Resolution no. 23-41
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE ADOPTING A LIST OF PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024 FUNDED BY SENATE BILL 1 (SB 1): THE ROAD REPAIR AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2017 AND DETERMINING THAT THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL CABINET AND PEDESTALS REPLACEMENT PROJECT IS CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) UNDER CLASS 2 OF THE STATE CEQA GUIDELINES SECTION 15302 (REPLACEMENT OR RECONSTRUCTION, 14 CCR SECTION 15302) WHEREAS, Senate Bill 1 (SB 1), the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 (Chapter 5, Statutes of 2017) was passed by the Legislature 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 the residents of our City 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 San Clemente 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 must include a description and the location of each proposed project, a proposed schedule for the project’s completion, and the estimated useful life of the improvement; and WHEREAS, the City of San Clemente, will receive an estimated $1,585,754 in RMRA funding in Fiscal Year 2023-24 from SB 1; and WHEREAS, this is the seventh year in which the City of San Clemente is receiving SB 1 funding, which 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 of San Clemente has undergone a robust public process to ensure public input into our community’s transportation priorities and the project list; and WHEREAS, the City of San Clemente determined areas lacking appropriate pedestrian routes in highly traveled areas 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 the City of San Clemente maintain and rehabilitate arterial streets/roads and sidewalks throughout the City of San Clemente this year and into the future; and WHEREAS, the 2020 California Statewide Local Streets and Roads Needs Assessment found that the City of San Clemente’s streets and roads are in an overall good condition and this revenue will help the City maintain the overall quality of its road system and associated signalized intersection infrastructure; and WHEREAS, the SB 1 project list and overall investment in our local streets and roads infrastructure with a focus on basic maintenance and safety, investing in complete streets infrastructure, and using cutting-edge technology, materials and practices, will have significant positive co-benefits statewide.
NOW, THEREFORE IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, FOUND AND DETERMINED by the City Council of the City of San Clemente, State of California, as follows:
SECTION 1: Incorporation of Recitals.
The City Council hereby finds that all of the facts in the Recitals above are true and correct and are incorporated and adopted as fully set forth in this resolution.
SECTION 2: CEQA Findings.
Based upon its review of the entire records, including the Staff Report, any public comments or testimony presented to the City Council, the City Council hereby finds and determines that the Traffic Signal Cabinet and Pedestals Replacement project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15302 (Class 2: Replacement or Reconstruction) because the project consists of consists of replacement or reconstruction of existing structures and facilities where the new structure will be located on the same site as the structure replaced and will have substantially the same purpose and capacity as the structure replaced and there is no possibility that the project will have a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect effect on the environment.
Section 3: The following list of newly proposed projects are hereby designated to be funded in part or solely with Fiscal Year 2023-24 Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account revenues:
Project Title: Traffic Signal Cabinet and Pedestals Replacement Project Project Description: This project will replace damaged and/or deteriorated traffic signal controller cabinets and pedestals, as needed.
Project Location: Citywide
Estimated Project Schedule: Start: December 2023 – Completion: June 2024 based on the component being funded with RMRA funds Estimated Project Useful Life: 20 Years
Section 4: The following previously proposed and adopted projects may also utilize Fiscal Year 2023-24 Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account revenues in their delivery. With the relisting of these projects in the adopted fiscal year resolution, the City of San Clemente is reaffirming to the public and the State its intent to fund these projects with Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account revenues:
Project Title: Sidewalk Improvements –Avenida San Luis Rey, Avenida Santa Margarita, and East Avenida Magdalena Project Description: This project consists of construction of sidewalk and access ramps on Avenida San Luis Rey, Avenida Santa Margarita, and East Avenida Magdalena. Sidewalk installation should increase public safety and create accessible pedestrian routes in a highly traveled area where sidewalk does not exist. Due to the lack of available street right of way, sidewalk would be built along the City's golf course frontage.
Project Location: Avenida San Luis Rey, Avenida Santa Margarita, and East Avenida Magdalena Estimated Project Schedule: Start: January 2024 – Completion: June 2024 based on the component being funded with RMRA funds Estimated Project Useful Life: 20 years
Project Title: As-Needed Sidewalk Improvements FY 2023
Project Description: This sidewalk improvement project will include creating sidewalk in areas where gaps exist in order to help create a continuous sidewalk along blocks of highly traveled streets. Street segments will include filling the missing gaps of sidewalk on South El Camino Real between Avenida Junipero and East Avenida Magdalena.
Project Location: South El Camino Real between Avenida Junipero and East Avenida Magdalena.
Estimated Project Schedule: Start: August 2023 – Completion: June 2024 based on the component being funded with RMRA funds.
Estimated Project Useful Life: 20 years
Project Title: Signalized Intersection Improvements
Project Description: Improve all signalized intersections by adding yellow reflective blackplates to all traffic signal heads and upgrade and replace aging internally illuminated street name signs, as well as converting detection systems from cameras to loops at selected intersections to improve system performance.
Project Location: Citywide
Estimated Project Schedule: Start: December 2023 – Completion: June 2024 based on the component being funded with RMRA funds Estimated Project Useful Life: 20 Years
Section 5: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this ____ day of June, 2023.
ATTEST:
_______________________________ _____________________________ City Clerk of the City of San Clemente, Mayor of the City of San Clemente, California California
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) §
CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE )
I, LAURA CAMPAGNOLO, City Clerk of the City of San Clemente, California, do hereby certify that Resolution No. 23-41 was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of San Clemente held on ______ day of June 2023, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
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CITY CLERK of the City of
San Clemente, California
Approved as to form:
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Elizabeth A. Mitchell, City Attorney
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