the Republican Democrat or
something else that the need
for transportation repairing
infrastructure improvement
is great and there's not much
disagreement that the cost
of this is at least fifty
four billion dollars over ten
years if not much much more
so that the challenges how to
pay for that and how to do it
in a in a cost effective way
of for the consumer for the
driver for the president of
the state of California and
how to make sure that the money
that is generated is in fact
used for transportation so I
was very very interested in
pleased to hear what the mayor
pro tem of this fine city had
to say when he stepped up to
the podium because I think we
need to say more of that we
need to have folks talk about
how the transportation money
is actually being spent not
on our roadways our freeways
that we travel up and down
the state certainly that but
also in our inner cities in
local communities and how
that road maintenance money
is being spent on our street
local streets and I and I don't
hear a lot of that and so I'm
very very please that here in
this city of a step up to the
plate and they talk about how
that money is being spent saw
be very interested to I hear
and participate in this pre
in this proceeding today and
I'll be very interested to to
follow of that the money to
make sure and I think all of us
are interested in making sure
that that transportation money
that's generated by SP one
as long as it's here will be
spent on transportation needs
in the state of California so
thank you very very much missed
teacher thank you the senators
of before we get started
other witnesses saw -- we have
time on the agenda for public
comment -- we always said us
-- aside time after the wind
witnesses for public comment
and we allow each member of
the public ought to speak up
to two minutes please let the
sergeants known I believe the
sergeants have a sign up sheet
in the back of the chambers
correct sergeants yes and they
are the and and -- please sign
up and we will allow you to
-- speak at -- the appropriate
time so appreciate -- everybody
who's here and -- as my mother
said she said when you have
a public hearing your job is
to hear the public so now we
will start to hearing and will
listen to the speakers of the
first group will be the state
agencies we have the California
state transportation agency --
Brian in a this is a secretary
of the state transportation
agency recently appointed by
-- governor Jerry Jerry Brown
and Mitchell wise chief deputy
director of the California
transportation commission
gentleman -- thank you for
being here and alternate over
a believe to Brian first okay
Brian you have the floor thank
you I chairman bell a committee
members also like to thank
a city of Anaheim for their
hospitality and in the people
of the region for coming to the
hearing today -- I have a F.
power points that I believe
is going to come up on the
screen house of some hard
copies if I could ask the
sergeant to distribute
so S. Senate bill one is is
very much a on the ground
today have been implemented
today a and I'm gonna walk
through us some of those
as some of those
pieces in just a minute
very good that is mine yes
so a I wanted to start
with what I'm calling here
implementation headlines
because again S. B.
one is very much being
implemented our highways and
bridges for example a are are
getting a very large share
of SP one revenue a two day
Caltrans xcelerated two hundred
eight highway and bridge
repair repair projects due to
SP one and at the California
transportation commission
meeting later this month
there's gonna be a whole bunch
of additional S. B.
one projects added when they
adopt the the twenty eighteen
state highway operations of
protection plan of the example
locally here is highway fifty
seven that's a project under
way already of the picture on
the right in some respects is
not a great picture but I think
it's a very representative
picture because it's dark yes
from a lot of the contractors
Sir are doing their work and
when we sleep they get out
there and they repair the
pavement others also I try hard
to see but there's a landmark
in the background a kind of
toward that the left there it's
the arctic transit center so --
this is a a local project that
-- a because as of SP one was
accelerated and the works going
on as we at right now you know
over the over the next couple
months I SP one also directs
a large portion of funding
to cities and counties and
that through the work of the
the transportation commission
already over four thousand
neighborhood street repair
projects have been approved
to receive SP one funding
and that that funding flows
every month to as cities and
counties across a California
a local example is orange
Avenue a there's a there's a
payment repair at project on
orange Avenue in in Anaheim
-- SP one funds other areas as
well on transit others formula
transit funds that are that
are already flowing a they go
to every transit agency around
the state are one of the early
programs -- of formula transit
funds went to rail entities
and are the Altamont commuter
express train or a strain of
linking Stockton to San Jose
right now only operates Monday
through Friday service but
with SP one there now able to
add Saturday service a biking
pedestrian improvements so that
transportation commission has
already xcelerated forty four
projects and funded eighty
seven new projects around
California due to SP one state
local partnership a this is
a -- a program that rewards
locals are that Jack come up
with their own transportation
dollars passages local sales
tax majors I something similar
to what's being discussed
now at the federal level a
so with that with that those
dollars said they'd they'd
they're directed to those those
counties and cities that have
implemented local revenues to
augment transportation are CGC
is already awarded at those
funds that local example a
regional example is the seventy
one ninety one interchange in
riverside county other samba
some work that'll get started
there some preconstruction
working I know through other SP
one programs a riverside strain
to complete that project alas
the some competitive programs
are are at will be awarded
in the coming months now of
the a programs I mentioned
above some up to about forty
four hundred SP one projects
already awarded the competitive
programs are focused on
transformative transit projects
and major highway congestion
relief projects and that
these projects will be likely
small in number but very great
in impact and those will be
awarded at the end of April
and it may so we're excited to
to see those projects awarded
in and start to go forward in
in a later this fiscal year
I'd still better background --
on SP one eyes you might have
glean from the last few slides
there is a focus on fix it
first are we have fallen behind
it in cities and counties in
in the state highways and just
doing the basic repair work
filling potholes repairing
bridges a cleaning culverts all
those things you just must do
because if you don't do them
they become more expensive in
the future and additionally
they they damaged cars and and
because safety risks so I A.
S. B. one primarily about two
thirds of the money is on this
fix it first area are SB one
also provides historic levels
of funding for public transit
in operating expenses nearly
doubling of the money for the
active transportation program
and finally S. B.
one funds priority freight
and congestion corridor
improvements and those are
coming with those competitive
programs I mentioned
the SP one recognizes
the historic structure of
California that I really
these these transportation
funds are not state dollars
they're released at both
state and local dollars and
there's a strong partnership
really through all programs
of community priorities a
twenty six million or about
half of the S. B.
one funding is is what we're
calling that the lieu the local
funds in twenty six million
assuming twenty six billion
as for those state investments
over the ten year period
a focusing on the state highway
issues I encounter ability and
-- oversight has always been
a a pillar of the SP one of
program and data Caltrans has
very specific deliverables with
this funding of for example
a day of must department must
fix seventeen thousand les
miles of pavement over the ten
year program a fix fifty five
thousand culverts or drains a
fixed seventy seven hundreds
signals signs and sensors
and repair an additional
five hundred bridges and data
we're gonna talk about the
accountability provisions and
a slider to test to tell you
how that's how we know that's
going to happen a aside from
the fix it first focus I SP
one also a has strategic new
investments are you mentioned
at a transit funding a over
the ten years it's about
seven point five billion
of the bike and pedestrian
safety improvements about one
billion over ten years of the
trade corridor enhancement
program about three billion
over ten years and finally the
suggestion Sudanese solutions
for congestion quarters program
about two point five billion
and again our competitive
programs are set to award about
five billion dollars for for
big transformative projects
that come April and may
yeah jobs jobs jobs so S.
B. one will create tens of
thousands of private sector
middle class jobs according to
the federal government about
every one billion dollars
invested in transportation
infrastructure supports about
thirteen thousand job years
consistent with state and
federal law S. B.
one also requires Caltrans
to increase contracts and
procurements awarded to small
business disadvantaged business
enterprise and disabled veteran
business enterprises and we
had some legislation SB one
of three that further directs
this work so S. B.
one jobs can be broadly
shared across California
communities S. B.
one also directs five million
per year for transportation
workforce training so we're
gonna need to grow our
workforce that work force
at that does this work data
you know I have runs the
construction equipment that
fills the potholes that runs
that the concrete facilities
that brings the raw materials
and so there's some money
to recognize this and and
outgrow that workforce
S. B. one accountability so S.
B. one requires several
things in this area one others
inefficiency requirement
SP one requires Caltrans to
achieve a hundred million in
annual efficiencies that can
be redirected back to capital
projects and maintenance a
Caltrans is already reported to
that transportation commission
in January a majors they're
taking to achieve this target
and and exceeded and our
Caltrans will submit the report
on the first fiscal year this
seventeen eighteen fiscal year
at late summer early fall to
the CDC NCTC or a view that
and report to the legislature
in their annual report and
likewise the -- office of
inspector general which S.
B. one created as an
independent office to of
verify and assure the funds
are being used optimally
and as the act intense the
inspector general also be
reporting the legislature
on the implementation
of SP one finally a
companion piece to S. B.
one was assembly constitutional
amendment five a which is now
a become proposition sixty nine
on the on the June ballot a
with a voter approval of prop
sixty nine all S.
B. one revenues will be
constitutionally dedicated
to transportation so
they won't be available
to divert other purposes
how this slides a little --
hard to see perhaps and with
the colors but it it shows the
the accounting of of all S.
B. one programs a couple
a I didn't mention here my
just focus on a bed is there
some money for a planning
because it's it's a plan into
unnecessary initial step to
make sure your optimal using
the money so a cities counties
a region's have access to
some planning money to make
sure the projects that they
they're gonna develop and Ford
for SP one funding achieve
the desired at improvements
for at transparency purposes
that we spent quite a bit of
effort to a publicly talk about
and publicly display what the
SP one projects are of the
website is rebuilding C.
A. dot CA dot gov a
on that website is
information on all the S.
B. one programs but there's
also a map application and
you can see as sort by city by
county our by type of project
a by assembly district by
Senate district and certainly
encourage people in Anaheim
and around the state to go
to that website as see the
-- pulled the list down and
see what's happening in your
city as the earlier examples
showed with orange Avenue in
in Anaheim I you know so many
of these projects actually
most of the projects we have
up here are very local projects
there fixing potholes on and
local roads making safety
improvements and intersections
Gannett's it's very much a
of a local priority program
right in that dead ends my
presentation I might just
end with a little bit of
historical perspective you
know the yeah a S. B.
one is is funded up primarily
from the gasoline tax and
that has been the primary way
with funded transportation for
almost a hundred years I really
-- again go back at today
late forties early fifties
that governor Earl Warren
in California a president
Eisenhower and they we really
have them to thank for a lot
of the infrastructure we enjoy
today a governor Earl Warren
actually raise the state gas
tax twice while he was governor
and of course we and enjoy a
of many a highway local road
improvements because of that --
governor Reagan out when he was
in that in the early seventies
he also recognized the need
to invest in a transportation
infrastructure he directed a
quarter cent of the state sales
tax down to the local level
as so the locals could find
transit in rural areas more
local road improvements he also
a supported a in -- application
of the sales tax to gasoline
and that that supported a dad
that quarter cent sales tax
shifted talked about a more
recently a governor Deukmejian
as support of the last gas tax
increase and that you know that
said that was raised at the
tax level in the early nineties
and really with SP one is
senator bell said we're we're
just catching up F.
since the early nineties with
the road every year and what
those gas tax dollars can
buy a with SP one a we catch
up a back to the inflation
adjusted level that as a
governor Deukmejian supported
and that these revenues are
a steady are their dependable
and a with them we can improve
our transportation system
we can keep our our current
infrastructure a boom in good
shape and build strategic new
capacity without SP one we
cannot at the infrastructure
will degrade it only get more
expensive in the future as some
happy to add to be here today
and talk about these these four
thousand plus S. B.
one projects again in the
coming months a we're gonna add
a several hundred more projects
to these list and including
the big transformative ones
that are really gonna get it
improving people's commute and
and making transformational
-- transit projects around
the state thank you thank you
-- rivals are older Mitchell
Limon if any questions we have
far away go and Mitchell thank
you thank you I have -- copies
of the power point hand out
the best a lot of
the senators please
how well they are put the power
point -- ở all just -- point
out for those press an audience
who are not familiar with the
transportation commission that
that our role is to develop
guidelines for many of the
state's transportation pro
other programs including many
of the ones funded with SP
one program or select projects
and allocate funds to those
projects and really a hallmark
of what the the commission
does is how we do it we we
we endeavor to do everything
in a open and transparent and
collaborative manner and with
that I'll go right into at
SP one implementation you've
already seen our version of of
at this presentation of this a
slide here the programs in bold
are ones in which that that are
under the commission's purview
I but these are the guidelines
that the commission has and
are going to adopt a we have
adopted almost are all the
guidelines certainly all for
the prayer for the programs
immediately following the
enactment of SP one the
commission went to work we
adopted an implementation plan
in may from may through June we
had developed aye and adopted
guidelines for the seven
programs under our purview
a we did this in a very open
and transparent collaborative
manner holding more than two
dozen workgroup meetings that
were open to anyone who is
interested in helping us in
this and effort endeavor and
these guidelines are going
to guide the investment of
more than twenty four billion
dollars in SP one and other
funds at later this month
that commission will be a
considering accountability
and transparency guidelines
that will be over arching
for all these programs
I'll go into are a little more
detail to some of the programs
secretary anise mentioned
the first is the active
transportation program the goal
of this program is to increase
biking and walking and to
improve the safety of cyclists
and pedestrians a S.
