For City Council Meeting [June 13, 2023]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Arron Brown, Acting City Manager
FROM: Tim Sullivan, Director of Maintenance and Facilities
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Request City Council to Adopt Resolution No. 8086, Adopting a List of Projects Funded by Senate Bill 1: The Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 for Fiscal Year 2023/2024.
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BACKGROUND
On April 28, 2017, the California Governor signed Senate Bill 1 (SB-1), also known as the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017. This legislation addresses basic road maintenance, rehabilitation, and critical safety needs on state highways and local streets and roads. A succinct summary of the SB-1 provisions, which the California State Association of Counties provides, is included as Attachment 1. Some of the key provisions of SB-1 include:
* Increases per gallon fuel excise taxes (12 cents per gallon increase effective November 1, 2017)
* Increases diesel fuel sales taxes (20 cents per gallon increase effective November 1, 2017)
* Provides for inflationary adjustments to tax rates in future years
The estimated annual funding supported by SB-1 is $5.2 billion, including $1.5 billion apportioned to local cities and $1.5 billion to counties for local streets and road repairs. Since November 1, 2017, the State Controller (Controller) began depositing various portions of this new funding into the newly created Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA). A percentage of this new RMRA funding was apportioned by formula to eligible cities and counties pursuant to Streets and Highways Code (SHC) Section 2032(h) for basic road maintenance, rehabilitation, and critical safety projects on the local streets and roads system.
Pursuant to SHC Section 2032.5(a), the objective of the Local Streets and Roads Program is to address deferred maintenance on the local streets and roads system through the prioritization and delivery of basic road maintenance and rehabilitation projec...
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