Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to prepare the State Highway Operation and Protection Program for the expenditure of transportation capital improvement funds for projects that are necessary to preserve and protect the state highway system, excluding projects that add new traffic lanes. Existing law requires the State Highway Operation and Protection Program to be based on an asset management plan prepared by the department, and requires the department to submit the proposed State Highway Operation and Protection Program to the California Transportation Commission by January 31 of each even-numbered year for adoption by the commission and submittal by the commission to the Governor and Legislature by April 1 of each even-numbered year.

Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to prepare a 10-year state highway rehabilitation plan for the rehabilitation and reconstruction by the State Highway Operation and Protection Program of all state highways and bridges owned by the state. This plan is required to be submitted by the department to the commission for review and comments by January 31 of each odd-numbered year, and then transmitted by the department to the Governor and Legislature by May 1 of each odd-numbered year. Existing law also requires the department to prepare a 5-year maintenance plan that addresses the maintenance needs of the state highway system, limited to maintenance activities that if not performed, could result in increased State Highway Operation and Protection Program costs in the future. Existing law requires the maintenance plan to be submitted by the department to the commission, the Governor, and the Legislature by January 31 of each odd-numbered year. Existing law provides that these plans shall be the basis for, among other things, the departments budget request.

This bill would require the department to prepare a draft State Highway System Management Plan, which would consist both of the 10-year state highway rehabilitation plan and the 5-year maintenance plan. The bill would require the department to make the draft of its proposed State Highway System Management Plan available to regional transportation agencies for review and comment, and would require the department to include and respond to the comments in the final plan to the commission by February 15 of each odd-numbered year. The bill would require the department to transmit the final State Highway System Management Plan to the Governor and Legislature by June 1 of each odd-numbered year.

Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to prepare the State Highway Operation and Protection Program for the expenditure of transportation capital improvement funds for projects that are necessary to preserve and protect the state highway system, excluding projects that add new traffic lanes. Existing law requires the State Highway Operation and Protection Program to be based on an asset management plan prepared by the department, and requires the department to submit the proposed State Highway Operation and Protection Program to the California Transportation Commission by January 31 of each even-numbered year for adoption by the commission and submittal by the commission to the Governor and Legislature by April 1 of each even-numbered year.

Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to prepare a 10-year state highway rehabilitation plan for the rehabilitation and reconstruction by the State Highway Operation and Protection Program of all state highways and bridges owned by the state. This plan is required to be submitted by the department to the commission for review and comments by January 31 of each odd-numbered year, and then transmitted by the department to the Governor and Legislature by May 1 of each odd-numbered year. Existing law also requires the department to prepare a 5-year maintenance plan that addresses the maintenance needs of the state highway system, limited to maintenance activities that if not performed, could result in increased State Highway Operation and Protection Program costs in the future. Existing law requires the maintenance plan to be submitted by the department to the commission, the Governor, and the Legislature by January 31 of each odd-numbered year. Existing law provides that these plans shall be the basis for, among other things, the departments budget request.

This bill would require the department to prepare a draft State Highway System Management Plan, which would consist both of the 10-year state highway rehabilitation plan and the 5-year maintenance plan. The bill would require the department to make the draft of its proposed State Highway System Management Plan available to regional transportation agencies for review and comment, and would require the department to include and respond to the comments in the final plan to the commission by February 15 of each odd-numbered year. The bill would require the department to transmit the final State Highway System Management Plan to the Governor and Legislature by June 1 of each odd-numbered year.

Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to prepare the State Highway Operation and Protection Program for the expenditure of transportation capital improvement funds for projects that are necessary to preserve and protect the state highway system, excluding projects that add new traffic lanes. Existing law requires the State Highway Operation and Protection Program to be based on an asset management plan prepared by the department, and requires the department to submit the proposed State Highway Operation and Protection Program to the California Transportation Commission by January 31 of each even-numbered year for adoption by the commission and submittal by the commission to the Governor and Legislature by April 1 of each even-numbered year.

Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to prepare a 10-year state highway rehabilitation plan for the rehabilitation and reconstruction by the State Highway Operation and Protection Program of all state highways and bridges owned by the state. This plan is required to be submitted by the department to the commission for review and comments by January 31 of each odd-numbered year, and then transmitted by the department to the Governor and Legislature by May 1 of each odd-numbered year. Existing law also requires the department to prepare a 5-year maintenance plan that addresses the maintenance needs of the state highway system, limited to maintenance activities that if not performed, could result in increased State Highway Operation and Protection Program costs in the future. Existing law requires the maintenance plan to be submitted by the department to the commission, the Governor, and the Legislature by January 31 of each odd-numbered year. Existing law provides that these plans shall be the basis for, among other things, the departments budget request.

This bill would require the department to prepare a draft State Highway System Management Plan, which would consist both of the 10-year state highway rehabilitation plan and the 5-year maintenance plan. The bill would require the department to make a the draft of its proposed State Highway System Management Plan available to regional transportation agencies for review and comment, and would require the department to include and address any respond to the comments in its submittal of the final plan to the commission by January February 15 of each odd-numbered year. The bill would require the department to transmit the final State Highway System Management Plan to the Governor and Legislature by May June 1 of each odd-numbered year.

Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to prepare the State Highway Operation and Protection Program for the expenditure of transportation capital improvement funds for projects that are necessary to preserve and protect the state highway system, excluding projects that add new traffic lanes. Existing law requires the State Highway Operation and Protection Program to be based on an asset management plan prepared by the department, and requires the department to submit the proposed State Highway Operation and Protection Program to the California Transportation Commission by January 31 of each even-numbered year for adoption by the commission and submittal by the commission to the Governor and Legislature by April 1 of each even-numbered year.

Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to prepare a 10-year state highway rehabilitation plan for the rehabilitation and reconstruction by the State Highway Operation and Protection Program of all state highways and bridges owned by the state. This plan is required to be submitted by the department to the commission for review and comments by January 31 of each odd-numbered year, and then transmitted by the department to the Governor and Legislature by May 1 of each odd-numbered year. Existing law also requires the department to prepare a 5-year maintenance plan that addresses the maintenance needs of the state highway system, limited to maintenance activities that if not performed, could result in increased State Highway Operation and Protection Program costs in the future. Existing law requires the maintenance plan to be submitted by the department to the commission, the Governor, and the Legislature by January 31 of each odd-numbered year. Existing law provides that these plans shall be the basis for, among other things, the departments budget request.

This bill would require the department to prepare a State Highway System Management Plan, which would consist both of the 10-year state highway rehabilitation plan and the 5-year maintenance plan. The bill would require the department to make a draft of its proposed State Highway System Management Plan available to regional transportation agencies for review and comment, and would require the department to include and address any comments in its submittal of the plan to the commission by January 15 of each odd-numbered year. The bill would require the department to transmit the State Highway System Management Plan to the Governor and Legislature by May 1 of each odd-numbered year.

CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS

CSA1 Bill Id:AB 515

Author:(Frazier)

As Amended Ver:June 20, 2017

Majority vote

Original Committee Reference: TRANS.

SUMMARY: Clarifies that the asset management plan prepared by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) must be integrated with the department's activities related to maintenance and the State Highway Operation and Protection Program (SHOPP).

The Senate amendments make technical, non-substantive changes to improve the process for developing, reviewing, and approving the State Highway System Management Plan.

EXISTING LAW requires Caltrans to prepare a number of documents, all for the purpose of guiding transportation capital improvement investments for projects that will preserve and protect the state highway system in a cost-effective manner. These plans include:

1. A ten-year SHOPP plan that identifies all rehabilitation and reconstruction needs for a ten-year period.
2. A five-year maintenance plan that identifies maintenance activities that, if the activities were not performed, could result in increased SHOPP costs.
3. A robust asset management plan to guide selection of projects for the SHOPP. The asset management plan is to assess the health and condition of the state highway system so that Caltrans can determine the most effective way to apply the state's limited resources. The asset management plan is to include a needs assessment as well as an investment plan.

