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RESOLUTION NO. 57
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL 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
WHEREAS, two cents of the total 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 -
eighths 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 stret and road prob-
lems 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 valua-
tion 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% 82%
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, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. 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 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 remainder
shall constitute the net city share.
SECTION 2. That 25 percent of the net city share shall be reserved, ap-
propriated 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 according 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.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution
and forward a copy to each member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this day of / / , 1962.
Mayor
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City C erk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the City
�ui.ci1 of the City of Downey at a regular meeting held on the j day of
, 1962, by the fol l owing vote, to
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j � AYES: Councilmen: (/, i ; '
NOES: Councilmen:
ABSENT: Councilmen:
Cit1 Clerk