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Chapter 13 References

Chapter 1: Purpose and Need

Printed References

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City of San Jose. 2013. Five Wounds Urban Village Plan. Available:

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Prior Environmental Documentation

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Report.

———.1999. Commuter Rail Study, Fremont-South Bay Corridor, Final Report.

———. 2001. Major Investment Study (MIS). November.

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and Santa Clara, Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report

and Draft 4(f) Evaluation (including supporting appendices and technical reports).

March.


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and technical reports). November.


and Santa Clara, Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (including

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and Santa Clara, Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (including

supporting appendices and technical reports). May.

———. 2009. Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Corridor – Draft Environmental Impact

Statement and Draft Section 4(f) Evaluation (including supporting appendices and

technical reports). March.

Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority

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———. 2010. Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Corridor –Final Environmental Impact Statement

and Final Section 4(f) Evaluation (including supporting appendices and technical

reports). March.

———. 2010. Wrigley Creek Improvement Project – Final Initial Study / Mitigated Negative

Declaration (including supporting appendices and technical reports). January.

———. 2010. BART Silicon Valley, Phase I – Berryessa Extension, Draft 2nd Supplemental

Environmental Impact Reports (including supporting appendices and technical reports).

November.

———. 2011. BART Silicon Valley, Phase I – Berryessa Extension, Final 2nd Supplemental

Environmental Impact Report (including supporting appendices and technical reports).

March.

———. 2011. Upper Penitencia Creek Improvement Project – Initial Study / Mitigated

Negative Declaration (including supporting appendices and technical reports). July.

Chapter 2: Alternatives

Printed References

County of Santa Clara Roads and Airports Department. 2015. Expressway Plan 2040 Study.

Available: https://www.sccgov.org/sites/rda/plans/expyplan2040/Pages/study.aspx.

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Francisco Bay Area. April. Available: http://mtc.ca.gov/our-work/plans-projects/plan-

bay-area-2040/transportation-2035. Accessed: July 28, 2016.

Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). 2014a. Valley Transportation Plan

2040. October. Available: http://vtaorgcontent.s3-us-west-

1.amazonaws.com/Site_Content/VTP2040_final_hi%20res_030315.pdf. Accessed: July

28, 2016.

———. 2014b. Short Range Transit Plan FY2014-2023. August. Available:

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Accessed: November 2, 2015.

Chapter 3: NEPA and CEQA Transportation Operation Analysis

Printed References

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Certified 2001.


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Accessed: January 24, 2016.

Hexagon Transportation Consultants, Inc. 2016a. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II

Extension Project Transportation Impact Analysis of the BART Extension Only.

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Impact Analysis of the BART Extension and VTA’s Transit-Oriented Joint Development.

November.

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Francisco Bay Area. April. Available: http://mtc.ca.gov/our-work/plans-projects/plan-

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28, 2016.

———. 2014b. Short Range Transit Plan FY2014-2023. August. Available:

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———. 2016. Bikeways Map. Available: http://www.vta.org/bikemap. Accessed: June 19,

2016.

Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Congestion Management Program. 2014.

Transportation Impact Analysis Guidelines. Adopted October 2014.

Smith, M. 2005. Shared Parking. Second edition. Urban Land Institute.

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Council. Available: http://www.gsweventcenter.com/

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Personal Communications

Wong, Alex, San Jose Department of Public Works, Development Services Division, Email

dated October 1, 2015, to Mr. Brian Jackson and Mr. At van den Hout of Hexagon

Transportation Consultants.

Chapter 4: NEPA Alternatives Analysis of Operations

Section 4.2: Air Quality

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America Public Transportation Association. 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. 2010. California Environmental Quality Act, Air

Quality Guidelines. Available:

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%20CEQA%20Guidelines%20May%202011.ashx?la=en. Accessed: July 28, 2016.

California Air Resources Board. 2015a. iADAM Air Quality Data Statistics. Available:

http://www.arb.ca.gov/adam/index.html. Accessed: October 1, 2015.

———. 2015b. Ambient Air Quality Standards. Last revised: October 1, 2015. Available:

http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/aaqs/aaqs2.pdf. Accessed: November 1, 2015.

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.

Hexagon Transportation Consultants, Inc. 2016. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II


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Francisco Bay Area. April.

———. 2015a. Project Level Conformity, Fund Management System (FMS). Available:

http://fms.mtc.ca.gov/fms/. Accessed: October 10, 2015.


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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:

http://mtc.ca.gov/sites/default/files/final_air_quality_conformity_analysis.pdf. Accessed:

February 19, 2016.

