May 10,2022 Item No. 2-22-149
VTA's BART Silicon Valley
Phase II Extension Project
City of Santa Clara City Council Study Session
May 10, 2022
Santa Clara Valley
Transportation
Authority
Solutions that move you
Agenda
• Recap of Previous Study Session
• Project Overview
• Transit Infrastructure Design Process
• Santa Clara BART Station Design History
• Santa Clara BART Station Aesthetics
• Next Steps
Santa Clara Valley
Transportation
Authority
Solutions that move you
POST MEETING MATERIAL
Recap of January 5th Study Session
• Topics discussed
• BSVII Update
• City Coordination Efforts
• Planned Exploration of Champions Way Right-of-Way
Designation
• Outcomes
• Follow up meeting on:
• Santa Clara BART station design history
• Additional details on station aesthetics efforts
• Future meeting with further discussion on Champions Way Right- of-Way Designation
3 Project Overview
Systems City of
Santa Clara
• Final Draft RFP issued April 2022
Norman Y. Munat • Next round of interviews in early Summer * In partnership with J NORTH SAN JOSÉ • Final RFP to be issued in Summer 2022 the City of Santa Clara
STATION
Tunnel & Trackwork
Final RFP issued in September 2021*
SANTA CLARA ETayice st
STATION • Negotiations underway with highest scored proposer Misthan 28TH STREET/ Anticipated Board award Q2 2022 for Stage 1 services Facility LITTLE PORTUGAL (review of innovations, design, and construction planning)
STATION
CITYOF
SANTA CLARA KHan Sh Newhall Yard/Santa Clara Station
• Draft RFP issued in March 2022
Santa Clara St Mid-Tunnel Facility • First round of one-on-one interviews completed No MI 87 * Sane.
• Final RFP anticipated to be issued in Summer 2022*
CITYOF • DOWNTOWN
SAN JOSE STATION
SANJOSÉ Stations
DIRIDON STATION
LEGEND
• Current solicitation cancelled; new solicitation under development targeting Q2 2024 award
• Development of technical documents continue in support of other Contract Packages
• Design coordination with third parties ongoing
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Project Capital Funding Update
• In 2021, VTA received a Letter of Intent (LOI) from FTA announcing their intention to obligate federal funds for BSVII
• FTA recently conducted a Risk Assessment of BSVIl Project • Based on "what-if" scenarios utilizing project information and design • Considers potential risks and their associated costs and durations • BSVIl Project Funding is critical focus for VTA
• Current funding projections assumed $6.9B
• Federal estimate from Risk Assessment reflects $9. 1B • VTA working towards funding the full $9. 1B as the ceiling • Key drivers will be increasing state and federal participation 5 CURRENT as of 5/10/22 - FOR DISCUSSION ONLY
Transit Infrastructure Design Process
Preliminary
Voter-approved Planning & Engineering, Construction Start of Service System Plan Environmental Design & Grant
Procurement Agreemen
Public Engagement typically occurs at key points throughout the life of a transit project, including:
• Early planning efforts (visioning, alternatives analyses, etc.) • Identifying a preferred alternative & through environmental process • Station aesthetics
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Santa Clara BART Station
Design History
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Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/Subsequent
Environmental Impact Report (SEIS/SEIR) Conceptual Design - RADIO TOMER "Costco
• Underground concourse with ground-
level station Corres
• To not impact Apple's Research and
Development facility in the City of Santa
NOTER
Clara, VTA determined that the station
and Newhall Maintenance Facility could
both be located within VTA-owned
property MONSINE
LEGEND
• Required a significant change in
AT CRANE SEATON
the design of:
JOINT DEVELOFWENT
• Station configuration
altrain Stati
ROADMAY MCOFICANIONS
• Parking and station access
CONSTRUCTION STAGING
- KEY PEDESTRAY UNKAGE
• Yard and maintenance
facilities
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Anticipated BSVII AM Inbound Trip Distribution
From WEST
Total: 31% riders
9% Pedestrians
4% Bicyclists
Undererossing 14% Bus transfers
Pedestri
4% Rail transfers
AHT. From NORTH
in Parking Garage
Total: 15% of riders
From SOUTH
• 5% Pedestrians
Total: 53% of riders Champions Way 1% Bicyclists
• 12% Pedestrians : 5% Picking
4% Pick-up/Drop-off
4% Bicyclists
24% Parking
13% Pick-up/Drop-off
From EAST
Total: 1% of riders Note: The estimate is for AM peak hour, BART trips only. No background/nearby development trips are included
• 1% Bus transfers
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Design Requirements & Constraints ·A
• BART Operational requirements
• A single, center platform with two mainline tracks
• Platform length to accommodate a 10-car train
• Headway (time between trains) constraints, including lack of tail track connection
NFPA
