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Chapter 2: Alternatives
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Jose and Santa Clara, Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact
Report and Draft 4(f) Evaluation (including supporting appendices and technical reports).
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———. 2004c. Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Corridor – BART Extension to Milpitas, San
Jose and Santa Clara, Final Environmental Impact Report (including supporting
appendices and technical reports). November.
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Jose and Santa Clara, Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (including
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supporting appendices and technical reports). May.
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———. 2010b. Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Corridor –Final Environmental Impact
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———. 2016. Bikeways Map. Available: http://www.vta.org/bikemap. Accessed: June 19,
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Personal Communications
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dated October 1, 2015, to Mr. Brian Jackson and Mr. At van den Hout of Hexagon
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Section 4.2: Air Quality
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Transit. APTA Climate Change Standards Working
Group, APTA CC-RP-001-09. August. Available: http://www.apta.com/resources/
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———. 2015b. Ambient Air Quality Standards. Last revised: October 1, 2015. Available:
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Toxics Analysis in NEPA. Last Revised: December 6, 2012. Available:
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uidmem.cfm. Accessed: October 16, 2015.
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Metropolitan Transportation Commission. 2009. Transportation 2035 Plan for the San
Francisco Bay Area. April.
———. 2015a. Project Level Conformity, Fund Management System (FMS). Available:
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Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
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———. 2015b. Transportation-Air Quality Conformity Analysis for Plan Bay Area and the
Final Transportation Improvement Program. Adopted: September 24, 2014. Available:
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February 19, 2016.
Terry A. Hayes Associates Inc. 20176. VTA's BART Silicon Valley—Phase II Extension
Project Air Quality Study. November.
Western Regional Climate Center. 2015. Period of Record Monthly Climate Summary, San
Jose, California. Available: http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?ca7821.
Accessed: October 29, 2015.
Section 4.3: Biological Resources and Wetlands
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City of San Jose. 2011. Envision San Jose 2040 General Plan. Chapter 3. Environmental
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Garza, J., and D. Pearse. 2008. Population Genetics of Onchorhynchus mykiss in the Santa
Clara Valley Region. Final report to the Santa Clara Valley Water District (SCVWD).
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Gervaise, J. A., D. K. Rosenberg, and L. A. Comrack. 2008. Burrowing Owl (Athene
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Hamilton, W. J., III, L. Cook, and R. Grey. 1995. Tricolored Blackbird Project 1994.
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H.T. Harvey and Associates. 1997. Santa Clara Valley Water District California Red-Legged
Frog Distribution and Status. Mark Jennings, principal investigator.
Haug, E. A., B. A. Millsap, and M. S. Martell. 1993. Burrowing Owl (Speotyto cunicularia).
In A. Poole and F. Gill (eds.), The Birds of North America, no. 61. Acad. Nat. Sci.,
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ICF. 2016. VTA's BART Silicon Valley—Phase II Extension Project Special-Status Species
Lists. November.
Leidy, R. A., G. S. Becker, and B. N. Harvey. 2005. Historical Distribution and Current
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Santa Clara Valley Habitat Agency (SCVHA). 2015. Burrowing Old Fee Zone Map.
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———. 2016. Santa Clara Valley Habitat Plan First Annual Report: FY 13/14 and FY
15/16. Available: http://ca-scvhabitatagency.civicplus.com/DocumentCenter/View/694.
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority and Federal Transit Administration. 2010.
Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Corridor Environmental Impact Statement and 4(f)
Evaluation. Available:
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Accessed: February 12, 2016.
Schultz, T. A. 1997. Observations, Resightings, and Encounters of Rehabilitated, Orphaned,
and Relocated Burrowing Owls. Pages 128–131 in J. L. Lincer and K Steenhof (eds.),
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International Burrowing Owl Symposium. J. Raptor Res. Report 9.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 2010. Endangered Species Facts: Bay Checkerspot
Butterfly. Office of Pesticide Programs. Available:
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Accessed: September 28, 2015.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2015. IPaC Information for Planning and Conservation.
Version 2.2.7. Sacramento, CA. Available: http://ecos.fws.gov/ipac/. Accessed:
September 24, 2015.
Western Bat Working Group. 2015. Species Matrix. Available:
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Section 4.4: Community Facilities and Public Services
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California Public Utilities Commission. 2014. Triennial On-Site Security Review of VTA.
City of San Jose. 2008. Coyote Creek Trail Story Road to Lower Silver Creek Master Plan.
Available: https://www.sanjoseca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/9351. Accessed: December
21, 2015.
———. 2011a. Envision San Jose 2040 General Plan.
———. 2011b. Envision San Jose 2040 General Plan EIR.
———. 2015. City Facilities. Available: http://sanjoseca.gov/Facilities. Accessed: October
12, 2015.
City of San Jose Department of Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services (SJPRNS).
2016. Fast Facts. Available: http://www.sanjoseca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/65881.
Accessed March 29, 2017.
City of Santa Clara. 2010a. City of Santa Clara 2010–2035 General Plan.
———. 2010b. City of Santa Clara 2010-2035 General Plan EIR.
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San Jose State University. 2014. Student Quick Facts. Available:
http://www.iea.sjsu.edu/Students/QuickFacts/default.cfm?version=graphic. Accessed:
October 19, 2015.
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Personal Communications
Case, Jill. Director. Student Operational Services. San Jose Unified School District. San Jose,
CA. October 9, 2015 email correspondence to Alex Casbara, Circlepoint.
Healy, Michal. Bond Program Consultant. Santa Clara Unified School District. October 23,
2015 letter to Alex Casbara, Circlepoint.
LéVeque, Kathy. Planner IV. San Jose Department of Parks, Recreation & Neighborhood
Services. San Jose, CA. October 8, 2015 email to Alex Casbara, Circlepoint.
Madden, John. Deputy Fire Chief of Administration. Santa Clara Fire Department. Santa
Clara, CA. September 29, 2015 email to Alex Casbara, Circlepoint.
McDowell, Carolyn. Staff Analyst. Santa Clara Police Department. Santa Clara, CA.
September 29, 2015 email to Alex Casbara, Circlepoint.
Morales, Veronica. Analyst, Research & Development Unit. San Jose Police Department.
San Jose, CA. October 16, 2015 email to Alex Casbara, Circlepoint.
Pereira, Manuel. Captain/BFO. San Jose Fire Department. San Jose, CA. October 9, 2015
email to Alex Casbara, Circlepoint.
Teixeira, James. Director of Parks & Recreation. Santa Clara Parks and Recreation. Santa
Clara, CA. October 19, 2015 letter to Alex Casbara, Circlepoint.
Section 4.5: Cultural Resources
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87 High Occupancy Vehicle Lane Project, City of San Jose, Santa Clara County,
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Valley Transportation Authority, San Jose, CA; and California Department of
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California Department of Transportation. 2003. Re: 04-SCL-87-0.3/6.3, Section 106
Consultation on the Construction of High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes Along State Route 87
in the City of San Jose, Santa Clara County. Documentation provided to Dr. Knox
Mellon, California Department of Parks and Recreation, Office of Historic Preservation,
Sacramento, California, November 7, 2003.
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Cartier, R. 1979. The Preliminary and Secondary Archaeological Investigations of Block B,
San Jose, California. Prepared for the San Jose Redevelopment Agency by
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———. 1984. Archaeological Site Record for CA-SCL-363H. Record on file at the
Northwest Information Center, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA.
