REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
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Consideration of a Resolution to Work Collaboratively with the VTA, County of Santa Clara and the Cities of Cupertino and San Jose Regarding a Stevens Creek Boulevard Corridor Study
Report
BACKGROUND
On August 25, 2017, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) was asked by five members of the VTA's Board of Directors (Liccardo, Jones, O'Neill, Vaidhyanathan and Yeager) to scope studies for transit options and complete street implementation on the Stevens Creek/West San Carlos Corridor from Highway 85 in Cupertino through Santa Clara to Diridon Station in San Jose. This corridor is a heavily utilized vehicular route and is expected to experience increased traffic demands due to planned development growth in San Jose as well as at the Apple Campus 2 in Cupertino. On September 12, 2017, at the end of a study session regarding the City of San Jose's Urban Villages, the Santa Clara City Council approved outreach efforts for the formation of a Stevens Creek Urban Village Task Force with the mayors and councilmembers from the cities of Santa Clara, Cupertino, San Jose and Campbell. On January 18, 2018, the VTA responded to the August 25, 2017 request with a suggested scope of services to study transportation options for Stevens Creek Boulevard.
On August 28, 2018, staff provided Council with an Informational Report on the Stevens Creek/West San Carlos Corridor Study as well as the Metropolitan Transportation Commission Transformative Projects Application that was submitted by the City of San Jose. The idea contained in the application centered around a potential transit line that would connect Diridon Station, along West San Carlos Street and Stevens Creek Boulevard, to Highway 85. The concept for the transit line would be either underground or aerial and would be designed with stops to serve major health, shopping, housing, education and employment nodes along the corridor. The City of Santa Clara was listed as a joint a...
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