• Generally, cannot utilize station platforms with
130
commuter rail (Caltrain, ACE)
Standard for Fixed
• BART Facilities Standards requirements Guideway Transit and Passenger Rail Systems
• BSVII Design Criteria Manual 2020
• National Fire Protection Association (NFPA-130), and others • 2018 environmental document (SEIS/SEIR) commitments
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Alternative Station Designs Evaluated
Alt C: Alt D:
Elevated Elevated
Alt B: Concourse Concourse
Alt A:
Ground- • Northern • Southern
Underground garage
Level garage
Concourse configuration configuration
Concourse
with pedestrian with pedestrian
connection to connection to
the east the west
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Alt A: Underground Concourse Design
LEGEND
→ Station Entrance • Pedestrian Undercrossing
- Fare Gate • Parking Garage & Other Facilities
Ground-Level Passenger Platform • Roadways
Paid Concourse i Underground Element
• Unpaid Concourse
Joint Maintenance Road/Fire Road
BROKAW ROAD
CHAMPIONS WAY
Preliminary - Subject to change
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Alt A: Underground Concourse Design
Preliminary - Subject to change Looking southeast from Brokaw Road 5 2
Existing Pedestrian
Undercrossing to Santa
Clara Transit Center
Champions Way Station Entrance Platform
Escalators, Elevators, & Stairs Elevators & Stairs
Underground Concourse West Station Entrance
4 BART Storage Tracks Existing Pedestrian Undercrossing 13 CURRENT as of 5/10/22 - FOR DISCUSSION ONLY
Alt A: Underground Concourse Design
Features:
• Provided underground concourse and direct access to the pedestrian undercrossing Path of Travel:
• Requires going down under tracks
Issues:
• Elevation issues aligning underground concourse with the existing pedestrian undercrossing • Requires stairs, an elevator and/or long ramp to access underground concourse below the existing pedestrian undercrossing
• Accessibility concerns:
• Accessible parking is two levels above the underground concourse • Large underground unpaid area requires additional safety and security • BART actively trying to reduce underground concourses for ground-level platforms • Requires ventilation system for public areas underground CURRENT as of 5/10/22 - FOR DISCUSSION ONLY
Alt B: Ground-Level Concourse Design
LEGEND
→ Station Entrance • Pedestrian Undercrossing
- Fare Gate • Parking Garage & Other Facilities
• Ground-Level Passenger Platform • Roadways
• Paid Concourse I Underground Element
• Unpaid Concourse
i Joint Maintenance Road/Fire Road
AD
Preliminary - Subject to change
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Alt B: Ground-Level Concourse Design
Looking southeast from Brokaw Road
Existing Pedestrian
Undercrossing to Santa
Clara Transit Center
1.2 Malalalalala
Preliminary - Subject to change
Brokaw Road Pedestrian Plaza Platform
Station Entrance Existing Pedestrian Undercrossing
BART Storage Track
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Alt B: Ground-Level Concourse Design
Features/Path of Travel:
• No vertical circulation required (direct pedestrian access from street level to the station) Issues:
• End loading platform require additional safety accommodations • Not possible to fit all required facilities at-grade within the footprint of VTA-owned property • Additional right-of-way on Brokaw Rd. would be required which would impact access to the City's corporation yard facilities at end of Brokaw Rd. as well as private property driveway access
• Safety concerns along pedestrian plaza due to end-loading platform (queuing into emergency vehicles area
• Remaining width of Brokaw Rd. limits access for emergency and service vehicles 17 CURRENT as of 5/10/22 - FOR DISCUSSION ONLY
Alt C: Elevated Concourse Design - ·A
Northern Garage Configuration
LEGEND
→ Station Entrance • Pedestrian Undercrossing
- Fare Gate • Parking Garage & Other Facilities
• Ground-Level Passenger Platform • Roadways
• Paid Concourse C: Underground Element
• Unpaid Concourse
Joint Maintenance Road/Fire Road
BROKAW ROAD
CHAMPIONS WAY
Preliminary - Subject to change
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Alt C: Elevated Concourse Design -
Northern Garage Configuration
Looking southeast from Brokaw Road
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Existing Pedestrian
Champions Way Station Entrance Platform Undercrossing to Santa Clara Transit Center
Escalators, Elevators, & Stairs Elevators & Stairs
3 Elevated Concourse West Station Entrance
4 BART Storage Tracks Existing Pedestrian Undercrossing CURRENT as of 5/10/22 - FOR DISCUSSION ONLY
Alt C: Elevated Concourse Design -
Northern Garage Configuration
Features:
• Eastern elevated concourse entrance is near the paseo planned for Gateway Crossings along Chastain Place
• Parking garage located to the north of the concourse with entry from Brokaw Rd.
