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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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August 21, 2007
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BOARD MEETING DATE:
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September 11, 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 $418,496 in Grant Funds from the Recreational Trail Program 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 1) approving San Mateo County Department of Parks’ submittal of an application for $418,496 in grant funds from the Recreational Trails Program and 2) making certain findings and assurances related to the grant project.
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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: 15. Residents have nearby access to green space, such as parks and recreational opportunities.
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If awarded, these grant funds in the amount of $418,496 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 Recreational Trail Program is a state-administered local assistance program of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration. Within the State of California, the Department of Parks and Recreation is authorized to administer the program.
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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 $1,829,442 project.
Confirmed sources of funding for this project include City of San Mateo Golf Course land sale ($125,000), City of San Mateo Redevelopment Agency ($350,452), and State Parks Bond Act of 2002 ($435,494). Grant requests for a total of $500,000 are being reviewed by the Association of Bay Area Governments and California State Coastal Conservancy. The remaining $418,496 is requested from this competitive grant program.
The Negative Declaration prepared for the proposed Bay Trail Improvements in the Coyote Point Recreation Area was certified on August 17, 2007.
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DISCUSSION:
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Completion of the Bay Trail within Coyote Point Recreation Area will provide a safe, continuous, 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. The new intersections will be fully ADA-accessible.
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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 Recreation Area or bypass the Recreation Area altogether. These spur trails within the Recreation Area will bring trail users to picnic areas, play areas, Coyote Point Museum 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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