HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 12b - Adopting a List of Projects for FY24-25
DATE: June 18, 2024
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Paul Cranmer, Public Works Services Director
By: Tiffany Lee, P.E., Interim Principal Civil Engineer
SUBJECT: RESOLUTION NO. 7576 ADOPTING A LIST OF PROJECTS FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2024-25 FUNDED BY SB 1: THE ROAD REPAIR AND
ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2017
CEQA: Not a Project
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, Arcadia must identify specific projects and show proof that the funds
are budgeted in the City’s Fiscal Year 2024-25 Capital Improvement Program (“CIP”).
It is recommended that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 7576, adopting a list of
projects for Fiscal Year 2024-25 Funded by SB 1: The Road Repair and Accountability
Act of 2017. The total budgeted amount of RMRA funding included in the Fiscal Year
2024-25 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 amount of monies spent on local-street and road projects,
during Fiscal Years 2015-16, 2016-17, and 2017-18.
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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.
The City of Arcadia’s three-year average MOE is $2,015,411. A total of $2,531,272 in
street related General Fund expenditures were reported during the previous reporting
period, exceeding the MOE average and making the City eligible for receiving RMRA
funding this year. It is estimated that the City of Arcadia will receive approximately
$1,473,529 in RMRA funding in Fiscal Year 2024-25. 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.
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 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
subsequently amended into the budget. The following project proposed for submission to
the CTC to receive RMRA funding is included in the City’s Fiscal Year 2024-25 Capital
Improvement Program:
Fiscal Year 2024-25 Pavement Rehabilitation Program – The project will
resurface approximately 0.84 miles of City roadways with rubberized asphalt.
Roadway segments include Flower Street (from La Porte Street to St. Joseph
Street), La Porte Street (from Santa Anita Avenue to First Avenue), La Porte Street
(from First Avenue to Second Avenue), La Cadena Avenue (from Huntington Drive
to Duarte Road), and Old Oak Lane (from north end of cul-de-sac to Rodeo Road).
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
This action of adopting a list of proposed funding allocations 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. CEQA will be reviewed, as appropriate, for
each item listed in the proposed resolution when those plans are effectuated.
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FISCAL IMPACT
The total amount of RMRA funding that will be included in the Fiscal Year 2024-25 Capital
Improvement Program for street and road repairs is $1,200,000. It has been estimated
that the City of Arcadia will receive approximately $1,473,529 in funds from RMRA; any
unused funds from the upcoming Fiscal Year can be carried over and used in following
years.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council determine that this action does not constitute a
project under the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”); and adopt Resolution
No. 7576 adopting a list of projects for Fiscal Year 2024-25 Funded by SB 1: The Road
Repair and Accountability Act of 2017.
Attachment: Resolution No. 7576