archived proposals

• The New Town plan, as proposed by Victor Gonzalez, calls for development of 600 to 700 housing units, including affordable housing, and sets aside a pocket of the campus for a 100-room boutique hotel. 
• The map below reveals a concentration of multifamily housing on the east side of Arnold Drive in duplex clusters and single family dwellings on medium-sized lots. On the west side, duplex clusters, housing in renovated buildings, and single family dwellings on small, medium, and large lots are mixed with other uses. 
• New Town designates about ~315,000 square feet of existing and new buildings as commercial, hospitality, and institutional space, where the hotel, retail outlets, artists’ studios, and community services for residents would be accommodated.
• With a nod to open space and historical values, New Town sets aside ~50 acres within the campus as open space setbacks to minimize impacts on the wildlife corridor and Sonoma Creek. 
• The plan includes a road connecting the campus to Highway 12 to help alleviate both traffic and emergency evacuation concerns. 
• Gonzalez believes New Town represents a financially feasible plan that could be attractive to a savvy developer able to deal with the major expense of upgrading aging and failing infrastructure.

For a more detailed discussion of the New Town plan, read Tracy Salcedo's article, Focus on SDC: Three groups create proposals with housing front and center, published in the Kenwood Press on Oct. 1, 2021.