DATE: June 20, 2023
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Paul Cranmer, Public Works Services Director
By: Tiffany Lee, P.E., Senior Civil Engineer
SUBJECT: RESOLUTION NO. 7502 ADOPTING A LIST OF PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 23-24 FUNDED BY SB 1: THE ROAD REPAIR AND
ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2017
CEQA: Not a Project
Recommendation: Adopt
SUMMARY
On April 28, 2017, the Governor signed Senate Bill (“SB”) 1, which is known as the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017. SB 1 was enacted to address funding deficiencies for municipalities to perform routine maintenance and rehabilitation and to address safety concerns on local streets and roads. In November 2017, the City started receiving Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (“RMRA”) funding. For the City to continue to receive this funding, the City must identify specific projects and show proof that the funds are budgeted in the City’s Fiscal Year 2023-24 Capital Improvement Program (“CIP”).
It is recommended that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 7502 adopting a list of projects for Fiscal Year 2023- 24 Funded by SB 1: The Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017. The total budgeted amount of RMRA funding included in the Fiscal Year 2023-24 CIP for street and road repairs is $1,400,000.
BACKGROUND
On April 28, 2017, Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 1 to address road maintenance, rehabilitation, and critical safety projects on local streets and roads. SB 1 is funded through an increase in gasoline fuel excise taxes, diesel fuel sales taxes, and vehicle registration fees. A percentage of the new RMRA funding has been apportioned by formula to eligible cities and counties to enhance existing s treet Maintenance of E ffort (“MOE”) levels. The MOE for each City was established by the State Controller’s O ffice and is based on the average amount of monies spent on local-street and road projects during Fiscal Years 2014-15, 2015-16, and 2016-17.
Resolution No. 7502 Adopting a List of Projects
June 20, 2023
To receive RMRA funding, the City must continue to budget and spend the amount of discretionary funds on street improvement projects based on the three-year average. The idea behind this is for cities to continue current funding levels to improve streets and roads and enhance this effort with the additional RMRA funding.
The City of Arcadia’s three-year average MOE is $2,015,411. It is estimated that the City of Arcadia will receive approximately $1, 406,433 in RMRA funding in Fiscal Year 2023-
24. Each year, the City must allocate the three- year MOE average towards street and road projects in order to continue to receive RMRA funding. A total of $2,399,433 in street related General Fund expenditures were report ed during the previous reporting period , exceeding the MOE average and making the City eligible for receiving RMRA funding this year. It is important to note that while other transportation funds including Measure R, Measure M, and Highway Users Tax Act (“HUTA ”) may be used for street maintenance and rehabilitation, such funds may not be used to meet the MOE three-year average requirement.
RMRA funds can only be used for projects that include road maintenance and rehabilitation, road safety projects, railroad grade separations, traffic control devices, and complete street components, including active transportation purposes, pedestrian and bicycle safety projects, transit facilities, and drainage and storm water capture projects.
DISCUSSION
Prior to receiving an apportionment of RMRA funds, the City must annually submit a list of proposed projects that will utilize RMRA funds in the following F iscal Year to the California Transportation Commission (“CTC”). Subsequently, the propos ed projects must be approved and adopted as part of the City’s O perating or CIP budgets , or subsequently amended into the budget. The project proposed for submission to the CTC and receive RMRA funding is included in the City’s Fiscal Year 20 23-24 Capital Improvement Program:
Fiscal Year 2023 -24 Pavement Rehabilitation Program – The project will resurface approximately 0.79 miles of City roadways with rubberized asphalt. Roadway segments include Camino Real Avenue (from Tenth Avenue to East City Limits), Santa Maria Road (from Colorado Boulevard to the Northern cul de sac), and Woodruff Avenue (from Santa Anita Avenue to El Monte Avenue) . Other repair items to be included in the proposed project schedule are localized asphalt concrete dig- out repairs and minor repairs to concrete curb and gutters, sidewalks, and cross gutters.
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS
This action does not constitute a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”), and it can be seen with certainty that it will have no impact on the environment.
Thus, this matter is exempt under CEQA. CEQA will be reviewed, as appropriate, for each item listed in the proposed resolution when those plans are effectuated.
Resolution No. 7502 Adopting a List of Projects
June 20, 2023
FISCAL IMPACT
The total amount of RMRA funding that will be included in the Fiscal Year 2023-24 Capital Improvement Program for street and road repair s is $1,400,000. It has been estimated that the City of Arcadia will receive approximately $1,406,433 in funds from RMRA; any unused funds from the upcoming Fiscal Year can be carried over and used in following years.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council determine that this item does not constitute a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”); and adopt Resolution No. 7502 adopting a list of projects for Fiscal Year 20 23-24 Funded by SB 1: The Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017.
Attachment: Resolution No. 7502