TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Carrie Tai, AICP, Acting Public Works Director
Prem Kumar, City Engineer
Adilia Miller, Senior Civil Engineer
SUBJECT:Title
Consideration of a Resolution Re-Adopting the List of Street Repair Projects from Fiscal Year 2020-2021 for Fiscal Year 2021-2022 to be Funded by Senate Bill 1: The Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 (Acting Public Works Director Tai).
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 21-0033
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the City Council adopt the attached Resolution No. 21-0033
1) Re-adopting the list of Fiscal Year 2020-2021 for Fiscal Year 2021-2022 for street repair projects to be funded by Senate Bill 1 (SB 1): The Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA) revenues.
2) Authorizing the Public Works Director to submit the necessary project information to the California Transportation Commission (CTC) as required by the Act, including year-end reporting for all SB 1 Projects.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
The City of Manhattan Beach anticipates receiving $650,000 of SB1 funding during Fiscal Year (FY) 2021-2022. On or before May 1, 2021, of each year, the City must adopt, by resolution, a list of qualifying street projects intended to be partially or fully funded with SB 1 funds in order to receive funding from the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA) starting July 1 of that same year. The actual budget appropriation of SB 1 funding will occur with the adoption of the City’s annual Capital Improvement Program Budget.
BACKGROUND:
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 Governor Brown in April 2017 in order to address significant transportation funding shortfalls statewide.
Beginning November 1, 2017, the State Controller (Controller) began depositing funds into the newly created RMRA in order to distribute them to eligible cities pursuant to Streets and Highways Code Section 2032(h) for basic road maintenance, rehabilitation and critical safety projects on the local streets and roads system. As a condition of receiving SB 1 funds, Manhattan Beach is required to adopt a project list and provide year end reporting on completed projects. Over the past four years, the City has programmed the following SB 1 funds and projects:
• FY 2017-2018: Approximately $199,000 for the Manhattan Avenue/Highland Avenue Resurfacing Project.
• FY 2018-2019: Approximately $598,000 for the Marine Avenue Resurfacing Project.
• FY 2019-2020: Approximately $596,000 for the Cycle 1 Street Resurfacing Project, which includes 14 street segments at various locations between Liberty Village and Sepulveda Boulevard.
• FY 2020-2021: On April 20, 2020, the City Council approved the programming of approximately $536,000 for the Cycle 2 Street Resurfacing Project, which includes 5 deteriorated street segments at various locations west of Sepulveda Boulevard between 33rd Street and Valley Drive.
DISCUSSION:
Due to COVID-19 Pandemic, the list of five streets for the Cycle 2 Street Resurfacing Project that was previously approved on April 20, 2020, for programming of SB 1 monies was significantly delayed with the design contract awarded at the March 2, 2021, City Council meeting. The CTC recognizes the predicament caused by the Pandemic on many cities allowing for the carry-over of FY 2020-2021 monies and re-listing the five streets for FY 2021-2022 prior to May 1, 2021. Please note these streets are part of the recommended streets for rehabilitation in the triennial Pavement Management Program Final Report. On January 15, 2019, City Council received and approved the triennial Pavement Management Program Final Report, which ranked the condition of each City street segment on a scale from 0-100 (100 being best). Based on that report and the list of streets originally proposed in April 2020, staff now recommends that City Council approve a resolution re-adopting FY 2020-2021 street list for the upcoming year’s allocation of SB 1 funding to support the rehabilitation efforts.
Street Names Work Limits
27th Street Laurel Avenue - Pacific Avenue
Flournoy Road Ardmore Avenue - 19th Street
Flournoy Road Valley Drive - 33rd Street
Agnes Road 29th Street - Marine Avenue
Marine Avenue Blanche Road - Valley Drive
The City intends to resurface or reconstruct these streets by milling the top two inches of the existing asphalt, repairing the base structure, and capping them with two inches of rubberized asphalt concrete where applicable. This rehabilitation method will extend the street pavement life between 15 - 20 years. Where necessary, repairs to curbs and gutters and installation/upgrades of Americans with Disabilities (ADA) curb ramps improvements will also be constructed.
Design services for development of plans and specifications for these and other streets also funded by local returns (e.g., Gas Tax, Measure R, Measure M, Proposition C) will be presented to City Council in the near future for award consideration. Staff’s goal is to have the designs completed and ready for bidding next fall, a construction contract awarded by December 2022, and commencement of construction in January 2022. This would allow all work completed by June 2022, barring any unforeseen issues.
PUBLIC OUTREACH:
A community meeting will be scheduled during the design phase of the project and targeted outreach will occur prior to the start of construction for those who are near or adjacent to construction activities.
ENVIROMENTAL REVIEW:
It is anticipated that the proposed project is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Per the CEQA Guidelines, the project is exempt pursuant to the following provision: Section 15301, Class 1(c). Based on the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requirements, a Notice of Exemption will be filed for the project with the Los Angeles County Clerk’s office prior to the construction phase.
LEGAL REVIEW:
The City Attorney has reviewed this report and no further legal review is necessary.
ATTACHMENT:
1. Resolution No. 21-0033