Resolution 1982-115
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RESOLUTION NO. 82 - 115
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY DEFINING THE
EXTENT OF DAMAGE DONE TO GILROY STREETS BY SANTA CLARA COUNTY
TFANSIT BUSES AND REQUESTING SAID DISTRICT TO REIMBURSE ON A PRO
RATA SHARE WITH CITY TO lmPAIR AND }1AINTAIN SAID DA1ItfAGED STREETS.
~VHEREAS, the Santa Clara County Transit does provide bus
service to the citizens within its jurisdiction; and
w~EREAS, Santa Clara County Transit District uses the local
streets of the City to provide said service; and
WHEREAS, County Transit buses do impose heavier loads and
more repetitions than many of the local streets were designed to
handle; this over use of the streets is causing substantial struc-
ture damage to these local streets; and
WHEREAS, the City of Gilroy is spending approximately
$10,000.00 per year to repair bus stops exclusive of damage done to
the travel-way between stops, and the total estimated expenditures
County-wide exceed $2,000,000.00; and
WHEREAS, the fourteen (14) other jurisdictions are also
suffering similar substantial damage by County Transit buses to
their streets; and
WHEREAS, the fifteen (15) local jurisdictions have prepared
a joint evaluation of the cumulative damage to all local city streets
and have jointly developed a pro rata cost sharing formula attached
hereto as Exhibit "A" between the Cities and County Transit to share
the cost of repairs of damage done by County Transit buses; and
WHEREAS, the County Transit District does receive 1/2 per-
cent sales tax to operate and maintain a transit system which in-
eludes the streets upon which the buses operate; and
vffiEREAS, the City of Gilroy feels that the Santa Clara Transit
District must share in the cost of maintaining and repairing of the
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extraordinary damage done to its streets by County Transit buses.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Gilroy that the Santa Clara County Transit District adopt
said attached cost sharing formula and annually appropriate dis-
trict's share of the amount required to repair and maintain the
City streets which are a part of the operating expense of the County
Transit System.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 4th day of October, 1982, by the
following vote:
NOES:
COUNCIL HEMBERS: ALBERT, LINK, TAYLOR, VALDEZ
and GOODRICH.
COUNCIL HEMBERS: None
AYES:
ABSENT:
COUNCIL MEMBERS: GAGE and HUGHA.N
APPROVED:
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ATTEST:
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EXHIBIT "A"
A Acy ESTABLISHING THE SHARING 0
~<;TREET FAILURES DUE TO P
BUS ROUTES
Local agencies in Santa Clara County are incurring pavement failures on streets
used for public bus routes. Many of these streets were constructed utilizing design
loads (Traffic Index) which did not anticipate concentrated repetitive heavy wheel
loads usually associated with public transportation bus operation.
Increasing ridership indicates that more buses will be incorporated in the
transportation system. Local agencies are concerned with the high maintenance or
reconstruction cost which is anticipated to occur as local streets become subjected to
increasing bus traffic.
The purpose of this policy is to assign the maintenance and reconstruction cost
for streets used for bus routes. Cost reponsibility is based on the Traffic Index by
which the street was designed. The Traffic Index (T.I.) is a measure of the capability
of the roadway structural pavement section to withstand repetitive heavy wheel loads.
The higher the index, the greater the ability of the roadway to withstand the number of
repetitions of heavy wheel load.
EXISTING BUS STOP AREAS:
Repair of pavement, curb and gutter, driveway and monolithic sidewalk damaged
by bus operations shall be borne eighty percent (80%) by the Santa Clara County Transit
District (SCCTO) and twenty percent (20%) by the Local Agency. Repair or complete
reconstruction, if necessary, shall be consistent with the projected wheel loads
imposed by the bus operation. Repair responsibility is based on the premise that the
existing bus stop areas were designed as parking space for light vehicles and
occasional delivery trucks, not for repetitive heavy wheel load of buses.
NEW BUS STOP AREAS:
Prior to establishing new bus stop areas, the SCCTD shall carefully study the
existing pavement structural section and the base soil to evaluate the adequacy for the
projected bus wheel loads. The study shall be coordinated with the Local Agency's
Engineering Department. Results of the study shall be forwarded to the Local Agency's
Engineering Department along with pertinent recommendations regarding upgrading or
reconstruction, to accommodate the projected wheel loads. The SCCTD shall bear eighty
(80i.) of the proposed cost, and the Local Agency shall pay the remaining twenty percent
(20%).
EXISTING TRAVEL LANES OF BUS ROUTES:
Cost sharing for the repair of pavement damaged in streets of bus routes shall
be determined in relation to the design T.I. of the existing street. Due consideration
shall be given to the amount of pavement damage caused by various types of heavy
vehicles other than public buses. However, because most Local Agency's streets are
designed for a specific T.I. or projected wheel load, the subsequent addition of a
public bus system on local streets has resulted in an increased T.I., thus shortening
the useful life of the streets. Table I designates the relative financial
responsibility of the SCCTD and the Local Agency toward the repair and/or
reconstruction for the T.I.'s listed:
TABLE I
Traffic Index
Financial Responsibility
SCCTD Local Agency
8.5
7.6 - 8.5
6.6 - 7.5
5.6 - 6.5
5.5
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12.5% 87.5i.
30 % 70 r.
52.5% 47.5%
80 % 20 %
PROPOSED BUS ROUTES:
Prior to increasing bus traffic on existing routes or establishing new bus
routes, the SCCTD shall conduct a study of the existing pavement structural section and
the base soil to determine the adequacy of the roadway for the anticipated bus traffic
wheel loads. Upgrading or reconstruction, if necessary, shall be performed prior to
the use of the street for buses. The SCCTD share of upgrading or reconstruction shall
be determined in accordance with Table I.
BUS ROUTES ON PROPOSED STREETS:
On new streets planned for construction which the SCCTD proposes to use as a
bus route, the SCCTD shall provide the Local Agency the T.I. necessary to accomodate
the anticipated 20 year wheel loads. The Local Agency shall determine the increased
structural pavement sections, if any, necessary to accomodate the T.I. provided by the
SCCTD and the T.I. planned by the Local Agency without bus traffic. The differential
construction cost for the additional structural section necessary to accomodate the bus
traffic shall be borne by the SCCTD.
Improvement features to specifically accomodate the bus system, when requested
by the SCCTD, shall be borne solely by the SCCTD. Such specific bus improvement
features may include, but not be limited to, turn-outs, passenger shelters, and special
passenger loadking areas.
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I, SUSANNE E. STEINMETZ, City Clerk of the City of Gilroy, do
hereby certify that the attached Resolution No. 82-115 is an
original resolution, duly adopted by the Council of the City of
Gilroy at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 4th
day of October , 19 ~, at which meeting a quorum was
present.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
Official Seal of the City of Gilroy this 6th day of October
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