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.
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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