Letters from the Public - 1 of 4 — San Jose City Council, June 14, 2022

May 31, 2022
San Jose Mayor and City Council
200 E Santa Clara Street
San Jose, CA 95113
Re: San Jose Budget Allocation for GRPC Horticulture, Repairs, Programming, & Measurement Dear Mayor Liccardo, Councilmembers, and City Clerk,
The Guadalupe River Park Conservancy submits this letter for a one-time consideration of $54,000 allocation in the upcoming City Budget FY 22-23. Funds would support the hiring of a part-time horticulturalist to provide specialized expertise in botanical care in the Guadalupe Gardens, public programming support, promotion and program measurement, and supplies to address both the needs of enhanced horticulture and repair stewardship elements in the Guadalupe Gardens.

Funds would align with a number of priorities in the Mayor’s March budget message:
● Battling blight and supporting parks: specialized horticulture care would enhance existing park assets at the Guadalupe Gardens and encourage more park usage. Repairs to fencing, toolshed, and other Gardens structures would enhance the ef
ﬁcacy and experience of our volunteers.
● Health of the urban forest: support would increase the survivability of our Historic Orchard and Heritage Rose Garden, which has undergone signiﬁcant restoration efforts last year. The increase in biodiversity, and the challenges of an extended drought, warrant expertise to ensure the Orchard and Rose Garden will provide health and environmental bene
ﬁts for the next generation of San Joseans.
● Community programming: this allocation request would promote park use, volunteerism, neighborhood health, and civic pride, in line with stated Budget Message goals around park activation and cultural programming. Strengthening connections between residents and our agricultural history and natural landscape would uplift the unique civic and natural resources formative to our city.

To maximize the use of funds from this one-time allocation, the scope would also include horticulture-related public programming to build capacity and education around the planting needs in the Gardens, empower neighborhoods to care for their River Park, public promotion, and measurements that track stewardship and program milestones. We thank the Mayor and City Council for your ongoing leadership and we look forward to your consideration of our request, which we believe aligns with many existing City and community priorities.

Regards,
Jason Su, Executive Director

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From: Pamela Dougherty
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2022 3:29 PM
To: The Oﬃce of Mayor Sam Liccardo <TheOﬃ[email protected]>; District1 <[email protected]>; District2 <[email protected]>; District3 <[email protected]>; District4 <[email protected]>; District5 <[email protected]>; District 6 <[email protected]>; District7 <[email protected]>; District8 <[email protected]>; District9 <[email protected]>; District 10 <[email protected]>; City Clerk <[email protected]> Cc: Jason Su
Subject: Support for SJ Budget Allocaon for GRPC Horculture, Repairs, Programming, & Measuremen

May 31, 2022

San Jose Mayor and City Council
200 E Santa Clara Street
San Jose, CA 95113

Re: Support for SJ Budget Allocation for GRPC Horticulture, Repairs, Programming, & Measurement

Dear Mayor Liccardo and Councilmembers,

As a 2 1/2 year volunteer at the Heritage Rose Garden and a downtown resident, I submit this letter in support of the Guadalupe River Park Conservancy’s (GRPC) Horticulture, Repairs, Programming, & Measurement Allocation
for the FY22-23 San Jose City Budget.

This Allocation raises awareness to the environmental, botanical, and cultural assets of our City and region, and addresses the growing needs such unique features require. It would also enable park users, volunteers, and residents to better connect with the community, ecology, and history through greater understanding of our natural resources and empowering civic ownership around park stewardship.

Personally, I volunteer with weeding and deadheading. I have adopted 6 rose bushes to honor my friends and help support the garden. Each moment in the Heritage Rose Garden is a joy. I often see people wandering through this accessible garden. Nevertheless, it saddens me to see roses die and support poles fall in the four rows that are my focus We have many empty spots that need new bushes. How sad it is to see a sign naming a rose when the rose has vanished. The big picture is even more daunting.

I am proud to support the Guadalupe River Park Conservancy and I give my enthusiastic support for GRPC’s Horticulture, Repairs, Programming, & Measurement Allocation in this upcoming FY 22-23 City Budget cycle.

Sincerely,

June 2, 2022

San Jose Mayor and City Council
200 E Santa Clara Street
San Jose, CA 95113

Re: Support for SJ Budget Allocation for GRPC Horticulture, Repairs, Programming, & Measurement

Dear Mayor Liccardo and Councilmembers,

As the Santa Clara County Master Gardener’s (SCCMG) Demonstration Garden Lead of the Guadalupe Family Historic Orchard, I submit this letter in support of the Guadalupe River Park Conservancy’s (GRPC) Horticulture, Repairs, Programming, & Measurement Allocation for the FY22-23 San Jose City Budget.

