NOW ARRIVING .... A CHANGING DELMAS PARK “Extremely “Close to “Transit neighborhood everything” rich” friendly” “Peaceful. This “Great place “Gateway to is where my to live” Downtown” mom lived” “Eclectic “In transition” “Diverse” & smart” “Cautiously “Ready for optimistic “Promising” development” about Google” Now arriving: a changing Delmas Park A Community Assessment Report of the Delmas Park Neighborhood By: San Jose State Urban and Regional Planning Department, CommUniverCity, San Jose The Delmas Park Neighborhood Association, and the City of San Jose Urban and Regional Planning Students, Fall 2017 Urban and Regional Planning Students, Spring 2018 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Community Members Pop Up Park Acknowledgements • Local Color • Bert Weaver • Mudai Restaurant • Sarah Springer • iJava Cafe • Elena Lopez and her daughter • San Jose Learning Center • Kathy Sutherland • Volunteer Students from the Urban and Regional Planning • Hagos, Owner of the Mudai Restaurant Department Guest Speakers Other Contributors • Kim Walesh (City of San Jose, Office of Economic Development & • Stanley Wong (City of San Jose, Department of Public Works Special Deputy City Manager) Districts) • Lauren Prevetti (Town of Los Gatos, City Manager) • Chloe Verrey (Property Based Improvement District Operations • Donovan Lazaro (City of San Jose, Office of Economic Development) Manager) • Eric Eidlin (City of San Jose, Department of Transportation) • San Jose Downtown Association • Flo Pucci (San Jose State University, Masters of Urban Planning • CommUniverCity Staff (Nicole Guzman, Sneha Parmar, Justine Graduate) Cuevas) • Shiferaw Jemberie, Student at San Jose State University TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS WITHIN CHAPTER 4: LAND USES IN DELMAS PARK DELMAS PAK 4.1 A look at Delmas Park today--Existing land uses 1.1 The CommUniverCity San Jose Multi-Sector 4.2 Characteristics of built form and natural features Partnership 4.2.1 Figure-Ground Analysis 1.2 The Objectives of a Community Assessment 4.2.2 Existing Land Use 1.3 An Asset-Based Community Development Approach 4.2.3 General Plan Land Use Designations 1.4 Data Collection Approaches 4.2.4 Zoning Designations 4.2.5 Natural Features and Environmental CHAPTER 2: A PORTRAIT OF DELMAS PARK Conditions 2.1 The Assets of Delmas Park 4.2.6 Underutilized parcels 2.2 Critical Partnerships within Delmas Park-The 4.3 Streetscape Community’s greatest asset 4.3.1 Lynch Map of Built Environment Characteristics 2.3 The Diversity of Delmas Park- The Neighborhood’s Demo 4.3.2 Building Conditions graphics 4.3.3. Qualitative Streetscape Assessment 2.4 Key Project Stakeholder interview subjects: Individuals 4.4 Property ownership and groups that live, work and shape Delmas Park 2.5 Results of the 2017 Community Survey CHAPTER 5: GETTING AROUND DELMAS PARK 2.6 Observations from the Delmas Park Documentary 5.1 San Jose’s Vision for Transportation Video 5.2 Automobile Travel, Infrastructure and Safety 5.2.1 Residential Permit Parking Program CHAPTER 3: HOW DELMAS PARK CAME TO BE 5.2.2 Bicycle and Pedestrian Travel, Infrastructure and 3.1 The Settlement of San Jose Safety 3.2 Historical Context 5.3 Public Transit 3.3 People and Businesses that shaped Delmas Park over time 3.4 Landmarks, Landscapes, and Memories 3.5 Then and Now Photos CHAPTER 6: COMMUNITY ON THE BRINK OF 7.2 Vision of Delmas Park CHANGE 7.2.1 Envisioning future streetscapes in Delmas Park 6.1 Transportation developments in and around Diridon 7.2.2 Yield Streets (Sonoma Street) Station 7.2.3 Downtown Two-Way Streets (Auzerais Avenue, 6.1.1 California High Speed Rail West San Fernando Street) 6.1.2 The Extension of BART into Silicon Valley 7.2.4 Downtown One-Way Streets (South Montgomery 6.2 Planning for Mixed Use Development street) 6.2.1. Diridon Station Area Plan (DSAP) 7.3 Best Practices of Train Station Designs Around the World 6.2.2 Small Scale Future Developments 6.2.3 Large-Scale Future Developments CHAPTER 8: FUTURE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 6.3 Implications of the Future Development OPPORTUNITIES 8.1. Outcomes from December 2017 Community Open CHAPTER 7: COLLABORATIVE NEIGHBORHOOD House PLANNING AND VISIONING 8.2 Outcomes from May 2018 Community Open House and 7.1 Current Delmas Park Neighborhood Priorities Pop-Up Park 7.1.1 Homelessness 8.3 Potential Opportunities to add Green/Open Space 7.1.2 Affordable Housing 8.4. Establishing Improvement Districts 7.1.3 Community Services 8.5 A Long Term Commitment by CommUniverCity 7.1.4 Parks and Open Space for Recreation 8.6 Next Steps for the SJSU Graduate Student Planning Team 7.1.5 Community Cleanliness and Property Maintenance BIBLIOGRAPHY 7.1.6 Safe Pedestrian Access to Neighborhood School and Throughout the Neighborhood APPENDICES 7.1.7 Organized