1 APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. _______________ C.M.S.
RESOLUTION ADOPTING A LIST OF PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR
2025-26 FUNDED BY SB1: THE ROAD REPAIR AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2017 (ROAD MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION
ACCOUNT FUNDS); 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 L egislature and signed into law by the Governor in April 2017 to address the significant multi-modal transportation funding shortfalls statewide; and
WHEREAS, SB 1 includes accountability and transparency provisions that will ensure Oakland residents 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 ( “City”) must adopt by resolution a list of projects proposed to receive fiscal year funding from the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (“RMRA”), created by SB 1, which list must include a description and location of each project, a proposed schedule for the project’s completion, and the estimated useful li fe of the improvement; and
WHEREAS, the City will receive an estimated Eleven Million Three Hundred Sixty- Four Thousand Four Hundred Eleven dollars ($11,364,411) in RMRA funding in Fiscal Year 2025-26 from SB 1; and
WHEREAS, this is the ninth year in which the City is receiving SB 1 funding that will enable the City to continue essential road maintenance and rehabilitation projects, safety improvements, repairing and replacing aging bridges, and increasing access and mobility options for the traveling public that would not have otherwise been possible without SB 1; and
WHEREAS, the City has undergone a robust public process to ensure public input into our community’s transportation priorities through the Oakland Capital Improvement Program (“CIP”), which engaged community members and Community-Based Organizations to develop an equity-driven project prioritization framework; and
WHEREAS, the City maintains a list of prioritized capital projects and maintenance Celso Ortiz (May 13, 2025 15:51 PDT)
2 needs to develop the SB 1 project list to ensure revenues are being used on the most high- priority and cost-effective projects that also meet the community’s priorities for transportation investment; and
WHEREAS, the funding from SB 1 will help maintain and rehabilitate the City’s 806 centerline miles of paved roads, maintain 38 City-owned bridges, and add complete street infrastructure throughout the City this year and into the future; and
WHEREAS, the 2023 California Statewide Local Streets and Roads Needs Assessment found that the Oakland streets and roads are at “Higher Risk” with a Pavement Condition Index (“PCI”) of 50 -60 and this revenue will help the City increase the overall qualit y 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 for overall investment in local streets and roads infrastructure, with a focus on basic maintenance and rehabilitation, safety projects, and complete streets infrastructure, will have significant positive co -benefits ci tywide and statewide; and
WHEREAS, this action is categorically exempt under CEQA Guidelines Sections 15301, 15302, and 15304, as these projects consist of: (Class 1) the operation, repair, and minor alternation to existing public facilities, (Class 2) re placement or reconstruction of existing structures and facilities, and (Class 4) minor alternations to land, including landscaping and the creation of new facilities within the right-of-way; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That by the City Council of the City of Oakland, State of California confirms:
1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct.
2. The following list of newly proposed projects in Table 1 will be funded in-part or solely with Fiscal Year 2025-26 RMRA revenues that shall be allocated in Fund (2232):
Table 1: Proposed Project List; RMRA FY 2025-26
Project Title Project Description Location Estimated Useful Life
Estimated Project
Schedule
Local Street
Maintenance
Operations of City
streets and sidewalks
including curb ramp
reconstruction,
maintenance,
potholing, patching,
concrete repair, bridge
repair, emergency
repair, etc.
Citywide based on
cyclical maintenance
program and service
requests
Minimum: 1 year
Maximum: 30 years
Start: July 2025
End: June 2026
Lighting/
Electrical
Operations
Operations of street
lighting and traffic
control devices within
City right of way
Citywide 1 year Start: July 2025
End: June 2026
3 Project Title Project Description Location Estimated Useful Life
Estimated Project
Schedule
Complete
Streets
Capital Grant
Matching
Local match for grant-
funded streetscape
projects. For a full list
of Oakland streetscape
projects, please visit:
Complete Streets
Capital Program
The following locations
identified are subject to
change: 14th Avenue from
East 12th Street to East
27th Street, Fruitvale
Avenue from East 12th
Street to Alameda
Avenue, and Lakeside
Drive/Lake Merritt
Boulevard from Madison
Street to East 12th Street
Minimum: 5 years
Maximum: 30 years
Start: July 2025
End: June 2027
3. The following previously proposed and adopted projects in Table 2 may also utilize Fiscal Year 2025-26 RMRA revenues in their delivery. With the relisting of these projects in the adopted fiscal year resolution, the City is reaffirming to the public and the State our intent to fund these projects with RMRA revenues:
Table 2: Proposed Relisted Project List; RMRA FY 2025-26 Project Title Project Description Location Estimated Useful Life
Estimated Project
Schedule
High Priority
Traffic
Calming
Preliminary
engineering and
construction for
quick-build, high-
priority traffic safety
projects
Improvements
identified Citywide.
For detailed project
location and schedule
info, please visit:
https://www.oaklandca.
gov/projects/status-of-
city-councils-traffic-
safety-earmark-
discretionary-projects
Minimum: 1 year
Maximum: 10 years
FY 2021-2026
(re-listed)
For detailed project
location and schedule
info, please visit:
https://www.oaklandca.
gov/projects/status-of-
city-councils-traffic-
safety-earmark-
discretionary-projects
; and be it
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 negat ive budget balances within the same RMRA Fund; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That this action is categorically exempt under CEQA Guidelines Sections 15301, 15302, and 15304, as these projects consist of: (Class 1) the operation, repair, and minor alternation to existing public facilities, (Class 2) replacement or reconstruction of existing structures and facilities, and (Class 4) minor alternations to land, including landscaping and the creation of new facilities within the right-of-way; and be it; and be it
4 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 - BROWN, FIFE, HOUSTON, JENKINS, RAMACHANDRAN, UNGER, WANG, AND
PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE GALLO
NOES -
ABSENT -
ABSTENTION -
ATTEST:
ASHA REED
City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of the
City of Oakland, California