B. one adds a and million
dollar hundred million dollars
a year to this program which
is a roughly eighty percent
increase we've already
programmed projects to be
funded from the first two
years of this program I it was
either includes a hundred and
twenty one new projects valued
at a hundred and ninety two
million dollars and we're able
to advance fifty two existing
projects projects funded by
this program I include three
million dollars for protected
bicycle lanes on a west
Willard street in Santa Ana
S. B. one nearly double the
state funding for local streets
and roads at but this program
funds basic road maintenance
rehabilitation and critical
safety projects on local roads
also eligible are a railroad
grade separations complete St
components and traffic control
devices at these funds are a
Porsche error apportion monthly
by the state comptroller's
office to eligible cities
and counties that we have
submitted the lists to the
comptroller's office includes
all fifty eight counties
four hundred and seventy nine
cities and the projects that
support that they're almost
forty one hundred projects
at projects include twelve
million dollars for twenty
two maintenance a traffic
signal projects across Orange
County and another two million
dollars for eighteen pavement
projects here in Anaheim
the local partnership
program is designed toward
jurisdictions that have voter
approved or enacted fees
taxes or toll solely dedicated
to transportation at the
commission is implementing this
as a half a Kim a competitive
program and half a formulaic
program and one of that a
more interesting things we're
doing with this program is
offering a incentive funding
for I knew and renewed voter
approved sales taxes polls
and fees enough formulaic
portion a of this program it
we would party -- approved over
hundred seventy three million
dollars fifty seven projects
that includes eighteen million
dollars for improvement on
interstate five between route
seventy one and also parkway
here in Orange County among
the projects were considering
for that competitive portion
of this program is a six point
eight million dollar traffic
light synchronization project
and four corridors in Orange
County which would I bring
improvements to fifteen cities
state highway operation
protection program funds
capital improvements for
highway maintenance safety
operation and rehabilitation
along with a critical emergency
response projects at SP one
I increased the funding for
the shop by about eighty five
percent along with increasing
the commission's role in the
shop which will bring greater
transparency and accountability
to this program the projects
I in this area and clued
eighteen million dollars for
pavement preservation work
on route one between the
good a beach in Newport beach
for decades the state
transportation improvement
program was the state's
only ongoing program to
fund capacity expansion
on the state highway and
intercity rail systems S.
programa can also find a local
transit and road projects I and
you can see from the numbers up
there are there's a lot of pent
up demand for this in looking
at that eighteen nineteen and
nineteen twenty fiscal years we
have a six hundred and fourteen
million dollars available in
this program the request to
read we received total one
point one billion dollars a
half a billion dollars more
than the funding we have we're
going to be able to fund all
those projects but not in
that the years when the be
ready to go so whacking the
money work at work just gonna
have to weigh on some of the
project among the projects are
in our staff recommendation
that was released on Wednesday
is eighty million dollars
for their route fifty five
central quarter improvement
project here in Orange County
the primary objective of
the solutions for congested
quarters program is to fund
projects that reduce congestion
and highly traveled a highly
congested corridors through
performance improvements
that balance transportation
improvements community impacts
that provide environmental
benefits we're currently
evaluating that I proposals
for this program that we had
were gonna program at billion
dollars and we've received
a thirty four applications
requesting two and a half
times that amount one of the
projects were evaluating is
a hundred two million dollars
for -- throughout at fifty
five quarter improvement
project that's being
recommended for step funding
for this program and for the
other competitors programs
that I commission is going to
be consider them considering
them for adoption aye in may
we will be coming out with
are a staff recommendations
on April twenty fifth
the trade corridor enhancement
program a is to fund
infrastructure improvements
on quarters with a high volume
of freight movement where
combining that the roughly
three hundred million dollars
a year of SP one funding with
federal discretionary freak
funding for a program that
that will act commit a roughly
one point at three billion
dollars in may we've had
forty three applications that
were reviewing now at asking
for one point nine billion
dollars among the projects
were considering is sixty
seven million dollars for other
route fifty seven Lambert road
interchange here Orange County
this is a summary of the
the programs that that we're
working on and when will
be adopting or when we have
adopting adopted them as you
can see are in a very short
period of time aye within
the first five months of this
calendar year that date the
commission will be committing
ten billion dollars in SP one
funding and looking at the
total investment of state and
federal funds it's twenty four
billion dollars and that's not
in county any leverage funds
or other funds that are going
to be can you local funds
that are added to the project
ugh going to this very quickly
because I secretary Ennis
mentioned a lot of it I one
of the things did that the
commission did or one of his
commercial be doing is are
increasing our risk our role
with the shop route based
on the SP one out we are now
allocating Caltrans cap outlay
support for our shop projects
so this is this is the funds
for Caltrans staff to do the
environmental of the design
work that the right away work
this is at a new role for
the commission and this will
provide greater accountability
and transparency to to the
process out we will be holding
Caltrans accountable for
achieving targets for assets
that are in the state's asset
management plan and will be
holding cities and counties
accountable up through that
and reporting in the local
streets and roads project
as I mentioned previously
we are a dot are reprieve
proposing guidelines for the
commission to adopt at later
this month for accountability
and transparency guidelines
that are over arching for
all the SP one programs under
the commission's purview
area I I moving forward one
of the things I I'd like to
point out that -- commissions
annual twenty seventeen
and a report contains are
another recommendation for
how we might improve some of
the accountability I'm not
really looking at the idea
that the commission should
allocate all of Caltrans
how about we support costs
and so the program that's
really missing from that
is the state transportation
improvement program or the
step so I we believe that
that doing this will increase
transparency and accountability
out without a like that to
thank you for the opportunity
to as speaker anyone who
wants more information on
these programs envisioned
the commission's website
CTC dot CA that GOP or the
rebuilding CA website I'd be
happy to answer any questions
okay thank you -- I just have
a couple questions though
one thing I learned that --
the way you can nam wastes
money is to because so projects
to be chronically delayed
and that's that serve the
environment we had three SB one
so the question I have is how
can you use S. B.
one to accelerate projects and
the US our complete them faster
and save the taxpayer money
get better bang for your Buck
the the other day other part of
that is if you're chronically
underfunded you tend to break
the projects up in the little
pieces which of course costs
more money so how -- will
this help us so complete zero
projects -- more efficiently
and -- focusing on that can
you answer can you discuss how
the -- upcoming guidelines and
-- they agencies -- efforts
will be to increase project
delivery when one of these we
want this funny spat we wanted
spend now and -- we don't want
any delays and -- we're going
to try to get these projects
bill so as quickly as possible
so what what is being done to
have that happen your in terms
of the main notes in terms of
the still write le you know
later west the local people
the same question so you guys
have to be ready for that so go
ahead yeah several things that
-- we're doing to check salary
projects when you mention is
good the straightforward one
is that with the dollars a
you're not you're not waiting
on the dollars you're you're
dancing the work because of
the ed we even have the project
I mentioned the highway fifty
seven project down in this
area I was at was we're able
to advance because the dollars
were there about on that
this streamlining -- there's
a set several other things
that we've had a good a pilot
program with been running
we want expand a call de at
at contract manager general
contractor where you bring in
some construction expertise
into the design phase of the
project and the contractors
work with Caltrans on how you
can streamlined construction
how you can reduce delays
adds motorist is the projects
going on and that's been very
successful at to add accelerate
that the time to completing
construction others also in
SP one a a dance mitigation
program that can be impactful
for some of the larger programs
and that's where you look at
exhilarating the mitigation
work that comes with large
projects you do it in advance
in their you ensure you're not
think there's none other here
in Orange County according to
senator Bates Carrillo yeah
we're going down when she was
a supervisor that's correct
is that the similar kind of
what we're doing absolutely
at Orange County are good
yak kind of established that
then the mitigation did it
early got the early benefit
of that doubt environmental
mitigation and then you reduce
a big rest of the project when
the project get started can
I use a timeline right you
do is you get this rest that
the permitting agency could
pull a permit if you're not
in compliance with mitigation
such you do it first that risk
goes away so that's important
as well so of the other thing
I might mention is are there
some legislation last year
that requires the establishment
of a streamlining task force
rod was said I do believe
eight AB twelve eighty two so
we're working with the natural
resource agency and some of
the departments to set up that
that group that's gonna look
at further as streamlining Ste
further coordination and in
my view specially on the big
transformative projects that
are often are the most complex
for getting through their ad
the process of permits and so
forth they want to have a bit
of a strike team that can look
at those right -- the next
question would be arm -- we're
hopeful the federal government
role in infrastructure finance
will be significant -- what
do you see a in that arena
and how-to's SP one -- help
Los on given the discussion
at the federal government's
requiring -- some forma match
that's the framework that the
released don't have specifics
but can you give us an idea
looking to the future on how
California can can P.
were against other states in
getting our fair share of the
federal dollars that we pay
in taxes back to California
rate great yeah the the trump
budget came out and and they
were suggesting that the new
federal money of the largest
share of it are they wanted to
put out with a a basically a
four to one local match sofa
for every federal dollar they
wanted for a state or local
dollars to match that and not
only that they wanted them in
the proposal to be new state
or local dollars and they
suggested in their framework
that the more recent that the
dollars the hired those would
count add toward the local
match so yonder that construct
-- SP one would it would count
and would be able to bring in
federal dollars set without SP
one and that structure there
wouldn't be any really new Ste
state dollars that that could
be available add to aye to
bring in new federal dollars
so that that said that's
certainly significant if the
feds federal government chooses
to go forward without approach
thank you Mister chair so
while I'm in the interests of
transparency in making sure
that we know what's going on
if I were a resident of the
city of Anaheim looking it
sure power point in thinking
about the local project list
that's on there will it would
I be will I be able to go on
your list and find information
about a specific project not
just what they plan to do but
what has been done so a project
that has been completed not
just planned and the cost of
that project once completed
along with the total amount of
money provided to the city of
Anaheim through this S.
B. one
yeah I'm gonna dam answer and
then I might invite damage
to respond as well on the on
the website we have a lot of
the for pictures for certain
projects virtually the highway
side we look very much look
forward to adding after
pictures from local no we're
look I'm talking local streets
yes so that -- address to
respond some of the information
on the structure comes upon
project completion that natural
ability to say the reason I ask
the question is my perception
maybe it's not reality is that
these projects are for the
most part and can be invisible
and the source of the money
to complete the project can
sort of be difficult to figure
out and so it would seem to
me that if you are interested
in knowing where your gas
tax money went the money
that's directed to a local
government entity would be very
important to be able to track
that money project by project
the cost of the projects and
measure that against the total
money provided to the local
government entity and I'm just
wondering if on your website
it's going to be easy if I
were a resident of the city
of Anaheim to figure that out
yeah so I I think I think it
will be a what all the programs
are a little bit different for
but for the larger competitive
programs when we talk about
that local partnership program
I congested corridors the
trade quarter program all
that informational would put
up about the project and will
be getting our reports on
the progress and we will be
having those -- heard at the
commission and posting that
information on the website at
the local streets and roads
program which has in a aye all
the counties and -- if four
hundred seventy nine cities
of course Anaheim's included
in that their list of projects
they're required to and it
will be in October send us a
list of what they have spent
money on in the past year so
we will be able to have that
up on the website and that
will be updated every year both
with that that new projects
that they they're adding every
year for with this funding
and that what they've spent
to date on those projects so
will I be able to easily tell
that Anaheim's local Streeton
road de budget is generally
been doubled let's say and
let's assume it's five million
dollars or whatever that I'll
be able to see Anaheim five
million dollars ten projects
totaling three point five
million -- individual numbers
for each of the projects so I
what we ask of a local streets
and roads project -- program is
is what what was in S.
