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TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
ATTENTION: Jeffrey L. Stewart, City Manager
FROM: Len Gorecki, Assistant City Manager/ Director of Public Works Philip Wang, Assistant City Engineer
SUBJECT: Consideration and possible action to adopt Resolution No. 23-24 – A Resolution establishing the Capital Improvement Projects Budget for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 funded by Senate Bill 1: Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017.
DATE: June 12, 2023
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This action would adopt Resolution No. 23-24 to establish the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 capital improvement projects budget funded by Senate Bill 1: Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017. The projects will include additional funding for resurfacing of Bellflower Boulevard between Flower Street and Beach Street, and resurfacing of Alondra Boulevard between Hayter Avenue and Bellflower Boulevard. A new project Lakewood Boulevard Corridor Project will be added to the project list. A City Council adopted resolution submitted to the California Transportation Commission (CTC) is required to receive the apportionment of Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA) funds from the State Controller’s Office for Fiscal Year 2023-2024.
RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL
1) Adopt Resolution No. 23-24 and carryover the unexpended RMRA funds to Fiscal Year 2023-2024 in the same budget Account No. 145-47050-9000; or
2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
FISCAL IMPACT
The estimated RMRA allocation for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 is $1,949,932. Unexpended RMRA allocations from preceding fiscal years (approximately $4,949,520) will be carried over to Fiscal Year 2023-2024 to fund the exisiting and proposed RMRA projects. The estimated construction costs for the two previously adopted SB1 projects increased due to inflation and additional construction items.
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Staff Report – Resolution No. 22-24
Senate Bill 1: Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 June 12, 2023
FISCAL IMPACT – Continued
The Fiscal Year 2023-2024 and carryover RMRA funds will be allocated to the following projects:
• Resurfacing of Alondra Boulevard between Hayter Avenue and Bellflower Boulevard – Total RMRA budget will be $1,700,000. Moved $1,300,000 previously budgeted RMRA funds to Lakewood Boulevard Corridor Project as Alondra Boulevard is now utilizing STPL federal funds in addition to existing RMRA budget.
• Resurfacing of Bellflower Boulevard between Flower Street and Beach Street – Total RMRA budget will be $1,965,629 (previously budgeted SB 1 funds will be carried over into Fiscal Year 2023-2024).
• Lakewood Boulevard Corridor Project – Gardendale Street to South City Limit - Total RMRA budget will be $3,233,823. (new project)
DISCUSSION
On April 28, 2017, the Governor signed Senate Bill 1 (SB 1) known as the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 which created the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA). Unlike standard pieces of legislation – which become effective January 1 in the year following adoption – SB 1 took effect immediately. Before receiving an apportionment of RMRA funds from the State Controller in a fiscal year, cities are required to submit to the California Transportation Commission (CTC) a list of budgeted projects proposed to be funded with RMRA funds.
ATTACHMENT
Resolution No. 23-24....................................................................................................... 3
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CITY OF BELLFLOWER
RESOLUTION NO. 23-24
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR
2023-2024 FUNDED BY SENATE BILL 1: ROAD REPAIR
AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2017
THE CITY COUNCIL RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council finds as follows:
A. Senate Bill 1 (SB 1), the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 (Chapter 5, Statutes of 2017), was passed by the Legislature and signed into law by the Governor in April 2017, in order to address the significant multi-modal transportation funding shortfalls statewide.
B. SB 1 includes accountability and transparency provisions that will ensure the residents of the City are aware of the projects proposed for funding in our community and which projects have been completed each fiscal year.
C. The City must include a list of all projects proposed to receive funding from the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA), created by SB 1, in the City's operating budget, which must include a description and the location of each proposed project, a proposed schedule for the project's completion, and the estimated useful life of the improvement.
D. The City will receive an estimated $1,949,932 in RMRA funding in Fiscal Year 2023-2024 in addition to a carryover of unexpended RMRA project funding from the preceding fiscal years. The estimated carryover amount is $4,949,520.
E. The City has engaged the public to ensure public input in the community’s alternative transportation priorities.
F. The City uses a Pavement Management Program to help develop the SB 1 project list to ensure revenues are being used on the most high-priority and cost-effective projects.
G. The funding from SB 1 will help the City maintain and rehabilitate its streets throughout the City this year and several similar projects into the future. This revenue will help us increase the overall quality of the City’s road system over the next decade.
