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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - March 15, 2006 K-02AGENDA ITEM�� CITY OF LODI COUNCIL COMMUNICATION AGENDA TITLE: Review and Adopt Formal Comments on Measure K Renewal Expenditure Plan MEETING DATE: March 15,2006 PREPAREDBY: Public Works Director RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council review and adopt formal comments on the Measure K Renewal Expenditure Plan. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The Measure K Renewal effort has been progressing for the past two years. A key element of the Renewal is an updated Expenditure Plan which guides and implementsthe Y2 -cent sales tax. The San Joaquin Council of Governments (SJCOG) is requesting formal comments. The proposed Expenditure Plan is structured fundamentally similarto the current Plan with four broad categories of projects but includes a variety of changes in this 30 -year program. (The current Plan and tax was for 20 years.) The SJCOG Board is interested in two specific changes to the draft Plan as outlined in their February 27, 2006 letter (Exhibit A). The current version of the Expenditure Plan is attached as Exhibit B. Additional information on the Renewal effort is available on the SJCOG Website at httr)://www.sicoa.ora/sections/measurek/proa ram renewal. Staff reviewed the draft Expenditure Plan with the City Council at the February 15, 2006 meeting. Follow-up items, along with the items mentioned in the ExhibitA letter are addressed below. ■ State Route 12 Improvements: o Exchange the "west of 1-5" project with "between 1-6 and Lower Sacramento Road" project — Both projects are fairly equal in terms of traffic demand, however, as noted in the February 27 letter, there are significant challengesto delivering a projectwest of 1-5. Yet, the project is well supported by the voters. Staff has no objections to leaving both projects in the Plan, but concurswith the suggestion in the SJCOG letter to "exchange" the two projects. Highway 99/12 (West) interchange—This project is listed in the Local Roadway Projects sub -category of the Congestion Relief category. Since this is the intersection of two State highways, staff recommends that it be moved to the State Highway sub -category. Local Street Repair and Roadway Safety — This portion of Measure K directly allocates funds, on a formula basis, to the County and the Cities for projects at the agency's discretion. Small Jurisdictionswould receive a minimum of $250,000. (Currently, the minimum is $100,000.) The February 27 letter from the SJCOG Board considers increasing the minimum to $500,000. The Technical Advisory Committee is suggesting the minimum be $300,000. Staff is comfortable with the $300,000 minimum, noting it is a significant increase. (Lodi is well above any of these minimums.) If a higher minimum is proposed, staff suggests it be increased over time, such as: $250,000 in 2011, $350,000 in 2021 and $450,000 in 2031. APPROVED: /, Blair Kin ' Manager J1GOUNCIL\06\WasureKRenewatComments doe 31t012006 Review and Adopt Formal Comments on Measure K Renewal Expenditure Plan March 15, 2006 Page 2 Congestion Relief— Local Area Projects —Atthe February 15 meeting, the Council asked staff to review this list in terms of deliverability. The list, along with rough cost estimates, is shown in Exhibit C. The results of polling commissioned by SJCOG for most of the Lodi Area projects are presented in Exhibit D. Also, the Railroad Crossing Safety category in Measure Kwill not provide significant funds for the Lodi Avenue and Harney Lane grade separation projects which are favored by the voters. Utilizing funds from the Local Roadway sub-categoryfor a grade separation may be considered in the future. While the cost estimatesfor these projects substantially exceed the estimated revenue from the Measure K renewal, other funds will be applied to these projects. (Note that the cost estimates are not included in the Expenditure Plan.) Exhibit C indicateswhich additional funding sources are presently identified for each project. However, an exact funding program is not possible at this time, given the approximate nature of the estimates and future availability of State, Federal and other funds. The Measure includes provisions to amend the Expenditure Plan. As the City develops priorities and refines project scope and costs, we may make changes to the Plan in the future. Other changes will include updates and revisions to the fee programs. Staff suggests some changes to the draft Expenditure Plan in addition to the ones mentioned above. The changes are as shown below and included in Exhibit C. o That the Highway99/Turner Road interchange project be down -scoped from "reconstruct interchange" to "capacity, signalization and safety improvements" o That the Victor Road widening project limits be changed from Cluff Avenue to the Eastern General Plan boundary and include "capacity, signalization and safety improvements at Highway 9 9 o Delete the Central Avenue project — Overall segment capacity is currently not an issue and given the low poll results and the overall financial demands on Measure K, the project does not need to be in this category. The City could allocate some funds for this project from the Local Street Repair category. FISCAL IMPACT: Measure K is a majorfunding source for the City's transportation program and needs to be renewed. FUNDING AVAILABLE: Not applicable. (, Aw � Richard C. Prima, Jr. Public Works Director RCP/pmt Attachments cc: Andy Chesley, San Joaquin Council of Governments \NCvcadc021Pvblic WorkslWP1G0UNCIL106\MeasureKRenewalComments.doc 3/8/2006 I Exhibit A I SAN JOAQUIN COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS 555 E. Weber Avenue • Stockton, California 95202 209.468.3913 • 209.468.1084 (fax) www.sjcog.org Gary L. Haskin CHAIR February 27,2006 John Harris VICE CHAIR Mayor Susan Hitchcock Andrew Chesley City Of Lodi INTERIM EXECUTIVE 221 West Pine Street DIRECTOR Lodi, CA 95240 Member Agencies CITIES OF Dear Mayor Hitchcock: ESCALON, LATHROP, On February 23,2006 the San Joaquin Council of Governments (SJCOG) Board of Directors LODI, MANTECA, took action to distribute the attached Measure K Renewal Preliminary Draft Expenditure Plan to RIPON, the cities and County of San Joaquin for formal review and comment. At the time of this action STOCKTON, TRACY. the SJCOG Board of Directors outlined the following interests: AND THE COUNTY OF 1. The State Route 12 improvements west of 1-5 should be exchanged with the SAN JOAQUIN improvement of State Route 12 between 1-5 and Lower Sacramento Road. This interest is based upon the expressed needs of the City of Lodi in maintaining access to 1-5 as well as the SJCOG Board's recognition of the physical and subsequent financial challenges in providing improvements to State Route 12 across the delta west of 1-5. 2. An annual minimum guarantee of $250,000 in Local Street Repair and Roadway Safety funding should be provided to the smaller cities and an annual minimum guarantee up to $500,000 should be explored for consideration. The SJCOG Board of Directors is scheduled to approve the Final Expenditure Plan at their April 27, 2006 meeting. SJCOG staff is requesting comment by the cities and County on the Preliminary Draft Expenditure Plan to be returned to SJCOG by April 18,2006. SJCOG greatly appreciates your continued support and participation in the Measure K renewal effort. If you have any questions, please contact Andrew Chesley, Executive Director, at 209- 468-3913. Sincerely yours, GAR L. HASKIN Chair San Joaquin Council of Governments cc: Councilman Larry Hansen Blair King, City Manager