The UC Master Gardener Program of Santa Clara County is a volunteer organization sponsored by the University of California Cooperative Extension. Our mission is to extend research-based knowledge and information on home horticulture, pest management, and sustainable landscape practices to county residents. We have been able to provide public classes on winter dormant pruning, summer shaping and pruning, new tree planting, and other aspects of home tree care in the Guadalupe Orchard. Our mission would be greatly enhanced by a thriving GRPC. It is a huge asset to the city of San Jose to have such a resource as the Guadalupe River Park close to the center of downtown and deserves care in bringing it to its full potential. This Allocation raises awareness to the environmental, botanical, and cultural assets of our City and region, and addresses the growing needs such unique features require. It would also enable park users, volunteers, and residents to better connect with the community, ecology, and history through greater understanding of our natural resources and empowering civic ownership around park stewardship.

Sincerely,

Carolyn Kameya
MG Demo Garden Lead
Guadalupe Family Historic Orchard
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SJ Budget Allocation for GRPC Horticulture, Repairs, Programming, & Measurement JoEllen Victoreen < >
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June 5, 2022
San Jose Mayor and City Council
200 E Santa Clara Street
San Jose, CA 95113
Re Support for SJ Budget Allocation for GRPC Horticulture, Repairs, Programming, & Measurement Dear Mayor Liccardo and Councilmembers,
As a long-time and dedicated volunteer at the Heritage Rose Garden in the Guadalupe River Park, I submit this letter in support of the Guadalupe River
Park Conservancy’s (GRPC) Horticulture, Repairs, Programming, & Measurement Allocation for the FY22-23 San Jose City Budget.

The Heritage Rose Garden, established in 1994, is deserving of the San Jose Council’s financial support We have always tried to nurture and maintain this civic resource with a dedicated group of volunteers. The last few years have been particularly difficult for our group of volunteers, what with the loss of our volunteer Master Gardeners, the neglect caused by Covid shut-downs, and the increased vandalism and general chaos caused by the homeless population in the park near the garden. This allocation will help our volunteer staff keep the rose garden healthy and thriving.

This Allocation will also raise awareness to the environmental, botanical, and cultural assets of our City and region, and addresses the growing needs such unique features require. It would also enable park users, volunteers, and residents to better connect with the community, ecology, and history through greater understanding of our natural resources and empowering civic ownership around park stewardship.

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Dear San Jose Mayor and City Council,

I’m writing to you as an avid biker to thank you for prioritizing the importance of street safety. There has been an impressive commitment to the issue of bicycle safety for many years.

I appreciate that San Jose is one of the few cities in the area to have formally adopted the Vision Zero initiative, with the ultimate goal of eliminating severe injuries and traffic deaths, as well as improving the safety of roadways. I have family members that have been personally impacted by close calls on the roads.

While I do applaud that bike projects are in the pipeline as part of the Pavement Maintenance Programin San Jose, these are long-term projects, and we also need shorter-term solutions. I ask the council to please consider increasing funding for quick-build projects including funding staff to manage these projects.

Finally, I would like the council to consider funding bike safety and infrastructure from the general fund budget as a way of demonstrating commitment to the cycling community.

Sincerely,
Reid Brozek

June 2, 2022

San Jose Mayor and City Council
200 E Santa Clara Street
San Jose, CA 95113

Re: Support for SJ Budget Allocation for GRPC Horticulture, Repairs, Programming, & Measurement

Dear Mayor Liccardo and Councilmembers,

As avolunteer at the Guadalupe Orchard, I submit this letter in support of the Guadalupe River Park Conservancy’s (GRPC) Horticulture, Repairs, Programming, & Measurement Allocation for the FY22-23 San Jose City Budget.

Sincerely,

Roger Wedel

University of California Cooperative Extension, US Department of Food & Agriculture and the County of Sant a Clara

Santa Clara County Cooperative Extension
1553 Berger Drive, Building 1, San Jose, CA 95112
(408) 282-3110 office (408) 298-5160 fax
e-mail: [email protected]
http://cesantaclara.ucanr.edu

June 2, 2022

San Jose Mayor and City Council
200 E Santa Clara Street
San Jose, CA 95113

Re: Support for SJ Budget Allocation for GRPC Horticulture, Repairs, Programming, & Measurement

Dear Mayor Liccardo and Councilmembers,

As the Manager of the UC Master Gardener Program of Santa Clara County, I submit this letter in support of the Guadalupe River Park Conservancy’s (GRPC) Horticulture, Repairs, Programming, & Measurement Allocation for the FY22-23 San Jose City Budget.

