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Santa Clara County Project Selection Criteria Template Application Form (v1)
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Project Information
Project Name: Project name
Project Sponsor: Project sponsor
Sponsor Single
Point of Contact:
Contact name
Contact phone
Contact email
Project Location: Project location
Brief Project
Description:
Project description
Program Eligibility
Federal Fund
Eligibility
Is the project eligible
for federal
transportation funds?
Select the OBAG 3 federal fund source(s) for which the project is eligible:
☐Surface Transportation Block Grant (STP) Program (See FHWA fact sheet)
☐Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ) Program (See FHWA
fact sheet)
Note: projects eligible for CMAQ funding must provide inputs for air quality
improvement calculations, using templates provided on the OBAG 3 webpage.
Eligible Project
Type
Is the project an
eligible project type?
Select the eligible project type(s) (refer to MTC Resolution No. 4505 for detailed
eligibility guidelines):
Growth Framework Implementation
☐PDA Planning Grant
☐Local Planning Grant (for other Plan
Bay Area 2050 Growth Geographies)
Complete Streets & Community Choice
☐Bicycle/Pedestrian Infrastructure
☐Bicycle/Pedestrian Program
☐Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Non-
Infrastructure program
☐SRTS Infrastructure
☐Safety project
☐Safety Planning efforts
☐Complete Streets improvements
☐Streetscape improvements
☐Local Streets and Roads Preservation
☐Rural Roadway Improvement
☐Community-Based Transportation
Plan (CBTP) or Participatory
Budgeting (PB) Process in an Equity
Priority Community (EPC)
☐CBTP/PB Project Implementation
Climate, Conservation, & Resilience
☐Transportation Demand Management
(TDM) Program
☐Mobility Hub
☐Parking/Curb Management
☐Car/Bike Share Capital
☐Open Space Preservation and
Enhancement
☐Bicycle/Pedestrian Access to Open
Space/Parkland
☐Regional Advance Mitigation Planning
(RAMP)
Multimodal Systems Operations &
Performance
☐Transit Capital Improvement
☐Transit Station Improvement
☐Transit Transformation Action Plan
Project Implementation
☐Active Operational Management
☐Mobility Management and
coordination
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Max Points
which ones and how Supports Transportation strategies pts
Yes 10
Partially 5
No 1
Policy Alignment
Federal
Performance
Goals
How does the
project support
federal
performance
measures?
MAX 5 points
Select the federal performance measures that are supported by the project:
☐ Safety: Significantly reduce traffic fatalities and serious injuries for all users on all
public roads and improve the safety of all public transportation systems.
☐ Infrastructure Condition: Improve the pavement condition on the Interstate and
National Highway System (NHS) and NHS bridges and maintain the condition of
public transit assets in a state of good repair.
☐ Congestion Reduction: Significantly reduce congestion on the NHS in urbanized
areas.
☐ System Reliability: Improve the reliability of the Interstate system and NHS.
☐ Freight Movement and Economic Vitality: Improve the reliability of the Interstate
system for truck travel.
☐ Environmental Sustainability: Maximize emission reductions from CMAQ-funded
projects.
Describe how the project supports the selected federal performance measure(s):
Please describe
Plan Bay Area 2050
Strategies
How does the project
align with Plan Bay
Area 2050?
Describe how the project supports Plan Bay Area 2050 Strategies and/or
Implementation Plan:
Please describe
Regional Policy
Alignment
How does the project
align with other
regional policies and
plans?
Select the regional plans and policies with which the project is aligned:
☐ Regional Safety/Vision Zero Policy
☐ MTC’s Equity Platform
☐ Regional Active Transportation Plan
☐ Transit Oriented Communities Policy
☐ Blue Ribbon Transit Transformation
Action Plan
Describe how the project aligns with the selected regional plans and/or policies:
Please describe
Regional Growth
Geographies
Does the project
support PBA
2050 Growth
Geographies?
Indicate the project’s relationship to Plan Bay Area 2050 Growth Geographies:
Priority Development Area (PDA)
☐ Meets the uniform definition of a PDA-supportive project (within one mile or less
of a PDA boundary)
☐ Does not meet the uniform definition of a PDA-supportive project, but otherwise
has a clear and direct connection to PDA implementation
Please describe
☐ Included in a locally-adopted PDA plan (e.g. Specific Plan, PDA Investment and
Growth Strategy)
Locally-adopted PDA plan reference
Transit Rich Area (TRA)
☐ Within a TRA or otherwise supportive of a TRA (see Growth Geographies map)
Please describe
Priority Production Area (PPA)
☐ Supports the preservation of a PPA (see Growth Geographies map)
Please describe
5
10
5
10
1
1
1
1
1
1
10
10
4
10
8
MAX 10
points
Check all
applicable
boxes
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Max Points Equity Priority
Communities
Does the
project
invest in
historically
underserved
communities?
