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RESOLUTION NO. 03-070
A RESOLUTION ENDORSING VTA'S COMMUNITY DESIGN AND
TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM AND ITS MANUAL OF BEST PRACTICES FOR
INTEGRATING TRANSPORTATION AND LAND USE
WHEREAS, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VT A), in partnership with
the cities, towns and County of Santa Clara, has developed a Community Design and
Transportation (CDT) Program and a guiding Manual of Best Practices for Integrating
Transportation and Land Use;
WHEREAS, on November 7,2002, the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) adopted
the CDT Program (Resolution No. 02.11.35) as its primary program for integrating
transportation and land use, and the CDT Manual of Best practices for Integrating Transportation
and Land Use as the programs guiding document;
WHEREAS, the City of Saratoga participated in the development ofthe CDT Program
and the Manual of Best Practices for Integrating Transportation and Land Use;
WHEREAS, the City of Saratoga recognizes that, to effectively meet the current and
future needs of its changing communities, transit, pedestrian, and multimodal roadway facilities
must play increasingly important roles in the City's total transportation system;
WHEREAS, to better meet the current and future needs of its communities, the City of
Saratoga desires a strengthened "transportation consciousness" between VTA and the City that is
reflected within the City's individual departments and actions by the Council;
WHEREAS, to optimize the City's investments in, and utility of, transportation and
urban services infrastructure, mixed-use, pedestrian-oriented developments should be located in
urban cores, major transportation corridors, and transit station areas;
WHEREAS, the purpose of this endorsement is to convey on behalf of the City of
Saratoga and Council a strong spirit of support for the concepts, principles, practices and actions
conveyed in VT A' s CDT Program's Manual of Best Practices for Integrating Transportation
and Land Use;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that it shall be the policy of the City of Saratoga to
consider the concepts, principles, practices and actions conveyed in the CDT Manual of Best
Practices for Integrating Transportation and Land Use in its planning, public works, and
redevelopment projects, and in its project development, review, and approval processes;
LET IT BE FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Saratoga will consider the
identification and evaluation of opportunities to provide an integrated and interconnected system
of transit services, pedestrian facilities, bicycle routes, and multimodal roadways in the
preparation ofthe General Plan, Specific Plans, Community Plans, District Plans and similar
planning documents;
LET IT BE FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Saratoga will identify and
consider opportunities for creating mUltimodal streets and implementing alternative street design
standards and strategies, as defined in VTA's Community Design and Transportation Program,
and as identified and developed by City staff, in the preparation of the General Plan, Specific
Plans, District Plans, Community Plans, and similar planning documents;
LET IT BE FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Saratoga will identify and
consider existing and proposed train stations, bus stops, and transit centers as "opportunity areas"
for pedestrian, bicycle, and transit infrastructure improvements;
LET IT FURTHER BE RESOLVED, that the City of Saratoga recognizes the cores,
major transportation corridors, and station areas as identified in the CDT Manual of Best
Practices for Integrating Transportation and Land Use and by the City as key areas to target
future growth and implement the CDT concepts, principles, practices and actions;
LET IT FURTHER BE RESOLVED, that the City of Saratoga recognizes the public
value in identifying and preserving right-of-way for transportation facilities such as streets,
transit stops and stations, transit preferential facilities, and pedestrian and bicycle facilities in its
planning and programming process, as applicable, practicable and as opportunities permit;
LET IT FURTHER BE RESOLVED, the City of Saratoga recognizes that need for,
and benefits of, multi-jurisdictional coordination, cooperation, and participation in projects and
processes that address transportation issues having cross-border or regional significance;
LET IT FURTHER BE RESOLVED, that the City of Saratoga will seek opportunities
for partnerships with VT A and neighboring jurisdictions to identify and pursue mutually
beneficial studies, proj ects, and funding agreements.
Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Saratoga, California, at a meeting
thereof held on the 19th day of November, 2003, by the following vote:
AYES:
Councilmember Stan Bogosian, Kathleen King, Norman Kline,
Vice Mayor Ann Waltonsmith, Mayor Nick Streit
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Nick Streit, Mayor
City of Saratoga