Title
Adopt a Resolution to:
a. Accept the 2015 annual report of the Mileage of Maintained County Roads; and
b. Authorize the RMA-Director of Public Works and Facilities to forward the Resolution and tabulations to the California Department of Transportation.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors adopt a Resolution to:
a. Accept the 2015 annual report of the Mileage of Maintained County Roads; and
b. Authorize the RMA-Director of Public Works and Facilities to forward the Resolution and
tabulations to the California Department of Transportation.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The California Streets and Highway Code, Section 2121, requires counties to submit to the California Department of Transportation, in May of each year, any additions or deletions to the Mileage of Maintained County Roads. Revisions to the Mileage of Maintained County Roads may result from several occurrences including the construction of new roads, approval of freeway maintenance agreements, abandonments, annexations, and/or corrections to errors in existing tabulations. This annual report is necessary for apportioning Highway Users Tax (HUT) monies.
This year an additional 0.36 miles of road are being reported over the previous years. This is due to the inclusion of three roads accepted by your Board in 2013. These roads are Access Road, Livingston Road and, Yanks Way; all of which are located in the confines of the Yanks Air Museum Project just north of the city of Greenfield. This raises the total Monterey County maintained mileage to 1,234.61 miles. This includes 1,100.36 miles of paved roadway, and 134.25 miles of unpaved roadway.
This supports the County’s strategic policy for infrastructure by assuring correct payment of HUT, aka Gas Tax, to the Road Fund in the next fiscal year.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
The California Department of Transportation will incorporate these revisions into the State Certified Mileage of Maintained County Roads for Monterey County.
FINANCING:
This report was prepared by staff funded out of the Road Fund (Fund 002, Subfund TRAF, Unit 8195). Therefore, there is no financial impact to the General Fund. However, miles maintained is a factor used in apportioning Highway Users Tax monies, which have been reduced by about 34% ($4.3 million) over the past two years (from $12.6M in FY16 to $8.3M in FY17). A portion of all of the HUT monies that are allocated to Cities and Counties are based on the proportional share of miles each agency maintains. Due to the minor change in mileage, this is not expected to have a significant impact to the County’s HUT payments.
Prepared by: Brenda Villanueva, Assistant Engineer, (831) 796-8908
Approved by: Benny J. Young, Interim Director of Public Works and Facilities
Approved by: Carl P. Holm, AICP, RMA Director
Prepared Date: March 30, 2016
Attachment(s): Resolution - Att. 1; Summary Sheet of 2015 Mileage of Maintained County Roads - Att. 2; Yanks Way 1of2 - Att. 3; Yanks Way 2of2 - Att. 3a (Attachment(s) on file with the Clerk of the Board)