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San Bruno City Council Meeting January 14, 2014
10b. Apply to SMC Transportation Measure A Grant Program

A

K, let's move on to conduct of business will be at item B adopters, illusion authorizing the city manager to submit applications. The san mateo county transportation measure a pedestrian and bicycle grant program for three items here: el camino, real angus avenue, intersection improvements, damn foreigner and pedestrian circulation improvements, alternative analysis, as well as alternatives, feasibility assessment of bayshore circle, medium improvements.

B

Honourable vice mayor council members in december, the transportation, the transportation out or et for san mateo connie issued a call for project for pedestrian and bicycle improvement projects.

B

This call for project would use, but, as the pedestrian and bicycle grant program will use measure a funds and is assigned a total of five 5.4 million at this time. For this grant program, the city council set expectation and directed staff to seek outside funding opportunity whenever is feasible to further the policy objectives of the city and to achieve policy, priority priorities and objectives.

B

Staff evaluated these known policy objectives and priorities stated by the city council against the eligibility for this grant application and is proposing tree project which met this requirement.

B

The requirement of eligibility for the grant application and also met the priority of the city council, those three projects or the pedestrian circulation improvement between the crossing and temper on the connectivity, improvement at bayshore circle and the angles intersection improvement.

B

The pedestrian connectivity improvement between the crossing and temper n was included as a objective in the special plan developed for the US Navy side and also was included in the redevelopment implementation plan and also in our capital improvement plan in our capital improvement plan. This.

B

Project is not funded and that's the reason for our recommendation to apply for this outside funding opportunity.

B

Is very limited knowledge at this time about this project.

B

Wasn't any design work done.

B

The vision and the objective stated in those policy document use to improve the pedestrian connectivity between between the crossings and also shopping opportunities at temper n, and also to improve the access and the connectivity with the bart station, the transit hot edit location. Now with the development of the hotel site, this improvement will be even more timely and relevant.

B

The City Council ura also.

B

Set expectation to improve bayshore circle, and this would be on other opportunity to analyze f, could be improved. The connectivity between this East Side, residential and commercial neighborhood with the end of the regional trail, which ends close to that location to the north, also with the birth transit HOD across from Huntington, and also the transit corridor itself to the south.

B

Again, how is in the case of the other project, this fund funding request is recommended for feasibility analysis just to analyze what type of connectivity improvement could be implemented at this location, and also the funding would support any environmental assessment of the site f for those alternative users and connectivity type of project. The third project is the intersection improvement at angles.

B

You know general plan and also in our transit corridor plan is emphasized the parison the improvement of the pedestrian experience, including through the el camino caridad.

B

Also in the Grand Boulevard boulevarde initiative, the whole concept is based on enhancing.

B

The pedestrian and bicycle experience throughout the whole corridor, in addition to those through three policy documents. Also, you support that the city developed up to thirty-five percent design, at the complete suite case, study designing focusing on corridor improvement between on el camino between san bruno and Sylvan at the presentation. At that time, you requested and staff made the commitment that with any grant opportunity, if not for the whole project as a whole staff will seek outside funding whenever is feasible, even for portion of to implement portion of that project.

B

The intersection of Angus is a section of that project and the reason why was chosen this intersection is the high civic interest with the library at that location and also access and connection to the school close to that intersection and heavy school traffic at that location. Also, if this were disord staff recommendation at at at this time, if you support this recommendation, then staff will submit the grant application on 17 of this month.

B

Then is the expectation to have a final decision on the application sometime in April and then the next time, when you see this item would be brought back for your consideration would be in the second part of this year with consultant support award for those projects which were successful in this application process. I am available for any question. Thank.

A

You Clara again.

C

Clara, thank you as the city's representative on the seek AG bicycle and pedestrian Advisory Committee I could tell you firsthand that we've we've done very well with these grants and I believe the transit corridor plan was actually had a grant from the TA a couple years ago, most recently in october, the bicycle and pedestrian master plan was funded by TDA article 3 funding hundred thousand dollars, and unfortunately the angus project was proposed and also but the pool of money was a lot smaller was 1.4 million.

