Agenda Item A.3
CPMS CONSENT CALENDAR
Meeting Date: August 19, 2025
TO: M
ayor and Councilmembers
SUBM
MITED BY: Luz “Nina” Buelna, Public Works Director
PRE
PARED BY: Teresa Lopes, Senior Project Engineer
SUBJ
ECT: Measure A Project Cooperative Agreement – Cycle 6 Funding RECO
MMENDATION:
A. Appr
ove and authorize the City Manager to enter into a Project Cooperative Agreement with Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG) for the San Jose Creek Multipurpose Path Project awarded to the City of Goleta in Cycle 6 of the Measure A South Coast Bicycle and Pedestrian Program; and B. Aut
horize a budget appropriation in the amount of $600,000 as identified in Table 3 of the fiscal impacts section of the staff report.
BACKGRO
UND:
In 2
008, Santa Barbara County voters approved Measure A, which established the Santa Barbara Transportation Improvement Program (Program) . Measure A funded the Program through a local one-half percent sales tax for 30 years. Revenues generated by the tax increment are split between North and South areas of the County and are further divided up between various regional transportation projects and other local transportation programs identified in the adopted Measure A expenditure plan. Two such programs are the South Coast Regional Bicycle and Pedestrian program and the Safe Routes to School program. Funds from these programs are awarded on an as needed competitive basis based on the review and selection of grant applications.
Cy
cle 6 of the Measure A South Coast Regional Bicycle, Pedestrian and Safe Routes to School Program (Measure A grant program) call for projects was released on February 20, 2025, and covers the next three Fiscal Years (FY) from FY 2025/26 – 2027/28. A total of $4.3 million was available between the two programs for Cycle 6 over the 3-year period.
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blic Works staff took a list of potential projects to be considered for Measure A applications to Council on March 18, 2025. Staff submitted pre-applications on March 6, 2025, and final applications on April 1, 2025, for two projects as follows:
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Measure A Regional Bicycle and Pedestrian Program
San Jose Creek Multipurpose Path – the Measure A grant program funding would help offset the required local match from existing federal grants Safe Routes to School Program
Vision Zero Action Plan –Measure A grant funding is considered to offset the local match required for the Safe Streets and Roads for All grant, and additional funding could be used to expand the safe routes to school task to include all Goleta area schools
SBCAG received 17 final applications between the two South Coast programs, requesting $8.8 million in funding. The grant scoring committee evaluated the applications and recommended award of $600,000 in construction funding to the San Jose Creek Multipurpose Path under the South Coast Regional Bicycle and Pedestrian Program. The Vizion Zero Action Plan project, submitted under the Safe Routes to School Program, was not awarded funding in this cycle.
On July 17, 2025, the SBCAG Board approved and authorized the Chair to execute a Cooperative Agreement with the City of Goleta for Cycle 6 of the South Coast Measure A Bicycle and Pedestrian and Safe Routes to School Programs to contribute $600,000 in Measure A funding for the construction phase of the San Jose Creek Multipurpose Path Project.
DISCUSSION:
The Measure A Ordinance requires the City to enter into a cooperative agreement with SBCAG to receive the funding and begin reimbursable work on the project with Measure A Cycle 6 funds. A cooperative agreement has been prepared and approved by the SBCAG Board and is presented for Council approval (Attachment 1).
The Cooperative Agreement stipulates details such as the amount of Measure A funding allocated to the project, the matching fund commitments, responsibilities for notifying the public that a project is Measure A funded (including Measure A funding construction signage), the liabilities and indemnifications for the project, and the timely use of funds deadlines. The Cycle 6 Cooperative Agreement format is similar to agreements executed for the previous cycles (1 through 5) of the Measure A grant programs, with no substantial changes to the program . The Cooperative Agreement was reviewed by the City Legal Department prior to approval by SBCAG. Public Works staff is requesting that Council approve and authorize the City Mana ger to enter into the Cooperative Agreement with SBCAG as shown in Attachment 1 . Doing so will permit the use of the Measure A grant program funds for the San Jose Creek Multipurpose Path project.
FISCAL IMPACTS:
The table below summarizes the Measure A grant program funds approved for the San Jose Creek Multipurpose Path project.
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Table 1: Measure A Grant Program Funds
South Coast Bicycle and
Pedestrian Program
Estimated
Construction
Cost at Time of
Grant
Application
Measure A
Grant
Local Match
Allocated Project Construction
Funding (Mix of State and Federal
Grant Funds, Local Funds, and
Sales Tax Revenue Bonds)
San Jose Creek Multipurpose
Path $33,018,411 $600,000 $32,418,411
Note: All costs shown in Table 1 reflect estimated construction costs at the time of the grant application. These figures do not include staff time, construction management, or construction contingency, and therefore will not align with the total project costs shown in Table 2.
Table 2 below summarizes the estimated project costs and funding sources.
Table 2: San Jose Creek Multipurpose Path Project Cost Estimate
Project Components Estimated Costs
Funding Source Funding
Amounts
Conceptual Design $1,837,267* TDA (202) $262,062
Environmental $978,007* Measure A (205) $4,007,157
Final Design $4,440,983 Measure A (206) $1,038,378**
Land Acquisition $1,119,000 DIF (Transportation 220) $4,801,571 Construction $40,860,741
DIF (Bicycle and Pedestrian
235)
$272,204
RSTP grant (305) $30,689
ATP Grant - State (318) $2,669,000
Housing and Community
Development (HCD) (319)
$729,866
TCSP – Federal (407) $76,510
ATP Grant – Federal (418) $15,290,000
Redevelopment Project Fund
(601)
$24,829
Sales Tax Revenue Bond
Proceeds (610)
$16,270,203***
Local Funding Sources To-
be-Determined
(Pending $11,157,330
RCP Grant)
$3,763,529***
Total: $49,235,998 Total: $49,235,998
*Actual Costs to date
**Includes current request to appropriate $600,000
***If the RCP Grant is awarded, the project budget will be adjusted accordingly. This would allow the City to reallocate a portion of the Sales Tax Revenue Bond proceeds currently programmed for this project to other eligible capital projects. 3 Meeting Date: August 19, 2025
Table 3: Recommended Budget Appropriation
Fund Type Account Type Account To Amount
Measure A Grant Revenue 206-90-9006-44701 $600,000
Measure A Grant Expense 206-90-9006-57071 $600,000
ALTERNATIVES:
The next step in the process for delivery of the projects is to execute the Cooperative Agreement with SBCAG.
Council could elect not to authorize the City Manager to execute a Cooperative Agreement with SBCAG. This would jeopardize current project work items and could affect potential future grant funding opportunities.
LEGAL REVIEW BY: Isaac Rosen, City Attorney
APPROVED BY: Robert Nisbet, City Manager
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Measure A Project Cooperative Agreement For Project s Awarded to Santa Barbara County in Cycle 6 of the Measure A South Coast Bicycle and Pedestrian and South Coast Safe Routes to School Programs
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Measure A Project Cooperative Agreement For Projects Awarded to Santa Barbara County in Cycle 6 of the Measure A South Coast Bicycle and Pedestrian and South Coast Safe Routes to School Programs
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