B. one which it doesn't have
all the information that you
talk about what we we will get
we've requested in and we're
getting a lot of it so we will
be able to to indicate that
and what are jurisdictions are
required to do for the local
streets and roads project is
specifically adopt a resolution
by that the city council board
of supervisors saying these
are our SP one funded local
streets and roads projects and
so we have specific identified
those projects and will have
the actual expenditures while
I we had will have data on a
release to data on our from
our website on way how much
the estimates are for each
city and and that year because
vote those that comes out from
the controller it's based on
actual tax receipts and that
in the future will be updating
those will idle and ask you to
let us know if the requesting
Peace doesn't work as planned
we have ways to deal with that
because I think it's very very
important sense frankly the
residents of the state of
California are paying for this
that we have full reporting in
that that data is reported in
that they can decide whether or
not of the cities are spending
this money of the what local
counties whatever spending this
money appropriately and can
respond appropriately if they
think not so with respect to
accountability guidelines you
mentioned that these are going
to be considered and I guess
this month yes and can you
give us -- and I realize you
know they're they are yet to
be determined by people to get
the vote on them but can you
give us some idea of what is
being generally proposed with
respect to accountability sure
I there are really three parts
I would break it down to our
it is the first is that what
we're referring to as front
and accountability and this is
for aye that the competitive
programs out for a in the
active transportation program
is for the larger projects
and also in that that state
highway operation protection
program it's for the the LAR
the larger projects and there
are going to be at what we're
calling baseline agreements
where at the head of that
agency the director of Caltrans
the head of the at the local
agency are going to have to
assign a commitment this is
this is the costs this is the
scope this is the schedule
we're going to keep are on the
project and then against that
baseline their role there will
be a court first quarterly and
then by any reporting as we
get as we get farther along
I so we have that imp that
were calling that in progress
where where they're having to
report Caltrans will be will
be gathering that data and and
assist in the commission we
what we will be a having those
at taking those commission
meeting on a quarterly basis
so anyone in the public will be
able able to see where they're
where they're projects are are
and how and if there are any
issues that were happy with
the projects are there any
rescind delivery we're gonna
be gathering all that data
the third piece is a really
that that the for the ending
accountability and that has
two components there's a a a
a a completion report which
is basically when the project
is open to the public out were
going to be that withholding
funds from the reimbursements
to make sure we get those from
agencies and so will have the
data on whether they what were
the benefits these projects
were were were going to give
us and what are the benefits
we got for those projects and
that we have one last report
out when the contract closes
out to say okay well what it
what do we really spend on this
versus what we thought we were
going to spend and I assume
these proposed guidelines are
posted somewhere so you're
taking public comment are
correct there are are are we
we we've had I've I've versions
ouch I have for you know a
couple of months now and we
will be updating a put that
putting the latest version of
the guidelines out I believe it
will but a week from today and
obviously the reason I a seize
questions is obviously there's
a year there's a concern about
paying paying the gas tax the
front end but there's also an
overriding concern about where
the money goes and I think
it's very very important and
it's incumbent on us in the
legislature and you all who
were managers of the money
to make sure that we have a
full disclosure on whatever
website you're using bows not
only a plan projects put those
that are completed the cost to
completion and all of the other
things that you mentioned that
you the CTC is considering in
developing these accountability
guidelines I think it's very
very critical that the public
have an opportunity commented
we get this transparency and
accountability piece right
well yes this question about
grade separations you mention
local grade separations para
has that part of the local
partnership pieces opposed
to local street and road
maintenance funding so that
is a one of a because of the
safety aspect that's one of the
specific things that's eligible
for the local streets and roads
could also be funded under
the local partnership will do
the cost of grade separations
I would imagine for most
local jurisdictions the local
street and road allocation
would be insufficient to do
much of a grade separation
that that could be correct
so then does that mean that
if you're talking about a
grade separation the local
jurisdiction would have to
compete as part of the local
partnership what at so the
local partnership a program
has -- half of it is a is
a formulaic program so it's
a formula based on revenue
a population and so I a
jurisdiction could could --
choose whatever their priority
is under that and that we have
annual amounts of that and I'd
they can as long as they have
some funding up front at added
to a project on on go that's
ongoing basis so if it's sad
twenty million dollar project
and they're getting enough
five million a year they can
they can add that five million
a year to that project they
don't have to wait till they
have that that the twenty
million saved up I and so in
addition that form like peace
they could also compete under
the competitive portion of the
program also that that might be
something one could compete and
the trade corridor and I had
spent program is that widely
understood to be available to
look I'm just curious to local
jurisdictions because I'm sure
we have grade separation good
due to the cost of them a we
have grade separation issues
up and down the state probably
far exceeding the amount of
money in this local partnership
but I just wondering if that's
if that's well known among the
people who plan these things
locally I get given the number
of workshops we we have I would
certainly hope it's well known
and I mentioned to senator
on the grade separations that
we've seen the freight program
as it as a source of funding
for that and it of course safe
orders that major driver their
self Caltrans has been a co
naman -- denominator of three
projects for that the freight
program there's in this region
rice Avenue near the Porter
who Amy and at a Wanda Avenue
grade separation in the Inland
Empire so there's there's a
couple that no we have have
ranked high on the safety list
and so with fat without those
are important for inclusion in
the freight program great and
then I have one final question
and you may or may not be able
to answer that but this one but
how will the Serbs S.
B. one -- integrate with
the -- feds transportation
infrastructure proposal it's
been forwarded their put
forward by the administration
assuming that is adopted
right well at the end visit
mentioned it senator bell I
I think the causes an eighty
twenty match right twenty
percent from the feds and
eighty percent from the state
that that's exactly right so
and then the other thing is
they they're not looking for
just match dollars they're
looking for new match dollars
is they're dead proposal is
to grow transportation funding
by more than just what the
federal government's putting
in so I think that's very very
key here again that are you
really that the state's new
dollars RTSP one colors and of
those dollars go way you don't
have money to to match the
that the new federal dollars
that might come in with that
requirement yeah I know and I
think we're gonna have a law
competition because twenty six
states in the United States of
law increased -- gasoline taxes
and -- we will have a lot of
competition for those dollars
now because I think all the
other states or looking at this
matching idea as away again
more money so we're going to be
it's going to be very important
that we have the match and
and and maybe I shouldn't ask
his question but I can't help
myself what happens to all
these projects that we have
going if en at the end of this
year SP one goes way well I
I think unfortunately we you
know we've seen some of this
in the past and I think one of
Mitchell slide Sir showed you
showed what happened a couple
years ago when we had a fall
in revenue and the CTC had to
a cancel or your de program
I think about seven hundred
fifty million a projects and
they've been programs a but
they had not yet received
their funding allocation they
were ready for construction
yet but that funding was
withdrawn others projects were
you know put aside did not
have funding to move forward
a there was another I think
seven hundred fifty million
that was delayed push back one
year two years three years so
yes certainly these these are
projects were selecting now
you know some of the local
road projects are getting done
this year because they're quick
projects some of the highway
projects get done right away
Irwin specially when we get
to these competitive programs
awarding you know billions of
dollars for transformative --
projects if SP one goes away a
for the most part those those
projects are going to have to
be de programmed and they're
not gonna have the funding
to go forward okay thank you
Mister chair appreciate the
opportunity that use of sarraf
welcome bonus and Herman
and Sir Gaines questions
yeah if -- initiatives is
successful we are rejecting a
surplus form four point five
to eleven billion dollars
there would be revenue in the
budget this year we also need
to remember that wait a few
dollars were diverted for I
don't know how many years at
one point one billion dollars
a year away from money that was
dedicated corrode maintenance
Bob I think what would have
after happen is that you have
to change your priorities in
terms of the budget got the
largest budget in California
history a hundred thirty two
billion dollars seems to me
that transportation RB among
the top priorities in the state
of California now I've got a
question here like could in
terms of Caltrans efficiency
and brown are there any new
measures or efforts that are
being put in place to increase
efficiency at Caltrans sure
yeah absolutely and and maybe
out take the opportunity to
make an introduction here a
Caltrans -- as is having some
leadership changes you may
have heard of today's actually
director Dougherty's last day
on the job so we want to wish
him well budget with really
bringing in two experts for the
top two spots a Caltrans that
-- I'd say you know project
delivery experts to district
directors a Laurie Berman is
that has been nominated to be
the director and she led the
San Diego a region of Caltrans
and of course they've done
some very big projects and work
through complex environmental
issues and and local issues
to get projects done at the
at chief deputy director at
-- a Caltrans been nominated
by the governor is that Ryan
chamberlain who's here and up
and that Ryan's the current ad
district twelve director which
is Orange County so I think
people down here know him well
where and when I had and again
the dis to know how they're you
know break through problems and
get projects to construction
so word worth noting how
northern California people
right Ted were the other
California's delegation so it's
all so Cao a great right Dahle
United there's says I mentioned
that the Caltrans presented in
efficiency report to the CGC in
January a we're getting input
on that -- from the public on
you know how do you you know
what here at are there other
efficiency majors we should
be pursuing but not mentioned
one of them this a contract
manager general contractor
are there several a internal
efficiency majors Rifat AB
and been successful at -- a
focus on overhead in the -- the
engineer project development
area and brought over head
down several percentages --
ed as far as you mentioned Ste
catch staffing earlier are you
know every year until SP one
passed we were at eliminating
several hundred positions from
the Caltrans budget and because
the workload had been falling
as transportation revenue
fell aid I think some people
take that for granted but I
I certainly want to you know
it's it is pretty rare for a
department to year after year
come in and say cut our staff
and that's what Jack Caltrans
is done over the years so AB
I eight think there's -- again
several things that it would
curry jabbed happy to have
maybe said the committee that
fishing seize report that was
presented to the CTC so you
can have that complete list
of things we're looking at
great wonderful -- Mister Weiss
would you like to comment on
that efficiency report but
what it what is your opinion
a that the commission that
hasn't taken that action on it
was a draft report out we're
anticipating that the final
report coming forward to the
commission shortly okay great
wonderful on can we get that a
response in terms of after that
commission is reviewed elixir
everybody gets so Abby gray
information center thank you
wonderful thank you and then
adjust the follow up on are
there can be measures taken on
road construction cost per mile
it's it's it's it's is so
expensive it we know to double
the I think it's actually
more than double the national
average for road construction
California is there a focus on
that in terms of you know why a
satin are there measures being
taken to try to bring that cost
down but most a few things and
you know that I always feel as
it lasts death last decade or
two as I've had this these jobs
and transportation I pay a lot
of attention when I go out of
state if that infrastructure
we see no clearly California
has invested heavily in that
strengthening our our roadway
for seismic events you had a
big seismic a program after
the two earthquakes so are
overpasses up quite a bit
different than the overpasses
and interchanges you see
everything I notices it is
safety in a with fact it
invested a lot to reduce that
the the death in collision
rate on our highways with that
a guard rails and -- and deck
at -- shoulders on roads and
things like that also you see
a lot of urbanization in our
infrastructure where you got
your major cities and you are
you see elevated highways I in
the bay area as a some tunnels
you see Akkalkot tunnel board
things like that so we know
there's no doubt we have some
in expensive per mile type
investments we do but yeah
absolutely for the given type
of investment you're doing if
you're doing a pavement overlay
a you know that's that's a
muchas idem a more inexpensive
project into a new while of
account a cot tunnel sure but I
think every type you wanna make
sure you're you're getting a
good value for money again that
one pilot with where they've
been very happy with the bring
the contractors in early you
know is there something in the
design we can do better that
lowers the congestion costs
and it is a common complaint
occurred -- brain health
transits that many ways are
so rigid and their specs --
and you've got contractors
that are that have ideas and
methods in terms of how you
can lay asphalt or whatever
it is a more efficient because
yeah yeah when again I think
there may be a NASCAR on that
on that issue because I we're
currently limited in how many
of those we can we can do under
the act that contract manager
general contractor sell out
like I think go I'd love to
have -- center Gaines if you
have -- and the other senators
we can have further hearings
on Caltrans efficiencies so
-- those kinds of things I
think it's very important
we continually have hearings
on -- right so be happy to
do that my my committee's
jurisdiction and nam thank you
centre bell absolutely thank
you for your answers and I'm
I'm I'm kind of tough is you
know -- I I would say you one
-- you want -- you want to
put red spots on any -- delay
or scope change projects and
-- commissions jurisdictions
and -- depend important
saying that I learned through
my experience and project
management is to -- Dahle
led to -- the project here --
have unexpected surprises
and don't hold back did
information from a transparency
-- situation where you're
not telling people there's
a problem -- when there's a
problem has to be notified
right away so I would suggest
that to three months for --
some projects might not be
an appropriate you want to
get on top of those projects
faster in terms of solving
the problem in terms of you
know you're writing and -- the
ship if you want to say to the
make the project proceed on
time and on budget we don't
want a lot of change orders
-- you know that I'm always
tough for my contractors say
I don't like to see change
or you several button I still
have it is you know my but then
my office and we're the US is
no change orders you know of
scope changes project delays we
have to crack the will appear
on the US and and -- get our
project completed -- us with
a sense of urgency no sense of
urgency and -- that's the way
that's so the mentality think
we're gonna have you know got
to get going move it no delays
-- manager should manage that's
what your job is managed thing
move it okay tournament you
have any questions local thank
you Mister chair a guy and I
came in Sir halfway through
the movie so I'm I'm sure
we've covered most things but
-- secretary and as Mister
Weiss thank you for being here
Bob and I get nice went over
thank you guys for coming down
when I commend the work of
of the chair died over most
five years the centre bell at
working on a problem that was
twenty years in the making
-- I'm relatively new to this
but I've had the privilege of
learning a great deal about
not only the practicalities but
the politics of transportation
funding they are both my
colleagues have raised I think
some important points died you
know there's that center Roth
mentioned you know this into
sure as to where the money
goes -- enters point you know
transparency accountability
are very important that I en
Dan to center Gaines is point
that passed practice that I
en and as specifically things
like the diversion of the
waitress that which were you
know but I essentially just
by the time but which play
into a narrative -- that we
can't trust the government
with our transportation Audra
tax dollars generally Arab
and one forty that's where
we found ourselves April this
year we voted on the bill
guide where you're for twenty
years we we had let aye aye
die hadn't heard that term
sectors of deprogramming --
before wait what that really
means is to lay a high end or
otherwise abandoned projects
which are necessary I I live
in a district why represents a
district aye that has the kind
of distinction we have the the
-- we're number one we have
the worst congested the most
congested area the fifty seven
sixty confluence that by most
ensuring metrics is the the
you know the most problematic
congested intersection in the
state are I have sixteen cities
many of whom have very low
PC aye ayes aye N.
neither those problems get
solved without the infusion of
the funds brought forward by SP
one by in the absence of this
money the the problem will be
allowed to compound so I you
know the question is not do we
need to do it it's really how
do we need to do it I.
N. how do we give our our
constituents head of the voters
the assurance are that they
will see results in that we
will be held fully accountable
I'm actually quite proud of
played a role in the passage
of a CA five which will be
prop sixty nine on the ballot
June I which will address
to some degree that concern
around diversion by -- by very
clearly stipulated remember
the constitution that any
funds raised by S.
