Planning and Process

At Redwood City’s January 13, 2020 City Council meeting, a Strategic Plan was adopted identifying Housing, Transportation and Children and Youth as the City’s top priorities. The City Council also directed staff to launch a community planning process to 1) update the previous Downtown Precise Plan (DTPP) through a Central Redwood City planning effort, and 2) prioritize studying a sub-district called the Transit District Area Plan. The redevelopment of Sequoia Station is central to the city’s work around the Transit District Area Plan – in fact, Sequoia Station, together with the adjacent Caltrain property, comprises the large majority of the District. Future Caltrain track and station expansion at Sequoia Station requires the demolition of structures that currently house CVS and Safeway. The redevelopment of Sequoia Station enables a win-win to expand transportation while keeping these critical service retailers.

In the Fall of 2020, the City of Redwood City launched a virtual community workshop process to gather input for the Downtown Transit District. They received hundreds of responses to their public input survey and we have modified the original proposal to further focus on this feedback and the city’s priorities.