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Annual Trail Report NSE AGENDA: 09/14/17 ITEM: d(2) •- CAPITAL OF SILICON VALLEY TO: NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES & FROM: Angel Rios, Jr. EDUCATION COMMITTEE SUBJECT: ANNUAL TRAIL PROGRAM DATE: August 28, 2017 RECOMMENDATION Receive annual staff report on Trail Program development. BACKGROUND The City Council-approved Greenprint (2009 update) defines a 100-mile trail network as part of the City’s 20-year strategic plan for parks, recreational facilities and programs. The City’s General Plan (Envision San Jose General Plan) references the trail network as part of a balanced transportation system. The City’s Green Vision has guided rapid development of the Trail Network by 2022 as part of a 15-year plan for economic growth, environmental sustainability, and an enhanced quality of life for its community. The City’s Bike Plan 2020 defines a 500-mile plan for bicycling facilities that includes 100 miles of trails and 400 miles of on-street bikeways. Staff has provided an annual report to the Transportation & Environment Committee (T&E) since June 2007. This represents the first report to the Neighborhood Services & Education Committee (NSE) and will include some highlights of prior work accomplished with the T&E. Staff will provide a presentation on the following: Major accomplishments / milestones over past decade. Major projects being designed, constructed or recently completed during FY 2016/17. Secured grant funding and pending grant applications. Recent awards and accomplishments. Trail Count 2016 findings and update on upcoming Trail Count 2017. Projects that support interface between off-street trails and on-street bikeways. NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE 08-28-17 Subject: Trail and Bikeway Network Development Report Page 2 Staff from the Department of Transportation will attend the meeting and be available for questions regarding on-street bikeways. /s/ ANGEL RIOS, JR. Director of Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services Linked Attachments: • Trail Count 2016 Fact Sheet: http://www.sanioseca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/60788 • Trail Program Strategic Plan: http://www.sanioseca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/57511 • 2016/17 Annual Trail Report: http://www. sani oseca. gov/index.aspx?NID=28 8 8 For questions please contact Yves Zsutty, Trail Manager, at 408-793-5561. i 8 San Jose’s tenth annual count of • Guadalupe River at San second count station at Bird trail users occurred on Wednesday Fernando Street: 1,055 in Avenue (south): 23 were September 14 at nine stations. 2015,1,306 in 2016; a 23.8% counted in 2015, this same This Fact Sheet reports on major increase. location counted 212, a major findings. Guadalupe River at River Oaks: 821% increase. 1,348 in 2015 and 1,441 in • Five Wounds (undeveloped) at Trail users were asked to take an 2016; a 6.9% increase. For William Street: 183 in 2015 and on-line survey via postcards total traffic with bridge usage - 145 in 2016; a 20.9% offered along the trails, social we counted 2,270 in 2015 and media, trail program website and decrease. advocacy organization web sites. 2,325 2016 a 2.4% increase. A Summary Report provides those • Los Alamitos Creek: 819 in 2015 * Thank you to all the hardworking findings. and 924 in 2016; a 12.8% volunteers, advocates, agency increase. partners & local companies like Guadalupe River at Coleman • Three Creeks at Willow Street CH2M, Callander Associates, Avenue: 977 in 2015, 1,269 in (north): 39 in 2015 and 42 in GHD Engineering Consultant &Mark Thomas & Company. 2016; a 29.9% increase from the 2016; a 7.7% increase. At the prior year. This station had seen a 50% increase in 2014. Table below shows an upward trend line. • Los Gatos Creek at Hamilton Avenue: 1,137 in 2015,1,380 in 2016; a 21% increase. Los Gatos Creek atAuzerais Avenue: 167 in 2015, 163 in 2016; a 2.4% decrease. These counts occurred during the AM and PM Peak periods only. ------------------- SAN JOSE ------------------- Santa Clara Volley PARKS, RECREATION & Water Districtft San Jose NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES CAPITAL OF SILICON VALLEY Identify Study Plan Design Build Open Undeveloped, projects Projects that have been Projects that have been Projects that have been Projects that have been Projects that are open identified in the City's or are currently being or are currently being or are currently being or are currently being to the public. Greenprint or trail studied to determine a master planned for designed, (construction constructed. 58.75 miles, either database feasible alignment. future development. documents). 