SAFER Bay Implementation
Project CPR008 · Public Works
Also identified in the budget as “Safer Bay” (project code CPR008).
- Capital Project Funds$1,520,000
- General Capital Improvements Fund$1,520,000
General Fund money that has been transferred over for capital projects. Once here, it is used for capital work — not General Fund operating expenses.
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Source: FY 2026–27 CIP, Fund 501 appropriation.
Largely funded through SAFER Bay program and state/federal coastal resilience funding; $50M secured.
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- Capital Improvement Plan
- Department
- Public Works
- Planned revenue, FY 2027–31
- $2,259,474
- Spent FY 2023–25
- $721,682
- Budgeted FY 2026
- $1,600,000
- Estimated lifetime cost
- $67,808,000
›Budget labels for this project
Sources: City of Menlo Park OpenGov CIP detail, project code CPR008; resident-facing name shown here is “SAFER Bay Implementation”. The OpenGov summary label is “Safer Bay”. Budget worksheet labeled “SAFER Bay Implementation”.
- Estimated lifetime cost
- $67,808,000
- Secured (awarded, received, allocated)
- $50,000,000 + undisclosed
- Committed, not yet executed
- $17,808,000
- Pending application
- $0
- Anticipated (not yet applied for)
- $0
- Funding gap (not yet covered)
- $0
›Show source
The lifetime cost estimate is $67,808,000, from FEMA award notification combined with executed MOU local match commitments (May 1, 2023). Source: https://www.menlopark.gov/files/sharedassets/public/v/1/agendas-and-minutes/city-council/2025-meetings/20250225/k3-20250225-cc-safer-bay-design.pdf. The funding gap is the estimated lifetime cost minus all funding that has not been lost, added up from the funding sources listed below. Year-by-year figures come from the City's adopted five-year capital plan.
Funding sources
Each source carries its own status and citation. Expand a row to see the conditions, dates, and source document. “Ongoing” sources are recurring formula funds; sources still being pursued show no dollar amount.
›FEMA BRIC GrantAwarded$50,000,000FEMA (via Cal OES) (federal) · design and construction
Conditions: Federal match against $17.808M committed local match. Reimbursement quarterly. Phase 1 eligible for up to $3,759,474.
City was notified of award May 2023; FEMA funding will be reimbursed quarterly after Phase 1 deliverables approved.
›PG&E local match contributionCommitted$10,000,000Pacific Gas & Electric (private) · design and construction
Conditions: Committed via MOU dated Jan 25, 2022.
PG&E's Ravenswood Substation is critical infrastructure within protection area.
›Meta local match contributionCommitted$7,808,000Meta Platforms, Inc. (private) · design and construction
Conditions: Committed via MOU. Initial $2M paid; additional $1.561M anticipated spring 2025.
Meta's Bayfront Expressway operations are within protection area.
›General Capital FundAllocated—City of Menlo Park (Fund 501) (city) · design
Conditions: Per FY 2024-25 CIP plan: ~$4.3M in Project CIP budget for Phase 1 work.
City discretionary funding for Phase 1 design and consultant agreements.
Spending by year
Past years are recorded actuals from the City's general ledger. FY 2026 is the adopted current-year budget. FY 2027 through FY 2031 is what the five-year Capital Improvement Plan proposes to spend.
›Where the money went, line by line
| Year | Fund | Category | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY 23 | Capital Project Funds | Salaries and Wages | $369 |
| FY 23 | Capital Project Funds | Fringe Benefits | $161 |
| FY 24 | Capital Project Funds | Services | $13,016 |
| FY 25 | Capital Project Funds | Services | $701,152 |
| FY 25 | Capital Project Funds | Salaries and Wages | $5,965 |
| FY 25 | Capital Project Funds | Fringe Benefits | $694 |
| FY 25 | Capital Project Funds | Operating Expenses | $324 |
| FY 26 | Special Revenue Funds | Fixed Assets & Capital Outlay | $1,600,000 |
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Past years are summed from gl_transactions for this project. FY 2026 is the adopted current-year budget for the project. FY 2027 through FY 2031 is what the City's adopted five-year CIP proposes to spend, taken from cip_projects.
Council actions
- authorize
Council authorized Schaaf & Wheeler design agreement up to $5,329,675 for SAFER Bay Phase 1
›Details
Authorized City Manager to execute professional services agreement with Schaaf & Wheeler for SAFER Bay design: $4,784,963 base + $544,712 optional tasks = $5,329,675. Phase 1 total project budget $6,729,175 ($5.33M agreement + $799,500 supplemental + $600,000 City services).
Staff recommendation: Authorize the design services agreement up to $5,329,675
- receive
City notified of $50M FEMA BRIC grant award for SAFER Bay
›Details
May 2023: City was notified that its grant application had been approved and that $50M had been set aside for the engineering, design and construction of the SAFER Bay Project. FEMA funding will be reimbursed quarterly.
- authorize
Council authorized acceptance of FEMA BRIC grant (if awarded) + MOU with SFCJPA, PG&E, Meta
›Details
Authorized acceptance of grant funds (if awarded) and execution of MOU with SFCJPA, PG&E, and Meta. MOU outlines partner roles, responsibilities, funding commitments ($10M PG&E + $7.808M Meta), and collaboration.
Staff recommendation: Authorize grant acceptance and MOU
- direct
Council study session on SAFER Bay FEMA BRIC grant
›Details
Council study session to provide direction regarding the FEMA BRIC grant program for SAFER Bay.
- authorize
City submitted FEMA BRIC grant application for SAFER Bay (with SFCJPA, PG&E, Meta partners)
›Details
December 2020 application to Cal OES for the 2020 FEMA BRIC grant program. Joint application by City, SFCJPA, PG&E, and Meta. $50M federal max requested against $17.808M committed local match.