HomeMy Public PortalAboutResolution 83-2221RESOLUTION NO. 83 -2221
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF TEMPLE CITY IN SUPPORT OF THE
LIBERALIZATION OF PROPOSITION A FUNDS
WHEREAS, Proposition A was approved by the voters of Los Angeles
County to provide additional funds for transportation purposes through-
out the County; and
WHEREAS, these funds are administered by the Los Angeles County
Transportation Commission and allocated to the cities on a specified
formula, with the provision that the funds be used only and strictly
for public transit systems; and,
WHEREAS, many cities without municipal transit systems cannot
use their allocated funds strictly for this purpose, and either must
market their funds at discount rates to other agencies that can use
them for a public transit system, or lose the funds altogether;. and,
WHEREAS, the restrictions placed on the use of these funds are
based on an administrative decision of the LACTC, and there is strong
legal opinion that "public transit system" includes streets and high-
ways used by public transit vehicles, and that the wording of the
Proposition A ballot measure stating that local transit means "tran-
sit, paratransit and transportation systems management improvements
that benefit one jurisdiction" and that "revenues can be used for
capital or operating expenses" is language that is legally open to
a broader interpretation than the LACTC has extended to it; and,
WHEREAS, it has been well established that damage to our city
streets is caused primarily by trucks and buses, and that passenger
cars are responsible for an insignificant amount of pavement damage;
and,
WHEREAS, our cities without municipal transportation systems of
their own are responsible for the repair and maintenance of their city
streets that are used by public transit vehicles, thereby contributing
heavily to the cost of maintenance and repair of those streets:
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY
DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. To petition the Los Angeles County Transportation
Commission and strongly urge that the restrictions on the use of
Proposition A funds be liberalized to allow cities to use their allo-
cated funds for such transportation purposes as the repair and main-
tenance of those streets used by public transportation vehicles so
that such streets can be kept in good repair and continue to be used
as part of the County transportation system, thereby more adequately
fulfilling the intent of Proposition A "to improve and expand exist-
ing public transit county- wide ".
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of
this Resolution.
ADOPTED, SIGNED and APPROVED this 6th day of December 1983.
YOR
ATTEST:
I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was adopted by
the City Council of the City of Temple City at a regular meeting held
on the 6th day of December 1983, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen- Atkins, Dennis, Swain; .Tyrell, Gillanders
NOES: Councilmen-None
ABSENT : Councilmen- None
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