1.56 miles paved or interim: 15.90 miles 16.37 miles 40.20 miles 9.66 miles 49.88 miles (paved) 8.87 miles (interim) This report tracks this and other Park. The Vision Study was Program progress over the past fiscal year. developed to help stakeholders understand the trail corridor’s Overview Funding for trail projects was major challenges and how an substantially greater; $32,900,000 elevated trail concept would versus $19,000,000 in fiscal year San Jose’s Trail Program provide a means to cross active 2015/16. planned and developed rail lines, a major freeway, and advances the highest-quality trail systems. This funding projects to be a national leader in planned high-speed rail. See final supported 28 development page of this report for additional the integration of urban trails. projects. Within this context, the program is images from the study. developing a 100-mile interconnected trail network Program comprised of 40 individual trail systems which are defined by the Updates Greenprint and General Plan. The existing 58.75 mile network is Awards and Recognition already recognized as one of the The City of San Jose and nation’s largest. Callander Associates received the Trail Planning & Design Award for Scale of the Trail Network grew by the SKY Lane Trail Vision Study. If 1.2 miles over the past 12 months developed, the SKY Lane Trail (2.0 miles were paved upon an would link the Three Creeks Trail existing gravel trails, and 1.2 miles West to Coyote Creek and Kelley were newly-developed trails). SAN JOSE PARKS, RECREATION & NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES 1 Trail Count 2016 The September 2016 count documented trail usage at nine count stations along the Guadalupe River (3 stations), Los Gatos Creek (2 stations), Los Alamitos Creek, Coyote Creek, Three Creeks, and future Five Wounds Trail alignment. Trail usage increased substantially from the prior year. Travel at the Guadalupe River Trail and Coleman Avenue saw a 29.9% increase. Travel also increased at Los Gatos Creek and Hamilton Avenue by 21%. The trend line shows a long-term increase in usage over 10 years of data collection. The data gathered from Trail Count supports trail planning and competitive grant writing. It also reminds the community and leaders that trails are an integral part of our balanced transportation system. Volunteers from the Guadalupe River Park Conservancy, Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition, Save Our Trails, Five Wounds/ Brookwood Terrace Neighborhood, Keep Coyote Creek Beautiful and others joined Project Amount Status with City of San Jose staff to conduct the tenth annual count and survey of trail users. Coyote Creek Trail - Story $5,200,000 Awarded to Tully See the “Trail Count” page of the website for more information about Trail Count. Coyote Creek - Singleton $1,046,500 Declined Road Crossing Competitive Grant Writing Staff pursued substantial new funding for Coyote Creek - Singleton $200,000 Awarded trail development over the past 12 months. Road Crossing Grant writing was prioritized for projects in Los Gatos Creek - Under- $300,000 Awarded need of construction funding. Crossing 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2 Social Media elevated levees through north San Jose. Other than the River Oaks Parkway ramp, The Twitter@sanjosetrails was initiated in January access to these popular trails is via 2010, with a simple mission: offer regular Trail 2016/17 intersecting roadways. This study confirms project updates, program milestones, upcoming preferred ramp locations and secured buy-in closures and relevant news stories. The platform from stakeholder agencies for a cost- continues to draw an audience. In the past 12 efficient design approach. REPORT months, the audience grew by 32%, from 2,000 to 2,675 followers. Bay Area Ridge Trail Visibility Signage: Coordination with the City’s Department of TRAIL Transportation, County of Santa Clara lnstagram@SanJoseTrails has a stronger visual (Parks) and Bay Area Ridge Trail occurred focus, with filtered images of construction work and during the year to define the scope and downtown San Jose. The account has 270 develop a conceptual plan for on-street ANNUAL followers and informs on trails and promotion of signage guidance between Quicksilver local tourism. County Park and the Los Alamitos / Calero Creek trail systems. Periscope@SanJoseTrails posts live-stream videos at project sites for greater detail on the work underway, with 44 followers. The highest viewed content was captured on August 17, 2017 with broadcast of the Lower Silver Creek Trestle Fire (as viewed from City Hall); 257 views of that broadcast have occurred. (0) Blossom Crest Trail - Mary Jo Avenue to Copeland Lane: A feasibility study is nearly completed to define a viable alignment Active Projects across a pipeline managed by the Santa Clara Valley Water District and beneath Alum Rock Park Gateway Study: Alum PG&E utility lines. The short trail will Rock Park is California’s oldest civic park, provide improved pedestrian access funded in 1872. The study was completed between a nearby high school & elementary to define improved wayfinding, gateways, school. and allocation of parking resources in anticipation of the 2022 celebration of the Coyote Creek Trail (Brokaw Road to park’s 150th anniversary. The study will be Orchard Park): Design work reached the used to define funding proposals for park 65% stage of development for future trail enhancements.
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