Art3_County_FY00_BikePed_SantaAnaRiverTrail_3_ExtRqst2_210120
January 20, 2021
File: H13463
San Bernardino County Transportation Authority
Attention: Cameron Brown
1170 West Third Street, 2nd Floor
San Bernardino, CA 92410
RE: TIME EXTENSION REQUEST FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT
ACT) ARTICLE 3 FUNDS FOR THE SANTA ANA RIVER TRAIL PHASE III
PROJECT
Dear Ms. Koblasz:
The County of San Bernardino (County) requests the extension of the deadline to use the
Transportation Development Act (TDA) Article 3 funds in the amount of $306,639 for the
Santa Ana River Trail Phase III Project (Project) from December 31, 2021 to December
31, 2024.
The Project has received environmental approval and the PS&E was approved by the
County Board of Supervisors on April 21, 2020. However, a small segment at the
confluence of the Santa Ana River and Mission-Zanja Channel had to be excluded
because the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority (SBCTA) is removing and
replacing the existing Redlands Subdivision Bridge (Bridge) at this location. As a part of
the Bridge project SBCTA will construct 350' of rough grading at the Bridge location.
Upon completion by SBCTA, the County will survey the rough grading and finalize the
design for this missing segment.
These TDA Article 3 funds were approved by SBCTA in March 2019 for the in-lieu
Program Mitigation of Permanent Impacts fees required for this project.
However, the total estimated cost of the in-lieu Program Mitigation of Permanent Impacts
is now estimated at approximately $1,400,000. The $306,639 TDA Article 3 funds can
only cover a small potion. After exploring various funding sources, the County submitted
ATP Cycle 5 grant application for the remaining in-lieu Program Mitigation of Permanent
Impacts fees in 2020. Due to the COVID pandemic, the announcement of the selected
projects has been delayed to March or June of 2021, based on current schedule found
on ATP website.
Department of Public Works
Flood Control
Operations
Solid Waste Management
Special Districts
Surveyor
Transportation
David Doublet, M.S., P.E.
Assistant Director
Main Office - 825 East Third Street, San Bernardino, CA 92415-0835 | Phone: 909.387.7910 Fax: 909.387.7911
Brendon Biggs, M.S., P.E.
Director
Time Extension Request
January 20, 2021
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The construction cost of this Project has been secured and will be funded with Coastal
Conservancy funds. As soon as the full funding for the in-lieu Program Mitigation of
Permanent Impacts is received the County can move forward with the project
construction.
Due to the unexpected COVID pandemic delay and also the uncertain nature of grant
application, the County requests the TDA Article 3 funding deadline to be extended from
December 31, 2021 to December 31, 2024.
If you have any questions regarding the above, please contact Jinghui Bradley at (909)
387-8173.
Sincerely,
SUNDARAMOORTHY (SRI) SRIRIJAN, Chief
Transportation Planning Division
SS/JB
cc: Beahta Davis, County Regional Parks
Mervat Mikhail, County Public Works