The 50/50 Balanced Plan

What is the 50/50 Balanced Plan?
It is a plan to guide future use of the more than 1,400 acre (2.2 square mile) Redwood City Industrial Saltworks site. The 50/50 Plan dedicates 50 percent of the Saltworks site for open space, recreation including Bayside Park and restored habitat uses. The remaining 50 percent includes a planned Transit Oriented Community with a range of housing choices, schools, parks, professional offices, retail, and transit facilities.

How was the 50/50 Balanced Plan created?
The DMB Saltworks team spent nearly three years asking local residents for their community priorities and suggestions for the site. More than 10,000 people provided input through forums, workshops, small group meetings, emails, reply cards and phone calls.

About 20 percent of the community favored an "open space only" plan for the site. The remaining 80 percent favored a broad mix of uses, including: housing, schools, parks and recreation, Bayside access, transit and other uses. The 50/50 Plan is a plan that balances open space and habitat priorities with these other community priorities.

Does the 50/50 Plan offer any benefits to current residents of Redwood City?
Yes. It includes numerous amenities and facilities that were suggested by the community, including a large 50+ acre sports park, community gardens, a 4H farm, a kayak launch, Bayside Park which includes 10 new miles of Bayside access, schools, housing for seniors and working families, transit facilities, and flood control.

Is there a plan to build new schools to accommodate the children who will live in this new community?
Yes. The 50/50 Plan includes new schools and school sites to accommodate the children who will live in this new Redwood City community. More detailed planning for schools will be conducted with education leaders during the City review process.

Will the 50/50 Plan cost existing taxpayers any money?
No. The 50/50 Plan will not add any new burdens to current residents. In fact it will generate a surplus of millions of dollars each year for the City when it is completed.

Does the 50/50 Plan offer Redwood City residents any new access to the Bay?
Absolutely. The 50/50 Plan includes Bayside Park which will create more than 10-miles of new Bayside trails and parks, interpretive exhibits, water recreation facilities, observation decks, waterfront retail, and other Bayside amenities included in this plan.

Will you use existing City water supplies for this new community?
No. The 50/50 Plan will provide its own water supplies, and it won't impact current water users in the city. The 50/50 Plan also includes state-of-the-art water conservation programs that will reduce per household potable water use by 50 percent.


For more information please call the DMB Saltworks Team at (650) 366-0500, email us at info@rcsaltworks.com or stop by to see us at 1700 Seaport Blvd. Suite 200, Redwood City, CA 94063