FISCAL EFFECT: According to the Senate Appropriations Committee, pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, negligible state costs.

COMMENTS: Caltrans funds the management, preservation, and safety improvements of the state highway system through the SHOPP, a four-year program of projects. In order to anticipate and schedule future needs, Caltrans develops a ten-year SHOPP plan to identify goal-based needs over a ten-year period. The goals reflect desired performance criteria for all highway facilities and full achievement of those goals at the end of a ten-year period. This enables Caltrans to identify the most important projects to fund with available revenue.

Additionally, Caltrans prepares the five-year maintenance plan to include only maintenance activities that, if the activities are not performed, could result in increased SHOPP costs.

SB 486 (DeSaulnier), Chapter 917, Statutes of 2014, directed Caltrans to take these planning efforts one step further and develop a robust asset management plan that will assess the state of existing assets, integrate existing planning and programming efforts, and impose performance metrics, all with the intent of aligning investments with the Caltrans Strategic Management Plan and improving accountability and transparency.

This bill is consistent with work already underway at Caltrans and the California Transportation Commission.

Analysis Prepared by: Janet Dawson / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093 FN: 0001125

 THIRD READING  

Bill No: AB 515

Author:

:

Vote:

SENATE TRANS. & HOUSING COMMITTEE: 12-1, 6/27/17

AYES: Beall, Cannella, Allen, Atkins, Bates, Gaines, McGuire, Mendoza, Roth, Skinner, Wieckowski, Wiener

NOES: Morrell

SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: Senate Rule 28.8

ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 69-0, 5/18/17 (Consent) - See last page for vote

SUBJECT:

SOURCE: Author

DIGEST:

This bill requires the State Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to develop a State Highway System Management Plan, as specified.

ANALYSIS: Existing law requires Caltrans to prepare a number of documents, all for the purpose of guiding transportation capital improvement investments for projects that will preserve and protect the state highway system in a cost-effective manner. These plans include:

1. A 10-year State Highway Operation and Protection Program (SHOPP) plan that identifies all rehabilitation and reconstruction needs for a 10-year period.
2. A five-year maintenance plan that identifies maintenance activities that, if the activities were not performed, could result in increased SHOPP costs.
3. A robust asset management plan to guide selection of projects for the SHOPP. The asset management plan is to assess the health and condition of the state highway system so that Caltrans can determine the most effective way to apply the state’s limited resources. The asset management plan is to include a needs assessment as well as an investment plan.

This bill:

1. Requires Caltrans to develop a State Highway System Management Plan.
2. Clarifies that the asset management plan prepared by the Caltrans must be integrated with the department's activities related to maintenance and SHOPP.
3. Requires that a draft Sate Highway System Management Plan is to be submitted to California Transportation Commission (CTC) for review and comments by February 15th of each odd-numbered year. Further requires the final plan to be transmitted by CTC to the Governor and Legislature by June 1st of each odd-numbered year.

Comments

1. Purpose. According to the author, “AB 515 aligns transportation investments with the Caltrans Strategic Management plan and improves accountability and transparency.  This bill is consistent with the work already underway at Caltrans and the California Transportation Commission.”
2. Maintenance plan. Caltrans owns or controls 350,000 acres of right of way and maintains 15,133 centerline miles of highway and 13,063 state highway bridges. Caltrans also inspects more than 12,200 local bridges. As a means to manage the maintenance needs of the state highway system, Caltrans prepares the five-year maintenance plan that includes maintenance activities relative to the state’s highways and bridges. Projects in the plan where maintenance is not conducted in a timely manner can result in being re-categorized into the SHOPP for major rehabilitation.
3. SHOPP. Caltrans funds the management, preservation, and safety improvements of the state highway system through the SHOPP, a four-year program of projects. In order to anticipate and schedule future needs, Caltrans develops a 10-year SHOPP plan to identify goal-based needs over a 10-year period. The goals reflect desired performance criteria for all highway facilities and full achievement of those goals at the end of a 10-year period. This enables Caltrans to identify the most important projects to fund with available revenue.