B. one can only be spent
specifically on transportation
infrastructure investment aye
and no other purpose I having
said that there's still a
tremendous cynicism that only
a you know gets countered by
showing people work overtime --
and so I'm hopeful as we move
forward despite diet you know
some of the the debate about
the merits of the plan by I
think it's your the obvious to
those of us who've been briefed
aye in the absence of these
funds here in the event that S.
B. one half is repealed
about we will be severely
challenged in this state for
the in the indefinite future
I eh as to how to make the
investments that are necessary
to build infrastructure basis
for California kami that
thrives Chau my colleagues
have asked I think the good
questions but you know thank
you for being here this is an
ongoing conversation out we
as legislators it is our job
to ensure that the citizens
get better Sharon should they
are you know properly enforced
we advocated that on behalf
of the and solely for to
work with you jobs and future
if you our panelists will go on
to the next panel now -- this
is the -- we're gonna hear from
the locals I'm and -- -- Pat
Carrano is the deputy director
of county Los Angeles this
Orange County led Los Angeles
people come to Orange County
no no okay over only to do
so now only getting those you
know dot com and -- we have
Michael Turner -- metropolitan
transit authority -- Lisa wrap
-- is Lake word public works
director -- Lisa I understand
you represent -- California's
public works directors yeah
you react and pats the county
public works directors and
Michael is that -- trance
transit -- agencies so will
turn it over to -- Pat I
think you're the first on
the agenda so welcome Patten
thank you for being here
design construction operation
and maintenance of roads
traffic signals on bridges with
India county jurisdiction --
on transportation we have about
seventy four hundred miles of
roads thirty one hundred miles
of major and secondary highways
and forty three hundred miles
of local streets the county is
forty two hundred square miles
-- we serve twelve million
people in the county I who
use a transportation system
they live in rural and urban
areas going from the antelope
valley the Santa Clarita valley
to the Los Angeles basin at
Malibu Calabasas area the
San Gabriel Valley including
because in the heights on
Roland nights so we service on
it Dahle different types our
roads urban roads that are into
dance -- cities we we service
site rural roads up in the on
the valley with service out
mountain roads are both in the
Calabasas area Calabasas Malibu
area so -- our priorities
of for transportation our
infrastructure in good repair
having our roads in good
save a condition road safety
programs including visual
zero Beth's strategies which
include engineering education
enforcement and evaluation
of the safety of our roads
multi modal transportation
including active transportation
projects and then traffic
signal synchronization on
major highways ought to
improve mobility and reduce
congestion and then the use
of intelligent transportation
systems so before S.
B. one prior to a three one
were experiencing an average
of forty six million dollars
in funding reductions annually
with the Foord over seventy
three million dollars in
projects I we were challenged
to maintain even the most basic
programs for infrastructure
repairs we were watching a
roads deteriorate and receiving
complaints from residents
and really wouldn't have
the resources to -- resolve
their their problems with the
passage of AB S. B.
one the county will receive an
average of a hundred and thirty
seven million dollars over the
first five years ninety three
ninety three million dollars
will be targeted to fix it
first projects using the road
maintenance and rehabilitation
account and the projects are
focused primarily on road
maintenance and repair and
and safety projects forty
five million dollars in this
be one funds would be used to
supplement the county crews who
chill cover ongoing operations
maintenance traffic safety
programs and there are other
are services that are critical
to the quality of life of over
residents on the accountability
side and I I I I appreciate
those questions because with S.
B. one our County Board of
supervisors has to approve
the list of projects I have
personally met with staff from
each one of our board members
showed them maps that show
their file our five ten year
pavement preservation reworked
the rehabilitation program and
then have show them what the
priorities are for to first
second third year and the
priorities are are are are are
different right we have roads
major highways that need to
be completely reconstructed
Terada up new bass pavement
would cut roads that could be
re surface and then would have
rows of good use -- mortared
maintenance methods out where
we can use environmentally
sound practices to recycle I
that the the gravel and the
base that would remove but
keep it in place so roughly
yeah you were provided on our
board of supervisors a at a
program that includes more than
fifty six projects totally in
a hundred and eighteen million
dollars this program once it
was approved by the board we
submitted it to the California
transportation commission and
that's our commitment that we
will deliver all the programs
that are on the project list
so that so this this program
is roughly equivalent to
the first two years that are
projected on our MRA revenues
the list of projects -- has
a hundred and seventy six
hundred seven million dollars
for pavement projects as I
mentioned before including
reconstruction rehabilitation
a preservation's seven million
are for projects encompassing
traffic signal a petition
safety and then four million
dollars are for drainage
projects odd that a being up
drainage has been affected
by storms and that will op
provide Culbert cleanups
upgrades for on our mountain
roads to prevent a for future
dam damage in future storms
so the projects were selected
from a list of the for projects
aren't we focus on those that
were ready to be delivered so
they were based on readiness
prospects of having this
big one funding allowed us
to expedite the delivery of
twenty five million dollars
in improvements last summer
and fall and they were armed
they're located in throughout
the county in the various on
communities so we green lighted
three major pavement projects
that were completed nine
safety projects I'm just tell
you what we're doing as we're
taking entire subdivisions
zero major like twenty thirty
you local roads and going out
there and I just tackling dad
while having our crews to the
pavement patching and they
were using modern armed the
liberty methods what what we're
doing is we're using job order
contracting for maintenance is
it qualifies for maintenance
so big on fairly quickly and
the with armed men the mall
oz soft because so our soft
causes is highly reviews
that when we have a major
reconstruction project where
we need to provide the sign
plans and and then ill prepared
construction packages to be
to go out to bid those are no
more complicated early take
longer so as I mentioned before
-- will we're also starting
are not what we're like to do
is would like to -- do have
sixteen million dollars program
for concrete repairs to upgrade
our sidewalks curbs gutters
in advance of future pay been
projects so what would like
to do as we like to get our
concrete crews out there to fix
the sidewalks that have been
uplifted by aging trees because
that make it maybe a compliant
fix the curbs on daughter fix
the potholes loose simpatico
patching a prep work and then
have the contracts is coming to
pay them so it's a system were
trying to get it now program
for future years that were were
will do the concrete work first
and then come back and finish
up just read down from my house
it the worst hurt the city of
San Jose makes the homeowner
pay for etcetera you know for
for us I mean I don't know all
of my wife do like that she's
but we did it you know because
we had the fix our side mark
yeah and that you're a good
number of this project will be
completed by small and medium
size businesses and it will dry
positive long term impacts on
our local and state economies
for us is we one came in at the
right time we we understand the
value of having a sustainable
unpredictable funding source
for transportation and then
on behalf of LA county thank
you for your leadership and
guidance on the passage of
a reward SP one I'd be happy
to answer questions you are
think Lucier nags thank you
though gay the city public
works -- expected from our city
of Lakewood Lisa Lisa around
yes thank you -- senator bell
senators -- my name is Lisa
wrap and I'm the director of
public works for the city of
Lakewood and I'm here today
representing the league of
California cities public works
directors around the state as
well as almost four thousand
members of the nine California
chapters of American public
works association first let
me take thank all of the
legislators in California
who've taken the courageous
step of voting for S.
B. one as the national chair
of the government affairs
committee of a P.
W. way I probably told of our
California SB one story around
the country and our needs
are very similar to those in
all fifty states but we're
taking action to improve our
transportation infrastructure
in every community in
California I'm sure that you
are all familiar with our
California local streets and
roads assessment this database
was invaluable to document
our local street maintenance
needs first undertaken in two
thousand eight the cities and
counties are presently under
way with our fifth biennial
update with seventy three
billion in on Matt funding
needs first cities and counties
statewide the passage of SB
one was a huge help in ensuring
we can repair our existing
transportation networks as
work progresses we will also
be able to use this data base
to demonstrate how the funds
from SB one are making an
impact cities and counties
scored an average pavement
condition index of sixty five
and absent any new funding that
backlog would have grown by
an additional twenty billion
dollars in just ten years ago a
core benefit of SP one is that
it also helps stabilize funding
for transportation by providing
a dedicated revenue stream as
opposed to pulling from the
general fund this helps local
governments plan for long term
projects and also provides
guarantees in the constitution
that funding will be available
over ninety nine percent of
jurisdictions for her and four
hundred and seventy nine cities
and all fifty eight counties
successfully submitted their
project lists to the California
transportation commission a
transparency requirement of
SP one which makes all the
cities eligible for SB one
funding SP one has doubled the
amount of funding each city
will get for road maintenance
and rehabilitation purposes
over the next ten years in
the up coming fiscal eighteen
nineteen alone cities and
counties expect to receive two
point seven billion in direct
allocations with one point two
billion of that coming from
New revenue generated by SP one
and oh boy of what US public
works directors could do with
that funding of my city of
Lakewood has about two hundred
miles of streets to maintain
our first allocation of SB one
funds of just over four hundred
fifty thousand dollars will
be used to pay down the Avenue
a local collector street that
has been awaiting an overlay
for about ten years as well as
repair of displaced sidewalks
that impact our residents
ability to walk safely in their
neighborhoods will get about
one point three five million
of SP one funds next year
we are currently using
seventy thousand dollars of
our own local funds to update
our pavement management
program for the first time
since two thousand six the
new system will help us
prioritize and schedule R.
pavement resurfacing needs
and we appreciate S.
B. once flexibility once our
citywide pavement index reaches
eighty we will be able to
enhance our arterial projects
with sustainable features
that address storm water
quality bike lanes transit
and pedestrian facilities we
are currently designing could
complete Greenstreet renovation
of Lake what the Lakewood
Boulevard corridor that was
once a state highway traversing
from the foot hills to the
ocean we have one piece of that
future allocations of SB funds
will certainly be leveraged
with other grant sources and
county sales taxes to fund this
massive project I've been in
contact with my public works
director colleagues around
the state and I can assure
you there already putting
SP one funding to very good
use in Downey where I live
city leadership is investing
much of their SB one funds on
residential street improvements
doing overlays in slurry seals
to bring the citywide PCI
above eighty Downey house a
residential street maintenance
backlog observe over sixty
million dollars an SP one
funds will allow Downey to over
double their annual residential
street repair budget making
a major impact on residential
street conditions also in the
gateway because of the city of
paramount received over three
hundred eighteen thousand this
fiscal year in SP one funds
and they program the money
for arterial improvements on
a larger Boulevard which that
allowed them to expand the
project on paramount Boulevard
with local transportation
sales tax they were also able
to add another black to their
neighborhood streets project
they are very excited about
next year's allocation of just
under a million dollars that
will allow them to double their
annual arterial resurfacing
expenditures and city of la
mirada is looking forward to
around eight hundred thousand
dollars annually first their
dedicating the funding to new
signalized intersection and
then next year the S.
B. one funding will be combined
with other general fund
dollars for a comprehensive
neighborhood infrastructure
improvement program including
street resurfacing drainage
enhancements and replacement
of damage curb gutter and
sidewalks in Los Angeles county
the spring Culver city will
spend their first allocation
of two hundred thirty three
thousand on a second only to
resurface a segment of Supaul
that a Boulevard major regional
corridor this street has a
high traffic index with a lot
of truck traffic and higher
speeds and the plan made
its treatment will keep it
from requiring a more costly
treatment later going forward
Culver city will concentrate
their SB one funds on arterials
leveraging SP one dollars
with transportation sales
tax funds and next year they
planned to leverage six hundred
thousand of SB one funds in
a sustainable payment project
using asphalt recycling on
over Linda Avenue another major
arterial which regional impact
the city of Santa Clarita will
receive just under one point
eight million ends SP one
funds in the first year which
will be invested in pavement
preservation a critical need in
their local communities SP one
funds represent twenty percent
of that project budget and
expected to be in construction
in April the project will help
the city improve their current
PCI of sixty seven city of
thousand oaks is responsible
for maintaining approximately
three hundred and eighty
miles of streets valued at
seven hundred million dollars
they need approximately six
point five million per year
to maintain their streets
and a very good condition
rating and a existing gas
tax revenues provide only two
million of that annually so
SP fund revenue will reduce
their deferred maintenance
backlog by about a million and
a half per year thousand oaks
project beginning in April is
funded through a one time city
council approves see IP general
fund expenditures expenditure
allocation of of ten point
eight million dollars so there
really investing their own
funds as well for three million
and block the get regular gas
tax and three million of SP
one funds so they will treat
fifty one miles of residential
collector an arterial streets
using a combination of overlays
slurry Sealion micro surfacing
and what their first harsher
partial year of SP one funding
of three hundred and thirty
thousand dollars Cupertino
was able to look include three
additional collector streets in
their annual pavement research
resurfacing project that all
previously had a pavement index
pavement condition index of
less than fifty and carried a
significant amount of school
one recreational bicycle
traffic the streets are now
in great shape for all modes
of travel the city of Santa
Cruz looks forward to about
four hundred forty thousand
the first year and roughly one
point one seven million the
following year and this year
they're replacing a catch basin
and corrugated metal storm
drain pipe for roadway drainage
as well as a new street lights
inside work repairs forced
pedestrian safety while they
work on planning their budget
for next year's funds even
the little city of more park
using its first year funds
totaling two hundred fifty
thousand dollars leverage with
look but regular gas tax they
have accomplished a pavement
up project a restoration work
in the vicinity of Moorpark
college so in conclusion
sit cities large and small
herbal it urban and rural are
leveraging their SP funds on
projects right now applying a
variety of treatments that will
make improvements in all their
communities that they would
otherwise not have been able to
make and we thank you for your
kind attention thank you Lisa
and will now turn to Michael
Turner -- representing our our
transit -- -- sector Michael
and what I want to talk about
is -- both the the importance
of SB one funding to transit
statewide but also use our
investments in Los Angeles
to highlight how -- these the
if the SP one funds create
benefits -- across the state
and -- for us S. B.
one represents a a critical
first step not an important
investment in -- transportation
in the state the you can see
here the -- benefits that are
provided to SP one while these
are specifically in LA county
these benefits statewide --
you can see the major highway
and street road investments
those have been talked about
-- in Los Angeles county across
the state we're looking at
expanded bus and rail service
-- another important issue
facing the state is a lot of
a states transit agencies are
looking to convert their fleets
two zero mission buses are in
Los Angeles county gala valley
Transportation Authority --
has gone all electric Long
Beach is in the process of
purchasing a electric buses
foothill transit nam has
invested in a lot of electric
buses out we're finding that
they are still expense of the
infrastructure -- there's a lot
of infrastructure investment
that's needed to make that
conversion and SP one -- will
help with that metro has our
board has a adopted a plan to
have our fleet of twenty four
hundred buses go all electric
by twenty thirty and S. B.
one funds will help us achieve
that not that transit funds
that are in S. B.
wonder guaranteed to transit
with the passage of prop sixty
nine all of that money will be
guaranteed by the constitution
that will help agencies like
metro to -- expand and upgrade
our bus service we will expand
upgrade our rail service in
fact we have of the blue line
a which goes from Long Beach
to downtown is -- currently --
zero one of the old is is the
oldest rail line in LA we're
currently investing a billion
dollars to upgrade that line
and -- Y. there's no S.
