June 18, 2024
Public Works
DATE: June 18, 2024
TO: Mayor Martinez and Members of the City Council
FROM:
Daniel Chavarria, Director of Public Works
Tawfic Halaby, Deputy Director of Public Works –
Operations & Maintenance
Subject:
List of Projects for Fiscal Year 2024-25 Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account Funding Under Senate Bill 1
FINANCIAL IMPACT: The City is eligible to receive a projected $2,996,001 in new gas tax revenues for street roadway maintenance.
Senate Bill 1 (SB 1) Road Maintenance and
Rehabilitation Account monies are deposited into SB 1
Fund 1019
PREVIOUS COUNCIL
ACTION:
N/A
STATEMENT OF THE
ISSUE:
The City must submit a list of projects to the California Transportation Commission in order to receive Fiscal
Year 2024-25 Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation
Account funding under Senate Bill 1
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
ADOPT a resolution approving the project list for Senate Bill 1 Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account
funding for Fiscal Year 2024-25 – Public Works
Department (Daniel Chavarria 510-620-5478/Tawfic
Halaby 510-620-5482).
AGENDA
REPORT
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DISCUSSION:
In April 2017, the Governor signed Senate Bill (SB) 1 which is known as the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017. To address basic road maintenance, rehabilitation, and critical safety needs on both the state highway and local streets and road systems, SB 1 increases per gallon fuel excise taxes, increases diesel fuel sales taxes and vehicle registration fees, and provides 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 will be 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.
SB 1 emphasizes the importance of accountability and transparency in the delivery of California’s transportation programs. Therefore, in order to be eligible for RMRA funding, statute requires cities and counties to provide basic annual RMRA project reporting to the California Transportation Commission (CTC).
To remain eligible for RMRA funding, the City is required to submit a list of City Council approved proposed projects to CTC. The project list includes priority projects in Richmond that are eligible for SB 1 RMRA funds. The anticipated funding will be used to supplement existing funding sources on these projects and will enable the City to complete these priority projects, including design, construction, and construction management, and may also enable the City to leverage additional grant funds.
The City utilized the StreetSaver® Pavement Management System to prioritize a list of preventive maintenance streets. The following projects will be submitted to the state of California, to remain eligible for the current fiscal year allocation of SB 1 funding:
Project Title: 13th Street Complete Streets Project
Project Location: 13th Street from Esmond Avenue to Costa Avenue Project Description: The project will improve lighting, reduce traffic speeds, improve sidewalk accessibility and curb ramps, install safe pedestrian crossings, plant shade trees, install bicycle facilities, improve planting strips and bus stops, and rehabilitate pavement.
Project Title: 2024 Pavement Preventive Maintenance Project Project Location: See Attachment 1
Project Description: The project will include crack sealing and slurry sealing, installation of pavement markings, traffic striping, pavement markers and curb painting.
Slurry sealing is a cost-effective preventive maintenance treatment for streets in good condition that will keep them in good condition for several more years and delay further roadway deterioration that is more costly to rehabilitate. The slurry seal preventive
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maintenance treatment is anticipated to have a useful life of 5-7 years. The design is under way and construction is anticipated to occur during Fall 2024.
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
Attachment 1 – FY2024-25 SB 1 Resolution and Project List (Attachment A)