Woodside opens Town Center Area Plan CAC, agenda centers on parking, circulation and preservation

The Town of Woodside convened the first of four meetings for its Town Center Area Plan Community Advisory Committee (TCAP CAC) to begin shaping a revision of the town center plan and to gather community priorities on parking, circulation, historic resources and housing.

Town Manager Jason Ledbetter opened the session, calling it “the first of 4 CAC meetings” and laying out an engagement schedule that includes two pop‑ups in September, a community workshop planned for Oct. 9 and an online survey that staff said is already live.

Why it matters: The TCAP review will inform a plan update and the environmental review (an EIR) that must accompany any policy or zoning changes. The committee’s recommendations will feed the town council and planning commission; legal limits created by prior voter measures and state and federal technical requirements could constrain options the committee examines.

Consultants from Good City Company and Urban Field Studio presented an existing‑conditions summary and a draft boundary for the plan area, explained outreach steps and identified issues staff expects the CAC to weigh. Key topics raised by committee members, staff and public commenters included parking supply and distribution, pedestrian and equestrian safety, the character of the public realm, historic resources and how ballot‑box measures and ongoing litigation could affect potential changes.

Parking and circulation - Consultants reported an inventory of roughly 577 parking spaces in the town center area (estimate). They said about 92% of spaces are off‑street and that parking demand…