RESOLUTION NO. 2023-08
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON
ADOPTING A PROJECT LIST TO BE FUNDED BY SENATE BILL 1: THE ROAD REPAIR AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023- 2024
SECTION 1. Recitals.
A. Senate Bill 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, to address the significant multi-modal transportation funding shortfalls statewide.
B. Senate Bill 1 includes accountability and transparency provisions to ensure that the residents and business community of our City are aware of the projects proposed for funding in our community and which projects have been completed each fiscal year.
C. The City must adopt by resolution a list of all projects proposed to receive funding from the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA), created by Senate Bill 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.
D. Streets and Highways Code Section 2032(h)(2) specifies that 50 percent of the balance of revenues deposited into the RMRA, after certain funding is set aside for various programs, will be continuously appropriated to cities and counties by the State Controller pursuant to the formula in Streets and Highways Code Section 2103(a)(3)(C)(i) and (ii).
E. The City will receive an estimated $5,216 in RMRA funding in Fiscal Year 2023- 2024 from Senate Bill 1.
F. In order to receive an allocation or apportionment pursuant to Streets and Highways Code Section 2032, the City shall annually expend from its general fund for street, road, and highway purposes an amount not less than the average of its expenditures from its general fund during the 2009-10, 2010-11, and 2011-12 fiscal years, as reported to the State Controller pursuant to Streets and Highways Code Section 2151.
G. The City’s annual average of its expenditures from its general fund during the 2009-10, 2010-11, and 2011-12 fiscal years is $830,243.
H. By memorandum dated May 16, 2023, the Director of Public Works has recommended the adoption of a project list to be funded by Senate Bill 1: The Road Repair and Accountability Act for Fiscal Year 2023-2024.
Resolution No. 2023-08
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 2. The City Council of the City of Vernon finds and determines that the above recitals are true and correct.
SECTION 3. The City Council of the City of Vernon finds that this action does not constitute a “project” pursuant to sections 15378(b)(2) and (4) of the Guidelines to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), because it constitutes an administrative activity and government funding mechanism that does not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant impact on the environment; and even if the adoption of this Resolution did constitute a project, it would be exempt from CEQA in accordance with Section 15061(b)(3), the general rule that CEQA only applies to projects that may have a significant effect on the environment.
SECTION 4. The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby adopts the following project planned to be funded with Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account revenues:
Project Location Estimated
Useful Life
Estimated
Construction
Dates
Furnish and install The following 2-5 years Construction traffic striping, streets within the 10/2023
pavement
markers,
City’s boundary:
and pavement
markings (legends)
over existing
striping on various
streets within the
City of Vernon.
Pacific Boulevard,
Bandini Boulevard, Santa
Fe Avenue, Soto Street,
Downey Road, and
Slauson Avenue
Completion
06/2024
All project locations
are an estimate
and have yet to be
finalized.
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Resolution No. 2023-08
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SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED May 16, 2023.
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CRYSTAL LARIOS, Mayor
ATTEST:
LISA POPE, City Clerk
(seal)
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ZAYNAH N. MOUSSA, City Attorney