HomeMy WebLinkAbout1984 023 CC RESO1984 023 CC RESO (Ìì é i RESOLUTION NO. 84-23
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF BALDWIN PARK CALLING FOR THE FEDERAL
URBAN MASS TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATION TO
ACT ON SCRTD METRO RAIL PROJECT
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN
PARK AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, the Southern California Rapid Transit District
Metro Rail Project has been acknowledged by the Urban Mass Transportation
Administration as the most cost effective new rail start in the nation;
and
WHEREAS, Los Angeles is the second most densely populated
urbanized area in the nation, and by the end of this century, the urban-
ized area population is expected to increase by two to three million;
and
WHEREAS, heavily congested surface streets and freeways
cannot accomodate current and anticipated demand despite the fact that
RTD buses carry 1.6 million passengers per day, with many lines currently
operating at 140 percent capacity; and
WHEREAS, during the morning rush hours more than 45 percent
of alt trips into the downtown area are by public transit; and
WHEREAS, in 1980, voters approved a 140-160 mile rapid
transit system and a one-half cent sales tax to finance a portion of
the Metro Rail Project; and
WHEREAS, the SCRTD Metro Rail Project has gone through more
public scrutiny than any other rail rapid transit system built during the
last decade, with approximately 10,000 interested citizens airing their
views at more than 120 community meetings along the proposed alignment;
and
WHEREAS, on a per mile basis the construction costs of the
SCRTD Metro Rail Project are less than or equivalent to those of other
recently constructed heavy rail projects in the United States; and
WHEREAS, Los Angeles has offered to increase its local share
expense of the Metro Rail Project from 25 percent to 38 percent; and
WHEREAS, the private sector, through benefit assessment
districts, will contribute 5 percent, or $170 million, of the total cost
of the project's construction; and
WHEREAS, during the period 1971 to 1981, the federal govern-
ment allocated over $8 billion among six urban areas across the country
for construction of new rail rapid transit projects, and these areas also
received more than $400 million to purchase buses, and during that same
time period Los Angeles received $322 million for bus operations and $12
million to begin engineering work on Metro Rail;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the federal Urban Mass
Transportation Administration is requested to make a full funding commit-
ment to the entire 18.6 mile SCRTD Metro Rail Project by issuing a Letter
of Intent for the authorization period, and a Letter of No Prejudice for
the balance of the project's construction schedule.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Clerk shall certify to
the passage and adoption of this Resolution and shall forward a certified
copy to the President, the U.S. Secretary of Transportation and to the
Urban Mass Transportation Administrator.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 7th dayly^Och, 1984.
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1984 023 CC RESO (Ìì é i Resolution No. 84-23
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ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) SS:
CITY OF BALDWIN PARK
I, LINDA L. GAIR, City Clerk of the City of Baldwin Park,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly
passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Baldwin Park at
Its regular meeting of the City Council on the 7th day of March, 1984,
by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN KING. IZELL. AGUILAR. MrNFTI L AND MAYfIR UHTTF
NOES: COUNCILMEN NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN NONE
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