TITLE:
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RESOLUTION ADOPTING A LIST OF PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022-23 FUNDED BY SENATE BILL 1: THE ROAD REPAIR AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2017
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DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT/ENGINEERING DIVISION
PRESENTED BY: RAJA SETHURAMAN, PUBLIC SERVICES DIRECTOR
CONTACT INFORMATION: SEUNG YANG, P.E., CITY ENGINEER (714) 754-5633
RECOMMENDATION:
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Staff recommends the City Council adopt Resolution No. 2022-xx, approving Sunflower Avenue Pavement Rehabilitation Project for funding with Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA) revenues for Fiscal Year 2022-23.
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BACKGROUND:
Senate Bill 1 (SB 1), the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 (Chapter 5, Statutes of 2017), was passed by the Legislature and signed into law by the Governor in April 2017 to address the significant multi-modal transportation funding shortfalls statewide. SB 1 increased several taxes and fees to raise billions of dollars annually in new transportation revenues. Moreover, SB 1 provides for adjustments for inflation every year so that the purchasing power of the revenues does not diminish as it has historically.
SB 1 prioritized this funding towards critical maintenance, rehabilitation, and safety improvements on state highways, local streets and roads, and bridges, and to improve the state's trade corridors, transit, and active transportation facilities.
As part of SB 1's various accountability and transparency measures, and according to the California Transportation Commission's (CTC) Reporting Guidelines for Local Streets and Roads Funding Program, the City is required to submit annually a proposed project list to the CTC by July 1st of each year and subsequently provide year end updates on the progress and expenditures of previously proposed projects by October 1st of each year.
ANALYSIS:
It is estimated the City will receive $2,570,782 from RMRA funding in FY 2022-23. To be eligible for funding, the City must submit a proposed project l...
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