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File #: ID19-1762    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Item Status: Continued in Council
File created: 5/24/2019 In control: City Council
On agenda: 7/25/2019 Final action:
Title: RESOLUTION - Approving the Submittal of Functional Classification Changes for Local Streets and Roads to the California Department of Transportation (Council Districts 3 and 7).
Sponsors: Public Works Department
Attachments: 1. 19-1762 Resolution Functional Classification Change, 2. 19-1762 Exhibit A Functional Classification Map.pdf, 3. 19-1762 Exhibit B Functional Classification Change Request Form.pdf

REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL

July 25, 2019


FROM: SCOTT L. MOZIER, PE, Director
Public Works Department

THROUGH: RANDALL W. MORRISON, PE, Assistant Director
Public Works Department, Engineering Division

BY: FRANCISCO V. MAGOS II, PE, MBA, Public Works Manager
Public Works Department, Engineering Services


SUBJECT
Title
RESOLUTION - Approving the Submittal of Functional Classification Changes for Local Streets and Roads to the California Department of Transportation (Council Districts 3 and 7).

Body
RECOMMENDATION

Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution approving the submittal of functional classification changes for local streets and roads to the California Department of Transportation.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Staff is seeking the necessary authorization from Council for the submission of a functional classification change to local streets and roads as shown in Exhibit "A" and listed on Exhibit "B" hereto, generally bounded by State Route 180 to the north, State Route 41 to the east and south and State Route 99 to the west, most commonly known as Downtown Fresno. The proposed functional classification change is necessary to ensure State and Federal agencies have accurate information relating to streets in Downtown Fresno. Most Federal-Aid funding sources establish eligibility based on functional classification designations, and therefore the proposed update of the roadways within the Downtown Fresno area is essential to maintain eligibility for future Federal-Aid funding opportunities. This update is timely due to the recent opening of Fulton Street and adoption of the Downtown Specific Plans.

BACKGROUND

The 1991 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) required the reclassification of the entire public road system from Federal-Aid Systems to the National Highway System (NHS). ISTEA retained the Interstate System as a subsystem of the NHS, but abolished the Federal-Aid primary, secondary, and urb...

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