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AGENDA TITLE: Adopt Resolution Selecting State Route 99/Turner Road Interchange
Improvements as Project Nomination for San Joaquin Council of Governments'
One Voice Trip
MEETING DATE: March 21, 2018
PREPARED BY: Public Works Director
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt resolution selecting State Route 99/Turner Road
Interchange Improvements as project nomination for San Joaquin
Council of Governments' One Voice trip.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The San Joaquin Council of Governments (SJCOG) is again
developing regional priorities in preparation for the annual
"One Voice" lobbying trip to Washington, D.C., in April 2018.
The One Voice trip is an opportunity for all jurisdictions in the county to work cooperatively to secure
Federal funds.
City staff recommends requesting funds for State Route 99 (SR 99)/Turner Road Interchange
Improvements, as shown in Exhibit A. This is the third consecutive recommendation for this project.
In early 2013, SJCOG commissioned a study to improve safety and enhance operations of the SR 99
corridor through the City of Lodi in San Joaquin County. The safety and operational deficiencies
associated with the SR 99/Turner Road Interchange include insufficient ramp lengths, limited sight
distance, conflicting weaving movements, and insufficient acceleration length for vehicles entering SR
99.
The proposed project consists of constructing various improvements to the southbound SR 99[Turner
Road Interchange. The improvements include realigning the existing off and on ramps and utilizing a
round -about feature to provide free flowing channelization of vehicles exiting the freeway toward
either Turner Road or Cherokee Lane; or providing access to vehicles entering SR 99 without the
need for ramp signalization.
By constructing the proposed improvements, the safety and operational deficiencies will be mitigated
while enhancing the accessibility to the City's Cherokee Lane corridor, the downtown business area,
and Turner Road, which is a designated Surface Transportation Assistance Act (STAA) route.
The proposed project (now estimated to cost approximately $6.1 million in 2021) was originally
programmed to be constructed using State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) funds. That
funding source became unavailable due to a reduction in State excise tax revenues in 2016 and the
project's STIP funding was removed from the STIP program. With the passage of Senate Bill 1, the
STIP program has been revived. Staff will request the Project be reinstated into the STIP program
during the 2020 funding cycle which will reinstate the original $3,061,000 that was programmed for
construction. There is still a need for an additional $3,039,000 to perform preliminary design,
environmental studies, and supplement the remaining construction costs.
APPROVED: a\144,,,r^�
.(, ( Stephen Schwabauer, City Manager
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Adopt Resolution Selecting State Route 99/Turner Road Interchange Improvements as Project Nomination for San Joaquin Council of Governments' One Voice
Trip
March 21, 2018
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For this reason, the City is requesting $3,039,000 through the One Voice process to initiate the
preliminary design and environmental studies ($550,000); and ($2,489,000) to supplement the STIP
funding ($3,061,000) that will be programmed in 2021 for the construction phase of the project. If One
Voice funding is not realized, it is estimated that programming for this safety-related project will be
delayed at least five years due to lack of funding.
The One Voice program began in 2000. The City has received funding for one project ($400,000 for
wastewater plant upgrades in 2004) out of well over $60 million in awards to San Joaquin County.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Award of funding for the SR 99/Turner Road Interchange Improvements
would increase the safety and operation of the interchange while
enhancing the accessibility to the City's Cherokee Lane corridor, the
downtown business area, and Turner Road which is a designated STAA
route.
FUNDING AVAILABLE: Not applicable.
Charles E. Swimley, Jr.
Public Works Director
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SEPTEMBER 2013
RESOLUTION NO. 2018-46
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL SELECTING
STATE ROUTE 99/TURNER ROAD INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENTS
AS THE PROJECT NOMINATION FOR
SAN JOAQUIN COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS' ONE VOICE TRIP
AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE
THE LOCAL JURISDICTION ENDORSEMENT FORM
WHEREAS, the safety and operational deficiencies associated with the State Route 99
(SR 99)/Turner Road Interchange include insufficient ramp lengths, limited sight distance,
conflicting weaving movements, and insufficient acceleration length for vehicles entering SR 99;
and
WHEREAS, the proposed project consists of constructing various improvements to the
southbound SR 99/Turner Road Interchange including realigning the existing off and on ramps
and utilizing a round -about feature to provide free flowing chanrrelization of vehicles exiting the
freeway toward either Turner Road or Cherokee Lane; or provid ng access to vehicles entering
SR 99 without the need for ramp signalization; and
WHEREAS, award of funding for the SR 99/Turner Road Interchange Improvements
would increase the safety and operation of the interchange while enhancing the accessibility to
the City's Cherokee Lane corridor, the downtown business area, and Turner Road, which is a
designated Surface Transportation Assistance Act (STAA) route; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends that the City Council select State Route 99/Turner Road
Interchange Improvements as the project nomination for the San Joaquin Council of
Governments' One Voice trip.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Lodi City Council does hereby select
the State Route 99/Turner Road Interchange Improvements as the project nomination for the
San Joaquin Council of Governments' One Voice trip; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Lodi City Council does hereby authorize the
City Manager to execute the Local Jurisdiction Endorsement Form.
Dated: March 21, 2018
I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2018-46 was passed and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Lodi in a regular meeting held March 21, 2018, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Chandler, Johnson, Kuehne, and Mayor Nakanishi
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Mounce
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
2018-46