VTA’s BART Silicon Valley
Phase II Extension Project
City of San José
Transportation & Environment Committee
Item d.3: Regional Transportation Activities
June 6, 2022
Presenter:
Bernice Alaniz
Director of External Affairs
VTA’s BART Silicon Valley
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2 VTA’s BART Silicon Valley Phase II
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BSV Phase II Timeline
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Contract Packages (CPs)
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Procurement Overview
5 • Final Draft RFP issued April 2022
• Next round of interviews in early Summer
• Final RFP to be issued in Summer 2022
• Final RFP issued in September 2021
• Board approval in Q2 2022 for Stage 1 services (review of innovations, design, and construction planning)
• Draft RFP issued in March 2022
• First round of one-on-one interviews completed
• Final RFP anticipated to be issued in Summer 2022
• Current solicitation cancelled; new solicitation under development targeting Q2 2024 award
• RFP anticipated release in Summer/Fall 2023
• Development of technical documents continue in support of other Contract Packages
• Design coordination with third parties ongoing
Systems - Contract Package 1 (CP1)
Tunnel & Trackwork (CP2)
Newhall Yard/Santa Clara Station (CP3)
Stations in San Jose (CP4)
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28th Street/Little Portugal Station Area
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28th Street/Little Portugal Station
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8 28th Street/Little Portugal Station
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9 Downtown San José Station Area
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Downtown San José Station Primary Entrance
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11 Downtown – Primary Entrance Building
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12 Downtown – 2nd Entrance, Street Level
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13 Diridon Station Area
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14 Diridon Station Entrance
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15 Diridon Station – Upper Platform Level
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Recent Project Highlights
Monthly meetings with FTA on Full Funding Grant Agreement (FFGA) Additional $200 million allocated for the project in President Biden’s proposed upcoming Fiscal Year 2023 budget
Real estate acquisition process progressing with negotiations underway Second round of cooperative agreements with Cities of San Jose being finalized Continued ongoing technical coordination with partner agencies and third parties Conducted a stations workshop with SPUR, City of San Jose and BART staff Project update to the joint VTA/BART Working Committee consisting of Board members from both agencies
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Upcoming Project Activities
Developing refined and updated funding plan for construction and operations Summarizing trade-offs for design options for the Downtown San José and Diridon BART stations
• within the extents of the currently approved project
• with focus on safety, connectivity, access, circulation, and transit-oriented development (TOD) integration
Initiating another independent peer analysis of single- and twin-bore options Collaborating with the City and other stakeholders on potential design refinements during the CP2 innovation period (part of approved CP2 Stage 1 services) 17 DRAFT as of May 2022 – FOR DISCUSSION ONLY
• Access & Service
Needs Interviews
with businesses and
institutions
• 53+ interviews with
businesses,
institutions, and other
key stakeholders
• Coordination
with Cities
• 161+ relevant
comments received
during the 2018
environmental
process
CTMP Development Schedule
18 • Coordination and
review with Cities
• 10+ presentations to
Community Working
Groups, Small
Business Taskforce,
and City staff
• Coordination between
VTA, Cities, and
Contractors
• 40+ community/
stakeholder
construction meetings
and events anticipated
2018
Final
SEIS/SEIR
2019 – 2020
Community and
Stakeholder
Engagement
2021
Developed
Draft CTMP
Starting 2022
Prepare
Contract-Specific
CTMPs
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Engagement & Communication
• June 10th SJDA BSV Meeting
o Tabard Theater & Vimeo livestream
• CWG Summer Socials
o Potential Dates: July 19-21
• VTA’s BART Phase II Summer
Community Social - August 27th
• Regular CWG Meetings
• Tabling Events in the Station Areas
• July through September
• Tailored Group Presentations
• Hotline number: 408-321-2345
• Survey along alignment requesting
preferred communication methods
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Additional Slides
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• Small Business Development
• Potential Additional Resources
Business Resource Program
Happy to see that there is a BRP. This is
something that won’t happen until we break
ground, right? It’s just the planning stage of what
the resource and program will be
• Early construction is anticipated to start in 2023
• Planned to have the program ready to support
those businesses when we begin construction
• Preliminary efforts to ensure program meets
needs & further analysis on what’s already
developed
• Requires better sense of the proposed delivery
methods & various access types to businesses,
sidewalk closures, and intermittent closures that
may reduce access to businesses.
• Implementation dependent on business access
and relevant elements of the program. We want
to have this ready for 2023 construction.
22 • Signage and Wayfinding
• VTA-sponsored Shop Local Marketing
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Business Resource Program
What we have heard from BSVII stakeholders and business owners:
• Signage and Wayfinding
• VTA-sponsored Shop Local Marketing
• Small Business Development
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CP2 Stage 1: Unanimous Board Approval
• At the VTA Board of Directors meeting
on May 5th, 2022, the VTA Board
unanimously voted to award the
Tunnel & Trackwork Contract Package
(CP2) for VTA’s BART Silicon Valley
Phase II Extension Project.
• CP2 will be delivered through
Progressive Design-Build via two
stages. This award includes initial
Stage 1 services and is the first
request of a series of Board Award
authorizations for CP2 that will occur
from May 2022 through approximately
December 2023.
24 Stage 1
•Includes collaboration between the contractor, VTA,
BART, the City of San Jose, & the community
• Review of proposed innovations & further advance
design to prepare a final construction bid
• Determines
•Final configuration within the limits of the currently approved project
•Total construction cost
•Schedule for completion of the Stage 2
construction work
Stage 2
•Progressive Design Build Contractor will provide a
proposal that includes construction cost, schedule, &
risk mitigations
•Advance the design to 100% & complete
construction of the CP2 Contract
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Board Action & Next Steps
Authorize the GM/CEO to execute a progressive design build contract with Kiewit Shea Traylor, a Joint Venture (KST), in the amount of $235M to perform Stage 1 Services for CP2. Additional allowances up to $19M for surety bonds and initial early work packages.
25 Issue a Limited Notice to Proceed to investigate design alternatives and innovations to determine potential cost/schedule savings
Collaborate and continue working with BART, CSJ, CSC, and other stakeholders of innovations and advancing design concepts
Present an update on CP2 and potential innovations to VTA Board in September