Resolution No. 2017-062RESOLUTION NO. 2017-62
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
VERNON TO ADOPT A PROJECT FUNDED BY SENATE BILL 1
THE ROAD REPAIR AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 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 in order to address
the significant multi -modal transportation funding shortfalls
statewide; and
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 1 includes accountability and
transparency provisions that will ensure that the residents and
business community of our City are aware of the projects proposed for
funding in our community and which projects have been completed each
fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, the City must adopt a list of all projects proposed
to receive funding from the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account
(RMRA), created by Senate Bill 1, by resolution, 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, Streets and Highways Code Section 2032(h)(2)
specifies that fifty (50) percent of the balance of revenues deposited
into the RMRA, after certain funding is set aside for various programs,
will be continuously appropriated for apportionment to cities and
counties by the State Controller pursuant to the formula in Streets and
Highways Code Section 2103(a)(3)(C)(i) and (ii); and
WHEREAS, the City, will receive an estimated $1,187 in RMRA
funding in Fiscal Year 2017-18 from Senate Bill 1; and
WHEREAS, in order to receive an allocation or apportionment
pursuant to Streets and Highways Code Section 2032, the City shall
annually expend from its general fund for street, road, and highway
purposes an amount not less than the annual average of its expenditures
from its general fund during the 2009-10, 2010-11, and 2011-12 fiscal
years, as reported to the State Controller pursuant to Streets and
Highways Code Section 2151; and
WHEREAS, the City's annual average of its expenditures from
its general fund during the 2009-10, 2010-11, and 2011-12 fiscal years
is $830,243; and
WHEREAS, by memorandum dated November 21, 2017, the Director
of Public Works has recommended the adoption of a project funded by
Senate Bill 1: The Road Repair and Accountability Act for Fiscal Year
2017/2018.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby
finds and determines that the above recitals are true and correct.
SECTION 2: The City Council of the City of Vernon finds
that this action does not constitute a "project" pursuant to sections
15378(b)(2) and (4) of the Guidelines to the California Environmental
Quality Act ("CEQA"), because it constitutes an administrative activity
and government funding mechanism that does not involve any commitment
to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant
impact on the environment; and even if the adoption of the proposed
resolution did constitute a project, it would be exempt from CEQA in
accordance with CEQA Guidelines Sections 15302, because the proposed
project consists of the replacement of existing structures and
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facilities where the new structure will be located on the same site as
the structure replaced and will have substantially the same purpose and
capacity as the structure replaced; and Section 15061(b)(3), the
general rule that CEQA only applies to projects that may have a
significant effect on the environment.
SECTION 3: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby
adopts the following project planned to be funded with Road Maintenance
and Rehabilitation Account revenues:
Project
Location
Estimated
Useful
Life
Estimated
Construction
Dates
Sign
Section 3 of the Sign
10 - 15
Pre -
Replacement
Replacement Program.
years
Construction
Program -
Northern boundary line
07/2017
Traffic signs
between Santa Fe Avenue and
replacement
Soto Street to Vernon
Completion
program to
Avenue. Soto Street to east
10/2017
comply with
side of Santa Fe Avenue
the CAMUTCD's
including all streets within
Maintaining
Section 3 - 26th Street,
Minimum
27th Street, 28th Street,
Retroreflecti
30th Street, 37th Street,
vity
Seville Avenue, Jewel
standards
Avenue, Minerva Street, and
Harriett Street
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SECTION 4: The City Clerk, or Deputy City Clerk, of the
City of Vernon shall certify to the passage, approval and adoption of
this resolution, and the City Clerk, or Deputy City Clerk, of the City
of Vernon shall cause this resolution and the City Clerk's, or Deputy
City Clerk's, certification to be entered in the File of Resolutions of
the Council of this City.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of December, 2017.
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City Clerk / •gip
APPROVED AS AS TO FORM:
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Bria Byun,
Senior Deputy ity Attorney
Name: Melis8a Ybarra
Title: Mayor /
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, Maria E . Ayala, City Clerk / _ p �6-}' G4 er-4 o f the City
of Vernon, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution, being
Resolution No. 2017-62, was duly passed, approved and adopted by the
City Council of the City of Vernon at a regular meeting of the City
Council duly held on Tuesday, December 5, 2017, and thereafter was duly
signed by the Mayor or Mayor Pro-Tem of the City of Vernon.
Executed this day of December, 2017, at Vernon, California.
