The Jay Paul Company has announced it will hold two public meetings to describe their project: a planned community development (PC rezoning) at 395 Page Mill that would add two office buildings, totaling 311,000 square feet on the same site as the 220,000 square foot AOL building, and a three story 44,500 square foot Public Safety Building (the public benefit) and associated Parking Garage opposite, at 3045 Park Boulevard.
WHEN: Nov 20th and Dec 4th, 7 PM
WHERE: main conference room 395 Page Mill Road
Ray Paul will be there along with his architect, Tom Gilman. Also speaking will be someone from Fehr & Peers, the traffic consultants hired by the city (apparently the city is aware of this even though their report is not final), and Paul Krupka, the Traffic Demand Management TDM consultant hired by Jay Paul.
The following provided by Art Liberman…..
These new buildings would add as much office space as currently exists in all four buildings of the Palo Alto Square development – including the two 10 story buildings , while the size of the property is about half the size of Palo Alto Square.
The proposal includes 1700 parking spaces, so even though it is close to Caltrain’s California Avenue station, the project will certainly result in a huge increase in traffic in the El Camino/Page Mill/California Avenue area.
One of questions is whether the Council is so desperate for a new public safety building that they are willing to overlook the projects’ negative features – the traffic snarls, the problems it would create for the nearby residents, and also the issues with placing a Public Safety building on road with poor connectivity to the main arteries. Park Boulevard, the location of the proposed public safety building and the parking garage it would share with the new commercial buildings, is certain to be crowded with pedestrians and road traffic, which would impede the deployment of public safety vehicles. It is also slated to become one of Palo Alto’s new ‘Bicycle Boulevards.’
Project overview:
http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/37530
An Environmental Impact Report is being prepared. More information about this project is on the Planning and Department website:
http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/news/displaynews.asp?NewsID=2269&TargetID=319
Jay Paul public meeting invitation