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Recommendation to adopt resolution approving repaving/resurfacing projects proposed to receive Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account funding totaling approximately $9,000,000 in the Fiscal Year 2021 Paving Program. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to adopt a Resolution approving a list of projects proposed to receive Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA) funding for Fiscal Year 2021 (FY 21).
Senate Bill 1 (SB 1), the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 (Chapter 5, Statutes of 2017), was passed by the California Legislature and signed into law by the Governor in April 2017, to address significant multi-modal transportation funding shortfalls statewide. The City of Long Beach (City) will receive an estimated $9,000,000 in RMRA funding for FY 21. This RMRA funding is part of planned $34,700,000 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) work in FY 21 designated to maintain and upkeep the City’s roadway assets through a series of street improvement projects, which also includes: Capital Projects Fund, Long Beach Measure A, Los Angeles County (County) Measures M and R, and County Propositions A and C.
Proposed street improvement projects to be funded with RMRA funds are listed below:
• Outer Traffic Circle between Pacific Coast Highway and Ximeno Avenue
• Cherry Avenue between Carson Street and Bixby Road
• Harding Street between Atlantic Avenue and Orange Avenue
• Cedar Avenue between 7th Street and Anaheim Street
• Channel Drive between Pacific Coast Highway and 7th Street
• Dawson Avenue between 14th Street and 15th Street
• Hill Street between Atlantic Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue
• Myrtle Avenue between Market Street and South Street
Eligibility requirements under SB 1 require that a list of projects proposed to receive RMRA funding be identified in a Resolution approved by the City Council, which must include scope, location, schedule, and useful life information. The bill also requires the use of a pavement management system (PMS) to develop the SB 1 project list to ensure revenues are being used on the most high-priority and cost-effective projects.
The City’s street paving program is guided by the Citywide Infrastructure Investment Plan (IIP), the Pavement Management Program (PMP), coordination with other CIP projects, and consideration for the most efficient use of public funds. The IIP was generated based on the passage of Measure A and takes a citywide approach to holistically consider where the City and its residents can reap the most benefits from infrastructure investment. Supporting the IIP, the PMP inventories and assesses the structural integrity of every street in the City every three years and provides an evaluation to systematically manage and prioritize street paving projects based on efficiency and effectiveness. All projects listed were recommended based upon the IIP and PMP.
This matter was reviewed by Deputy City Attorney Amy R. Webber on March 5, 2020 and by Budget Analysis Officer Julissa José-Murray on March 12, 2020.
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
City Council action is requested on April 14, 2020, to ensure eligibility to receive RMRA funds in accordance with SB 1.
FISCAL IMPACT
To receive RMRA funds, the City must adopt a Resolution, which lists the projects planned to be funded with RMRA funds in FY 21. SB 1 is estimated to provide the City funds totaling approximately $9,000,000 in FY 21. The recommended action is for the City Council to adopt the Resolution and does not include a budget appropriation at this time. If a Resolution of proposed RMRA projects is approved, the appropriation of these funds will be incorporated into the FY 21 budget development process and included in the FY 21 CIP Budget for approval by the City Council. This recommendation has no staffing impact beyond the normal budgeted scope of duties and is consistent with existing City Council priorities.
SUGGESTED ACTION
Approve recommendation.
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Respectfully Submitted,
CRAIG A. BECK
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
APPROVED:
THOMAS B. MODICA
ACTING CITY MANAGER