REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action on the First Amendment to the Cooperative Agreement between the City of Santa Clara and the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) for the Preparation of the Santa Clara Station Area Plan
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Promote and Enhance Economic, Housing and Transportation Development
BACKGROUND
Santa Clara received two funding opportunities that collectively provided $900,000 to support preparation of a Specific Plan for the Santa Clara Station Area (see Attachment 1 for a boundary map). On December 7, 2021, the City Council accepted and approved $400,000 in grant funding from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) for the preparation of the Santa Clara Station Area Specific Plan (Award Agreement - Attachment 4). The City also received $500,000 from the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) provided from a Federal Transportation Administration (FTA) grant award (Attachment 3) to fund consultant work to develop a Station Area Specific Plan with oversight by the City of Santa Clara.
On September 13, 2022, the City Council approved a Cooperative Agreement between the City of Santa Clara and the VTA for the preparation of the Santa Clara Station Area Plan and to set agency roles and expectations for the process. At a subsequent meeting on December 6, 2022, the Council acted a second time to approve the Cooperative Agreement, with the addition of two exhibits (the Original MTC/VTA Master Funding Agreement and FTA Award Agreement).
Due to the requirements of the grant awarded to the VTA from the FTA, the procurement process was administered by the VTA. Wallace Roberts & Todd (WRT) was selected as the consultant for the development of the Specific Plan, and the consultant contract was finalized in December 2023.
The purpose of the subject First Amendment to the Cooperative Agreement between the City of Santa Clara and the VTA (Attachment 2) is to integrate WRT's scope of work and the updated MTC grant agreement, which e...
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