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Art3_County_FY00_BikePed_SantaAnaRiverTrail_Com_211020.docxGood point. I did check with Karen from Local Assistance and she said it was OK. I will check with her again in case there is any misunderstanding. Thanks Ginger. Jinghui From: Ginger Koblasz <gkoblasz@gosbcta.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2021 3:57 PM To: Bradley, Jinghui <jbradley@dpw.sbcounty.gov> Cc: Josh Lee <jlee@gosbcta.com>; Michele Fogerson <mfogerson@gosbcta.com>; Leah Boggs <lboggs@gosbcta.com>; Andrea Zureick <azureick@gosbcta.com>; Steven Smith <ssmith@gosbcta.com>; Zamora, Harold <hzamora@dpw.sbcounty.gov> Subject: RE: TDA Article 3 Santa Ana River Trail Extension Approval CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you can confirm the sender and know the content is safe. Ok but the County won’t be able to use the federal funds for plant establishment for 2026 to 2027. The feds aren’t as flexible with deadlines as SBCTA. From: Bradley, Jinghui [mailto:jbradley@dpw.sbcounty.gov] Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2021 3:44 PM To: Ginger Koblasz <gkoblasz@gosbcta.com> Cc: Josh Lee <jlee@gosbcta.com>; Michele Fogerson <mfogerson@gosbcta.com>; Leah Boggs <lboggs@gosbcta.com>; Andrea Zureick <azureick@gosbcta.com>; Steven Smith <ssmith@gosbcta.com>; Zamora, Harold <hzamora@dpw.sbcounty.gov> Subject: RE: TDA Article 3 Santa Ana River Trail Extension Approval Great! The only other funding source that can be used for plant establishment is the federal funds. We will discuss internally to see if we can avoid using Art 3 funds for plant establishment. May use part of Art 3 funds for in lieu fee to save some federal funds for plant establishment and the other part for hiring consultants. Will let you know if we have to request another time extension. Thanks Jinghui From: Ginger Koblasz <gkoblasz@gosbcta.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2021 3:38 PM To: Bradley, Jinghui <jbradley@dpw.sbcounty.gov> Cc: Josh Lee <jlee@gosbcta.com>; Michele Fogerson <mfogerson@gosbcta.com>; Leah Boggs <lboggs@gosbcta.com>; Andrea Zureick <azureick@gosbcta.com>; Steven Smith <ssmith@gosbcta.com>; Zamora, Harold <hzamora@dpw.sbcounty.gov> Subject: RE: TDA Article 3 Santa Ana River Trail Extension Approval CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you can confirm the sender and know the content is safe. According to CTC guidelines, the County has 36 months from award to complete the project and can get one 12 month extension from that. It looks like the County will need money through 2027 for plant establishment and will not be able to use ATP for the period from 2026 to 2027. Is there another funding source you could use for that last year? If the SBCTA Board was to approve an extension out until 2027, would the remaining $306,639 be sufficient? Yes, the County can use the TDA Article 3 funds to hire an environmental consultant. However, if the County wishes to use these funds past 2024, they will have to provide a letter requesting another extension to the SBCTA Board. From: Bradley, Jinghui [mailto:jbradley@dpw.sbcounty.gov] Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2021 5:08 PM To: Ginger Koblasz <gkoblasz@gosbcta.com> Cc: Josh Lee <jlee@gosbcta.com>; Michele Fogerson <mfogerson@gosbcta.com>; Leah Boggs <lboggs@gosbcta.com>; Andrea Zureick <azureick@gosbcta.com>; Steven Smith <ssmith@gosbcta.com>; Zamora, Harold <hzamora@dpw.sbcounty.gov> Subject: RE: TDA Article 3 Santa Ana River Trail Extension Approval We need to hire SBKR trapping consultant and construction bio monitoring consultant before construction starts. These 2 contracts will end at the construction completion. The 5 year plant establishment does include monitoring as well and we may need to hire another consultant. But if there is an issue for Art 3 funds to last such a long period, we can use federal ATP funds. That work will not start until the construction is complete so we have time to follow federal process. But again if possible using Art 3 funds will still be a better option. Actually I just called you and left a message about possibility of allowing the Art 3 funds be spent on any activities within the project scope. As you know we have a total of $1.4M to cover the estimated environmental costs. It is possible that actual costs come in lower than estimated. Without restriction the leftover Art 3 funds can be used for construction or CE. Thanks Jinghui From: Ginger Koblasz <gkoblasz@gosbcta.com> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2021 4:24 PM To: Bradley, Jinghui <jbradley@dpw.sbcounty.gov> Cc: Josh Lee <jlee@gosbcta.com>; Michele Fogerson <mfogerson@gosbcta.com>; Leah Boggs <lboggs@gosbcta.com>; Andrea Zureick <azureick@gosbcta.com>; Steven Smith <ssmith@gosbcta.com>; Zamora, Harold <hzamora@dpw.sbcounty.gov> Subject: RE: TDA Article 3 Santa Ana River Trail Extension Approval CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you can confirm the sender and know the content is safe. Thank