HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2567 RESOLUTION NO. 2567
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY
REQUESTING SIMPLIFICATION OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF TOPICS
AND URBAN HIGI FUNDS AND CONSOLIDATION OF THE VARIOUS
STUDY SYSTEMS OF HIGHWAYS.
WHEREAS, the Federal -Aid Highway Act of 1968 authorized the expenditure
of Federal funds for an urban traffic operations program to increase capacity
and safety, known as TOPICS, and that this program was continued by the 1970
Act; and
WHEREAS, the cities and counties of California have had great difficulty
in implementing the program due, in large part, to the multiplicity of juris-
dictions and layers of government involved with attendant red tape and
communication problems; and
WHEREAS, the 1970 Federal -Aid Highway Act authorized a new Urban Program
to construct improvements on principal streets in urban areas; and
WHEREAS, it is essential that steps be taken to insure the maximum
utilization with minimum effort of TOPICS funds and the newly authorized
Urban funds; and
WHEREAS, the State annually receives and spends more than $761,000,000
on the State Highway System, of which approximately $413,000,000 are Federal
funds; and
WHEREAS, TOPICS and Urban funds combined only amount to about $21,000,000
which represents about 5 percent of the Federal funds expended by the State;
and
WHEREAS, expenditure of all available TOPICS and URBAN funds on the
State Highway System would reduce the number of agencies involved in these
programs from over 300 to 2 and would greatly reduce coordination, administration
and overhead costs and should work no additional hardship on the Division of
Highways; and
WHEREAS, the 1970 Federal -Aid Highway Act states that the routes on the
Federal -Aid Urban System shall be selected by the appropriate local officials
and the State Highway Departments in cooperation with each other, subject to
the approval of the Secretary; and
WHEREAS, it appears that the Federal Highway Administration is laying
down nationwide guidelines for the Urban system without consultation with
local officials;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY DOES RESOLVE AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the State Division of Highways is requested to utilize
TOPICS and Urban funds on State Highways, insofar as it complies with Federal
regulations, and to directly subvene to the cities and counties, on the bass
of the formulae used in distributing TOPICS and Urban funds, an equivalent
amount of State funds for construction and right -of -way on the Select System
of Highways.
Section 2. That the TOPICS Type II System and the newly authorized
Urban System should comprise a single system consisting of all urban arterial
streets and selected downtown grids as defined on the recent Federal Classifi-
cation and Needs Study, except those routes included on other Federal -Aid
Systems.
Section 3. That copies of this resolution be distributed to the
members of the United States Congress and Senate representing the Downey
area, and to our representatives in the California State Legislature and
Senate.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 12th day of July , 1971.
Mayor
ATTEST
City Clerk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was adopted by the City
Council of the City of Downey at a regular meeting thereof held on the
12th day of July , 1971, by the following vote:
AYES: 5 Councilmen: Morton, Winton, Jennings, Hollis, Ferris
NOES: 0 Councilmen: None
ABSENT: 0 Councilmen: None
City Clerk