HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2643 RESOLUTION NO. 2643
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DOWNEY, JOINING THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
AND THE CITY OF BELL GARDENS IN REQUESTING A
STATE ALLOCATION OF FEDERAL -AID SECONDARY
URBAN EXTENSION FUNDS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF
FLORENCE AVENUE BETWEEN THE LONG BEACH FREE-
WAY AND THE RIO HONDO.
WHEREAS, under Section 143.3 of the Streets and Highways Code, the
Department 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 Public 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, Florence Avenue between the Long Beach Freeway and the
Rio Hondo lies within the jurisdictional limits of the Cities of Downey
and Bell Gardens; and
WHEREAS, Florence Avenue within said limits is a portion of FAS
Route 841 on the Federal -aid Secondary Highway System in Los Angeles County
between Atlantic Avenue (FAS 1562) on the west and Telegraph Road (FAS 627)
on the east; and
WHEREAS, the Cities of Downey and Bell Gardens in the County of
Los Angeles, hereinafter collectively referred to as "LOCAL AGENCIES"
desire to improve Florence Avenue within said limits at an estimated
total cost of One Million Four Hundred Fifty Four Thousand Dollars
($1,454,000). Said improvement is hereinafter referred to as "PROJECT "; and
WHEREAS, the County of Los Angeles will request the Department of
Public Works to recommend and the California Highway Commission to approve
an allocation for said PROJECT pursuant to Section 143.3 of the Streets
and Highways Code; and
WHEREAS, that portion of Florence Avenue within said limits 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
System of Highways of the County of Los Angeles and the Cities of Downey
and Bell Gardens and as a Major Highway on the Master Plan of Highways
adopted by the County of Los Angeles; 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 Bell Gardens and resolves that:
1. The Department of Public Works be requested to recommend
and that the California Highway Commission be requested
to approve allocations to 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 Bell Gardens $500,000
2. 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.
3. The LOCAL AGENCIES agree to furnish all right of way
necessary for the construction of PROJECT.
4. 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.
5. All funds allocated by the State for PROJECT be paid to
the County of Los Angeles as the coordinating agency of
PROJECT.
6. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
resolution and forward three certified copies to the
Department of Public Works for further transmittal.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS loth day of January , 1972.
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Mayor
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City Clerk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by
the City Council of the City of Downey, at a regular meeting thereof held
on the 10th day of January 1972, by the following vote:
AYES: 5 Councilmen: Morton, Winton, Jennings, Hollis, Ferris
NOES: 0 Councilmen: None
ABSENT: 0 Councilmen: None
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City Clerk