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The Appropriations process is an annual opportunity to affect the funding of a wide range of federal, state, local, and Tribal programs through Programmatic requests. Separately, in recent appropriations cycles Congress has allocated some of the federal budget for Community Project Funding (CPF, also known as an “earmark”), which funds one-off nonprofit and state or local government or Tribal projects. Please note that while there are many worthy organizations and projects, not every project will be funded. No funding can be made available until and if the FY25 Appropriations bill(s) are passed by both the House and Senate and signed by the President.
Rep. Mullin submitted the following Community Project Funding requests to the Appropriations Committee for FY24. For the outcome of these requests, view Rep. Mullin’s press release here.
Requests for Funding by Subcommittee
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Daly City Vista Grande Drainage Basin Improvement Project
Department/Agency: Environmental Protection Agency, State and Tribal Assistance Grants, Clean Water State Revolving Fund
Potential recipient: City of Daly City, 333 90th St, Daly City, CA 94015
Request amount: $3,500,000
Description: The Vista Grande Drainage Basin Improvement Project is a stormwater management project that will manage, treat, and reuse stormwater in the Vista Grande Drainage Basin, located in California’s 15th Congressional District, while also providing regional water quality, water supply, and recreational benefits. The Project will reduce localized flooding by improving the capacity of existing stormwater conveyance infrastructure to accommodate 25-year flood events and increase infrastructure resilience to extreme weather events due to climate change. For example, the Vista Grande Canal and Tunnel did not have the capacity to convey the drainage water from the recent storm that came into the region on December 31, 2022. Flooding occurred causing soil erosion next to a highly traveled street that required emergency repairs. Additionally, the Project will also use green infrastructure to treat stormwater flows that will then be diverted into Lake Merced to improve lake water quantity and quality. Improved lake conditions will increase recharge to the underlying groundwater basin, improve open water and riparian habitat that supports over 200 species of birds and other wildlife, and improve recreational uses in and around Lake Merced.
Financial disclosure certification and federal nexus letter.
Port of Redwood City Storm Water and Clean Water Improvement Project
Potential recipient: Port of Redwood City, 675 Seaport Boulevard, Redwood City, CA 94063
Department/Agency: Environmental Protection Agency, State and Tribal Assistance Grants, Clean Water State Revolving Fund
Request amount: $700,000
Description: The Port seeks to overhaul its stormwater infrastructure in order to eliminate water inundation during storm events, rising sea levels and increase king tides, as well as replace concrete systems that have exceeded their respective life expectancy. Additionally, as the Port’s stormwater flows into the San Francisco Bay, to better prevent sheet runoff from streets, paved areas, railroad easements, and other non-paved parcels, the Port seeks to install trash recapture systems at both the intake and outfall portions of the hard concrete systems. This will include both filtration for various contaminants found in street runoff as well as large basins to capture all discarded trash and debris that currently has the potential to flow in the Bay.
Financial disclosure certification and federal nexus letter.
Homeland Security
Foster City Lagoon Pump Station Seismic Rehabilitation and Capacity Enhancement
Potential recipient: City of Foster City, 610 Foster City Blvd, Foster City, CA 94404
Department/Agency: FEMA, Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grants
Request amount: $2,185,500
Description: The City of Foster City is protected from flooding by both a levee along three sides of the City’s perimeter, and by the Foster City lagoon, an approximately 212-acre drainage detention basin, the level of which is controlled by intake gates and a pump station from which water is pumped into the San Francisco Bay. However, the pump station currently lacks the necessary redundancy to provide maximum protection against flooding and damage during the longer and more severe storm events that have been experienced in recent years. The lagoon pump station houses two pumps, but has capacity to house four pumps. Moreover, the pump station is seismically unsound, making it susceptible to severe damage in the event of a major earthquake. This project would fund the seismic retrofit of the pump station and the installation of a third pump to protect the city from extreme weather events.
Financial disclosure certification and federal nexus letter.
Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Age
Old Bayshore Highway Streetscape Project
Potential recipient: City of Burlingame, 501 Primrose Rd, Burlingame, CA 94010
Department/Agency: Department of Transportation, Highway Infrastructure Projects
Request amount: $2,536,600
Description: This streetscape improvements project will create safer, more convenient, and more comfortable vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian connections along a major thoroughfare, Old Bayshore Highway, that connects to SFO, the Millbrae intermodal transit station, and the City of Millbrae to the north. To the south, the new infrastructure will connect to US 101 on-ramps and offramps. Old Bayshore Highway would transition into a corridor by changing the existing roadway from a four-lane arterial to a two-lane street with significantly improved infrastructure along the corridor for bicycles, pedestrians, and transit. These improvements would not only enhance vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian safety, but also create more convenient and comfortable connections along the corridor. The redesign also includes concrete curbs, signing and striping improvements, new streetlighting, bus pullouts, and additional enhanced pedestrian crossings. Old Bayshore Highway is a major north-south arterial in Burlingame, and the existing roadway and pedestrian infrastructure were originally constructed in the 1960s and have served their respective intended design life spans. The roadway and the pedestrian infrastructure do not meet the current standards for all modes of transportation as there is neither adequate ADA access for pedestrians nor bicycle infrastructure.
