REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
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Action on a Design Professional Services Agreement with Alta Planning + Design for the Pruneridge Avenue Complete Streets Plan Project and Related Budget Amendments
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Deliver and Enhance High Quality Efficient Services and Infrastructure
BACKGROUND
Pruneridge Avenue is an east/west street near the southern boundary of Santa Clara, tying into Cupertino at the western city limit and San Jose on the eastern city limit (Attachment 1, Location Map). The majority of Pruneridge Avenue in Santa Clara is fronted by single family homes. The General Plan lists Pruneridge Avenue as a minor arterial street to include future bicycle lanes along the entire roadway within the City. Additionally, the Santa Clara Bicycle Plan Update 2018 lists the entirety of Pruneridge Avenue within Santa Clara as a roadway that should include buffered bicycle lanes.
Prior to 2012, Pruneridge Avenue operated as a four-lane roadway with two lanes in each direction. In 2012, the City re-configured Pruneridge Avenue between the western city limit and Pomeroy Avenue (0.85 miles) to become a three-lane facility with one lane in each direction, a center turn lane, and bicycle lanes. In 2017, the City of San Jose re-configured the street east of Winchester Boulevard to become a three-lane facility with bicycle lanes, similar in design to the 2012 project. Completion of this improvement generated interest from the bicycling community to re-configure Pruneridge Avenue to install bicycle lanes between Pomeroy Avenue and Winchester Boulevard (2.2 miles).
On October 9, 2018, staff provided the City Council with an update on the Pruneridge Avenue corridor and relayed that staff was applying for a grant to study the re-configuration from Pomeroy Avenue to Winchester Boulevard. In November 2018, the City applied for grant funding from the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Sustainable Communities Transportation Planning Grant Program fo...
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