Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: James C Porter, Director of Public Works
Subject: Approval of Road Project List for Senate Bill 1 Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account funds allocated in Fiscal Year 2017-2018
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution approving the Road Project List to be funded with the Senate Bill 1 Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account funds as such funds have been included in the September Revisions to the County budget for Fiscal Year 2017-2018 to be adopted by your Board at a regular public meeting.
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BACKGROUND:
Senate Bill 1 (SB1) (Beall, Chapter 5, Statutes of 2017), is known as the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 and was filed with the Secretary of State on April 28, 2017. This bill established a Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA) in the State Transportation Fund that is intended to address deferred maintenance on the state highway system and the local street and road systems. The bill also requires the California Transportation Commission (CTC) to adopt criteria to ensure efficient use of these funds. The RMRA funds will be provided to cities and counties on a monthly basis, with the first distribution expected in January 2018.
The County is expected to receive approximately $3,308,000 during FY2017-2018 for use on the County maintained road system based on current estimates.
Based on the anticipated receipt of the RMRA funds, the County must establish a list of projects, specify they type of projects, the anticipated completion of the projects, and indicate the estimated useful life of projects.
DISCUSSION:
The Department is recommending approval of the attached resolution to satisfy the requirements of SB 1 relative to holding local governments accountable for the efficient investment of public funds to maintain public streets and roads. Specifically, the main requirements for the use of RMRA funding are codified in the Streets & Highways Code (SHC) Sections 2034, 2036, 2037, and 2038. Section 2034 of the SHC describes the requirements for adopting the projects.
Section 2034 of the SHC states:
(a) (1) Prior to receiving an apportionment of funds under the program pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (h) of Section 2032 from the Controller in a fiscal year, an eligible city or county shall submit to the commission a list of projects proposed to be funded with these funds pursuant to an adopted city or county budget. All projects proposed to receive funding shall be included in a city or county budget that is adopted by the applicable city council or county board of supervisors at a regular public meeting. The list of projects proposed to be funded with these funds shall 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. The project list shall not limit the flexibility of an eligible city or county to fund projects in accordance with local needs and priorities so long as the projects are consistent with subdivision (b) of Section 2030.
The criteria developed by the CTC requires that the first round of RMRA funded projects be submitted to the CTC no later than October 16, 2017. The Resolution and Road Project List, attached to the Resolution as Exhibit A, shall be funded by SB1 RMRA funds as included in the September Revisions to the County Budget for FY 2017-2018 to be adopted by your Board at a regular Board meeting.
County Counsel has reviewed and approved the resolution as to form.
Approval of this action will contribute to the Shared Vision 2025 outcome of a Livable Community by improving our roads for use by the traveling public to support livable connected communities.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The estimated cost of the projects as listed on Exhibit A to the Resolution is $3,858,000 and will be paid for from the Road Fund. There is no impact to the General Fund. The cost breakdown of the projects is shown in the table below:
|
Project |
RMRA Project Funding |
Mitigation Fees |
Estimated Total Project Cost |
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Reconstruction of Streets on the West Menlo Park Area Priority List |
$300,000.00 |
$550,000.00 |
$850,000.00 |
|
Reconstruction of Portions of 7th Ave in the North Fair Oaks Area |
$1,308,000.00 |
$0.00 |
$1,308,000.00 |
|
Overlay Project in Road Maintenance District 3, El Granada, North Fair Oaks, and Emerald Lake Hills Areas |
$600,000.00 |
$0.00 |
$600,000.00 |
|
Cape, slurry and Chip Seal Project in the Emerald Lake Hills, El Granada, Montara, Princeton By the Sea, and North Fair Oaks Areas |
$1,100,000.00 |
$0.00 |
$1,100,000.00 |
|
Total Estimated Cost |
$3,308,000.00 |
$550,000.00 |
$ 3,858,000.00 |