DATE:
May 10, 2022
CATEGORY:
Consent
DEPT.:
Public Works
TITLE: Adopt Project List for Senate Bill 1—Road
Repair and Accountability Act of 2017
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Adopting a List of Projects for Funding to Be Allocated During Fiscal Year 2022 -23 from Senate Bill 1—the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, to be read in title only, further reading waived (Attachm ent 1 to the Council report).
BACKGROUND
On April 28, 2017, the Governor signed Senate Bill 1 (SB 1) (Beall, Chapter 5, Statutes of 2017), which is known as the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 , t o address basic road maintenance, rehabilitation, and critical safety needs on both State and local roads ; SB 1 increased the per-gallon fuel excise tax, diesel fuel sales taxes, and vehicle registration fees, and provided for inflationary adjustments to tax rates in future years.
Beginning November 1, 2017, the State Controller began depositing various portions of this new funding into the newly created Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA). A percentage of this new RMRA funding is then apportioned by formula to eligible cit ies and counties pursuant to Streets and Highways Code (SHC), Section 2032(h), for basic road maintenance, rehabilitation, and critical safety projects on the local streets and roads system.
To be eligible for RMRA funding, the statute requires cities and counties to provide basic annual RMRA project reporting to the California Transportation Commission (Commission). Prior to receiving an apportionment of RMRA funds from the State Controller in the upcoming fiscal year, the City must submit to the Commiss ion a list of projects proposed for funding by July 1, 2022.
The list of projects proposed to receive funding must be adopted by the City Council at a regular public meeting and must include a proposed project description, location, completion schedule, and the estimated useful life of the improvement. The Commission allows cities to designate an area to satisfy the location requirement , which provides cities with the flexibility to select the specific street segments within that area after the funding is received.
Adopt Project List for Senate Bill 1—Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 May 10, 2022
The City must also report on Maintenance of Effort compliance to document that the SB 1 funds are increasing the City’s expenditure on road maintenance rather than supplanting City funds.
ANALYSIS
The City anticipates an allocation in the range of $1.3 million to $1.6 million in Fiscal Year 2022-23 to be used for pavement maintenance in Fiscal Year 2023 -24. Staff recommends using these RMRA funds for the Fiscal Year 202 3-24 SB 1 Streets Project to resurface and slurry sea l streets in the City ’s Moffett/Whisman Road Neighborhood Area as indicated in the Resolution (Attachment 1). This Area was selected through the Pavement Management Program , which helps determine the highest -priority streets , requiring pavement work to ma intain the City ’s network pavement condition index , and in consideration of using the other pavement funding sources on streets in other areas of the City.
Once the actual allocation of RMRA funding is known, staff will use the Pavement Management Program to identify the specific street segments to recommend for the pavement work and the most cost-effective treatment option for each street. Active transportation improvements or enhancements, such as installing high-visibility crosswalks and new bike lanes or enhancements of existing bike lanes where feasible, will be integrated into each street segment.
If the recommended action is approved, the project will be included in the Fiscal Year 2023 -24 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) with RMRA funds used for design and construction.
FISCAL IMPACT
Estimated RMRA funds in the amount of $1.3 million to $1.6 million are anticipated to be apportioned to the City during Fiscal Year 2022-23 and will be included in the Fiscal Year 2023-24 CIP.
ALTERNATIVES
1. Do not adopt or modify the resolution adopting a list of projects for funding to be allocated in Fiscal Year 2022-23 from SB 1.
2. Provide other direction.
Adopt Project List for Senate Bill 1—Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 May 10, 2022
PUBLIC NOTICING—Agenda posting.
Prepared by:
Nancy Doan
Senior Management Analyst
Reviewed by:
Edward Arango
Assistant Public Works Director/
City Engineer
Approved by:
Dawn S. Cameron
Public Works Director
Audrey Seymour Ramberg
Assistant City Manager/
Chief Operating Officer
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Attachment: 1. Resolution Adopting a List of Projects for Funding (SB 1)