HomeMy WebLinkAbout051-2018RESOLUTION NO. 51-2018
SUPPORTING PROPOSITION 69 AND OPPOSING THE REPEAL OF
SB 1, THE ROAD REPAIR AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2017
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 for repairing and maintaining in good condition the local streets and roads
system, and the State Highway System has $57 million worth of deferred maintenance;
and
WHEREAS, Proposition 69, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017" was placed
on the June 2018 ballot and would 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, and would 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 Town of Danville that will be
used for pavement management and roadway infrastructure projects; and
WHEREAS, SB 1 contains strong accountability and transparency provisions to ensure
the public knows how their tax dollars are being invested and of 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 establishes the
independent office of Transportation Inspector General to perform audits, improve
efficiency, and increase transparency; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 69 would add additional protections for taxpayers by
preventing the State Legislature from diverting or spending any new transportation
improvement fee 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 up to $800,000 annually
dedicated to the Town of Danville and halt critical investments in future transportation
improvement projects in our community; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED, that the Town of Danville hereby support Proposition 69, the June 2018
constitutional amendment to prevent new transportation funds from being diverted for
non -transportation purposes; and, be it further
RESOLVED, that the Town of Danville hereby oppose the proposed November ballot
proposition (Attorney General 417-0033) that would repeal the new transportation funds
and make it more difficult to raise state and local transportation funds in the future; now,
therefore be it
RESOLVED, that the Town of Danville does hereby support 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 in opposition to the repeal of SB 1.
APPROVED by the Danville Town Council at a regular meeting on May 1, 2018 by the
following vote:
AYES: Arnerich, Blackwell, Morgan, Stepp(
NOES: None
ABSTAINED: None
ABSENT: None
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY
ATTEST:
CITY CLE C
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