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COUNTY OF SAN MATEO
Inter-Departmental Correspondence
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Department of Parks
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DATE:
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April 26, 2007
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BOARD MEETING DATE:
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May 15, 2007
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SPECIAL NOTICE/HEARING:
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None
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VOTE REQUIRED:
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Majority
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TO:
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Honorable Board of Supervisors
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FROM:
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David G. Holland, Director, Department of Parks
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SUBJECT:
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Application for and Acceptance of a $348,000 Grant from the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) for Construction of the 1.3-Mile Bay Trail within the Coyote Point Recreation Area
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RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a Resolution approving the application for and acceptance of a San Francisco Bay Trail Project Grant in the amount of $348,000 from the Association of Bay Area Governments for the Coyote Point Bay Trail Project; and authorizing the Director of the Department of Parks or his designee to execute in the name of the County of San Mateo all necessary applications, contracts, agreements, amendments and payment requests hereto for the purposes of implementing the purposes specified in the grant application.
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VISION ALIGNMENT:
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Commitment: Preserve and provide people access to our natural environment.
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Goal(s): 15. Residents have nearby access to green space, such as parks and recreational opportunities.
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The proposed project will fund a portion of the construction of the Bay Trail in the Coyote Point Recreation Area from Airport Boulevard in Burlingame to the City of San Mateo’s Shoreline Parks.
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BACKGROUND:
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The San Francisco Bay Trail is a planned recreational corridor that, when complete, will encircle San Francisco and San Pablo Bays with a continuous 500-mile network of shoreline trail in all nine Bay Area Counties. To date, over 270 miles of the trail alignment have been completed.
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The Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) administers a Bay Trail competitive grant program for local governments, special districts and qualified nonprofit groups to build or design new Bay Trail segments. These grants are intended to speed trail construction, leverage State dollars, foster partnership and employ the California Conservation Corps, when possible.
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In 2001, the County was awarded a $42,000 grant for the design and realignment of the Bay Trail in the Coyote Point Recreation Area. The construction documents for Coyote Point Bay Trail Improvements were completed in 2004. For the past three years, the County has strived towards fully funding the construction of the estimated $1,714,730 project.
Additional confirmed sources of funding for this project include the City of San Mateo Golf Course land sale ($125,000), the City of San Mateo Redevelopment Agency ($377,287), and State Parks Bond Act of 2002 ($270,713). A second grant request of $152,000 will be submitted to ABAG in September 2007 when they have received their first allotment of Proposition 84 funds from the State. The remaining $441,730 will be sought from upcoming competitive grant programs.
A contract has recently been signed with a consultant to prepare a Mitigated Negative Declaration to finalize the environmental documents required for the project. This document should be completed by late July 2007.
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DISCUSSION:
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Completion of the Bay Trail within Coyote Point Recreation Area will provide a safe, contiguous, easy-to-navigate route for Bay Trail users and completes an important gap in the San Francisco Bay Trail. This 12-foot-wide multi-use trail will parallel Beach Access Drive and Coyote Point Drive from Burlingame to San Mateo. The trail design remedies several busy intersections where pedestrians, cyclists and other trail users face significant automobile traffic. These intersections are where Coyote Point Drive intersects roads to the Poplar Creek Golf Course, the Rifle Range, Coyote Point Museum for Environmental Education and Coyote Point Marina.
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This trail alignment provides a trail along the edge of the Recreation Area which allows Bay Trail users to link to spur trails within the park or bypass the park altogether. These spur trails within the Recreation Area will bring trail users to picnic areas, play areas, and other park features.
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FISCAL IMPACT:
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There will be no impact to the General Fund. Other sources of funding have been confirmed to fully fund the project or are identified as strong prospects for competitive grants.
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