REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
CONTINUED FROM AUGUST 30, 2022
Selection of the Sunnyvale Avenue Underpass Tunnel Option to be Defined as the Proposed Project for the Grade Separation of Crossing of the Caltrain Railroad Tracks for the Environmental Review
Report
SUMMARY OF COMMISSION ACTION
The Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission considered this item at their regular meeting on July 21, 2022.
The Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission voted to recommend to City Council the Sunnyvale Avenue Bicycle and Pedestrian Only Tunnel Underpass option with the friendly amendment that if the City Council selects the Sunnyvale Avenue Underpass Tunnel option, then a physical barrier between vehicle lanes and bicycle lanes should be included in the tunnel. The vote was 5-0, with Commissioner Beagle recused and Commissioner Bonne absent.
PUBLIC CONTACT
Public contact was made by posting the Council agenda on the City's official-notice bulletin board outside City Hall, at the Sunnyvale Public Library, Senior Center, Community Center and in the Department of Public Safety Lobby. In addition, the agenda and report are available at the Sunnyvale Public Library, Office of the City Clerk and on the City's website.
Additional public outreach performed is listed in Reports to Commission No. 22-0628 and No. 22-0791 and Report to Council No. 22-0041.
ALTERNATIVES
1. Selection of the Sunnyvale Avenue Underpass Tunnel option to be defined as the Proposed Project for the grade separation of the Sunnyvale Avenue crossing of the Caltrain railroad tracks for the Environmental Review.
2. Selection of the Sunnyvale Avenue Bicycle and Pedestrian Only Underpass Tunnel option to be defined as the Proposed Project for the grade separation of the Sunnyvale Avenue crossing of the Caltrain railroad tracks for the Environmental Review.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Alternative 1: Selection of the Sunnyvale Avenue Underpass Tunnel option to be defined as the Proposed Project ...
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