B. one funds directly on that
investment that is the type of
thing that we get to do in that
part of the ability we get to a
leverage -- with the S.
B. one funds the other thing
that I wanted to point out
about our program is that and
this is something that agencies
across the state are doing we
wanted to adopt a comprehensive
investment strategy for the S.
B. one funds as you know LA
county is supported by sales
taxes a lot of this state is a
supported by local sales taxes
that go for transportation S.
B. one provides an opportunity
to leverage those funds and
really make a significant and
comprehensive investments in
transportation what metro did
is we looked at the S.
B. one categories we've
partnered with are locals
the county and city level and
also look at the discretionary
programs in SP one and how can
we strategically match those
with the investments that are
made by the local sales tax
measure so we are offering
a comprehensive long term
investment strategy for S.
B. one funds and that's what
you see on the map here the
-- blue lines represent a
new transit investments and
you can see those are --
primarily concentrated in the
urban core the pink are both
highway and goods movement in
a improvements that you can see
are coming out of the ports of
Los Angeles but also a provide
access to the more suburban
parts of the county and senator
other wanna take this moment
to address your question
about grade separations out
we have a total of three major
grade separations that are
included in this investment
plan the Rosecrans marker
grade separation is a the
most dangerous crossing as
identified by the state there's
additional funds to complete
that work we have two other
grade separations that mono
bell Boulevard and Turnbull
canyon of these improvements
would not be possible without
the SP one funds we have those
included there -- we also
have funding and included in
here a funding for the most in
congested choke point in Los
Angeles county the fifty seven
sixty which senator Newman
mention -- so that money is a
also a part of our investment
plan there's also funding to
expand the goal line which is
actually the boards highest
transit priority to extend
the goal line a all the way
among clear in San Benito
county as well as improvements
all of on the I five in the
Santa Clarita valley in the
northern part of the county
this one also underscore that
this plan comes about from a
lot of collaboration at the
local level but there's also
been a lot of collaboration
at the regional level we
meet regularly with all of
the commission's in southern
California talk about our
investments to make sure that
all of our investments are
coordinated and what you see
here is an example of what's
being done in LA county but
Orange County also has a plan
to leverage the S.
B. one funds with their sales
tax for a program that fits
with Orange County riverside
Sandra Dino Ventura except with
venture doesn and sales tax but
the other counties that do are
matching their S.
B. one commitments with
with the local sales tax
when we did this we also look
at the benefits that come
from these investments of
our overall funding request a
is a total of two point four
billion dollars begin this is
a long term strategy the first
tranche of allocations will
be something less than that
-- it if Mitchell Brian here
hopefully I would say something
not to less than that but --
but obviously a everybody is
submitting applications for
well beyond the money that is
available but we're thinking of
this as a long term investment
strategy so without S.
B. one being a place we will
not be able to a achieve a lot
of the goals that this program
a creates and this is what you
can do with the SP one funds in
Los Angeles county we leverage
seven billion dollars in local
and federal investments out
with the structure of the
trump infrastructure plan a
if we don't have this money
we can't compete for the for
the federal money and that's
-- that's unfortunate but
there's a actual provision a
in the trump infrastructure
plan that provides the look
back so that if you are a state
or local agency that recently
raised revenue you are more
competitive -- for those funds
but we are plan generates
over thirty thousand jobs
we eliminate almost sixteen
cubic tons of greenhouse gas
emissions and we a reduce
vehicle delay by -- over --
seven hundred almost eight
hundred -- million vehicle
miles traveled that's over
the life of our investments
and then you can see in the
bottom the local -- the county
in the cities in LA will
receive a hundred and eighteen
-- billion dollars in local
Rick of road funds every year
the last slide I have is
showing what -- this is the
vote results for measure am
and what I wanted to point out
here is that Los Angeles county
voters have long supported
transportation investments
part of reason they have done
so is that our local measures
have guarantees about where
the money is going we've
expenditure plans that we
identify the projects that
are going to be funded they're
guaranteed by an ordinance
that the voters -- approve and
they're very tight restrictions
on our ability to change --
how that money is allocated
SP one has similar provisions
in at the local measure we
create those guarantees by up
putting them in an expenditure
plan there in an ordinance
but SB one -- has a set of
expenditures better a in
law and with the passage of
proposition proposition sixty
nine will guarantee that those
funds go to transportation so
it's important here to note
that a we believe this happened
because we kept the commitment
to the voters that we did what
we said we're going to do an S.
B. one has a structure up
that will allow us to do just
that but that'll conclude
okay arm will -- have a few
questions I had I had --
it might be --
some words are esoteric but I
have to houses question about
pavement management systems --
which I enjoy talking to people
about like Lisa at -- Michael
in terms of -- -- okay SP one
we divide the money half half
the local after the state the
local in the state about two
thirds of the money for both
is going to -- essentially the
pavement management road gray
who wrote were road repairs
safety kinds of efforts --
is essentially a backlog have
a backlog we talk about the
pavement management so what
you do is you have a arm --
year you have these -- kind
of machines to go around and
measure they will they Kiley
xray the streets and so you
can get real time data on every
single street right and then
you you put it and you develop
aggregated -- data about
pavement management conditions
-- do you have -- modeling
scenarios about what's the most
productive use of funds to --
reduce and eliminate the
backlog to get to the at
least he was talking about
the eighty level with the
caught a bit management index
eighty -- so I'm interested
in like what kind of scenarios
would be productive in terms
of front loading of funding
other kinds of scenarios that
could help you -- wipe out
the backlog in if you wipe out
the backlog what happens to
your cost is it is it lower
-- how does Eddie do with --
what happens to your your cost
in terms of the future beyond
that so that's the question
a big hug to answer that so
is be one funding allow us to
systematically use the entire
spectrum of pavement management
best management practices
so they include pavement
preservation resurfacing and
rehabilitation it's depending
on the condition of all the
existing pavement right so a
good pavement program employs
sustainable treatments and
is specific to the actual
needs of the road so what we
do in LA county are materials
engineering people they have
an assessment of the county
roads you they've in the car
condition of the road and I
directly have a machine that
goes to do a cover band that
goes out and -- and measures
the of pavement condition
Conrad xray machine right
it will it's visible because
you can see the potholes to
conceive there's alligator
cracking on the road now is
there any you know safety
things that need to be
handled so a good preventive
maintenance program on some
of the time it's like going
to the dentist right so you
can get your teeth cleaned
every year a study funding for
if you wait and if you don't
maintain your teeth properly
now you're into more expensive
the precarious and Morris
costly you repair your deep
right so the longer you wait if
you wait for a road to collapse
or two breakdown now you're
looking at reconstruction of
the entire road staking out
the asphalt they cannot the
base put in a new bass that's
probably what ten times more
expensive many view when in
like every for five years and
use slow resealed that the but
the other the street right you
prevent that so so with us I
mean happiness to one funding
it allows us to do specific
treatment for different St
so we'll be doing resurfacing
reconstruction a major highways
we have a lot of truck traffic
go full buses that are used in
the highways on local streets
we can go out and and and do
a -- you know it a cold meal
or air slurry see all right
so but yes the it's a lot more
cost effective if you have
a good maintenance program
if you let him the que and
that's what happened you know
we didn't have the money to
do any of this so you know a
lot of our roads are failing
so you're you you people are
calling and it's like to work
with get also but I just was
writing to buy can hit that
you've heard themselves and
what can you do to fix this
I mean beyond Lawler cases of
cases like that you have to
bond and do not leave your we
construct a road so I would
just like to add a little
bit to that I mentioned in
my a presente showed that the
city of Lakewood is currently
completely re assessing all
of our streets and that's goes
into a computer program and
that computer program has our
protocols in at that allow us
to manipulate that to help us
find you know the best place
to spend the money so perhaps
absolutely right if you can
put a an overlay on the street
and save it before it goes too
far then you you can preserve
it for another ten or fifteen
or maybe it in twenty years
a before having to do another
very serious treatment to it
again and so we have quite a
bit of experience doing that
actual work in Lakewood and
-- I know one of the senators
mentioned wanting to be sure
that the cities were working
on our residential streets and
we are indeed doing that and
one of the things that we've
learned over the past -- I'd
say maybe ten years is that
in using a era a rubberized
asphalt that allows you to
do an overlay that's a little
bit thinner than a traditional
asphalt overlay so rely on a
low volume residential street
in traditionally would never
do anything last than a two
inch overlay we have -- done
overlays on a number of our
streets it residential streets
in Lakewood at one and a half
inches and they are holding up
really well so that might not
sound like a lot it's actually
a twenty five percent reduction
in the amount of material
that you use and that really
helps to reduce the cost lose
money it saves a lot of money
you can be our more roads --
miles for the dollar exactly
and then also that rubberized
asphalt has proved itself and
is holding up very well we're
very happy with and it and it's
coming from recycled materials
this come from recycled tires
that that get out you know --
transformed into ask asphalt
of the early part of the espy
one was to put some money
into research and development
-- using our universities --
transportation institute so --
UC Irvine is getting -- they'll
be getting over the ten year
period millions of dollars --
further transportation research
institute herein Orange County
of for example UCLA -- of all
the others they're doing --
research aw nam essentially
-- pavement materials that
loud have a life cycle costs
to her that last longer could
you comment on that what you
know about that particular
issue are there new and you
you have your own little shirt
labs and you know you know
the cities have labs and stuff
can you comment on on that
and what potential there is
for pavement that will last
longer because that will save
a ton of money right and am I
right if you can get to last
like five ten years longer the
gentleman from Caltrans he made
a comment about the I five --
re the reconstruction program
as a kendo watching that and
eight yeah we're do you know
where you seen out rapid
settling concrete that that'll
is pretty quickly and dot you
know but who is a lot like it
would have got a lot of truck
traffic on the I five trucks
are coming from such a cloud
of California bring in in the
goods into southern California
at some major lifeline forward
that the state's economy so the
truck track with salsa beard
at the damage a pavement and
and that so that new methods
are pavements that can last
longer that are concrete
pavements were Rapid City
pavements and reinforcement
-- there's opportunities to
look at time our roadways
have you use porous pavements
when storms and rains command
you can infiltrate water and
recharge the groundwater so
that there's research going
on into that into green
streets are that have those
pavement features and then
green features with thaw
additional trees on landscaping
and up to armed enhance the
urban of forest right so yeah
although that can reduce the
possibilities with this kind
of support with this kind of
investment the possibilities
for improving that IBM lot
more environmentally friendly
and then improving our methods
for pavement psalm are are
very good and I'm glad the
universities are involved in
that research yes thank you
-- questions from senators
-- local our local government
Sir added a comment data based
on can migration but also
assembly Mister termination
so in I I want to commend you
about four measure M.
and collectively die I think
when we look at some of the the
issues around S. B.
one day did point spec that we
did not do as well -- ads for
those who are promoting and
educating the public as to the
the need in the merits as you
clearly did about three own
efforts and measure Hammond
and we can learn from that
but I I would I I guess I do
have a question so you know
to the extent that you did
that so well but I N.
