FY 2018-19 and 2019-20 Adopted Operating and CIP Budget

Street Maintenance (continued)

FY 2018-19 and 2019-20 Activity Goals • Continue annual program to seal and refresh City owned parking lot facilities (Enhance Public Safety, Infrastructure) • Continue updating signs with low retro-reflectivity (Enhance Public Safety, Infrastructure) • Continue to monitor landscape water use in medians and linear parks and minimize water usage to support City water use reductions (Protecting the Environment, Regional Initiatives) • Utilize alternative work semi-annually for weed abatement and storm system clearance (Enhance Public Safety, Protecting the Environment, Infrastructure) • Continue to respond to deficient street conditions and make appropriate repairs (Enhance Public Safety; Infrastructure) • Continue annual program of pavement R&R (Enhance Public Safety; Infrastructure) Financial Comments Funding for Street Maintenance comes primarily from the City’s share of state gas taxes and transfers from the sewer and water enterprises reflecting their responsibility for wear and tear on the streets. Since gas taxes are collected based on gallons of gasoline, and not on the price of gas itself, the amount of gas tax revenue received by the City has remained more or less flat, while the cost of street maintenance has increased over time due to inflation and increased traffic. The City will receive significant funding from recent passing of State Senate Bill 1 and the County Measure B. These funds will go directly to capital improvement projects managed by the Engineering Division. The latest street condition report, completed in March 2017 indicated that the City’s weighted pavement condition index (PCI) is 72. The workload of the Street Maintenance Division will gradually increase as the City’s weighted PCI decreases. The recent funding increases bring the City’s current planned expenditure on capital pavement maintenance to $2.2 million. Although the new funding will provide much needed support in the area of street maintenance, it is still far lower than the $4.5 million needed annually as identified in the 2017 street condition report needed to maintain the current weighted PCI of 72.

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