This bill consolidates the two plans into one transportation planning document. Additionally, as the author notes, this bill is consistent with work already underway at Caltrans and the California Transportation Commission.

FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: Fiscal Com.: Local:

SUPPORT: (Verified 7/12/17)

None received

OPPOSITION: (Verified 7/12/17)

None received

ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 69-0, 5/18/17

AYES: Acosta, Travis Allen, Arambula, Baker, Berman, Bigelow, Bloom, Bocanegra, Bonta, Brough, Burke, Caballero, Cervantes, Chávez, Chen, Chiu, Choi, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Cunningham, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Eggman, Flora, Fong, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gomez, Gonzalez Fletcher, Gray, Grayson, Harper, Irwin, Jones-Sawyer, Kalra, Kiley, Lackey, Levine, Limón, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Patterson, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Reyes, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Rubio, Salas, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Voepel, Waldron, Weber, Wood

NO VOTE RECORDED: Aguiar-Curry, Calderon, Chau, Frazier, Friedman, Gipson, Gloria, Holden, Mullin, Santiago, Rendon

Prepared by:

7/12/17 12:00:52

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SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING

Senator Jim Beall, Chair

2017 - 2018 Regular

Bill No: AB 515 Hearing Date: 6/27/17

SUBJECT: State Highway System Management Plan.

DIGEST: This bill requires the State Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to develop a State Highway System Management Plan, as specified.

ANALYSIS:

Existing law:

1. Requires Caltrans to prepare a number of documents, all for the purpose of guiding transportation capital improvement investments for projects that will preserve and protect the state highway system in a cost-effective manner. These plans include:
2. A ten-year SHOPP plan that identifies all rehabilitation and reconstruction needs for a ten-year period.
3. A five-year maintenance plan that identifies maintenance activities that, if the activities were not performed, could result in increased SHOPP costs.
4. A robust asset management plan to guide selection of projects for the SHOPP. The asset management plan is to assess the health and condition of the state highway system so that Caltrans can determine the most effective way to apply the state’s limited resources. The asset management plan is to include a needs assessment as well as an investment plan.

This bill:

1. Requires Caltrans to develop a State Highway System Management Plan
2. Clarifies that the asset management plan prepared by the Caltrans must be integrated with the department's activities related to maintenance and the State Highway Operation and Protection Program (SHOPP).
3. Requires that a draft Sate Highway System Management Plan is to be submitted to California Transportation Commission (CTC) for review and comments by February 15^th of each odd-numbered year. Further requires the final plan to be transmitted by CTC to the Governor and Legislature by June 1^st of each odd-numbered year.

COMMENTS:

1. Purpose. According to the author, “AB 515 aligns transportation investments with the Caltrans Strategic Management plan and improves accountability and transparency.  This bill is consistent with the work already underway at Caltrans and the California Transportation Commission.”
2. Maintenance Plan. Caltrans owns or controls 350,000 acres of right of way and maintains 15,133 centerline miles of highway and 13,063 state highway bridges. Caltrans also inspects more than 12,200 local bridges. As a means to manage the maintenance needs of the state highway system, Caltrans prepares the five-year maintenance plan that includes maintenance activities relative to the state’s highways and bridges. Projects in the plan where maintenance is not conducted in a timely manner can result in being re-categorized into the SHOPP for major rehabilitation.
3. SHOPP. Caltrans funds the management, preservation, and safety improvements of the state highway system through the SHOPP, a four-year program of projects. In order to anticipate and schedule future needs, Caltrans develops a ten-year SHOPP plan to identify goal-based needs over a ten-year period. The goals reflect desired performance criteria for all highway facilities and full achievement of those goals at the end of a ten-year period. This enables Caltrans to identify the most important projects to fund with available revenue.
4. This bill consolidates the two plans into one transportation planning document. Additionally, as the author notes, this bill is consistent with work already underway at Caltrans and the California Transportation Commission.

