STAFF REPORT
City of Lancaster
CC 10
5/28/2024
JC
Date: May 28, 2024
To: Mayor Parris and City Council Members
From: Marissa Diaz, Director – Public Works
Nicholas Godin, Assistant Director – PW City Engineering Subject: 2024-2025 Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA) Project List for Senate Bill 1, The Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 Recommendation:
Adopt Resolution No. , approving Senate Bill 1 (SB 1) Proposed Project List Form, and allocate funds in the fiscal year 2024-2025 Capital Improvement Budget to clarify Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA) funded projects.
Fiscal Impact:
None.
Background:
The Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, Senate Bill 1 (SB 1), was passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor in April 2017. The bill increases per gallon fuel excise taxes, increases diesel fuel state taxes and vehicle registration fees, and provides for inflationary adjustments to tax rates in future years. The purpose of the bill is to address basic road maintenance, rehabilitation, and critical safety needs on both the state highway and local streets and road system.
SB 1 emphasizes the importance of accountability and transparency; therefore, to be eligible for RMRA funding, statute requires cities to adopt a proposed project list at a regular public meeting.
The list of proposed projects must include a description and location of each proposed project, a proposed schedule for the project’s completion, and the estimated useful life of the improvement.
Cities must also adopt RMRA funded projects into a city’s operating or capital improvement budget. Cities must then submit the completed SB 1 Proposed Project List form to the California Transportation Commission (CATC) to receive its apportionment of RMRA funds from the State Controller.
Staff recommends the three projects included on the attached list. 1 6
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Attachments:
Resolution No.
SB 1 Proposed Project List