Agenda Item #13.2
For Council Meeting of: July 23, 2024
CITY OF SANTA ROSA
CITY COUNCIL
TO: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
FROM: ROBERT SPRINKLE, DEPUTY DIRECTOR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING, TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS SUBJECT: GO SONOMA COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS
AGENDA ACTION: RESOLUTION
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended by the Transportation and Public Works Department that the Council, by resolution, approve and authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute the Measure DD (Go Sonoma) Cooperative Agreements Number G20600E1 and Number G41200E1 with Sonoma County Transportation Authority (SCTA) providing quarterly apportionment disbursements to the City of Santa Rosa and to Santa Rosa CityBus.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In 2020, Sonoma County Transportation Authority implemented Go Sonoma after being approved by the voters. It will continue the current Measure M ¼ cent sales tax that is set to expire March 31, 2025. Like Measure M, Go Sonoma is a 20 year, ¼ cent sales tax and it begins collection April 1, 2025. The measure is set to repair potholes, reduce congestion, make biking and walking safer, expand local bus service, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve evacuation routes, and enhance transportation services for students and seniors.
BACKGROUND
The Sonoma County Transportation Authority (SCTA) adopted the 2024 Strategic Implementation Plan that sets fourth their program and implementation policies under the 2020 Go Sonoma Act Expenditure Plan and Ordinance that was approved by the voters of Sonoma County on November 3, 2020.
Go Sonoma is a ¼ cent sales tax that begins collection on April 1, 2025 and the City desires to enter into a cooperative funding agreement with SCTA to cooperatively allocate funding for local road maintenance related to eligible work as described in the Strategic Implementation Plan.
Pursuant to the Strategic Implementation Plan and Go Sonoma, SCTA will make available quarterly payments to the City of Santa Rosa for Go Sonoma Roads Projects based on the formula set forth in Go Sonoma.
Pursuant to the Strategic Implementation Plan and Go Sonoma, SCTA will make available quarterly payments to Santa Rosa CityBus based on actual receipts of sales tax revenue and as accounted for in the Coordinated Claim to assist Santa Rosa CityBus in providing transit service.
Additionally, pursuant to the Strategic Implementation Plan and Go Sonoma, SCTA will make available reimbursement for expenditures up to 2% of Go Sonoma Transit funding per Santa Rosa CityBus’s formula share for Free Fare Programs.
PRIOR CITY COUNCIL REVIEW
Not applicable.
ANALYSIS
In order for the City to obtain the quarterly disbursement allocation for road maintenance funds, a cooperative agreement between the SCTA and the City of Santa Rosa must be executed.
In order for Santa Rosa CityBus to obtain the quarterly disbursement allocation for transit funding, a cooperative agreement between the SCTA and the City of Santa Rosa must be executed.
FISCAL IMPACT
Approval of this action does not have a fiscal impact on the General Fund. This approval allows the City to receive funds from SCTA related to Go Sonoma sales tax.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
This action is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under 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.
BOARD/COMMISSION/COMMITTEE REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Not applicable.
NOTIFICATION
Not applicable.
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution
Exhibit A – Cooperative Funding Agreement Number G20600E1 Exhibit B – Cooperative Funding Agreement Number G41200E1
PRESENTER
Robert Sprinkle, Deputy Director-Traffic Engineering
GO SONOMA COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS
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