UC Master Gardeners (MGs) provide research-based education on sustainable gardening and landscaping to volunteers and visitors of GRPC. MGs have two educational demonstration sites at Guadalupe River Park, one in the Fruit Tree Orchard and another in the Community Garden. This Allocation raises awareness to the environmental, botanical, and cultural assets of our City and region, and addresses the growing n eeds such unique features require. It would also enable park users, volunteers, and residents to better connect with the community, ecology, and history through greater understanding of our natural resources and empowering civic ownership around park stewardship.

Sincerely,
Katherine Uhde
Katherine Uhde
Program Manager
UCCE Santa Clara County

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My name is Sharon Jones.

I live in the Golden Wheel Mobile Home Park. I support giving all MH Parks in San Jose a Mobile Home Park General Plan Land Use Designaon.

I would not be able to aﬀord to live here if it wasn’t for mobile home parks.

As a senior, this is what we can aﬀord. I am a public servant who makes much below the average Bay Area salary of the private sector. I live within my means.

We must preserve these parks. MH Parks are not like they were in the mid 1900’s with many trailers. My home (2001) is built beer than many new homes today. It looks and feels like a regular house. The sgma of these as ‘trailer parks’ is very outdated. They should be called manufactured home communies.

We should feel secure in knowing our parks are a permanent ﬁxture within our neighborhoods.

Please don’t jeopardize our communies.

Sharon Jones
Golden Wheel Park MHP
San Jose

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My Name is Kenneth Snowden.

I live in Quail Hollow mobile home park and I support giving all mobile home parks in San Jose a Mobile Home Park General Plan Land Use Designation.

Truly,
Kenneth Snowden

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Mr. Snowden sent this to the Mayor with a bcc to me. Since it needs to go into the packet for the 6 14-22 meeting, item 3.3, I forward to the agenda desk and all the Council.

Agenda desk please post in the on line and hard copy packed for CC 6 14 22.

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My Name is Kenneth Snowden.

I live in Quail Hollow mobile home park and I support giving all mobile home parks in San Jose a Mobile Home Park General Plan Land Use Designation.

Truly,
Kenneth Snowden

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My name is John Bessette. I live in Golden Wheel Mobile Home park. I support giving all MH Parks in San Jose a Mobile Home Park General Plan Land Use Designation.

I would greatly appreciate it.

Thank you,
John Bessette

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Fwd: Date: 6/14/22 Item number: 3.3 I vote to allocate the necessary funds to designate zoning for ALL 56 Mobile Home Parks in the city of San Jose martha O'Connell <
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"Date: 6/14/22 Item number: 3.3 I vote to allocate the necessary funds to designate zoning for ALL 56 Mobile Home Parks in the city of San Jose

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MH Designation. Agenda Item 3.3. June 14th, 2022
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Please pass the Promised MHP designation listed on the agenda for 06/14, Do not waffle and kick it down the road, too many seniors and MHP residents are vulnerable and depending on your support to keep one of the last bastions of affordable housing in this valley alive and heed the words below, of Councilman Raul Peralez. Thank you, we are all watching. Don Murdoch, Colonial Mobile Manor.

“It is without a doubt that we are experiencing a housing crisis I, along with my Council colleagues, have been working hard to pass policies to preserve our current affordable housing stock in order to make San Jose a place where everyone can live. Mobile Homes are one of the remaining tools that can provide affordable housing That is why in March 2020, the Council directed staff to apply the Mobile Home Parks designation to the city’s remaining 56 mobile home park areas. However, staff did not receive the resources to initiate the work, and this has remained on the work plan until resources can be allocated.

The analysis for this work is reported in the Housing Crisis Work Plan report linked here.

By allocating the resources needed, this would help protect any future plans of

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CC 6 14 22 Item 3.3
I support the designation for all Mobile Home Parks As a Senior and a Mobile Home resident, I am very troubled this has not been taken care of before now. You all approved this more than 2 years ago.

