For City Council Meeting [April 10, 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
Title
Request City Council to Adopt Resolution No. 7318, Adopting the 2018/19 Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account Project List.
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BACKGROUND:
On April 28, 2017, the Governor signed Senate Bill 1 (SB-1), also known as the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017. This legislation addresses road maintenance, rehabilitation and critical safety needs on state highways and on local streets and roads systems. The California State Association of Counties provided a very succinct summary of the SB-1 provisions 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 roads repair. Beginning November 1, 2017, the State Controller (Controller) will deposit various portions of this new funding into the newly created Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA). A percentage of this new RMRA funding is 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 Streets and Highways Code (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 through the prioritization and delivery of basic road maintenance and rehabilitation projects as we...
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