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EDAW lNG WORK PROGRAM
<br />TRANSfT-ORI~NTED SPECIFIC PLAN
<br />FOR THE HACIENDA BUSINESS PARK
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<br />These-sub areas are identified for further analysis
<br />because they are either considered opportunity
<br />sites which are located in close proximity to BART
<br />have relatively low levels of existing development,
<br />or are candidates for constructive reuse.
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<br />A TEAM THAT PLANS FOR PROJECTS
<br />THAT'~NORK~
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<br />While the Consultant Team is deeply committed to
<br />outstanding urban design, we also understand that
<br />good design is not the only factor that makes for
<br />successful projects. If the buildings mandated by
<br />the plan are going to get built, they must also meet
<br />basic user needs and include designs that are cost
<br />effective. Too often, plans require that buildings
<br />have impractical setback, heights, parking solutions
<br />and/or a number of other features, given
<br />construction costs and overall project value.
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<br />Our team for this Transit-Oriented Specific Plan is
<br />led by EDAW, Inc., an international urban design,
<br />planning, landscape architecture, environmental
<br />and economic development consultancy, based in
<br />San Francisco. EDAW's special emphasis is on the
<br />broad and increasingly complex issues of urban
<br />planning and design, and environmental analysis.
<br />We have produced a portfolio of successful and
<br />award winning projects in cities around the world.
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<br />We also boast a strong track record of outstanding
<br />projects completed here in the Bay Area, including
<br />Specific, Area, and Transit Plans for several local
<br />cities and agencies including: Walnut Creek, San
<br />Francisco, Redwood City, San Jose, San Mateo,
<br />Milpitas, the Ports of San Francisco and Oakland,
<br />BART, and the VTA.
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<br />Because of the complexity and importance of this
<br />project, we have crafted a specially tailored team
<br />uniquely qualified to ensure the desired outcome of
<br />a visionary and implementable plan.
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<br />EDAW will lead and manage the overall effort,
<br />with special emphasis on land use, planning, urban
<br />design and environmental planning.
<br />Our team members include:
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<br />· Strategic Economics, market
<br /> economics and pro forma analysis;
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<br />Fehr & Peers, transportation and
<br />parking analysis; and,
<br />Ellen Greenberg, AICP,
<br />transportation and land use
<br />analyst and advisor
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<br />In addition to each team members' unique skills,
<br />we have successfully worked with one another on
<br />munerous complex multi-disciplinary projects and
<br />have very sound teaming relationships. Key to all
<br />of our teaming relationships is the ability to foster a
<br />highly collaborative and interactive environment
<br />between each team member.
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<br />We believe our success as a team in creating highly
<br />innovative, site specific, and implementable plans is
<br />largely attributable to the notion that, as a team, we
<br />are extremely comfortable with "sharing the
<br />podittm" with one another, and the other Teams;
<br />voices are heard and recognized as important
<br />contributors to the greater goal of creating well
<br />rounded plans.
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<br />As a team we are also interested in crafting urban
<br />environments that enable human contact and
<br />interaction in support of community building as
<br />well as business and trade.
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<br />Strategic Economics will develop pro formas to test
<br />the financial feasibility of potential development
<br />prototypes based on local market conditions.
<br />However, Strategic Economics will contribute more
<br />to the team than their technical expertise.
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<br />Strategic Economics has extensive experience
<br />working in complex urban mixed use environments
<br />and are strongly committed to working with
<br />EDAW in an interdisciplinary collaboration to
<br />create the best possible plan for the area.
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<br />Strategic Economics has collaborated with EDAW
<br />on numerous projects including many with
<br />emphasis on the creation of viable transit
<br />supportive environments.
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<br />Fehr & Peers, transportation planners and
<br />engineers, will also play a critical role in this
<br />assignment. While built form, land use, and
<br />financial feasibility are essential, so is having a firm
<br />understanding of multiple modes of transport, as
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