What happened?
Please keep your word to the seniors and all the other people who depend upon you We want to stay in our homes
Sincerely,
Marty Bloise

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CC 6 14 22 Item 3.3
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On 11-8-21 the Housing and Community Development Commission unanimously passed with following moon:

The Housing Crisis Workplan item, "Apply the Mobilehome Park Land Use Designa on Through City-iniated General Plan Amendments to the Remaining 56 Mobilehome Parks", be iniated, including priorizing Parks for redesigna on, and that Council approve the staﬀ request from March 10, 2020 Council meeng for addional funding.” See aached 2-4-20 leer from the Housing and Community Development Commission.

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GARY SMITH
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My name is Gary Smith. I live in Millpond Mobilehome Park, San Joes. I support giving all MH Parks in San Jose a Mobile Home Park
General Plan Land Use Designation.

Gary Smith
President GSMOL Chapter 1280
Millpond MH Park

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I support the one time funding request for staffing to carry out the work to change the designation for all Mobile Home Parks to MH.

This was approved unanimously two years ago. So far, nothing has been done.

Thousands of Mobile Home residents in San Jose are depending on you to carry this out to its completion.

Thank you Fatima Bloise

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Land Use Designation
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My name is Salle Hayden I live in Magic Sands Mobile Home Park located on Blossom Hill Road in San Jose. I support giving all Mobile Home Parks in San Jose a Mobile Home Park General Plan Land Use Designation Below you can see what Raul Peralez said in his budget request I am the Secretary of the Magic Sands Chapter of GSMOL.

Thank you for your consideration of this concern
Salle Hayden
"It is without a doubt that we are experiencing a housing crisis I, along with my Council colleagues, have been working hard to pass policies to preserve our current affordable housing stock in order to make San Jose a place where everyone can live Mobile Homes are one of the remaining tools that can provide affordable housing. That is why in March 2020, the Council directed staff to apply the Mobile Home Parks designation to the city's remaining 56 mobile home park areas However, staff did not receive the resources to initiate the work, and this has remained on the work plan until resources can be allocated.

The analysis for this work is reported in the Housing Crisis Work Plan report linked here By allocating the resources needed, this would help protect any future plans of redevelopment to the current mobilehome parks, and therefore, protect affordable housing "

Salle Hayden
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This message is from outside the City email system Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources SCVOSA comment letter to June 14 City Council agenda item 3.3 Mayor's Budget Message Marc Landgraf <
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Dear Oﬃce of the City Clerk,

Please ﬁnd aached a comment leer from the Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority regarding item 3.3 on the June 14 City Council agenda.

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June 7, 2022

San José Mayor & City Council
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Re: SUPPORT of Specific Items in Mayor’s June Budget Message for Fiscal Year 2022-2023

Dear Mayor, City Councilmembers,

On behalf of the Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority (Open Space Authority), I am writing to support the recommendations in the Mayor’s June Budget Message for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 related to Monterey Road Wildlife Corridor Safety Improvements (Page 16), Tree Planting (Page 21), and Parks and Trails (pages 25-27).

The Open Space Authority is a public, independent special district created by the California State Legislature in 1993 to conserve the natural environment, support agriculture, and connect people to nature by protecting open spaces, natural areas, and working farms and ranches for future generations.

As stated in the memo, the greatest barrier to wildlife movement across Coyote Valley is Monterey Rd.

The tall median barrier poses an impenetrable impediment to wildlife trying to cross to safety, and thereby creates a significant hazard for them as well as for motorists. Funding provided by the City to POST, and matched by POST and supported by the Open Space Authority, would make possible a wildlife crossing infrastructure feasibility study that provides a pathway to substantial improvements for wildlife and motorists alike. This modest investment by the City would reinforce and enhance the investment the City has already made in natural infrastructure in Coyote Valley, provided by funds from Measure T, which was overwhelmingly approved by voters in 2018.

The Open Space Authority also supports the recommendations for Tree Planting related to the City’s recently approved Community Forest Management Plan (CFMP), and looks forward to continuing the partnership with City staff on implementing the CFMP. Increasing tree canopy, especially for those neighborhoods in the City that have the most depleted canopies, is extremely important, to help combat urban heat island effect, and for quality of life.

We are also in strong support of the many park and trail actions being recommended in the memo on pages 25 through 27. The Open Space Authority continues to experience very high visitation rates at its preserves, as well as high demand for outdoor nature-based programming. Improvements and expansions to City parks, trails, and community gardens, including support of the excellent work Veggielution is doing in partnership with the City at Emma Prusch Park, would be extremely important to provide greater outdoor access for San Jose residents close to home.

