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Page 2 of 5 <br />City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.org <br />STRATEGIC PLAN GUIDING PRINCIPLE <br />Transportation <br />BACKGROUND <br />Bay Road is a north-south street that serves residential neighborhoods, businesses, schools, and major <br />employment centers such as Stanford University. The corridor is split between two jurisdictions, Redwood <br />City on the east side and the County of San Mateo on the west side. Every project, maintenance, and <br />street improvement on Bay Road is coordinated between the two agencies. <br />The corridor is planned for enhanced bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure in both the City and County’s <br />local adopted plans. It is identified in both the City’s adopted Walk Bike Thrive Plan (2022) and the <br />Unincorporated San Mateo County Active Transportation Plan (2021) as a priority bicycle and pedestrian <br />project. The project also aligns with the City Council’s Strategic Priority on Transportation, which includes <br />bicycle and pedestrian safety goals intended to eliminate fatalities and serious injuries from traffic <br />collisions. It develops effective transportation infrastructure for safe and efficient travel to, from, and <br />within the community. The project alignment is wholly within the MTC’s Equity Priority Communities area. <br />In May 2022, the City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo County (C/CAG) issued a call for <br />projects for the County and Local Programs under the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC)’s <br />One Bay Area Grant 3 (OBAG 3) Program. The OBAG 3 Program distributes Federal Highway <br />Administration funds transportation projects that improve safety. The program’s goal is to incorporate <br />recent regional policy initiatives, such as safety and Vision Zero initiatives, into funded projects. It also <br />seeks to strengthen the connection between transportation investments and regional goals for focused <br />growth in Priority Development Areas (PDAs), which are places near public transit that are planned for <br />new homes, jobs, and community amenities. <br />The County of San Mateo, in coordination with Redwood City, applied for $3,806,790 in OBAG 3 grant <br />funds for the design and construction phases of the Bay Road Complete Street Rehabilitation Project <br />between Fifth and Fifteenth Avenues. The grant request was approved by C/CAG and MTC; however, the <br />County’s Housing Element was rejected by the State and the County could not receive the funding. In <br />2024, due to the multi-jurisdictional nature of the project, MTC approved transferring the full grant <br />amount of $3,806,790 to Redwood City. <br />A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Redwood City and the County of San Mateo <br />established the terms and conditions for the local match, specifying that the local match will be funded <br />evenly between the two jurisdictions. It also specifies responsibilities of each agency for the design and <br />construction phases of the project, including project planning, community outreach, preparation of Plans, <br />Specifications, and Estimates (“PS&E”), design drawings, construction bidding, construction, construction <br />administration, and construction inspection. Redwood City will be the lead agency for both the design and <br />construction phases of the project. <br />8.F. - Page 2 of 55 <br />130