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Adoption of Resolution in Support of New Sustainable Funding for State and Local Transportation Infrastructure by the State of California. (City Manager 2110)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Elizabeth D. Warmerdam, Interim City Manager
Re: Adoption of Resolution in Support of New Sustainable Funding for State and Local Transportation Infrastructure by the State of California
BACKGROUND
Governor Edmund "Jerry" G. Brown has called an extraordinary session of the state legislature to address the significant underfunding of California's transportation infrastructure.
The Governor proposed that the Legislature enact permanent and sustainable funding to maintain and repair transportation infrastructure on both a state and local level. Current funding does not keep up with the existing demands on the transportation system and this has led to poorly maintained and deteriorated streets and infrastructure throughout the State.
Both the California Senate and Assembly have held hearings to discuss the current conditions of highways, streets, and roads as well as the current funding structure. There has been significant discussion on local streets and roads, in which committee members agreed that any package must include investment in local transportation systems.
DISCUSSION
The League of California Cities has partnered with the California State Association of Counties, labor, business, public safety and transportation advocates to form the Fix Our Roads Coalition to address California's chronic transportation infrastructure funding shortfall. A fact sheet on the Fix Our Roads Coalition is included as Exhibit 2.
The Coalition identifies seven key priorities:
1. Make a significant investment in transportation infrastructure.
2. Focus on maintaining and rehabilitating the current system.
3. Invest a portion of diesel tax and/or cap & trade revenue to high-priority goods movement projects.
4. Raise r...
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