HomeMy WebLinkAbout74-03 - Cities and Counties be Retained as Transportation Planning Agency AuthorityRESOLUTION NO. 74-3
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA,
CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING THAT CITIES AND COUNTIES BE RETAINED
AS THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AGENCY AUTHORITY TO SELECT
URBAN ROUTES AND TO DISTRIBUTE URBAN FUNDS.
WHEREAS, the State Director of Transportation has advised the Chairman of
the Urban System Advisory Committee that he has decided there should be a new
decision-making process for the Federal -Aid Urban Program in California; and
WHEREAS, all of the Urbanized cities and counties now have allocation
and implementation procedures for administering the Federal -Aid Urban Program
that were recommended by the Statewide Urban Advisory Committee and approved by
the State; and
WHEREAS, these existing procedures were developed to minimize duplication
and to insure the use of Federal -Aid Urban funds on regionally significant pro-
jects determined by the cities and counties; and
WHEREAS, these existing procedures allow the cities and counties to
determine the proper modes of transportation, to establish priorities, to
realize an equitable distribution of funds, and to consider funding sources; and
WHEREAS, the 1973 Federal -Aid Highway Act provides that the responsible
local official shall determine Urban route selection, choice of mode, establish-
ment of priorities, and consideration of funding sources; and
WHEREAS, it was proposed to designate SCAG, Southern California
Association of Governments, as the regional transportation planning agency and
as the responsible local official instead of the cities and counties; and
WHEREAS, this proposal will remove the local decision-making process from
cities and counties and vest same in SCAG, which has been designated the
Regional Transportation Planning Agency for this area; and
WHEREAS, the Costa Mesa City Council has designated the County of Orange
and its FAU Committee as the responsible agency to perform this function;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Costa Mesa City Council opposes
the proposal to give regional transportation planning agencies (SCAG) the
authority to select the Urban routes, to determine the transportation mode, to
distribute the Urban funds, and to establish the construction priorities for
the Urban Program; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Citv Council of the City of Costa Mesa
recommends that the Urban funds continue to be allocated and administered in
accordance with the existing procedures developed by the cities and counties
and approved by the State Department of Transportation; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa is
hereby instructed to forward copies of this Resolution to Governor Ronald
Reagan; Secretary of the California Business and Transportation Agency, Frank
J. Walton; Acting State Director of Transportation Howard C. Ullrich; State
Senators and Assemblymen from Orange County; Orange County Board of Supervisors;
City Councils of all cities in Orange County; and the Southern California Asso-
ciation of Governments (SCAG).
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 4th day of February, 1974.
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of Cos Ll
Mesa May r of the City of Costa Mesa
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa and ex -officio
Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the
above and foregoing Resolution No. 74-3 was duly and regularly passed and
adopted by the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 4th
day of February, 1974.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of
the City of Costa Mesa, this 5th day of February, 1974.
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City Clerk and ex -officio Clerkf the
City Council of the City of Cos Mesa