BART VTA’s BART Phase II San Francisco Bay Transit Oriented Communities Caltrain VTA’s BART Strategy Study Phase I The 28th Street/Little Portugal 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 José, 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, collaborative partnership between the City of San José and Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) to capitalize on the new 28th Street/ Little Portugal BART Station. However, there is much work needed to ensure the arrival of the station Executive Summary leads directly to realizing the community’s long held vision of creating a Transit Oriented Community (TOC) reflecting Little Portugal. The recommended actions in this Playbook provide a well-traveled, Page 1 tried-and-true pathway to capitalize on this multi-billion dollar transit investment and elevate the neighborhood as a prosperous, dense, and resilient center. The Big Moves BART service is just around the corner. To realize the community’s vision, we must begin working now. Page 16 Assuring a healthy, connected, prosperous, walkable and equitable place requires implementing TOC principles well before BART arrives. Getting to the finish line requires commitment and a concerted partnership between the City of San José and VTA to undertake the critical actions, policies, strategies, and investments essential to creating a TOC. This includes more affordable housing and new and improved land use Appendices regulations, funding tools, and bicycle, pedestrian, and transit connections that ensure good access for neighborhoods surrounding the station area. Page iv The community has been very clear that taking advantage of the 28th Street/Little Portugal BART Station also means preserving and promoting the district’s Latino and Portuguese cultural heritage. This means prioritizing mitigations for project impacts and ensuring that existing residents and business owners benefit from the transit investment. Collectively, the City of San José, VTA and their partners have the chance to transform the 28th Street/Little Portugal BART Station area into a TOC where people want to live, work, and play. It truly is a once in a generation opportunity. 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 28th Street/Little Portugal 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 28th Street/Little Portugal BART Station Area Playbook is one of three playbooks. i The 28th Street/Little Portugal BART Station Area Playbook ii TRANSIT ORIENTED COMMUNITY STRATEGIES: THE BIG MOVES 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) Carlos Diaz Strategic Economics Kate Christopherson Appendix I - Parking Survey (Employment) Terry Christensen Nadine Fogarty Appendix J - Ridership Impacts of TOCs Technical Advisory Group Cobán López Alison Nemirow Appendix K - TOC Parking and TDM Strategies Jessie O'Malley Solis Chris Patterson-Simmons Evelyne St. Louis Appendix L - Market Analysis and Demand Projections Report Jim Unites Helen Masamori Nelson Nygaard Appendix M - Affordable Housing and Displacement Risk Krishna Davey Davide Vieira David Fields Appendix N - Fiscal Impact Analysis - City of Santa Clara Ronak Naik Bill Rankin Terri O'Connor Appendix O - Fiscal Impact Analysis - City of San José Brent Pearse Craig Chivatero Appendix P - Small Business Support and Retention Strategies Susan Poliwka Danny Garza Kimley-Horn Appendix Q - Infrastructure Cost Estimates Blage Zelalich Ricardo Agredano Adam Dankberg Appendix R - Access Improvements Cost Estimates Charla Gomez Eric Thacker Tyler Wacker Appendix S - Streetscape Improvements Cost Estimates Jessica Zenk Justin Tríano Warren Wells John Davidson Geoff Hatchard Hamza Syed Carol Shariat Kathy Ericksen Monica Fiedler-Ross Technical Advisors BKF CHS Consulting GB Arrington Chris Mills Jill Hough Terry Bottomley Joanna Kwok Ben Miller Eileen Goodwin iii The 28th Street/Little Portugal 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? Use this Playbook as a citizen’s manual to underpin the A way to be less impacted by growth. urgency for your city’s staff and elected officials to ensure A healthier lifestyle for current and future generation. that your vision for a Good TOC is fully implemented and engage more generally on issues that overlap with More services within steps of your home or business. 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 social ADDITIONAL necessary to create a Good TOC consistent with the good for the community. CONTEXT community's 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 28th Street/Little Portugal BART Station Area Playbook vi EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Viva Calle, 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 VTA's Phase II BART stations. That is the magnitude of the possibility in front of us. Of course, there is much work BERRYESSA/NORTH SANTA CLARA STATION SAN JOSE STATION to do, it won’t happen on its own, and the clock is ticking. New Development: 12.7 Million Square Feet Partnerships need to be forged. Plans updated. New funding 28TH STREET/LITTLE PORTUGAL STATION tools put in place. Capital investments made. More affordable New Development: 8.5 Million Square Feet housing 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 VTA's 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.