you for the information. Would the environmental consultant’s contract extend beyond project completion (ie into any of the plant establishment time periods)? From: Bradley, Jinghui [mailto:jbradley@dpw.sbcounty.gov] Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2021 2:04 PM To: Ginger Koblasz Cc: Josh Lee; Michele Fogerson; Leah Boggs; Andrea Zureick; Steven Smith; Zamora, Harold Subject: RE: TDA Article 3 Santa Ana River Trail Extension Approval Hi Ginger, Please see project schedule and funding breakdown you requested. Please note that the consultant costs will not be exactly the same as the Art 3 funds. We need to be able to apply Art 3 funds to all costs related to the environmental requirements as well. Let me know if you need anything else. PROJECT SCHEDULE We don’t have a formal schedule that I can provide you a “copy”. Below is the summary of the project milestones: · Started PE in 2005 · Completed CEQA in 2014 · Completed NEPA in 2018 · Completed PSE in April 2020 · Completed ROW cert in August 2021 · Anticipating CTC fund allocation OF ATP fund on Oct 18, 2021 · To submit RFA for CON in late Oct/Nov 2021 · Estimated E-76 for CON in Nov/December 2021 · Estimated payment of in Lieu fee in December/January 2022 · Estimated start OF advertising in January 2022 · Estimated bid opening in February/March 2023 · Estimated construction contract award in April/May 2022 · Estimated start construction June/July 2022 · Estimated completion of construction December 2022 / January 2023 · Estimated start of 5 year plant establishment period December 2022 / January 2023 · Estimated end of 5 year plant establishment period November/December 2027 PROJECT FUNDING Funding Source Amount Comments Discretionary General Funding County of San Bernardino $300,000 Already Spent Proposition 84 Grant State Coastal Conservancy $3,681,000 Spent part of it. Remaining goes to construction Transportation Development Act Article 3 San Bernardino County Transportation Authority $307,000 For meeting the environmental requirements TEA-21/Transportation Enhancement Activities State of California Department of Transportation $1,040,000 Already Spent Wildlife Conservancy Grant Wildlife Conservancy $447,000 Already Spent Active Transportation Program Cycle 5 Grant California Transportation Commission $1,105,000 For meeting the environmental requirements Total: $6,880,000 Thanks Jinghui From: Ginger Koblasz <gkoblasz@gosbcta.com> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2021 11:42 AM To: Bradley, Jinghui <jbradley@dpw.sbcounty.gov> Cc: Josh Lee <jlee@gosbcta.com>; Michele Fogerson <mfogerson@gosbcta.com>; Leah Boggs <lboggs@gosbcta.com>; Andrea Zureick <azureick@gosbcta.com>; Steven Smith <ssmith@gosbcta.com> Subject: RE: TDA Article 3 Santa Ana River Trail Extension Approval CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you can confirm the sender and know the content is safe. Sounds good. Thanks. From: Bradley, Jinghui [mailto:jbradley@dpw.sbcounty.gov] Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2021 11:34 AM To: Ginger Koblasz Cc: Josh Lee; Michele Fogerson; Leah Boggs; Andrea Zureick; Steven Smith Subject: RE: TDA Article 3 Santa Ana River Trail Extension Approval I am verifying the information with our Design staff and will send to you soon. Thanks Jinghui From: Ginger Koblasz <gkoblasz@gosbcta.com> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2021 9:03 AM To: Bradley, Jinghui <jbradley@dpw.sbcounty.gov> Cc: Josh Lee <jlee@gosbcta.com>; Michele Fogerson <mfogerson@gosbcta.com>; Leah Boggs <lboggs@gosbcta.com>; Andrea Zureick <azureick@gosbcta.com>; Steven Smith <ssmith@gosbcta.com> Subject: RE: TDA Article 3 Santa Ana River Trail Extension Approval CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you can confirm the sender and know the content is safe. Also, can you please send the breakdown by funding source? Thanks. From: Ginger Koblasz Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2021 8:52 AM To: 'Bradley, Jinghui' Cc: Josh Lee; Michele Fogerson; Leah Boggs; Andrea Zureick; Steven Smith Subject: RE: TDA Article 3 Santa Ana River Trail Extension Approval Can we please get a copy of the project schedule too? From: Bradley, Jinghui [mailto:jbradley@dpw.sbcounty.gov] Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2021 7:13 AM To: Ginger Koblasz Cc: Josh Lee; Michele Fogerson; Leah Boggs; Andrea Zureick; Steven Smith Subject: RE: TDA Article 3 Santa Ana River Trail Extension Approval Below is the estimated environmental mitigation cost. The federal ATP grant of $1.1M + the $300K Art 3 funds will cover the total $1.4M needed. As you can see, it will be great if we can use ATP grant to pay the in lieu fee and Art 3 funds to hire consultants. CTC fund allocation of the $1.1M ATP grant is on the upcoming CTC meeting agenda for Oct 18, 2021. We are finalizing the RFP for CON to obligate the funds after that. That is why we need to know if we can use Art 3 funds to hire consultant now in order to structure the Finance Letter (Exhibit 