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RESOLUTION NO. 65 I 6
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING THAT THE LOS
ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION
AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS PLACE THE METRO
GOLD LINE FOOTHILL EXTENSION LIGHT RAIL PROJECT
AS A FUNDED PROJECT IN THE REGIONAL LONG RANGE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN
WHEREAS, the intent of this Resolution is to clearly communicate the
position of the City of Arcadia with respect to the importance of the timely
completion of the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension ("Gold Line") project; and
WHEREAS, the City of Arcadia fomlally appeals to the Los Angeles
County Metropolitan Transportation Authority ("MT A") Board of Directors to
assist the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority ("Construction
Authority") in their effort to obtain Federal First Starts money from the Federal
Transit Administration ("FT A"); and
WHEREAS, the City of Arcadia has undertaken these activities with the
good faith understanding that the Gold Line will be completed in a timely fashion,
and that it will be operated once it has been completed; and
WHEREAS, the City of Arcadia asserts that it is incumbent on the MT A
Board of Directors to prepare and plan for the operation of the Gold Line, and to
fund that operation and its maintenance in the 2006 Long Range Transportation
Plan.
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NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City of Arcadia recommends that the Board of
Directors of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority place
the funding for the operation and maintenance of the Metro Gold Line Foothill
Extension Project in the 2006 Long Range Transportation Plan and include the
Gold Line Foothill Extension as a funded Long Range Priority Project.
SECTION 2. The City Council further finds and declares that failure to
take this requisite planning action would be an undue hardship to the Cities along
the Foothill Corridor that urgently need this regional transportation project in the
Eastern portion of the San Gabriel Valley.
SECTION 3.
The City of Arcadia also calls upon the MT A to support
and assist the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority m
obtaining First Starts funding from the Federal Transit Authority.
SECTION 4.
The City of Arcadia expresses its satisfaction with the
governance plan adopted for the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction
Authority and by the Joint Powers Authority of the Gold Line Cities.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
Resolution.
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Passed, approved and adopted this 4th day of April 2006.
ATTEST:
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City Clerk of the City 0
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney of the City of Arcadia
ayor of the City of Arcadia
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS:
CITY OF ARCADIA )
I, JAMES H. BARROWS, City Clerk of the City of Arcadia, hereby certifies
that the foregoing Resolution No. 6S I 6 was passed and adopted by the Cily Council of
the City of Arcadia, signed by the Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk at a regular
meeting of said Council held on the 4th day of April, 2006 and that said Resolution
was adopted by the following vote, to wit:
A YES: Council Member Chandler, Kovacic, Marshall, Segal and Wuo
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
City Clerk of the City of Arcadia
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