A project by Laura Melahn, Candidate for Menlo Park District 4 City Council
Transportation/Traffic
Funded FY27–31

Caltrain Grade Separation

Project STT001 · Public Works

Cost & funding
Five-year planned cost
$2,000,000
Where the money comes from
  • Special Revenue Funds$2,000,000
Specifically
  • Transportation Impact Fees$2,000,000

    Fees paid by new development to offset its traffic impact. Can only fund transportation projects in the City's nexus study.

Source: FY 2026–27 CIP, Fund 351 appropriation.

Funding pathway
External grant pursuitIn pursuit

Grade separation feasibility studies. State planning grants (Caltrain corridor studies), Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board participation. Distinct from the larger CPT005 construction project.

See grants & funding
Category
Studies
Department
Public Works
Spent FY 2023–25
$134,623
Estimated lifetime cost
$2,000,000
Budget labels for this project

Sources: City of Menlo Park OpenGov CIP detail, project code STT001; resident-facing name shown here is “Caltrain Grade Separation”. Budget worksheet labeled “Caltrain Grade”.

$2M
Funding gap
Estimated lifetime cost $2,000,000
Estimated lifetime cost
$2,000,000
Secured (awarded, received, allocated)
Amount not disclosed
Committed, not yet executed
$0
Pending application
$0
Anticipated (not yet applied for)
$0
Funding gap (not yet covered)
$2,000,000
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The lifetime cost estimate is $2,000,000, from 5-year CIP plan total — STUDY phase only (May 30, 2026). Source: https://www.menlopark.gov/Government/Departments/Public-Works/Capital-improvement-projects/Caltrain-grade-separation. 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.

Who is paying

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.

General Capital FundAllocated
City of Menlo Park (Fund 501) (city) · study

Conditions: Funding source per CIP plan; specific dollar split not yet confirmed against a Council staff report dedicated to this project.

Future construction will require dedicated grants (FRA, OBAG, state, etc.) — none yet identified for this study line.

Spending

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.

FY 23$76,107
FY 24$58,516
FY 31$2,000,000
Spent Current year (adopted) Planned
Where the money went, line by line
YearFundCategoryAmount
FY 23Capital Project FundsServices$74,466
FY 23Capital Project FundsSalaries and Wages$1,175
FY 23Capital Project FundsFringe Benefits$466
FY 24Capital Project FundsServices$58,516
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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.

How decisions were made

Council actions

No Council actions are linked to STT001 yet. As decisions tied to this project are added to the database, they will appear here.