Financial disclosure certification and federal nexus letter.
Serramonte Street Resurfacing Project
Potential recipient: City of Daly City, 333 90th St, Daly City, CA 94015
Department/Agency: Department of Transportation, Highway Infrastructure Projects
Request amount: $1,000,000
Description: This project will resurface streets, install ADA ramps, and implement striping enhancements over a heavily traveled part of Serramonte Boulevard which enables access to Serramonte Mall contains over 1.1 million square feet of retail space, is a major economic driver of the local economy, and attracts customers from all over the city and surrounding area. The street segment proposed for resurfacing handles approximately 29,000 vehicles each day. The project will also be constructing ADA concrete curb ramps at street intersections in compliance with federal requirements prior to street rehabilitation. The proposed high visibility crosswalks, and striping enhancements on this project are intended to slow vehicle speeds, increase pedestrian visibility, or reduce vehicle and pedestrian conflicts.
Financial disclosure certification and federal nexus letter.
East Palo Alto Athletic Field
Potential recipient: City of East Palo Alto, 2415 University Avenue, East Palo Alto CA, 94303
Department/Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development, Community Development Fund, Economic Development Initiative
Request amount: $1,600,000
Description: The City of East Palo Alto is partnering with the Ravenswood School District and the Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula to construct a new renovated 21st century state of the art turf field with lights at the Los Robles-Ronald McNair Academy in the City. The school will use the new field during school hours and the community will have access during other times. This new field will enable local football, soccer, baseball, and track teams to practice and play games close to home. This will be great for children and families and build a stronger community in East Palo Alto.
Financial disclosure certification and federal nexus letter.
East Bayshore Road Safety Improvements
Potential recipient: City of East Palo Alto, 2415 University Avenue, East Palo Alto CA, 94303
Department/Agency: Department of Transportation, Highway Infrastructure Projects
Request amount: $2,000,000
Description: This project will provide traffic calming, sidewalks, bike lanes and other essential improvements to ensure that those in our community who are most in need are able to travel safely, efficiently, and sustainably to their schools, jobs, grocery stores, parks, and other places they frequent nearly every day. East Bayshore Road is a frontage road that runs along the northeast side of U.S. Highway 101. Area residents use this road every day to walk and bike to their schools, jobs, and the area’s major shopping center, despite its lack of sidewalks and bike lanes. It also serves as an alternative evacuation route if vehicles are unable to travel on Highway 101 during an emergency. Drivers routinely travel at unsafe speeds on this stretch of road endangering bicyclists, pedestrians, and other vehicles. As a result, there have been numerous traffic accidents, including a handful of fatalities along the road.
Financial disclosure certification and federal nexus letter.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center Rehabilitation
Potential recipient: City of San Mateo, 330 W 20th Ave, San Mateo, CA 94403
Department/Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development, Community Development Fund, Economic Development Initiative
Request amount: $1,500,000
Description: The City of San Mateo is seeking funding for planning and design to renovate and rehabilitate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center (King Center). The King Center opened in 1969 serves the critical needs of a particularly underserved neighborhood of North Central San Mateo. There are over 4,000 constituents living in the North Central neighborhood. Failure to make the necessary renovations to the King Center would force the City to close the facility and have a devastating impact on a community that can least afford to lose any facility.
Financial disclosure certification and federal nexus letter.
South San Francisco Centennial Way Trail & Outdoor Learning Center
Potential recipient: City of South San Francisco, 400 Grand Ave, South San Francisco, CA 94080
Department/Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development, Community Development Fund, Economic Development Initiative
Request amount: $2,400,000
Description: This project will improve, enhance and beautify a portion of the Centennial Way Trail by transforming the underutilized land surrounding it into a community park with recreational features and outdoor educational space. The project area is currently an undeveloped fallow patch of dirt, often filled with litter, that has a great potential to provide recreational, health and educational benefits and advance equity, specifically for underserved youth, in one of South San Francisco’s most economically and socially disadvantaged neighborhoods.
Financial disclosure certification and federal nexus letter
San Mateo County Sustainable Streets Pilot Project
Potential recipient: City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo County, 555 County Center, 5th Floor, Redwood City, CA 94063
Department/Agency: Department of Transportation, Highway Infrastructure Projects
Request amount: $1,532,000
Description: To accelerate progress toward sustainable streets throughout the county, City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo County (C/CAG) created the San Mateo Countywide Sustainable Streets Master Plan in collaboration with Caltrans under the State’s Climate Adaptation Planning Grant Program. C/CAG will use the requested funding to work with its local government partners to implement portions of the master plan by planning and designing the following shovel ready sustainable streets projects: (1) Fordham Street Sustainable Street Project in East Palo Alto; (2) El Camino Real Sustainable Street Project in Colma; (3) Bayshore and Woodrow Wilson Elementary School Sustainable Streets Projects in Daly City; (4) Edison Way Sustainable Street Project in the North Fair Oaks unincorporated section of San Mateo County; and (5) Grand Avenue Sustainable Street Project in unincorporated San Mateo County
Financial disclosure certification and federal nexus letter.
