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1) Prop 1B Road Program – What Is Colusa Doing With Its Prop 1B Money? a) $400,000 in Prop 1B Funds for Colusa – In 2008, the City of Colusa received $400,000 from the Proposition 1B Bond fund program. For a summary of the projects funded with that money, please see Table 1. b) What changed from the first reporting on the planned Prop 1B fund use?
i)
The City’s
application for funding through the State Safe Routes To School
program was not approved. This freed up $33K that was allocated to
that project to be shifted to the current road rehabilitation
project. For more info on the Safe Routes to School programs go to
http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/LocalPrograms/saferoutes/saferoutes.htm ii) Funding for the Wescott Road Rehabilitation project was deferred by the State to 2012/1. In order to maximize the immediate use of the Prop 1B funds in hand, the City reallocated the Prop 1B funds dedicated to that project ($155,000) to the 2007-08 road project also. In doing so, the City treated an additional 1.34 miles of roadway in 2008. c) Update on the Pavement Management System – The City chose to use the Pavement Management software developed and supported by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) in the San Francisco Bay Area. This system is used by more than 250 agencies nationwide. The City purchased the MTC PMS software rights in 2008. The pavement surveys will be completed in 2009. Use these links to get more information on the pavement management system… http://www.mtcpms.org/index.html http://www.mtcpms.org/FAQs/
Table 1 –Proposition 1B Road Funding Use
2) What was done with the road project that was completed in 2008? a) Map of Streets Treated d) Innovations and Project Facts i) The City used hot asphalt with tire rubber in it for the chip seals. The asphalt (“oil”) used to construct the chip seal portion of the cape seals used approximately 8 tons of recycled tire rubber. That is the equivalent of approximately 800 recycled passenger car tires used by the City of Colusa in this project.
ii)
City
constructed bulb-out curbs and sidewalks to solve multiple problems.
iii)
Excellent Cost Efficiency
– The cape seals constructed in Colusa will gain 2-3 times more
pavement life per dollar spent than the conventional recommended
repairs (reconstruction). The cape seal process that was applied to
Colusa’s roads has a life expectancy of 8 to 10 years in this
application, versus 20-25 years for reconstructed pavement, but it
costs five (5) times less than reconstruction. 3) City Programming Definitions For Current Road Projects.
a)
2007/08 STIP Road
Rehabilitation
Project Budget Sheet
b)
Pavement
Management System (PMS) Upgrade/Update
Project Budget
Sheet
c)
2008
Federal Safe Routes To School Improvements
Project Budget Sheet
d)
Fremont
Street Sidewalk Improvements
Project Budget Sheet 4) What Is The Economic Stimulus Doing For Colusa? a) City of Colusa will receive approximately $130,000 from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Economic Stimulus bill) for public roads i) The stimulus funds must be used only on local roads that are designated as being eligible for federal-aid. The only roads in Colusa that are currently eligible are: (1) Fremont Street from 10th Street to Bridge Street (2) 5th Street from Market Street to Fremont Street
ii)
The City
will construct more sidewalk improvements along Fremont Street to
fill in the remaining gaps on the north side and create a safe and
accessible route along the entire stretch from 10th
Street to Bridge Street. The
Fremont
Street Sidewalk project is planned to begin construction
by July 1st of 2009. 5) Why Did The City Do That?! a) Why Slurry Seal? b) Why Cape Seal? c) Why use sidewalk bulb-outs? 6) Where does this money come from? a) Transportation Development Act – The Transportation Development Act (TDA) is one of the major funding sources for public transit in California. The TDA provides two funding sources: i) Local Transportation Fund (LTF) – The LTF is derived from ¼ cent of the 7¼% general statewide sales tax. This ¼ cent of the sales tax is returned to every county in the state from where the tax was collected. ii) State Transit Assistance (STA) – The STA is derived from sales tax on gasoline and diesel fuel. Fifty percent of STA funds are allocated according to population. The other fifty percent is allocated according to the ratio of the total public transit revenues that were generated in each area during the prior fiscal year. b) Gas Tax i) Gas Tax Get ‘n’ Go Chart by California City Finance, an organization supported by the League of California Cities.
d)
The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation
Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU).
SAFETEA-LU authorizes the Federal surface transportation programs
for highways, highway safety, and transit for the 5-year period
2005-2009.
i) The most common programs used by smaller agencies are:
(1)
State
Transportation Improvement Program
(STIP) and,
(2)
Safe
Routes To School
(Federal and state programs) ii) For more information on how these funding programs go to Caltrans Local Programs e) Developer Impact Fees – As new development occurs in the city limits, the developers are required by city ordinance to pay fees to the City to compensate for the impacts of the new development upon the city road system. These fees are mostly for expansion and new facility requirements, but some is also collected for the added wear and maintenance requirements on existing roads.
7) Other Sources For Information On City Funding a) California City Finance http://www.californiacityfinance.com/ |
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