and Dedicated Permit Parking 7.1.8 Crime Prevention 7.1.9 Improve Street Paving and Sidewalk Conditions 7.1.10 Current Priorities: Results from the Open House LIST OF FIGURES CHAPTER 1 Figure 3.10: The Whipple House No Figures in this Chapter Figure 3.11: 130 Gifford Ave. Figure 3.12: Lake House Hotel Figure 3.13: San Jose Water Company CHAPTER 2 Figure 3.14: Diridon Station Figure 2.1: The Lakehouse District Figure 3.15: Delmas Church Figure 2.2: Proposed banners to commemorate the Lake House Figure 3.16: Aerial Photo District Figure 3.17: Lake House and silk factory location, present day Figure 2.3: Valle Verde Urban Greenhouse Figure 3.18: Aerial view of neighborhood, 1876 Figure 2.4: School of Visual Philosophy Figure 3.19: Street map of neighborhood, 1921 Figure 2.5: San Jose Learning Center Figure 3.20: Street map of neighborhood, 2017 Figure 2.6: iJava Figure 3.21: San Jose Water Works Figure 2.7: Fire Station 30 Figure 3.22: Then and now photos of San Jose Diridon Station Figure 2.8: Murals in Delmas Park Figure 3.23: Aerial view of Diridon station, 1950 Figure 2.9: Delmas Market Figure 3.24: Aerial view of Diridon station, 2017 Figure 2.10: Habesha Mini Mart Figure 3.25: Aerial photo of Orchard Supply, 1940 Figure 2.11: Mi Rancho Market Figure 3.26: Aerial photo of Orchard Supply, 2017 Figure 2.12: Population Density Map Figure 3.27: Orchard Supply, 1960 Figure 2.13:Map of Location of Garden Elementary School Figure 3.28: Orchard Supply, 2017 Figure 3.29: Then and Now, Downtown San Jose Figure 3.30: Highway interchange under construction in 1970 CHAPTER 3 Figure 3.31: Then and now Interstate 280 Figure 3.1: The Valley of Heart’s Delight Figure 3.32: Interstate 280 Figure 3.2: Photo of Antoine Delmas with his two sons, Delphin Figure 3.33: Interstate 280 and Joseph Figure 3.3: Sanborn Map CHAPTER 4 Figure 3.4: Hawthorn California Packing Corporation Figure 4.1: Figure-ground map Figure 3.5: Factory Site Figure 4.2: Map of the existing land uses Figure 3.6: Lake House Hotel Site Figure 4.3: General Plan land use designations Figure 3.7: Lake House Tract Figure 4.4: Zoning districts map Figure 3.8: The Brohaska-Dalis House Figure 4.5: Natural features in Delmas Park Figure 3.9: Photo of Irene Dalis Figure 4.6: Noise levels in Delmas Park Figure 4.7: Public parking lots and vacant parcels CHAPTER 6 Figure 4.8: Lynch Map Figure 6.1: Rendering of California High Speed Rail entering Diridon Figure 4.9: Qualitative assessment of building Station conditions in Delmas Park Figure 6.2: Proposed Option 1 & 2 Figure 4.10: Condition of properties in Delmas Park Figure 6.3: Extension of BART Figure 4.11: Locations in Delmas Park with excessive graffiti Figure 6.4. The three zones of the Diridon Station Area Plan. and litter, poor lighting, and buildings oriented Figure 6.5: Interactive map that allows users to click on colored away from the street parcels of land that indicate whether the development is Figure 4.12: Street Audit Form under construction, completed, or proposed Figure 4.13: Map of Delmas Park parcels divided into four Figure 6.6: Proposed design of Google Village colored zones Figure 6.7: Map of parcels that are already purchased by Google, Figure 4.14: Delmas Park Parcel: Zone 1 City-owned properties, government-owner properties of Figure 4.15: Crosswalks in Delmas Park interest to Google and outline of proposed Google Village as Figure 4.16: Operational status of Delmas Park street lights of January 2018 Figure 4.17: Property Ownership Figure 6.8: Recent poll given to County of Santa Clara registered voters asks questions regarding the proposed Google CHAPTER 5 development Figure 5.1: Intersection of Bird Avenue and San Carlos Street CHAPTER 7 Figure 5.2: Map of auto collision “hotspots” in Delmas Park Figure 7.1:Interactive map that allows participants to place a sticker by Figure 5.3: Areas for potential traffic improvements in what they feel is a priority Delmas Park Figure 7.2: Collaborative vision of what the community desires within Figure 5.4: Boundaries of the Parkside and Delmas Park their neighborhood and highlights some of the proposed RPP zones developments and common features residents want to improve Figure 5.5: Monthly average collisions in Delmas Park upon Figure 5.6: Ford GoBike station near the San Fernando Figure 7.3: Seven streets that were evaluated and categorized as a VTA light rail station. Downtown Thoroughfare, a Yield Street, a Downtown Figure 5.7: Current and future bicycle infrastructure One-Way Street, and a Downtown Two-Way Street Figure 5.8: Potential pedestrian improvements in Delmas Figure 7.4: Existing conditions of West San Carlos Street Park Figure 7.5: Recommendations for the existing conditions of West San Figure 5.9: Map of bicycle and pedestrian collisions with Carlos Street automobiles (2006-2016)