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RESOLUTION NO, 2032
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DOWNEY, JOINING THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES AND
THE CITY OF NORWALK IN REQUESTING A STATE ALLOCATION
OF FEDERAL -AID SECONDARY URBAN EXTENSION FUNDS FOR THE IM-
PROVEMENT OF IMPERIAL HIGHWAY OVER THE SAN GABRIEL RIVER
WHEREAS, under Section 143.3 of the Streets and Highways Code, the Depart -
ment of Public Works and the California Highway Commission may include in the
annual budget certain amounts for the construction of city streets or county
roads which would qualify as extensions of Federal -aid Secondary Highways within
Urban areas; and
WHEREAS, upon written request of any city or county, the Department of Pub-
lic Works and the California Highway Commission may include an allocation for
the city or county in the next succeeding budget to be used for said construction
provided, however, that not more than Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000)
shall be allocated for such purpose to any city or county in any one year; and
WHEREAS, Imperial Highway over the San Gabriel River lies within the juris-
dictional limits of the Cities of Downey and Norwalk; and
WHEREAS, Imperial Highway at this location is designated a portion of FAS
Route 636 on the Federal -aid Secondary Highway System between Lakewood Blvd.
(FAP 45) on the west and Beach Boulevard (FAS 630) on the east; and
WHEREAS, the County of Los Angeles and the Cities of Downey and Norwalk,
hereinafter collectively referred to as LOCAL AGENCIES, desire to improve Im-
perial Highway over the San Gabriel River along Route 636 of the Federal -aid
Secondary System at an estimated total cost of Three Hundred Thirty Eight
Thousand Dollars ($338,000). Said improvement is hereinafter referred to as
"PROJECT "; and
WHEREAS, the County of Los Angeles and the City of Norwalk will request
the Department of Public Works to recommend and the California Highway Com-
mission to approve an allocation for said PROJECT pursuant to Section 143.3 of
the Streets and Highways Code; and
WHEREAS, that portion of Imperial Highway over the San Gabriel River is
part of an approved City- County System of Major Arterials integrated with the
State Freeway System and is designated as an Arterial Highway on the Select
Systems of Streets of the Cities of Downey and Norwalk and as a Major Highway
on the Master Plan of Highways adopted by the County of Los Angeles; and
WHEREAS, Federal -aid Secondary funds have been used to construct the
existing bridge over the San Gabriel River (S -636 -2 Project); and
WHEREAS, the LOCAL AGENCIES have considered the effect of the financing,
based on the statutory formula contained in Section 188.8 of the Streets and
Highways Code appertaining to apportionment of State Highway construction
monies among the counties; and
WHEREAS, the LOCAL AGENCIES are willing to furnish all right of way
necessary for the construction of PROJECT; and
WHEREAS, the LOCAL AGENCIES desire to have the County of Los Angeles
designated as the coordinating agency and the Road Commissioner of the County
of Los Angeles designated as the Coordinator of PROJECT with the appropriate
officials of interested agencies; and
WHEREAS, the LOCAL AGENCIES desire to have all funds allocated by the
California Highway Commission for PROJECT paid to the County of Los Angeles as
the coordinating agency for PROJECT.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Downey joins the County
of Los Angeles and the City of Norwalk and resolves as follows:
SECTION 1.
a. The Department of Public Works be requested to recommend and
that the California Highway Commission be requested to approve
allocations equal to one -half the estimated total cost of said
PROJECT within the limits of the respective LOCAL AGENCIES
eligible for financing under the provisions of Section 143.3
of the Streets and Highways Code as follows:
City of Downey $153,000.
City of Norwalk 16,000.
b. The LOCAL AGENCIES agree to provide at the appropriate time
all funds necessary to match and to supplement funds which
may be allocated to LOCAL AGENCIES by the California Highway
Commission toward PROJECT.
c. The LOCAL AGENCIES agree to furnish all right of way necessary
for the construction of PROJECT.
d. The County of Los Angeles and the Road Commissioner of the County
of Los Angeles be designated as coordinating agency and coordinator,
respectively, of PROJECT with the appropriate officials of all
interested agencies and to act in behalf of LOCAL AGENCIES in all
negotiations in connection therewith.
e. All funds allocated by the State for PROJECT be paid to the County
of Los Angeles as the coordinating agency of PROJECT.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution
and transmit two certified copies to the Director of Public Works for transmittal
to the County Road Department.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 13th day of February , 1968.
Mayor
ATTEST:
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was adopted at a
regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Downey on the
13th day of February , 1968 by the following vote:
AYES: 4 Councilmen: Dunnum, Temple, Dickerson, Corbin
NOES: Councilmen:
ABSENT: Councilmen: Morton
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