m., with some local access to allow for set-up and tear down with the actual dinner taking place on Saturday, May 18, 2024, from approximately 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The closure would allow for the event, as well as the authorization for possession of open alcoholic beverages on the public street, which occurs for the duration of the meal event only.

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DISCUSSION:

The St. Helena Hospital Foundation will be taking the lead on communicating and coordinating with all adjacent businesses on the south side of Adams Street once an encroachment permit is approved to ensure alternate access for any commercial driveways affected by the road closure throughout the event.

The event will include large rentals such as executive restrooms, dining tables, and chairs that will begin set up on Friday evening and Saturday morning. There will be a barricade equivalent to K-rail that will prevent errant vehicles driving through the actual dinner event. The event itself will be a family style dinner catered by Tre Posti. Guests will bring their own wine and will serve themselves. Since alcohol is not served at this event, an ABC license is not required. All guests are twenty-one years of age or older and no one under twenty-one years of age is permitted to enter the event. Per ABC direction, guest ID's are checked at the door prior to entrance of the event. While the ticket price has not been finalized yet, there will be two tiers to make the event accessible to the entire community. The clean-up and pick-up will be completed on Sunday, May 19, 2024, by 6:00 p.m. The event organizers will be utilizing their own staff and volunteers for the entirety of the event.

The event will require a permit from the Police Department if amplified music is being utilized and will require security should the gathering be planned for an excess of 250 people. The event organizer has been compliant with both of these matters every year.

The event organizers will continue to coordinate and update City staff members from the Police, Community Development, and Public Works Departments and follow through with any additional requirements that staff may have for the actual event.

In response to public comment from past years, the permittee has agreed to place generators and mobile kitchens on the south side of Adams Street and to use whispering generators that operate at 64dB (A) which is below the 65 dB (A) allowed in the City's municipal code. The applicant has also agreed to include all residences on the even numbered side of the 900 block of Hunt Avenue in the mid-April notification which will remind the businesses and residents of the event set-up, the event day, and the tear down. This is now standard operating procedure since 2022.

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW:

None.

DOCUMENTS ATTACHMENTS:

Resolution - 2024 Neighborhood Table Event
Site Plan
Road Closure Request Application
Agenda Item #11.5.

Encroachment Permit Application
St. Helena Hospital Foundation Memo
Agenda Item #11.5.

CITY OF ST. HELENA
RESOLUTION NO. 2024-

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ST. HELENA APPROVING (1) A TEMPORARY

CLOSURE OF ADAMS STREET FROM FRIDAY, MAY
17, 2024, AT 6:00 P.M. TO SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2024, AT
6:00 P.M. FOR THE MAY 18, 2024, NEIGHBORHOOD
COMMUNITY TABLE EVENT AND (2) AUTHORIZING

POSSESSION OF OPEN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

ON THOSE PUBLIC STREETS FOR THE

NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY EVENT SCHEDULED
FOR SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2024, FROM
APPROXIMATELY 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M.

RECITALS
A. The St. Helena Hospital Foundation is planning
the Neighborhood Table event to bring the
community together in the spirit of health and
connection;
B. The Neighborhood Table Event is anticipated
to continue to be an annual event;
C. The St. Helena Public Works Department has
requested temporary closure of Adams Street
from East of Library Lane to the dead end of
Adams Street for the event;
D. Closure of the City street in the area will
provide space for event activities;
E. St. Helena Municipal Code Section 9.04.010
authorizes the Council, by permit, to allow
possession of open alcoholic beverages on
public streets or any private or public off-street
parking lot;
F. Section 21101(e) of the California Vehicle
Code provides that the local authorities may,
by resolution, temporarily close a portion of any
street for celebrations, parades, local special
Agenda Item #11.5.

events, and other purposes when, in the
opinion of local authorities having jurisdiction or
a public officer of employee that the local
authority designated by resolution, the closing
is necessary for the safety and protection of
persons who are to use that portion of the
street during the temporary closing;

RESOLUTION
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City
of St. Helena resolves as follows:

1. The City Council finds that the benefits derived
from the temporary closing of the City street
for the Neighborhood Table Event outweigh
the anticipated inconvenience to the
neighborhood and citizens, and authorize
closure of:
• Adams Street from east of Library
Lane to the dead end of Adams
Street from May 17, 2024, at 6:00
p.m. to May 19, 2024, at 6:00 p.m.
with some local access to allow for
set-up and tear down with the actual
dinner taking place on May 18, 2024.

2. The possession of open containers of wine is
permitted on public streets and parking lots
encompassed by this event.

3. Temporarily closing a portion of the subject
street is necessary for the safety and
protection of persons who are to use that
portion of the street during the temporary
closing.

