NEWARK AREA TWO CONCEPT PLAN DESIGN, COMMUNITY & ENVIR ONMENT Draft — July 7, 2008 TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter One: Introduction 1 Chapter Two: Principles of Transit-Oriented Development 7 Chapter Three: Site and Context 15 Chapter Four: Concept Plan 33 Chapter Five: Implementation 43 City of Newark | Area Two Concept Plan iv TABLE OF CONTENTS City of Newark | Area Two Concept Plan CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION This Concept Plan was undertaken as a collaborative effort between the City and landowners adjacent to a proposed Newark Station of the Dumbarton Rail Corridor. This is a unique opportunity for the City of Newark to create a new type of neighborhood that will provide housing, access to new rail transit, connections to open space and possibly community amenities such as a performing arts facility. This project will enable fallow “brownfield” land to be reclaimed into a new community that will provide citywide benefits. As planned, it will also serve as a model for a pedestrian-friendly, compact kind of development that will attract a variety of residents and retail. It has the potential to become a new destination within Newark which will draw visitors from within the City, neigh- boring communities and across the Bay. City of Newark | Area Two Concept Plan Background Creating a Vision In collaboration with Area Two landowners, the City of The goal of the Area Two Newark began a planning effort in the fall of 2007 to explore Concept Plan is to create a potential development in Area Two around the planned vison for a new neighbor- Newark Dumbarton Rail Station. hood adjacent to the pro- posed Newark Station of the Area Two includes around 600 acres of land that has contained Dumbarton Rail Corridor. various industrial, manufacturing, chemical processing and salt The neighborhood has the Aerial view of the Plan Area. production facilities since the early twentieth century. Zoning potential to become a vibrant for the Plan Area was updated in 1999 with the adoption of the community. Situated on the Newark Area Two Specific Plan, which anticipated the con- Dumbarton Rail Corridor, struction of a Community College surrounded by multi-level the neighborhood would office and R&D buildings. However, after adoption of that have access to regional con- Plan, the Community College located elsewhere and the mar- nections and local open ket for office space in southern Alameda County contracted. space. The Plan is a collab- The planned Dumbarton Rail Corridor presents an opportu- orative effort between the nity to create a vibrant new transit-oriented center in Newark City, local landowners and that will provide new housing while generating significant the community. Community Workshop table map illustrating some community members ideas ridership for the Dumbarton Rail Corridor. about a development alternative. The planning effort undertaken for this Concept Plan included two public meetings that were used to gauge support among Newark residents for new types of development around Area Two. Three proposed development alternatives were pre- sented and the community provided substantial input. Based on that input, City staff concluded that the next step should be to refine a conceptual land use plan and bring it to the Planning City of Newark Community Members sharing their ideas at a Community Commission and City Council for review. This was done in Workshop. 2 CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION City of Newark | Area Two Concept Plan CITY OF NEWARK AREA TWO CONCEPT PLAN «¬24 ¦¨§80 March 2008; both the Planning Commission and City Council Drive and Willow Street to the east, Perrin Avenue to the Marin ut 101 Oakland Contra Costa ¦¨§880 unanimously approved the ideas behind the Concept Plan. south, and salt production facilities bordering San Francisco San Francisco Bay to the west, as shown in Figure 1-3. ¦¨§580 ¦¨§680 As Mayor Smith and the City Council have stated, this Alameda «¬92 «¬84 ¦¨§280 Newark Concept Plan is only a start. More work must be done to ARDENWOOD BLVD Fremont «¬92 «¬84 ¦¨§880 accurately assess the impacts of the development that it envi- TUPELO ST sions on the City of Newark and the environment. Next steps FREMONT BLVD San Mateo ¦¨§680 «¬84 ut 101 will include refining the land use plan, analyzing the impact «¬84 NEWARK BLVD ¦¨§280 PSO PADRE PKWY Santa Clara of replacing previously approved office development with FREMONT MOWRY AVE San Jose residential development and proposing detailed land use regula- Figure 1-1: The City of Newark within BLACOW RD Santa Cruz tions that will guide and facilitate transit-oriented development. the0 2Bay 4 Miles Area regional context. ¨¦§880 84 This work will likely take the form of a new Specific Plan and «¬ F I G U R E 3 - 1 REGIONAL LOCATION associated General Plan and Zoning Code amendments, along CHERRY ST E V A Y R with any environmental review required under the California W CITY OF O M D V L NEWARK B Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). N O S N E V E T BOYCE RD S Location of Area Two and the Concept Plan Area Area Two S a The City of Newark is in southern Alameda County on the east n F r a n c i s shores of San Francisco Bay. The regional context is shown in c o B Figure 1-1. Area Two is entirely within Newark city limits a y south of State Route 84 leading to the Dumbarton Bridge and west of Interstate 880. The relationship of Area Two to the 0 0.25 0.5 Miles City of Newark is shown in Figure 1-2. At a closer scale, Area Figure 1-2: Area Two within the City of Newark. Two is bounded by Thornton Avenue to the north, Enterprise City of Newark | Area Two Concept Plan CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 3 T H E C I T Y O F N E W A R K A R E A T W O C O N C E P T P L A N B S r S y i e c d q S Ct am e g u il Yew o v e o k r p ia C e A o C t St s t i in v t e r e Av a et J D uns Ma SW rshlan r ds a R l E d n L d l g R u o m in t nd c La S u S S s t s t w N t yhe U a u S I M t t h l G L m A D y P u a e s g n u h ga m g ho F r u a W A M i e C S r C l t o t a R C t S l T l ho t t n S rn P u E t o t on W k L A P p S r v Sa M l t i a I e p l a a l r U ya o a w I St w p S t e M D le N - S C A t S 2 h t W / R e E s l 1 H t a L m E n ve l o i u A n c r c S Don Edwards k t e u L p u ni t t I o S Ju Dr s r t po S t y lep t S San Francisco M S A ve t - t A ells 4 ve W / n A Bay dari 1 Man ct E National Wildlife edu n qu t y A e tch r -He p Refuge tch r He i s e C T H E C I T Y O F N E W A R K t r e D pris A R EA T W O C ON C E P tT P LA N nter educ E qu C y A e tch n Willow St t He r h- a tc l B e t S C r S H n y i e e c t d q S t m am e g u il Yew C n o v e o k ig r p ia l e LAND OWNERSHIP A C o C t l A St s t i i in a v t R ve r e n A a t J o se Plan Area (233 acres) M D rt un ar r a SW shlan b ds m a Rd u l E D n L d l t 1. Cargill: 20.0 acres g R u o m C in t t nd c abo La S u S Salt C S s t s t H 2. w N t FMC: 9.7 acres he i U T H E C I T Y O F ayN E W A R K S c I M u k t t o h G m ProductionA 3. FMC: 14.7 acres L r D Pl a s g A R E A TyW O C O N C E P T u P L A N e y an u h g m g S u ho r A a F W S 4. M i e t FMC: 17.2 acres r C Facilities o C l t R t l T C t S a h t ln 5. S o t FMC: 8.1 acres E rn P u to o t k n W r B L A p S 6.