Recommendation to adopt resolution approving a list of projects citywide for repaving and resurfacing that are proposed to receive Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account funding in a total estimated amount of $10,661,747 in the Fiscal Year 2023 Paving Program.  (Citywide)
Great. Item 32. Item 32. Report from Public Works. Recommendation to Adopt Resolution Approving a list of projects citywide for repaving and resurfacing in a total estimated amount. Not an amount of 10.6 million. In the fiscal year 2023 paving program. C2 I. So customer mongo. Is one to thank the public works team for working hard to expand our capabilities and capacity. This is a big step forward. It's not enough. We need to give you more money. We need more streets to be fixed. I specifically am looking forward to, as I know, Councilwoman Prices, Studebaker and the residents are still looking forward to Wardlow and Canaan, which isn't on the list. But thank you for all that you're doing. And I overwhelmingly support $10 million of additional streets. Good news, Councilmember Price, I'm going to turn it over just briefly to our public works director, just to kind of I think this is a significant item that is going to bring a lot of good to a lot of neighborhoods throughout the city. Just give us a brief report. Sure. Councilmember um. Members of the council this we bring this out every year as one of the requirements from our state funding source. We identify projects that are going to be part of the pavement plan for the coming year. Although all of the projects are outlined in the staff report are part of the current citywide infrastructure investment program that we put together as part of the measure a plan. So these streets are some that our residents have been waiting for. Some of them about five years. So we're happy to be able to get into this next set of streets and to have more money to be able to do so. So we are making more investments on streets. We are doing more to maintain our current streets with our crack and slurry SEAL program. And we continue to do that with both a combination of in-house staff and contractors support. So we are really excited about this this funding source. I do hope it gets bigger, but it does allow us to repave quite a bit of streets. And thank you. And I just announced to all to my residents in the eighth District there a total of eight residential streets in the eighth District in North Long Beach that we'll be getting some tender, loving care. We appreciate that, Councilmember Price. Yes, only because I know I will get asked why I didn't ask what is the status of Studebaker? We're working hard on the design for Studebaker. Studebaker is one of our four major arterial streets that we're committed to putting in the funding together and and getting that project off the ground. So it is in design. There is some additional funds that are required. We are diligently working to put that put that funding together. We're applying for federal funding opportunities, state funding opportunities, in addition to Priscilla, to to allocated some of our own local funds to be able to make that happen. So it's one of the priority on side that that will be coming. And we are we are hoping to have that fully resolved and funded in this coming fiscal year so that we can have our implementation plan and to communicate to the public for that. How short are we? If you now. I don't know from the top of my head, councilman, I know where I know we're a few million off, but I don't have the exact number. I'll had to follow up when she gets. Between that information. So if. That sounds about right, I gather. More than eight already and the project is going to be around 16. There's some money. It's yeah, we have we have about 16 I believe are already allocated and we need a few we need a few more. Five more. Give or take. I need to verify that number. So one of the things that I've been telling residents and I just want to make sure that it's accurate, is that before we're in a position where we can apply for any grant funding, our local or county or state dollars or federal dollars, we need to have the project be designed, fully designed and shovel ready. So you said that we're in the design process. How far away from us are we from having us be competitive for grant? For that project? I believe we're approaching the 60, 70% design point, which makes us very competitive. So we're at the point now where we were I believe we already we were able we obtained an $8 million grant from Metro. Yeah. So it was about an $8 million grant. So we have some grant funding on hand and we're pursuing additional funds. Okay, thank you. Council member of Super Nine. In case the point wasn't made, I'd like to just put it in my bid to get Studebaker to speak on behalf of the residents between Seventh Street and Wardlow. Thank you. My my favorite quote as chair of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee was it was definitely not a talking point that was written down. It just came out. And I said, what is a girl got to do to get Studebaker paved around here? And I think Mr. Lopez took that to heart and is working on it. But it affects multiple council districts. And we have we get asked about it a lot. So that half of the council tonight. Yeah, absolutely. Thank you, Chair. All right. Well, thank you. And thank you for that that report. This is good news. SB one that has provided a lot of resources and for for us to do a lot of good work in our city. So hearing that, is there any public comment on this? No public comment. Hearing. No public comment. Members list, vote on this item, please. In this case. Thank you. Thank you so much. Let's go to item number 33.