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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 u...
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