Art3_SanBernardino_FY19_Transit_Accessibility_Scope_240322
March 22, 2024
David Marghezi
Public Works Engineering
Via email: Marghezi_Da@sbcity.org
RE: 19/20 Transportation Development Act Article 3 Award for 4 Bus Stop Improvements – Scope Change
Dear Mr. Marghezi:
On March 6, 2024, the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority (SBCTA) Board of Directors
approved the City’s December 11, 2023 scope change request for the Transportation Development Act (TDA)
Article 3 grant funded project as outlined below.
Original Revision
Project Description 4 Bus Stop Improvement Locations:
5691 Baseline @ Sepulveda
54 9th @ Medical Center
5622 5th @ J St
60 Sierra @ Ralston
2 Bus Stop Improvement Locations:
5691 Baseline @ Sepulveda
5622 5th @ J St
Allocation Number L20-SB-14 No Change
TDA Article 3 Award $26,936 No Change
Local Match $6,735 No Change
Local Share 20% No Change
Total Project Cost $33,671 No Change
Deadline 12/31/2022 No Change
Extension Number 0 No Change
As a friendly reminder, the TDA Article 3 grant award is paid through a reimbursement process upon project
completion. It is required that a TDA claim form and supporting documentation of project completion
submitted to SBCTA prior to disbursement of funds. The TDA Article 3 grant award is for a maximum
reimbursable amount. Should your project exceed the maximum reimbursable amount, SBCTA will not
provide any additional reimbursement. For projects completed under the awarded amount, SBCTA will
reimburse your agency for the TDA Article 3 share of the project using the match percentage identified above
and in your grant application.
Upon project completion, please got to www.gosbcta.com/tda3 for the TDA Claim Form and filing
instructions.
Sincerely,
Ginger Koblasz
Cc: Nancy Strickert, SBCTA
Nicole Soto, SBCTA
Office: 201 North “E” Street, 2nd Floor
290 North D St, San Bernardino, CA 92401 | P: 909-384-5140 | www.SBCity.org
Public Works Department
TDA Article 3 Grant, FY 19 - L20-SB-14 $26,936
Bus Stop Improvements
Notice of Scope Change
December 11, 2023
Attn: SBCTA
Change of Specifications:
The City wants to omit the following bus stops:
5622: 5th St @ J street
60: Sierra Way @ Ralston Ave
The following stops were completed on 3/23/2021:
5691: Base Line St @ Sepulveda Ave
54: 9th St @ Medical Center Dr
Explanations:
1. The City of San Bernardino finished the project within the original meframe, however
because the person(s) being in charge of this project le their employment with the city,
the reimbursement claims were not filed on me.
2. A scope change is requested, since the grant funds were not enough to do the
construc on work on four bus stops. Only two out of four loca ons were done at a much
higher cost than the total grant fund.
3. Emails from SBCTA were not responded/followed up, due to employees that were
handling the project(s) leaving their employment with the City.
4. Same reason as No.3 above applies to the no ces of recission not being responded in a
mely manner.
Sincerely,
David Marghezi
Public Works Engineering
Entity: San Bernardino County Transportation Authority
Minute Action
AGENDA ITEM: 16
Date: March 6, 2024
Subject:
Transportation Development Act Article 3 Change Requests - Rialto, Rancho Cucamonga,
San Bernardino, Chino, and Fontana
Recommendation:
That the Board, acting as the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority:
A. Approve fourth extension to the City of Rialto’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2017/2018 Transportation
Development Act (TDA) Article 3 Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities award for the Cedar Avenue
Railroad Crossing Pedestrian Improvements Project in the amount of $250,000 from
December 31, 2023 to August 30, 2024, with no further extensions to be considered.
B. Determine if Approve minor scope reduction from 8’ curvilinear sidewalk to 6’ wide curb
adjacent sidewalk, without commensurate funding reduction, should be granted to the City of
Rancho Cucamonga’s FY 2021/2022 TDA Article 3 Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities award for
the Haven Sidewalk Improvement Project in the amount of $227,192.
C. Determine if Approve minor scope reduction from four to two bus stop improvements,
without commensurate funding reduction, should be granted to the City of San Bernardino for
their expired and rescinded FY 2019/2020 TDA Article 3 Transit Access award in the amount of
$26,936.
D. Determine if Approve major scope reduction from Class I to Class II and Class III bicycle
facilities, without a commensurate funding reduction, should be granted to the City of Chino for
their FY 2017/2018 TDA Article 3 Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities award in the amount of
$353,081.