Path of Travel:
• Requires going up over tracks
Issues:
• Emergency vehicle and service access is severely constrained along Brokaw Rd. due to garage ramp
• West entrance not directly aligned with existing undercrossing • Garage entrance ramp location inconvenient for driver's dropping off patrons and having to loop back around to enter the garage on Brokaw Rd.
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Alt D: Elevated Concourse Design -
Southern Garage Configuration
LEGEND
→ Station Entrance • Pedestrian Undercrossing
Fare Gate • Parking Garage & Other Facilities
Ground-Level Passenger Platform • Roadways
Paid Concourse Underground Element
Unpaid Concourse Joint Maintenance Road/Fire Road
BROKAW ROAD
CHAMPIONS WAY
Preliminary - Subject to change
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Alt D: Elevated Concourse Design -
Southern Garage Configuration
Looking southeast from Brokaw Road
Preliminary - Subject to change
Champions Way Station Entrance Platform
Existing Pedestrian
Escalators, Elevators, & Stairs Elevators & Stairs Undercrossing to Santa Clara Transit Center
Elevated Concourse West Station Entrance
BART Storage Tracks Existing Pedestrian Undercrossing
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Alt D: Elevated Concourse Design -
Southern Garage Configuration
Features:
• Direct entrance is provided with elevators and stairs on the west side of the station from the existing pedestrian undercrossing serving the Santa Clara Transit Center and west Santa Clara
• Parking garage located to the south of the concourse area with entry from Champions Way Path of Travel:
• Requires going up over tracks
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Santa Clara Station Design Recap
Station Design Distinguishing Features Reasons Concept was Not Advanced • Large underground unpaid area requires additional safety and security
Underground concourse • BART actively trying to reduce underground concourses for • Requires going down under tracks
ground-level platforms
• Requires ventilation system for public areas underground • Not possible to fit all required facilities at-grade within the footprint of VTA-owned property
M Ground-level concourse • Additional right-of-way on Brokaw Rd. would be required which No vertical circulation needed would impact access to the City facilities and private property safety concerns with patron queuing at the fare gates
adjacent to the emergency vehicle access
• Elevated concourse with garage to the • Emergency vehicle and service access is severely north of concourse constrained along Brokaw Rd. due to garage ramp • Requires going up over tracks • West entrance not aligned with existing undercrossing Elevated concourse with garage to the Concept of current design is acceptable by VTA, BART and south of concourse Fire, Life, Safety and Security Committee and is included in • Requires going up over tracks the RFP 24
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·A
Santa Clara BART Station
Aesthetics
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Community Engagement ·A
• Once core station elements were evaluated and developed based on programmatic requirements, BSV went out to the community as soon as possible to gather input on station look and feel elements • The station look and feel effort engaged Design Review Committees (DRCs) and conducted broad community engagement
• DRCs were comprised of leaders of local community organizations, institutions, and City staff in each station area
2,000+ people engaged with 125+ providing feedback:
Visiting the project's interactive online platform
Attending pop-up events in the station areas
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Aesthetics of Other BART Stations
Colma Milpitas
b MILPITASM
Millbrae Berryessa
27 Source: https://www.bart.gov/stations CURRENT as of 5/10/22 - FOR DISCUSSION ONLY Form of the Santa Clara BART Station
SANTA CLARA
PEDESTRIAN UNDERPASS
JOINT MAINTENANCE ROAD / FIRE ROAD
BROKAW ROAD
CHAMPIONS WAY
Preliminary - Subject to change
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Form of the Santa Clara BART Station
SANTA CLARA
PEDESTRIAN UNDERPASS
JOINT MAINTENANCE ROAD / FIRE ROAD
PLATFORM
BROKAW ROAD
CHAMPIONS WAY
Preliminary - Subject to change
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Form of the Santa Clara BART Station
SANTA CLARA
PEDESTRIAN UNDERPASS
JOINT MAINTENANCE ROAD / FIRE ROAD
PLATFORM
NOT ACCESSIBLE YARD
CHAMPIONS WAY
Preliminary - Subject to change
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Form of the Santa Clara BART Station
SANTA CLARA
PEDESTRIAN UNDERPASS
JOINT MAINTENANCE ROAD / FIRE ROAD
CONCOURSE
BROKAW ROAD
CHAMPIONS WAY
Preliminary - Subject to change
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Form of the Santa Clara BART Station
SANTA CLARA
PEDESTRIAN UNDERPASS
JOINT MAINTENANCE ROAD / FIRE ROAD
CONCOURSE
PARKING GARAGE BACK OF HOUSE
BROKAW ROAD
CHAMPIONS WAY
Preliminary - Subject to change