Assembly votes:

Floor: 69-0

Approps: 17-0

Trans: 12-0

FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: Fiscal Com.: Local:

POSITIONS: (Communicated to the committee before noon on Wednesday,

June 21, 2017.)

SUPPORT:

None received.

OPPOSITION:

None received.

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Date of Hearing: May 10, 2017

ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, Chair

ABPCA Bill Id:AB 515

Author:(Frazier) – As Introduced Ver:February 13, 2017

Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: No Reimbursable: No

SUMMARY:

This bill requires the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to submit its existing ten-year State Highway Operation and Protection Program (SHOPP) plan and its existing five-year maintenance plan as a single State Highway System Management Plan that contains both plans. This bill also requires the new plan to contain information related to the Caltrans asset management plan that is required under existing law. In addition, this bill requires Caltrans to accept comments made by regional transportation planning agencies on the new plan.

FISCAL EFFECT:

Minor absorbable special fund (State Highway Account) costs for Caltrans to accept and review comments on the State Highway Management Plan provided by regional transportation agencies.

COMMENTS:

1. Background. Existing law requires Caltrans to produce a ten-year SHOPP plan and a five-year maintenance plan. These plans are updated every other year and are submitted to the California Transportation Commission and made publicly available.
2. Purpose. This bill would clarify in state law that the asset management plan be used to guide the selection of both SHOPP projects and highway maintenance projects. In addition, the bill combines the two separate SHOPP and maintenance plans into a single plan due on the same date. The requirements of this bill are consistent with existing efforts undertaken administratively by Caltrans.

Analysis Prepared by: Jessica Peters / APPR. / (916) 319-2081

Date of Hearing: March 20, 2017

ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

Jim Frazier, Chair

ABPCA Bill Id:AB 515 (

Author:Frazier) – As Introduced Ver:February 13, 2017

SUBJECT: State Highway System Management Plan

SUMMARY: Clarifies that the asset management plan prepared by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) must be integrated with the department's activities related to maintenance and the State Highway Operation and Protection Program (SHOPP).

EXISTING LAW requires Caltrans to prepare a number of documents, all for the purpose of guiding transportation capital improvement investments for projects that will preserve and protect the state highway system in a cost-effective manner. These plans include:

1. A ten-year SHOPP plan that identifies all rehabilitation and reconstruction needs for a ten-year period.
2. A five-year maintenance plan that identifies maintenance activities that, if the activities were not performed, could result in increased SHOPP costs.
3. A robust asset management plan to guide selection of projects for the SHOPP. The asset management plan is to assess the health and condition of the state highway system so that Caltrans can determine the most effective way to apply the state’s limited resources. The asset management plan is to include a needs assessment as well as an investment plan.

FISCAL EFFECT: Unknown

COMMENTS: Caltrans funds the management, preservation, and safety improvements of the state highway system through the SHOPP, a four-year program of projects. In order to anticipate and schedule future needs, Caltrans develops a ten-year SHOPP plan to identify goal-based needs over a ten-year period. The goals reflect desired performance criteria for all highway facilities and full achievement of those goals at the end of a ten-year period. This enables Caltrans to identify the most important projects to fund with available revenue.

Additionally, Caltrans prepares the five-year maintenance plan to include only maintenance activities that, if the activities are not performed, could result in increased SHOPP costs.

SB 486 (DeSaulnier), Chapter 917, Statutes of 2014, directed Caltrans to take these planning efforts one step further and develop a robust asset management plan that will assess the state of existing assets, integrate existing planning and programming efforts, and impose performance metrics, all with the intent of aligning investments with the Caltrans Strategic Management Plan and improving accountability and transparency.

This bill is consistent with work already underway at Caltrans and the California Transportation Commission.

Previous legislation: SB 486 (DeSaulnier), Chapter 917, Statutes of 2014, directed Caltrans to develop a robust asset management plan.

REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:

Support

None on file

Opposition

None on file

Analysis Prepared by: Janet Dawson / TRANS. /