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Home My WebLink About1960 108 CC RESO1960 108 CC RESOxJêÐLUTIcr C. 60-108 k r^SCLUTTCT CF Th'xi- CITY OCUT^CIL Q? m CITY OF BAranr PA^C URGING JT^ LOS ANGELES CCL^TI 3CARD CF SUPERVTSGhS TO ALCPT PCLICI ESTABLISHING A I:CRE EQUITABLE JlSTRJBUTION OF HIGHWAY USERS m: FUNDS iZECEIVED 3Y T^ COUMTZ D THE CITIES Mffini TF3 QCL^TY. 1iIEFiLL.A3, buo cents of the total si:: cents of the State levied highway users ta^es is suhvented bo counties and cities in the State, of which one and three eighths of one cent is allocat- ed by statute to counties and five eighths of one cent is allocated by statute to cities, andj WHEREAS, it was the intention of the State Legislature in setting the l-3/o-"?/^ cent distribution ratio to assist both cities and counties in neeting construction and maintenance needs for rural and urban streets and roads according to statewide needs, andj MiEaEAS, the 1-3/y 5/Q cent ratio nay be equitable in the predominately ruro.1 counties of the State in proportion to the street mileage, assessed valuaticn and population of incorporaLed and unincorporated areas within those counties, but the ratio of distribution as it relates to street and roaa problems in urban comities such cis Los Angules is manifestly inequitable, and; WFLER^S, the Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County ecogniaed in the year 1939 the greater needs of urban street systems in Los Angeles County as compared to other areas of tha State and adopted a policy then, ana. again in the years 19U7 and 19^2, of providing annual financial assistance which only partially recognizes the relative greater need for the construction of streets within cities, and; M-IEREAS, the urban-rural, incorporated-unincorporatcd character of the County has changed substantially since the BIB] 38401-U01 1960-U02 108-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO52524-U03 FO52560-U03 DO62344-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 2/15/2005-U04 ROBIN-U04 1960 108 CC RESOxJêÐprinciples on which financial assistance for street constarction were based in 1939^ 19U? and 1952 so that the County has become nore urban and the number of cities has increased from l-i.6 to 70 sc that the proportionate mileage of streets and roads, assessed valuation and population in the unincorporated and incorporated areas of the County arc as follows: Unincorporated Incorporated Streets and roads 26 J 7U % Assessed valuation 1^ % 6^ % Population 18 % 62 WEEREAS, cities within Los Angeles Coanty receive only $3 percent of the total highway users taxes subvented to the Coanty and cities within the Coanty including present financial assistance to cities from the Comity of Los Angeles) even thoagh 4 percent of the lineal street and road mileage is in cities and a consider- ably greater percentage of the total traffic lanes, street surface, and traffic flow is within cibies, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Baldwin Parl: that the Los Angelfr County Board of Supervisors is urged to further recognize the street construction and maintenance needs of the cities and 82 percent of the entire population within the County who reside in cities by establishing a policy of apportioning annually to cities within the County of Los Angeles a sum which shall be determined in the following manner: a) For computation purposes, bhe sum of all of the gas ta.x money received by the County and all of the gas tax money received by the cities directly from the State shall be divided between the unincorporated areas of the County as one unit and 2 BIB] 38401-U01 1960-U02 108-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO52524-U03 FO52560-U03 DO62344-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 2/15/2005-U04 ROBIN-U04 1960 108 CC RESOxJêÐall of the cities as another milt solely on the respective proportion of each u-nitfe street and road mileage to the total street and road rrileage within the County, b) After deducting the allocation to be made to the unincorporated area from the gas tax money received by the County, the remainder shall constitute the net city share* BE IT FIL-OHER luiSOLVED that 2$ percent of the net city share shall be reserved, appropriated and expended annually on highways and streets in cities which are of general County interest, selected at the discretion of the Board of Supervisors. Fhe remaining 7^ percent of the net city share shall be distributed among the incorporated cities within the County accord- ing to the following formula; 1) 8^ percent of the total amount to be distributed among cities on the basis of the relationship which the population of each city bears to the total incorporated population. 2) 1^ percent of the total amount to be distributed among cities on the basis of the relationship which the street mileage of each city bears to the total sweet mileage in the entire incorporated area, The City Clerk is instructed to send a copy of this resolution to each nbmber of the Los Anodes County Board of Supervisors. ATTi^ST: /a-,ynn H. Cole, Layer T-^L^^^M^ Thclma L. Balk us 3 City Glerr BIB] 38401-U01 1960-U02 108-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO52524-U03 FO52560-U03 DO62344-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 2/15/2005-U04 ROBIN-U04 1960 108 CC RESOxJêÐSTAT^ OF GALIFCRUIA COUMTI OF LOS Ai^LnS) SS CUT OF BALDWJ PAT^- 1^ TrL.xLlA L. BA.L^US, City Clork of the City of Baldwin Park, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly passed and adopted by tlie City Council of the City of Baldwin Park afc its regular meeting held on the 21st day of November y I960, by the following vote: AI^S: Councilnen BISHOP, UTTIEJOHN, BLOXHAM, HOUftES & WAYOR COLE UCU5: Coimcilrien NONE________________________________ ABSZIIT: Councilmcn NONE l^ielma L. 3alkus,City Clerk h BIB] 38401-U01 1960-U02 108-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO52524-U03 FO52560-U03 DO62344-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 2/15/2005-U04 ROBIN-U04