———. 2014. Re: Acceptability of Proposed Vertical Loads on the Subsurface Amesquita
Adobe Foundation. Letter to Jerry Harlan, The Procaccianti Group, Carlsbad, CA. June 6,
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Cartier, R., C. Detlefs, G. A. Laffey, and J. Whitlow. 1984. Prehistoric and Historic
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City of San Jose. 2001. Final Environmental Impact Report for the Downtown Strategy 2000,
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———. 2013. Addendum to the Downtown Strategy 2000, Final Environmental Impact
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———. 2017a6. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II Extension Project Archaeological
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Federal Transit Administration. 2006. Transit Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment. FTA-
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County. Letter dated July 29, 2003. Letter to Dr. Knox Mellon, State Historic
Preservation Officer, Officer of Historic Preservation, Sacramento, CA.
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Environment Survey Report. September.
———. 2017. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II Extension Project, Addendum to the
2016 Supplemental Built Environment Survey Report. October.
JRP Historical Consulting, ICF, and Far Western Anthropological Research Group. 20176.
VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II Extension Project: Finding of Effects. December.
Melandry, M. 2003. Re: 04-SCL-87, KP 0.5/10.14; PM 0.3/6.3 SCL-87 HOV Project in (the)
City of San Jose. Letter to Mr. Gary N. Hamby, Division Administrator, U.S. Department
of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Region 9, California Division. Letter
dated November 7, 2003. Letter on file at the California State Historic Preservation
Office, Sacramento, CA.
Mellon, Knox., State Historic Preservation Officer. 2003a. Re: HAD-CA, File No. 04-SCL-
87-0.3/6.3, Document No. P46009 [Section 106 Consultation on the Construction of High
Occupancy Vehicle Lanes Along State Route 87 in the City of San Jose, Santa Clara
County]. Letter to Mr. Gary N. Hamby, Division Administrator, U.S. Department of
Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Region 9, California Division. Letter
dated September 25, 2003. Letter on file at the California State Historic Preservation
Office, Sacramento, CA.
———. 2003b. Re: HAD-CA, File No. 04-SCL-87-0.3/6.3 [Further Section 106 Consultation
on the Construction of High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes Along State Route 87 in the City
of San Jose, Santa Clara County, California]. Letter to Mr. Gary N. Hamby, Division
Administrator, U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration,
Region 9, California Division. Letter dated November 18, 2003. Letter on file at the
California State Historic Preservation Office, Sacramento, CA.
———. 2003c. Re: HAD-CA, File No. 04-SCL-87-0.3/6.3, Document No. P47144 [Further
Section 106 Consultation on the Construction of High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes Along
State Route 87 in the City of San Jose, Santa Clara County, California]. Letter to Mr.
Gary N. Hamby, Division Administrator, U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal
Highway Administration, Region 9, California Division. Letter dated November 24,
2003. Letter on file at the California State Historic Preservation Office, Sacramento, CA.
———. 2003d. Re: Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Corridor Project, Santa Clara County.
Letter to Leslie T. Rogers, Regional Administrator, Federal Transit Administration,
Region IX. June 9, 2003.
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
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13-14 February 2018
———. 2003e. Re: Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Corridor Project, Santa Clara County.
Letter to Leslie T. Rogers, Regional Administrator, Federal Transit Administration,
Region IX. July 9, 2003.
Polanco, Julianne, State Historic Preservation Officer. 2009. Re: Santa Clara Valley
Transportation Authority BART Silicon Valley Phase II Extension Project (Phase II
Project), San Jose and Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, CA (FTA_2016_0308_001).
Letter to Letter to Leslie T. Rogers, Federal Transportation Administration. October 28,
2016.
———. 2016a. Re: Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority BART Silicon Valley Phase
II Extension Project (Phase II Project), San Jose and Santa Clara, Santa Clara County,
CA. Letter to Leslie Rogers, Regional Administrator, Federal Transit Administration.
Letter dated April 6, 2016. Letter on file at the California State Historic Preservation
Office, Sacramento, CA.
———. 2016b. Re: Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority BART Silicon Valley Phase
II Extension Project (Phase II Project), San Jose and Santa Clara, Santa Clara County,
CA. Letter to Leslie Rogers, Regional Administrator, Federal Transit Administration.
Letter dated October 28, 2016. Letter on file at the California State Historic Preservation
Office, Sacramento, CA.
———. 2017. Re: Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority BART Silicon Valley Phase
II Extension Project (Phase II Project), San Jose and Santa Clara, Santa Clara County,
CA. Letter to Leslie Rogers, Regional Administrator, Federal Transit Administration.
Letter dated December 8, 2017. Letter on file at the California State Historic Preservation
Office, Sacramento, CA.
Wilson, Ihrig & Associates. 20162017. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II Extension
Project Noise and Vibration Technical Report. November.
Section 4.6: Electromagnetic Fields and Electromagnetic Interference
Printed References
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH). 2001.
Documentation of the Threshold Limit Values and Biological Exposure Indices. 7th
edition. Cincinnati, OH: ACGIH Worldwide.
County of Santa Clara Roads and Airports Department. 2015. Expressway Plan 2040 Study.
Earth Tech, Inc. 2003. Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) Silicon Valley
Rapid Transit Corridor MIS/EIS/EIR Working Paper #27: Electro-Magnetic Field (EMF)
Technical Report for EIS/EIR. July.
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
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VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II Extension Project Final SEIS/SEIR
13-15 February 2018
Federal Communications Commission Office of Engineering & Technology. 1997.
Evaluating Compliance with FCC Guidelines for Human Exposure to Radiofrequency
Electromagnetic Fields. OET Bulletin 65, Edition 97-01, August.
International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP). 1994. Guidelines
on Limits of Exposure to Static Magnetic Fields. Health Physics 66 (1), January 1994.
———. 1998. Guidelines for Limiting Exposure to Time-Varying Electric, Magnetic, and
Electromagnetic Fields (up to 300 GHz). Health Physics 74 (4), April 1998.
U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA).
1993. Safety of High Speed Guided Ground Transportation Systems, EMF Exposure
Environments Summary Report. Available:
https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/gsearch?collection=&terms=Safety+of+High+Speed+Guided+Gr
ound+Transportation+Systems%2C+EMF+Exposure+Environments+Summary+Report.
Section 4.7: Energy
Printed References
California Air Resources Board. 2014. EMAFC2014 (version 1.0.7). April.
———. 2015. California-modified Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy
Use in Transportation (CA-GREET). September.
California Department of Transportation. 2009. 2008 Motor Vehicle Stock, Travel, and Fuel
Forecast. June. Available: http://www.energy.ca.gov/2008publications/CALTRANS-
1000-2008-036/CALTRANS-1000-2008-036.PDF.
California Energy Commission. 2012. California Energy Demand 2012–2022 Final
Forecast. Volume 1: Statewide Electricity Demand and Methods, End-User Natural Gas
Demand, and Energy Efficiency. CEC-200-2012-001-CMF-VI. June.
———. 2015a. California Energy Demand Updated Forecast 2015-2025. CEC-200-2014-
009-CMF. February.
———. 2015b. California Energy Consumption Database. Available:
http://ecdms.energy.ca.gov/. Accessed: November 14, 2013.
———. 2015c. California Electricity Demand Historical Noncoincident Peak Demand.
Available: http://energyalmanac.ca.gov/electricity/historic_peak_demand.html. Accessed:
November 25, 2015.