C

I was just checking my records so and we we placed 6th 9th out of 15, and only six projects were funded, so I believe it's. The angus project is it's very important. I think it will get I can't say, because the TA is a different governing board, a selection board than the sea CAG be pack, so I don't know if I'll be able to look at it. So this point- and I know that the TA is very receptive to studies- and you know the belmont pedestrian bridge- was heavily funded by the TA.

C

The bridge pedestrian bridge that doesn't go over El Camino goes over. One-On-One so- and that was a major undertaking so I think the pedestrian bridge to tanforan is a good project. I I would be cautious about the bayshore ratio or circle. Just and I in all I could say is when we're when we're. Judging these projects is that how do they? How do they follow the goals and the initiatives of the the grant funding? So if we follow the rules and make a good case, then we should do well.

C

5.4 million dollars sounds like a lot, but depending on the many cities that apply in there are Mase's and some of them are million dollars so, and some of them are half a million dollars, so it doesn't go that far.

B

C

Garage consuming.

B

Brava Ibara I I did forgot to mention that, for this grant application each agency can apply for up to three project and the limit. The dollar limit for each agency's 1 million dollar yeah.

C

And I just like to restate: okay, we are recognized as a municipality that is ahead of the game and you know we're we're aggressive. We plan well and we have good good, viable projects and the committee's and the boards that are reviewing our projects. You know they proved that by by finding them, so we're up against bigger cities and I, complement staff and wish him well on getting the application together.

C

Mike thank.

D

You I said a quick question: I noticed in here that there is a ten percent matching funds provision for these grants, and I was just wondering if, if we are fortunate enough to get these, have we identified that funding source at this point.

B

Maybe it's not clear in the fiscal impact portion is no matching fund requirement for this grant. For any of these is a weighting criteria. The bed matching fund, how they will pray to those project and how successful they will be and that waiting criteria that they are you so signed. A ten percent advantage for those project who has matching funds include that in this application, I see.

D

And so our proposal will not include any matching funds.

B

It is at this time was not proposed by us any matching fund to include in our grant application. I must say, like all of the measure, a grand font does not cover overhead costs. That will be a very, very small dollar amount of overhead costs. They they cover staff time direct cost. They are not covering overhead costs, but that is a very small cost for this projects. Okay,.

D

That makes us thank you for clarifying f.

B

You see you desire, that is the intent of tonight's presentation of you are recommending, including local match. Wasn't our recommendation, but certainly is huge decision to make.

A

See me interjection I.

E

Just wanted to add in response to councilmember ibera. First of all, your insight is echoed by staff and very much benefit to the city that you have the participation and the insight about these programs.

E

Bayshore circle, in particular, was included by staff and again this is a decision that is the city councils to make, and so with your evaluation of the competitive potential of this program, we would we would we just simply respectfully submit these items for your consideration, recognizing that the bayshore circle project, as you've picked up on, may not be quite as competitive in the grander scheme of things, for a couple of reasons, one being that typically grant providers look for projects that are relatively well along in the planning and development process.

E

This project, as its proposed, is not, although we thought it was a good opportunity, leverage grant funds for an important policy objective, as the director indicated previously in her report.

E

So again it's we present it to you, probably primarily in recognition of the city's interests, and this simply as an opportunity and again, as you well know, we we can make no guarantees about the elephant. Success.

C

If I could respond to that, yes, oh I see a lot of potential in the Bayshore circle, because you know you've got some political ties here. We've got some people, you know you look at, you know who's going to be making the decisions, and we have you know we have a Bart Bart station. We have you know we have a regional shopping center close by. We actually have a neighboring cities walking park that is very close to it. So and we have. We have bicycle bicycle routes in the area too.