SECTION 2. PLANNING AGENCY. Pursuant to Bellflower Municipal Code (“BMC”) § 2.32.050(F), the City Council will act as the Bellflower Planning Agency for purposes of this Resolution. In accordance with Government Code § 65401, the Bellflower Public Works Department prepared and submitted a capital improvement plan (“CIP”) to the Planning Agency. Government Code § 65103(c) requires the Planning Agency to annually review the City’s CIP to determine whether the CIP is consistent with the Bellflower General Plan. The City Council finds that the CIP is consistent with the Bellflower General Plan.
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City of Bellflower
Resolution No. 23-24
SECTION 3. The City Council takes the following actions:
The Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 is hereby established for the following previously proposed and adopted projects to be funded with Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account revenues:
Project: Resurfacing of Alondra Boulevard from Hayter Avenue to Belfllower Boulevard (previously listed as Resurfacing of Alondra Boulevard between Lakewood Boulevard and Bellflower Boulevard. Project scope has been expanded to the west City limit)
Description: Cold Mill and Resurface with ARHM, remove and replace sidewalk, curb ramps, curb, gutter, drive aprons,and adjusting utilities to grade.
Location: Alondra Boulevard from Hayter Avenue to Bellflower Boulevard
Estimated Useful Life: 10-15 years
Est. Project Schedule: August 2023 – December 2024
Budget Amount: Move $1,300,000 previously budgeted RMRA funds to Lakewood Boulevard Corridor Project as Alondra Boulevard is now utilizing STPL federal funds in addition to existing RMRA budget. New RMRA budget for Alondra Boulevard will be $1,700,000.
Budget Account No.: 145-47050-9000
Project: Resurfacing of Bellflower Boulevard from Flower Street to Beach Street
Description: Cold Mill and Resurface with ARHM, remove and replace sidewalk, curb ramps, curb, gutter, drive aprons,and adjusting utilities to grade.
Location: Bellflower Boulevard from Flower Street to Beach Street
Estimated Useful Life: 10-15 years
Est. Project Schedule: September 2023 – December 2023
Budget Amount: $200,000 additional RMRA funding (excluding previously budgeted SB 1 funds that will be carried over into Fiscal Year 2023-2024). Total RMRA budget for Resurfacing of Bellflower Boulevard will be $1,965,629.
Budget Account No.: 145-47050-9000
Project: Lakewood Boulevard Corridor Project
Description: Install median islands, reduce roadway width to allow for extension of curb, gutter, sidewalk to provide ADA access, cold mill, resurface with ARHM, remove and replace curb ramps, drive aprons, loop detectors, traffic signal modifications, landscaping, and adjusting utilities to grade.
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City of Bellflower
Resolution No. 23-24
Location: Lakewood Boulevard from Gardendale Street to South City Limit
Estimated Useful Life: 10-15 years
Est. Project Schedule: January 2024 – December 2025
Budget Amount: $3,233,823 (includes moved funds from Alondra Boulevard project).
Budget Account No.: 145-47050-9000
SECTION 4. This Resolution does not affect any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred before, or preclude prosecution and imposition of penalties for any violation occurring before, this Resolution's effective date. Any such amended part will remain in full force and effect for sustaining action or prosecuting violations occurring before the effective date of this Resolution.
SECTION 5. If any part of this Resolution or its application is deemed invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the City Council intends that such invalidity will not affect the effectiveness of the remaining provisions or applications and, to this end, the provisions of this Resolution are severable.
SECTION 6. The City Manager, or designee, is directed to carryover and amend the FY 2023-2024 budget to include the unexpended RMRA project allocations from preceding fiscal years (approximately $4,949,520). To the extent that any other resolution regarding establishing the capital improvement projects budget for fiscal year 2022-2023 Funded By Senate Bill 1: Road Repair And Accountability Act Of 2017 is incorporated into this Resolution, it is superseded or amended in its entirety.
SECTION 7. Electronic Signatures. This Resolution may be executed with electronic signatures in accordance with Government Code §16.5. Such electronic signatures will be treated in all respects as having the same effect as an original signature.
SECTION 8. The Mayor, or presiding officer, is hereby authorized to affix his signature to this Resolution signifying its adoption by the City Council of the City of Bellflower, and the City Clerk, or her duly appointed deputy, is directed to attest thereto.
SECTION 9. This Resolution will become effective immediately upon adoption. ///
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City of Bellflower
Resolution No. 23-24
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BELLFLOWER THIS 12TH DAY OF JUNE 2023.
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Sonny R. Santa Ines, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Mayra Ochiqui, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Karl H. Berger, City Attorney
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