U.S. Department of Energy. 2014. Alternative Fuels Data Center – Fuel Properties
Comparison. October.
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
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13-16 February 2018
U.S. Energy Information Administration. 2015. California State Profile and Energy
Estimates. Last Revised: September 17, 2015. Available:
http://www.eia.gov/state/?sid=CA#tabs-1. Accessed: November 19, 2015.
Personal Communications
Hosseini, Ehsan. Environmental Scientist. Terry A. Hayes Associates. Culver City, CA.
November 22, 2015—email message to Laura Yoon, ICF International.
Van den Hout, At. Principal Associate. Hexagon Transportation Consultants. San Jose,
California. November 23, 2015—email message to Shilpa Trisal, ICF International.
Section 4.8: Geology, Soils, and Seismicity
Printed References
PARIKH Consultants. 2014. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II Extension Project
Geotechnical Memorandum. February.
Santa Clara County. 1994. Santa Clara County General Plan Draft Environmental Impact
Report. Available:
https://www.sccgov.org/sites/dpd/DocsForms/Documents/GP_1994_DEIR.pdf.
Accessed: October 22, 2015.
Section 4.9: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Printed References
America Public Transportation Association (APTA). 2009. Recommended Practice for
Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Transit. APTA Climate Change Standards
Working Group, APTA CC-RP-001-09. August. Available:
http://www.apta.com/resources/hottopics/sustainability/Documents/Quantifying-
Greenhouse-Gas-Emissions-APTA-Recommended-Practices.pdf. Accessed: February 14,
2016.
Bay Area Air Quality Management District. 2015. Emissions Inventories. Available:
http://www.baaqmd.gov/research-and-data/emission-inventory. Accessed: May 6, 2016.
California Air Pollution Control Officers Association. 2013. California Emissions Estimator
Model. Available: http://www.caleemod.com. Accessed: September 15, 2015.
California Air Resources Board. 2014. EMFAC2014 Model. Available:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/emfac/2014/. Accessed: September 15, 2015.
Council on Environmental Quality. 2014. Revised Draft NEPA Guidance on Consideration
of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions. December 18.
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
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Hexagon Transportation Consultants, Inc. 20176a. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II
Extension Project Transportation Impact Analysis of the BART Extension Only.
November.
Hexagon Transportation Consultants, Inc. 20176b. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II
Extension Project Transportation Impact Analysis of the BART Extension and VTA’s
Transit-Oriented Joint Development. November.
Terry A. Hayes Associates Inc. 20176. VTA's BART Silicon Valley—Phase II Extension
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WRECO. 2017. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II Extension Project Hydrology and
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Section 4.10: Hazards and Hazardous Materials
Printed References
AECOM, Inc. 2008. Contaminant Management Plan; Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Project,
Project, Project-Wide. July 31.
———. 2014. Contaminant Management Plan; Silicon Valley Berryessa Extension Project,
Project-Wide. November.
BASELINE Environmental Consulting. 20176. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II
Extension Project Initial Site Assessment. November.
Section 4.11: Land Use
Printed References
City of San Jose. 2011a. Envision San Jose 2040 General Plan. November.
———. 2011b. Envision San Jose 2040 General Plan EIR.
———. 2013. Five Wounds Urban Village Plan. November.
———. 2014. Diridon Station Area Plan.
City of Santa Clara. 2010a. City of Santa Clara 2010–2035 General Plan. November.
———. 2010b. City of Santa Clara 2010–2035 General Plan Environmental Impact Report.
Final. November.
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Section 4.12: Noise and Vibration
Printed References
ATS Consulting. 2005. Station Noise Mitigation and Acoustical Treatment Study. January.
ATS Consulting. 2006a. Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Project/Noise and Vibration
Study/Yard and Shops Segment – P0504-D400-STY-DE-006, Rev. 0.
———. 2006b. Update, Noise and Vibration Study for SVRT Yard and Shops.
City of San Jose Department of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement. 2011.
Instructions for Filing Stand-By or Backup and Temporary Stand-By or Backup Power
Generation Facilities.
Federal Transit Administration. 2006. Transit Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment. FTA-
VA-90-1003-06, Federal Transit Administration, Office of Planning and Environment,
May 2006.
HMM/Bechtel and Wilson, Ihrig & Associates. 2005. Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Project,
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the January 1987, A1F04 Committee Meeting of the Transportation Research Board.
Wilson, Ihrig & Associates. 2006. SVRT RDEIS/SDEIR Ancillary Facilities Noise Analysis –
Downtown Facilities. Revised. November.
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Section 4.13: Security and System Safety
Printed References
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). 2006. Final Environmental Impact Statement and 4(f)/6(f)
Evaluation BART Warm Springs Extension, Vol. 1.2. Available:
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2017.
———. 2017. Bay Area Rapid Transit Police Department Policy Manual. Available:
https://www.bart.gov/sites/default/files/docs/LEXIPOL%20POLICY%20JANUARY%20
2017.pdf. Accessed April 19, 2017.
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13-19 February 2018
County of Santa Clara. 2015. Santa Clara County Sheriff. Available:
https://www.sccgov.org/sites/sheriff/Pages/overview.aspx. Accessed: November 11,
2015.
HNTB. 2017. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley Phase II Project: Twin Bore Station Configuration
Emergency Egress Review for BART Facility Standards (BFS) and NFPA 130
Compliance. June 13, 2017.
Personal Communications
Bay Area Rapid Transit Police. 2015. Response to VTA Information Request to BART Police
Department. April 4, 2015 – Letter to Santa Clara Valley Transit Authority.
Section 4.14: Socioeconomics
Printed References
Association of Bay Area Government (ABAG). 2013. Bay Area Projections 2013. Available:
http://abag.ca.gov/planning/housing/projections13.html. Accessed: August 2, 2016.
California Employment Development Department. 2014. Unemployment Rate and Labor
Force. Available: http://www.calmis.ca.gov/htmlfile/county/califhtm.htm.
Circlepoint. 20176. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II Extension Project Socioeconomics
and Environmental Justice Technical Memorandum. November.
City of San Jose. 2011a. The Envision San Jose 2040 General Plan.
———. 2011b. The Envision San Jose 2040 General Plan Draft Program EIR.
City of Santa Clara. 2010a. City of Santa Clara 2010–2035 General Plan.
———. 2010b. City of Santa Clara 2010–2035 General Plan Integrated Final EIR.
Federal Transit Administration. 2012. Environmental Justice (EJ) Circular. August 15.
Metropolitan Transportation Commission. 2009. Transportation 2035. Available:
http://mtc.ca.gov/our-work/plans-projects/plan-bay-area-2040/transportation-2035.
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. 2016. Amendment to Joint Development Policy
to include VTA Affordable Housing Policy. Memorandum to VTA Board of Directors
from Raj Srinath, Chief Financial Officer. March 21.
U.S. Census. 2010. American Fact Finder.
Available: http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml.
U.S. Census. 2010–2014. American Community Survey.
Available: http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml.
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
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topics/population/race/about.html.
———. 2012b. About Hispanic. Available: http://www.census.gov/
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Section 4.15: Utilities
Printed References
California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery. 2013. Industrial Sector:
Estimated Solid Waste Generation Rates. Available: http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/
wastechar/wastegenrates/Industrial.htm. Accessed: October 27, 2015.
———. 2015. Facility/Site Summary Details: Newby Island Sanitary Landfill (43-AN-003).
