REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Study Session and Update on the Stevens Creek Boulevard Vision Study
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Deliver and Enhance High Quality Efficient Services and Infrastructure
BACKGROUND
The City of Santa Clara, City of San Jose, City of Cupertino, County of Santa Clara, and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) are finalizing the Stevens Creek Boulevard Corridor Vision Study (Study), which is a two-year, community-based, multi-jurisdictional transportation study for the Stevens Creek Boulevard/West San Carlos corridor. The goal is to create a vision for this corridor focusing on complete streets, multi-modal transportation improvements, and possible high-capacity transit options to connect Diridon Station in San Jose through Santa Clara and to the De Anza College/Highway 85 area in Cupertino.
The Stevens Creek Boulevard corridor (Attachment 1), beginning along West San Carlos Street near Diridon Station and extending west to Highway 85, is a major roadway that connects regional job centers focusing on health, education, and tech to housing and commercial areas. Prominent sites along the corridor include De Anza College, Main Street Cupertino, Vallco mixed-use mall (currently under development), Apple headquarters, Agilent Technologies headquarters, various commercial sites in Santa Clara, and five San Jose Urban Villages, one of which includes the Santana Row/Valley Fair shopping district, and the new West San Jose Innovation Zone. Additionally, the Stevens Creek Boulevard area is identified as a "Future Focus Area" in the City of Santa Clara's General Plan.
The corridor has experienced growth in commercial and residential land uses, and it is anticipated that this trend will continue. In 2019, the cities of Cupertino, Santa Clara, San Jose, and Santa Clara County adopted resolutions in support of initiating a "vision study" of the Stevens Creek Corridor (Attachment 2). Adopting these resolutions formalized interest in cr...
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