| This program will provide flexible funding to cities and the County of Monterey to help them reduce the maintenance backlog on their aging street and road systems. In addition, these funds can be used for other local transportation needs that will minimize accidents, improve operations and traffic flow for all people and transportation modes, including local bicycle and pedestrian projects. |
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| City and county fair shares shall be allocated based 75% on population and 25% on lane miles. The Transportation Agency for Monterey County will update the funding shares annually at the beginning of each fiscal year using Department of Finance population figures and Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments (or equivalent) lane mile data. If the number of incorporated cities changes, the funding calculation shall account for changes in population and lane miles for the new and existing jurisdictions. |
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| Safeguards: Local Road and Street Maintenance |
This program is intended to augment, rather than replace, existing transportation expenditures and therefore cities and the County must meet each of the following requirements to receive funds:
1. Agree to use sales tax funds for transportation purposes only, subject to full repayment for any misuse.
2. Adopt the Transportation Agency for Monterey County’s Regional Development Impact Fee ordinance and impose these fees on new development as applicable to assure that development pays for its impacts on the regional transportation system.
3. Verify continued transportation investments of local discretionary monies at the same level as prior years. For purposes of evaluating compliance to this requirement, an average of the prior three years transportation maintenance investments* will be used.
4. Develop and maintain a Pavement Management Program to ensure timely street maintenance and submit regular public reports on the condition of streets.
5. Submit a written request to the Transportation Agency for Monterey County for its approval identifying the transportation project(s) proposed to utilize the funding, identifying the project name, the general scope of work, the amount requested, and the anticipated year the project will start.
6. Advancements of future funding shares will be considered in order to speed up delivery of projects. Such loans may not interfere with the implementation of other jurisdictions’ projects in the program.
7. Submit claims for payment (with back up documentation) for Transportation Agency approved projects, to be paid on a reimbursement basis.
*One-time capital expenses are exempt from calculation of past investments.
Each of the above conditions is subject to verification and annual audit by the Transportation Agency for Monterey County. Sales tax funds not allocated to one or more of the cities or the County as a result of not meeting one of the above requirements shall be redistributed annually at the beginning of each fiscal year according to the formula listed above. |
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