Available: http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/SWFacilities/Directory/43-AN-0003/Detail/.
Accessed: October 22, 2015.
City of San Jose. 2009. Newby Island Sanitary Landfill and the Recyclery Rezoning Project.
Draft Environmental Impact Report. Available:
http://www.sanjoseca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/2172. Accessed: February 14, 2016.
———. 2011. Envision San Jose 2040 General Plan EIR. Draft. June.
———. 2012. Sanitary Sewer Master Plan Initial Study/Addendum to General Plan EIR.
September.
———. 2013. City of San Jose Storm Sewer and Sanitary Sewer Annual Reports.
City of Santa Clara. 2010a. City of Santa Clara 2010-2035 General Plan. November.
———. 2010b. City of Santa Clara 2010-2035 General Plan EIR. Integrated Final.
November.
City of Santa Clara Water Utility. 2009. Sanitary Sewer Capacity Assessment for General
Plan Update. Technical Memorandum. September.
City of Santa Clara Water and Sewer Utility (SCWSU). 2011. 2010 Urban Water
Management Plan. May.
———. 2016. BART Santa Clara Station and Joint Development [Water Supply
Assessment]. March.
Local Agency Formation Commission of Santa Clara County (LAFCO). 2015. Cities Service
Review. Draft Report. October.
San Jose Water Company (SJWC). 2011. 2010 Urban Water Management Plan. April.
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
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———. 20165. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley Phase II Extension Water Supply Assessment.
Prepared for VTA.
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Boccaleoni, Tony. Operations Manager. Newby Island Landfill. Milpitas, CA. February 15,
2016 email correspondence to Alex Casbara, Circlepoint.
Section 4.16: Visual Quality and Aesthetics
Printed References
City of San Jose. 2003. San Jose Downtown Streetscape Master Plan. September.
———. 2011a. Envision San Jose 2040 General Plan. November.
———. 2011b. Envisions San Jose 2040 General Plan EIR.
City of Santa Clara. 2010a. General Plan 2010–2035.
———. 2010b. General Plan Environmental Impact Report. Final. November.
County of Santa Clara. 1994. General Plan – Charting a Course for Santa Clara County’s
Future: 1995–2010. December.
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). 1988. Visual Impact Assessment for Highway
Projects. Available: http://www.dot.ca.gov/ser/downloads/visual/
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Section 4.17: Water Resources, Water Quality, and Floodplains
Printed References
Bay Area Rapid Transit. 2011. BART Facility Standards. Last revised: October 2011.
Available: https://webapps.bart.gov/BFS/BFS_2_1_2Spec/BFS_2_1_2_index.html.
Accessed: October 2015.
California Department of Water Resources. 2004. California’s Groundwater—Bulletin 118,
Santa Clara Groundwater Basin, Santa Clara Subbasin. Last revised: February 27, 2004.
Available: http://www.dwr.water.ca.gov/groundwater/bulletin118/basindescriptions/2-
09.02.pdf. Accessed: October 26, 2015.
Federal Emergency Management Agency. 2009. Flood Insurance Study: Santa Clara
County, California and Incorporated Areas. Volumes 1–4. May 18.
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
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PARIKH Consultants. 2014. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II Extension Project
Geotechnical Memorandum. February.
San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (SFBRWQCB). 2015. Water
Quality Control Plan (Basin Plan) for the San Francisco Bay Basin. Last revised: March
2015 Available http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/sanfranciscobay/basin_planning.shtml.
Accessed: October 26, 2015.
State Water Resources Control Board. 2011. 2010 Integrated Report (Clean Water Act
Section 303(d) List/305(b) Report). Last revised: 2011. Available:
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/tmdl/integrated2010.shtml?wbid=
CAR4033100020050918175233. Accessed: August 31, 2015.
———. 2015a. GeoTracker search for San Jose (BART Extension area). Available:
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Accessed: October 28, 2015.
———. 2015b. Storm Water Program Construction Storm Water Program. Last revised:
April 2015. Available:
http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/stormwater/construction.shtml.
Accessed: October 26, 2015.
WRECO. 20176a. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II Extension Project Hydrology and
Water Quality Technical Report. November.
WRECO. 20176b. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II Extension Project Location
Hydraulic Study. November.
Section 4.18: Environmental Justice
Printed References
Association of Bay Area Government (ABAG). 2013. Bay Area Projections 2013. Available:
http://abag.ca.gov/planning/housing/projections13.html. Accessed: August 2, 2016.
California Employment Development Department. 2015. Unemployment Rate and Labor
Force. Available: http://www.calmis.ca.gov/htmlfile/county/califhtm.htm.
Circlepoint. 20176. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II Extension Project Socioeconomics
and Environmental Justice Technical Memorandum. November.
City of San Jose. 2011a. The Envision San Jose 2040 General Plan.
———. 2011b. The Envision San Jose 2040 General Plan Draft Program EIR.
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
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13-23 February 2018
City of Santa Clara. 2010a. City of Santa Clara 2010-2035 General Plan.
———. 2010b. City of Santa Clara 2010-2035 General Plan Integrated Final EIR.
Federal Transit Administration (FTA). 2012. Environmental Justice (EJ) Circular. August
15, 2012.
U.S. Census. 2010. American Fact Finder. Community Facts.
Available: http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml.
U.S. Census. 2010–2014. American Community Survey.
Available: http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml.
———. 2012. About Race. Available: http://www.census.gov/population/race/about/.
———. 2012. About Hispanic. Available: http://www.census.gov/
population/hispanic/about/.
Chapter 5: NEPA Alternatives Analysis of Construction
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AECOM, Inc. 2008. Contaminant Management Plan; Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Project,
Project, Project-Wide. July 31.
BASELINE Environmental Consulting. 20176. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II
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California Air Resources Board (ARB). 2013. Mobile Source Emission Inventory –
EMFAC2011 Frequently Asked Questions. Available:
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Circlepoint. 20176. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II Extension Project Socioeconomics
and Environmental Justice Technical Memorandum. November.
Climate Registry. 2015. Default Emission Factors. Last Revised: April 2015. Available:
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Davidson, John. Pers. Comm. City of Santa Clara. March 6, 2017, email correspondence to
VTA.
EPC Consultants, Inc. 2016. SVSX Single Bore Feasibility Study, January 21, 2016.
Far Western Anthropological Resources Group, Inc. 20176. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—
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Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
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Federal Transit Administration. 2006. Transit Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment. FTA-
VA-90-1003-06, Federal Transit Administration, Office of Planning and Environment,
May 2006.
Hatch Mott MacDonald (HMM). 2015. Downtown San Jose Station – Mined Station with
Mitchell Block Entrance Study. Prepared for Santa Clara Valley Transportation
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Segment Report on Seismic Ground Motions. Rev. 0. May.
Harris Miller Miller & Hanson, Inc. (HMMH). 2003. Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Corridor
EIS, Noise and Vibration Technical Report.
HNTB Companies, Engineers, Architects, Planners. 2006. Silicon Valley Rapid Transit
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JRP Historical Consulting. 2017. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II Extension Project,
Addendum to the 2016 Supplemental Built Environment Survey Report. October.
Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. 2017. Diridon BART Station Area – Parking Inventory.
Memorandum. December 6.
Mellon, Knox. 2003a. Re: Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Corridor Project, Santa Clara
County. Letter to Leslie T. Rogers, Regional Administrator, Federal Transit
Administration, Region IX. June 9, 2003.
