REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action on Agreements with the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority for 2016 Measure B Funding of the De La Cruz Boulevard Class IV Bikeway Study, Monroe Street Class II Buffered Bicycle Lane Study, Walsh Avenue Class IV Bikeway Study, and Related Budget Amendments
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Deliver and Enhance High Quality Efficient Services and Infrastructure
BACKGROUND
In 2016, Santa Clara County voters approved "Measure B," a 30-year half-cent county-wide sales tax to fund improvements for nine transportation related program categories. The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) administers these funds and the program categories are defined as: BART Silicon Valley Phase II, Caltrain Corridor Capacity Improvements, County of Santa Clara Expressways, Local Streets and Roads, Transit Operations, Bicycle/Pedestrian, Caltrain Grade Separations, Highway Interchanges and State Route 85 Corridor.
VTA requires a local agency to adopt a Complete Streets Resolution in order to receive Measure B funds. The City has met this requirement by adopting a Resolution establishing a Complete Streets Policy at the August 21, 2018 City Council meeting (Attachment 1). This resolution ensures that the City is committed to building streets that are designed for the safe travel of all roadway users including motorists, pedestrians, and bicyclists. Projects using Measure B Local Streets and Roads funding must also individually comply with VTA's Complete Streets Policy prior to receiving funds.
In 2019, the Council adopted the Bicycle Plan Update 2018. This plan included new Class II buffered bicycle lanes and Class IV bikeways to create a comprehensive bicycling network and encourage bicycling as a safe and healthy alternative to driving. A Class II buffered bicycle lane is a striped bicycle lane with a buffer area between bicyclists and vehicles and a Class IV bicycle facility is a protected bicycle lane with a buffer area and vertical...
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