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BART Phase II Draft Relocation Plan Available

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VTA has prepared a Draft Relocation Plan to assist residential and non-residential property owners and occupants that may be impacted by any property acquisition in order to construct VTA’s BART Phase II Extension.

Outreach to property owners began in June to incorporate their feedback into the draft plan. Now, the public will have an opportunity to comment over a 30 day period starting today, August 17.

Four public forums are being held to present the Draft Relocation Plan and receive public comments:

September 6, 2018 at 5:30 p.m.
VTA Board Meeting at 55 W. Hedding Street, San Jose

September 11, 2018 at 5:00 p.m.
San Jose City Hall Wing 118/119, 200 E Santa Clara St, San Jose

September 12, 2018 at 5:00 p.m.
Mexican Heritage Plaza, 1700 Alum Rock Ave, San Jose

September 13, 2018 at 5:00 p.m.
Santa Clara University, Manresa Learning Center, 475 El Camino Real, Santa Clara

The Draft Relocation Plan is available for download on VTA’s BART Project website: http://www.vta.org/bart/construction/realestate

Hard copies are also available at VTA offices, the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Berryessa libraries in San Jose, and the Central Park Library in Santa Clara.

If unable to attend one of the meetings, comments can be submitted via email to Community.Outreach@vta.org by September 17, 2018.

As with any major infrastructure or transportation project completed in an urban area, some relocations of residential and non-residential occupants are unavoidable. However, VTA is seeking to minimize the number of potential acquisitions as part of its planning efforts.

A proposed Final Relocation Plan will be prepared to respond to the public comments received and submitted to VTA’s Board of Directors for its review, consideration, and adoption at its December 6, 2018 meeting.

Transit-Oriented Development

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VTA recently announced the start of a Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Strategy / Access Planning Study to identify strategies for developing housing and commercial space near three of the future BART stations (28th Street, Downtown San Jose, and Santa Clara). These studies are being conducted as part of VTA’s BART Silicon Valley Phase II Project. The meetings will be coordinated with the existing BART Phase II Community Working Groups for each of those stations. The themes for the three Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) workshops … Continue reading →

BART Phase II Time Table

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We are approaching the final weeks of the BART Phase II approval process.  In the coming weeks, decisions will be made on STATION LOCATIONS and TUNNEL TECHNOLOGY for the following District 3 relevant BART Stations: Alum Rock/28th Street Downtown San Jose Diridon Station Councilmember Raul Peralez in his capacity as the District 3 representative and a VTA Director is committed to ensuring that all District 3 residents and stakeholders have an opportunity to share their voice at these public hearings. If you … Continue reading →

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BART Phase II Status Update

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This is a summary of the current state of the BART Phase II  project.  The Draft SEIS/SEIR has been released and the public review and comment period will end Feb. 20, 3017. Silicon Valley Business Journal January 23, 2017, the Silicon Valley Business Journal published a good overview of the current state of the BART Phase II  project. Are you ready for a subway? Digging for BART begins in two years The bottom-line is simple.  With the passage of Proposition … Continue reading →

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The BART station at 28th street is not negotiable!

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It seems like our struggle to assure a BART station at 28th Street (formerly known as the Alum Rock Station) may not yet be over. We’ve heard recently that some folks in Santa Clara are suggesting that one of the three stations planned for San Jose (28th Street, Diridon or downtown) should be dropped to assure that Santa Clara will have a BART station. We understand taking a cautious attitude about what VTA promises and can build, but we regret … Continue reading →

Station Name: Voting Results

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BART Transit Village Advocates; We closed our Station Naming Survey on April 7 with 5,596 responses.  Yes, that’s up from only 180 responses in the first round of the survey.  Clearly, the survey went viral and some folks were campaigning for particular names. Little Portugal was the overwhelming favorite with 63.62% of the vote.  It was also the leader in our first survey with 35% of the vote. The complete results are attached.  These will be discussed at the next … Continue reading →

SPUR: BART to San Jose Status

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SPUR released an analysis of the financial status of the last phase of the BART connection to San Jose.  It contains a good summary of the current funding alternatives and costs for BART Phase II. As they noted, the BART Silicon Valley extension is the largest transportation investment the South Bay will make for decades. It will connect the East Bay and the South Bay with a 16-mile, six-station extension of the BART system. Once completed, the system will connect … Continue reading →

December CWG Notes

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VTA’s BART Alum Rock Community Working Group met Wednesday, December 2nd. We got a quick up-date on the prospective application for federal funds — basically the VTA folks are optimistic. The application process will start shortly, but the official application and VTA board decision won’t happen for about one year (after the November ballot measure). The application will cover the original four stations (Alum Rock, Downtown, Diridon and Santa Clara). Most of the meeting was devoted to an informative presentation … Continue reading →

October CWG Notes

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BART Alum Rock Transit Village Advocates: The notes and other information from the October meetings of VTA’s Community Working Groups are now available online here: http://www.vta.org/bart/phaseIICWGs Of particular note:  further information on ridership demographics for the area around the BART Station at  28th Street and also prospective renaming of the station (that comes at the very end of the notes). … Continue reading →

BART Alum Rock CWG: 10/14/15

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BART Alum Rock Transit Village Advocates: We might need to change our name!!!  As the result of a request from community representatives, VTA agreed to a discussion of a new name for the Alum Rock station–since it’s not actually ON Alum Rock and there’s already an Alum Rock Light Rail station.  This will be on the agenda for the December 2nd meeting of the Community Working Group. Other items: Ridership and Neighborhood Demographics:  additional information was provided and potential up-dating … Continue reading →