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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutionRESOLUTION NO. 2013 — RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO THE 2012 REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM ("RTIP") FOR NATIONAL CITY TO ALLOCATE $8,000 OF LOCAL TRANSNET (PROP A) FUNDING FOR THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL INSTALL/UPGRADES PROJECT TO SATISFY NATIONAL CITY'S "FAIR SHARE" CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE ANNUAL COST OF REGIONAL ARTERIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ("RAMS") OPERATIONS SUPPORT SERVICES FOR FY 2014 WHEREAS, on November 4, 2004, the voters of San Diego County approved the San Diego Transportation Improvement Program Ordinance and Expenditure Plan (04-01) extension that provides that SANDAG, acting as the Regional Transportation Commission, shall approve a multi -year program of projects submitted by local jurisdictions identifying those transportation projects eligible to use transportation sales tax (TransNet) funds; and WHEREAS, on July 3, 2012, per Resolution No. 2012-145, City Council adopted the 2012 Regional Transportation Improvement Program ("RTIP") for National City projects for fiscal years 2013 through 2017; and WHEREAS, SANDAG deployed the Regional Arterial Management System ("RAMS") Project (the "Project'') at the end of fiscal year 2012, and delivered 15 local agency RAMS servers, and one Regional server with which all local agency systems communicate; and The RAMS provides the region and the local agencies the following benefits: 1. The ability to coordinate on signal plan development both actively and passively. By sharing timing plans across local jurisdictional bounders, traffic engineers are able to complete proposed plans more quickly and efficiently, and reach agreement on modification more readily through access to better information; 2. A common time source across more than 3,000 traffic signals region -wide, allowing for timing precision necessary to coordinate signals across jurisdictional boundaries; 3. A common platform from which current and future efforts can build, such as the Integrated Corridor Management System ("ICM") which is currently in operation in the Interstate 15 corridor; and WHEREAS, prior to the Project transitioning from implementation to ongoing operations, SANDAG staff worked with the San Diego Regional Traffic Engineers Council (SANTEC) and the Cities/County Transportation Advisory Committee (CTAC) on developing the best approach to support this newly established, and common platform for all the traffic engineers within San Diego County; and WHEREAS, SANTEC and CTAC recommended that a Regional Fund Pool be established to effectively and efficiently address the three operational elements: software maintenance, hardware maintenance, and communication infrastructure; and WHEREAS, RAMS operations support costs for FY 2014 are $236,000. National City's "fair share" contribution (which is based on percentage of local traffic signals compared to the total number of signals in the RAMS regional network), is $8,000 - National City maintains 73 traffic signals. Resolution No. 2013 — Page Two NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of National City hereby authorizes an amendment the 2012 RTIP for National City to allocate $8,000 of local TransNet (Prop A) funding for the Traffic Signal Install/Upgrades Project to satisfy National City's "fair share" contribution towards the annual cost of Regional Arterial Management System (RAMS) operations support services for FY 2014. PASSED and ADOPTED this 20th day of August, 2013. Ron Morrison, Mayor ATTEST: Michael R. Dalla, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: Claudia Gacitua Silva City Attorney