DATE:
April 22, 2025
CATEGORY:
Consent
DEPT.:
Public Works
TITLE: Senate Bill 1, Road Repair and
Accountability Act of 2017—Project List
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 2025 -26 from Senate Bill 1—the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, to be read in title only, further reading waived (Attachment 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. To address basic road maintenance, rehabilitation, and critical safety needs on both s tate 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 cities 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.
In order to be eligible for SB 1 RMRA funding, the statute requires cities and counties to provide basic annual 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 Commission a list of projects proposed for funding by July 1, 2025. The list of projects proposed to receive funding must be adopted by the City Council at a regular public meeting and 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. 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.
Senate Bill 1, Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017—Project List April 22, 2025
ANALYSIS
The City expects to receive an SB 1 RMRA allocation of approximately $2 million in Fiscal Year 2025-26 to be used for pavement maintenance in Fiscal Year 2026 -27. Staff recommends using these SB 1 funds for the Fiscal Year 2026-27 SB 1 Streets Project to resurface and slurry seal streets in the City’s Grant Road/ Sylvan Park 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 maintain 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 identity 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 evaluated for integration into the streets.
If the recommended action is approved, the project will be included in the Fiscal Year 2026-27 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) with RMRA funds used for design and construction.
FISCAL IMPACT
Estimated SB 1 RMRA funds in the amount of approximately $2 million are anticipated to be apportioned to the City during Fiscal Year 2025-26.
LEVINE ACT
California Government Code Section 84308 (also known as the Levine Act) prohibits city officials from participating in any proceeding involving a “license, permit, or other entitlement for use” if the official has received a campaign contribution exceeding $500 from a party, participant, or agent of a party or participant within the last 12 months. The Levine Act is intended to prevent financial influence on decisions that affect specific, identifiable persons or participants. For more information see the Fair Political Practices Commission website:
www.fppc.ca.gov/learn/pay-to-
play-limits-and-prohibitions.html
Please see below for information about whether the recommended action for this agenda item is subject to or exempt from the Levine Act.
EXEMPT FROM THE LEVINE ACT
☒ General policy and legislative actions
Senate Bill 1, Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017—Project List April 22, 2025
ALTERNATIVES
1. Do not adopt or modify the resolution adopting a list of projects for funding to be allocated in Fiscal Year 2025-26 from SB 1.
2. Provide other direction.
PUBLIC NOTICING—Agenda posting.
Prepared by:
Nancy Doan
Senior Management Analyst
Reviewed by:
Edward Arango
Assistant Public Works Director/
City Engineer
Approved by:
Jennifer Ng
Public Works Director
Audrey Seymour Ramberg
Assistant City Manager
ND/LL/4/CAM
771-04-22-25CR
204932
Attachment: 1. Resolution Adopting a List of Projects for Funding (SB 1)