For City Council Meeting [January 9, 2018]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Robb R. Steel, Interim City Administrator
FROM: Robert G. Eisenbeisz, P.E. Public Works Director/City Engineer
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Request City Council to Adopt Resolution No. 7268 Authorizing the Submission of Grant Applications to the California Transportation Commission for the 2018 Local Partnership Program under the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 (Senate Bill 1) for the Randall Avenue and Alder Avenue Widening Projects; and Authorize issuance of a Purchase Order with KOA Corporation in the Amount of $5,475 for Related Professional Services.
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BACKGROUND:
The Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 created the Local Partnership Program (LPP) and continuously appropriates two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) annually to be allocated by the California Transportation Commission (CTC) to local or regional transportation agencies that have sought and received voter approval of taxes or that have imposed fees, which taxes or fees are dedicated solely for transportation improvements. The Local Partnership Program was subsequently amended by Assembly Bill (AB) 115 (Chapter 20, Statutes of 2017) and AB 135 (Committee on Budget, Chapter 255, Statutes of 2017).
The objective of the Local Partnership Program is to reward counties, cities, districts, and regional transportation agencies in which voters have approved fees or taxes solely dedicated to transportation improvements or that have enacted fees solely dedicated to transportation [based on Government Code Section 8879.66(b)(1)]. Consistent with the intent behind Senate Bill 1 (SB 1), the Commission intends this program to balance the need to direct increased revenue to the state's highest transportation needs while fairly distributing the economic impact of increased funding [SB 1 section 1(l)]. The voter approved Measure I along with the City's adoption of the Regional Transportation Fee program satisfy thes...
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