Planning & Design Meetings 10/21/2011 - PresentationLandscape Meeting
Palo Alto High School
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PALO ALTO HIGH SCHOOL
Palo Alto Unified School District
DATE: 21 October 2011, 9:00am to 12:00 pm
SUBJECT: Palo Alto High School Landscape review
ATTENDEES: Mary Gordon Aimee Lopez, OCMI/PAUSD
Nancy Bjork Tabitha Williams
Kathie Laurence Beau Hale, DLM
Anne Anderson Penny Proctor
Tim McBrian Todd Young
The purpose of this meeting was to review the current plant and tree selection for the
Media Arts and Classroom Building and to provide type of trees for the Stadium
improvements projects.
1. Members of the landscape subcommittee requested to review the stadium project
first since this was the project was going out to bid.
Following are the highlights of the Stadium Improvements Project
a. Planting
Mary Gordon (MG) the area outside the gates, near the picnic area, should
include planting. MG asked if irrigation for future will be available, and if so,
can planting be included in the landscape plan.
• MG will provide a number and type of plants for these areas by Monday,
Oct. 24.
b. Trees
• MG requested 2 additional trees to soften the area outside the entry
tower, and requested them to be in the area by the truncated domes.
Beau Hale (BH) from DLM will check if this will impact code
requirements, but believed that it was just to distinguish the street from
the pavement. MG to provide the type of species for these two trees by
Monday. Two evergreen types of trees were suggested in a 4-foot
space.
• MG requested that the planting space along the walkway to the visitor’s
bleacher be more than 4 feet. It was explained that the space is driven
by the ADA requirements. DLM will look into maximizing the planter area
for trees and still meet ADA. MG will provide the types of trees along the
walkway by Monday, October 24, 2011.
c. 4-Foot Fence
Anne Anderson (AA) discussed her conversation with Earl Hansen (EH) in
regards to the fencing along the track. Kathie Laurence (KL) expressed
concerns about safety and supervision, but agreed to remove the fencing on
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the South side of the track from the scope. Fencing will remain on the long
sides of the track. EH will confirm if fencing will remain on the North-side. KL
requested to look into a removable type of fencing for the North-side. BH will
look into specs for this option.
d. Benches
MG and AA requested additional benches long the “Picnic Area” to protect
the area from being trampled. DLM will include a total of 7 benches on the
drawings.
e. Stadium Name
AA asked about the name on top of the iron fencing and on the entry tower
structure. AA will follow-up with Phil Winston the specifics of the name. DLM
will include a note on the bid documents that allows for 20 letters on the
fencing and entry tower. Name will be determined at a later date.
f. Pavers
AA and MG asked about the paver alternate and asked if a different type of
pavers can be included in lieu of permutable pavers. MG will provide a spec
by Monday, Oct. 24.
g. Concrete
MG asked if colored concrete can be specified for concrete areas or at least
a portion of it. Aimee Lopez (AL) explained that this is a scope change and
will require additional funds. BH suggested integral concrete and will look
into what the cost increase would be.
BH explained that the above information will be required by Monday in order to not
delay the bid date. Members of the landscape subcommittee agreed to provide the
information by Monday morning.
2. Discussion moved to the project alternates:
a. Nancy Bjork asked about what is included as alternates. BH read the list
that is currently on the drawings. AA explained that she believed that all
alternates are to be included as part of the base bid. AL agreed to follow-up
on this, and AA was also going to contact Tom Hodges to clarify her
understanding.
3. The Media Arts and Classroom Building was tabled until a later time due to time
constraints. Tabitha Williams (TW) will contact the team for this meeting.
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