HomeMy WebLinkAbout24426 RESOLUTION NO. 24426
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, OPPOSING "THE ROAD
REPAIR AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT" (SB 1 — BEAL)
REPEAL, AND APPROVAL TO JOIN THE COALITION TO
PROTECT LOCAL TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS.
WHEREAS, cities and counties own and operate more than 81 percent of streets
and roads in California, and from the moment we open our front door to drive to work,
bike to school, or walk to the bus station, people are dependent upon a safe, reliable local
transportation network; and
WHEREAS, the 2016 California Statewide Local Streets and Roads Needs
Assessment, which provides critical analysis and information on the local transportation
network's condition and funding needs, indicates that the condition of the local
transportation network is deteriorating at an increasing rate; and
WHEREAS, cities and counties are facing a funding shortfall of$73 billion over the
next 10-years to repair and maintain in a good condition the local streets and roads
system and the State Highway System has $57 million worth of deferred maintenance;
and
WHEREAS, SB 1 — the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 — will raise
approximately $5.4 billion annually in long-term, dedicated transportation funding to
rehabilitate and maintain local streets, roads, and highways, make critical, life-saving
safety improvements, repair and replace aging bridges and culverts, reduce congestion
and increase mobility options including bicycle and pedestrian facilities with the revenues
split equally between state and local projects; and
WHEREAS, SB 1 provides critically-needed funding in the City of Palm Springs
that will be used in the near future for:
• Critically needed pavement rehabilitation on various City streets; and
• Improvements to Indian Canyon Drive to support conversion from one-way traffic
circulation to two-way traffic circulation in an effort to improve pedestrian and traffic
safety; and
WHEREAS, SB 1 contains strong accountability and transparency provisions to
ensure the public knows how their tax dollars are being invested and the corresponding
benefits to their community including annual project lists that identify planned investments
and annual expenditure reports that detail multi-year and completed projects; and
WHEREAS, SB 1 requires the State to cut bureaucratic redundancies and red tape
to ensure transportation funds are spent efficiently and effectively, and also establishes
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the independent office of Transportation Inspector General to perform audits, improve
efficiency and increase transparency; and
WHEREAS, there is a proposed ballot measure aimed for the November 2018
ballot (Attorney General #17-0033) that would repeal the new transportation revenues
provided by SB 1 and make it more difficult to increase funding for state and local
transportation improvements in the future; and
WHEREAS, this proposed November proposition would raid an estimated $13.3
million in new transportation funding (projected over ten years) dedicated to the City of
Palm Springs provided by SB 1, and halt critical investments in future transportation
improvement projects in Palm Springs.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS DOES HEREBY
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: The City of Palm Springs hereby opposes the proposed November
ballot proposition (Attorney General #17-0033) that would repeal SB 1 and eliminate the
new transportation funds and make it more difficult to raise state and local transportation
funds in the future.
SECTION 2: The City of Palm Springs supports and can be listed as a member of
the Coalition to Protect Local Transportation Improvements, a diverse coalition of local
government, business, labor, transportation, and other organizations throughout the state,
in support of Proposition 69 and opposing the repeal of SB 1 and directs staff to email a
copy of this adopted resolution to the Coalition to Protect Local Transportation
Improvements campaign.
SECTION 3: This resolution shall become effective immediately upon its passage
and adoption.
ADOPTED THIS 6T" DAY OF JUNE, 2018.
David H. Ready, Esq.,
City Manager
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
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CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS )
I, ANTHONY J. MEJIA, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, hereby certify that
Resolution No. 24426 is a full, true and correct copy, and was duly adopted at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Palm Springs on June 6, 2018, by the following
vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Holstege, Kors, Middleton, Mayor Pro Tern Roberts, and
Mayor Moon
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the
City of Palm Springs, California, this day of ,►�, ^7x�;4�,
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