HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2766 RESOLUTION NO. 2766
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DOWNEY, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
JOINING THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES AND 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 FREEWAY 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 Bell Gardens
and Downey; and
WHEREAS, Florence Avenue within said limits is designated a portion
of Federal -aid Secondary Route 841 and proposed Federal -aid Urban Route 6092
in Los Angeles County; and
WHEREAS, the Cities of Bell Gardens and Downey and the County of Los
Angeles, hereinafter collectively referred to as "LOCAL AGENCIES ", desire
to improve Florence Avenue within said limits at an estimated cost of
One Million Five Hundred Six Thousand Dollars ($1,506,000), said improvement
being 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 Bell Gardens
and Downey 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:
SECTION 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 Bell Gardens $500,000
City of Downey $246,000
SECTION 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.
SECTION 3. The LOCAL AGENCIES agree to furnish all right -of -way necessary
for the construction of PROJECT.
SECTION 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.
SECTION 5. All funds allocated by the State for PROJECT be paid to the
County of Los Angeles as the coordinating agency of PROJECT.
SECTION 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
resolution and forward three certified copies to the Department of Public
Works of the City of Downey for further transmittal.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 23rd day of January, 1973.
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 23rd day of
January , 1973, by the following vote:
AYES: 5 Councilmen: DiLoreto, Jennings, Temple, Winton, Morton
NOES: 0 Councilmen: None
ABSENT: 0 Councilmen: None
City Clerk