REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Acceptance of Google Inc.'s Donation of Voluntary Bicycle and Pedestrian Facility Improvements (Phase 1 and Phase 2) on Manila Drive/West Moffett Park Drive with an Estimated Construction Cost of $2,575,800 and Finding of Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act
Report
BACKGROUND
Manila Drive/West Moffett Park Drive is a predominately east-west frontage roadway that runs parallel to the United States Route (US) 101/State Route (SR) 237 corridor and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) light rail tracks. Manila Drive runs between Ellis Street in the City of Mountain View, through a portion of the County of Santa Clara, and ends in Sunnyvale at Enterprise Way. East of Enterprise Way, Manila Drive transitions into West Moffett Park Drive.
Manila Drive has a speed limit of 45 mph, consisting of one travel lane in each direction with dedicated left and right turn lanes at intermittent locations. There are continuous sidewalks on the north side of the road, and painted shoulders on both sides of the road. West Moffett Park Drive between Enterprise Way and Innovation Way has a speed limit of 40 mph, consisting of one travel lane in each direction with dedicated left and right turn lanes at intermittent locations. There is a Class II on-street bicycle lane on both sides of the street, but there is no sidewalk along this segment of West Moffett Park Drive. East of Innovation Way, VTA recently completed the construction of a new Class I shared-use path on the northside of Moffett Park Drive between Innovation Way and Bordeaux Drive as part of the Mathilda/101/237 interchange project
In 2018, Google Inc. (Google) approached the City with a request to install voluntary improvements consisting of an off-street Class I shared-use path, rail crossing safety modifications, traffic signal modification at the Enterprise Way traffic signal and minor street grading changes on Manila Drive west of Enterprise Way. T...
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