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RESOLUTION NO. 2023-XX
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FREMONT ADOPTING A LIST OF PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR
2023-24 FUNDED BY SENATE BILL 1: THE ROAD REPAIR AND
ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2017
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 1 (“SB 1”), the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 (Chapter 5, Statutes of 2017) (“RRAA”) was passed by the California Legislature and signed into law by the Governor in April 2017 to address the significant multi-modal transportation funding shortfalls statewide; and
WHEREAS, SB 1 includes accountability and transparency provisions that will ensure the residents of the City of Fremont (“City”) are aware of the projects proposed for funding in our community and which projects have been completed each fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, the City must adopt by resolution a list of projects proposed to receive fiscal year funding from the RRAA, created by SB 1, 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; and
WHEREAS, the City will receive an estimated $5.684 million in RRAA funding in Fiscal Year 2023-24 from SB 1; and
WHEREAS, this is the seventh year in which the City is receiving SB 1 funding to continue essential road maintenance and rehabilitation projects, safety improvements, repairing and replacing aging bridges, and increasing access and mobility options for the traveling public that would not have been possible without SB 1 funding; and
WHEREAS, the City engaged in a public process to ensure public input into our community’s transportation priorities/the project list; and
WHEREAS, the City used a Pavement Management System to develop the SB 1 project list to ensure revenues are being used on the most high-priority and cost-effective projects that also meet the communities’ priorities for transportation investment; and
WHEREAS, the funding from SB 1 will help the City construct intersection safety improvements, maintain and rehabilitate 17 segments of streets, throughout the City this year and similar projects into the future; and
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WHEREAS, the 2018 California Statewide Local Streets and Roads Needs Assessment found that the City streets and roads are in a “good” condition and this revenue will help us maintain the overall quality of our road system; and
WHEREAS, the SB 1 project list and overall investment in our local streets and roads infrastructure, with a focus on basic maintenance and safety, investing in complete streets infrastructure, and using cutting-edge technology, materials and practices, will have significant positive co-benefits statewide.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FREMONT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct.
SECTION 2. The City Council approves the following list of newly proposed projects to be funded in-part or solely with Fiscal Year 2023-24 Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account revenues:
Project Location and Description Estimated
Useful Life
Anticipated
Construction
Date
Paseo Padre Parkway Safety Improvements (PWC 9092)
Project Location: Paseo Padre between Dorne Place and
Olive Avenue
Project Description: Provide intersection safety
improvements at Covington Drive and Olive Avenue that
include pedestrian and bicycle safety elements and landscape features. Design includes preliminary, environmental and final design phases.
20-30 years 2025
(SB1 funds to be
used for design
during the FY
2023-24. Design to
be completed by
2024)
SECTION 3. The City Council approves the use of Fiscal Year 2023-24 Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account revenues for the following previously proposed and adopted projects.
With the relisting of these projects in the adopted fiscal year resolution, the City is reaffirming to the public and the State our intent to fund these projects with Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account revenues:
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Project Location and Description
Estimated
Useful Life
Anticipated
Construction
Date
Pavement Rehabilitation (PWC 8234-W)
Project Locations:
1. Deep Creek Road – Alvarado Boulevard to Ariel Road
2. Civic Center Drive – Mowry Avenue to BART Way
3. Stevenson Boulevard – Cedar Boulevard to Blacow
Road
4. Irvington Avenue – Grimmer Boulevard to Chapel
Way
5. Grimmer Boulevard – Blacow Road to Yellowstone
Drive
6. Pine Street – Paseo Padre Parkway to Mission
Boulevard
7. Fremont Boulevard – Old Warm Springs Boulevard to
South Grimmer Boulevard
8. South Grimmer Boulevard – I-680 to Parkmeadow
Drive
9. Paseo Padre Parkway – South Grimmer Boulevard to
Mission Boulevard
10. Stewart Avenue – Boyce Road to Albrae Street
11. Christy Street – Stewart Avenue to Albrae Street
12. Cushing Parkway – Warm Springs Trail to Fremont
Boulevard
13. Lakeview Boulevard – West Warren Avenue to
Gateway Boulevard
14. Bayview Drive – Fremont Boulevard to Lakeview
Boulevard
15. San Pedro Drive – Balboa Drive to Frobisher Drive
16. Turner Court – Morraine Street to east end
17. Whitecrest Court
Project Description: Perform pavement rehabilitation
treatments consisting of localized base repairs or overlays to 17 street segments consisting of 10 centerline miles of roadway and covering 2.4 million square feet of pavement surface.
10-15 years Summer to Winter
2023
SECTION 4. The City Council finds this action to be exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) review on the following grounds, each as a separate and independent basis for CEQA compliance: the action constitutes administrative activity that will Resolution 2023-XX Page 4 of 4
not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment (CEQA Guidelines Section 15378); the projects to be funded do not have the potential for causing significant effect on the environment (CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3)); and, the repair, maintenance or minor alteration of existing facilities involve negligible or no expansion of use beyond that presently existing (CEQA Guidelines Section 15301).
ADOPTED ________________, 2023, by the City Council of the City of Fremont by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Clerk City Attorney