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To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Brian M. Balbas, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Date:	May 23, 2023

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Approve Fiscal Year 2023/24 Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account Project List for Unincorporated Contra Costa County.

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 05/23/2023

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Ken Carlson, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Nancy C. Wein (925) 313-2275
cc:	Jerry Fahy- Transportation Nancy C. Wein, Transportation

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: May 23, 2023
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

ADOPT Resolution No. 2023/182 approving a list of projects for Fiscal Year 2023/24 funded by Senate Bill 1 (SB1): The Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account funds, as recommended by the Transportation Infrastructure and Water Committee, and DIRECT staff to submit the list to the California Transportation Commission. (All Districts)

FISCAL IMPACT:

100% allocation to the Road Fund from Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA) program under Senate Bill 1 (SB1) in the approximate amount of $20.5 million.

BACKGROUND:

In 2017 a landmark transportation funding package known as Senate Bill 1 (SB1), was signed by Governor Brown to create new revenue to help fund California’s significant funding shortfall to maintain the state’s multimodal transportation network.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

SB1 increased several taxes and fees to raise over $5 billion annually in new transportation revenues. SB1 prioritizes funding towards maintenance, rehabilitation and safety improvements on state highways, local streets and roads, and bridges and to improve the state’s trade corridors, transit, and active transportation facilities.

SB1 Funds are comprised of two parts - an increase in the annual gas tax revenue that local agencies have been receiving and a new funding source called Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA) program funds. The California State Association of Counties (CSAC) annually provides an estimate of the total gas tax revenues the County will receive from transportation bill, including the total estimated revenue from RMRA program funds. CSAC estimates the County will receive about $47.8 million in total transportation funding for FY 2023/2024 from SB1, with about $20.5 million of that amount from the RMRA program. This amount will continue to grow in future years with the built-in inflationary index.

Prior to receiving an apportionment of RMRA funds from the State Controller in a fiscal year, the County must submit to the CTC a list of projects proposed to be funded with these funds. All projects proposed to receive funding must be reviewed and approved by the County Board of Supervisors at a public meeting.

The list of projects must include a description and location of each proposed project, a proposed schedule for the project’s completion, and the estimated useful life of the improvement. The project list does not limit the flexibility of the County to fund projects in accordance with local needs and priorities so long as the projects are consistent with RMRA priorities as outlined in the applicable code sections. Some example projects and uses for RMRA funding include, but are not limited to the following:

- Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation

- Safety Projects

- Railroad Grade Separations

- Complete Streets Components (including active transportation purposes, pedestrian and bicycle safety projects, transit facilities, and drainage and stormwater capture projects in conjunction with any other allowable project)

- Traffic Control Devices

Streets and Highways Code Section 2030(b)(2) states that funds made available by the program may also be used to satisfy a match requirement to obtain state or federal funds for projects.

Staff has developed a recommended list of projects for the Board of Supervisors to consider submitting to CTC.

The following criteria will be used by staff when developing the current and future project lists for RMRA funds:

- Eligibility criteria for RMRA funds

- Emergency storm damage projects that exceeded existing road fund revenue capacity

- Maintenance and rehabilitation priorities

- Roadway safety- Expiring grants where local funds are necessary to complete the funding package

- Geographic equity

- Projects where expenditures had already occurred for design of the project and had been shelved due to declining gas tax revenues

- Multi-modal benefits in accordance with the Board of Supervisor’s Complete Streets policy

- Positive impact to Road Program performance metrics

- Clearing the queue of delayed projects that were a result of declining gas tax revenues

- Meeting customer expectations

With the passage of SB1, the County will now receive about $47.8 million in total transportation funding in FY 2023/4, with approximately $20.5 million of that amount from the RMRA program. The County currently uses the majority of the Gas Tax funds towards public roadway maintenance and repair for approximately 660 miles of the roadway network in the unincorporated areas of Contra Costa County to ensure a safe and convenient public travel in a variety of modes: driving, walking and bicycling. These funds are also used to improve traffic safety throughout the County by using it as the local match to leverage funds from state and federal grant programs.

In FY 2023/2024 it is proposed to use all the RMRA funds for maintenance activities.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If a project list is not approved by the Board of Supervisors and submitted to the CTC by the July 1, 2023 deadline, the County will not be eligible to receive its portion of RMRA funds and the projects listed above will not be constructed.