HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 0716 RESOLUTION NO. 716
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY URGING THE LOS
ANGELES COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO ADOPT A POLICY
- - ESTABLISHING A MORE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF HIGHWAY
USERS TAX FUNDS RECEIVED BY THE COUNTY AND THE CITIES
WITHIN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES.
WHEREAS, two cents of the toal six cents of the State levied highway
users taxes is subvented to counties and cities in the State, of which one
and three eighths of one cent is allocated by statute to counties and five
eights of one cent is allocated by statute to cities, and;
WHEREAS, it was the intention of the State Legislature in setting the
1 -3/8 - 5/8 cent distribution ratio to assist both cities and counties in
meeting construction and maintenance needs for rural and urban streets and
roads according to statewide needs, and;
WHEREAS, the 1 -3/8 - 5/8 cent ratio may be equitable in the predominantly
rural counties of the State in proportion to the street mileage, assessed
valuation and population of incorporated and unincorporated areas within
those counties, but the ratio of distribution as it relates to street and
road problems in urban counties such as Los Angeles is manifestly inequitable,
and;
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County recognized in the
year 1939 the greater needs of urban street systems in Los Angeles County as
compared to other areas of the State and adopted a policy then, and again in
the years 1947 and 1952, of providing annual financial assistance which only
partially recognizes the relative greater need for the construction of streets
within cities, and;
WHEREAS, the urban - rural, incorporated- unincorporated character of the
County has changed substantially since the principles on which financial
assistance for street construction were based in 1939, 1947, and 1952 so that
the County has become more urban and the number of cities has increased from
46 to 70 so that the proportionate mileage of streets and roads, assessed
valuation and population in the unincorporated and incorporated areas of the
County are as follows:
Unincorporated Incorporated
Streets and roads 26% 74%
Assessed valuation 15% 85%
Population 18% 827
WHEREAS, cities within Los Angeles County receive only 53 percent of the
total highway users taxes subvented to the County and cities within the County
(including present financial assistance to cities from the County of Los Angeles)
even though 74 percent of the lineal street and road mileage is in cities and a
considerably greater percentage of the total traffic lanes, street surface, and
traffic flow is within cities;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Downey
that the Los Angeles 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:
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a) For computation purposes, the sum of all of the gas tax
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 all of the cities as another unit solely on
the respective proportion of each unit's street and road
m mileage to the total street and road mileage 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 re-
mainder shall constitute the net city share.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that 25 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. The remaining 75 percent of the net city share
shall be distributed among the incorporated cities within the County accord-
ing to the following formula:
1) 85 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) 15 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 street mileage in the entire
incorporated area.
The City Clerk is instructed to send a copy of this resolution to each
member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 22nd day of November, 1960.
-'� Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was adopted at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Downey held on the 22nd day of
November, 1960, by the affirmative vote of at least 5 Councilmen, to wit:
AYES: 5 Councilmen: Temple, Dunnum, Peavey, Corbin, Giddings
NOES: 0
ABSENT: 0
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