Infrastructure
Climate action has become an existential imperative. These investments will ensure that San Bernardino is climate-ready and create a platform for resilient and connected growth.
READY-TO-GO
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Zero-Emission Buses ($400.5M)
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Complete Streets ($28.9M)
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Fiber Network Installation ($166M)
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City Hall Renovation ($93M)
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Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District (n/a)
EXPLORATORY
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Climate-Ready SB
Infrastructure: Zero-Emission Buses
READY-TO-GO
Omnitrans will transition to an all-zero-emission bus fleet for its 40-foot buses by 2040. This multi-stage effort will require extensive investment across several domains, including fleet acquisition, maintenance facility upgrades, design and construction of fueling stations, operation and maintenance of fueling/charging stations, and hydrogen fuel (liquid or gas). A new last-mile shuttle service will encourage ridership by improving connections to downtown employment hubs. Omnitrans will also work to develop a workforce skilled in operating and maintaining zero-emission vehicles, with training for incumbent workers and a new paid apprenticeship program in collaboration with San Bernardino Valley College.
OBJECTIVES
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Position San Bernardino in the vanguard of climate action
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Significantly reduce the City’s reliance on carbon-based energy
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Improve health outcomes and quality of life for area resident
COST
Total: $400.5M
Infrastructure: Complete Streets
READY-TO-GO
Investment in street improvements, street signage and striping, street trees, and transit signal prioritization for the sbX Green Line will help make downtown San Bernardino a more inviting urban environment that better accommodates those traveling on foot, by bicycle, and via public transit. These measures will enhance beautification and implement design standards informed by community needs and local culture.
OBJECTIVES
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Create a safe, accessible, walkable downtown street grid that supports a variety of multimodal transportation options
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Mitigate heat within the downtown by expanding the urban tree canopy
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Enhance the visual appeal of downtown streets
COST
Total: $28.9M
Infrastructure: Fiber Network Installation
READY-TO-GO
Installation of a citywide fiber network will ensure that San Bernardino residents, businesses, and organizations have the connectivity they need to thrive. A companion Digital Inclusion Initiative led by an organization with community standing will conduct outreach and provide equipment and training to residents from historically disadvantaged and disinvested communities so that all can access and benefit from this investment.
OBJECTIVES
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Expand access to high-speed Internet
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Establish San Bernardino as an attractive location for innovation-intensive companies and research institutions
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Rectify racial and ethnic disparities in high-speed Internet access and usage
COST
Total: $166M
Infrastructure: Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District
READY-TO-GO
The City of San Bernardino will establish a citywide Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District (EIFD) in order to raise funds for needed public improvements throughout the city. EIFD funding can be used for any public improvements that provide community benefit and have an expected useful life of 15 years or more. Improvements under consideration for EIFD support include street improvements (e.g., re-pavement and installation; replacement of curbs, gutters, and sidewalks), park improvements (e.g., landscaping and irrigation system improvements / replacement, playground equipment replacement), and public facility improvements for public libraries, community centers, public safety facilities, and other city-owned facilities.
OBJECTIVES
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Address longstanding and future infrastructure needs
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Improve public perception and raise the profile of the city in the eyes of current and prospective residents and businesse
COST
The cost to establish a citywide EIFD is minimal and will primarily consist of city staff time.
Infrastructure: City Hall Renovation
READY-TO-GO
San Bernardino’s seven-story, 105,000 square-foot City Hall opened in 1974 as part of a centralized public sector campus in the heart of downtown. In order to bring this facility back to full use, the now unoccupied building will undergo a wholesale renovation, to include seismic retrofitting as well as removal and replacement of all core systems and components (e.g., HVAC, electrical, plumbing, ADA accessibility, fire protection, telecom, windows).
OBJECTIVES
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Modernize City Hall in order to ensure that the building better serves the 600+-person City staff as well as residents and visitors
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Provide a revitalized center of civic activity that inspires community pride
COST
Total: $93M
EXPLORATORY
Infrastructure: Climate-Ready SB
Over the next five years, the City will embark on an extensive suite of investments that will together establish San Bernardino as a model 21st-century city. Focused climate-relevant investments such as EV infrastructure, heat mitigation, transit decarbonization, and community solar will create a downtown that is powered by clean, renewable energy. The Climate Solutions Team (CST) will oversee these investments with an eye toward leveraging existing efforts and encouraging cross-sector collaboration to achieve the City’s decarbonization goals. The CST will also work with stakeholders to chart a new course and ensure a just transition to carbon zero that sparks equitable economic growth and improves quality of life for all area residents.
The CST will serve as the delivery team for Climate Ready SB. They will seek out subject matter experts and local stakeholders, identify needed investments, develop cost estimates, and devise a roadmap that stages and sequences investments for effective implementation. Total cost cannot be estimated until the specific elements of the roadmap are identified but given the number of infrastructure-related projects involved, the level of investment will be substantial.
OBJECTIVES
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Help San Bernardino achieve its climate targets
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Create a cleaner and healthier environment for San Bernardino residents and businesses
COST
To be determined