VTA's BART Silicon Valley Phase II (BSVII) Extension Project

VTA's BART Silicon Valley Phase II (BSVII) Extension Project is the country's second-largest active infrastructure project, with the extension adding six miles of new track, a five-mile tunnel underneath Downtown San José, and four new stations. With such a generational investment comes overseeing a robust and complex funding stack, navigating the needs and concerns of local stakeholders, and ensuring work remains on time and on budget. Tom Maguire will provide a program overview and current status update, dive into the complexities that make construction so challenging, and highlight VTA's efforts to ensure that the project is a boon to the region and the businesses that operate along the alignment.

Tom Maguire has 24 years of experience leading major transportation programs and project teams. He joined VTA in 2023 as Chief Megaprojects Officer, where he is responsible for delivering the $12 billion BART to Silicon Valley Phase II program. Previously he worked at the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (MUNI) where he led the Streets Division for nine years and oversaw completion of the Central Subway; the New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT); and the engineering and design firm Arup. He holds degrees from Rutgers and UC Berkeley.
 

President Tim Gill called to order the 5,531st meeting of the Rotary Club of San Jose. He announced National Chicken Wing Day, thanked Sammy, Lalo and Kremo at Scott's Seafood for the special menu, and recognized the greeting line and the Program Committee chaired by Dave Cowan and Richard Ajluni. Song leader Sarah Clish led the club in "This Land Is Your Land," accompanied by Jeremy Harris.

 

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Anthony Tordillos was born and raised in a working class, low-income home in Washington State. The son of a machinist and a non-profit worker, Anthony was the first person in his family to go to college, earning a Bachelor of Science degree from Yale University in 2014. There he met his husband, Giovanni. After college, they moved to the Bay Area where Giovanni became a cancer researcher and Anthony helped to build YouTube.
Before joining the City Council, Anthony was President of the South University Neighborhood Association, where he worked to raise issues impacting his neighbors to City leadership and partnered with multiple City departments, local nonprofits, and SJSU student groups to improve his neighborhood with monthly litter pickups and park cleanups, public art projects, and free neighborhood events to foster community. In 2022, Anthony was appointed by City Council to represent District 3 on the San José Planning Commission, where his colleagues recognized him for preparedness and ability to get into the weeds on policy by electing him chair in 2024.
Anthony was elected to the San José City Council in June 2025 with 64% of the vote. You can catch him walking across the SJSU campus to work at City Hall every morning, grabbing a cold brew from Academic Coffee, or walking his corgi, Mochi.