To: Board of Supervisors
From: Monica Nino, County Administrator
Report Title: Fiscal Year 2027 Community Project Funding Requests
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
AUTHORIZE proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Community Project Funding requests and include the approved projects in the County's adopted FY 2025-26 Federal Legislative Platform.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This action has no direct fiscal impact. However, if the proposed Community Project Funding requests are included in the adopted FY 2027 federal budget, the County will receive additional federal funding to support local needs.
BACKGROUND:
The Board of Supervisors adopted the 2025-26 State and Federal Legislative Platforms at their January 21, 2025, meeting. The adopted Federal Platform includes a placeholder for federal funding needs for community projects, pending direction from the Board of Supervisors. Although the Community Project Funding (CPF) process and deadlines have not yet been finalized, the process of project identification and support typically begins in February, to ensure that the County can respond quickly once deadlines are set. In previous years, requests to Congressional offices have been due in early March. This year, the initial deadlines will be on March 6, necessitating action by the Board.
Staff recommends that the Board adopt a list of potential requests in order to ensure timely responses by the County once deadlines are set by our congressional delegation. The County Administrator’s Office has worked with County departments to solicit CPF requests for review in consultation with our Federal lobbyists.
Table 1 below outlines proposed, new CPF projects for inclusion in the County’s adopted FY 2025-26 Adopted Federal Legislative Platform. It is important to note that the approximate dollar amount of the proposed CPF requests are listed for reference. Following action by the Board, staff will continue to work with our federal lobbyists and congressional staff to make each request as competitive as possible, and may make revisions to the project names or funding amount requested:
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Table 1 - FY 2027 Requests |
Approx. Request Amount |
Congressional District |
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1 |
Willow Ave Pedestrian Bridge |
$3,200,000 |
CD-8 (Garamendi) |
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2 |
District 3 (Brentwood & East County) Youth Center |
$1,300,000 |
CD-10 (DeSaulnier) |
|
3 |
District 4 (Concord & Central County) Youth Center |
$1,300,000 |
CD-10 (DeSaulnier) |
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4 |
District 5 (Pittsburg Area/Northern Central County) Youth Center |
$1,300,000 |
CD-8 (Garamendi) |
|
5 |
East Bay Radio Communications System (EBRCS) Emergency Communications Sites on Wheels (SOW) |
$1,800,000 |
Countywide |
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6 |
Prosecutorial Fairness Analytics Project |
$580,000 |
Countywide |
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7 |
Contra Costa Gun Violence Reduction & Victim Safety Initiative |
$1,650,000 |
Countywide |
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8 |
Think Conta Costa - Business Retention and Expansion (BRE) |
$2,500,000 |
Countywide |
|
9 |
Iron Horse Trail Double-Tracking in San Ramon |
$1,500,000 |
CD-10 (DeSaulnier) |
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10 |
Delta Landing Interim Housing Infrastructure Improvements |
$3,000,000 |
CD-8 (Garamendi) |
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11 |
Economic Development, Design and Feasibility Studies for the Concord & Byron Airports |
$2,000,000 |
Countywide |
The numbering above does not reflect priority order. The recommended projects will continue to be developed in coordination with support of the sponsoring County departments and partners so that they will be ready to submit to Congress for consideration. Staff will provide updates to and seek direction from the Legislation Committee as the CPF process moves forward.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If a list of potential Community Project Funding requests is not approved by the Board, the County will not be able to advocate for them.