REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action to Authorize the City Manager to Negotiate, Execute, and Administer Cooperative Agreement #2 with the Valley Transportation Authority for the BART Silicon Valley Phase II Extension Project
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Promote and Enhance Economic, Housing and Transportation Development
BACKGROUND
This Project is Phase II of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority's (VTA) Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Silicon Valley Project to extend the BART system 16 miles, from the Warm Springs Station in Fremont into Santa Clara County, with six stations in Milpitas, San Jose, and Santa Clara. Phase II of the Project has been split into two segments. The first segment consisted of the 10-mile, two-station, Berryessa Extension, with stations in Milpitas and Berryessa/North San Jose, which opened for revenue service in June 2020. The second segment consists of an approximately 6-mile extension of the BART system from the Berryessa/North San Jose BART Station in San Jose to the proposed Santa Clara BART Station.
On October 29, 2020 the City entered into a Master Agreement with the VTA for the Project. The Master Agreement covers a broad range of topics and the overall purpose is to define and outline the interaction, consultation, and cooperation between the City and VTA for preliminary engineering, final design, and construction of the Project. This includes items such as: City reviews, inspections, permitting, reimbursement, warranties, and indemnification. The Master Agreement defines each agency's respective rights and obligations and ensures cooperation between the VTA and City in connection with the Project. The Master Agreement also provides the framework for ongoing interaction between the two parties to be supported by subsequent amendments or agreements for specific issues related to the Project.
On July 14, 2021 the City entered into Cooperative Agreement #1 with the VTA for the Project. While the Master Agreement provide...
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