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• RESOLUTION 58-17 RESOLUTION APPROVING THE LIST OF PROJECTS ELIGIBLE TO BE FUNDED BY THE ROAD REPAIR AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT (SB1) WHEREAS, Senate Bill 1 (SB 1), the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 (Chapter 5, Statutes of 2017)was passed by the Legislature and Signed into law by the Governor in April 2017 in order to address the significant multi-modal transportation funding shortfalls statewide; and WHEREAS, SB 1 includes accountability and transparency provisions that will ensure the residents of our Town are aware of the projects proposed for funding in our community and which projects have been completed each fiscal year; and WHEREAS,the SB 1 defines the minimum Maintenance of Effort(MOE) as the average reported street investment for 2009-10, 2010-11, and 2011-12; and WHEREAS, the average spending for those three-fiscal year is $1.68 million, which includes operating and maintenance expenditures (O&M) for Street, Drainage, and Pathway; and WHEREAS, the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA) reporting requirement is still under development and Staff will work with the relevant State agencies to either permit reporting of Street, Drainage and Pathway O&M as part of the minimum MOE or to reduce the Town's minimum MOE by the O&M spending; and WHEREAS,the Town,will receive an estimated$48,919 in RMRA funding in Fiscal Year 2017- 18 from SB 1; and WHEREAS, the Town must include a list of all projects proposed to receive funding from the RMRA, created by SB 1, in the Town budget, which must include a description and the location of each proposed project, a proposed schedule for the project's completion, and the estimated useful life of the improvement; and WHEREAS, the funding from SB 1 will help the Town maintain and rehabilitate approximately 6.28 miles of streets and roads throughout the Town this year and similar projects ranging from pathway to pedestrian bridge improvements in the future throughout the Town; and WHEREAS, police, fire, and emergency medical services all need safe reliable roads to react quickly to emergency calls and a few minutes of delay can be a matter of life and death; and WHEREAS, maintaining and preserving the local street and road system in good condition will reduce drive times and traffic congestion, improve bicycle safety, and make the pedestrian experience safer and more appealing, which leads to reduce vehicle emissions helping the State achieve its air quality and greenhouse gas emissions reductions goals; and WHEREAS, restoring roads before they fail also reduces construction time which results in less air pollution from heavy equipment and less water pollution from site run-off; and Resolution 58-17 Page 1