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San Bruno council gives direction on Measure Q bond plan and Measure G spending priorities
Summary
Council directed staff to include a FY26 Measure Q spending plan that emphasizes pavement management and initial fire station design and endorsed a Measure G spending plan focused on communications, illegal-dumping mitigation, street-light retrofit and wildfire mitigation.
City staff presented a combined plan for Measure Q (2024 general-obligation bond authorized for pavement, storm water and fire stations) and Measure G (half-cent sales tax) and asked the council for guidance on a FY26 spending plan.
Nick Feros, the city’s administrative services director and CFO, said staff is recommending a $12 million Measure Q FY26 program composed of roughly $9 million for the pavement management program, $1 million for storm-water projects and $2 million to begin design and planning for Fire Station 52. He cautioned that Measure Q is a bonded program and that bond issuances must be timed to meet cash-flow and the legal constraint that roughly 85% of bond proceeds be spent on construction within three years of issuance.
Council members debated how aggressive to be in the first bond tranche (staff modeled issuing roughly $17.5 million in the first issuance and spending $12 million in FY26) and emphasized delivery capacity; several members said they want to increase storm-water investment in subsequent years if delivery capacity allows. Vice Mayor Marty Medina and Council member Alvarez urged staff to model higher storm-water spending in later tranches and to seek clarity on matching or grant opportunities.
On Measure G, the revenue measure oversight committee reported a 3–2 concurrence with staff’s recommended spending plan; committee members and public commenters urged a strong pavement program but recognized Measure Q was intended to fund most paving. Council provided consensus direction to include community communications/engagement, illegal-dumping mitigation and median maintenance, a street-light retrofit, wildfire mitigation and select other priorities in the Measure G FY26 plan, while reserving the ability to refine dollar amounts during the CIP process.
Members of the public and oversight committee members repeatedly urged the council to preserve a robust pavement program and to be transparent about how one-time community benefit funds (related to a large retailer/YouTube/Google transaction discussed by multiple speakers) are being allocated. The Measure G oversight committee chair recommended that council proceed with the staff-proposed Measure Q allocation of $9 million for paving in FY26 so the paving program is funded regardless of Measure G decisions.
Council asked staff to continue refining the bond issuance schedule and to explore a potential partnership with the San Bruno Community Foundation on the fire-station project; staff said final decisions on issuance size and timing would follow further analysis and the bond-market timing later in the year.