I mean I've learned a couple
things if you reduce them to
you know last year introduced
around really simplistically
widen our infrastructure is
very expensive two it does not
last for ever right in this is
the problem California would
massive state massive economy
and we have to figure out a
way to a to communicate to
the public you know what the
needs are and how we're gonna
serve those knees you know
without shortchanging anybody
bottom what what have you
learned that we can applying
Sacramento as to engaging the
public educating them out as
to the nature problems about
giving them that insight but
I think it was so instrumental
in getting to you know nearly
seven percent on measure I'm --
you know especially as compared
to some of the friction we've
seen around our recent efforts
to Sacramento but I think for
us that had been a lot of the
self help counties one of the
key themes is always promises
made promises kept and so the
the first thing is if you make
a promise to do something you
have to carry it out and SB
one has a a structure that
that will allow us to be able
to say that -- and then now
it's important to -- engage and
maintain communication with all
of the stake holders of that
are involved in transportation
when we developed a measure M.
we spent a lot of time
working with all of the
subregions working with all
of our external partners to
develop a measure M.
but that process doesn't stop
with measure and that process
continues as we implement
SP one as we go through our
long range plan and as we go
about -- -- looking at our bus
system because were engaging
in a massive overhaul of our
bus network and through the
course of that we're gonna
maintain dialogue with -- the
ten million people that live
in Los Angeles county through a
variety of ways of we prepare a
lot of just basic informational
materials about what we're
doing we pose similar website
we actually have a a source
which -- is a way where
we publish things that are
going on it MTA O.
we maintain an active -- social
media presence so that we're
getting information out to the
community about where they can
engage on the activities that
we are engaged in -- as well
as we have one of the most
robust a community relations
departments -- in that country
because we have so much going
on so there are a lot of
opportunities to communicate
-- the investments that are
being made in Los Angeles
county and that's important
because -- the people in Los
Angeles county just as the
people in every other county
in the state are paying these
taxes so it's important for us
to be able to keep communicate
to them where it's going to
we have with a lot of venues
to which we can do that thank
you I will also commended you
folks always have the best
info graphics at of anybody
we we we get stuff for a home
are Senate Roth I just want
of tag on to what my colleague
go just said you know it's
been my observation that
local transportation measures
typically do well LA county
has some difficulty because
of the size of course but
they typically do well on
its because of it seems to
me the direct contact between
the voters and the people
who were actually spending
their money and that's why
we have difficulty when it
comes to state measures and
that's also why and I I ask
my questions earlier it is
absolutely critical that
we get the accountability
accountability and transparency
piece of this S. B.
one right and that's why it's
absolutely critical and I
know you all are interested
in doing this because I just
listen to your presentation
it's absolutely critical that
on the local side we get the
communication piece right
and that the voters and local
jurisdictions see where their
money's going where it's gone
and what the projects are
that are both proposed in the
projects are that are completed
and the more difficult piece of
course for those of us on the
state side is to make sure that
on the state side we do the
same thing and so a resident
in a particular community can
go on a website working go to
up a piece of paper some other
location and can drill down I
can figure out what projects
were done how much they cost
how much money the jurisdiction
is received how much money the
state has in the state projects
cost to to ensure that the
money is to is going to the
transportation projects that
they think it's supposed to go
to so that's just my comment to
Mister chairman thank you very
much now thank you of local
government representatives and
now -- I think our charges to
-- work your professionally to
-- insurer of fish and see --
-- I I I I am aware that when
we discuss SP one -- there was
-- reports having from local
governments saying here's what
the future lies in terms of
efficient use of materials life
cycle costing all those all
those new ways of looking at
things in terms of efficiencies
in terms of transit a saw -- as
well and I and I and I really
appreciate that -- I wanted I
urge you to continue to work
on that -- as professionals and
as far representatives of local
government so thank for being
a next panel our last panel
and we're going to talk about
-- -- true transportation --
economics and this will be
-- transportation California
we have Roger do concern and
the of southern California
contractors toggle tub
toddler bloom Stein -- from
the contractors so welcome
gentlemen and I believe
Roger are you going to be
first on on deck okay Roger
Roger Dickinson will -- I
believe make representation
Roger alternate over
good afternoon Mister chairman
and and members to good to
be here and Anaheim I have a
few slides and I've got a few
copies hard copies of I can
give those to the sergeant
thank you
thanks for the opportunity to
to testify that this morning
for this -- and this afternoon
now for this very -- important
I hearing and at the outset
let me -- thank -- each of you
for for your work at to secure
passage of SB one the road
repair and accountability act
last year -- and I extend that
even even to senator Gaines
I think it I think it is Bob
XP road bridge on highway one
after a full -- and I'm just
gonna say even at including
senator Gaines because I filled
nineteen thirties I think
and in good repair
hopefully that's how long
infrastructure has to lance --
I SB one as we all know
recognized at the time of it
it's been signed into into law
has a as a host of tangible
and intangible benefits making
it truly historic legislation
transportation California the
California alliance for jobs
and the California transit
association however wanted to
specifically and objectively
quantify the economic impacts
of of SP one and to that end
we commissioned a a well known
and well established national
organization the American road
and transportation builders
association to perform such
an analysis the association
has done number numerous
similar studies around the
country using standard economic
modeling methodologies a
doctor Alison black senior vice
president and chief economist
for our by who led the study
has authored over eighty such
studies around the country this
week the study was released
which shows that S.
B. one will generate nearly
one hundred eighty three
billion dollars in economic
activity and driver benefits
in its first ten years
this is a chart which which
summarizes of those benefits
and as you can see SP one
generates over eighty eight
billion dollars in direct user
benefits and nearly eighty th
at three billion dollars in
wages during that same time
period on an annual basis the
benefits average over eighteen
billion dollars well more
than three times the direct
investment of SP one funds of
about five point two to five
point four billion dollars a
year as you know total user
benefits average nearly four
billion dollars a year for
drivers transit riders and
businesses these benefits
include less time sitting
in congestion and reduce
maintenance and operating costs
as roads are improved and safe
for as an example truckers will
spend less time in congestion
and transit riders will be able
to take more trips with greater
access to goods and services in
some California households will
average nearly three hundred
dollars a year in savings
three hundred dollars a
year in savings the average
California households as
we look at job creation and
wages we see that more than
eighty five thousand new total
ongoing jobs will be created
but that figure only touches
the surface over ten years a
total of more than six hundred
eighty two thousand jobs years
and that figure is reflected
on the on the slide will be
generated and that's the diff
definition of a of a job here
is a a -- one year position
or job for one person now
that is a real measure a true
measure of the kind of job
generation will see because
obviously construction jobs for
example a don't last de down
indefinitely on that some start
and finish and then the other
ones come along and began and
and -- and as as well but if
you average the S.
-- it it's equal to more
than eighty excuse me sixty
eight thousand jobs each
year on average sixty eight
thousand jobs each year and
now most people would probably
S. backed that the vast
majority these jobs will be
in the construction sector
of the economy but in fact
slightly fewer than a quarter
of the jobs would be in
construction a host of other
sectors as this slide shows
of the economy would benefit
significantly as well more
than twenty percent of the
jobs would fall into where
housing and transportation
well manufacturing and trade
jobs will comprise thirteen
percent of new jobs as you can
see new jobs will be created
across a wide range of economic
sectors I want to underscore
this because a lot of people
make this assumption that only
the construction sent sector
will benefit from from this
investment but the fact of
the matter is that it spreads
across the California economy
it will have benefits two
people in jobs of all types
and descriptions throughout the
California's economic sectors
in addition in addition to
the three point three billion
dollars in wages that workers
and new jobs will will earn the
investment under SB one will
generate over eleven billion
dollars annually in additional
economic output and more
than five point seven billion
dollars as an increase in the
gross state product each year
no this is just a a slide which
captures some of these numbers
for you of some of which I've
referred to already others
which I'll talk about in just
a moment -- as noted above
the benefits of the investment
under SP one are not limited
to more jobs and increased
economic output alone with
repaired and improve streets
and roads Californians will
spend less on road damage
related repairs drivers will
save eight hundred eighteen
million dollars a year or
nearly eight point two billion
dollars over ten years safer
roads also mean fewer accidents
fatalities and injuries adding
up to five hundred eighty four
million dollars in save safety
related savings over ten years
in addition since the cost
of repair and replacement
of streets roads and
transit equipment increased
dramatically over time and you
have talked a little bit about
that with the previous panel
the opportunity created by SP
one to undertake maintenance
repair and replacement sooner
than otherwise would be
possible will yield another
nearly fifteen billion dollars
in savings to government
agencies over the next decade
primarily because as you heard
in the previous discussion if
jurisdictions can go out and
do a better job of maintaining
their existing infrastructure
get to repairs or replacements
sooner than those costs which
otherwise would in some cases
exponentially increase over
time for the for that died
maintenance and and repair
don't occur hence enhance
government agencies and by
extension taxpayers will
actually save money or look
at the other way around as
you were talking about with
the previous previous panel
you get to it sooner a and you
and I have a chance to do more
reduce costs and travel time
a producer other benefits
for example traffic flowing
more smoothly will assist
truckers who makeup twenty
seven percent of the travel on
California's urban interstates
the resulting savings for
the state's fourteen million
trucks that use the interstates
amounts to over one hundred
fourteen thousand dollars
per year per truck on average
we're gonna show you a few more
numbers
and although it's not reflect
on the slide and I want to note
that the environment benefits
as well with a more efficient
transportation system and
therefore fewer emissions we
will see actually a decrease
in a mission costs of about
thirty one percent and that
simply means that that in
the course of the study again
using accepted methodologies
dot would weep quantified
know that study's authors
have quantified out what
the the costs are associated
with with the missions and
we will realize a savings
the benefits the environment
there as well so what triggers
all these benefits Caltrans
alone again you've heard --
commentary on this earlier
in the hearing we'll be
able to repair repave or
reconstruct over eighty four
thousand lane miles on nearly
nineteen thousand miles of
of roadway that's what the
authors estimate now that man
those numbers could very some
depending on which projects are
Caltrans for example chooses
but where they representative
mix of of projects are they
could in fact get to over
eighty four thousand lane
miles in addition a it will
be possible to add thirteen
thousand five hundred miles
lane miles to existing rights
of way to add capacity but an
ease congestion we've heard in
our popular discussion a lot
of claims that there's nothing
in SP one that will will allow
at expansion of capacity or
a congestion relief that back
those statements to that effect
there are simply untrue aye
and the authors of the study
have documented about and how
much we can realise under SB
one over five hundred fifty
bridges can be replaced by this
by state and local agencies and
the next five years alone and
over ten years more than twenty
one hundred two thousand one
hundred state and local bridges
can be improved significantly
increasing structural and
and functional safety the
plain and simple fact is that
investing in our transportation
infrastructure specially
producers and undeniable return
such an investment makes us
safer reduces congestion and
improves our air quality while
obtaining these benefits we
also realize tens of thousands
of new jobs and billions of
dollars added to our economy as
this study clearly shows and I
here is the study in its
entirety as this study clearly
shows SP one is investment
essential to the future of
California thanks very much
Q. Roger of turnovers Todd
-- from the contractors thank
you Todd thank you Mister
chair senators I'm taught
bloom Stein from bloom Steiner
bloom Stein representing the
southern California contractors
association I've worked with
SCCA since two thousand one S.
C. CA itself consists of about
three hundred members all SEC a
contractors only employee union
labor they have master labor
agreements with carpenters
cement masons iron workers
operating engineers labors in
teamsters I collectively SCCA
members completed approximately
eleven point nine million
man hours of work in twenty
seventeen they work on heavy
civil engineering projects
across California they build
our streets highways and
dams I spoke with a variety
of contractors regarding
today's hearing are those
included general contractors
and subcontractors including
large medium and even that
disadvantaged business
enterprise contractors as
we all know -- as TV's my
discussion today provides
a few cautionary tales a
for your consideration and
some suggestions from our
perspective a but first we
should remember that public
contracting is competitively
bid in an open and transparent
process this is very in but
this is a very important
factor to consider whenever
discussing public works
construction and the preamble
of the public contract codes
I think says a said it's
best it is the intent of the
legislature in enacting this
code to achieve the following
objectives clarify the law with
respect to competitive bidding
requirements to ensure full
compliance with competitive
bidding statutes as a means
of protecting the public from
misuse of public funds to
provide all qualified bidders
with a fair opportunity to
enter the bidding process
thereby stimulating competition
in a matter conducive to sound
fiscal practices and finally
to eliminate favoritism fraud
and corruption in the awarding
of public contracts competition
is good for the state it
keeps bidders honest and it
ensures the state maximizes
its value I mention this as
a cautionary tale a careful
when considering alternative
procurement processes basing
competition on subjective
factors rather than the lowest
responsible bidder has the
potential to room to increase
the risk of fraud favoritism
and corruption we should be
alarmed when projects are
designed so narrowly that few
can bid on them again open and
transparent competition is good
for the industry and beneficial
for California taxpayers
most critical issue for small
contractors or subcontractors
is ensuring their timely paid
one GB để SEC a contractor
told me it's common for them to
be paid forty five days after
the work is completed this
is manageable but on occasion
when disputes arise payments
can be delayed up to ninety
days or more it's critical for
the subcontractor especially
DVDs to establish and maintain
a strong working relationship
with their general contractor
in order to minimize delays
in payment is also imperative
for the public agencies to
be as transparent as possible
on payments Caltrans has been
exceptional in this regard
and we commend the department
for it one area that can be
improved within Caltrans is
increasing the uniformity
from the department's cadre
of resident engineers we hear
of significant variances and
inconsistencies between ari's
within Caltrans districts
and from district to district
some contractors of even
stated there seems to be a
disconnect between Caltrans
headquarters and resident
engineers in the field
sometimes messages portrayed
from Caltrans had headquarters
never make it to the fields
and ari as one anecdotal story
highlighting some challenges
I Caltrans our E.
