Station Area Advisory Group (SAAG)
The City convened the Diridon Station Area Advisory Group (SAAG) in January 2018. It includes 38 member organizations appointed by the City Council. The primary purpose of the SAAG is to provide input to the City Administration on land use, development, transportation, and construction plans affecting the Diridon Station Area.
In 2018, the City held a community engagement process that centered on the SAAG and culminated in a comprehensive Diridon Station Area Civic Engagement Report (see the Archive for details on the 2018 process and this page for details on Past SAAG meetings). This page includes the Agendas, Meeting Summaries, Presentations (slideshows), Minutes, Video Recordings, and other materials for each of the SAAG Meetings held after completion of the 2018 report.
SAAG meetings are currently being held through Zoom webinar. In-person meetings are held at City Hall in the Wing - Committee Rooms (118-120), unless otherwise noted. The Committee Rooms are located behind the Council Chambers, when entering from 5th street. The closest entrance to the Committee Rooms is from 4th Street. If driving, park in the rear of the City Hall garage near the Wing elevators and bring your ticket for validation. SAAG meetings are typically live streamed on the CivicCenterTV website, and videos are posted for viewing following the meetings.
We offer live interpretation in Spanish at every meeting. For in-person meetings, headsets are available to the right when you walk in, next to the sign-in table. For virtual meetings, we use the Zoom webinar interpretation function.
Attendees of SAAG meetings are subject to the City’s Code of Conduct for Public Meetings, which is intended to promote open meetings that welcome debate of public policy issues in an atmosphere of fairness, courtesy, and respect for differing points of view.
The City conducted a survey of the SAAG members in August 2021 to gather feedback as part of a broader effort to evaluate the 2019-21 Diridon Station Area community engagement process.
UPCOMING Saag meetingS
None Scheduled
Previous Regular Saag meetings
Wednesday, April 14, 2021 | 6:00 - 9:00 pm - ZOOM Webinar
November 9, 2020 | 6:00 - 8:00 pm - ZOOM Webinar
September 16, 2020 | 6:00pm - ZOOM Webinar
March 18, 2020: CANCELLED due to COVID-19 (see Spring 2020 outreach page for information and feedback opportunities)
June 17, 2020 | 6:00pm via ZOOM Webinar Virtual Meeting:
January 16, 2020 | 6:00pm at the City Hall Wing Room 118-120
August 22, 2019 | 6:30pm at the City Council Chambers
May 22, 2019 | 6:30pm
Live streaming of this meeting was not available, but the video recording is available below.
Materials shared at Small Group Meetings:
Current Planning Efforts Handout
Diridon Station Area Projects + Downtown Context Board
Community Engagement Process Handout
Building Upon Previous Community Engagement Input Handout
Diridon Station Area Plan - Fact Sheet
Diridon Station Area Plan Amendments Board
Diridon Integrated Station Concept Plan - Fact Sheet
Google Project Handout
Diridon Area Parking Study + Downtown Transportation Plan Handout
Transportation + Parking Board
Parks, Trails, and Open Space in the Diridon Station Area Handout
Parks, Trails, and Open Space in the Diridon Station Area Board
Housing + Displacement Board
Previous Small group Meetings of the SAAG
November 19, 2019 | 11:30 am - 1:30 pm, City Hall, Room 1734
November 21, 2019 | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm - City Hall, Room 1734
December 2, 2019 | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm - Bascom Community Center
The purpose of the meetings are to:
Enhance understanding of the planning efforts and decision-making processes for the major Diridon Station Area projects occurring over the next year
Gather feedback on the initial concepts under consideration, including Google’s Downtown West Mixed-Use Plan proposal and the staff-recommended layout for the Diridon Integrated Station Concept Plan
The presentation and discussion will be based upon the materials posted to the right (also available on the Resources and the Diridon Station Area Plan + Google Project pages). Here is a summary of the meetings.
ARCHIVE
Visit this page for SAAG meetings completed February - October 2018.