HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 19-7874 - Electing to be Exempt from the Congestion Management ProgramA RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY
ELECTING TO BE EXEMPT FROM• •
PROGRAM
WHEREAS, in 1990 the voters of California passed Proposition 111 and the requirement
that urbanized counties develop and implement a Congestion Management Program; and
WHEREAS, the legislature and governor established the specific requirements of the
Congestion Management Program by passage of legislation which was a companion to
Proposition 111 and is encoded in California Government Code Section 65088 to 65089.10; and
WHEREAS, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) has
been designated as the Congestion Management Agency responsible for Los Angeles County's
Congestion Management Program; and
WHEREAS, California Government Code Section 65088.3 allows urbanized counties to
be exempt from the Congestion Management Program based on resolutions passed by local
jurisdictions representing a majority of a county's jurisdictions with a majority of the county's
population; and
WHEREAS, the Congestion Management Program is outdated and increasingly out of
step with current regional, State, and federal planning processes and requirements, including
new State requirements for transportation performance measures related to greenhouse gas
reduction; and
WHEREAS, on June 4, 2018 the Metro Board of Directors took action to direct Metro
staff to work with local jurisdictions to prepare the necessary resolutions to exempt the County
of Los Angeles from the Congestion Management Program.
NOW, - •RE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF OF DOWNEY DOES
RESOLVEHEREBY • •
Section 1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
Section 2. That the City of Downey, located in the County of Los Angeles, hereby elects
to be exempt from the Congestion Management Program as described in California
Government Code Section 65088 to 65089.10.
Section 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 26th day of March, 2019.
R DRIGUEZ, Mayor
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AR ALICIA DUART », CMC
City Clerk
RESOLUTION NO. 19-7874
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was adopted by the City Council of
the City of Downey at a regular meeting held on the 26 th day of March, 2019 by the following
vote, to wit:
AYES:
Council Members:
Ashton, Frometa, Saab, Pacheco, Mayor Rodriguez
NOES:
Council Member:
None.
ABSENT:
Council Member:
None.
ABSTAK
Council Member:
None.
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