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HomeMy WebLinkAbout5047 , ~~ o 'D" RESOLUTION NO. 5047 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA SUPPORTING THE FLEXIBLE APPLICATION OF THE COUNTY MINIMUM FORMULA IN SB 215 AS A SHORT TERM MEASURE AND A LEGISLATIVE REVISION TO THAT FORMULA TO EXCLUDE FEDERAL INTERSTATE FUNDING AS A LONG TERM MEASURE WHEREAS, the City and the County of Los Angeles supported SB 215 (Foran) which increases gas taxes by two cents, half or which goes to the State to finance the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP); and WHEREAS, the fund distribution criteria and the county minimum requirements are denying the allocation of the available revenues on the basis of need and benefit to the public; and WHEREAS, despite the huge amount contributed by County drivers, additional projects in Los Angeles County are precluded from even being considered under the rules adopted by the California Transportation Commission; and WHEREAS, the lengthy delay of the Century Freeway was given as the excuse for shortchanging Los Angeles County in the past; and WHEREAS, we are now told the Century Freeway and the large amount of money the federal government is allocating to that pro- ject means our other critical projects won't even be considered for state funding; and WHEREAS, the allocation of Federal fUnds should not be used to take away hundreds of millions of dollars that Los Angeles County needs and that has been collected from our motorists. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Arcadia does hereby support as a short term solution the intended flexible application of the County minimum formula as provided for in SB 215, rather than the inflexible interpretation qiven that law by the California Transportation Commission; and -1- l;n4'1"7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council does hereby, support as a long term solution, a l~gislative revision to the County minimum formula in SB 215 to exclude Federal Interstate Funding, as used for the Century Freeway, from application under the County mi~!mum,formula. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Arcadia held on the 6th day of July, 1982 by the affirmative vote of at least three Councilmen, to wit: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Councilmen Haltom, Hannah, Lojeski & Pellegrino None Councilman Dring &t"dff-e'l{. LAMJ City Clerk of the City of Arcadia SIGNED AND APPROVED this 6th day of July, 1982. fJ~o(Q~~KJ~ Mayor of the City of Arcadia ATTEST: ~;~~, City Clerk _'L 'i047