BART VTA’s BART Phase II San Francisco Bay Transit Oriented Communities Caltrain VTA’s BART Strategy Study Phase I The Downtown San José BART Station Area Playbook For more information: See the Project Website at: www.vta.org/bart/tocs A recommended series of actions for the City of San Jose, VTA, and other implementation partners to get a once-in-a-generation opportunity right VTA’sPhase BART II Contact Us: [email protected] 408-321-7575 FINAL - JULY 2020 INTRODUCTION The Call To Action Content This Playbook presents a starting point for a long-term partnership between the City of San José and Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) to capitalize on the new Downtown San José BART Station. Downtown San José is undergoing a renaissance. The arrival of BART can help to Executive Summary further reposition downtown to a new place of prominence in the Bay Area. There is much to do to Page 1 ensure that the arrival of the station leads directly to realizing a vital, healthy, connected, prosperous, walkable, and equitable 24/7 downtown. The Big Moves We must begin working now. Page 18 The real estate market is already showing interest in the station area. Elevating Downtown San José to a long envisioned thriving, transit- anchored core requires implementing Transit Oriented Communities (TOC) principles well before BART arrives. The recommended actions in this “Playbook” provide a well-traveled, tried-and-true pathway to capitalize on this multi-billion dollar transit investment. Appendices Getting to the finish line requires a long-term, concerted partnership between the City of San José and VTA to take critical actions, like new policies, strategies, and investments essential to a TOC. This includes more affordable housing and new and improved land use regulations, funding tools, and bicycle, pedestrian, and transit connections that ensure an accessible downtown. Page iv Collectively, the City of San José, VTA and their partners have the chance to transform the Downtown San José Station area into a 24/7 center where people want to live, work, and play. It truly is once in a generation. Let’s work together to make sure we live up to it. This is an acknowledgement that this is the beginning of a long term partnership between VTA and the City of San José to establish a Transit Oriented Community for the Downtown San José Station area. VTA and the cities of San José and Santa Clara are studying all four stations proposed for BART Phase II. The Transit Oriented Communities Strategy Study is focused on three of the four station areas: Santa Clara, Downtown San José, and 28th Street/ Little Portugal. In the Diridon Station area a separate but complimentary plan called the Diridon Station Area Plan (DSAP) is being developed. The Downtown San José BART Station Area Playbook is one of three playbooks. i The Downtown San José BART Station Area Playbook ii INTRODUCTION Acknowledgements Appendices VTA City of San José Perkins and Will Appendix A - Background Conditions Report Ron Golem John Ristow Geeti Silwal Appendix B - Opportunities and Constraints Report Jill Gibson Eric Eidlin Dennis Dornan Appendix C - Funding and Implementation Strategy Dennis Kearney Brian Stanke Luca Giaramidaro Appendix D - Station Access Profile - Santa Clara Erica Roecks Ramses Madou Marc Asnis Appendix E - Station Access Profile - Downtown San José Adriano Rothschild Doug Moody Ivy Cao Appendix F - Station Access Profile - 28th Street/Little Portugal Gretchen Baisa Vida Shen Appendix G - Existing Parking Conditions Community Working Group Jeremy Nelson Appendix H - Parking Survey (Residential) Larry Clark Strategic Economics Kate Christopherson Appendix I - Parking Survey (Employment) Chris Morrisey Nadine Fogarty Appendix J - Ridership Impacts of TOCs Technical Advisory Group Jamie Fearer Alison Nemirow Appendix K - TOC Parking and TDM Strategies Jessie O'Malley Solis Alan Williams Evelyne St. Louis Appendix L - Market Analysis and Demand Projections Report Jim Unites Bert Weaver Nelson Nygaard Appendix M - Affordable Housing and Displacement Risk Krishna Davey Elizabeth Chien-Hale David Fields Appendix N - Fiscal Impact Analysis - City of Santa Clara Ronak Naik Adina Levin Terri O'Connor Appendix O - Fiscal Impact Analysis - City of San José Brent Pearse Dana Grover Appendix P - Small Business Support and Retention Strategies Susan Poliwka Michelle Azevedo Kimley-Horn Appendix Q - Infrastructure Cost Estimates Blage Zelalich Charlie Faas Adam Dankberg Appendix R - Access Improvements Cost Estimates Charla Gomez Jim Goddard Tyler Wacker Appendix S - Streetscape Improvements Cost Estimates Jessica Zenk Deborah Arant Warren Wells John Davidson Teresa Alvarado Hamza Syed Carol Shariat Eddie Truong Monica Fiedler-Ross Technical Advisors Asn Ndiaye CHS Consulting GB Arrington BKF Jill Hough Terry Bottomley Chris Mills Ben Miller Eileen Goodwin Joanna Kwok iii The Downtown San José BART Station Area Playbook iv INTRODUCTION Who is this Playbook for? How will you benefit? How to navigate this document For City Staff and Elected Officials: Cities are using TOCs to: The Big Moves and implementation strategies are organized as follows: Use this Playbook to kick-off and frame the long-term Leverage transit to accelerate implementing plans and policies. implementation partnership with VTA to start implementing Achieve goals and aspirations identified in General Plans. the recommended “Big Moves” necessary to achieve WHY a Good TOC in the station area and provide economic Catalyze economic development and rejuvenation. BIG MOVE is this Big Move essential to opportunities and community benefits to your constituents. What's the Advance the delivery of affordable and mixed-income housing. transit oriented overall idea? community goals? Ensure a Good TOC will be easy and viable to implement. KEY STRATEGIES CHECKLIST What are the For Residents, Business Owners For Residents and Businesses, Transit strategies necessary for and Civic Organizations: Oriented Development means: achieving the Big Move? A way to be less impacted by growth. Use this Playbook as a citizen’s manual to underpin the urgency for your city’s staff and elected officials to ensure A healthier lifestyle for current and future generations. that your vision for a Good TOC is fully implemented More services within your home or business. and engage more generally on issues that overlap with the recommended “Big Moves” (e.g. affordable housing, funding, transportation choices, etc.). RECOMMENDED ACTIONS CASE STUDY What specific How has a similar actions are key strategy recommended to been successful For Property Owners and Developers: For Owners and Developers: implement a key in other strategy? communities? DIAGRAM Use this Playbook as an investment guide to align your A way to build wealth for future generations. How would this strategy work? entrepreneurial efforts with the recommended “Big Moves” An opportunity to maximize on investments while providing ADDITIONAL necessary to create a Good TOC consistent with the social good for the community. CONTEXT communities’ vision and development standards for a good Protect and facilitate investments by having a predictable What else should TOC. stakeholders framework for what is desired and expected. know about each key strategy? v The Downtown San José BART Station Area Playbook vi EXECUTIVE SUMMARY San Pedro Square, Downtown San José Photo Credit: Sergio Ruiz for SPUR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The entire corridor has the potential for approximately 45 Million Square Feet We have an amazing of new development.** WARM SPRINGS / opportunity and one SOUTH FREMONT STATION chance to get it right MILPITAS STATION Imagine creating new walkable places on the scale of an entirely new Downtown San José, concentrated within a short walk of the Phase II BART stations. That is the magnitude of the possibility in front of us. Of course, there is much work to do, it BERRYESSA/NORTH SANTA CLARA STATION SAN JOSE STATION won’t happen on its own, and the clock is ticking. Partnerships New Development: 12.7 Million Square Feet need to be forged. Plans updated. New funding tools put in 28TH STREET/LITTLE PORTUGAL STATION place. Capital investments made. More affordable housing New Development: 8.5 Million Square Feet built. Because many of these actions require public and city actions that can take years to complete, it is imperative that we begin now. DOWNTOWN SAN JOSE STATION Success lies in the hands of the cities, VTA, and their partners. New Development: 23.8 Million Square Feet It’s critical that we start now to capture the extraordinary DIRIDON STATION opportunity in front of us. According to market demand projections and development analysis prepared for VTA's BART Phase II corridor, by 2040 the corridor will add: + 40,000 new jobs and housing for * + 80,000 new residents The scale of growth and the investment in BART Phase II is massive. Before BART arrives we must advance partnerships and update plans and policies to ensure the station areas become healthy, connected, prosperous, and equitable Transit Oriented Communities. Legend * Total residents assumes 2.5 residents per household and 1000 **Corridor development total does not include Diridon, which is LegendExisting Buildings New opportunity sites Phase I Phase II * square feet per unit. Total jobs assumes 250 gross square feet per undergoing a separate but complementary planning effort as office employee and 500 square feet per retail employee. part of the Diridon Station Area Plan (DSAP) update. 1 The Downtown San José BART Station Area Playbook 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Envision the future of Downtown San José Total Market Potential for Development by 2040 Office 6,500,000 sf Residential 15,992,200 sf + 37,500 new residents Hotel 1,158,000 sf Retail 212,852 sf + 26,500 new jobs Total 23,863,052 sf Creating Great Places Downtown San José has turned a corner. The arrival of BART can help reposition downtown as a new place of prominence in the Bay Area. Current City plans would allow for about 12 million square feet of new development in the Downtown.