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HomeMy WebLinkAbout7249 RESOLUTION NO. 7249 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, ELECTING TO BE EXEMPT FROM THE CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM WHEREAS, in 1990, the voters of California passed Proposition 111 and the requirement that urbanized counties develop and implement a Congestion Management Program; and WHEREAS, the legislature and governor established the specific requirements of the Congestion Management Program by passage of legislation which was a companion to Proposition 111 and is encoded in California Government Code Section 65088 to 65089.10; and WHEREAS, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority ("Metro") has been designated as the Congestion Management Agency responsible for Los Angeles County's Congestion Management Program; and WHEREAS, California Government Code Section 65089.3 allows urbanized counties to be exempt from the Congestion Management Program based on resolutions passed by local jurisdictions representing a majority of a county's jurisdictions with a majority of the county's population: and WHEREAS, the Congestion Management Program is outdated and increasingly out of step with current regional, state, and federal planning processes and requirements, including new State requirements for transportation performance measures related to greenhouse gas reduction; and WHEREAS, on June 28, 2018, the Metro Board of Directors took action to direct staff to work with local jurisdictions to prepare the necessary resolutions to exempt Los 1 Angeles County from the Congestion Management Program. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That the above recitations are true and correct. SECTION 2. That the City of Arcadia hereby elects to be exempt from the Congestion Management Program as described in California Government Code Section 65088 to 65089.10. SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution Passed, approved, and adopted this 19th day of March 2019. Mayor of the City Arcadia ATTEST: y Cler APPROVED AS TO FORM: gt( t/4." C Stephen P. Deitsch City Attorney 2 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS: CITY OF ARCADIA ) I, GENE GLASCO, City Clerk of the City of Arcadia, hereby certifies that the foregoing Resolution No. 7249 was passed and adopted by the City 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 19th day of March, 2019 and that said Resolution was adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Amundson, Beck, Chandler, Verlato, and Tay NOES: None ABSENT: None ' Clerk of th City of Arcadia 3