REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Mary Avenue Extension (Information Only)
Report
BACKGROUND
On August 18, 2015, the City Council held a Study Session to discuss four different items. This included Study Session #4 - Transportation Impact Fee and Project Prioritization. As part of this item, staff discussed the City's transportation priorities as part of the approved Traffic Impact Fee (TIF) program. One of the key items the Council focused on was the Mary Avenue Overcrossing (Mary Avenue). Specifically, Council deliberated on the requirement to construct Mary Avenue, how it fits within the TIF, and how it should be prioritized. This informational report to Council provides additional details to further clarify and help guide the discussion and next steps.
DISCUSSION
Mary Avenue first appeared in the Sunnyvale General Plan in the Transportation Element adopted in 1981. A North/South corridor study of Sunnyvale identified the need for an extension of Mary Avenue to meet desired levels of service. When the Land Use and Transportation Elements (LUTE) were merged into a single document in 1997, Mary Avenue was addressed in a policy as well as in the implementation and mitigation requirements for build-out of the General Plan. The Council decision on Mary Avenue and the 1997 LUTE was also informed by the "Futures" study Environmental Impact Report (EIR) in 1993 and the EIR prepared for the Lockheed Martin campus Master Use Permit (1994).
The Moffett Park Specific Plan EIR, certified in November 2003, and the first Transportation Strategic Program (also November 2003) and its related Transportation Impact Fee reaffirmed the need for Mary Avenue to meet desired levels of service at Sunnyvale intersections. In 2011, the Council adopted a new Consolidated General Plan that captured the highest level information from the prior individual General Plan documents (Elements and Sub-Elements). The 2011 Consolidated General Plan is the current General Plan (with a ...
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