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Home My Public Portal About62-009 (02-06-62) RESOLUTION N0, 62_9 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF LYNWQOD URGING THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY B01�RD OF SUPERVISORS TO ADOPT A POLICY ESTABLISHING A MORE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF HIGHWAY USERS TAX FUNDS RECEIVED BY THE COUNTY AND THE CITIES WITHIN 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 allocated 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 ration to assist both cities and counties in meeting construction and maintenance needs for rural and urban streets and roads according to state-wide needs; and WI�REAS, 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 dis- tribution 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 area of the State, and adopted a policy then, and again in the years 1947 and 1952, of pro- ' viding annual financial assistance, which only partially recognizes the relatively greater need for the construction of streets within ci£ies; and � WI�REAS, the urban-rural, incorporated-unincorporated character of the County has changed subs'tantially since the principles on which financial assistance for street construction were based in lg3g 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 proportion- ate mileage of streets and roads, assessed valuation and population -1- in the unincorporated and incorporated areas of the County are as follows: Unincorporated Incorporated I Streets and Roads 26� 40 Assessed Valuation 15� �5% Population 18� 82� WHERE�S, cities within Los Wngeles County receive only 53� of the total highway users taxee subvented to the County and cities within the County (including present financial assistance to cities from the County of Los Angeles) even though 74% of the lineal street and road mileage is in cities and a considerably greater percentage of the total traffie lanes, street surface, and traffic flow is within cities. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Lynwood that the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is again urged to recognize the expanding street construction and main- tenance needs of cities and the welfare of the 82� of the total County population residing in cities, by establishing a policy of apportion- ing annually to cities within the County of Los �ingeles a sum 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 �ax money received by the cities direetly from the State shall be divided between the unin- corporated areas of the County as one unit, and all of the cities as another unit solely on the respective proportion of each unit�z.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 unincor- porated area from the gas tax money received by the County, the remainder shall constitute the net city share. BE IT FURTHUR.iRESOLVED, that 25% of the net city share shall be reserved, appropriated and expended annually on highways and streets in cities which are of �eneral County interest, selected at the d.is- cretion of the Board of Supervisors; and the remaining 75� of the net city share shall be distributed among -2- the incorporated cities within the County, according to the following formula: a. Eighty-five per cent of the total amount to be distri- buted among cities on the basis of the relationship which the popula- tion of each city bears to the total incorporated population. b. Fifteen per cent 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 the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. ,, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 6th day of February 196z. •N .�—��i-��`i� � �� MAYOR OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD A ST: , � STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES: ss. CITY OF LYNWOOD ) I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the � City of Lynwood, do hereby certify that the,above and foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of said City at a _______ regular meeting thereof held in the City Hall of said City, on the 6th day of Feuruary , lg 6z and passed by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEN Duncan, Finch, Ham, Pender, Rowe. NOES: COUNCILMEN None. �� - ABSENT: COUNCILMEN None. � , OD • ' �.� . 1 � . - ` � STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ` , � COUNTY OF LOS AN"vELES: ss. - " ' CITY OF LYNWOOD ) ry, � ` .' ;� :, r y,ti. I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Lynwood, � do hereby certify that the above and foregoing resolution was d'uly adopted by the City Council, of said City at a �_�..�,.� regular meeting thereof held in the City Hall of said City, on the 6th day of _ Februszy , 196 2, and passed by the flollowing vote° Ayes: Councilmen Duncag. �4nch, I3�m, Fen�er, Ror�e Noese Councilmen NO1]6. Apsente Councilmen None. H. M. CAA7PBEI+I. -�SEAL) ' Ci y C er — - , i y o ynwoo STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES: ss. CITY OF LYNWOOD ) I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Lynwood, and ex-oPflicio clerk of the City Council of said City, do hereby eertify that the 2bove and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of Resolution No. � on file in my�office, and that � said resolution was adopted on the date and by the vote therein stated. Dated this 7t� o£ F bru9 96 2 , ` v , " C y , C1 y ynwoo I