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January 6, 2024
The Honorable Aisha Wahab
California State Senate
1021 OStreet, Suite 6530
Sacramento, CA 95814
456 West Olive Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA94088 3707
408 730 7473
Sunnyvale.ca.gov
Larry Klein
Mayor
Omar Din
Vice Mayor
Russ Melton
Councilmember
Alysa Cisneros
Councilmember
Richard Mehlinger
Councilmember
Murali Srinivasan
Councilmember
Linda Sell
Councilmember
RE: 2024 State Funding Requests from the City of Sunnyvale Dear Senator Wahab:
On behalf of the City of Sunnyvale, werespectfully submit State Budget Funding requests for one or more of the projects outlined below. We urge you to consider funding for this list of 6 worthy projects (in priority order) ranging from $1,100,000 to $5,000,000.
Below we have provided detailed information on theprojects we have ready to move forward with once funding is available. Your support with these initiatives will enable us to continue these important efforts and contributepositive impacts for the City of Sunnyvale.
#1. Lakewood Branch Library and Learning Center- $4,000,000 The City and two local school districts arepartnering to build this 20,000 square foot Lakewood Branch Library and Learning Center at 760 Lakechime Drive. Itwill be a primary resource for literacy, learning andenrichment for north Sunnyvale. This area currently has less access to services. Itsdiverse population also has income and educational inequities.The new Library will address this bysupporting education, skill development and personal growth.This will strengthen quality of life and contributeto a healthy local economy. The total project cost is $28 million. #2. Decarbonizing Buildings--$5,000,000
This project will support a building electrification incentive and education program for existing buildings. As part of the City's ClimateAction Playbook, Sunnyvale aims to reduce natural gas use in buildings. Sunnyvale's Reach Codes, adopted in 2020 and effective January 2021, ensures that all new construction in Sunnyvale is all-electric. In Heart of Silicon Valley
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order to reach Sunnyvale's 2030 greenhouse gas reduction goal, the City must also achieve Play 2.2: Support electrification of existing buildings. Garne Plan 2028, currently in development, is the next work plan for implementing Sunnyvale's Playbook.The draft of this plan and preliminary forecasting, showsthat the City must support residents in electrification through incentiveprograms and education.
Sunnyvale will work with Silicon Valley Clean Energy, our local Community Choice Aggregator in crafting and administering the incentive and education program. The total project cost is $5million.
#3. Poplar Avenue SafeRoutes to School/Transit Sidewalk Installation - $1,100,000
This project would construct missing sidewalk on Poplar Avenue south of El Camino Real leading to Peterson Middle School. The improvements were identified in the City's Active Transportation Plan based on outreach collected from the school administration, school district staff,PTA and students.The sidewalk construction would include reducing the comer radius/bulb-outs at Poplar Avenue/Bryant Avenue and green stormwater infrastructure. The project would connect the neighborhood to high quality transit service along El Camino Real and would benefit alarge percentage of school kids due to the close proximity to the school. The total project cost for construction is $1.1 million asthe project is already funded for design and environmental.
#4. Bernardo Avenue Bicycle Undercrossing- $4,000,000
Bernardo Avenue is atwo-lane collector roadway that is located in the western portion of the City of Sunnyvale. Itstretches from Homestead Road in the south nearthe City of Cupertino and Middlefield Road in the north in the City of Mountain View.
Currently the Caltrain tracks, and Central Expressway are barriersto multimodaltravel.
This project will enhance multimodal connection between two cities andwill connect residential in Sunnyvale tojob centers in Whisman Park, Mountain View. In September 2004, the Bernardo Avenue Bicycle Undercrossing Feasibility Study Report was published. The City of Sunnyvale, in partnership with the City of Mountain View, is seeking to continue the process toward building apedestrian and bicycle undercrossing on Bernardo Avenue between Evelyn Avenue and Central Expressway. The requested funds will fill in the funding gap necessary to completethe design phase.Thedesign phase includes $4M in consultant costs and $3.5M in Caltrain staffcosts to support and manage the project. The City has already secured $0.5M in federal OBAG2 funds and
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$3M in local Measure BSales Tax funding. Thetotalproject cost for design is $7.5 million.
#S. Stevens Creek Trail Fremont Overcrossing - $2,000,000 The Stevens Creek Trail is apartially completed bicycle-pedestrian trail along the Stevens Creek corridor that connects to the Bay Trailto the north. This project will environmentally study and design abike and pedestrian overcrossing of Fremont Avenue in the vicinity of SR85 and Bernardo Avenueto serve eastbound bicyclists and pedestrians on the southside of Fremont Avenue and obtain Caltrans reviews and approvals. The totalproject cost for pre-engineering and environmental is $2 million. #6. Iris Avenue GSI and SafeRoutes to School and Green Streets- $1,500,000 Iris Avenue is atwo-lane residential collector street that connects major roadways such as Fair Oaks Avenue and Wolfe Road.There aretwo elementary schools (Braly and Ponderosa Elementary Schools) and two neighborhood parks (Braly and Ponderosa Parks) accessed via Iris Avenue. This project will construct intersection comer bulb outs, ADA curb ramps andgreen stormwater improvements to improve visibility of pedestrians and bicyclists, reduce travel speeds in thevicinity of the schools andparks, reduce pedestrian crossing distances, provide elements to reduceturning traffic speeds, andtreat surface stormwater run-off for improved environmentalbenefits. These improvements were identified in the City's Active Transportation Plan.The total project cost for design and construction is $1.5 million.
Thankyou for considering our requests. Please donot hesitateto contact me or Michelle Zahraie, Sr. Management Analyst at [email protected], if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Larry Klein
Mayor
cc: City Council
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Kent Steffens, City Manager
Sarah Johnson-Rios, Assistant City Manager
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