Agenda Item # 13.2
For Council Meeting of May 21, 2024
CITY OF SANTA ROSA
CITY COUNCIL
TO: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
FROM: ROBERT SPRINKLE, DEPUTY DIRECTOR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING, TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS SUBJECT: ROAD REPAIR AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2017 SENATE BILL 1 TRANSPORTATION FUNDING FISCAL YEAR 2024/2025 PROJECT LIST AGENDA ACTION: RESOLUTION
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended by the Transportation and Public Works Department that the Council, by resolution, authorize the Department of Transportation and Public Works to submit the Calistoga Road Reconstruction project in the amount of $4,596,103 to the California Transportation Commission (CTC) in order to receive Fiscal Year (FY) 2024/2025 apportionment of Senate Bill 1 (SB1) Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA) funding.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This resolution will satisfy the accountability requirements of SB1 Transportation funding (FY 2024/2025) as described in The Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 - Local Streets and Roads Funding 2021 Annual Reporting Guidelines.
BACKGROUND
In March 2021, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) adopted the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 SB1 2021 Annual Reporting Guidelines. The Reporting Guidelines require that pursuant to Streets and Highway Code (SHC) Section 2034 (a)(1), prior to receiving an apportionment of Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA) funds from the State Controller in a fiscal year, a city must submit to the CTC a list of projects proposed to be funded with these funds pursuant to an adopted resolution of the governing body by July 1, 2024.
The Streets and Highway Code SHC Section 2030(b)(1) and (2) provide a number of example projects and uses for RMRA funding that include, but are not limited to, the following:
Road maintenance and rehabilitation
Safety projects
Railroad grade separations
Complete street components, including active transportation purposes, pedestrian and bicycle safety projects, transit facilities, and drainage and stormwater capture projects in conjunction with any other allowable project.
PRIOR CITY COUNCIL REVIEW
On September 26, 2017, the Council, by Resolution 2017-197, amended the FY 2017/2018 adopted Capital Improvement Program budget to appropriate $992,535 of FY 2017/2018 SB1 funding, to the Fulton Road Reconstruction – Occidental Road to West Third Street project. FY 2017/2018 was the initial allocation under SB 1 for the RMRA funds.
On April 10, 2018, the Council, by Resolution 2018-053, authorized the submittal of the following two projects: 1) Pacific Avenue Reconstruction – Montecito Avenue to Humboldt Street; and 2) SMART Hearn multi use crossing for the FY 2018/2019 allocation in the amount of $2,935,933.
On April 9, 2019, the Council, by Resolution 2019-039, authorized the submittal of the following project: Sonoma Avenue Pavement Rehabilitation – Bobelaine Drive to E Street for the FY 2019/2020 allocation in the amount of $2,834,676.
On April 7, 2020, the Council, by Resolution 2020-048, authorized the submittal of the following project: Fulton Road Widening and Reconstruction – Guerneville Road to Piner Road for the FY 2020/2021 allocation in the amount of $3,487,355.
On June 8, 2021, the Council, by Resolution 2021-096, authorized the submittal of the following project: Fulton Road Widening and Reconstruction – Guerneville Road to Piner Road for the FY 2021/2022 allocation in the amount of $3,432,536.
On April 26, 2022, the Council, by Resolution RES-2022-076, authorized the submittal of the following project: Highway 101 Bicycle and Pedestrian Overcrossing Project for the FY 2022/2023 allocation in the amount of $3,914,094.
On November 29, 2022, the Council, by RES-2022-228, delegated the authority to the City Manager to negotiate and execute a Cooperative Funding Agreement with the Sonoma County Transportation Authority that included appropriating $3,714,279 in SB1 Local Streets and Roads (FY23-24) funds with the FY 2023/2024 budget.
On April 11, 2023, the Council, by RES-2023-067, authorized the submittal of the following projects: 1) Highway 101 Hearn Interchange Project in the amount of $3,714,279 and 2) Highway 101 Bicycle and Pedestrian Overcrossing in the amount of $1,174,065 for the FY 2023/2024 allocation.
ANALYSIS
To be eligible for funding, the City of Santa Rosa (City) must provide evidence to the CTC by July 1, 2024 that projects proposed for RMRA funding through the Local and Streets and Roads Program are included in an adopted resolution. This is an ongoing annual requirement for the City to remain eligible for the funds. The approved project list within the resolution must include the four statutorily required elements for each project:
1. Location
2. Description
3. Estimated useful life
4. Proposed schedule
There is only one project proposed for the SB-1 funding this year: the Calistoga Road Reconstruction project.
The Calistoga Road Reconstruction project proposed is just over a mile in length between Highway 12 and Montecito Boulevard. The roadway reconstruction will reduce the travel lane widths and add buffers to the existing bike lane facilities. Through the design process, Class IV lanes will also be considered along the segment. The current Pavement Conditions Index (PCI) along this segment varies from 47 to 51, which rates as “poor” per the MTC (Metropolitan Transportation Commission). The roadway reconstruction design will have an estimated useful life of 20 years with construction proposed to begin in Summer of 2025.
Staff is requesting that the FY 2024/2025 allocation of $4,596,103 from RMRA be used to construct the Calistoga Road Reconstruction project.
FISCAL IMPACT
Approval of this action does not have an impact on the General Fund. The SB1 funds will be leveraged with other funds to close any potential funding shortfall needed to construct the projects.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
This action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) and 15378 in that there is no possibility that the implementation of this action may have significant effects on the environment, and no further environmental review is required. The Calistoga Road Reconstruction project will undergo its own environmental review on the project level. This approval provides funding for the project.
BOARD/COMMISSION/COMMITTEE REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Not Applicable
ATTACHMENT
Resolution
PRESENTER
Robert Sprinkle, Deputy Director Traffic Engineering
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