Hoover Area Study: Linking Your
Neighborhood
The Redevelopment Agency of Redwood City is embarking on
a neighborhood mobility study called “Hoover Area Connection:
Linking for Your Neighborhood.” This study aims to enable
residents in the Hoover area (portions of Stambaugh-Heller
and Redwood Village neighborhoods) to determine the solutions
to improve their ability to walk and bicycle safely and easily
to school, work, shopping, and services.
Over the past year, a number of community and stakeholder
meetings were held, both in English and Spanish within the
Study Area to engage residents and community members in the
development of strategies to improve the safety and ease of
walking, bicycling and taking public transit.
Redwood City received a $153,000 planning grant from Caltrans
and $17,000 in-kind and cash funding from the Redwood City
Redevelopment Agency for this study to help improve pedestrian
and bicycle mobility and safety.
The final report, titled “Hoover Area Study: Linking
for Your Neighborhood” will be available on the City’s
website in January 2009.
Last community workshop:
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Boys and Girls Club
1109 Hilton Street
Redwood City, CA 94063
6:00 pm: dinner served
6:30 to 8:30 pm: Meeting (promptly begins at 6:30 pm)
This final workshop will offer an opportunity for neighbors
to review the results of the Hoover Area Connection
study and provide additional feedback on mobility solutions.
Participants will see and discuss the draft mobility plan,
including detailed plans and cost estimates.
This workshop will be held in both Spanish and English;
child care for children ages 3 to 10 will be provided.
Available Documents and Maps
"Crime Prevention Through
Environmental Design” presentation by the consultant,
MIG.
“Issues and Opportunities Map” English
Spanish
“Round
One Workshop Final Report” (bilingual - Spanish
and English)
“Round
Two Workshop Final Report” (bilingual - Spanish
and English)
Alternative maps of the proposed improvements at the October
29, 2008 Community Meeting.”
“Woodside Road and Middlefield Improvement”
English
Spanish
“Stambaugh at Charter Improvement” English
Spanish
“Middlefield Road bewtween Woodside & Douglas”
English
Spanish
Timeline of the Study:
| 2005
|
Redevelopment Agency submitted grant application to
the Caltrans’ Environmental Justice Transportation
Planning Program |
| 2006 |
Redevelopment Agency received notice of the grant award |
| Mar. 2007 |
Redevelopment Agency entered into a Fund Transfer Agreement
with Caltrans |
| June 2007 |
Redevelopment Agency issued a Request for Qualification
to seek a consultant team |
| Oct. 2007 |
Award contract to MIG |
| Jan. / Feb. 2008 |
Round 1 Community workshop and stakeholder meetings:
What Doesn’t Work |
| Apr. / May 2008 |
Round 2 Community workshop and stakeholder meetings
– What Will Work and Priortize |
| Sept. 2008 |
Meeting with Caltrans District 4 regarding at-grade
pedestrian crosswalks at Woodside Rd. at Middlefield |
| Oct / Nov 2008 |
Round 3 Community and Stakeholder Workshops –
Are These the Priority Areas and Type of Improvements? |
| Dec. 11, 2008 |
Last Community Workshop – Review and Provide
Comments to the Draft Study
|
| Dec. 31, 2008 |
Consultant to submit Final Mobility Study to Redwood
City
|
| 2009 |
City and Agency to continue dialogue with the community
and determine resources to implement the improvements
described in the Study.
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For information:
Contact Jeannie Young, Redevelopment Project Manager at jyoung@redwoodcity.org
or 650.780.7365.
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