HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 23-040, SB 1 ProjectsRESOLUTION NO.23-040
RESOLUTION ADOPTING A LIST OF PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023-24
FUNDED BY SB 1: THE ROAD REPAIR AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2017
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 1 (SB 1), the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017
(Chapter 5, Statutes of 2017) was passed by the Legislature and Signed into law by the Governor
in April 2017 to address the significant multi -modal transportation funding shortfalls statewide;
and
WHEREAS, SB 1 includes accountability and transparency provisions that will ensure
the residents of our City of Saratoga are aware of the projects proposed for funding in our
community and which projects have been completed each fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, the City of Saratoga must adopt by resolution a list of projects proposed to
receive fiscal year funding from the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA),
created by SB 1, which must include a description and the location of each proposed project, a
proposed schedule for the project's completion, and the estimated useful life of the improvement;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Saratoga, will receive an estimated $771,370 in RMRA funding
in Fiscal Year 2023-24 from SB 1; and
WHEREAS, this is the seventh year in which the City of Saratoga is receiving SB 1
funding and this funding will enable the City of Saratoga to continue essential road maintenance
and rehabilitation projects, safety improvements, repairing and replacing aging bridges, and
increasing access and mobility options for the traveling public that would not have otherwise
been possible without SB 1; and
WHEREAS, the City of Saratoga used a Pavement Management System to develop the
SB 1 project list to ensure revenues are being used on the most high -priority and cost-effective
projects that also meet the community's priorities for transportation investment; and
WHEREAS, the funding from SB 1 will help the City of Saratoga maintain and
rehabilitate various streets and roads throughout the City of Saratoga this year through the
Annual Roadway Improvements program and several similar projects into the future; and
WHEREAS, the 2020 California Statewide Local Streets and Roads Needs Assessment
found that the City of Saratoga's streets and roads are in an "good" condition and this revenue
will help us increase the overall quality of our road system and over the next decade will bring
our streets and roads into a "excellent" condition; and
WHEREAS, the SB 1 project list and overall investment in our local streets and roads
infrastructure with a focus on basic maintenance and safety, investing in complete streets
infrastructure, and using cutting -edge technology, materials and practices, will have significant
positive co -benefits statewide.
Resolution 23-040
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NOW, THEREFORE IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, ORDERED AND FOUND by the City
Council of the City of Saratoga, State of California, as follows:
1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct.
2. The following list of proposed projects will be funded in -part or solely with fiscal year
2023-24 Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account revenues:
Project Description
Location
Estimated Useful Life
Year of
Construction
Pavement maintenance
Saratoga
5 — 25 years.
FY 2023/24
project to rehabilitate city
Avenue, Rolling
roadways to improve
Hills Road,
Pavement Condition Index
Debbie Lane,
(PCI) and safety through AC
Arcadia Palms
overlay, micro -surfacing,
Drive, and Via
repair failed street sections,
Real Drive.
traffic loops, curb and gutter,
ADA ramps, and re -striping
traffic lanes.
The above and foregoing resolution was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Saratoga
City Council held on the 7`h day of June 2023, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS AFTAB, PAGE, WALIA, VICE MAYOR ZHAO,
MAYOR FITZSIMMONS
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
Kookie Fitzsimmons, Mayor
ATTEST:
Britt Avrit, MMC, City Clerk