RESOLUTION NO. -23
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANT HILL
TO IDENTIFY THE CONTRA COSTA BOULEVARD (HARRIET DRIVE TO VIKING
DRIVE) IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF FISCAL YEAR 2023/2024 FUNDS OF SENATE BILL 1: THE ROAD REPAIR AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2017
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 1 (SB1), the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 was passed by the Legislature and signed into law by the Governor in April 2017 in order to address the road maintenance, rehabilitation and critical safety needs on both the state highway and local streets and funding shortfalls statewide; and
WHEREAS, SB1 includes accountability and transparency provisions that will ensure the residents of Pleasant Hill are aware of the projects proposed for funding in our community and which projects have been completed each fiscal year; and WHEREAS, the City of Pleasant Hill must identify by resolution all projects proposed to receive fiscal year funding from the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA) created by SB1. All projects proposed to receive funding must be included in an approved or amended budget that is adopted by the City Council at a regular public meeting. The list of projects must include a description, a location, a proposed schedule for the project’s completion, and the estimated useful life of the improvement; and
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WHEREAS, prior to receiving an apportionment of RMRA funds from the Controller this fiscal year, the City must submit to the Commission a list of projects proposed to be funded with these funds by July 1, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the City of Pleasant Hill will receive an estimated $853,095 in RMRA funding for Fiscal Year 2023/2024 from SB1; and
WHEREAS, this is the seventh year in which the City of Pleasant Hill is receiving SB1 funding and will enable the City of Pleasant Hill to continue essential road maintenance and rehabilitation projects, safety improvements, repairing and replacing aging bridges, and increasing access and mobility options for the travelling public that would have otherwise been possible without SB1; and
WHEREAS, the City of Pleasant Hill has undergone extensive community outreach to ensure public input into our community’s project list; and WHEREAS, the City of Pleasant Hill used a Pavement Management System to develop the SB1 project to ensure revenues are being used on the most high-priority and cost effective projects that also meet the communities priorities for road maintenance; and WHEREAS, the funding from SB1 will help the City of Pleasant Hill fund the Contra Costa Boulevard (Harriet Drive to Viking Drive) as identified as a desired project in the FY 2022-2027 CIP; and will provide necessary roadway, bicycle and pedestrian, and ADA improvements; and WHEREAS, 2021 California Statewide Local Streets and Roads Needs Assessment found that the City of Pleasant Hill’s streets are in a good/at-risk condition and this revenue will help us increase the overall quality of our road system and over the next decade will bring our streets into a good/very good condition; and
WHEREAS, the SB1 project list and overall investment in our local streets and roads infrastructure with an emphasis on basic maintenance and safety, investing in complete streets infrastructure, and using cutting edge technology, materials and practices will provide safe, multimodal options and increase mobility and access to our travelling public.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Pleasant Hill as follows:
1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct.
2. On July 11, 2022, at its regularly scheduled meeting, the City Council approved the 2022/2027 Capital Improvement Project by Resolution 59-22 to incorporate approximately $853,095 in FY 2023/2023 in RMRA funds from SB1 to fund in-part the Contra Costa Boulevard (Harriet Drive to Viking Drive) Project.
3. The Contra Costa Boulevard (Harriet Drive to Viking Drive) Project is expected to be begin construction in August 2023 and be completed in June 2024, and said improvements will have a minimal useful life of 15 years.
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Pleasant Hill at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 5
th day of June, 2023, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
TIMOTHY M. FLAHERTY, Mayor
ATTEST:
JUANITA DAVALOS, Acting City Clerk