Attachment A

Summary of VTP 2030 Related Positions

1.  The City Council supports North County transit improvements as a high priority for VTP 2030, and request that priority and allocation amounts be listed accordingly.  Priority should be given to Bus Rapid Transit, Caltrain Service Upgrades, Dumbarton Rail, Caltrain Electrification, and the Palo Alto Transit Center.  A significant share of funding in the first ten years of programming should be given to these projects.    

2.  Recent actions and statements by the Valley Transportation Authority staff indicate an unwillingness to recognize and abide by the 1993 Cooperative Agreement Regarding the Tasman Corridor Light Rail Extension.  Therefore, resolution of the bearing of the 1993 Cooperative Agreement is a priority.

a.  The City shall communicate to the VTA Board of Directors information on the 1993 Cooperative Agreement, and specify that the pending New Rail Corridors Study shall abide by the terms of the Agreement.

b.  Compliance with the 1993 Cooperative Agreement shall be researched and documented, through a study issue or non-routine project.

c.   Once documentation is reviewed and approved (by the City

Council), file for alternative dispute resolution.

3.  The VTP 2030 Transit Program is also proposing a “New Rail Corridors Study” which will evaluate future light rail alignments.  This proposed study needs to be reconciled with a 1990 Cooperative Agreement between Sunnyvale and the VTA’s predecessor agency regarding light rail corridor priorities, which established the Tasman-Sunnyvale corridor as the next light rail corridor priority for Santa Clara County.  Investment in future light rail corridors be made according to the priorities established by this agreement.   The VTA Transit Program as currently proposed would promote other light rail corridors, inconsistent with the City/VTA agreement.  

4.  The City recommends the following listing for Sunnyvale Local Streets and County Roads projects.  All projects should be considered as “allocated” projects. 

Table 1:  Recommended Programming Strategy for Sunnyvale VTP 2030 Projects

5.  The Sunnyvale Transportation Strategic Program also programs $35 million for Lawrence Expressway improvements.  This programming should be recognized in VTP 2030 as local matching funds for all proposed Lawrence Expressway grade separation improvements in Sunnyvale.  This will enable Lawrence Expressway grade separation projects to be listed as unconstrained projects, and therefore be eligible for Federal and State funding as funds become available.

6. The City supports the project priorities of the Route 237 and Route 85 Freeway Corridor Studies.  The proposed funding priorities are sufficient to capture freeway improvements necessary to accommodate most planned traffic growth consistent with the City’s General Plan, and the level of investment is realistic for the time frame of VTP 2030.  The recommendation would not fund one of the three major Mathilda/237 interchange improvements, however, staff believes that it is unrealistic and unnecessary to complete full buildout of the improvements proposed in the SR 237 corridor study in the time frame of VTP 2030.

7. Sunnyvale reiterates it’s endorsement of the Community Design and Transportation Program. 

8.  Sunnyvale supports current programming of the Borregas Bicycle Bridges project in the Bicycle Expenditure Program, and recommends that the Bernardo Avenue Undercrossing project be programmed in year 2016.

9.  The City Council supports CalTrain electrification concurrent with grade separation of roadway crossings in the City of Sunnyvale and elsewhere on the Peninsula corridor for a future four track configuration.  Electrification should also fully accommodate future high speed rail.