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8.A. - Page 19 of 28 Station Visioning and Concept Planning (City/JPB) Summary The JPB adopted a long-range service vision for the Caltrain system at their October 2019 meeting. This Vision provides long-range guidance related to how the railroad will grow its service and manage its corridor over time. The Vision directs Caltrain staff to plan for a railroad that can support service levels of 12 or more trains per hour per direction by 2040 (including both Caltrain and high-speed rail services) and that includes a mixture of both local and express Caltrain services. Notably, the Vision identifies the need for a significant investment in a mid -line passing station (with 4 tracks and platform faces) to facilitate transfers between local and express Caltrain trains. This station needs to be in the vicinity of Redwood City and would either involve the redevelopment of the existing Redwood City station or if that option proves infeasible, could be developed as a new station in the vicinity of Redwood Junction or elsewhere on the mid -peninsula. The "Station Visioning and Concept Planning" effort will explore station location and configuration options in the vicinity of Redwood City and include the development of a preferred integrated station concept plan. The effort will be comprised of the following three phases: Phase 0 - The program of work included in Phase 0 is a preliminary technical effort meant to inform Phases 1 and 2. This effort will gather and synthesize relevant technical work completed during the Caltrain Business Plan process, the Grade Separation Study, and work related to the Dumbarton Corridor. The goal of this preliminary technical work will be to develop a consolidated set of inputs to scope and frame subsequent phases of station visioning and planning. This work will be developed by Caltrain and its consultants to identify and assess various configurations of rail service and infrastructure that could be implemented in or around the Redwood City area and will include a high-level assessment of the service and space needs for the Dumbarton Rail Corridor. The assessment will result in the refinement and selection of up to three conceptual service and infrastructure options for further analysis through Phase I and II described below. Phase I - This phase of work will build off the three conceptual rail service and infrastructure options completed in Phase 0, the ongoing Grade Separation Study, and other related planning work. Phase 1 will be oriented towards supporting a joint City, District and JPB decision regarding a preferred preliminary concept for station location and configuration (number of tracks and rail platforms, elevation, orientation relative to current site and general location and sizing of bus facilities) of a rebuilt Redwood City station in downtown. This decision will be supported by a series of public and stakeholder meetings throughout the Phase I process. Phase II - Following the completion of Phase I, Redwood City, JPB and the District will advance the development of a more detailed station concept plan in downtown Redwood City focused on the preferred concept identified in Phase I. This will include the refinement of the REV: 05-07-2020 PR ATTY/AGR.2020.071/SMCTA and JPB (Page 14 of 23) 182