APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. C.M.S.
RESOLUTION ADOPTING A LIST OF PROJECTS TO BE IMPLEMENTED WITH
ROAD MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION ACCOUNT FUNDS IN FISCAL YEARS 2022-23 AND ADOPTING APPROPRIATE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY ACT FINDINGS
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 1 (SB 1), the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 (Chapter 5, Statutes of 2017), was passed by the state legislature and signed into law by the Governor in April 2017 to address the significant multi -modal transportation funding shortfalls statewide; and
WHEREAS, SB1 includes accountability and transparency provisions that will ensure the residents of the City of Oakland are aware of the projects proposed for funding in the community and which projects have been completed each fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, the City of Oakland must adopt by resolution a list of projects proposed to receive fiscal year funding from the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RM RA), created by SB 1, which list must include a description and the location of project, a proposed schedule for the project’s completion, and the estimated useful life of the improvement; and
WHEREAS, the City of Oakland will receive an estimated Nine Million Nine Hundred Twenty-Seven Thousand Three Hundred Ninety-Four dollars ($9,927,394) in RMRA funding in Fiscal Year 2022-23 from SB 1; and
WHEREAS, this is the sixth year in which the City of Oakland is receiving SB 1 funding that will enable the City to continue essential road maintenance and rehabilitation projects, safety improvements, and increasing access and mobility options for the public that would not have otherwise been possible without SB 1; and
WHEREAS, the City of Oakland collects communit y requests for street maintenance needs and uses OAK 311 (SeeClickFix) to maintain a list of prioritized maintenance needs based on existing conditions and level of urgency to ensure SB 1 revenues are being used on the most high-priority and cost -effective projects that also meet the community’s priorities for transportation investment; and
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2 WHEREAS, the funding from SB 1 will help maintain and rehabilitate the City of Oakland’s 806 centerline miles of paved roads, add complete street infrastructure throughout the City this year and similar projects into the future; and
WHEREAS, the 2018 California St atewide Local Streets and Roads Needs Assessment found that the City of Oakland streets and roads are at “high risk” with a Pavement Condition Index (PCI) of 50 -60 and this revenue will help the City increase the overall quality of our road system and bring our streets and roads into a “good” condition over the next decade; and
WHEREAS, SB 1 funds will be used by the City of Oakland for overall investment in our local streets and roads infrastructure with a focus on basic maintenance and rehabilitation, safety projects, investing in complete streets infrastructure, will have significant positive co -benefits citywide and statewide; and
WHEREAS, per California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Sections 15301 – 15332, this project is categorically exempt under CEQA as a Class I: Existing Facilities exemption; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That by the City Council of the City of Oakland, State of Cali fornia that the foregoing recitals are true and correct.
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the following list of proposed projects will be funded in- part or solely with fiscal year 2022- 23 RMRA revenues that shall be allocated in the Gas Tax RMRA Fund (2232); Complete Streets Pavement & Sidewalk Management Organization (35213); Undetermined Project (1006379); and be it
Project Title Project Description Location Estimated
UsefulLife
Estimated
Project
Schedule
Local Street
Maintenance
Maintenance of City
streets including
potholing,patching,
Citywide based on
cyclical
maintenance
Minimum: 1 year
Maximum: 5
years
FY 2022-23
concrete repair,
etc.
program and
service
requests
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is hereby authorized to periodically transfer funds between the Departments of Transportation and Public Works and completed projects as needed to reconcile negative budget balances within the same RMRA Fund; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the proposal is exempt from CEQA as a Class I: Existing Facilities; and be it
3 FURTHER RESOLVED: That The City Council directs the City’s Environmental Review Officer to file a Notice of Exemption.
IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES - FIFE, GALLO, KALB, KAPLAN, REID, TAYLOR, THAO AND
PRESIDENT FORTUNATO BAS
NOES –
ABSENT –
ABSTENTION –
ATTEST:
ASHA REED
City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of the
City of Oakland, California