Indicate how the project invests in historically underserved communities, including
Plan Bay Area 2050 Equity Priority Communities (EPCs):
☐ Located within and supportive of an EPC (see Equity Priority Communities map)
☐ Not located within an EPC, but is otherwise supportive of an EPC or other
historically underserved community
Description of how project supports an EPC or other historically underserved
community
Local Housing
Policies
Is the project located in
a jurisdiction with
policies that
support
affordable
housing?
Indicate if the project is locate in a jurisdiction that has adopted policies which
support the “3Ps” approach to affordable housing by listing the relevant adopted
policies for each element of the 3Ps. Additional guidance and resources on affordable
housing policies are provided on the OBAG 3 webpage.
☐ Protect current residents from displacement (with emphasis on policies that have
demonstrated effectiveness in community stabilization and anti-displacement).
List of applicable policies
☐ Preserve existing affordable housing (with emphasis on policies that have
demonstrated effectiveness in community stabilization and anti-displacement).
List of applicable policies
☐ Produce new housing at all income levels.
List of applicable policies
Community Support
Community
Support
Does the
project have
community support,
particularly if it is
located in a historically
underserved
community?
MAX 10 points
____________________
MAX 10 points
Indicate if the project has demonstrated community support through one or more of
the following:
☐ Public outreach responses specific to this project, including comments received
at public meetings or hearings, feedback from community workshops, or survey
responses.
Summary of public outreach responses
☐ Project is consistent with an adopted local transportation plan.
Description of project consistency with local plan
Indicate if the project has demonstrated support from communities
disproportionately impacted by past discriminatory practices, including redlining,
racial covenants, urban renewal, and highway construction that divided low income
and communities of color. Resources for identifying impacted communities are
available on the OBAG 3 webpage. Community support may be demonstrated
through one or more of the following:
☐ Prioritization of the project in a Community Based Transportation Plan (CBTP) or
Participatory Budgeting (PB) process, or a local plan that includes the proposed
project.
CBTP or PB reference
☐ Endorsements from a Community-Based Organizations representing historically
underserved and potentially impacted communities.
Description of CBO endorsement
10
10
10
10
10
5
4
3
3
10
5
10
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Max Points Deliverability & Readiness
Project Readiness
Is the project ready to
be delivered?
Describe the readiness of the project, including right-of-way impacts and the type of
environmental document/clearance required:
Project readiness, right-of-way, environment
If the project touches Caltrans right-of-way, include the status and timeline of the
necessary Caltrans approvals and documents, the status and timeline of Caltrans
requirements, and approvals such as planning documents (PSR or equivalent)
environmental approval, encroachment permit.
Caltrans approvals status and timeline
Deliverability
Are there any barriers
to on-time delivery?
Describe the project’s timeline and status, as well as the sponsor’s ability to meet the
January 31, 2027 obligation deadline:
Project timeline, status, and obligation deadline
Identify any known risks to the project schedule, and how the CTA and project
sponsor will mitigate and respond to those risks:
Project risks and mitigation strategies
Project Cost & Funding
Grant Minimum
Does the project meet
the minimum grant
size requirements?
☐ Project meets the minimum grant size requirements. Projects must be a minimum
of $500,000 for counties with a population over 1 million (Alameda, Contra Costa,
and Santa Clara counties) and $250,000 for counties with a population under one
million (Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Solano, and Sonoma counties).
Exception request to minimum grant size
Local Match
Does the project meet
local match
requirements?
☐ Project sponsor will provide a local match of at least 11.47% of the total project
cost.
Notes on local match, optional
Additional Criteria
Fix-It First Road
Preservation
Preservation of the
local streets and roads
on federally eligible
arterials and collectors
☐ Project meets the requirements for federal-aid eligible system. Confirmation is
required through the Highway Performance Monitoring System and attached to
the application prior to award of funds.
Please describe and include location map(s) indicating segment(s).
Project Benefits
What are the merits of
the project beyond
adherence to PBA 2050
policies?
Describe the project’s benefits, such as addressing safety, gap closure or
connectivity, VMT reduction, planned housing density with a transportation nexus,
transportation to housing and/or jobs.
10
5
5 2 points for match up to 15%.
5 points for match greater than or equal to 20%.
match.
5
5