PARIKH Consultants. 2014. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II Extension Project
Geotechnical Memorandum. February.
Santa Clara County. 2012. Santa Clara Valley Habitat Plan. Final. Prepared for: City of
Gilroy, City of Morgan Hill, City of San Jose, County of Santa Clara, Santa Clara Valley
Transportation Authority and Santa Clara Valley Water District. August. Available:
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———. 2015. Capital Expressway Light Rail Project. Available:
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Accessed: October 22, 2015
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). 2007. Silicon Valley Rapid Transit
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January.
———. 2016. San Jose BART Stations Transportation Impact Analysis.
———. 2017a. Bart Silicon Valley, Phase II Single Bore Tunnel Technical Studies:
Summary Design Criteria and Key Assumptions. Final, Rev 1. January 20.
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
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———. 2017b. Bart Silicon Valley, Phase II Single Bore Tunnel Technical Studies:
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Terry A. Hayes Associates Inc. 2017. VTA's BART Silicon Valley—Phase II Extension
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URS. 2003. Evaluation of the Feasibility of Mined Underground Stations. Prepared for Santa
Clara Valley Transportation Authority. BART Extension to Milpitas, San Jose and Santa
Clara. March.
U.S. Department of the Interior. 1995. Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.
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Wilson, Ihrig & Associates. 20176. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II Extension Project
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WRECO. 20176a. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II Extension Project Hydrology and
Water Quality Technical Report. November.
WRECO. 20176b. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II Extension Project Location
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Chapter 6: CEQA Alternatives Analysis of Construction and Operation – Section 6.1. Introduction
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County of Santa Clara Roads and Airports Department. 2015. Expressway Plan 2040 Study.
Metropolitan Transportation Commission. 2009. Transportation 2035 Plan for the San
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Section 6.2: Transportation and Traffic
Printed References
City of San Jose. 2014. Diridon Station Area Plan Final Plan Maximum Build-Out.
Available: http://www.sanjoseca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/33087. Accessed: January
15, 2016.
Hexagon Transportation Consultants, Inc. 20176a. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II
Extension Project Transportation Impact Analysis of the BART Extension Only.
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Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
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Hexagon Transportation Consultants, Inc. 20176b. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II
Extension Project Transportation Impact Analysis of the BART Extension and VTA’s
Transit-Oriented Joint Development. November.
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). 2014. Congestion Management
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Transportation Research Board. 2000. Highway Capacity Manual. National Research
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Section 6.3: Air Quality
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American Public Transportation Association. 2009. Public Transportation Fact Book. 60th
edition. Available: http://www.apta.com/resources/statistics/
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Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD). 1998. Regulation 11, Rule 2.
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California Geological Survey. 2002. Guidelines for Geologic Investigations of Naturally
Occurring Asbestos in California. Special Publication 124. Available:
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sbestos_Guidelines_SP124.pdf. Accessed: April 14, 2014.
City of San Jose. 2011. Envision San Jose 2040 General Plan. Chapter 3. Environmental
Leadership. Available: http://www.sanjoseca.gov/index.aspx?NID=1737. Accessed:
December 8, 2015.
City of Santa Clara. 2010. City of Santa Clara 2010–2035 General Plan. 2014 Land Use
Component and Housing Element Updates. Available:
http://santaclaraca.gov/home/showdocument?id=46446. Accessed: August 3, 2016.
Federal Highway Administration. 2012. Interim Guidance Update on Mobile Source Air
Toxics Analysis in NEPA. Last Revised: December 6, 2012. Available:
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
References
VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II Extension Project Final SEIS/SEIR
13-27 February 2018
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/air_quality/air_toxics/policy_and_guidance/aqintg
uidmem.cfm. Accessed: October 16, 2015.
Hexagon Transportation Consultants, Inc. 20176a. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II
Extension Project Transportation Impact Analysis of the BART Extension Only.
November.
Hexagon Transportation Consultants, Inc. 20176b. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II
Extension Project Transportation Impact Analysis of the BART Extension and VTA’s
Transit-Oriented Joint Development. November.
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). 2015. Capital Expressway Light Rail
Project. Available: http://www.vta.org/projects-and-programs/transit/capitol-expressway-
light-rail-project. Accessed: October 22, 2015.
Terry A. Hayes Associates Inc. 20167. VTA's BART Silicon Valley—Phase II Extension
Project Air Quality Study. November.
Section 6.4: Biological Resources and Wetlands
Printed References
Arbor Day Foundation. 2015. Tree City USA Standards. Available:
http://www.arborday.org/programs/treecityusa/standards.cfm. Accessed. November 11,
2015.
California Department of Fish and Wildlife. 2015. California Natural Diversity Database.
Version 5.1.1 Available: https://map.dfg.ca.gov/rarefind/view/RareFind.aspx. Accessed:
September 24, 2015.
California Native Plant Society. 2015. Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants (online
edition, v8-02). CNPS Rare Plant Program. Sacramento, CA. Available:
http://www.rareplants.cnps.org. Accessed: September 24, 2015.
City of San Jose. 2011. Envision San Jose 2040 General Plan. Chapter 3. Environmental
Leadership. Available: http://www.sanjoseca.gov/index.aspx?NID=1737. Accessed:
December 8, 2015.
City of Santa Clara. 2015. City Trees. Available: http://santaclaraca.gov/government/
departments/public-works/maintenance-operations-/city-trees. Accessed: November 11,
2015.
ICF. 2016. VTA's BART Silicon Valley—Phase II Extension Project Special-Status Species
Lists. November.
Santa Clara County. 2012. Final Santa Clara Valley Habitat Plan. Prepared for: City of
Gilroy, city of Morgan Hill, City of San Jose, County of Santa Clara, Santa Clara Valley
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
References
VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II Extension Project Final SEIS/SEIR
13-28 February 2018
Transportation Authority and Santa Clara Valley Water District. August. Available:
http://scv-habitatagency.org/178/Final-Habitat-Plan. Accessed: September 28. 2015.
Santa Clara Valley Habitat Agency (SCVHA). 2015. Burrowing Old Fee Zone Map.
Available: http://gisdata.sccplanning.opendata.arcgis.com/
datasets/4a9c57e8707e4d6dad82425b4bed7a13_4. Accessed: June 8, 2016.
———. 2016. Santa Clara Valley Habitat Plan First Annual Report: FY 13/14 and FY
15/16. Available: http://ca-scvhabitatagency.civicplus.com/DocumentCenter/View/694.
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority and Federal Transit Administration. 2010.
Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Corridor Environmental Impact Statement and 4(f)
Evaluation. March. San Jose, CA. Available: http://www.vta.org/bart/finaleis2010.
Accessed: January 19, 2016.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2015. IPaC Information for Planning and Conservation.
Version 2.2.7. Sacramento, CA. Available: http://ecos.fws.gov/ipac/. Accessed:
September 24, 2015.
Section 6.5: Community Facilities and Public Services
Printed References
City of San Jose. 2011. Envision San Jose 2040 General Plan EIR.
City of Santa Clara. 2010. City of Santa Clara 2010–2035 General Plan EIR.
Personal Communications
Case, Jill. Director. Student Operational Services. San Jose Unified School District. San Jose,
CA. October 9, 2015 email correspondence to Alex Casbara, Circlepoint.
Healy, Michal. Bond Program Consultant. Santa Clara Unified School District. October 23,
2015 letter to Alex Casbara, Circlepoint.