3-A) correctly. Once E-76 for CON is approved, County will pay the in lieu fee and start construction in the next few months. Let me know if you have additional questions. Thanks Jinghui From: Ginger Koblasz <gkoblasz@gosbcta.com> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2021 6:57 AM To: Bradley, Jinghui <jbradley@dpw.sbcounty.gov> Cc: Josh Lee <jlee@gosbcta.com>; Michele Fogerson <mfogerson@gosbcta.com>; Leah Boggs <lboggs@gosbcta.com>; Andrea Zureick <azureick@gosbcta.com>; Steven Smith <ssmith@gosbcta.com> Subject: RE: TDA Article 3 Santa Ana River Trail Extension Approval CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you can confirm the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Jinghui, This does have a long history indeed. Can you please send us a copy of the current funding plan and project schedule? Thanks, Ginger From: Bradley, Jinghui [mailto:jbradley@dpw.sbcounty.gov] Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 11:36 AM To: Ginger Koblasz Cc: Josh Lee; Michele Fogerson; Leah Boggs Subject: RE: TDA Article 3 Santa Ana River Trail Extension Approval Hi Ginger, Have you had a chance to look at this? We really hope that Art 3 funds can be used to hire environmental consultants. That will make things so much easier. This funding allocation has a long history. Let me know if you would like a meeting to discuss the applicable scope. Thanks Jinghui From: Bradley, Jinghui Sent: Friday, October 8, 2021 3:07 PM To: 'Ginger Koblasz' <gkoblasz@gosbcta.com> Cc: Josh Lee <jlee@gosbcta.com>; Michele Fogerson <mfogerson@gosbcta.com>; Leah Boggs <lboggs@gosbcta.com> Subject: RE: TDA Article 3 Santa Ana River Trail Extension Approval This is not scope change, just a different cost item for the same scope. The money was originally allocated to the project for any costs related to the project scope. At the time of time extension request we were planning to use it to cover in lieu fee. That is how this specific language was used in both time extension request and SBCTA approval letter. There were no such restriction in original award. In lieu fee is only a part of the environmental mitigation. Other environmental mitigation activities includes construction of habitat restoration area, environmental monitoring (consultant costs), 5 year plant establishment including maintenance, irrigation, monitoring and reporting (consultants), etc. The combination of this Art 3and federal ATP funds will cover all these costs. If Art 3 funds have to be used for in lieu fee, we will have to use federal ATP funds to hire consultants, which is a lengthy process. Thanks Jinghui From: Ginger Koblasz <gkoblasz@gosbcta.com> Sent: Friday, October 8, 2021 2:32 PM To: Bradley, Jinghui <jbradley@dpw.sbcounty.gov> Cc: Josh Lee <jlee@gosbcta.com>; Michele Fogerson <mfogerson@gosbcta.com>; Leah Boggs <lboggs@gosbcta.com> Subject: RE: TDA Article 3 Santa Ana River Trail Extension Approval CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you can confirm the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Jinghui, Since these funds are awarded on a competitive basis, we are not able to approve scope changes that differ this significantly from the original scope. Also, the guidelines stipulate that any savings is to be shared with SBCTA. Please let me know if the County will not be using the funds as intended so we can begin to rescind the remaining TDA Article 3 funding. Thank you, Ginger From: Bradley, Jinghui [mailto:jbradley@dpw.sbcounty.gov] Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2021 1:35 PM To: Ginger Koblasz <gkoblasz@gosbcta.com> Subject: RE: TDA Article 3 Santa Ana River Trail Extension Approval Hi Ginger, The ~$306K TDA Article 3 funds were approved to pay for In-lieu Program Mitigation of Permanent Impacts. This was a change from the previous scope of work. Please see first file attached. But this amount is not enough to pay for the total cost of lieu fee. County applied and received ATP grant to cover the remaining environmental mitigation related costs. Now that the ATP funds (federal funds) are more than enough to pay for the in lieu fee, is it possible for us to use the Art 3 funds to hire environmental consultant instead? This will make it much easier and faster to bring the consultant on board. Please let me know. Thanks Jinghui From: Ginger Koblasz <gkoblasz@gosbcta.com> Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 12:08 PM To: Srirajan, Sri <ssrirajan@dpw.sbcounty.gov>; Martinez, Stephen <smartinez@dpw.sbcounty.gov>; Bradley, Jinghui <jbradley@dpw.sbcounty.gov>; 'Steven.Sablan@dwp.sbcounty.gov' <Steven.Sablan@dwp.sbcou nty.gov>; Mondragon, Noel - DPW <Noel.Mondragon@dpw.sbcounty.gov> Subject: TDA Article 3 Santa Ana River Trail Extension Approval CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you can confirm the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Sri, The SBCTA Board approved an extension for the County’s TDA Article 3 Santa Ana River Trail award. 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