RESOLUTION NO. 19- 089
A RESOLUTION OF THE CUPERTINO CITY COUNCIL TO SUPPORT:
1. THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPLETE STREETS AND TRANSIT EFFICIENCY STUDY FOR THE STEVENS CREEK BOULEVARD CORRIDOR, AND 2. SUPPORT
ONGOING DISCUSSIONS REGARDING A HIGH- CAPACITY TRANSIT
SERVICE IN THE STEVENS CREEK BOULEVARD/ I- 280 CORRIDOR IN
COLLABORATION WITH THE SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (VTA) AND THE CITIESOFSANTA CLARA, AND SAN JOSS.
WHEREAS, Cupertino staff and Council members have participated in discussionswith neighboring communities since a multi-jurisdictional group was establishedby the SanJoseCity Council on August 8, 2017, comprised of the cities of San Jose, Cupertino, Santa Clara, Santa Clara County and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority ( VTA) to discusskey regional issues affecting West SanJose, with a focus on transportation and circulation; and
WHEREAS, the citiesof Cupertino, SantaClara, and SanJose, alongwith VTA, jointly developedand submitteda gradeseparatedhigh-capacitytransit conceptalong the StevensCreek Boulevard/I-280Corridor to the Plan Bay Area 2040process; and WHEREAS, TheVTA' srole ascounty congestionmanagement agency (CMA) and transit provider for Santa Clara County enablesit to bring together multiple cities and Santa Clara County together to study upgrading a corridor such as Stevens Creek Boulevard into a multi- modal, transit supportive corridor; and WHEREAS, the cities of Cupertino, Santa Clara, and SanJose, along with VTA, jointly considered a scopeof work for a study that addressesstreetscapeimprovements to improve efficiency of existing transit services, with consideration of features such as transit signalpriority, streetscapeimprovements, safeand comfortablepedestrianand cycling facilities, and other improvements to support transit such as street trees, landscaping, and pedestrian scalelighting; and
WHEREAS, the citiesof Cupertino, SantaClara, and SanJose, alongwith VTA, jointly discussedthelong term goalof afully grade-separated, high-capacity, high speed transit that would be time competitive with auto travel along StevensCreekBoulevard/ 1- 280; and
WHEREAS, the Mobility Element of the City of Cupertino General Plan Community Vision 2015- 2040) supports the design and building of CompleteStreets Attachment A
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whichoptimizemobilityfor all modesthroughPolicyM-2.1, StreetDesign, andPolicy M- 2.2, Adjacent Land Use; and
WHEREAS, the Mobility Element of the City of Cupertino General Plan Community Vision 2015-2040) supports the participation in regional transportation planningprocessesandworkingwith neighboringcitiestodevelopprogramsconsistent with thegoalsandpoliciesof Cupertino'sGeneralPlan, tominimizeadverseimpactson theCity'scirculationsystem, andtoaddressregionaltransportationandlanduseissues of mutual interestthroughPolicyM-1.1, RegionalTransportationPlanning; and WHEREAS, the Mobility Elementof the City of CupertinoGeneralPlan CommunityVision2015-2040) supportsstreetdesignandamenitiesconsistentwithlocal transitgoalsto improvetransitasaviablealternativeto driving throughPolicyM-4.5, Access to Transit Services; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVEDthat the City Council does hereby
1. Support efforts to study improving transit efficiency and streetscape improvementsalongtheStevensCreekBoulevardcorridor, and
2. Supportcontinuingongoingconversationsregardinghigh-capacitytransitservice alongtheStevensCreekBoulevard/I-280corridor, with theunderstandingthatit would:
a. Notusegeneralpurposetravellanesor adverselyimpactvehicularcapacity on City surfacestreets; and
b. Begradeseparated, andtime-competitivewith autotravel; and c. Study an alternate alignment in Cupertino along I-280, continuing to DeAnzaCollegeat thejunctionof SR85andStevensCreekBoulevard, ensuringservicetoareasofhighemploymentdensityandDeAnzaCollege, while connectingthe Cities of SanJose, SantaClara, and Cupertino, supportedby, and developedin collaborationwith, theSantaClaraValley Transportation Authority; and
3. AuthorizestheCityManageror designeeto assessresourcesneededto develop theseprojectsandreportfindingsto theCityCouncil.
PASSEDAND ADOPTEDat a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Cupertinothis 161hday ofJuly, 2019by thefollowing vote:
Resolution No. 19- 089
Vote Members of the City Council
AYES: Scharf, Chao, Paul, Sinks, Willey
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
SIGNED:
Steven Scharf, Mayor Date
City of Cupertino
ATTEST:
GraceSchmidt, City Clerk Date