LéVeque, Kathy. Planner IV. San Jose Department of Parks, Recreation & Neighborhood
Services. San Jose, CA. October 8, 2015 email to Alex Casbara, Circlepoint.
McDowell, Carolyn. Staff Analyst. Santa Clara Police Department. Santa Clara, CA.
September 29, 2015 email to Alex Casbara, Circlepoint.
Teixeira, James. Director of Parks & Recreation. Santa Clara Parks and Recreation. Santa
Clara, CA. October 19, 2015 letter to Alex Casbara, Circlepoint.
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
References
VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II Extension Project Final SEIS/SEIR
13-29 February 2018
Section 6.6: Cultural Resources
Printed References
City of San Jose. 2011. Envision San José 2040 General Plan. November 1.
City of Santa Clara. 2010. City of Santa Clara 2010–2035 General Plan.
Far Western Anthropological Research Group. 20176. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II
Extension Project Archaeological Resources Technical Report. November.
JRP Historical Consulting, ICF, and Far Western Anthropological Research Group. 20167.
VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II Extension Project: Finding of Effects. December.
Section 6.7: Energy
Printed References
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). No Date. Sustainability Goals. Available:
https://www.bart.gov/sites/default/files/docs/Sustainability.pdf. Accessed: November 24,
2015.
California Energy Commission (CEC). 2015. California Electricity Demand Historical
Noncoincident Peak Demand. Available:
http://energyalmanac.ca.gov/electricity/historic_peak_demand.html. Accessed:
November 25, 2015.
City of San Jose. 2011. Envision San Jose 2040 General Plan. November.
City of Santa Clara. 2010. City of Santa Clara 2010–2035 General Plan. November.
Climate Registry. 2015. Default Emission Factors. Last Revised: April 2015. Available:
https://www.theclimateregistry.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/2015-TCR-Default-
EFs.pdf. Accessed: August 2, 2016.
MTC-ABAG. No Date. Bay Area Census Santa Clara County. Available:
http://www.bayareacensus.ca.gov/counties/SantaClaraCounty.htm. Accessed: December
3, 2015.
U.S. Census Bureau. 2006–2010. American Community Survey. Available:
Available: http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml. Accessed:
December 3, 2015.
Personal Communications
Hosseini, Ehsan. Environmental Scientist. Terry A. Hayes Associates. Culver City, CA.
November 22, 2015—email message to Laura Yoon, ICF International.
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
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VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II Extension Project Final SEIS/SEIR
13-30 February 2018
Van den Hout, At. Principal Associate. Hexagon Transportation Consultants. San Jose,
California. November 23, 2015—email message to Shilpa Trisal, ICF International.
Section 6.8: Geology, Soils, and Seismicity
Printed References
California Department of Conservation. 2015a. Regional Geologic Hazards and Mapping
Program – Alquist-Priolo. Available: http://www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/rghm/ap/
Pages/main.aspx. Accessed: October 9, 2015.
———. 2015b. Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources Well Finder. Available:
http://maps.conservation.ca.gov/doggr/#close. Accessed: October 9, 2015.
City of San Jose. 2011. Envision San Jose 2040 General Plan. Available:
https://www.sanjoseca.gov/DocumentCenter/Home/View/474. Accessed: October 22,
2015.
City of Santa Clara. 2010. City of Santa Clara 2010–2035 General Plan. Available:
http://santaclaraca.gov/home/showdocument?id=13934. Accessed: October 22, 2015.
PARIKH Consultants. 2014. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II Extension Project
Geotechnical Memorandum. February.
Section 6.9: Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change
Printed References
America Public Transportation Association (APTA). 2009. Recommended Practice for
Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Transit. APTA Climate Change Standards
Working Group, APTA CC-RP-001-09. August. Available:
http://www.apta.com/resources/hottopics/sustainability/Documents/Quantifying-
Greenhouse-Gas-Emissions-APTA-Recommended-Practices.pdf. Accessed: February 14,
2016.
Association of Environmental Professionals (AEP). 2015. Beyond 2020: The Challenge of
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Planning by Local Governments in California. Available:
https://www.califaep.org/images/climate-change/AEP_White_Paper_Beyond_2020.pdf.
Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD). 2010. California Environmental
Quality Act, Air Quality Guidelines. May.
California Air Resources Board. 2014. EMAFC2014 (version 1.0.7). April.
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
References
VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II Extension Project Final SEIS/SEIR
13-31 February 2018
———. 2015. California-modified Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy
Use in Transportation (CA-GREET). September.
California Air Pollution Control Officers Association. 2013. California Emissions Estimator
Model. Available: http://www.caleemod.com. Accessed: September 15, 2015.
Hexagon Transportation Consultants, Inc. 20176a. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II
Extension Project Transportation Impact Analysis of the BART Extension Only.
November.
Hexagon Transportation Consultants, Inc. 20176b. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II
Extension Project Transportation Impact Analysis of the BART Extension and VTA’s
Transit-Oriented Joint Development. November.
Terry A. Hayes Associates Inc. 20176. VTA's BART Silicon Valley—Phase II Extension
Project Air Quality Study. November
Section 6.10: Hazards and Hazardous Materials
Printed References
BASELINE Environmental Consulting. 20176. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II
Extension Project Initial Site Assessment. November.
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE). 2008. Wildland Hazard
& Building Codes: Santa Clara County FHSZ Map. Available:
http://www.fire.ca.gov/fire_prevention/fhsz_maps_santaclara. Accessed: August 2, 2016.
City of San Jose. 2014. Diridon Station Area Plan Final Plan Maximum Build-Out.
Available: http://www.sanjoseca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/33087. Accessed: January
15, 2016.
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). 2015. Airport Data & Contact Information. Last
revised: April 30, 2015. Available:
http://www.faa.gov/airports/airport_safety/airportdata_5010/. Accessed: June 4, 2015.
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and United States Department of Transportation
(USDOT). 2007. Obstruction Marking and Lighting. 1 February.
National Center for Education Statistics. 2015. School Search Tool for Public and Private
Schools. Available: http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/. Accessed: July 2015
Santa Clara County Airport Land Use Commission (ALUC). 2011. Comprehensive Land Use
Plan, Santa Clara County, Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport. May.
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
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13-32 February 2018
Section 6.11: Land Use
Printed References
Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and Metropolitan Transportation
Commission (MTC). 2013. Plan Bay Area. Available: http://planbayarea.org/pdf/
Draft_Plan_Bay_Area_3-22-13.pdf. Accessed: August 2, 2016.
Bay Area Rapid Transit. 1999. BART System Expansion Policy. December. Available:
https://www.bart.gov/sites/default/files/docs/SYSTEM_EXPANSION.pdf. Accessed
August 3, 2016.
———. 2008. BART Strategic Plan. October. Available:
https://www.bart.gov/sites/default/files/docs/strategicPlan.pdf. Accessed: August 3, 2016.
Cities of San Jose and Santa Clara. 2007. Santa Clara Station Area Plan.
City of San Jose. 2002a. Midtown Specific Plan. September.
———. 2002b. Five Wounds Terrace Neighborhood Improvement Plan. June.
———. 2002c. Thirteenth Street Neighborhood Improvement Plan. April.
———. 2002d. University Neighborhoods Revitalization Plan Update. June.
———. 2002e. Market-Almaden Neighborhood Improvement Plan. September.
———. 2002f. Delmas Park Neighborhood Improvement Plan. April.
———. 2002g. Burbank/Del Monte Neighborhood Improvement Plan. May.
