Council defunds Bollinger Road study and pauses Silicon Valley Hopper EV parking; debate continues over Stevens Creek bikeway and grant risks

City staff presented six CIP items the council had asked to review for possible defunding, focusing discussion on safety projects, grant dependencies and lifecycle savings.

Susan Michael, the city's capital improvement program manager, and Chad Mosley, director of public works, outlined the six projects flagged for council review: Stevens Creek Boulevard Class 4 bikeway Phase 2a (design and construction) and Phase 2b (construction) including the Banley Drive signal upgrade; the Bollinger Road corridor study; a citywide photovoltaic (PV) systems design and installation project; and a Silicon Valley Hopper electric-vehicle (EV) parking and charging project to serve the Hopper fleet (formerly the Via shuttle).

Highlights from staff presentations: - Stevens Creek Class 4 Bikeway Phase 2a: Projected total cost about $2.2 million with roughly $1.5 million of external funding already secured. If the city continued Phase 2a, staff estimated $1.6 million could still be available at project end for other uses; defunding now would risk losing roughly $807,000 in OBAG grant funding. Staff explained Phase 2a includes intersection signal modifications at Wolf Road and De Anza Boulevard to provide separate bicycle phasing. - Phase 2b and Banley intersection: Phase 2b design was 95% complete; construction is unfunded and staff said the city would seek outside funds before bidding. The Banley signal upgrade is separately funded in-lieu by a developer; defunding construction of the combined package would reallocate roughly $116,550 in city funds and trigger a follow-up legal/contract action for in-lieu funds. - Bollinger Road corridor study: The proposal would perform micro-simulation traffic modeling, reach out to stakeholders through workshops and surveys, and fund a one-year traffic-enforcement pilot (two deputy traffic enforcement agents) as part of a Safe System approach. Staff said defunding would…