REPORT TO BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMISSION
SUBJECT
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Recommend Alternatives for the Caribbean Drive Parking and Trail Access Enhancements Design
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REPORT IN BRIEF
In March 2017, the City awarded a contract to Mark Thomas for professional design services of the Caribbean Drive Parking and Trail Access Enhancements Project associated with the Sunnyvale Clean Water Program (SCWP). In September 2017, the preliminary design was presented at a public meeting (Attachment 2). Following the public meeting and a collision in the project area, additional options were explored to separate cyclists from traffic (Attachment 3). Staff recommends proceeding with the Preferred Alternative, which includes a multi-use path separated from traffic and new street parking by a 2.5-foot-wide shoulder on westbound Caribbean Drive.
BACKGROUND
The SCWP is a set of projects to renovate the existing Water Pollution Control Plant (Plant) to a new facility suitable to treat and dispose of municipal sewage over the next 30 or more years. The Caribbean Drive Parking and Trail Access Enhancements Project is one of the first projects in the implementation of the SCWP.
At present, the public uses Carl Road, a public street which fronts the Plant, to access the San Francisco Bay Trail (Bay Trail). The Bay Trail is an over 400-mile regional park path system, including 3.45 miles in the City of Sunnyvale, linking 47 cities around the shoreline of the San Francisco Bay. The Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) is the planning entity responsible for implementing the Bay Trail system, which includes establishing design guidelines and performing public outreach for the trail system (e.g., leading tours, publishing maps, and announcing temporary closures on their website).
August 2016, the City Council approved the SCWP Water Pollution Control Plant Master Plan (Master Plan) which is the foundation document for the buildout of the Plant. In the Master Plan, Carl Road is show...
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