Caltrain Grade Crossing Improvements Project
Potential recipient: Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board (Caltrain), 1250 San Carlos Ave, San Carlos, CA 94070
Department/Agency: Department of Transportation, Transit Infrastructure Projects
Request amount: $2,844,547
Description: The Grade Crossing Improvements Project encompasses important safety improvements at six crossings in three different counties and congressional districts. These improvements include gate mechanism upgrades and relocations, LED roadway pavement markings, installation of new guard rails and signage, construction of concrete track panels, implementation of sidewalk extensions and other important safety enhancements. The impacted crossing in the 15th District is Main Street and Whipple Avenue in Redwood City. Extension of sidewalks and gate upgrades and relocations will improve safety and accessibility for pedestrians and riders.
Financial disclosure certification and federal nexus letter.
Middlefield Junction Early Learning Center
Potential recipient: Peninsula Family Service, 24 Second Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94401
Department/Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development, Community Development Fund, Economic Development Initiative
Request amount: $1,500,000
Description: Peninsula Family Service (PFS) seeks funding to construct a brand-new center-based early learning facility in North Fair Oaks, Redwood City. The Middlefield Junction Early Learning Center (ELC) will be co-located with a new affordable housing development operated by Mercy Housing, a Bay-Area based nonprofit providing affordable housing. The complex will include 179 units of 100% affordable housing for low income families. The ELC will serve residents of the complex and beyond through a total of 36 early learning spaces to serve 12 infants and 24 toddlers. PFS will provide 246 days of full-day care for 12 infants and 24 toddlers at Middlefield Junction in Redwood City. Two classrooms will serve infants with a 1:3 adult-to-child ratio, and three classrooms will serve toddlers with a 1:4 adult-to-child ratio. The center will be staffed with one site manager, one family engagement coordinator, and 13 early childhood education teachers.
Financial disclosure certification and federal nexus letter
Coyote Point Recreation Area
Potential recipient: San Mateo County, 1701 Coyote Point Drive, San Mateo, CA 94401
Department/Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development, Community Development Fund, Economic Development Initiative
Request amount: $1,000,000
Description: This project is to build an all-abilities playground in the Coyote Point Recreation Area that reflects the values and desires of the public, enhances the physical and mental health of all members of the community, and enables the park to serve as a destination and community gathering location. The County intends to make the park a central gathering place for adjacent communities and having a facility that supports creative and active play of children will be instrumental in ensuring a family-friendly environment.
Financial disclosure certification and federal nexus letter.
19th Avenue/Fashion Island Boulevard Complete Street Class VI Bikeway Project
Potential recipient: San Mateo County Transportation Authority, 1250 San Carlos Ave, San Carlos, CA 94070
Department/Agency: Department of Transportation, Highway Infrastructure Projects
Request amount: $2,000,000
Description: This project will increase safety and accessibility by constructing a new 1.3-mile long separated bikeway connecting the Hayward Park Caltrain Station with residences and business centers in eastern San Mateo and Foster City and improve four intersections for pedestrian access along the route. The Project will result in a two-way, separated bikeway, along 19th Avenue and Fashion Island Boulevard and will include high visibility crosswalks, pedestrian safety upgrades, four protected bicycle intersections, curb extensions, accessibility improvements, signal upgrades, pedestrian-scale lighting, and stormwater infrastructure. The Project’s primary goals are to address critical safety issues along the corridor and to make it more appealing for residents, students, and workers to walk and bike through the area. From 2016 to 2020, there were a total of 14 vehicle, 2 pedestrian-involved and one bicycle-involved collisions in the project corridor based on California Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System data. The Project will enhance safety by separating pedestrians and bicyclists from vehicles entering and exiting the US 101 and 92 freeways.
Financial disclosure certification and federal nexus letter.
Redwood City YMCA
Potential recipient: YMCA of Silicon Valley, 80 Saratoga Ave, Santa Clara, CA 95051
Department/Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development, Community Development Fund, Economic Development Initiative
Request amount: $1,000,000
Description: The YMCA’s proposed project reflects a unique partnership with the City of Redwood City, one that will provide a vibrant community destination for years to come in District 15. This project includes construction of a new 38,000 square foot YMCA facility, situated adjacent and connected by a shared walkway to a new Veterans Memorial Senior Center, and flanked by a fully inclusive Magical Bridge Playground. Once complete, the new Y will impact one in five people in Redwood City and surrounding communities. Core components include dedicated space for affordable and subsidized child care which will enable low- and moderate-income families to work (the 3-classroom Early Learning Center will also help fill a critical shortage of spaces), specialized wellness and youth development program spaces (with a particular emphasis on teen mental health and engagement), and spaces to promote broader community engagement and collaboration.
Financial disclosure certification and federal nexus letter.