Terry A. Hayes Associates Inc. 2016. 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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Audubon. 2015. Burrowing Owl. Available: http://ca.audubon.org/birds-0/burrowing-owl.

Accessed: December 8, 2015.

Baldwin, B. G., and D. Wilken. 2012. The Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of California.

Second Edition, Thoroughly Revised and Expanded. Berkeley, CA: University of

California Press.

Beedy, E. C., and W.J. Hamilton III. 1997. Tricolored Blackbird Status Update and

Management Guidelines. Jones & Stokes Associates, Inc. (JSA 97-099.) Sacramento,

CA. Prepared for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, OR; and California

Department of Fish and Game, Sacramento, CA.

———. 1999. Tricolored Blackbird (Agelaius tricolor). The Birds of North America, No.

423. American Ornithologists' Union. 24pp.

Busby, J. R., T. C. Wainright, G. J. Bryant, L. J. Lierheimer, R. S. Waples, F. W. Waknitz,

and I. V. Largomarsino. 1996. Status Review of West Coast Steelhead from Washington,

Idaho, Oregon, and California. National Marine Fisheries Services, Seattle, WA. NMFS-

NWFSC -27.

California Department of Fish and Game. 2010. Natural Communities List. Available:

http://www.dfg.ca.gov/biogeodata/vegcamp/natural_comm_list.asp. Accessed:

September 28, 2015

California Department of Fish and Wildlife. 2016. California Natural Diversity Database.

Version 5.1.1 Available: https://map.dfg.ca.gov/rarefind/view/RareFind.aspx. Accessed:

June 8, 2016.

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Endangered Plants (online edition, v8-02). Sacramento, CA. Available:

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http://santaclaraca.gov/government/departments/public-works/maintenance-operations-

/city-trees. Accessed: November 11, 2015.

Dechant, J. A., M. L. Sondreal, D. H. Johnson, L.D. Igl, C. M. Goldade, P. A. Rabie, and B.

R. Euliss. 2002. Effects of Management Practices on Grassland Birds: Burrowing Owl.

USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center. Paper 123 Available:

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Blackbird, 1969–1972. California Department of Fish and Game.

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132–137 in J. L. Lincer and K. Steenhof (eds.), The Burrowing Owl, Its Biology and

Management: Including the Proceedings of the First International Symposium. Raptor

Research Report No. 9.

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

cunicularia). In W. D. Shuford and T. Gardali (eds.), California Bird Species of Special

Concern: A Ranked Assessment of Species, Subspecies, and Distinct Populations of Birds

of Immediate Conservation Concern in California. Studies of Western Birds 1. Western

Field Ornithologists, Camarillo, California, and California Department of Fish and Game,

Sacramento.


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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.,

Philadelphia.

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

Status of Steelhead/Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in Streams of the San

Francisco Estuary, California. Center for Ecosystem Management and Restoration,

Oakland, CA.

Neff, J. A. 1937. Nesting Distribution of the Tricolored Red-Wing. Condor 39:61–81.

Santa Clara County. 2012. Final Santa Clara Valley Habitat Plan. Appendix D, Species

Accounts. Santa Clara County, CA. County of Santa Clara, City of San Jose, City of

Morgan Hill, City of Gilroy, Santa Clara Valley Water District, and Santa Clara Valley

Transportation Authority. August. Available: http://scv-habitatagency.org/178/Final-

Habitat-Plan. Accessed: December 7, 2015.

Santa Clara Valley Habitat Agency (SCVHA). 2015. Burrowing Old Fee Zone Map.

Available:

http://gisdata.sccplanning.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/4a9c57e8707e4d6dad82425b4be

d7a13_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. Available:

http://www.vta.org/sfc/servlet.shepherd/document/download/069A0000001ELH7IAO.

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.),

The Burrowing Owl, Its Biology and Management Including the Proceedings of the First

International Burrowing Owl Symposium. J. Raptor Res. Report 9.

Smith, J. J. 2013. Northern Santa Clara County Fish Resources. July 25. San Jose State

University, San Jose, CA.

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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:

http://wbwg.org/matrices/species-matrix/. Accessed: January 5, 2016.

Section 4.4: Community Facilities and Public Services

Printed References

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 Santa Clara. 2010a. City of Santa Clara 2010–2035 General Plan.

———. 2010b. City of Santa Clara 2010-2035 General Plan EIR.

Citygate Associates. 2016. Fire Department Organizational Review – City of San Jose, CA.

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San Jose State University. 2014. Student Quick Facts. Available:

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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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Basin Research Associates, Inc. 2003. Archaeological Survey Report (Positive), State Route

87 High Occupancy Vehicle Lane Project, City of San Jose, Santa Clara County,

California. Prepared for: Public Affairs Management, San Francisco, CA; Santa Clara

Valley Transportation Authority, San Jose, CA; and California Department of

Transportation, District 4, Oakland, CA.