———. 2003. Diridon/Arena Strategic Development Plan.
———. 2011a. Envision San Jose 2040 General Plan. November.
———. 2011b. Envision San Jose 2040 General Plan EIR.
———. 2013a. Five Wounds Urban Village Plan. November.
———. 2013b. Roosevelt Park Urban Village Plan. November.
———. 2014. Diridon Station Area Plan.
City of Santa Clara. 2010. General Plan 2010-2035. November.
Metropolitan Transportation Commission. 2001. Resolution 3434.
———. 2004. Transportation for Livable Communities, Works in Progress. July.
———. 2008. 2008 Strategic Plan. September.
———. 2009. Transportation 2035 Plan for the San Francisco Bay Area. April.
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
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13-33 February 2018
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). 2009. VTP: Valley Transportation Plan
2035. Available: http://www.vta.org/projects-and-programs/Planning/VTP-Valley-
Transportation-Plan-2035-VTP-2035. Accessed: February 14, 2014.
———. 2010. Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Corridor, Final Environmental Impact Statement
and 4(f) Evaluation. March.
Section 6.12: Noise and Vibration
Printed References
ATS Consultants. 2006a. Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Project/Noise and Vibration
Study/Yard and Shops Segment. P0504-D400-STY-DE-006, Rev. 0. Technical report
prepared by ATS Consultants for STV, March 31.
———. 2006b. Update, Noise and Vibration Study for SVRT Yard and Shops. Technical
memorandum prepared by ATS Consulting, October 2.
Dowding, C. H. 2000. Construction Vibrations. International Society of Explosives.
Federal Transit Administration. 2006. Transit Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment.
Available: https://www.transit.dot.gov/sites/fta.dot.gov/files/docs/
FTA_Noise_and_Vibration_Manual.pdf. Accessed: June 10, 2016.
HMM/Bechtel and Wilson, Ihrig & Associates. 2005. Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Project,
Tunnel Segment Design Report – Groundborne Noise and Vibration. Report P0503-
D300-RPT-DE-015, Rev. 0. May.
HNTB Companies, Engineers, Architects, Planners. 2006. Silicon Valley Rapid Transit
Project P0502 Line Segment. January 4, 2006.
Wilson, Ihrig & Associates. 2006. SVRT RDEIS/SDEIR Ancillary Facilities Noise Analysis –
Downtown Facilities. Revised. November.
———. 20176. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II Extension Project Noise and Vibration
Technical Report. November.
Section 6.13: Utilities and Service Systems
Printed References
California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery. 2015a. Facility/Site Summary
Details: Newby Island Sanitary Landfill (43-AN-003). Available:
http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/SWFacilities/Directory/43-AN-0003/Detail/. Accessed:
October 22, 2015.
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
References
VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II Extension Project Final SEIS/SEIR
13-34 February 2018
———. 2015b. Facility/Site Summary Details: Kirby Canyon Recycl. & Disp. Facility (43-
AN-0008). Available: http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/SWFacilities/Directory/43-AN-
0008/Detail/. Accessed: October 22, 2015.
City of San Jose. 2011. Envision San Jose 2040 General Plan EIR.
City of San Jose Department of Planning, Building, and Code Enforcement. 2009. Job
Growth Projections and Employment Land Demand. March.
City of Santa Clara. 2010a. City of Santa Clara 2010–2035 General Plan. November.
———. 2010b. City of Santa Clara 2010–2035 General Plan EIR. Integrated Final.
November.
City of Santa Clara Water and Sewer Utility. 2011. 2010 Urban Water Management Plan.
May.
———. 2016. BART Santa Clara Station and Joint Development [Water Supply
Assessment]. March.
San Jose Water Company. 2011. 2010 Urban Water Management Plan. April.
———. 20165. Water Supply Assessment. Prepared for VTA. January.
Personal Communications
Boccaleoni, Tony. Operations Manager. Newby Island Landfill. Milpitas, CA. February 15,
2016 email correspondence to Alex Casbara, Circlepoint.
Section 6.14: Visual Quality and Aesthetics
Printed References
California Department of Transportation. 2012. California Scenic Highway Mapping System.
Available: http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/LandArch/16_livability/
scenic_highways/index.htm. Accessed: 10/28/15.
City of San Jose. 2003. San Jose Downtown Streetscape Master Plan. September.
———. 2011. Envision San Jose 2040 General Plan. November.
City of Santa Clara. 2010. General Plan 2010–2035.
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
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13-35 February 2018
Section 6.15: Water Resources, Water Quality, and Floodplains
Printed References
Bay Area Rapid Transit. 2011. BART Facility Standards. Last revised: October 2011.
Available: https://webapps.bart.gov/BFS/BFS_2_1_2Spec/BFS_2_1_2_index.html.
Accessed: October 2015.
Earth Tech. 2003. Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Corridor Location Hydraulic Study Technical
Report.
San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board. 2015. Water Quality Control Plan
(Basin Plan) for the San Francisco Bay Basin. Last revised: March 2015 Available:
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/sanfranciscobay/basin_planning.shtml. Accessed:
October 26, 2015.
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). 2015. Stormwater and Landscaping
Design Criteria Manual. June 30.
WRECO. 20176a. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II Extension Project Hydrology and
Water Quality Technical Report. November.
WRECO. 20176b. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II Extension Project Location
Hydraulic Study. November.
Chapter 7: Other NEPA and CEQA Considerations
Printed References
Altamont Corridor Express. No Date. ACEforward – Modernizing ACE. Available:
http://www.acerail.com/About/Public-Projects/ACEforward. Accessed: November 17,
2015.
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH). 2001.
Documentation of the Threshold Limit Values and Biological Exposure Indices. 7th
edition. Cincinnati, OH: ACGIH Worldwide.
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). 2013. Warm Springs Extension Project Overview.
November 10. Available: http://www.bart.gov/about/projects/wsx/chronology. Accessed:
November 17, 2015.
———. 2015. Warm Springs Extension Environmental Review. Final SEIR. Available:
http://www.bart.gov/about/projects/wsx/environmental.
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
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———. 2018. Personal Communication with VTA, February 8, 2018.
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) and PGH Wong Engineering, Inc. 2013. BART Core Impact
Study System Integration Modifications – Final Report. April 10.
California High-Speed Rail Authority. 2016. 2016 Business Plan: Connecting and
Transforming California. Available:
http://www.hsr.ca.gov/docs/about/business_plans/2016_BusinessPlan.pdf. Accessed:
February 7, 2018.
———. 2018. Northern California Regional Update Website. January. Available:
http://www.hsr.ca.gov/docs/programs/statewide_rail/proj_sections/SanFran_SanJose/Nor
Cal_Eupdate_Jan2018.pdf. Accessed: February 7, 2018.2015. Consider Issuing a Request
for Qualifications for Environmental and Engineering Services on the San Francisco to
San Jose and San Jose to Merced Project Sections.
http://hsr.ca.gov/docs/brdmeetings/2015/brdmtg_080415_Item2_Consider_Issuing_RFQ
_EE_Services_SFtoSJ_and_SJtoMerced_Proj_Sections.pdf. Accessed: November 17,
2015.
California High-Speed Rail Authority and Federal Railroad Administration. 2008. Bay Area
to Central Valley High-Speed Train Program EIR/EIS. May. Available:
http://www.hsr.ca.gov/Programs/Environmental_Planning/bay_area_2008.html.
Accessed: October 22, 2015.
