HomeMy Public PortalAboutResolution 62-182RESOLUTION NO. 62 -182
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY
URGING THE LOSZANGELES COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS TO ADOPT A POLICY ESTABLISH-
ING A MORE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF
HIGHWAY USERS TAX FUNDS RECEIVED BY THE
COUNTY AND THE CITIES WITH!N THE COUNTY.
WHEREAS two cents of the total six cents of the State
levied highway users taxes is subvented to counties and cities
in the State, of which one and three eighths of one cent is al-
located by statute to counties and five eighths of one cent is
allocated by statute to cities, and;
WHEREAS it was the intention of the State Legislature in
setting the 1- 3/8 -5/8 cent distribution ratio to assist both cities
and counties in meeting construction and maintenance needs for
rural and urban streets and roads according to statewide needs, and;
WHEREAS the 1- 3/8 -5/8 cent ratio may be equitable in the
predominantly rural counties of the State in proportion to the
street mileage, assessed valuation and population of incorporated
and unincorporated areas within those counties, but the ratio of
distribution as it relates to street and road problems in urban
counties such as Los Angeles is manifestly inequitable, and;
WHEREAS the Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County
recognized in the year 1939 the greater needs of urban street
systems in Los Angeles County as compared to other areas of the
State and adopted a policy then, and again in the years 1947 and
1952, of providing annual financial assistance which only partially
recognizes the relative greater need for the construction of streets
within cities, and;
WHEREAS the urban - rural, incorporated- unincorporated
character of the County has changed substantially since the prin-
ciples on which financial assistance for street construction were
based in 1939, 1947, and 1952 so that the County has become more
urban and the number of cities has increased from 46 to 70 so that
the proportionate mileage of streets and roads, assessed valuation
and population in the unincorporated and incorporated areas of the
County are as follows:
Streets and roads
Assessed valuation
Population
Unincorporated Incorporated
26
15%
18
%
74
85
82
WHEREAS cities within Los Angeles County receive only
53 percent of the total highway users taxes subvented to the County
and cities within the County (including present financial assist-
ance to cities from the County of Los Angeles) even though 74 per-
cent of the lineal street and road mileage is in cities and a con-
siderably greater percentage of the total traffic lanes, street
surface, and traffic flow is within cities;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of
the City of Temple City that the Los Angeles County Board of Super-
visors is urged to further recognize the street construction and
maintenance needs of the cities and 82 percent of the entire popu-
lation within the County who reside in cities by establishing a
policy of apportioning annually to cities within the County of Los
Angeles a sum which shall be determined in the following manner:
a) For computation purposes, the sum of all of the
gas tax money received by the County and all of
the gas tax money received by the cities directly
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from the State shall be divided between the un-
incorporated areas of the County as one unit and
and all of the cities as another unit solely on
the respective proportion of each unit's street
and road mileage to the total street and road
mileage within the County.
b) After deducting the allocation to be made to the
unincorporated area from the gas tax money re-
ceived by the County, the remainder shall constitute
the net city share.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that 25 percent of the net city
share shall be reserved, appropriated and expended annually on
highways and streets in cities which are of general County in-
terest, selected at the discretion of the Board of Supervisors.
The remaining 75 percent of the net city share shall be distributed
among the incorporated cities within the County according to the
following formula:
1) 85 percent of the total amount to be distributed among
cities on the basis of the relationship which the
population of each city bears to the total incorpor-
ated population.
2) 15 percent of the total amount to be distributed
among cities on the basis of the relationship which
the street mileage of each city bears to the total
street mileage in the entire incorporated area.
The City Clerk is instructed to send a copy of this resolution to
each member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
PASSED and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Temple City at a regular meeting thereof held this 8th day of
January , 1962 , by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmen: Buchan, Fitzjohn, Merritt, Tyrell,
Dickason
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT:
ATTEST:
Councilmen: None
Clerk of the City of Temp e City,
California
Mayor of the City of emple City,
California
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