one SEC a medium sized
contractor was working on
emergency project in the Inland
Empire for the department
the are you wanted a certain
type of concrete pump to
location on the job site
contractor explained that type
of concrete wouldn't work in
that particular pump the are
you directed the contractor to
do it anyways and it not only
failed to pump the concrete
it damage the machine to make
matters worse the contractor
was denied the claim to
recover those repair costs
now these are issues but are
likely a function of any large
department program or delivery
system issues are going to
occur by virtue of the size and
scope of the state and the work
back within the word back from
the industry is a Caltrans is
taking unprecedented steps in
cooperating with the industry
especially since the passage
of SB one but cooperation
is evident with the SP one
task force and quartered
quarterly meetings offered
to SCCA and other industry
partners where most thankful
for those efforts because the
service in effective medium
for discussions on topics
such as the concrete issue
ari inconsistencies and other
operational challenges from a
planning perspective in this
may be of legislative oversight
role for you state and other
local agencies should emphasize
a broad range in the size of
transportation projects let
out to bid there seems to be a
natural preference to package
projects into a bigger and
higher dollar amounts this is
not in the best interest of the
entire construction industry
only large contractors can
bid in the hundred million
and higher range and this
prevents medium and small
contractors to participate as
general contractors planners
should be truly should truly
diversify the sizes of the
contracts their few reasons
for this small contracts
allow for smaller maybe DVD
contractors to participate
and grow their businesses
if the state only let small
medium contracts without any
larger contracts the larger
contractors will bid on them
and squeeze out the small to
medium sized contractors the
large contractors gobbled
those up and the medium and
small contractors suffer
a third of course disputes
on small contracts are far
easier to resolve the disputes
on large contracts simply
because the claims are less
complicated in small amounts
and fourth finally remember to
it's hard for DVDs to qualify
as subcontractors on very large
projects the DB contractor
I spoke to was looking at
building a seventeen million
dollar sub contract on the
very large construction project
but their bonding capacity
that is essentially insurance
they carry to cover their
performance on the project
is only five to seven million
dollars particular DB E.
subcontractor explain their
surely company requires them
to maintain a five percent
liquidity rate for the bonding
capacity that means they would
need to maintain on eight
hundred fifty thousand dollars
in liquid assets to work on
that scale of the project small
DB ease don't keep that kind of
cash laying around so it's S.
B. one funds continued begin
to flow into allocated to
projects I strongly believe
is very important for the
health of the construction
industry to provide a range
of projects that fall the
large medium small categories
this will maximizing grow the
capacity of Californians in
just construction industry
and it would in increasing
its capacity means the stake
incomplete more projects in
less time with regards to SP
one is worth acknowledging
it banking senator Newman
for his work on SCA too but
ultimately became a CA five and
is now proposition sixty nine
constitutionally protecting
the new transportation revenue
provided by SP one is the
highest level protections
state can provide that
protection is absolutely
critical to winning and
maintaining the trust of not
just the taxpayers with of the
construction industry itself
the construction industry
is as tough as they come is
entrepreneurial resilient and
takes a lot of pride in its
work I was told just yesterday
the difficulty still standing
after the two thousand eight
recession they can do anything
and it is in that vein I
tell you without equivocation
the construction industry is
currently the most optimistic
I've seen at my seventeen
years working with us you
see a contractors looking to
expand their businesses and
by doing so they look to open
new offices in new regions of
the state employ additional
workers and purchase new
heavy equipment to expand
the capacity I appreciate the
opportunity come before you and
thank you for your leadership
thank you very much a
gentleman and -- for that --
treatise on -- economics of
construction earn and what
the day I had it I had a
question nam -- in terms of --
looking ahead to offering
-- a recession potential
recession -- can you give can
you give us a feeling about
that given the study how
that could help buffer -- any
concern a risk that California
would have a recession and
one of one of the things --
that I notice in the study was
goods movement and -- keeping
our construction industry
healthy other contractors
busy so they didn't they
employees stone leave the
state of California I want
the contractors to stay here
do lot of work here hire a
lot of people here and --
cut to have a regular ongoing
source of money for that so
can you can you address that
particular issue so they're
they're at least a couple
critical elements to to this
the first is that it it is
very significant and important
to have a certain flow of funds
certainty to the flow of money
dedicated to transportation
related a investments on
that that's why it makes so
much sense to have this as a
separate investment program
that is not not subject to the
variability of the the state
budget otherwise with that
constitutional that may aber
flow that's right -- well and
for example Mister chairman
while we enjoy a surplus in the
state budget at the moment I at
least three of us sitting here
can well remember that -- in
twenty eleven we had to close
at twenty five billion dollar
gap or shortfall in the state
budget in order to balance
it so -- it was ogle and we
know they were victims of that
because such as redevelopment
and among among other things so
certainty means that those who
are employed who are planning
projects who are administering
them can go forward with with
that knowledge that they can
make those investments with
a guaranteed flow a lot of
money as the second component
of this that is aye a critical
is that money invested in
transportation infrastructure
has in effect a multiplier
of fact of at least three
and there are lots of places
where you can invest money
and not get that that kind of
multiplier of fact so it is
not only a level of assurance
that those in the construction
industry will continue to to
have jobs it is an assurance
that in all those other
economic sectors that were
the improving
said the center for if I may
on on the work force question
that you asked at the end I
I would simply recognize the
value in the virtues of the
prevailing wage that employees
are paid up prevailing wage
is designed in the sense to
to keep construction workers
in the construction industry
and the the level of payments
progresses as they stay as
they gain more experience arm
so that rather than looking
other construction job for
an employee it becomes a
construction career and that
is good for the employers well
because the more experienced
workers you have on the job
site means the quicker jobs
completed more efficiently it's
completed and ultimately less
injuries there are no jobs a
thank you of senators federal
law thank you Mister chair
just a comment you know I led
off this program when I had
an opportunity to speak about
I guess with the statement
that -- no one questions the
need for this infusion of
transportation dollars fifty
four billion over ten years or
maybe even double that based
on the needs in the state
of California as large as it
is with almost forty million
people I will say that the
economic study results some
Roger that you presented were
quite -- quite informative
and savings per household and
savings on operating costs
on your vehicle and certainly
those of us in the business
tend to understand those and
understand the need for the
transportation investment but
just my comment I think for
the folks paying for this at
the pump we're gonna have to
do a much better job in is not
a criticism by the way we're
gonna have to do a much better
job of detailing the reason for
this urgency you know talking
about the can the actual
condition of our bridges and
our freeways and you know local
roads and road maintenance
streets in cities most of us
understand because if it's a
bucking Bronco that were riding
we understand why and we look
to our city council inner city
manager to fix it but when
you're talking about the you
know condition in some case
critical condition of bridges
and freeway infrastructure it's
a little bit more remote in a
little bit more difficult for
-- for all of us frankly but
certainly residents in cities
and counties to understand
so I think if if we're going
to make this work and if for
frankly going to sell this
we're gonna have to do a much
better job of of detailing that
for the residents of the state
of California thank you Mister
chair if that man and if I can
just make a a brief comment
on I think on that I think
your ABS absolutely right and
it is a major reason why the
three organizations commission
to that that study because we
don't want people to be left
with speculation over what
its benefits are we we wanted
to have a a very thorough and
objective analysis done that
we can talk to people about and
hopefully help them appreciate
what what this investment means
what where their money's going
it's important -- I certainly
don't feel that responsibility
both as a as a a private
citizen is a former elected
official and it's important
that we let people know what's
happening with their money how
it's being used and and what
it's it impacts are and that
remains we remain faithful to
spending it in the way in the
way that that we told them we
would and they have a right
to to expect so so this study
as part of a bat effort to to
keep faith with the people of
the are of the state just in
the in the manner that you're
speaking of there Gaines
they wanted the thank you
Roger for this presentations
very helpful in terms of --
it's getting more low but more
meet about how the dollars are
being used out benefits the
economy beyond construction
I am very helpful I did have
a question for taught if I
could in terms of -- the the
relationship with Caltrans and
and contractors and because
you'd mention that -- you saw
on improvement in communication
and I'm wondering if that is --
also -- going to this concept
of innovation and ya act at
the I can't tell you how many
contractors I've spoken to over
the years on ideas that they
have that could actually save
taxpayers money that are --
well kind of well known
techniques for for road
construction for instance that
are allowed in other states
but aren't allowed the state
of California and so I'm my
hope would be that there de
better communication between
the industry and Caltrans so
that we can look and innovate
more we you know we use to de
and I hope we will get there
again -- the great innovator
in the rally in the world a
through Caltrans and -- but
that's not what I by for lately
and that's not really what
effort during my tenure in
the legislature so my hope is
that we can get there and --
my hope is that it's always
helpful we have innovative
contractors that have ideas
and how we can implement I use
a different technique right
we talked about rubberized out
asphalt for instance and and
that's something that we use
in our county when I was on the
board supervisors and it was a
great a great method that work
on our roads can you expand on
that or tell me what you think
is -- going to happen given
that we're moving forward with
SP one aye I think watching
this the a process last year
and and the passage of SB one
really required everyone
involved step up their
accountability and most
recently and he was such
a big push for S.
B. one senator bell arm that
worked on this issue for years
and years and I think everyone
came around and saw this is
this is a big heavy lift behalf
to put our best foot forward
and over the last several
months the word back to me
from our contractors is there's
there's more cooperation
coming there's more desire to
listen there's there's more
of a desire to uphold the
the department accountable
especially with the creation
of the inspector general
-- so I the from from that
perspective -- ya mention the
contractors are very optimistic
they're optimistic because of
the opportunities and I think
the CEO of renewed department
Bob that is trying to a put
its best foot forward in
partnership with the industry
it's great that you're look
forward to -- working without
Mister chamberlain and and --
Laurie Berman open relationship
there got a big we got to
take a month or some of the
northern California area is
not dead act right to do that
with your okay now will the
southern California senators
have the advantage here okay
alright some speaking how were
in Anaheim -- one quick note
Mister chairman I just at which
I neglected to to say is that
for those people who want to
see the full report they can
go to our website with okay
transportation CA dot com
and there's a there's a link
to the full report so in the
interest of -- as much exposure
as possible the people can see
it -- transportation CA dot
com okay good thank you Jeff
we go to the next stage murder
are hearing which is to receive
public comment and we have
some signed up the people all
call Acosta the first three
would have John -- tickets
how to pronounce your name
John it's Haykal Heiko I'm
inclined hay call okay John
a coal and Mike Meier Michael
Mayer and him -- joy shard the
shard that I get a ride okay
gentleman you have the floor
John thank you senators about
a minute to minute two minutes
okay I'm gonna go brief is law
to cover -- I'm John Hagelin
the executive director of
a group called the southern
California partnership for
jobs we represent two thousand
seven hundred fifty contractors
and ninety thousand union
workers I wanna thank the
contractors that are in the
office I also want to thank
the -- union brotherhood both
the labors and the operators
are here today the reason that
we were staff watches to make
sure that we have continuing
education to the public and
public officials on the need
for continuing infrastructure
so here's what we've done --
very active in the process
that measure am very active in
the pre -- SP one and now we
are really active in in again
educating the public on what
is gonna happen so let me show
you what took place a week ago
Sunday these are full page ads
Iran and seventeen newspapers
and Bakersfield to San Diego
this is our first entree into
the public you'll see these
projects are more by playing by
public people in this audience
understand SB one by grant
you the vast majority people
out there don't know what SB
one was so we need to educate
them on what will happen why
why is this important these
projects are -- is central to
aye Koba touchy feely scenario
you'll see el a Q. R.
code at the bottom center right
you kept asking about it all
you had to do was wind that Q.
R. code you with then picked up
depending on what newspaper you
were in it would pick up and
tell you exactly what projects
are in your county O.
we had tremendous amounts of
folks go on that how do we know
newspapers called us and told
us they did a Google search
of the amount of people that
want to their smartphones a
find out where these other
projects Argo so we continued
to try to figure out ways
and opportunities one other
thing that we will continue
to to do now these as cost us
a hundred thousand dollars to
run statewide we'll keep doing
these every other week so the
public starts to understand all
the upside to the S.
