Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution:

1. Accepting the Final Draft Placer-Sacramento Gateway Plan;
2. Approving the Amended Roseville Short Range Transit Plan to add the South Placer Transit Project; and
3. Authorizing the City Manager or designee to submit Solutions for Congested Corridors Program (SCCP) Cycle 2 grant applications to the California Transportation Commission (CTC) in partnership with the Placer County Transportation Planning Agency (PCTPA), the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG), and Caltrans, and to execute the related forms and agreements necessary for implementation of the grant should the grant funds be awarded.

Placer-Sacramento Gateway Plan (PSGP): The PSGP is a multi-agency collaborative planning effort for the I-80 and SR-65 corridor (from Auburn and Lincoln to Sacramento). The goal of the plan is to prepare the region to compete for grant funds through the California Solutions for Congestion Corridors Program (SCCP), a Senate Bill 1 (SB1) funded program. The plan can be viewed at: www.more80choices.com.

Development of the PSGP was led by the Placer County Transportation Planning Agency (PCTPA), Caltrans District 3, the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG), and the Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority (CCJPA). Fourteen (14) cities, counties, transit agencies, and transportation planning authorities located along the study corridor participated in development of the plan, including the City of Roseville.

The plan includes 150 regional and local multi-modal transportation projects that are intended to: improve corridor operations, enhance safety and reduce congestion; increase travel choices; improve environmental conditions and air quality; and improve quality of life and economic development along the 80/65 corridor. The plan does so primarily by identifying projects that will close gaps in the existing multi-modal transportation network. Per state guidelines, SCCP funding may be used only for non-capacity increasing projects. For that reason, stand-alone road widening projects are not included in the plan. The Final PSGP includes many projects that will be beneficial to transportation in and around Roseville, including:

• Capitol Corridor 3rd Track Project
• I-80 Auxiliary Lanes Project
• Dry Creek Greenway Trail Project
• Hwy 65 Bikeway Improvements/Crossings
• Short Range Transit Plan Implementation (commuter service expansion)
• Baseline Road Widening

Cycle 2 Grant Applications: From the list of 150 projects, the plan identifies eight (8) priority projects to be included in a regional SCCP Cycle 2 grant application later this year. This list includes two Roseville projects:

• Dry Creek Greenway Trail, Phase 1, which would result in a paved Class 1 trail from Riverside Avenue to Rocky Ridge Drive
• South Placer Transit Project which will facilitate transit connections between Lincoln, Roseville (Galleria, Sutter, Kaiser) and Light Rail.

At their meeting of April 22, 2020, the PCTPA Board accepted the PSGP and authorized the PCTPA Executive Director to submit the Cycle 2 SCCP grant application. Implementing agencies are also required to sign the grant application. Roseville will be the implementing agency for the Dry Creek Greenway Trail, Phase 1 and we are also anticipated to be the implementing agency for the South Placer Transit Project. As a result, we are seeking the City Council’s authorization for the City Manager to sign and submit the Cycle 2 SCCP for both projects. We are also requesting that the Roseville Transit Short Range Transit Plan be updated as attached to include the South Placer Transit Project.

Public Participation: The PSGP represents the culmination of a 14-month planning process that included an extensive community engagement program that informed the public of the plan and solicited input for future corridor improvements. The community engagement activities included:

• An online user survey, which generated over 4,200 responses
• Two stakeholder meetings with participation from over 70 stakeholder groups
• Two community workshops solicited both in-person and virtual feedback from the public, including one at the Roseville Civic Center
• Ten pop-ups promoted the plan at community events and gatherings along the corridor, including one at the Roseville Galleria and two at Downtown Tuesday Night events
• Targeted online and in-person outreach to disadvantaged communities.

Acceptance of the PSGP and authorization of the SCCP Cycle 2 grant application is not expected to have a fiscal impact on the City, except that it may provide funding for the Dry Creek Greenway Phase 1 Project and the South Placer Transit Project.

The Dry Creek Greenway Trail Phase 1 project has an estimated construction cost of $11,800,000. Staff has already identified $4,500,000 in federal grant funding for Phase 1 construction. The SCCP application proposes an additional $6,239,000 in construction funding for the project. The balance of construction funding ($1,061,000) would come from the Local Transportation Fund. Staff anticipates that the maintenance costs for Dry Creek Greenway Trail Phase 1 will be approximately $30,000 per year. This estimate includes day-to-day maintenance efforts such as vegetation control, sweeping, sign repair, and trash removal. This estimate also includes an annualized cost for periodic trail resurfacing and stream bank stabilization efforts. The Local Transportation Fund would be used to pay for maintenance.

PCTPA has secured funding to operate the South Placer Transit Project for a 3-year pilot program. The proposed SCCP Cycle 2 grant would provide funding for the project's capital costs, which includes the purchase of five 40' buses. If the pilot project is successful, PCTPA and participating local agencies will identify funding for continued operations.

General Fund resources will not be used for either project.

The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) does not apply to feasibility and planning studies for possible future actions which the agency has not approved or funded (CEQA Guidelines §15262).  As a result, the proposed actions are statutorily exempt from CEQA review. Also, the Dry Creek Greenway Trail has already received stand-alone CEQA clearance through City Council certification of an Environmental Impact Report. In addition, per Public Resources Code Section 21080(b )(10), projects for the institution of passenger service on highway rights-of-way already in use are statutorily exempt under CEQA.

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Dominick Casey, City Manager