To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Julie Lucido, Public Works Director
Prepared By: Ian Heid, Senior Civil Engineer
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Napa Countywide Road Maintenance Act (Measure T) - Equivalent Fund Expenditures
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendation
Adopt a resolution approving a certification of Equivalent Fund Expenditures under the Measure T Program that demonstrates use of non-Measure T revenue for Class I Bike projects for fiscal year 2022-23
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DISCUSSION:
At the General Election held on November 6, 2012, the voters of Napa County approved a ½-cent sales tax increase known as Measure T, the Napa Countywide Road Maintenance Act of 2012. The sales tax is implemented by the Napa Valley Transportation Authority - Taxing Authority (“NVTA-TA”), and the tax proceeds are allocated among all local agencies within the County. The sales tax increase began July 1, 2018.
Measure T funding may only be used for maintenance, reconstruction, and/or rehabilitation of streets, roads, and transportation infrastructure within the public right-of-way including but not limited to sidewalks, curb and gutters, curb ramps, lighting, traffic signage, striping, and local roadway drainage.
While the funding generated from Measure T must be spent on street rehabilitation projects described above, Measure T also requires the local agencies receiving Measure T funds to commit other (non-Measure T) funds to the construction of Class 1 bicycle facilities. Specifically Measure T states that all of the Napa County agencies, collectively, must commit an amount equal to 6.67% of the revenue generated from Measure T on new Class 1 bicycle facility projects identified in the Countywide Bicycle Plan from non- Measure T funding (“Equivalent Fund Expenditures”). Other funding that qualifies for the 6.67% Equivalent Fund Expenditure calculations include local General Funds, State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP), and State Transportation Program and Congestion Mitigation Air Quality Funds (STP/CMAQ). Funds derived from philanthropy, state discretionary funding, and federal discretionary funding may not be used in the calculation to attain the 6.67% Equivalent Fund Expenditures.
The City entered into an Amended Master Funding Agreement (C2022-149) with NVTA-TA on September 13, 2022. Section 3 of this revised Master Funding Agreement requires the City to adopt and provide to NVTA-TA a resolution, with supporting documentation, prior to January 31 of each year showing the City’s Equivalent Fund Expenditures for the prior fiscal year.
The City incurred expenditures using non-Measure T revenue for two Class 1 Bicycle facility projects included in the Countywide Bicycle Plan in the period from July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023, which are eligible as Equivalent Fund Expenditures:
• Vine Trail Gap Closure (ST18PW08)
• State Route 29 Bicycle and Pedestrian Undercrossing (BP12PW01)
The Vine Trail Gap Closure project finished construction in 2022 but will have additional eligible expenditures to report for fiscal year 2023/2024 as the project’s administrative and grant reporting periods remain active. The SR-29 Undercrossing project is planned for completion in 2023 and funding for the construction of the project continues to be eligible for the Equivalent Fund Expenditures calculation in the current and future fiscal years as the project’s environmental mitigation, administrative, and grant reporting periods remain active.
The City’s total Equivalent Fund Expenditures for fiscal year 2022/2023 are $382,787.30, as shown in Exhibit A.
FINANCIAL IMPACTS:
The project expenditures subject to this action have already occurred; therefore, there are no immediate financial impacts associated with this action. Anticipated future expenditures in support of ST18PW08 and BP12PW01 have also already been allocated. Beyond these two projects, obligation of future Equivalent Fund Expenditures will require additional future Council action(s) for approval.
CEQA:
The Public Works Director has determined that the Recommended Action described in this Agenda Report is not subject to CEQA, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c).
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
ATCH 1 - Resolution
EX A - Equivalent Fund Expenditures Worksheet FY23
NOTIFICATION:
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