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Hi my name is Jose Armando Velez from Mountain Springs Mobile Home Park in San Jose, CA I support giving all MH Parks in San Jose a Mobile Home Park General Plan Land Use Designation.”
For your attention, thank you..

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Please add this leer from the public. 6/14 – Item 3.3

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Good morning CMO Agenda Services,
Please ﬁnd public comment below on the Mayor’s Budget Message on June 14. Leer from the public.

Thank you,
-ma

Ma Opsal
Senior Execuve Analyst
City Manager’s Oﬃce of Communicaons
City of San José
200 East Santa Clar
a Street, San José, CA 95113

From: Robert Gonzalez < >
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Subject: Fwd: CIP

I'm reading this excerpt from the MBA on Vision Zero, and it's incredibly disheartening to read that there aren't any resources to dedicate a full-time position to this work, because of limited receipts in the Building and Structure Construction Tax and the Construction Excise Tax.

While grant-supported project funding will likely increase in the coming years, City revenues within the Traffic Capital Program – primarily receipts from the Building and Structure Construction Tax and the Construction Excise Tax – are more limited. If the pace of development exceeds forecasted expectations, and depending on the level of vacancies within DOT, as well as other important City priorities for the transportation network, the

Administration will recommend a dedicated full-time position to evaluate implemented Vision Zero safety work on a consistent basis and in a timely manner. The analysis would be based on a review of pre/post traffic data, field observations and user surveys. DOT has explored the use of consultants for this service and based on informal bid results, internal staff would be able to perform this work at a significantly lesser cost. As discussed later with regard to Item 6, DOT has reprioritized existing staff within the neighborhood traffic management team to help focus review of fatality and citywide collision data.

In April of 2021, I wrote you all to question why we were diverting $500,000 from dedicated repaving funding (based on Council policy) to an airport connector. I mentioned that speeding up repaving means implementing safety elements sooner, since staff incorporate bike/ped improvements when repaving. I cited the years of record-setting traffic deaths, and yet you all continued to fund the Mayor's airport connector priority. Now, the City is on a new record pace and staff is saying there isn't enough money.

The MBA should mention that the City made the decision to divert available resources to a project like the airport connector that has no effect on traffic safety. What a shame.

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Date: Fri, May 14, 2021 at 12:48 PM
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Good Morning Councilmember Peralez,

I appreciated your queson yesterday morning during the Transportaon Budget Study Session about potenally speeding up the implementaon of Vision Zero/Beerbikeways safety-type projects. I want to call out Page 17 in the CIP (graphic below). It essenally menons that excess Construcon Excise taxes that were previously priorized for Pavement Maintenance & Traﬃc Safety projects, are now recommended by the administraon to be diverted to other uses. As you know, even pavement maintenance $$ can speed up the installaon of traﬃc safety projects, since oen mes DOT will include planned safety improvements with resurfacing eﬀorts since they're tearing up the street anyway.

Budget Director Jim Shannon sent a table which highlights that of this excess Construcon Excise taxes, about $4 million that would've been priorized for pavement maintenance & traﬃc is now being diverted. This is deﬁnitely money that can and should sll go to traﬃc safety improvements (Vision Zero projects) to speed up implementaon. Also, if staﬃng is needed to deliver the added capital $, this funding source is used for CIP staﬃng as well, as found in the CIP .

I take issue with mul-modal planning & an airport connector taking much-needed money from traﬃc safety projects, since both of those aren't life or death eﬀorts.

SAFETY INVESTMENTS TOTAL REQUEST
5 YEAR
NEW Safety Reserve $4,000,000

Vision Zero & Safety Projects $2,914,300
Illegal Racing and Street Deterrents $200,000
TOTAL INVESTMENTS $7,114,300

OTHER INVESTMENTS TOTAL REQUEST
5 YEAR
Pavement Maintenance $1,000,000
Data & Technology $1,840,000
Multi-Modal Planning $1,676,500
DISC and Airport Connector $500,000
TOTAL INVESTMENTS $5,016,500
Thank you
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From: Shannon, Jim < >
Date: Tue, May 4, 2021 at 9:42 PM
Subject: RE: CIP
To: Robert Gonzalez < >

Hi Bobby,

Sorry for the delay. However, I’m glad you asked the queson since this is good informaon to have handy.

Broadly, the type of traﬃc safety projects would be those found in the table in the Traﬃc Capital Program on page 7 of the link below:
hps://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/71903/637551363252130000

A bit more speciﬁcally, the addional proceeds of the Construcon Excise Tax proceeds above what was previously projected over the ﬁve-year period is approximately $12 million. Of that amount, $7 million goes back to safety, $1 million goes back to pavement, and about $4 million goes to data and planning projects.

