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Measure Q: Proposed Zoning Changes and Community Impact in Redwood City

Measure Q proposes significant zoning changes in Redwood City, planning for a new Planned Community District. This includes increasing building heights to 240 feet and density to 61 units per acre. The plan allows the filling of over 10 acres of navigable water and wetlands and the construction of up to 17 towers. Critics argue that these changes would lead to major traffic, environmental, and water resource issues, contrasting with city plans that emphasize accessible housing near transit and services. This vote could irrevocably alter the community's skyline and infrastructure.

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Measure Q: Proposed Zoning Changes and Community Impact in Redwood City

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  1. What is Measure Q? • Measure Q is a vote on whether to change current zoning to create a Planned Community District that: • Increases building heights from the current maximum of 75 feet to 240 feet - triple the height • Increases density from the current maximum of 43 units per acre to 61 units per acre - 47% increase in density • Allows over 10 acres of navigable water and wetland bay to be filled. • Enables construction of up to 17 towers between 20-23 stories tall. Committee Against Measure Q/ People for Housing Not High-rises

  2. Big and Isolated • Extreme height on a small land footprint • Triples General Plan height limits • Taller than the tallest Oracle building • More skyscrapers of this height than Sacramento or San Jose • Limited access • Currently only one small access road • No relief • Proposed Blomquist extension expected to be overburdened when it opens • Inaccessible to transit • Dense • 1,930 luxury condos • More than 4,000 people • More than 14,000 new car trips PER DAY on already burdened roads • Within 100 yards of Bair Island Wildlife Refuge Committee Against Measure Q/ People for Housing Not High-rises

  3. Inappropriate Development • Contrary to City’s strategic plan for housing • General Plan: Encourage housing downtown • Emphasize proximity to transit • Emphasize proximity to services • Downtown Plan • Invest in an active and vital city center • Courthouse Square • Library • Theater district • Redwood City’s General Plan • Residential development should be located only where services and facilities can be provided. (Land Use Policy L-1, page 6-5) • Higher residential densities should be promoted at locations near or within commercial and financial centers, and transportation terminals. (Land Use Policy L-3, page 6-5) Committee Against Measure Q/ People for Housing Not High-rises

  4. Views From Bair Island Future view? Irrevocably changed skyline Committee Against Measure Q/ People for Housing Not High-rises

  5. Effects of Measure Q • Environmental Impact Report (EIR) list 88 negative impacts. • Traffic • Water • Environment • Privatize Marinas • 27 are Significant and Unmitigatable Committee Against Measure Q/ People for Housing Not High-rises

  6. Traffic Impacts • Limited access • Whipple is only freeway on/off ramp • Congestion on 101, Whipple, Woodside, Veterans, Broadway • Difficult transit access • Required shuttle and buses will be inadequate; half cost paid by SamTrans, not expected to work. Committee Against Measure Q/ People for Housing Not High-rises

  7. Water Impact • Redwood City is currently using approx. 1000 a.f. of water more than its SFPUC allocation (12,000 a.f.). • RC cannot guarantee the water supply for this project • Marina Shores Village would use an additional 482 a.f. of water (4% of allocation) • 458 a.f for residential use (95% of usage, 3.8% of allocation) • 24 a.f. for landscape irrigation (5% of usage, 0.2% of allocation) • Marina Shores $10M is standard ‘tap fee’ for connecting to City services for a development of this size. This is a required payment, not an “investment.” Committee Against Measure Q/ People for Housing Not High-rises

  8. Water Supply • Nothing will increase the City’s drinking water. • All water is from Hetch Hetchy through the SF PUC • RC has attempted to purchase additional supply, to no avail. • We are under pressure to get back within the allocation. • Drought or shortage would require immediate 12% cutback without Marina Shores, 15% with Marina Shores. The pro-rata share of cutback would be in addition to this. • EIR Section 10 Committee Against Measure Q/ People for Housing Not High-rises

  9. Emergency Water Supply • The height of the towers, density of the development and distance from other emergency supplies result in the requirement for on-site emergency water supplies to meet minimum fire safety standards. • Emergency supplies would be dedicated for use of Marina Shores and the 2 small existing developments. • There would be no excess capacity for other Redwood City residents. (EIR Section 10) Committee Against Measure Q/ People for Housing Not High-rises

  10. Recycled Water • Recycled water facility • Being built to address existing overuse • Goal to recycle 1,600 AF/Yr, slightly more than our current over-use of Hetch Hetchy water. • Cost will be greater than $50M • Primary users are industrial sites east of Hwy 101 • All new construction east of 101 required to include recycled component • Is not planned to serve RC west of 101 • Only 5% of Marina Shores water usage is applicable for recycled water Committee Against Measure Q/ People for Housing Not High-rises

  11. Parks and Open Space? • City Requirements for parkland • General Plan: 1.75 acres per thousand residents • General Plan: expected to be increased to 2.25 a/1000 • Precise Plan: 6.8 acres of parks and open space (1.7 a/1000) • Parks and Open Space Inclusions at MSV (p27-29 of Precise Plan) • 3.5 acres that is UNDERWATER - the marinas • 1.3 acres under the existing power transmission towers • 1.5 acres for required hardscape walkways at edges of development • 0.5 acres at Point Park Committee Against Measure Q/ People for Housing Not High-rises

  12. Parks and Open Space? • EIR: this open space “would not provide any of the typical neighborhood or community park amenities provided at other parks in the city.” Committee Against Measure Q/ People for Housing Not High-rises

  13. Redwood City/Marina Shores • Redwood City median income: • City-wide annual: $66,748 • City-wide Monthly: $5,562 • Redwood Shores annual: $100,683 • Redwood Shores monthly: $8,390 • Requirements at Marina Shores: • Low income • Annual income: $56,550 • Monthly payment: $1,550 • Moderate Income • Annual income: $109,800 • Monthly payment: $2,768 Redwood City Planning Dept., Sept 2003 Committee Against Measure Q/ People for Housing Not High-rises

  14. Housing Affordability • Starting Salary Ranges • Firefighter: $65,016 • Librarian: $40,104 • Police: $71,184 • Nurse (County General): $69,216 • Teacher: $37,762 Committee Against Measure Q/ People for Housing Not High-rises

  15. Intentional Deception • None of developers images show the skyscrapers: the primary characteristic of the development • There is no description of the size of the project • Literature, web site talk about the • “creation of parks and open space” • “increased water supply” • “traffic improvements will reduce traffic” • “affordable housing” • None of it is true. Committee Against Measure Q/ People for Housing Not High-rises

  16. Conclusion: Measure Q is a Bad Deal. • It is not a village. The height, density and cumulative impact are inappropriate and intolerable. • It creates traffic congestion, environmental degradation and visual degradation for all area residents. • It will significantly strain the City’s already over-taxed water supply. • It does not provide amenities to Redwood City residents. • It does not offer appropriately priced low and affordable housing. Committee Against Measure Q/ People for Housing Not High-rises

  17. NO on Measure Q • Developer is asking Redwood City residents to accept a completely out-of-scale development with horrific environmental, traffic and other impacts • Majority of residents recoil from height and density Vote NO on Measure Q Committee Against Measure Q/ People for Housing Not High-rises

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