ADOPTED BUDGET RESOURCE ALLOCATION PLAN - City of ...

development citywide. The fees are to be applied to a
specific list of roadway capacity improvement projects
that were identified using a citywide transportation
model and updated every five years. These projects are
detailed in the Transportation Strategic Program.
Traffic & Transportation Projects
The major funded projects in the Traffic and
Transportation category are:
Traffic Signal Hardware and Wiring. This project
provides for the replacement of traffic signal
underground conduits and signal pole structures.
Underground cables and conduits have a life
expectancy of 20-40 years, with an average of 35 years.
This project funds one location per year over the 20
year financial plan for a total of $8.7 million.
Mathilda Avenue Railroad Overpass Improvements.
The State of California Department of Transportation
(CalTrans) has rated the existing bridge, located at
Mathilda Avenue and the Caltrain railroad tracks,
below standard. The design phase of this project is
complete, and construction began in late FY
2009/2010 and is expected to be complete in
FY 2012/2013.
The total project cost is budgeted at $36 million;
however, construction bids have come in significantly
lower than that amount. The project is primarily
funded by a Federal Highway Bridge Program grant,
which will pay for 88% of the construction costs. Staff
is pursuing other funding sources for the City’s share,
including Federal stimulus funds. So far, a $524,000
grant from Measure A, through the Valley
Transportation Authority (VTA), has been received. The
remaining City share will be financed by the Gas Tax
Fund and Traffic Mitigation Fees.
Pavement Rehabilitation and Annual Slurry Seal of
City Streets. Every year staff surveys the condition of
half of the streets throughout the City and schedules
the repair, slurry seal, double chip seal, overlay and
reconstruction of these streets accordingly. A constant
level of funding for pavement rehabilitation is budgeted
in the operating program. The Pavement Rehabilitation
project budgets the additional funds needed in the
years where more extensive rehabilitation work is
required. The Annual Slurry Seal of City Streets is a
new project to move the slurry seal expenditures from
the operating program for better tracking because the
work often crosses fiscal years. A total of $21.4 million
is budgeted over the 20 years for the two projects. $4.6
million is budgeted annually in the Pavement
Operations Program (120).