SAFETY INVESTMENTS TOTAL REQUEST
5 YEAR
NEW Safety Reserve $4,000,000
Vision Zero & Safety Projects $2,914,300
Illegal Racing and Street Deterrents $200,000
TOTAL INVESTMENTS $7,114,300

OTHER INVESTMENTS TOTAL REQUEST
5 YEAR
Pavement Maintenance $1,000,000
Data & Technology $1,840,000
Multi-Modal Planning $1,676,500
DISC and Airport Connector $500,000
TOTAL INVESTMENTS $5,016,500

Hope that’s helpful.

Take care,
Jim

Jim Shannon

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From: Shannon, Jim
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2021 12:05 PM
To: Robert Gonzalez < >
Subject: RE: CIP

Hi, Bobby!

Good to hear from you and sorry for not acknowledging your email sooner – we’re a lile backed up trying to get Proposed out the door early next week.

Your quesons are good ones. I’ll aim to shoot something back over to you by Friday or over the weekend.

Take care,
Jim

Jim Shannon
Pronouns: he/him
Budget Director
City of San José | City Manager’s Oﬃce
200 E. Santa Clara St. 17th Floor
San José, CA 95113

From: Robert Gonzalez < >
Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2021 5:51 PM
To: Shannon, Jim < >
Subject: CIP

Hi Jim,

I never responded to your last response, but thank you for the thorough explanaon on the PD Taser item! I also appreciated the quick response.

I'm looking at the Proposed CIP and I have a queson for you, your staﬀ, or potenally DOT. I'm curious to know which kind of "traﬃc safety projects" are included in this narrave on Page 17. Examples would be great. Are Vision Zero & Beer Bikeways projects included in this, or separate? Also, can you please tell me roughly how much there was in excess that was being allocated annually to pavement maintenance & traﬃc safety in the last few years due to this direcon?

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Thank you,
Bobby

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FW: MBA on Vision Zero
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Thu 6/9/2022 8:12 AM
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Please add this leer from the public. 6/14 Item 3.3

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Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2022 8:06 AM
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Subject: FW: MBA on Vision Zero

Good morning CMO Agenda Services,
Please ﬁnd public comment below on the Mayor’s Budget Message on June 14. Leer from the public.

Thank you,
-ma

Ma Opsal
Senior Execuve Analyst
City Manager’s Oﬃce of Communicaons
City of San José
200 East Santa Clar
a Street, San José, CA 95113

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Subject: MBA on Vision Zero

I saw this secon of the MBA on Vision Zero and something jumped out at me. It menons evaluang projects to reﬁne quick-build elements to improve outcomes. It also menons speed, volume, and collision data being collected to assess a reducon in travel speeds and crash frequency or severity.

Staﬀ is geng rid of the protected bike lane on San Antonio based on no data other than complaints from neighbors about sightlines, despite not seeing any collision data to back up their complaints of it being more dangerous for drivers.

Staﬀ also cited that debris in these protected bike lanes meant riders oen didn't use them anyway, reducing the beneﬁt of the lanes. The budget includes funding for more street sweeping and another bike-lane street sweeper (smaller in

This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. size). There's no reason to release an evaluaon report in May that says there's too much debris in the protected bike lane when the Proposed Budget includes funding for more street sweeping resources, speciﬁcally for protected bike lanes.

Are we evaluang projects to see if they eﬀecvely address Vision Zero, or are we evaluang them to see how popular they are with drivers?

#2) Direct City Staff to evaluate the effectiveness of all traffic safety projects implemented since adoption of the 2019 Vision Zero Action Plan. Furthermore, increase staffing resources, through the upcoming budget process if needed, to expedite data analysis and project evaluation as well as conducting synchro analysis related to recommendation #5.

Evaluate the Effectiveness of Projects:

Post project evaluation work for McLaughlin Avenue, Senter Road, San Antonio Road, White Road, and 10th and11th streets is underway and is expected to be completed this summer. Speed, volume, and collision data are being collected and reviewed for effectiveness in reducing travel speeds and crash frequency or severity. For projects that were completed within the past year (such as Senter Road and San Antonio Avenue), qualitative on-the-ground roadway user surveys are also being conducted. These surveys will also be used to refine quick-build elements where needed to improve outcomes. Much of this evaluation work is being performed by existing project staff.

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