CITY OF SAN MATEO
RESOLUTION NO. ____ (2025)
SUPPORTING THE PENINSULA CORRIDOR MULTIMODAL COMPLETE STREETS PROJECT AND AUTHORIZING SUBMITTAL OF AN APPLICATION FOR THE SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY’S 2025
MEASURE A AND MEASURE W HIGHWAY PROGRAM CALL FOR PROJECTS WHEREAS, the City’s Bicycle Master Plan recommends adding bicycle facilities on Peninsula Avenue; and WHEREAS, the City’s Pedestrian Master Plan recommends adding pedestrian scale lighting on the entire length of Peninsula Avenue; and
WHEREAS, the City’s Local Roadway Safety Plan ranks the intersections of Peninsula Avenue and Dwight Road/Delaware Street, and Peninsula Avenue and Stanley Road among the top 20 priority intersections in the City; and
WHEREAS, Peninsula Avenue is classified as a minor arterial roadway that provides vehicular connections to El Camino Real and US 101; and
WHEREAS, the County of San Mateo’s Local Roadway Safety Plan identifies Peninsula Avenue as part of the Pedestrian High Injury Network; and
WHEREAS, multiple intersections on Peninsula Avenue are with cross streets that are part of the County of San Mateo’s Local Roadway Safety Plan’s High Motor Vehicle Injury Network; and WHEREAS, the Peninsula Avenue Multi-Modal Corridor Study (Project) is proposed to improve safety, create a more accessible pedestrian and bicycle environment, and improve traffic flow at critical intersections along the corridor; and
WHEREAS, ownership of Peninsula Avenue is shared between the City of San Mateo, the City of Burlingame, San Mateo County, Caltrain, and the State of California; and WHEREAS, it is estimated to cost $1,500,000 to complete the preliminary planning phase (PLN), and the preliminary engineering and environmental documentation phase (PAED) for the Project; and WHEREAS, the City of San Mateo wishes to jointly sponsor PLN and PAED phases of the Project with the City of Burlingame; and
WHEREAS, the City of San Mateo, in collaboration with the City of Burlingame, seeks $1,125,000 for the PLN and PAED phases of the Project; and
WHEREAS, the San Mateo County Transportation Authority (SMCTA) issued a Call for Projects for the 2025 Measure A and Measure W Highway Program on July 11, 2025, and 1 2
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1 WHEREAS, the TA requires the Sponsor's governing board to adopt a Resolution:
1. Supporting the Project and application for $1,125,000 in SMCTA Measures A and W Highway Program funds for Project;
2. Committing the Sponsor to begin work within one year of an award and to the completion of the requested scope of work for the Project, including the commitment of matching funds in the amount of $245,000 needed for implementation, with the City of Burlingame to provide an additional $130,000 of matching funds;
3. Certifying that any funds awarded by the SMCTA will be used to supplement existing funds for program activities, and will not replace existing funds or resources; and
4. If funds are awarded, authorizing the Sponsor's City Manager, or designee, to sign a supplemental agreement and any amendments of the SMCTA’s Primary Grant Agreement with the SMCTA and the City of Burlingame for SMCTA Measures A and W Highway Program funding for the Project and to take any other actions necessary to give effect to this Resolution and execute applicable amendments.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA, HEREBY RESOLVES that:
1. This Council action approving a grant application to 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 impact on the environment. (CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4).)
2. Staff is directed to submit an application to the San Mateo County Transportation Authority for Measures A and W Highway Program funds for $1,125,000 for the Peninsula Corridor Multi-Modal Complete Streets Project.
3. The City Manager, or designee, is authorized to execute and sign a supplemental agreement and any amendments of the SMCTA’s Primary Grant Agreement with the San Mateo County Transportation Authority and the City of Burlingame to encumber SMCTA Measures A and W Highway Program funds.
4. The Sponsor, City of San Mateo, commits to completing the Project, including contributing $245,000 of matching funds needed for the requested Project’s scope of work implementation, if the requested SMCTA funds are awarded.
5. Any funds awarded by the SMCTA will be certified to be used to supplement existing funds for program activities, and will not replace existing funds or resources.
6. The City Manager, or designee, is authorized to take any other actions necessary to give effect to this Resolution and execute applicable amendments.