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FROM:CITY MANAGER DEPARTMENT: PLANNING
AND COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT
DATE:
SUBJECT:
MAY 19, 2008 CMR: 248:08
REQUEST FOR REFERRAL OF REGIONAL TRANSPORATION
ISSUES TO POLICY AND SERVICES COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that Council refer the matter of regional transportation issues to the Policy and
Services Committee for review and discussion.
DISCUSSION
There are a number of regional transportation initiatives, projects and studies underway that are
of interest to both the Council and the community and have implications for Palo Alto and the
mid-peninsula. Council members also sit on policy advisory boards and committees for some of
these transportation studies. These issues include the following as well as others:
2020 Peninsula Gateway Corridor Study
Highway 101 Auxiliary Lanes/101 High Occupancy Toll (HOT) Lanes Project
Highway 101 Ramp Metering Project
Dumbarton Rail & HOV Buses
Santa Clara County Comprehensive Expressway Study Update
VTA Valley Transportation Plan (VTP) 2035
Caltrain and California High Speed Rail (HSR)
Palo Alto Intermodal Transit Center
VTA Governance
In order to provide Council with an opportunity to have a more comprehensive discussion of and
provide some policy direction on these issues, staff recommends that this matter be refen’ed to
the Policy and Services Committee. Some of the issues are ones for which there is existing
Council policy direction, others are new issues that need to be followed and monitored, and
others are issues that may be appropriate to refer to the Planning and Transportation Commission
for further analysis and recommendation.
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Staff intends to present an overview and status of these projects at the June 3rd Policy and
Services Committee meeting. Based on the Policy and Services Committee direction, staff will
develop a comprehensive progam consisting of monitoring issues, preparing more detailed
reports for policy development on individual items, or forwarding issues to the Planning and
Transportation Commission or Council as appropriate. A report on the committee discussion and
recommendations will be forwarded to the full Council for consideration.
PREPARED BY:
GAYLE I2~<[.ENS
Transportation Manager
DEPARTMENT HEAD REVIE r~ ~r~;TIS
Director of Planning and Community Environment
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:~,~
STEVE EMSLI’E//KELLY M~RARIU
Interim Deputy City Managers
COURTESY COPIES
Chamber of Commerce
Planning and Transportation Commission
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