———. 2012a. Bay Area to Central Valley High-Speed Train Partially Revised Program
EIR. April. Available:
http://www.hsr.ca.gov/docs/brdmeetings/2012/April/brdmtg041912_item2_eireis_staff_r
pt.pdf. Accessed: October 22, 2015.
———. 2012b. Merced to Fresno Section Project EIR/EIS. April. Available:
http://www.hsr.ca.gov/Programs/Environmental_Planning/final_merced_fresno.html.
Accessed: October 22, 2015.
———. 2014. Fresno to Bakersfield Section Project EIR/EIS. April. Available:
http://www.hsr.ca.gov/Programs/Environmental_Planning/final_fresno_bakersfield.html.
Accessed: October 22, 2015.
Caltrain. 2017. CalMod Construction Website. Available: http://calmod.org/construction/.
Accessed: February 7, 2018.
Capital Corridor. 2014. 2014 Vision Plan Update Final Report. November 19. Available:
http://www.capitolcorridor.org/downloads/CCJPAVisionPlanFinal.pdf. Accessed:
October 23, 2015.
City of San Jose. 2002. Five Wounds/Brookwood Terrace Strong Neighborhoods Initiative.
August. Available: https://www.sanjoseca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/33445. Accessed:
November 17, 2015.
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
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VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II Extension Project Final SEIS/SEIR
13-37 February 2018
———. 2006. Flea Market General Plan Amendment and Rezoning Project Draft EIR.
December. Available: http://www.sanjoseca.gov/index.aspx?nid=4944. Accessed:
October 22, 2015.
———. 2011. Envision San Jose 2040 General Plan. November. Available:
https://www.sanjoseca.gov/index.aspx?nid=1737. Accessed: October 22, 2015.
———. 2013. Five Wounds Urban Village Plan. November. Available:
https://www.sanjoseca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/24143. Accessed: October 21, 2015.
———. 2014. Diridon Station Area Plan. Final Plan Report. June. Available:
https://www.sanjoseca.gov/index.aspx?NID=4404. Accessed: October 21, 2015.
———. 2015a. Memorandum. Proposal to Amend the North San Jose Area Development
Policy and Environmental Impact Report. May 8. Available:
http://sanjoseca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/43570. Accessed: October 22, 2015.
———. 2015b. 785-807 The Alameda Resolution File No. PD15-003. June 4. Available:
http://sanjose.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=8238&meta_id=52166
3. Accessed: November 10, 2015.
———. 2015c. Assessing the Development Impacts of BART Phase II Study. Available:
http://vtaorgcontent.s3-us-west-
1.amazonaws.com/Site_Content/Development%20Impacts%20Study.pdf.
———. 2016. Assessing the Potential Development Impacts of BART Silicon Valley Phase
II. Final Report. July.
City of Santa Clara. 20185. Personal Communication with VTA, February 8, 2018.CEQA
Documents – Environmental Impact Report for the City Place Santa Clara Project
located at 5155 Stars and Stripes Drive. October 9. Available:
http://www.santaclaraca.gov/government/departments/planning-inspection/planning-
division/ceqa-documents. Accessed: November 17, 2015.
Nelson/Nygaard. 2011. Core Modification Study: BART SVRT Core Stations Modifications
Study Final Comprehensive Report.
Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board (Caltrain). 2013. Los Gatos Creek Bridge
Replacement/South Terminal Phase III Project. December. Available:
http://www.caltrain.com/Assets/_Public+Affairs/Capital_Program/Los+Gatos+Creek+Bri
dge/Traffic+Report.pdf. Accessed: November 17, 2015.
———. 2015. Peninsula Corridor Electrification Project Final Environmental Impact
Report (FEIR). January 8. Available:
http://www.caltrain.com/projectsplans/CaltrainModernization/Modernization/PeninsulaC
orridorElectrificationProject/FEIR_Release.html. Accessed: October 23, 2015.
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
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Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). 2010. Santa Clara Station Area Plan.
August. Available: http://www.vta.org/bart/santaclaraareaplan. Accessed: November 17,
2015.
———. 2015a. Capital Expressway Light Rail Project. Available:
http://www.vta.org/projects-and-programs/transit/capitol-expressway-light-rail-project.
Accessed: October 22, 2015.
———. 2015b. Phase I Frequently Asked Questions. Available:
http://www.vta.org/bart/faq#fhttp://www.vta.org/bart/faq#fhttp://www.vta.org/bart/faq.
Accessed: August 28, 2017.November 23, 2015.
———. 2015c. El Camino Real BRT Project- Overview. Available:
http://www.vta.org/projects-and-programs/brt-el-camino-real-brt-project. Accessed:
November 23, 2015.
———. 2015d. Alum Rock/Santa Clara Bus Rapid Transit. Available:
http://www.vta.org/projects-and-programs/transit/alum-rock-santa-clara. Accessed:
November 23, 2015.
Chapter 8: Section 4(f) Evaluation City of San Jose. 2008. Los Gatos Creek Trail – Reach 5, Master Plan. Prepared by
Callander Associates Landscape Architecture, Inc. Approved: May 7 & June 17, 2008.
June 20. Available: https://www.sanjoseca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/9360. Accessed:
January 20, 2016.
———. 2010. Initial Study for the Coleman Soccer Fields. City File Number PP10-155.
November. Revised April 2011. Available:
http://www.sanjoseca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/2282. Accessed: August 8, 2016.
———. 2015. Parks, Recreation & Neighborhood Services. Available:
http://www.sanjoseca.gov/prns/. Accessed: December 28, 2015.
———. 2016. Memorandum to City Council: Coleman Soccer Field Complex. Council
Agenda January 12, 2016, Item 5.1. January 8.
City of Santa Clara. 2015. Parks & Recreation. Available:
http://santaclaraca.gov/index.aspx?page=123. Accessed: December 28, 2015.
Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc. 20176. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—
Phase II Extension Project Archaeological Resources Technical Report. June.
Federal Highway Administration. 2012. Interim Guidance Update on Mobile Source Air
Toxics Analysis in NEPA. Last Revised: December 6, 2012. Available:
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/air_quality/air_toxics/policy_and_guidance/aqintg
uidmem.cfm. Accessed: October 16, 2015.
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
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13-39 February 2018
Federal Transit Administration. 2006. Transit Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment.
Available: https://www.transit.dot.gov/sites/fta.dot.gov/files/docs/
FTA_Noise_and_Vibration_Manual.pdf. Accessed: June 10, 2016.
Giwargis, Ramona. 2016. Planned San Jose Soccer Complex Might Move to Guadalupe
River Park. January 10. San Jose Mercury News. Available:
http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_29367446/planned-san-jose-soccer-
complex-might-move-guadalupe?source=infinite-up. Accessed: January 15, 2016.
Guadalupe River Park Conservancy. 2015. Guadalupe River Park Conservancy. Available:
http://www.grpg.org/. Accessed: December 28, 2015.
ICF International. 20176. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II Extension Project Section
4(f)/6(f) Technical Report. November.
JRP Historical Consulting. 2003. Draft Technical Memorandum Historical Resources
Evaluation Report for SVRTC EIS/EIR Alternatives. Prepared for Santa Clara Valley
Transportation Authority. January.
———. 2016. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley – Phase II Extension Project, Supplemental Built
Environment Survey Report. September.
———. 2017. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II Extension Project, Addendum to the
2016 Supplemental Built Environment Survey Report. October.
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