Agenda Report
Fullerton City Council
MEETING DATE: APRIL 1, 2025
TO: CITY COUNCIL / SUCCESSOR AGENCY
SUBMITTED BY: stephen bise, p.e., public works director PREPARED BY: DAVID GRANTHAM, P.E., CITY ENGINEER
SUBJECT: FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 ROAD MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION (RMRA / SB1) ACCOUNT FUNDS ALLOCATION
SUMMARY
Request to adopt resolution identifying Sunny Hills-Twilight Area and Candlewood Area as roadway segments planned for rehabilitation for FY 2025-26, funded by the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA) also known as Senate Bill 1 (SB 1).
PROPOSED MOTION
Adopt Resolution No. 2025-XXX.
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-XXX – A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING A LIST OF PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 FUNDED BY SB 1: THE ROAD REPAIR AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2017
ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS
Approve the Proposed Motion
Reject proposed resolution
Other options brought by City Council.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Proposed Motion.
CITY MANAGER REMARKS
The City Manager requests approval of adoption of the Resolution.
PRIORITY POLICY STATEMENT
This item matches the following Priority Policy Statements:
Fiscal and Organizational Stability
Infrastructure and City Assets.
FISCAL IMPACT
The proposed SB1 / RMRA gas tax revenue for Fiscal Year 2025-26 to the City of Fullerton totals $3,774,844.
The preliminary estimated project cost for Sunny Hills-Twilight Area totals approximately $2,500,000 and the preliminary estimated project cost for Candlewood Area totals approximately $1,200,000. Staff plans to fund both projects with SB1 / RMRA funds (Fund 29). Staff would program these projects, if adopted, and incorporate into the FY 2025-26 Proposed CIP Budget presented to City Council in June 2025.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
The Governor signed Senate Bill 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, on April 28, 2017 to develop the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA) funds to address basic road maintenance, rehabilitation and critical safety needs on state highways and local streets. RMRA revenues derive from gasoline excise taxes, diesel fuel excise taxes, vehicle registration fees and include annual inflationary adjustments. The State Controller distributes these funds, apportioned on existing protocols. The current estimate of Fiscal Year 2025-26 revenue to the City of Fullerton totals $3,774,844.
The City receives annual Gas Tax revenues directly. RMRA fund distribution has two supplemental steps:
1. The City must submit an executed City Council resolution to the California Transportation Commission identifying new and carryover projects funded with RMRA funds.
2. The City must maintain programmed general fund expenditures for street, road and highway purposes. The minimum Maintenance of Effort (MOE) spending is based on the annual average of general fund expenditures during the 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12 Fiscal Years.
The California State Controller’s Office calculated the City of Fullerton three-year average MOE expenditure benchmark requirement for SB1 totals $2,142,925. The MOE expenditure for Fiscal Year 2025-26 totals approximately $5,000,000 which exceeds the required amount, as part of a similar mandate from OCTA and Measure M-2 Local Fair Share funds.
Staff recommends two pavement rehabilitation projects:
Sunny Hills-Twilight Area, generally bounded by Las Palmas Drive, Puente Street, Las Riendas Drive and Harbor Boulevard, with an approximate 2.6 mile- length.
Includes Las Palmas Drive, Altura Drive, Potrero Drive, Del Cerro Place, Tunales Drive, Twilight Drive, Lovell Place, Sunny Hills Road, Teton Drive, Rosehedge Drive and Greenmeadow Drive.
Staff programmed improvements to involve repairs to damaged curb, gutter and sidewalk, access ramp construction, pavement grind and overlay and updating signage and striping.
Candlewood Area, generally bounded by Sunny Ridge Drive, Trieste Way and Candlewood Drive, with an approximate 0.8 mile-length.
Includes Larkwood Drive, Geneva Place, Athena Place, Post Road, Trieste Way and Candlewood Drive.
These roadway segments make ideal candidates for rehabilitation per the Orange County Transportation Authority and Pavement Management Program (PMP) guidelines as the Pavement Condition Index (PCI) scores for the roadway segments range from 25-64 (very poor to fair per 2024 Pavement Management Plan).
The Infrastructure and Natural Resources Advisory Committee reviewed and unanimously supported this project on February 24, 2025.
Both project areas have recently completed a water main replacement project.
Attachments:
Attachment 1 – PowerPoint Presentation
Attachment 2 – Resolution 2025-XXX
Attachment 3 – Sunny Hills-Twilight Area Vicinity Map
Attachment 4 – Candlewood Area Vicinity Map
cc: City Manager Eric J. Levitt
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