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DATE: April 16, 2019
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Tom Tait, Public Works Services Director
By: Eddie Chan, P.E., Principal Civil Engineer
SUBJECT: RESOLUTION NO. 7250 ADOPTING A LIST OF PROJECTS FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2019-20 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,
2019, that the funds are budgeted in the City’s Fiscal Year 2019-20 Capital Improvement
Program (“CIP”).
It is recommended that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 7250 adopting a list of
projects for Fiscal Year 2019-20 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
2019-20 CIP for street and road repairs is $955,096.
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
(“MOE”) levels. The MOE for each City was established by the State Controller’s office
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and is based on the average money spent on local street and road projects during Fiscal
Years 2010-11, 2011-12, and 2012-13.
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 $2,159,692. It is estimated that the City
of Arcadia will receive approximately $955,096 in Fiscal Year 2019-20. 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 2019-20 CIP and go toward
the $2,159,692 MOE requirement:
Annual Slurry Seal Program
Pavement Rehabilitation Program
Miscellaneous Traffic Signal Improvements
Arterial Rehabilitation
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 1) 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 proposed in the City’s Fiscal Year 2019-20 Capital
Improvement Program. The following projects are proposed to receive RMRA funding:
Fiscal Year 2019-20 Pavement Rehabilitation Program - The project will resurface
approximately 2 miles of City roadways with rubberized asphalt. Roadway segments
included Singing Wood Drive, Glencoe Drive, Lyndon Way, Magna Vista Avenue, Ewell
Lane, Camino Real Avenue, Tenth Avenue, and Wistaria Avenue. Other repair items to
be included in the proposed project schedule are localized asphalt concrete dig-out
repairs and minor repairs to concrete curbs and gutters, sidewalks, and cross gutters.
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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 $955,096 in funds from RMRA to be
included in Fiscal Year 2019-20 Capital Improvement Program.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 72 50 adopting a list of
projects for Fiscal Year 2019-20 Funded by SB 1: The Road Repair and Accountability
Act of 2017.
Attachment: Resolution No. 7250