4. The City Manager is directed to provide
reasonable levels of City staff support to
accomplish closure of streets and related
activities.

Approved at a Regular Meeting if the St. Helena
City Council on February 27, 2024, by the
following vote:

Mayor Paul Dohring: _____
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Vice Mayor Eric Hall: _____
Council Member Anna Chouteau: _____
Council Member Billy Summers: _____
APPROVED:

ATTEST:
______________________
_____________________
Paul Jamison Dohring, Mayor Cindy
Tzafopoulos, City Clerk
Agenda Item #11.5.

Agenda Item #11.5.

Revised 10/2021

ROAD CLOSURE REQUEST FORM
City of St. Helena – Department of Public Works
1572 Railroad Avenue, St. Helena, CA 94574
Phone: (707) 968‐2658|Email: [email protected]

SITE ADDRESS SCOPE OF WORK

JUSTIFICATION FOR ROAD CLOSURE
ROAD CLOSURE DATE(S) ROAD CLOSURE TIMES (SEE NOTE 1)

APPLICANT CONTRACTOR
Name Company Name
Phone Email Emergency Contact Name Emergency Phone
This form is a supplemental document to the City issued Encroachment permit. By signing, I agree to accept and abide by the provisions of the applicable ordinances of the City of St. Helena and this form:

Signature of Applicant Date

CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL

1.) Road closure hours are permitted on residential roads between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm, weekdays only and excluding holidays, unless otherwise noted. Road closures on arterials and collectors, if approved, are subject to stricter requirements.

2.) A site-specific traffic control plan and pedestrian control plan must be submitted

3.) 12-day written notice to the City Manager, Director of Public Works/City Engineer, Fire Chief, and Police Chief for review and approval.

4.) 10-day written notification of affected residents and businesses within a 1000’ radius of the proposed work.

5.) 72-hour phone notification to the affected residents and businesses

6.) Contractor shall contact the following emergency services 72-hours (3 days) prior to street closure.

St. Helena Police Department: (707) 967-2850
St. Helena Fire Department: (707) 967-2880 ext. 638 or (707) 312-3321 Upper Valley Disposal: (707) 963-7988 (If closure is on Tuesday or Wednesday) AMR: (707) 501-5280
Napa County Roads: [email protected]
Napa Sheriff: (707) 253-4440
CHP: (707) 253-4906
Caltrans: (707) 253-4919
CalFire: (707) 967-1490
SHUSD Superintendent (if work being performed is within a block of any school): (707) 967-2708

7.) Contractor shall notify Public Works at the commencement of the road closure at [email protected] or (707) 968-2658.

8.) Contractor shall provide access for emergency vehicles at all times.

RELATE TO

ENCROACHMENT PERMIT NUMBER
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Revised 10/2021

9.) Contractor shall use Nixle and place SMS boards one in each direction of travel at the two closest intersections, 72-hours in advance for notification of work as follow:
(INSERT STREET NAME) WILL BE

CLOSED FOR
(INSERT PURPOSE)
ON THESE DATES: (INSERT APPROVED DATES)

FROM (INSERT APPROVED WORK HOURS)
(INSERT CONTRACTOR’S NAME AND PHONE#)
Director of Public Works/City Engineer Approval Signature: Date:

Public Works Operations Approval Signature: Date:

Police Chief Approval Signature: Date:

Fire Chief Approval Signature: Date:

Agenda Item #11.5.

City of St Helena Encroachment Permit 1
DTD 12/27/23

ENCROACHMENT PERMIT APPLICATION
Public Works Department
1088 College Avenue
St. Helena, CA 94574
[email protected]
For Additional Information, or Forms and Documents Please Visit the Public Works Website @ http://www.cityofsthelena.org/publicworks Property and Work Description
Site Address: 999 Adams Street to 899 Adams Street
Related Building Permit Number Work/Event Description: The Neighborhood Table Annual Community Gathering and Dining event- St Helena Hospital Foundation DIAGRAM OF PROPOSED ACTIVITY attach additional sheet if necessary Estimated Start Date_May 17th 6pm Estimated Completion Date_May 19th 6pm Property Owner I
Owner Name: City of St Helena
Address: 1088 College Avenue
City:St Helena State: Ca Zip: 94574
Email: [email protected] Phone #: 707-968-2658 x545 Contractor/Applicant All communication from our office will be made to this person via email Company Name: St Helena Hospital Foundation Contact Name:Susan M Duryea Contractor License#: Expires:

City of St. Helena Business License #: Expires:

Address: 10 Woodland Road
City:St Helena State: Ca Zip: 94574
Email: [email protected] Phone #:707-287-5176

OFFICE USE ONLY
Encroachment Permit #:

Expiration Date:

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