HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 2025 RESOLTUION NO. 2025
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA DISCUSSING
THE DAMAGE DONE TO SARATOGA STREETS BY SANTA
CLARA COUNTY TRANSIT BUSES AND REQUESTING SAID
DISTRICT TO REIMBURSE ON A PRO RATA SHARE WITH
CITY TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN SAID DAMAGED STREETS
WHEREAS Santa Clara County Transit does provide bus service
to the citizens within its jurisdiction; and
WHEREAS Santa Clara County Transit District uses the local
streets of the City to provide said service; and
WHEREAS County Transit buses do impose heavier loads and more
repetitions than many of the local streets were designed to handle;
this over use of the streets is causing substantial structure damage
to these local streets.
WHEREAS the City of Saratoga is having to expend funds each
year to repair damage done to the travel way as a result of these
heavy repetious loads and the total estimated expenditures County
wide exceed $2,000,000;
WHEREAS the fourteen other local jurisdictions are also
suffering similar substantial damage by County Transit buses to
their streets;
WHEREAS the fifteen local jurisdictions have prepared a
joint evaluation of the cumulative damage to all local City streets
and have jointly developed a pro rata cost sharing formula attached
hereto as Exhibit A between the Cities and County Transit to share
the cost of repairs of damage doneby County Transit buses;
WHEREAS the County Transit District does receive 1/2 percent
sales tax to operate and maintain a transit system which includes
the streets upon which the buses operate;
WHEREAS the City of Saratoga feels that the Santa Clara Transit
District must share in the cost of maintaining and repairing of the
extraordinary damage done to its streets by County Transit buses;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council of the
City of Saratoga that the Santa Clara County Transit District adopt
said attached cost sharing formula and annually appropriate districts
share of the amount required to repair and maintain the City streets
which are a part of the operating expense of the County Transit system.
ADOPTED this 3rd day of November , 1982 by the following
vote:
AYES Councilmembers . '~Fsne~l~i~· ~Maltory~. ~i,~!es
NOES: Councilmember Clevenger and Mayor Callon
ABSENT: None
ATTEST: None
MAYOR
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A POLICY ESTABLISHING THE SHARING OF COSTS
FOR LOCAL STREET FAILURES DUE TO PUBLIC
BUS ROUTES
Local agencies in Santa Clara County are incurring pavement failures on
streets used for public bus routes. Many of these streets were constructed
utilizing design loads (Traffic Index) which' did not anticipate concentrated
repetitive heavy wheel loads usually associated with public transportation bus
operaCion.
Increasing ridership indicates that more buses will be incorporated in the
transportation system. Local agencies are concerned with the high maintenance or
reconstruction cost which is anticipated to occur as local streets become subjected
to increasing bus traffic.
The purpose of this policy is to assign the maintenance and reconstruction
cost for streets used for bus routes. Cost responsibility is based on the Traffic
Index by which the street was designed. The Traffic Index (T.I.) is a measure of
the capability of the roadway structural pavement section to withstand repetitive
heavy wheel loads. The higher the index, the greater Che ability of the roadway to
withstand the number of repetitions of heavy wheel load.
EXISTING BUS STOP AREAS:
Repair of pavement, curb and 9ut.ter, driveway and monolithic sidewalk
damaged by bus operations shall be borne eighty percent {80%) by the Santa Clara
County Transit District (SCCTD) and twenty percent (20%) by the Local Agency. Repair
or complete reconstruction, if necessary, shall be consistent with the projected
wheel loads imposed by the bus operation. Repair responsibility is based on the
premise Chat the existing bus stop areas were designed as parking space for light
vehicles and occasional delivery trucks, noC for repetitive heavy wheel load of buses.
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NEW BUS STOP AREAS:
Prior to establishing new bus stop areas, the SCCTD shall carefully study
the existing pavement structural section and the base soil to evaluate the adequacy
for the projected bus wheel loads. The study shall be coordinated with the Local
Agency's Engineering Department. Results of the study shalT be forwarded to the
Local Agency's Engineering Department: along with pertinent recc~.mendations regarding
upgrading or reconstruction, to accommodate the projected wheel loads. The SCCTD
shall bear eightypercent (8OTo) of the proposed cost, and the Local Agency shall
pay the remaining twenty percent (20%}.
EX I ST I NG TRAVEL LANES OF BUS ROUTES:
Cost sharing for the repair of pavement damaged in streets of bus routes
shall be determFned in relation to the design T.I. of the existing street. Due
consideration shall be given to the amount of pavement damage caused by various
types of heavy vehicles other than pub)ic buses. However, because most Local Agency's
streets are designed for a specific T.(. or projected wheel load, the subsequent
addition of a public bus system on local streets has resulted in an increased T.I.,
thus shortening the useful life of the streets. Tabre I designates the relative
financial responsibility of the SCCTD and the Local Agency toward the'repair and/or
reconstruction for the T.l.'s listed:
TABLE I
Financial Responsibi
Traffic Index SCCTD Local Agency
~ 8.5 -0- 100
7.6 - 8.5 12.5% 87.5%
6.6- 7-5 3O % 7O %
5.6 - 6.5 52.5% 47.5%
,.~5-5 80 % 20 %
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PROPOSED BUS ROUTES:
Prior to increasing bus traffic on existing routes or establishing new
bus routes, the SCCTD shall conduct a study of the existing pavement structural
section and the base soil to determine the adequacy of the roadway for the
anticipated bus traffic wheel loads. Upgrading or reconstruction, if necessary,
shall be performed prior to the use of the street for buses. The SCCTD share of
upgrading or reconstruction shall be determined in accordance with Table I.
BUS ROUTES ON PROPOSED STREETS:
On new streets planned for construction which the SCCTD proposes to use
as a bus route, the SCCTD shall provide the Local Agency the T.I. necessary to
accommodate the anticipated 20 year wheel loads. The Local Agency shall determine
the increased structural pavement sections, if any, necessary to accommodate the
T.I. provided by the SCCTD and the T.I. planned by the Local Agency without bus
traffic. The differential construction cost for the additional structural section
necessary to accommodate the bus traffic shall be borne by the SCCTD.
Improvement features to specifically accor~nodate the bus system, when
requested by the SCCTD, shall be borne solely by the SCCTD. Such specific bus
improvement features may include, but not be limited to, turn-outs, passenger
shelters, and special passenger loading areas.
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