The process of building a stadium in Santa Clara for the 49ers took another step forward Tuesday when the Santa Clara City Council unanimously approved a 10 million expenditure to prepare the construction site.
The funds will help transform a parking lot adjacent to the Great America amusement park -- the re-routing of utilities, the addition of an access road, sidewalks and additional parking spaces.
Santa Clara will tap into voter-approved tax revenue for a portion of the project; it reportedly will borrow 6 million from the 49ers for the rest.
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"This is really an exciting move, though it doesn't sound like very exciting work to prepare the site and move utilities and parking," said City Councilmember Lisa Gillmor. "It's really a great movement forward for our stadium."
Previously, voters in Santa Clara passed a measure to provide 114 million to build the stadium. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2013 and the facility is targeted to open in 2015.