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.

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,

2014.

Cartier, R., C. Detlefs, G. A. Laffey, and J. Whitlow. 1984. Prehistoric and Historic

Archaeological Studies of the Guadalupe River in San Jose, California. Prepared for U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers. On file, Northwest Information Center, Sonoma State

University, Rohnert Park, California.

City of San Jose. 2001. Final Environmental Impact Report for the Downtown Strategy 2000,

Certified 2001.

———. 2013. Addendum to the Downtown Strategy 2000, Final Environmental Impact

Report, San Jose Downtown Hotel. May 2013. City of San Jose, California.

Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc. 2016. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—

Phase II Extension Project Archaeological Resources Technical Report. June.

———. 2010. VTA’s Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Corridor EIS/SEIR, Technical

Memorandum, Archaeological Survey and Sensitivity Report for SVRTC EIS/SEIR.

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.

Gilreath, A. 2003. Site Record Update for CA-SCL-363H. Attachment 3 in 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.

Hamby, G. 2003. Re: HAD-CA File #04-SCl-87-0.3/6.3, Document #P46009, the Historic

Property Survey Report (July 2003) for the proposed project to construct High

Occupancy Vehicle Lanes in each direction in the median of State Route 87 from

Chynoweth Avenue to just north of Julian Street in the city of San Jose, in Santa Clara

County. Letter dated July 29, 2003. Letter to Dr. Knox Mellon, State Historic

Preservation Officer, Officer of Historic Preservation, Sacramento, CA.

JRP Historical Consulting. 2003. Draft Technical Memorandum Historical Resources

Evaluation Report for SVRTC EIS/EIR Alternatives. Prepared for Santa Clara Valley

Transportation Authority. January.

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JRP Historical Consulting, ICF, and Far Western Anthropological Research Group. 2016.

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


———. 2003b. Re: HAD-CA, File No. 04-SCL-87-0.3/6.3 [Further Section 106 Consultation

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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.

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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.

———. 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).

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———. 2016a. Re: Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority BART Silicon Valley Phase

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CA. Letter to Leslie Rogers, Regional Administrator, Federal Transit Administration.

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Noise and Vibration Technical Report. November.

Section 4.6: Electromagnetic Fields and Electromagnetic Interference

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American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH). 2001.

Documentation of the Threshold Limit Values and Biological Exposure Indices. 7th

edition. Cincinnati, OH: ACGIH Worldwide.


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.

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.

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Section 4.7: Energy

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California Air Resources Board. 2014. EMAFC2014 (version 1.0.7). April.


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Forecast. June. Available: http://www.energy.ca.gov/2008publications/CALTRANS-

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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:

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———. 2015c. California Electricity Demand Historical Noncoincident Peak Demand.

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U.S. Department of Energy. 2014. Alternative Fuels Data Center – Fuel Properties

Comparison. October.

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.


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.



References


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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.



November.

Hexagon Transportation Consultants, Inc. 2016b. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II

Extension Project Transportation Impact Analysis of the BART Extension and VTA’s

Transit-Oriented Joint Development. November.



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. 2016. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II

Extension Project Initial Site Assessment. November.


References


13-15 December 2016

Section 4.11: Land Use

Printed References

City of San Jose. 2011a. Envision San Jose 2040 General Plan. November.


———. 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.

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.



May 2006.

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.

Nelson, J. T., and H. J. Saurenman. 1987. A Prediction Procedure for Rail Transportation

Groundborne Noise and Vibration. Transportation Research Record 1143, Presented at

the January 1987, A1F04 Committee Meeting of the Transportation Research Board.




References


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Section 4.13: Security and System Safety

Printed References

County of Santa Clara. 2015. Santa Clara County Sheriff. Available:

https://www.sccgov.org/sites/sheriff/Pages/overview.aspx. Accessed: November 11,

2015.


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. 2016. 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.

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.


———. 2012a. About Race. Available: http://www.census.gov/

topics/population/race/about.html.

http://www.calmis.ca.gov/htmlfile/county/califhtm.htm

http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml



References


13-17 December 2016

———. 2012b. About Hispanic. Available: http://www.census.gov/

population/hispanic/about/.

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/.


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. 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.

———. 2015. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley Phase II Extension Water Supply Assessment.

Prepared for VTA.


References


13-18 December 2016


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/

FHWAVisualImpactAssmt.pdf. Accessed: February 14, 2016.

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.




