Menlo Park has released the final version of the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for Meta’s Willow Village development, which is now available for public review. The project will redevelop 59 acres with up to 1.2 million square feet offices and 1,730 homes.
Meta, formerly known as Facebook, has plans to build the ambitious mixed-use development with office and residential uses along with a hotel, retail and commercial space, a dog park and a publicly accessible park in the Belle Haven neighborhood. The main development would be built along Willow Road between Hamilton Avenue and Ivy Drive, according to the application.
As the project winds its way through the development pipeline, the amount of square footage dedicated to office and hotel use has not changed. Commercial and residential use grew to over 87,000 square feet and residential use has increased to nearly 1.5 million square feet in the final report, the largest use of land in the project.
One of the major differences between the draft EIR and the final version is a proposed tunnel project at Willow Road. Meta had planned to build an undercrossing at Willow Road for bicyclists and pedestrians as a part of the required community amenities, but it was removed from the proposal. The EIR has now changed to indicate the tunnel as a possibility, rather than a certainty, and the undercrossing can now be built at the discretion of Facebook.
Construction at Willow Village is now expected to cause the removal 781 existing trees — 276 of which are heritage trees — with plans to plant about 1,780 trees.
Of the planned 1,730 units of housing, about 18% of those units will be below-market-rate units, translating to 312 units of affordable housing, according to the final EIR document. Willow Village also plans to bring in a net increase of 4,332 new jobs, which is expected to generate 419 new residents in Menlo Park, according to the analysis.
The report also highlights mitigation measures surrounding the Native American burial and archaeological site at Hiller Mound where Facebook plans to develop. The draft EIR addressed the possibility of disturbing native burial sites, and said that the risk was unavoidable. The developer said that they would work around the site as much as possible.
Monitors from each consulting tribe will be allowed to be present at the location of work that disturbs ground at the site and there will also be confidential and pre-designated areas for the reburial of Native American remains found during the construction of Willow Village.
The developer will also appoint a tribal monitoring coordinator to create easy communication between the construction team and tribal monitors on all necessary aspects of the project.
With the mitigation efforts, the impact on human remains is expected to be less than significant, the report said.
Additionally highlighted in the final EIR, emissions have gone from significant and unavoidable to less than significant with mitigation, specifically with cancer-causing agents.
The final EIR is currently available for review and comments. Send written comments to Planning Manager Kyle Perata by email or letter until Oct. 24 at 5:30 p.m. View the EIR at beta.menlopark.org.
Email Staff Writer Cameron Rebosio at crebosio@almanacnews.com.
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