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Form of the Santa Clara BART Station
SANTA CLARA
PEDESTRIAN UNDERPASS
JOINT MAINTENANCE ROAD / FIRE ROAD
CONCOURSE
PARKING GARAGE BACK OF HOUSE
BROKAW ROAD
CHAMPIONS WAY
Preliminary - Subject to change
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Form of the Santa Clara BART Station
Preliminary - Subject to change
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Aesthetics of Santa Clara BART Station
Preliminary - Subject to change
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DRC Comments Incorporated into Station Design
• Represents the history and diversity of Santa Clara
• The station is architecturally significant and establishes a new landmark • Strikes a balance between modern and historic
• Appreciation for the aluminum material finish options with a wood-like color • Unique station aesthetics helps BART patrons with station wayfinding • Façade designed to make the station feel more open and dynamic • Potentially incorporate dynamic station façade treatments, like materials that move in the wind
• Using materials that are functional and easy to maintain 36 CURRENT as of 5/10/22 - FOR DISCUSSION ONLY
Community Feedback that was Incorporated
• Incorporated less-reflective wood-like materials
• Provided spaces for retail in the station (e.g. concourse retail kiosks) • Provided infrastructure for solar panels to be added to garage roof • Provided parking spaces for electric vehicles
• Incorporated wayfinding elements, and will continue to be developed • Provided more greenery, including native and
low-water consumption plant species
• Included more color
Preliminary - Subject to change
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Community Feedback Not Incorporated
Suggestion Reasons not incorporated
Wooden canopies • BART's Facility Standards do not allow wood materials • Lower combustibility threshold and higher maintenance costs
Green roof • Parking garage could have solar panels installed in the future
• Back-of-house building roof is not compatible with a green Add more shape to • Minimizing cost and optimizing space are critical the structure constraints for building footprint and shape/size of the structure.
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Community Ideas that Could be Incorporated
• Establish a sense of place in and around the station
• A dynamic, multi-colored façade with more lighting options • Add a building-mounted or freestanding sign visible to those accessing the station area creating a "gateway" feel
• Further incorporate and integrate art and wayfinding
• Activate the station for a vibrant, enjoyable experience • Provide more places for retail and patron seating
• A performance space, particularly for university students to use • Integrate the station into the surrounding community
• Continue working with partner agencies to address challenges associated with people experiencing homelessness at an end-of-line station • Review incorporation of future east-west pedestrian bridge and other opportunities for connectivity
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Future East-West Pedestrian Connection Study
• This east-west pedestrian/bicycle
connection will be studied as a Caltrain Platform
potential concurrent non-project Santa Clara BART Station activity within the BSV Program ential Pedestri.
Parking Garage
(not part of BSVII Project)
Champions Way
• BSV will coordinate with VTA
Planning and City of Santa Clara / Fields
'ondo Way
• The CP3 RFP will not preclude a
Gateway
future connection to the Santa Crossings
Clara BART station elevated Brokaw Road
concourse
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Next Steps
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Timeline
WE ARE
HERE
Planning, Engineering, inal Desic Safety and
Voter Approval & Procurement * Constructio Systems Testing 2018-2022 2022-2028 2028-2030
2000-2018
• Major Investment Study • Planning efforts • Select contractors • Conduct safety and • Project split into two phases • Preliminary Engineering • Complete final design systems testing • Environmental review • Federal funding process • Construct tunnel, • Rail acceptance and • Construction Outreach Management tracks, stations, certification • Public involvement
Program development facilities, and system • Start of service • VTA Board approval • Business Resource Program
development
• Real Estate Acauisition
• Procurement and contracting
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Upcoming Community Engagement Opportunities
Station Aesthetics
• Approximately 6 to 12 months after contractor is on board (anticipated in Q2 2023)
• Potential topics
• Establish a sense of place in and around the station
• Activate the station for a vibrant, enjoyable experience • Including art location and selection
• Integrate the station into the surrounding community
Public meetings and engagement opportunities this Summer 43 CURRENT as of 5/10/22 - FOR DISCUSSION ONLY
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