References


13-19 December 2016

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.


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:

http://geotracker.waterboards.ca.gov/map/

?CMD=runreport&myaddress=1+Hacker+Way%2C+Menlo+Park%2C+CA+94025.


———. 2015b. Storm Water Program Construction Storm Water Program. Last revised:

April 2015. Available:

http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/stormwater/construction.shtml.


WRECO. 2016a. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II Extension Project Hydrology and

Water Quality Technical Report. November.

WRECO. 2016b. 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.



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.

http://www.calmis.ca.gov/htmlfile/county/califhtm.htm


References


13-20 December 2016

Federal Transit Administration (FTA). 2012. Environmental Justice (EJ) Circular. August

15, 2012.

U.S. Census. 2010. American Fact Finder. Community Facts.


U.S. Census. 2010–2014. American Community Survey.


———. 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

Printed References

AECOM, Inc. 2008. Contaminant Management Plan; Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Project,

Project, Project-Wide. July 31.



California Air Resources Board (ARB). 2013. Mobile Source Emission Inventory –

EMFAC2011 Frequently Asked Questions. Available:

http://www.arb.ca.gov/msei/emfac2011-faq.htm. Accessed: February 19, 2016.



Climate Registry. 2015. Default Emission Factors. Last Revised: April 2015. Available:

http://www.theclimateregistry.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/2015-TCR-Default-EF-

April-2015-FINAL.pdf. Accessed: November 24, 2015.

EPC Consultants, Inc. 2016. SVSX Single Bore Feasibility Study, January 21, 2016.

Far Western Anthropological Resources Group, Inc. 2016. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—

Phase II Extension Project, Archaeological Resources Technical Report.



May 2006.

HMM/Bechtel. 2005. Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Project, Tunnel Segment Report on

Seismic Ground Motions. Rev. 0. May.



http://www.census.gov/population/race/about/

http://www.census.gov/population/hispanic/about/

http://www.census.gov/population/hispanic/about/

http://www.arb.ca.gov/msei/emfac2011-faq.htm


References


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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

Project P0502 Line Segment. January 4.

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:

http://scv-habitatagency.org/178/Final-Habitat-Plan. Accessed: September 28. 2015.

———. 2015. Capital Expressway Light Rail Project. Available:

http://www.vta.org/projects-and-programs/transit/capitol-expressway-light-rail-project.

Accessed: October 22, 2015

———. 2016. San Jose BART Stations Transportation Impact Analysis.







Chapter 6: CEQA Alternatives Analysis of Construction and Operation – Section 6.1. Introduction

Printed References



Francisco Bay Area. April.

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.


References


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November.




Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). 2014. Congestion Management

Program. Available: http://www.vta.org/cmp/document. Accessed: February 16, 2016.

Transportation Research Board. 2000. Highway Capacity Manual. National Research

Council. Available: http://www.gsweventcenter.com/

Draft_SEIR_References%5C2000_TRB.pdf. Accessed: February 8, 2016.

Section 6.3: Air Quality

Printed References

American Public Transportation Association. 2009. Public Transportation Fact Book. 60th

edition. Available: http://www.apta.com/resources/statistics/

Documents/FactBook/APTA_2009_Fact_Book.pdf.

Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD). 1998. Regulation 11, Rule 2.

October.

———. 2010. California Environmental Quality Act, Air Quality Guidelines. May.

Available: http://www.baaqmd.gov/~/media/Files/Planning%20and%20Research/

CEQA/BAAQMD%20CEQA%20Guidelines%20May%202011.ashx?la=en. Accessed:

July 28, 2016.

California Geological Survey. 2002. Guidelines for Geologic Investigations of Naturally

Occurring Asbestos in California. Special Publication 124. Available:

http://www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/minerals/hazardous_minerals/asbestos/Documents/A

sbestos_Guidelines_SP124.pdf. Accessed: April 14, 2014.



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.


References


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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.



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.



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.


References


13-24 December 2016

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

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.


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.


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.



http://ca-scvhabitatagency.civicplus.com/DocumentCenter/View/694

http://www.vta.org/bart/finaleis2010


References


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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. 2016. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley—Phase II

Extension Project Archaeological Resources Technical Report. November.



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.


Hosseini, Ehsan. Environmental Scientist. Terry A. Hayes Associates. Culver City, CA.

November 22, 2015—email message to Laura Yoon, ICF International.



References


13-26 December 2016

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.



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.


References


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———. 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.



November.





Project Air Quality Study. November

Section 6.10: Hazards and Hazardous Materials

Printed References



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.


References


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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.


———. 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.


References


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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.

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.

———. 2016. 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.

———. 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.


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