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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 13c - List of Projects funded by SB1 DATE: June 21, 2022 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council FROM: Paul Cranmer, Public Works Services Director By: Tiffany Lee, P.E., Senior Civil Engineer SUBJECT: RESOLUTION NO. 7449 ADOPTING A LIST OF PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022-23 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 and rehabilitation and to address safety concerns on local streets and roads. In November 2017, the City started receiving Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (“RMRA”) funding. For the City to continue to receive this funding, the City must identify specific projects and show proof that the funds are budgeted in the City’s Fiscal Year 2022-23 Capital Improvement Program (“CIP”). It is recommended that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 7449 adopting a list of projects for Fiscal Year 2022-23 using RMRA funds. The estimated total amount of RMRA funding that will be included in the Fiscal Year 2022-23 CIP for street and road repairs is $1,200,000. 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 and is based on the average money spent on local-street and road projects during Fiscal Years 2013-14, 2014-15, and 2015-16. To receive RMRA funding, the City must continue to budget and spend the amount of discretionary funds on street improvement projects based on the 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. Resolution No. 7449 Adopting a List of Projects June 21, 2022 Page 2 of 3 The City of Arcadia’s three-year average MOE is $2,015,411. It is estimated that the City of Arcadia will receive approximately $1,276,830 in RMRA funding in Fiscal Year 2022- 23. 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 2022-23 budget and go toward the $2,015,411 MOE requirement: • Annual Slurry Seal Program • Pavement Rehabilitation Program • Downtown Alley Improvements • Colorado Street, Complete Streets, Design • Live Oak Avenue/Las Tunas Drive Corridor Traffic Signal Improvements • Miscellaneous Traffic Signal Improvements • Downtown Public Parking Lot Modifications and Resurfacing Project • Huntington Drive Traffic Signal Improvements between Holly Avenue and Michillinda Avenue • Bicycle Rack Project 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. The latest available street report verified the City spent $2,347,581 in FY 2020-21 on qualifying projects. The FY 2021-22 report will be completed in November 2022. It is expected that the projects listed above will reach a level to meet the MOE requirements. DISCUSSION Prior to receiving an apportionment of RMRA funds, the City must annually submit a list of proposed projects that will utilize RMRA funds in the following Fiscal Year 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 project that will be proposed to be submitted to the CTC is included in the City’s Fiscal Year 2022-23 Capital Improvement Program. The following project is proposed to receive RMRA funding: Fiscal Year 2022-23 Pavement Rehabilitation Program – The project will resurface approximately 1.1 miles of City roadways with rubberized asphalt. Roadway segments include Encanto Drive (from Altura Road to Golden West Avenue), Cambridge Drive (from Baldwin Avenue to Harvard Drive), Norman Avenue (from First Avenue to Fourth Resolution No. 7449 Adopting a List of Projects June 21, 2022 Page 3 of 3 Avenue), and Sycamore Avenue (from Santa Anita Avenue to Highland Oaks Drive). Other repair items to be included in the proposed project schedule are localized asphalt concrete dig-out repairs and minor repairs to concrete curb and gutters, sidewalks, and cross gutters. 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 total amount of RMRA funding that will be included in the Fiscal Year 2022-23 Capital Improvement Program for street and road repairs is $1,200,000. It has been estimated that the City of Arcadia will receive approximately $1,276,830 in funds from RMRA; any extra funds unused in the coming Fiscal Year can be carried over and used in the following year(s). RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the City Council determine that this project is exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”); and adopt Resolution No. 7449 adopting a list of projects for Fiscal Year 2022-23 funded by SB 1: The Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017. Attachment: Resolution No. 7449