HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 1a - Adopting a list of projects for Fiscal Year 2018-19
DATE: April 17, 2018 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Tom Tait, Public Works Services Director
By: Eddie Chan, P.E., Principal Civil Engineer SUBJECT: RESOLUTION NO. 7212 AUTHORIZING A LIST OF PROJECTS FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2018-19 FUNDED BY SB 1: THE ROAD REPAIR AND
ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2017
Recommendation: Adopt SUMMARY
On April 28, 2017, the Governor signed Senate Bill (“SB”) 1, which is known as the
Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017. SB 1 was enacted to address funding
deficiencies for municipalities to perform routine maintenance, rehabilitation, and address safety concerns on local streets and roads. In November 2017, the City started
receiving Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (“RMRA”) funding. In order for
the City to continue to receive this funding, the City must identify and show proof, prior
to May 1, 2018, that the funds are budgeted in the City’s Fiscal Year 2018-19 Capital
Improvement Program (“CIP”).
It is recommended that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 7212, authorizing a list of
projects for Fiscal Year 2018-19 Funded by SB 1: The Road Repair and Accountability
Act of 2017. The total amount of RMRA funding that will be included in the Fiscal Year
2018-19 CIP for street and road repairs is $952,755. In addition, $150,000 in RMRA funds budgeted in the Fiscal Year 2017-18 CIP will also be carried over and spent in
Fiscal Year 2018-19.
BACKGROUND On April 28, 2017, Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 1 to address road maintenance,
rehabilitation, and critical safety projects on local streets and roads. SB 1 is funded
through an increase in gasoline fuel excise taxes, diesel fuel sales taxes, and vehicle
registration fees. A percentage of the new RMRA funding has been apportioned by
formula to eligible cities and counties to enhance existing Street Maintenance of Effort
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(“MOE”) levels. The MOE for each City was established by the State Controller’s office and is based on the average money spent on local street and road projects during
Fiscal Years 2009-10, 2010-11, and 2011-12.
In order to receive RMRA funding, the City must continue to budget and spend the same amount of local money on street improvement projects as it had in the past based on that three-year average. The idea behind this is for cities to continue current funding
levels to improve streets and roads and enhance this effort with the additional RMRA
funding.
The City of Arcadia’s three-year average MOE is $2,015,411. It is estimated that the City of Arcadia will receive approximately $952,755 in Fiscal Year 2018-19. Each year,
the City must allocate the three-year MOE average towards street and road projects in
order to continue to receive RMRA Funding. It is important to note that while other
transportation funds including Measure R, Measure M, and Highway Users Tax Act (“HUTA”) may be used for street maintenance and rehabilitation, such funds may not be used to meet the MOE three-year average requirement.
The following projects are included in the City’s Fiscal Year 2017-18 CIP and go toward
the $2,015,411 MOE requirement:
• Annual Slurry Seal Program
• Pavement Rehabilitation Program
• Miscellaneous Traffic Signal Improvements
• Arterial Rehabilitation - Huntington Drive from Santa Clara to Fifth Street
RMRA funds can only be used for projects that include road maintenance and rehabilitation, road safety projects, railroad grade separations, traffic control devices,
and complete street components, including active transportation purposes, pedestrian
and bicycle safety projects, transit facilities, and drainage and storm water capture
projects. DISCUSSION
Prior to receiving an apportionment of RMRA funds, the City must submit a list of
proposed projects that will utilize RMRA funds in the following Fiscal Year (This has to
be done each year prior to May 1st.) to the California Transportation Commission (“CTC”). Subsequently, the proposed projects must be approved and adopted as part
of the City’s operating or CIP budgets or amended into the budget. The projects that
are proposed to be submitted to the CTC will be adopted into the City’s Fiscal Year
2018-19 Capital Improvement Program. The following projects are proposed to receive
RMRA funding:
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Fiscal Year 2018-19 Pavement Rehabilitation Program - The project will resurface approximately 2.5 miles of City roadways with rubberized asphalt. Roadway segments
included Fallen Leaf Road, Rodeo Road, Camino Real Avenue, and Las Flores Avenue.
Other repair items to be included in the project are localized asphalt concrete digout
repairs and minor repairs to concrete curbs and gutters, sidewalks, and cross gutters. Colorado Blvd. Sidewalk Gap Closure – This project will not be completed by the end
of Fiscal Year 2017-18; therefore, according to RMRA policy guidelines, the project
description has to be included in the Resolution. This project consists of construction of
a new sidewalk and retaining wall along the north side of Colorado Boulevard, from San Antonio Road to the Colorado Boulevard Gold Line Bridge.
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS
The proposed action of approving a budget item does not constitute a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”), and it can be seen with certainty that it will have no impact on the environment. Thus, this matter is exempt under CEQA.
CEQA will be reviewed, as appropriate, for each item listed in the proposed resolution
when those plans are effectuated.
FISCAL IMPACT
The City of Arcadia will receive approximately $952,755 in funds from RMRA to be
included in Fiscal Year 2018-19 Capital Improvement Program, rounded to the nearest
$100 per City protocols. The City will carry over $150,000 from the Fiscal Year 2017-18 Capital Improvement Program to complete the Colorado Blvd. Sidewalk Gap Closure.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 7212, authorizing a list of projects for Fiscal Year 2018-19 Funded by SB 1: The Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017.
Attachment: Resolution No. 7212