Agenda Item # 14.5
For Council Meeting of April 15, 2025
CITY OF SANTA ROSA
CITY COUNCIL
TO: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
FROM: ROB SPRINKLE, DEPUTY DIRECTOR–TRAFFIC ENGINEERING, TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SUBJECT: ROAD REPAIR AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2017 SENATE BILL 1 TRANSPORTATION FUNDING FISCAL YEAR 2025/2026 PROJECT LIST AGENDA ACTION: RESOLUTION
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended by the Transportation and Public Works Department that the Council, by resolution, authorize the Transportation and Public Works Department to submit three projects to the California Transportation Commission in order to receive Fiscal Year 2025/2026 apportionment of Senate Bill 1 Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account Funding: 1) North Dutton Road Diet and Pedestrian Improvements in the amount of $2,118,300; 2) Santa Rosa Creek Trail in the amount of $350,000; and 3) Fire Related Street Repairs in the amount of $2,528,746.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This resolution will satisfy the accountability requirements of Senate Bill 1 (SB1) Transportation Funding (Fiscal Year 2025/2026) 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, 2025.
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 Fiscal Year (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 SB1 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.
On May 21, 2024, the Council, by RES-2024-071, authorized the submittal of the Calistoga Road Reconstruction Project in the amount of $4,596,103 for the FY 2024/2025 allocation.
ANALYSIS
To be eligible for funding, the City of Santa Rosa (City) must provide evidence to the CTC by July 1, 2025 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 are three projects proposed for the SB1 funding this year: 1) North Dutton Road Diet and Pedestrian Improvements in the amount of $2,118,300; 2) Santa Rosa Creek Trail in the amount of $350,000; and Fire Related Street Repairs in the amount of $2,528,746. These projects are described in detail below.
North Dutton Road Diet and Pedestrian Improvements will include a road diet for North Dutton Avenue between College Avenue and West Third Street. The project will remove lanes of travel to install buffered and protected bike lanes. This project also includes road striping and sidewalk improvements along a 0.86-mile stretch. Improvements proposed as part of this project were adopted in the 2022 Local Road Safety Plan, informed by engagement with the community, and will complement the pavement maintenance project to be completed in FY 2025/2026 along North Dutton Avenue between Guerneville Road and College Avenue. Staff is requesting that a total of $2,118,300 in FY 2025/2026 SB1 RMRA funds be allocated to the North Dutton Road Diet and Pedestrian Improvements for construction. The project will include lane reconfiguration and a roundabout with a projected life of 20 years. Phase 1 of the project is anticipated to begin in the Fall of 2025.
Santa Rosa Creek Trail is a project to construct a ramp connecting the Santa Rosa Creek Trail on the west side of North Dutton Avenue to the street. The ramp will be compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act, and is the last phase of the project, which previously constructed a ramp on the east side of Dutton Avenue. Staff is requesting that a total of $350,000 in FY 2025/2026 SB1 RMRA funds be allocated to the Santa Rosa Creek Trail project for construction, closing the final gap in funding due to cost increases discovered during project design. The project estimated useful life is over 30 years with limited vehicle access on this segment of trail. The project is planned to bid in Summer of 2025, with construction to follow.
Fire Related Streets is a project to repair damage to select collector and arterial streets within the burn area of the Tubbs Fire. The streets include: Bicentennial Way from Range Avenue to Fountaingrove Parkway and Fountaingrove Parkway from Mendocino Avenue to Daybreak Court, and were chosen through ongoing use of the StreetSaver Pavement Maintenance System, which helps the City determine where high priority and cost-effective projects should occur. Staff is requesting that a total of $2,528,746 in FY 2025/2026 SB1 RMRA funds be allocated to the Fire Related Streets project for construction. Street sections are being designed to a 20-year life with construction poised to begin in Fall of 2025.
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
Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378, the proposed action is not a “project” subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because it does not have a potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. In the alternative, the proposed action is exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the project may have a significant effect on the environment. All projects will undergo their own environmental review on the project level. This approval is providing funding for the project.
BOARD/COMMISSION/COMMITTEE REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Not applicable.
NOTIFICATION
Not applicable.
ATTACHMENT
Resolution
PRESENTER
Torina Wilson, Transportation Planner
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