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aria E . Ayala
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STAFF REPORT
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RECEIVED
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CITY CLERK'S OFFICE
STAFF REPORT
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
DATE: November 21, 2017
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TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Daniel Wall, Director of Public Work
Originator: Claudia Arellano, Stormwater & Special Projects Analyst
RE: A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT A PROJECT FUNDED BY SENATE BILL 1:
THE ROAD REPAIR AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT
Recommendation
A. Find that the approval of the proposed action, does not constitute a "project" pursuant to
sections 15378(b)(2) and (4) of the Guidelines to the California Environmental Quality Act
("CEQA"), because it constitutes an administrative activity and government funding
mechanism that does not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result
in a potentially significant impact on the environment; and even if the adoption of the
proposed resolution did constitute a project, it would be exempt from CEQA in accordance
with CEQA Guidelines Sections 15302, because the proposed project consists of the
replacement of existing structures and facilities where the new structure will be located on
the same site as the structure replaced and will have substantially the same purpose and
capacity as the structure replaced; and 15061(b)(3), the general rule that CEQA only
applies to projects that may have a significant effect on the environment; and
B. Adopt a resolution adopting a project funded by Senate Bill 1: The Road Repair and
Accountability Act for Fiscal Year 2017/2018.
Backy,round
On April 28, 2017, the Governor signed Senate Bill 1 (Beall, Chapter 5, Statute 2017), which is
known as the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 to address basic road maintenance,
rehabilitation and critical safety needs on both the state highway and local street and road systems.
Senate Bill 1 increases per gallon fuel excise taxes, increases diesel fuel sales taxes and vehicle
registration fees, and provides for inflationary adjustments to tax rates in future years.
Beginning November 1, 2017, the State Controller will deposit a portion of this new funding into
the newly created Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA). Part of the RMRA
funding will be apportioned by formula to eligible cities and counties pursuant to Streets and
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Highways Code Section 2032(h)(2) for basic road maintenance, rehabilitation, and critical safety
projects on the local streets and road systems. Pursuant to Streets and Highways Code Section
2030, RMRA local streets and roads allocations must be used for projects "that include, but are
not limited to," the following:
• Road maintenance and rehabilitation
• Safety projects
• Railroad grade separations
• Traffic control devices
• Complete street components, "including active transportation purposes, pedestrian and
bicycle safety projects, transit facilities, and drainage and storm -water capture projects in
conjunction with any other allowable project."
The City's allocation for Fiscal Year 2017/2018 is estimated to be $1,187 pursuant to the formula
in Streets and Highways Code Section 2103(a)(3)(C)(i) and (ii). The formula essentially
proportions the total population the City bears to the total population of all the cities in the state.
Maintenance of Effort. RMRA
The Road Repair and Accountability Act contains a local agency maintenance of effort (MOE)
requirement that applies to funds allocated through the RMRA. The Act states that the MOE
requirement is to ensure that these new road funds do not supplant existing levels of city and county
general revenue spending on streets and roads. The MOE for the receipt of RMRA funds state that
a city or county must maintain general fund spending for street, road, and highway purposes at no
less than the average of fiscal years 2009/2010, 2010/2011, and 2011/2012 as reported to the State
Controller pursuant to Streets and Highways Code Section 2151. In making this calculation an
agency may exclude one-time funds. A city or county that fails to comply in a particular year may
make it up with additional expenditures in the following year. The Act provides that the State
Controller may perform audits to ensure compliance with these MOE rules. If the State Controller
determines that a city or county has not met its MOE, the agency will be required to reimburse the
state for the funds it received during that fiscal year. However, a city or county that fails to comply
in a particular fiscal year may expend during that fiscal year and the following fiscal year a total
amount that is sufficient to comply. Any funds withheld or returned as a result of a failure to
comply will be reapportioned to the other counties and cities whose expenditures are in
compliance.
The City's annual average of its expenditures from its general fund during Fiscal Years 2009/2010,
2010/2011, and 2011/2012 is $830,243 as shown on the table below:
Maintenance of Effort - General Fund for Streets & Roads - Estimated Unofficial
Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account per Streets & Hwys Code Sec 2036'
Revised Est: 0810712017
Streets and Roads Annual Report - Reported General Fund for Street Purposes
VERNON
FY2009/2010
FY2010/2011
FY2011/2012
Average
U ustment
RMRA MOE
789,165
616,736
1,084,827
830,243
830,243
The City's local match identified by the State is significantly higher. As indicated above, the
City's MOE is $830,243 and the State's allocation for Fiscal Year 2017/2018 is estimated at $1,187
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which means the City would be required to expend $830,243 in approved projects in order to
receive the allocated funds of $1,187. The sum of the approved and budgeted street improvements
for Fiscal Year 2017/2018 is $2,375,000.
Spending Plans and Reports: RMRA
The Road Repair and Accountability Act stipulates that, prior to receiving RMRA funds in a fiscal
year, a city or county must submit to the California Transportation Commission (CTC) a project
list pursuant to an adopted budget. The list must include for each project: description, location,
schedule, useful life. [Streets and Highways Code Section 2034(a)] The Road Repair and
Accountability Act also requires that a city or county submit to the CTC an annual report of project
completion in order to receive RMRA funds. The report must include descriptions of all projects
for which RMRA funds were expended including: description, location, funds expended,
completion date, and estimated useful life of the project.
