At this site, you can learn more and discover ways to take action. This front page offers brief summaries of new and urgent items. You can use the menu above to explore in greater depth.
Phase 1 of the Realize Flood Park landscape plan is nearly complete and the park is opening Dec 21.
Natural Play Structures – Fun!
Trees still play very important roles after their natural life ends. Fallen trees provide needed habitat for insects and wildlife. The can provide a great fun filled experience for community children and a wonderful all natural play area.
Save Flood Park’s Trees and Historic Woodland
Urgent help is needed to save Flood Park’s beautiful historic woodland. The County plans are off track and need to re-align with community needs and preserve the park’s treasured woodland and picnic areas.
Grandfather Oak – Cut Down Sept 2021
The largest oak tree and oldest, was abruptly cut down at the end of September 2021. The public was not notified and did not have time to get an arborist to assess the tree. It had a health rating of A+ just a couple of years ago.
This Action webpage provides information in support of various actions needed to advocate for Flood Park and the community’s needs at the park.
It is unclear when looking at the county parks planning documents (EIRs, Errata, Presentations, etc.) what the impact of the new project will be on
Press Release 4/19/2021 – Flood Tree Advocates
Below is the press release sent out 4/19/21. Feel free to forward to anyone you wish to. The San Mateo County Parks Dept.’s new conceptual
After 6 years of various planning, presentations, and reports, San Mateo County Parks Department’s Reimagine Flood Park project was approved in November 2020. In July of 2023, the first phase of construction is planned to start.
This website focuses on the County’s Reimagine project plans with the goal of helping County, through community engagement to refine plan features and to ensure the project reflects the interests of the community. We, citizens of San Mateo county, can use this website and other resources to understand the Plan and provide input and feedback to County Parks and County management as to priorities and modifications to the Reimagine Project. This website resource will help insure that the community’s objectives for the park are known to County and that harm to the park’s natural environment and heritage woodland is avoided.
Many county residents have other major concerns regarding the projects priorities of moving the youth sports fields out 2 or 3 years (or more) in the future, of spending millions of dollars on picnic areas that might have more simply been renovated, and the removal of mature trees when they could have been saved by simply moving a tennis court of basketball court a few feet one direction. Yet there is wide support for the project to move forward with restoring the baseball field, adding a soccer-lacrosse field, and building accessible playgrounds.
Flood Park is the oldest San Mateo county park east of Skyline Blvd. Its woodland area contains scores of old oaks, bay, and redwood trees, some dating back to the 1800s.
The park is home to family traditions, where family gatherings to celebrate family, birthdays, graduations, marriages, births, and other treasured events are traditions that have gone on for generations.
Concerned citizens are joining together to advocate for this historic park and to preserve the nature and environment the park woodland provides for all that visit, that walk the woodland, that use the beautiful shaded picnic areas.
Flood Park’s sports fields have been unmaintained and now unusable for well over a decade and are projected to be that for a few more years. We are working to restore these sport fields back to the beautiful sports fields they once were and introduce a multipurpose soccer/lacrosse field.
Just as important is to preserve the woodland and shaded picnic areas, home of countless organizations and family traditions. Some have used these locations year after year, for generations.
We support the basis for the Reimagine Flood Park project, yet we want to correct the misassumptions made in the project plans. We are striving to protect the heritage woodland where a great number of the beautiful trees in the heart of the this area are planned to be destroyed
Playgrounds and sport fields on the edge of the woodland and picnic and BBQs throughout the beautiful shaded woodland.
This website advocates for maintaining Flood Park, restoring the sports fields, and preserving the woodland environment. On this website, you can explore the Reimagine Flood Park project, increase your understanding of the project, enter the discussion by asking questions, giving feedback on the park, and helping County Parks and our community achieve the restoration of a unique and beautiful park, full of nature, traditions, and fun for all.
The woodland at the park is the only preserved nature in this area of county. It is a beautiful retreat for nature lovers, families, school age children, and the general public. Many of the trees date back to when California was a Spanish territory, and later when it was part of Rancho de las Pulgas.
County, in prior planning documents states “The generally open natural appearance of the park, particularly its native trees, is one of its great resources to the surrounding zones of development*.”
An area full of beautiful old oaks, bay, redwood, and other trees, providing shade and nature to picnic areas and walking paths.
Playground for young kids and a new playground proposed for young toddlers, all to have accessibility features.
Beautiful picnic settings for groups (small and large). Many of the tables are shaded by the mature trees in the park.
369± parking spots with entrance at 215 Bay Rd.
Currently both the small and large baseball fields are not maintained but when they are, a wonderful area for games.
Currently there are tennis, volleyball, softball, horseshoes at the park. A large multi-purpose field is planned for the baseball field area, but at a loss of ...
Currently, no public transit services the park or nearby areas. Please car pool when you can.
Trees still play very important roles after their natural life ends. Fallen trees provide needed habitat for insects and wildlife. The can provide a great fun filled experience for community children and a wonderful all natural play area.
Urgent help is needed to save Flood Park’s beautiful historic woodland. The County plans are off track and need to re-align with community needs and preserve the park’s treasured woodland and picnic areas.
The largest oak tree and oldest, was abruptly cut down at the end of September 2021. The public was not notified and did not have time to get an arborist to assess the tree. It had a health rating of A+ just a couple of years ago.
