REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Accept Google LLC's Voluntary Donation in the Amount of $1,000,000 for the East Channel Trail Study; Authorize the City Manager to Execute Funding Agreements with Google and Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority and any Other Necessary Documents Related to the Grant or Funding; Approve Budget Modification No. 3 to Appropriate $830,000 in Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) 2016 Measure B Bicycle & Pedestrian Planning Studies Funding, $1,000,000 in Google LLC's Voluntary Donation, and $1,000,000 from the Transportation Impact Fee Funds for the East Channel Trail Study
Report
BACKGROUND
In August 2020, City Council adopted the Sunnyvale Active Transportation Plan (ATP), which guides the City to create a safe, connected, and efficient citywide walking and biking network. During the development of the ATP, the Sunnyvale community identified a desire for additional north-south low stress bicycling and pedestrian corridors that would connect the entire City. The East Channel in Sunnyvale spans from northern city limits at the Bay Trail to southern city limits at Homestead Road. The ATP proposes a 5.78-mile bicycle facility along the East Channel that consists of a Class I shared-use path between the Bay Trail and Inverness Way, and a Class IIIB Bicycle Boulevard between Inverness Way and Homestead Road. A Class I shared-use path is completely separated from motor vehicle traffic and used by people walking and biking, providing a low stress facility for people of all ages and abilities. The City has executed a Memorandum of Understanding with Valley Water to pave the maintenance road along the East Channel between the Bay Trail and Inverness Way to serve as a multi-use trail. Valley Water is currently in the process of receiving regulatory permits to allow for construction to start.
A planning study is required to evaluate existing conditions, identify design constraints, determine trail alignment(s), and evaluate ...
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