CITY OF SEBASTOPOL CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA ITEM REPORT FOR MEETING OF: June 17, 2025
=========================================================================================== To: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
From: Mark Rincon, Public Works Director/City Engineer
Subject: Resolution Approving a SB 1-Funded Projects List for Fiscal Year 2025-26 =========================================================================================== RECOMMENDATIONS:
The item is to request Council adopt a resolution approving a Senate Bill 1 (SB 1)-funded projects list for Fiscal Year 2025-26.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Pursuant to the requirements of SB 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, the City must adopt a resolution approving a list of projects proposed to be eligible for receiving fiscal year funding from the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA), created by SB 1. The projected revenue in Fiscal Year 2025-26 RMRA funding from SB 1 that the City would be eligible to receive is $218,537.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION:
SB 1 has resulted in funding from the RMRA to local agencies for road maintenance and rehabilitation projects, complete street components, and critical safety projects. RMRA funds can also be used as a local match for State and Federal funds for eligible projects. To be eligible under SB1 a local agency must annually submit by July 1 an adopted resolution listing projects proposed to be funded with RMRA funds to the California Transportation Commission (CTC). These funds are population-based apportionments to local agencies. The State Controller’s Office will determine if SB 1 expenditures were eligible during subsequent audits.
The City manages paving and other street-related infrastructure work in the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) which lists potential projects together with anticipated time frame, estimated cost, and sources of funds. CIP project types may vary to include but not be limited to pavement preservation and/or repair, bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure and safety, highway safety improvements, etc. There is no “use-it-or-lose-it” requirement in SB 1, so multi-year projects are eligible. Per the requirements of SB 1 an application for use of RMRA funds together with an adopted resolution of proposed projects list typically must be submitted to the California Transportation Commission (CTC) by July 1 each year.
STAFF ANALYSIS:
The Fiscal Year 2025-26 CIP Budget, was adopted by Council on June 2, 2025, proposes a continuation of the Bodega Avenue Guardrails project and a new SB 1-funded project for Bodega Avenue Bike Lanes and Rehabilitation Phase
2. Table 1 below lists the Bodega Avenue phase 2 projects and by re-listing the previously adopted project (Bodega Avenue Guardrails) in the resolution, the City isreaffirming to the public and the State itsintent to continue funding the projects with RAMA revenues.
With the adoption of the attached resolution of proposed projects list and submitting to the CTC by July 29 the City will be eligible for SB 1 funding.
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Table 1 Proposed SB 1-Funded Projects List for FY 2025-26 Project Name Description Approx.
Locations
Est Useful
Life
Start - Completion
(Mo/Year)
Bodega Avenue Bike Lanes
and Rehab Phase 2
Install new ADA curb ramps,
bicycle, and pedestrian, and
pavement improvements
Bodega Avenue from
Robinson Road to
Pleasant Hill Road;
and approx. 200 LF at
the city limit bridge
15 07/2023 –
12/2026
Bodega Ave. Guardrails
Replacement
Replace guardrails from western
city limit to Valley View Drive
Bodega Ave. from
Valley View Drive to
western city limit
15 10/2024 –
06/2026
CITY COUNCIL GOALS/PRIORITIES/AND OR GENERAL PLAN CONSISTENCY:
This agenda represents the City Council goals/priorities as follows:
• Goal 3 – Infrastructure. Maintaining high quality infrastructure, facilities and services includes repairing/ replacing outdated city facilities, improving streets, stormwater and wastewater infrastructure.
This agenda item represents the City Council General Plan Consistency:
• Circulation CIR 1-9: Consider all transportation improvements as opportunities to improve safety, access, and mobility for all roadway users and avoid dead-end streets and cul-de-sacs. • Circulation CIR 1-11: Provide high quality regular maintenance for existing and future transportation facilities including streets, sidewalks, and paths.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact for this action. Fiscal Year 2025-26 projected revenue from the RMRA created by SB 1 is $218,537. By adopting the attached resolution of proposed projects list and submitting to the CTC on or before July 1, 2025 the City will move to eligibility status for FY 2025-26 SB 1 funding.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH:
This item has been noticed in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act and was available for public viewing and review at least 72 hours prior to the scheduled meeting date.
As of the writing of this staff report, the City has not received any public comment on this item. However, if staff receives public comment from interested parties following the publication and distribution of this staff report, such comments will be provided to the City Council as supplemental materials before or at the meeting. In addition, public comments may be offered during the public comment portion of this item.
RESTATED RECOMMENDATION:
That the City Council adopt the Resolution approving a Senate Bill 1 (SB 1)-funded projects list for Fiscal Year 2025-26.
CITY COUNCIL OPTION(S):
No reasonable alternatives have been identified. The Fiscal Year 2025-26 CIP Budget was presented to Council on June 3, 2025 and will be considered for adoption on June 17. 2025. To be subsequently eligible for SB 1 funding an adopted resolution of proposed projects list must be submitted to the CTC on or before July 1, 2025.
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ATTACHMENTS:
Resolution
APPROVALS:
Department Head Approval: Approval Date: 6/1/25
CEQA Determination (Planning): Approval Date: 6/1/25
This project is not subject to CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), often referred to as the "General Rule Exemption," as it is not an activity that has the potential for resulting in either a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment.
Administrative Services (Financial) Approval Date: N/A
Costs authorized in City Approved Budget: ☐ Yes ☐ No N/A Account Code (f applicable) ___________________________ City Attorney Approval: Approval Date: 6/1/25
City Manager Approval: Approval Date: 6/6/25
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RESOLUTION NO. ____-2025
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL APPROVING A LIST OF PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-25 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 is estimated to receive an estimated $218,537 in RMRA funding in Fiscal Year 2025-26 from SB 1; and
WHEREAS, this is the eighth 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 community’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 community’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 2025 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.
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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 following previously proposed and adopted projects may also utilize Fiscal Year 2025- 26 Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account revenues in their delivery. With the relisting of these projects in the adopted fiscal year resolution, the City is reaffirming to the public and the State our intent to fund these projects with Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account revenues:
Project Name Description Approx.
Locations
Est Useful
Life
Start -
Completion
(Mo/Year)
Bodega Avenue Bike
Lanes and Rehab
Phase 2
Install new ADA curb
ramps, bicycle, and
pedestrian, and
pavement improvements
Bodega Avenue from
Robinson Road to Pleasant
Hill Road; and approx. 200
LF at the city limit bridge
15 07/2023 –
12/2026
Bodega Ave.
Guardrails
Replacement
Replace guardrails from
western city limit to
Valley View Drive
Bodega Ave. from Valley
View Drive to western city
limit
15 10/2024 –
06/2026
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 2025-26.
The above and foregoing Resolution was duly passed, approved, and adopted at a meeting by the City Council on the 17th day of July 2025.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the City of Sebastopol City Council by the following vote:
VOTE:
Ayes:
Noes:
Abstain:
Absent:
APPROVED: _______________________________________
Mayor Stephen Zollman
ATTEST: _______________________________________________________________ Mary Gourley, Interim City Manager/City Clerk, MMC
APPROVED AS TO FORM: __________________________________________________ Alex Mog, City Attorney
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