CITY OF SAN MATEO
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CITY OF SAN MATEO
Agenda Report
City Hall
330 W. 20th Avenue
San Mateo CA 94403
www.cityofsanmateo.org
Agenda Number: 3 Section Name: {{section.name}} Account Number: 10-4661 File ID: {{item.tracking_number}} TO: City Council
FROM: Alex Khojikian, City Manager
PREPARED BY: Public Works Department
MEETING DATE: February 18, 2025
SUBJECT:
San Mateo County Transportation Authority Measures A and W – Primary Grant Agreement RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt a Resolution to authorize the execution of a primary grant agreement with the San Mateo County Transportation Authority for future funding from Measures A and W; and authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement in substantially the form presented.
BACKGROUND:
In 1988, San Mateo County voters approved Measure A, a 20-year half-cent sales tax to fund and leverage additional funding for transportation projects and programs in San Mateo County. The approval of Measure A created the San Mateo County Transportation Authority (TA) to manage and administer the sales tax revenues generated in conformance with the Transportation Expenditure Plan (TEP). The 1988 sales tax expired on December 31, 2008. In 2004, the San Mateo County voters reauthorized the Measure A half-cent sales tax and adopted a new TEP for an additional 25 years (from January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2033). The TEP established funding categories for Transit; Highways Improvements; Local Streets/Transportation; Grade Separations; Pedestrian and Bicycle Improvements; and Alternative Congestion Relief projects.
In 2018, San Mateo County voters approved Measure W, a 30-year half cent sales tax, from July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2048, to fund and leverage additional funding for transportation projects and programs in San Mateo County that are consistent with the Measure W Congestion Relief Plan. The San Mateo County Transit District (District) levies this tax and administers investments for the 50 percent of the proceeds assigned to the County Public Transportation Systems category in the Congestion Relief Plan. The TA is responsible for administering the remaining 50 percent of funds assigned to:
Countywide Highway Congestion Improvements; Local Safety, Pothole and Congestion Relief Improvements including Grade Separations, Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvements, and Regional Transit Connections.
Historically, the TA has executed separate funding agreements and memoranda of understanding (and associated amendments) for each phase of each project funded by Measures A and W. To streamline the contracting process, the TA has developed a new primary grant agreement (PGA) through which the TA and project sponsors will document the structure of their relationships and related obligations. Concise individual project supplements will detail each funded project and any specifically associated requirements during the 10-year term of the PGA.
In order to be eligible for TA Measures A and W funding over the next 10 years, the TA requires sponsors' governing boards to adopt resolutions authorizing the sponsor's chief executive/mayor/chair, or designee, to sign a PGA with the TA.
BUDGET IMPACT:
There is no budgetary impact associated with this administrative action.
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ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION:
Adoption of a Resolution and approval of the Primary Grant Agreement with the San Mateo County Transportation Authority is not a project subject to CEQA, because it is a government fiscal activity which does not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment. (CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4).)
NOTICE PROVIDED
All meeting noticing requirements were met.
ATTACHMENTS
Att 1 – Proposed Resolution
Att 2 – TA Primary Grant Agreement
STAFF CONTACT
Bethany Lopez, Senior Engineer
[email protected]
(650) 522-7313