RESOLUTION NO. 6543-2023
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL APPROVING A LIST OF PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023-24 FUNDED BY SB 1: THE ROAD REPAIR AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT of 2017
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 in order 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 must adopt a resolution approving 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 will receive an estimated $185,900 in RMRA funding in Fiscal Year 2023-24 from SB 1; and
WHEREAS, this is the seventh year in which the City is receiving SB 1 funding and 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 has undergone a robust public process to ensure public input into our City’s transportation priorities/the project list; and
WHEREAS, the City considered the Pavement Management System and other infrastructure priorities to ensure revenues are being used on the most high-priority and cost-effective projects that also meet the City’s priorities for transportation investment; and WHEREAS, the funding from SB 1 will help the City maintain and rehabilitate streets/roads, bridges, add active transportation infrastructure throughout the City this year and into the future; and
WHEREAS, the 2023 Pavement Management Budget Options Report, prepared by Capital Asset and Pavement Service, found that the City’s streets and roads are in “Fair” condition and this revenue will help us increase the overall quality of our road system and over the next decade will bring our streets and roads into a better condition; 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 will have significant positive co-benefits statewide.
NOW, THEREFORE IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, ORDERED AND FOUND by the City Council of the City of Sebastopol, as follows:
1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct.
2. The approval of the following list of projects planned to be funded with Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account revenues:
Project Name Description
Approx.
Locations
Est
Useful
Life
Year of
Completion
SR 116 ADA Curb
Ramps and
Bodega Avenue
Pedestrian
Crossing
Improvements
ADA curb ramps,
bicycle and
pedestrian
intersection
improvements
SR 116, Bodega Avenue
at Florence Ave. and
Robinson Rd. 15 2024
Bodega Ave. Guardrails
Replacement
Replace guardrails
from western city
limit to Valley View
Drive
Bodega Ave. from
Valley View Drive to
western city limit
25 2024
SR 116 Enhanced Crossings Ped-activated
flashing beacons at
four intersections
SR 116 at:
1) S. Main/Burnett
2) N. Main/Keating
3) Grav. Hwy/Hutchins
4) Petaluma/Walker
15 2024
3. The City Engineer is authorized to do everything necessary and appropriate to prepare and submit the required documentation to the CTC for the City’s SB 1 project list and the SB 1 expenditures reports for FY 2023-24.
The above and foregoing Resolu�on was duly passed, approved, and adopted at a mee�ng by the City Council on the 20th day of June 2023, by the following vote:
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by City of Sebastopol City Council following a roll call vote:
VOTE:
Ayes: Councilmembers Maurer, McLewis, Zollman, Vice Mayor Rich and Mayor Hinton Noes: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
ATTEST: ______________________________
Mary Gourley, Assistant City Manager/City Clerk, MMC
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Larry McLaughlin, City Attorney