The City's Sign Replacement Program project is identified as a potential candidate for Fiscal Year
2017/2018 Senate Bill 1 funding.
Fiscal Impact
There is no fiscal impact with the adoption of a resolution approving the Sign Replacement
Program project for Fiscal Year 2017/2018 Senate Bill 1 funding. The City will allocate funding,
once it fulfills the requirements under the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017.
Attachment
1. Proposed Resolution
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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
VERNON TO ADOPT A PROJECT FUNDED BY SENATE BILL 1
THE ROAD REPAIR AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 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 in order to address
the significant multi -modal transportation funding shortfalls
statewide; and
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 1 includes accountability and
transparency provisions that will ensure that the residents and
business community of our City are aware of the projects proposed for
funding in our community and which projects have been completed each
fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, the City must adopt a list of all projects proposed
to receive funding from the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account
(RMRA), created by Senate Bill 1, by resolution, 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, Streets and Highways Code Section 2032(h)(2)
specifies that fifty (50) percent of the balance of revenues deposited
into the RMRA, after certain funding is set aside for various programs,
will be continuously appropriated for apportionment to cities and
counties by the State Controller pursuant to the formula in Streets and
Highways Code Section 2103 (a) (3) (C) (i) and (ii) ; and
WHEREAS, the City, will receive an estimated $1,187 in RMRA
funding in Fiscal Year 2017-18 from Senate Bill 1; and
WHEREAS, in order to receive an allocation or apportionment
pursuant to Streets and Highways Code Section 2032, the City shall
annually expend from its general fund for street, road, and highway
purposes an amount not less than the annual average of its expenditures
from its general fund during the 2009-10, 2010-11, and 2011-12 fiscal
years, as reported to the State Controller pursuant to Streets and
Highways Code Section 2151; and
WHEREAS, the City's annual average of its expenditures from
its general fund during the 2009-10, 2010-11, and 2011-12 fiscal years
is $830,243; and
WHEREAS, by memorandum dated November 21, 2017, the Director
of Public Works has recommended the adoption of a project funded by
Senate Bill 1: The Road Repair and Accountability Act for Fiscal Year
2017/2018.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby
finds and determines that the above recitals are true and correct.
SECTION 2: The City Council of the City of Vernon finds
that this action does not constitute a "project" pursuant to sections
15378(b)(2) and (4) of the Guidelines to the California Environmental
Quality Act ("CEQA"), because it constitutes an administrative activity
and government funding mechanism that does not involve any commitment
to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant
impact on the environment; and even if the adoption of the proposed
resolution did constitute a project, it would be exempt from CEQA in
accordance with CEQA Guidelines Sections 15302, because the proposed
project consists of the replacement of existing structures and
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facilities where the new structure will be located on the same site as
the structure replaced and will have substantially the same purpose and
capacity as the structure replaced; and Section 15061(b)(3), the
general rule that CEQA only applies to projects that may have a
significant effect on the environment.
SECTION 3: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby
adopts the following project planned to be funded with Road Maintenance
and Rehabilitation Account revenues:
Project
Location
Estimated
Useful
Life
Estimated
Construction
Dates
Sign
Section 3 of the Sign
10 - 15
Pre -
Replacement
Replacement Program.
years
Construction
Program -
Northern boundary line
07/2017
Traffic signs
between Santa Fe Avenue and
replacement
Soto Street to Vernon
Completion
program to
Avenue. Soto Street to east
10/2017
comply with
side of Santa Fe Avenue
the CAMUTCD's
including all streets within
Maintaining
Section 3 - 26th Street,
Minimum
27th Street, 28th Street,
Retroreflecti
30th Street, 37th Street,
vity
Seville Avenue, Jewel
standards
Avenue, Minerva Street, and
Harriett Street
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SECTION 4: The City Clerk, or Deputy City Clerk, of the
City of Vernon shall certify to the passage, approval and adoption of
this resolution, and the City Clerk, or Deputy City Clerk, of the City
of Vernon shall cause this resolution and the City Clerk's, or Deputy
City Clerk's, certification to be entered in the File of Resolutions of
the Council of this City.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of December, 2017.
ATTEST:
City Clerk / Deputy City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Bria Byun,
Senior Deputy 6ity Attorney
Name:
Title: Mavor / Mavor Pro-Tem
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
I,
ss
City Clerk / Deputy City Clerk of the City
of Vernon, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution, being
Resolution No. , was duly passed, approved and adopted by the
City Council of the City of Vernon at a regular meeting of the City
Council duly held on Tuesday, December 5, 2017, and thereafter was duly
signed by the Mayor or Mayor Pro-Tem of the City of Vernon.
Executed this day of December, 2017, at Vernon, California.
(SEAL)
City Clerk / Deputy City Clerk
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