Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, February 06, 2018
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SUBJECT:
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UPDATE ON GRANT FUNDING FOR TRUCK IMPACTED STREETS (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
This report provides and update on the City's efforts to identify and secure funding to repave Carson's truck routes and truck impacted streets. A map of the City's trucks routes is attached as Exhibit No. 1. The City has a $92.9 million backlog in street repairs, with $6 million needed annually to repair truck routes and truck impacted streets. The Council directed staff to work with logistics and goods movement organizations and companies, known as the Carson Logistics Coalition, to develop a strategy to secure grant funding and to apply for grant funding. The current strategy focusses on working with the South Bay Cities Council of Governments to secure grant funding (Exhibit No. 2). It should also be noted that a major source of road repair funding in SB 1 will be subject of voter initiatives in November of 2018 designed to repeal SB 1 funding.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Staff will continue to work with the Carson Logistics Coalition on projects to identify and secure funding to repave the City's truck routes and truck impacted streets.
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III. ALTERNATIVES
TAKE any other action the City Council deems appropriate.
IV. BACKGROUND
Logistics Moratorium and the Need for Funding for Truck Impacted Streets
On February 7, 2017, the City Council directed staff to provide solutions to the City's concerns regarding industrial developments and the impacts these developments have on the community. The logistics moratorium was extended on May 7, 2017 and staff is scheduling the extension of the moratorium in March. The City Council formed several stakeholder groups to discuss and work on various projects that stemmed from the logistics moratorium. One major project was to understand the magnitude of the damage created by trucks to Carson's streets and recommend program...
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