HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019 005 CC RESO RESOLUTION NO. 2019-005
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN
PARK, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ELECTING TO BE EXEMPT
FROM THE CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
WHERERAS, 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,the 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 jurisdiction 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WHEREAS, the Congestion Management Program is outdated and increasingly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
Metro staff to work with local jurisdictions to exempt Los Angeles County from the
Congestion Management Program and prepare the necessary resolutions to exempt the
County from the Congestion Management Program.
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK
DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
Section 2. That the City of Baldwin Park, located in the County of Los Angeles,
hereby elects to be exempt from the Congestion Management Program as
described in California Government Code Section 65088 to 65089.10.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 20t ay of March 2019.
M A d EL LOZANO
'YOR
ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS:
CITY OF BALDWIN PARK
I, JEAN M.AYALA, City Clerk of the City of Baldwin Park do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2019-005 was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Baldwin Park
at a regular meeting thereof held on March 20, 2019 and that the same was adopted by
the following vote to wit:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Avila, Garcia, Hernandez, Lozano, Pacheco
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
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