C

So by all means you know we take a stab at it. As far as my colleagues question about the matching funds, again, it's an application process and I know. San Bruno has scored well in the past on different types of grant proposals based on the matching fund.

C

If it's a point total, if it's something that they get score by points and I've sat next to a colleague set of you know that have been scoring scoring for these for these projects- and you know a city that is proposing a project that is not not investing anything into.

C

It is not looked that favorably on so I think if we have the funding source, if we have the money to, you know to ingest into the insert into the project, I think and if it looks and if it fits into the application process by all means, I think it's something not only on the scoring point, but also the perception of who's. You know who's. Judging these projects.

A

If that were the case in looking to show some, shall we say, investment, it's councilmember Salazar asked where, where would those funds come from? Well.

B

Would would be probably staff recommendation to use our own measure, a funds to include in the application of matching fund, and just a recommendation on the table was mentioned. The temporal santa fe do, you think, would be a higher chance, and a few desire to include I'm just offering that ten percent just to show would be then my recommendation to include at least ten percent in our application was matching fund to show our commitment and interest in the project itself and those measure a funds.

B

Last time, if I remember, is around 1.1 1.2 million unassigned measure a funds available for the city right now, and that would be my recommendation. Yes, the.

D

Questions you through the chair, yeah. I just wanted to pick Ken's brain so in terms of what you've seen with with other proposals. What sort of percentages are generally proposed by cities that makes them attractive to the approval.

C

It's hard, it's it's it's hard to say, because we have two agencies that are judging this and we got a good taste of it last year or believe the year before, when the TA and seek AG were you know, TDA and and the TA funds were combined anything.

C

It was a unique case because there wasn't a large pool of one of the funds and so combined, but it still there was still a division of who was gonna, judge one and who was going to how they were going to judge and how we were going to judge and we had a scoring sheet and we've worked on and we've tried to perfect it and refine it and and be fair events before the TA on how they judge I'd like to think that they do well because we've benefited from from their scoring.

C

So all I can say is that way. I can help help staff in reviewing the grant application and look at how how they're, how they possibly would be scoring and and give them that that assistance, but I I mean I I have been there when when there's been zero, there been, you know, 00 matching funds and it's been sort of frowned upon.

A

So, what's the pleasure of the council in regards to the matching funds and on this item.

D

Well, I mean the ten percent number I had read erroneously, it's just a weighting factor, not an actual contribution amount. So I don't know that the ten percent is adequate. Would we want to do more than that?

D

I'm not sure. That's all. I wanted to get a better feel for what is uh what's considered enough skin in the game to make this an attractive proposal, but without any consideration and I mean we have funds available, I, don't know if we want to I, don't know how well equipped with her to make a decision on how much should be contributed. So I don't want that to impede any progress on submitting these because.

A

You did say they: they need to be submitted by the 17th, correct, correct.

B

A

B

Will say that I think ten percent would be around around 80,000, for the total matching fund, for the three project would show commitment on the agency's spot and would be funding available from our measure, a funds, and you want to make that decision tonight, then that we are being corporated ins, application.

A

It's a pleasure council. I.

D

Think I'd be willing to support that if, if Ken feels it's going to help us I believe.

C

It I believe it is if it is stated within the grant proposal that ten percent is what is the ability of agencies. I'm I would guarantee that there's going to be competing agencies that will have that ten percent in there so I believe we should be right there with them.

C

That's the case. I'd I'll introduce a resolution and let them make the applications we.

D

Have three separate resolutions over you.

C

Want to take them separately or can.

B

C

To introduce resolution a for the El, Camino and angus intersection improvements and.

B

If you could amend the resolution to include the ten percent matching fund as.

C

Stated with ten percent matching funds.

D

C

Like to introduce resolution be submit an application for the tan friend pedestrian circulation improvements and include a ten percent matching funds.

D

Hi hi hi finally,.

C

Resolution see submit application for a alternative feasibility assessment of bayshore circle. Median improvements with a ten percent matching fun.

D

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