REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Accept LinkedIn's Donation of Voluntary Bicycle and Pedestrian Facility Improvements on Maude Avenue between Sunnyvale/Mountain View City Limits and Approximately 400 feet West of North Mathilda Avenue with an Estimated Construction Cost of $1,180,000 and Finding of an Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act
Report
BACKGROUND
Maude Avenue is an east-west commercial/industrial collector that connects to State Route (SR) 237 and Sunnyvale/Mountain View city limits on the west and ends at Wolfe Road on the east. On Maude Avenue between the Sunnyvale/Mountain View city limits and approximately 400 feet west of North Mathilda Avenue (Project Limits), there are two travel lanes in each direction with a two-way center turn lane and a Class II bicycle lane on both sides of the street. There are continuous sidewalks on both sides of the street, except for a portion on the north side approximately 440 feet west of Macara Avenue into Mountain View. This segment of Maude Avenue is located within the Sunnyvale Peery Park Specific Plan area, where most of the land use along this corridor are office, research and development, and industrial land uses.
In 2018, LinkedIn Corporation (LinkedIn) approached the City with a request to install voluntary improvements consisting of on-street Class IIB buffered bicycle lanes and pedestrian improvements along Maude Avenue from 400 feet west of North Mathilda Avenue to the west city limits. LinkedIn has retained the services of a professional engineering firm to prepare plans suitable for construction of the improvements.
EXISTING POLICY
In performing the analysis and developing the conclusions identified in this report, the following policies were referenced and considered:
General Plan Chapter 3 Land Use and Transportation:
* Policy LT-1.7: Emphasize efforts to reduce regional vehicle miles traveled by supporting active modes of transportation including walking, biking, and public tr...
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