E. Approve fourth extension to the City of Chino for their FY 2017/2018 TDA Article 3 Bicycle
and Pedestrian Facilities award for Sidewalk Retrofitting in the amount of $353,081 and for
Transit Access in the amount of $87,000 from December 31, 2023 to December 31, 2024, with
no further extensions to be considered.
F. Determine if Approve major scope reduction for installation of Rectangular Rapid Flashing
Beacons (RRFBs) from seven to “three to four” locations, should be granted to the City of
Fontana for their FY 2023/2024 TDA Article 3 Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities Program award
for Seven RRFBs in the amount of $52,500.
Background:
San Bernardino County Transportation Authority (SBCTA) oversees the disbursement of 2% of
the Local Transportation Funds (LTF) made available to counties and cities for facilities for the
exclusive use of pedestrians and bicyclists, known as the Transportation Development Act
(TDA) Article 3 Program. In August 1999, the SBCTA Board of Directors (Board) approved a
policy that 80% of the Article 3 Program would be made available for projects that improve
bicycle and pedestrian facilities. The remaining 20% would be available for projects that
improve access to transit stops for pedestrians and persons with disabilities. SBCTA uses these
funds to release a competitive call-for-projects available to member agencies every two years.
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March 6, 2024
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San Bernardino County Transportation Authority
Periodically, SBCTA receives modification requests from award recipients that run into
complications. Below are scope change and extension requests that have been submitted for
Board consideration. Please see supporting documentation attached for additional details.
City of Rialto
The City of Rialto is requesting a fourth extension for their Fiscal Year (FY) 2017/2018 TDA
Article 3 Bicycle and Pedestrian award for Cedar Ave Railroad Crossing Pedestrian
Improvements. If approved, the revised deadline would change from December 31, 2023 to
August 30, 2024.
Project Information:
Original delays were attributed to the difficulty satisfying Southern California Regional Rail
Authority’s (SCRRA) requirements to restart work after COVID, particularly with setting up
training which was required for project site access. Later delays were caused by difficulty with
the contractor and subsequent contract negotiations with SCRRA to have them perform the work
instead.
City of Rancho Cucamonga
The City of Rancho Cucamonga (City) is requesting a scope change for their FY 2021/2022
TDA Article 3 Bicycle and Pedestrian award for Haven Sidewalk Improvements from Banyan
Street to Wilson Avenue. The project scope would reduce the 8’ curvilinear sidewalk, intended
to be used by both pedestrians and bicyclists, to a 6’ wide curb adjacent pedestrian sidewalk. The
City is requesting this change because (1) they already installed a Class II bicycle path along the
same extents using City funds and (2) the City wishes to reduce the sidewalk’s footprint for
environmental conservation reasons.
Project Information:
Due to cost escalations that have occurred since the City submitted their application for this
project, they are requesting the fund amount not be reduced commensurate with the scope
reduction.
City of San Bernardino
The City of San Bernardino is requesting SBCTA reinstate their rescinded FY 2019/2020 TDA
Article 3 Transit Access award and approve a scope reduction from four to two bus stop
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improvements without a commensurate funding reduction. The City of San Bernardino
completed two of the bus stop improvements within the original award schedule and indicate
staff turnover caused both a failure to invoice and a failure to respond to the rescission
notification.
Project Information:
City of Chino
The City of Chino is requesting a third scope change and extension for their two FY 2017/2018
TDA Article 3 awards. The City of Chino was awarded a Bicycle and Pedestrian award in the
amount of $353,081 and a Transit Access Improvements award in the amount of $87,000 for
construction of a variety of bicycle, pedestrian, and transit improvements.
Project Information:
The City of Chino indicated in their letter submitted on December 11, 2023 that the “City’s
portion of the project construction has already been completed; however, the City is waiting for
the school district to submit its final invoices and file a notice of completion for the project”.
Thus, they are asking that the current December 31, 2023 deadline be modified to
December 31, 2024.
The scope according to the City of Chino’s original Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvement
competitive application was “to construct a total of 8.5 miles of Class I Shared Use Path Bicycle
routes (Exhibit A and B) along with 119 Pedestrian Facilities (Exhibit C)”. However, supporting
documentation included in the application referred to the proposed paths as “Bicycle
Boulevards” without defining “Bicycle Boulevards”. According to the City’s Active
Transportation Plan these are “considered Class 3” routes. The previous two approved scope
changes were focused on extents and did not mention classification.
“Bicycle Boulevards” are not an officially recognized bicycle classification, thus the application
evaluators were unlikely to have picked up on the classification contradiction. However, the City
of Chino argues that designating it a Class I was clearly an inadvertent error given the downtown
project location which has streets too narrow to accommodate a Class I path without exorbitant
right-of-way costs.
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