For City Council Meeting [April 23, 2019]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Sean Grayson, Interim City Administrator
FROM: Robert G. Eisenbeisz, P.E., Public Works Director/City Engineer
Title
Request City Council to Adopt Resolution No. 7499, Adopting a List of Projects for Fiscal Year 2019/2020 Funded by the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017.
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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 basic road maintenance, rehabilitation and critical safety needs on state highways and on local streets and roads. The California State Association of Counties provided a very succinct summary of the SB-1 provision 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. As of 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 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 rehabili...
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