RESOLUTION NO. -25
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANT HILL ADOPTING THE FY 2025/2026 STREET RESURFACING PROJECT (RESIDENTIAL ZONE 18 STREET LIST) FOR FY 2025/2026 FUNDED BY 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
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, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the City of Pleasant Hill will receive an estimated $934,702 in RMRA funding for FY 2025/2026 from SB1; and
WHEREAS, this is the ninth 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 community’s priorities for road maintenance; and WHEREAS, the funding from SB1 will help the City of Pleasant Hill fund the FY 2025/2026 Street Resurfacing Project, as identified as a desired projects in the FY 2024/2029 CIP; and will provide necessary roadway, bicycle and pedestrian, and ADA improvements; and WHEREAS, 2023 California Statewide Local Streets and Roads Needs Assessment found that the City of Pleasant Hill’s streets are in a good/fair/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, multi-modal 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 June 17, 2024, at its regularly scheduled meeting, the City Council approved the 2024/2029 Capital Improvement Project $934,702 in FY 2025/2026 in RMRA funds from SB1 to fund in-part the FY 2025/2026 Street Resurfacing Project.
3. The FY 2025/2026 Street Resurfacing Project is expected to begin construction in September 2025 and be completed in November 2025 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 2nd day of June, 2025, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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SUE NOACK, Mayor
ATTEST:
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LYONE P. CONNER, City Clerk