Title
Adopt the Fiscal Year 2016-17 Annual Road Maintenance Plan.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors adopt the Fiscal Year 2016-17 Annual Road Maintenance Plan.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Fiscal Year (FY) 2016-17 Annual Road Maintenance Plan (Annual Plan) provides a description of the major maintenance activities to be performed on the County's transportation system within the unincorporated areas of Monterey County. The Annual Plan includes detailed maintenance schedules by activity and by Supervisorial District for the infrastructure located within the unincorporated areas of Monterey County.
The Annual Plan only captures fifteen (15) activities out of a total of twenty-six (26) due to shortage in personnel and funding constraints. The fifteen (15) maintenance categories in the Annual Plan consist of the following: Guardrails, Bridge Maintenance, Striping/Marking/Signs, Shoulder Grading, Dirt Road Grading, Culvert Cleaning, Drainage, Mowing, Pothole Repair, Chip Seal and Patch Preparation, Litter Abatement, Street Sweeping, Citizen Requests for Service (RFS), Emergencies, and Traffic Signals/Flashing Beacons/Radar Feedback Signs.
Also included in the Annual Plan are Capital Projects that are or will be under construction during this upcoming reporting period. These Capital projects are funded through a variety of sources including the Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) allocation, local funds from the Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC), one-time allocation of General Funds in the amount of $1.7M and State Regional Surface Transportation Program (RSTP) grant funding. In order to expedite response in performing emergency repairs as a result of the damages caused by the 2016 winter storms, Public Works utilized the Job Order Contracting (JOC) process.
The purpose for this Annual Plan is to: (1) provide transparency by listing the actual work that is planned along with the anticipated cost, and (2) provide a w...
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