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Committee recommends $24.5 million FY21 street-repair list funded by SB1
Summary
The committee recommended adoption of a FY21 project list to receive $24,500,000 in RMRA funds (Senate Bill 1). Public Works said seven projects would target roughly 269 blocks; staff described Pavement Condition Index scoring, ADA ramp counting to be finalized in design, and state revenue uncertainty.
The Land Use & Transportation Committee on a unanimous vote recommended a resolution adopting the FY21 list of projects to be funded from the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA) established by Senate Bill 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017.
Oscar Quintanilla, principal capital budget analyst with San Francisco Public Works, told the committee the package identifies seven local-street projects that together include about 269 blocks of mostly residential streets and allocates $24,500,000 in RMRA funds for resurfacing and curb ramps. Quintanilla said all projects are currently in design and would be advertised for construction in the latter half of the year or early next year.
Ramon Kong (Public Works) described the Pavement Condition Index (PCI), a 0–100 rating used to evaluate block condition; he said PCI is one of several criteria used to prioritize work, along with multimodal routing (transit, bicycle), project readiness and coordination with utilities. He explained that routine resurfacing or microsurfacing can extend pavement life cheaply, whereas more substantial deterioration triggers far higher per-block costs. Kong estimated average resurfacing costs around $50,000–$100,000 per block and heavier repairs ranging from about $150,000 to $400,000–$500,000 per block.
Quintanilla and Kong acknowledged the state will issue revised revenue projections amid the pandemic and that the California Transportation Commission has asked jurisdictions to wait for the Department of Finance's May projection. They noted SB1 ties distributions to fuel volume rather than price, which may dampen revenue volatility but does not remove uncertainty.
No public commenters testified on this item. Supervisor Dean Preston moved and the Committee recorded aye votes from Preston, Safaii and Peskin to forward the resolution to the full Board with a positive recommendation.
Next steps: the adopted project list will be transmitted to the California Transportation Commission as the city’s FY21 RMRA project list and then scheduled for construction advertising as designs are finalized.
