HomeMy WebLinkAbout07. Adopt Reso in Support for Ballot Measure to Protect Local Transportation FundsAPPROVED
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TO HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY MANAGER
FROM: MAYOR SEAN ASHTON
SUBJECT: SUPPORT FOR BALLOT MEASURE TO PROTECT LOCAL TRANSPORTATION
FUNDS
RECOMMENDATION
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In 2017, Senate Bill 1 was signed into law, which provided specified funding for local
transportation maintenance projects that have been under -funded for decades. The legislation
includes strict accountability measures such as the establishment of an Independent Inspector
General who is appointed by the Governor to oversee projects and programs to ensure all SB 1
funds are spent as promised and to reduce bureaucracy, waste, and red tape. The Inspector
General is also required to report annually to the state Legislature. Cities and counties must
publicly adopt and submit to the state a planned list of projects and year-end reporting that
accounts for every single dollar of SB 1 revenue they receive; Downey did this through the
adoption of the FY 2017-18 budget and Capital Improvement Plan.
Although Article XIX of the California Constitution already protects the gasoline excise tax and
vehicle registration fees, and a portion of the sales tax on diesel, these sources account for
about 60% of the revenues generated by SB 1. To protect the remaining 40% of the
transportation funds, Proposition 69 was introduced as a ballot measure for the June 2018
election. All gas tax moneys that were loaned in prior decades to the General Fund will have
been repaid under SB 1. The California Department of Finance estimates that the annual
average cost per driver is $117.09 per year, or $9.76 per month (due to an average Vehicle
Registration fee increase of $47.85 and an annual average increase in fuel tax of $69.24).
Because SB 1's $5 billion annual investment will create or support 682,029 jobs over 10 years
in California (according to a February 2018 analysis of SB 1 by the American Road and
Transportation Builders Association), Prop 69 is supported by a cross-section of government,
labor and business groups, such as:
California Alliance for Jobs
California Association of Councils of Governments
California State Council of Laborers
California Trucking Association
Chamber of Commerce of the Santa Barbara Region
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce
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Orange County Business Council
San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership
Silicon Valley Leadership Group
Southern California Partnership for Jobs
For the current fiscal year, the City has nearly $1,000,000 in SB 1 funds budgeted for streets
and traffic safety improvement projects.
FISCAL IMPACT
Loss of funds from SB 1 would reduce the City's available Capital Improvement Project funds by
approximately $1,000,000 per year.
ATTACHMENTS
<Exhibit A— Resolution
Exhibit B — City of Downey transportation projects funded by SB 1
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY
SUPPORTING THE JUNE 2018 CALIFORNIA STATE BALLOT PROPOSITION
69, THE MOTOR VEHICLE FEES AND :AXES: RESTRICTIONS ON
EXPENDITURES- •' •
WHEREAS, California's cities, counties and transportation agencies face a statewide
backlog of over $130 billion in needed funds to make transportation infrastructure
improvements; and
WHEREAS, "The Road Repair and Accountability Act" (SB 1 — Beall) passed by the
Legislature and signed by the Governor last year will raise $5 billion annually in long-term,
dedicated transportation funding to make road safety improvements, fill potholes and repair
local streets, highways, bridges and overpasses, with the revenues split equally between state
and local government projects; and
WHEREAS, SB 1 provides critically -needed funding in Downey that will be used for:
• FY 17-18 Annual Miscellaneous Construction & Repair of Concrete Improvements
• FY 17-18 Annual Slurry Seal Program
• Paramount Blvd. Raised Median Island Project (Imperial Hwy . — Firestone Blvd.)
• Paramount Blvd. Raised Median Island Project (Firestone Blvd. — Florence Ave.)
• Lakewood Blvd./Rosemead Blvd. Corridor Study
• Downey Safe Routes to School Project
WHEREAS, SB 1 contains strong accountability provisions to streamline projects by
cutting bureaucratic redundancies and red tape to ensure transportation funds are spent
efficiently and effectively, while also establishing the independent office of Transportation
Inspector General to perform audits, improve efficiency and increase transparency; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 69 on the June 2018 ballot would add additional accountability
for taxpayers by preventing the State Legislature from diverting or raiding any new
transportation revenues for non -transportation improvement purposes; and
WHEREAS, there is also 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 more than $1,000,000
annually dedicated to Downey, and halt critical investments in future transportation improvement
projects in our community;
NOW, •RE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF OF DOWNEY DOES
RESOLVEHEREBY •,' •
SECTION 1. The City of Downey hereby supports Proposition 69, the June 2018
constitutional amendment to prevent new transportation funds from being diverted for non -
transportation purposes; and.
SECTION2. The City of Downey hereby opposes the proposed November ballot
proposition (Attorney General #17-0033) that would repeal the new transportation funds and
make it more difficult to raise state and local transportation funds in the future; and
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SECTION 3. The City of Downey 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.
SECTION 4. Staff is hereby direct to transmit a copy of this adopted resolution to the
Coalition to Protect Local Transportation Improvements campaign.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution.
Sean Ashton
Mayor
MARIA ALICIA DUARTE, CMC
City Clerk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was adopted by the City Council of
the City of Downey at a Regular Meeting held on the 13 th day of March, 2018, by the following
• to wit:
AYES:
MARIA ALICIA DUARTE, CIVIC
City Clerk
• Mem•ers:
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• Member:
ABSENT:
• Member:
ABSTAIN.
• Member:
MARIA ALICIA DUARTE, CIVIC
City Clerk