Civil Engineer David Grantham gave a brief presentation to Fullerton City Council on April 16. 

Background: The City of Fullerton gains revenue from SB1 by everyone filling up their car at the gas station and registering their vehicles. (SB1 Caltrans funding: This legislative package invests $5.4 billion annually to fix roads, freeways, and bridges in communities across California.) 

Road work repairs by fiscal year: 

• 2017/18 – Chapman Avenue (Acacia Ave to SR-57)
• 2018/19 – Commonwealth Avenue (Balcom Ave to Montegue Ave) • Raymond Avenue (Commonwealth Ave to Chapman Ave)
• 2019/20 – Euclid Street (Williamson Ave to Fern Dr)
• 2020/21 – Euclid Street (Fern Dr to Bastanchury Rd) & Valley View Pl • Orangethorpe Avenue (Woods Ave to Highland Ave)
• 2021/22 – Rosecrans Avenue (City Limits to Sunny Ridge) • Valencia Avenue (Magnolia Ave to Gilbert St)
• 2022/23 – Associated Road (Rolling Hills to Imperial Hwy) • Orangethorpe Avenue (State College to Placentia Ave)
• 2023/24 – State College Blvd (Yorba Linda Blvd to City Limits) • Slurry Seal (Various Residential Streets)

The state estimates Fullerton will receive approximately $3.7 million next year. Fullerton has received these funds since 2018. The vast majority of the work was on arterial streets. 

“That was a specific plan to put this money on arterial streets at that time, and I think it has made a difference,” Grantham said, “Arterial streets are around a Pavement Condition Index (PCI) of 74 and will go higher once we finish Orangethorpe and State College later this year. The only difference is that we made a slight break from arterial streets this fiscal year. We put money towards a slurry seal of our residential streets. Which will be completed in the summer.”

A typical road surface removal and replacement will last up to 20 years before beginning to break down. A grind and overlay theoretical value is ten years. Pavement Condition Index is a road condition rating of zero to 100.

Fullerton has over 100 miles of streets growing in poor or very poor condition. Items in blue are water main replacement projects and items in purple are streets that do not have utility work programs. If there is sufficient funding, these areas should be examined soon.

Potential Local Street Projects:

• Project 1 – Las Palmas Area – Phase 2
• Project 2 – Sunny Hills Area
• Project 3 – Conejo Lane Area
• Project 4 – Panorama Road Area
• Project 5 – Courtney Avenue Area
• Project 6 – Maxim Avenue Area
• Project 7 – Acacia Avenue-Nutwood Avenue
• Project 8 – Hartford Avenue Area

Preferred Project(s): 3, 5, 6, or 7; Projects 3 and 7 are adjacent to school sites; Projects 5 & 6 have adjacent streets in good condition

Two public hearings are required to receive this funding. One meeting at the Infrastructure and Natural Resources Advisory Committee (INRAC) took place on March 18 with full support, and one at the City Council to approve a resolution that specifically identifies which streets we are using this money for. 

Starting with the arterial streets, a grant is expected to cover the costs of paving North of Harbor later this year. 

Potential Arterial Street Projects:

• Project 1 – Gilbert Street and Valencia Ave to Commonwealth Ave
• Project 2 – Rosecrans Avenue and Camino Centraloma to Parks Rd
• Project 3 – Malvern Ave and Bastanchury Rd to Basque Ave
• Project 4 – Euclid St at SR-91 and SR-91 Interchange
• Project 5 – Valencia Avenue and Euclid St to Woods Ave
• Project 6 – Harbor Boulevard and SR-19 to Chapman Ave
• Project 7 – Harbor Boulevard and Chapman Ave to Berkeley Ave
• Project 8 – Raymond Avenue – joint project with Anaheim and SR-91 to Orangethorpe Ave
• Project 9 – Acacia Avenue and City Limits to Orangethorpe Ave
• Project 10 – Commonwealth Avenue and State College Blvd to Chapman Ave
• Project 11 – Commonwealth Avenue and Acacia Ave to State College Blvd
• Project 12 – Yorba Linda Boulevard and Associated Rd to Placentia Ave

Projects 2, 5, 10, and 11 are not recommended at this time, as they are programmed for future water main replacement.

Grantham said, “I recommend that we go away from arterial streets and put all the money next fiscal year on a residential neighborhood. Maplewood area is a water main replacement area so that the street work would follow the water main replacement. I would also do at least a portion of Valencia Ave adjacent to Independence Park. That street is in very poor condition. I’m recommending this area because we have a lot of main water projects in the north, and that is where most of our problems with the main water breaks are. I try to be as equitable as I can in distributing these funds. And if you look back at where we’ve gone before, I think this is a decent location.” 

Maplewood Area is recommended for SB1 project:

• Including a portion of Valencia Ave
• Estimated Construction Cost = $3.1M
• Estimated Total Project Cost = $3.7M
• Pavement Rehabilitation ( assumed)
• 3” Grind & Overlay (Valencia)
• 4” Grind & Overlay ( Residential)
• Concrete curb ramps, curb & gutter repair, sidewalk repair, driveway repair as needed
• A separate water main replacement project covers much of the Project area.

This item passed unanimously (Jung, who was participating through Zoom, left at 7:30 and did not return, and Dunlap was absent; no reason was given).