Lawrence and San Tomas Expressways Community Meeting
West Valley Branch Library, 1243 San Tomas Aquino Road, San Jose
Meeting Summary
January 20, 2015
Staff in attendance:
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Dan Collen, County Roads Deputy Director
Dawn Cameron, County Roads County Transportation Planner
Masoud Akbarzadeh, County Roads County Traffic Engineer
Aruna Bodduna, AECOM Transportation Planner
Janice Spuller, County Roads Transportation Planner
Ivana Yeung, County Roads Transportation Planner
Welcome and Presentation
Dawn Cameron, Project Manager and County Transportation Planner, started the meeting. She
introduced County staff.
There were 36 attendees at this meeting. A representative from San Jose District 1, Chappie Jones’ office
was in attendance. Many attendees mentioned they heard of the meeting through a San Jose City
Council email, County Board of Supervisor email, and the San Jose Community Neighborhood website
nextdoor.com
Dawn reviewed a PowerPoint presentation including a brief background, concept plans particular to San
Tomas and Lawrence Expressways, project timeline, and updates.
Dawn directed the audience to the 4 stations that make up the room.
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Expressway System Maps
Improvement concepts for Lawrence Expressway
Improvement concepts for San Tomas
Pedestrian and Bicycle Displays with Masoud showing a ped/bike adaptive signal timing video.
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Dawn directed the audience to review the stations and if they have comments to write them on a post it
note and place them on the flip-chart paper adjacent to the station.
Before breaking into the Stations, a series of questions were asked:
Question
Will Lawrence Expressway be more like Central
Expressway
Are the appropriate jurisdictions coming together
for [improvements] to the I-280/Lawrence off
ramps (280N to Stevens Creek)
Staff Answer
It will be similar but will not look like it.
Yes, plus mitigations as part of the Apple 2
Campus project
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Question
Are you aware of Vallco Shopping Mall’s housing
project?
What is the timing of this?
Are the lights timed on San Tomas? They are
timed on Lawrence. You have to speed to make
it through the lights on San Tomas.
The area does not have efficient transportation.
It is not geared to transit, only cars.
Is there enforcement on the HOV Lanes? It does
not seem that anyone gets a ticket.
Staff Answer
Yes. It is included as part of Cupertino’s General
Plan.
The project will be meeting with the Policy
Advisory Board in March 2015 to discuss the list
of projects and how to prioritize them. The draft
plan will be out in June 2015. As a reminder, this
is a planning document with no funding. A
section of the plan will have a funding and
implementation section. The importance of the
plan is to identify projects to apply for grants.
Grants can only be awarded to projects that are
in plans.
When traffic occurs, the demand can adjust the
signal timing. Traffic engineering staff was
present to assist with additional details regarding
the signal timing.
The County does not run transit but will
accommodate transit plans in our plan. The VTA’s
(transit provider) Transit Plan does not include
any transit expansion on San Tomas and
Lawrence
Enforcement is an issue and we have to work on
this for the HOV lanes.
II. Open House Format
See the compilation of comments San Tomas and Lawrence Expressway received at the following
meetings:
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November 5, 2014 Sunnyvale Council Chambers, 456 W. Olive Avenue (Lawrence)
November 17, 2014, Cupertino Community Hall, 10350 Torre Avenue, Cupertino (Lawrence)
November 20, 2014 Campbell Community Center, One West Campbell Avenue, Campbell (San
Tomas)
December 8, 2014, Northside Library, 695 Moreland Way, Santa Clara (Lawrence and San
Tomas)
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