B. one a we're also gonna start
running in another month --
prop sixty nine which will help
inform the public on the need
for the actual lock box I think
one thing that we are really
happy about is that we are
also part of the fix our roads
coalition northern California
and Rogers group transportation
California two quick things --
we have established the first
ever lay eyes on with the CTC
commission and staff will meet
with them quarterly so they
hear from boots on the ground
on on what we're doing and how
can we be of benefit and on
Tuesday we think the same deal
with you know inspector general
we sat down with her she said
that's a great idea so she
too will have courtly meetings
with all of the contractors in
unions involved in buildings
thank you a police are --
I mean I'm gonna issue this
edict all the contractors and
-- we need we need to get more
train workers only so please
let people know that there's
going to be some jobs that we
need to hire the faster we get
and trained and -- competent
through our pre apprenticeship
programs -- and and through the
process I think that's going
to be a good thing for for us
so thanks I I really appreciate
all the -- jobs organizations
-- helping us do that get
the word out they were hiring
people there's work to be done
yes Sir okay Michael it Sir yet
Michael you of the floor good
afternoon my name is Michael
Mayer I am the a California
groundwater association
president our association
is predominately water well
drilling and pump contractors
I'd like to talk about the
impacts of SB one on the water
will industry in particular
the discretionary language of
section forty five -- section
forty five requires retirement
of commercial vehicles based
upon model year beginning in
twenty twenty we feel these
retirement provisions are
aimed at the average high
mileage over the road type
truck our industry and some
segments of the construction
industry are different in that
we have specialized fairly low
use and or high capital cost
commercial trucks currently
our industry relies heavily
on carbon exemptions to shield
these trucks from the general
model year phase out one of the
most used as a low used truck
exemption which has fluctuated
that currently allows a truck
to be used if the mileage is
below five thousand miles per
year until twenty twenty in
twenty twenty the notice and
comment ruled that is subject
to administrative Nguyen
is slated to return these
trucks two thousand miles
per year to be exact what is
particularly disturbing to our
industry is that subsection
see of section forty five
states that notwithstanding
effective dates and vehicle
model years department may
allow registration or renewal
for diesel fuel vehicle
using an approved exemption
notice the words may allow
registration a plain language
reading indicates that a
vehicle not meeting the model
year requirements in SP one
but otherwise registered
as low use exempt in carp
programs may or may not
receive DMV registration it
will be subject to complete
governmental discretion on
a case by case year by year
basis by an organization known
for its environmental activism
long term business planning
need certainty reasonable
regulations and a profit motive
to work SP one has taken these
criteria way for vehicles
we feel that the DMB sunset
provisions mandate by us we one
will disproportionately impact
a low to rural disadvantaged
communities relying on well
water thank you for your time
and consideration also have a
written comments to back this
up well thank you very much
I'm very interested that Sir
above very soon Abu I work
with your association okay
-- TM -- go Shan to shard him
him worst him varias and then
-- after to him we're going
to have Keith Rosenfield and
Ernesto Medrano and -- Chris
agar Laoghaire and Rudy a mommy
you have the floor my name
is Tim the shard and I am one
of the people that Mike was
talking about -- I'm based
in San Diego county arm work
in the rural communities
a one man operation arm
I also co chair the legislative
committee for the California
groundwater association and
there emissions task workers
force subcommittee my own in
coral informal polling has
found that my own legislators
most legislative staffers
contractors and citizens were
unaware of the D.
M. V. timelines in implications
to the ground water industry
that are included in SP
one this begs the question
of whether the financial
impacts and effects of SP
one were adequately analyzed
against the DMV subset sunset
provisions in SB one we
are all familiar with the
financial benefits of clean
air but I've not seen those
back beneficial benefits
compared to the financial
costs to those same communities
in my own effort to comply
with this be one I've replaced
my relatively low mileage
expensive truck I'm now paying
more in fuel in a new truck
that now gets even lower
miles per gallon even though
the vehicle was exactly the
same size make and model
the cost my vehicle loan
combined with the higher
fuel costs insurance costs
have increased might overhead
and adds that as a result
I have in me integrate
increase my labor costs
as a result of the increased
cost my residential customers
are now telling me that I'm too
expensive and I have actually
lost some work to other
contractors that have not yet
upgraded further hitting my
income please do not let the
cost of drilling in maintaining
a home well become the dividing
line between the haves and
have nots thank you for your
time yes Sir hold on a second
because -- I think center
yes I does a question can you
tell me what is the solution
that wasn't there known good
idea what so you feel that
your any well I feel and the
association feels that the
mandatory requirement every
thirteen years or eight hundred
thousand miles it doesn't fit
our business models my truck
I said was relatively low
mileage it had a half million
miles on it in thirty years
arm though he
needs in Mozilla Y.
we really look at least once
action no not of their work
with their association of
right that's where these
great thank you okay thank you
for coming by -- keys Rosen
Rosenfeld a yeah the flow
welcome thank you chair bell
members of the Senate it's
actually Kenneth Rosen Fiona
I'm sorry and that's okay I'm
pleased to be here and and
thank you so much for coming
Orange County for your hearing
I am representing the American
society of civil engineers
region nine which is the state
of California we represent
twenty thousand members in
this state alone out of a
nationwide and international
organization of a hundred fifty
thousand members S.
civil engineers we know
infrastructure you may remember
us as the people that put out
report cards about all manner
of infrastructure are less
state report card was in two
thousand twelve at that time
transportation infrastructure
which covered all manner of
transportation had a C.
minus grade which was shortly
after the American recovery and
reinvestment act influence on
our state and in the midst of
proposition one be I mention
that because you would say see
mine is not that bad of a grade
in some aspects I would want to
come home from school with that
grates my mom but -- that is
you know wasn't a D. or an F.
however between two thousand
twelve in today but for SP one
there hasn't been any bright
light of funding except for
the self help counties and SB
one fortunately fall though
the pattern of the self help
county measures such as the
one in Orange County thought
that was a brilliant move on
your part thank you very much
for that and the accountability
aspects of it are critical I'm
also pleased to tell you that
the board of governors for
region nine has gone on record
to support proposition sixty
nine with the constitutional
amendment and has gone on
record to oppose any repeal
efforts of SP one we know how
to design projects we know how
to analyze them we know how to
maintain them we know how to
make it sustainable we know how
to recycle them or decommission
them as civil engineers we
know infrastructure in Orange
County when you look at the
statewide report of the streets
and roads that was mentioned
by other speakers you'll see
that Orange County stands
out as having pretty good
pavements compared to the rest
the state and that's because
the thirty four cities in
the county of orange in the
guidance of the Orange County
Transportation Authority have
helped us to focus on streets
and roads in the past twenty
five years with the measure and
funds even so that's occurred
the two thousand sixteen
report card for the county
of orange by S. E.
gave our streets and roads a C.
grade we need to be at a big
grade level in order to utilize
the least costly pavement
preservation techniques
that were described by other
speakers my final comments
is I'm also a director public
works of one of the thirty four
cities here in Orange County
and I deal with every day
what I can't preserve or saved
because of a lack of funding
it's a very uncomfortable
position to be and I sometime
characterize myself as a
resource allocation engineer
deciding what not to fix
every day SP one is a breath
of fresh air is allowing us
to essentially double our
maintenance efforts and over
time we're going to catch up
with our stuff so I thank you
very much thank you all for
your time and we appreciate
that you're here today thank
you are like passed the
professional engineers to
content to work with us and
in terms of finding -- more
efficiency and things like
materials processes work with
our university transportation
has to to -- for Orange County
especially are UC Irvine
transportation assiduous in a
wonderful job for us statewide
the university right here
is done I want job it's a
undiagnosed kind of -- these
university institutes are
unknown assets that we have
to kind of guide us to a more
effective efficient and other
professionals le would need
-- continue to support those
organizations so thank you
very much absolutely thank
you Ernesto Ernesto Maduro
is the is that -- they'll an
Orange County building trades
representatives and welcome
her nest walking senators thank
you of good to have you here
in Orange County my hometown
Anaheim of the alley was twenty
billion the construction trades
council represents Auburn forty
thousand hard working men and
women and we're very excited
to see use of this bill move
forward and the implementation
of the going fall workstream
excited the city of the
historical aye importance of
it but more party it's going to
put our members to work I want
to highlight the importance of
only a partnership but I one
hundred parts of apprenticeship
reading this program because I
know that this bill addresses
the issue and I think it
needs to be highlighted
significantly more of the
national American building
trades unions seen the absence
of career technical education
in the high school level
because now high school to
focus so much on sunny people
the college but not everyone's
going to go to college we
have created a curriculum
the MC three multigraph core
curriculum to up put men
and our young men and women
through the high school level
as well as our college in
the community organizations
prepare them to construction
this is looking for a part of
an is curriculum that awful
fills the a through G.
university of California
interests requirements we
feel that it will prepare
youngster to enter into the
construction industry into
apprenticeship programs this
curriculum provides fellowship
ten certification CPR first
aid certification it provides
applied construction method
of -- but by general exposes
a student into -- with the
construction industry yes so
when we receive an applicant
commits or partial programs
we know with someone that
is coming and eyes wide open
and know what it is to work
in construction and again
construction is -- employment
is not just a job it is a
career that allows for thirty
years out there where a young
person can enter without a
college degree an average of
about four years be able to
earn and ballpark about sixty
thousand dollars a year within
a defined benefit plan --
pension plan and their medical
benefits for their family so
with that said we're extremely
excited to have that -- be a
part of this -- legislation and
we really hope that this could
be continued to be elevated and
Reyes because we need to get
apart people the fulfill all
of us baby boomers are going
to be retiring leaving the
industry thank are not so you
think we can get some of these
-- -- all the needed workers
for SP one absolutely we got
haven't we have all kinds of
programs are expand have to
make it happen we are going to
make it happen I know tool for
affiliates in Orange County are
expanding their twenty center
the iron workers electrical
workers are our auto finding
new facilities the affair what
our our our our folks store
partnership programs a turnout
a junior level thank you thank
you very much we have to get
going on that really really
-- support all the education
and training institutions
they're gonna make S.
B. one happened so -- Chris
secular were screwed serious
come on come on down Chris
and good afternoon honorable
senators thank you very much
for hosting this site this
informational hearing I'm a
fill represented for some they
will ensure and quirk Silva
and item that I will state that
I run this the sign that up
public comments list I thought
it was a general sign in sheet
okay my apologies to write --
that's pretty -- I'll take a
any time I get an apology from
the from the assembly here
thank you Chris for coming down
here -- for -- assembly woman
who's been a big supporter and
we -- appreciate all her --
helped and she's done a great
job of working with us so thank
you very much Rudy Emami Rudy's
-- closer I guess -- listeners
under speakers you got Rudy
from the city of Anaheim Rudy
us thank you -- I am the our
public works director here and
I I would like to also echo the
statements before of welcome
you welcoming you all here --
as well as our five hundred
and fifty miles of streets that
welcome you here and the work
that you're doing -- for the
last few years you know our
state has been talking about
a drought the bay at the big
topic of discussion Butta the
drought we've had in funding
for our our roadways has lasted
much longer than not so I'm
again this -- SP one is very
will -- welcome helping our US
cities not only a double our
formula funds that -- we used
to take care or infrastructure
but also the making it
available to leverage those
funds and other funds that
we have through competitive
programs through the SP one --
initiative as well as other of
federal and local county and
initiatives for grants -- it
is also open up the opportunity
to partner more -- at the city
of Anaheim has -- nine agencies
we share a borders with as
well as special districts
ago through our cities and a
lot times from priority for
different parties different
agencies I'm we can always
partner on projects along our
borders but SB one has created
many opportunities for us to do
that to continue to to -- bring
-- infrastructure projects --
forward now you all have done
the heavy lifting to bring S.
B. one forward -- but we are
the boots on the ground and
and and you have -- -- brought
this opportunity for us to
take this message out to the
street so we took a risk as a
city when SB one was was being
formed to go out in and start
designing projects in making
projects shelf ready so when
SB one does going to affect
and people start to pay that
-- extra gas tax at the pump we
are putting projects out on the
streets that's why we already
have projects out there we are
promoting it through -- signs
out there projects signs of
people see that S.
B. one of funding as that work
for them in their community not
just in the major arterial some
freeways but most residents you
know they're concerned about
the two hundred and fifty feet
on either side of their home
in that once you know those
are the funding going to --
their neighborhood so we're
doing that as well I'm as well
as being a very transparent
and putting in on our websites
because most people that we
do want to see it as center of
Roth -- mention they wanna know
where that money's going and
how is it being spent we are
taking the initiative to put
that on our -- project websites
a so we are being transparent
and and showing how money --
at work so on again -- you know
we've done the as public works
director the rain dance to --
try to get some of that that
the funding here -- for our
roadways but had your meeting
is so tightly a we also were
able to get some real rain
outside today so that they
can somehow lower being here
idol walks over well Rudy I
wanna thank does you know just
express my thanks to the city
and arm for hosting us and --
-- give you a chance to say
-- anything else about what
Anaheim's priorities you need
from the state of California
since we're all here is the
Senate you can tell us anything
new no what is your wish lists
I you know I always like I
always let the host do that's
a it Rudy have you you -- are
welcome in my office in the
time and tell the mayor and the
council so much we appreciate
hosting us Aaron -- I hope I
hope things are going well with
you we we will air and things
are going great and thank you
and -- again were what were
open to host you anytime you
want to come back thank you
thank you Rudy okay -- I think
that's said in terms of the
speakers and signed up -- has
answer is anybody failed to
sign up that they would like
to address okay se non -- I
like to thank my colleagues
for coming here and -- --
we learned a lot -- we are
focused and -- on the effort to
implement SP one the right way
we are going to go through a
process of -- in it instilling
a sense of urgency --
efficiency and -- timely notice
and transparency in the process
-- in implementing SP one and
-- I think everybody for given
us some new ideas approaches
which we certainly will follow
up on some some issues we
have to don't deal well couple
of the speakers gave us some
issues you have to deal with
and -- without I'd like to
adjourn this meeting thank you