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RESOLUTION NO. 74-96
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, OPPOSING THE FEDERAL
HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION AND URBAN MASS TRANSPOR-
TATION ADMINISTRATION (FHWA/UMTA) DRAFT GUIDELINES
FOR A TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (TDP) AND
URGING FHWA/UMTA TO WORK WITH THE INDIVIDUAL
URBANIZED AREAS TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM APPLICABLE TO
THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa opposes the
Federal Department of Transportation proposed guidelines for the devel-
opment, content, and processing of a Short -Range Transportation
Improvement Program for urbanized areas known as Transportation Devel-
opment Program; and
WHEREAS, the proposed FHWA/UMTA guidelines for a TDP requires all
urbanized areas regardless of size or individual circumstance to accept
the same TDP methodology; and
WHEREAS, these guidelines require that local agencies, which
budget more than two hundred million ($200,000,000.00) annually, submit
an inordinate amount of detail regarding projects of purely local
significance to qualify a few projects for some thirty-four million
($34,000,000.00) in Federal funding; and
WHEREAS, FHWA/UMTA, through the promulgation of new Federal guide-
lines, propose a new decision-making process for the Federal -aid
Transportation Program in California; and
WHEREAS, FHWA/UMTA propose that the regional transportation
planning agencies be responsible for project selection and establishment
of priorities through a new process called the Transportation Development
Program (TDP) instead of the cities and counties; and
WHEREAS, the urbanized cities and counties now have or are devel-
oping allocation and implementation procedures for administering the
Federal -aid Urban Program that are to be approved by the State and FHWA;
and
WHEREAS, these procedures are being developed to minimize "red
tape" and to ensure the effective use of Federal -aid Urban funds on
significant projects as determined by the cities and counties; and
WHEREAS, these procedures allow the cities and counties to deter-
mine 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, establishment of priorities, and consideration of fund-
ing sources; and
WHEREAS, the FHWA/UMTA proposal will remove the local decision-
making process from cities and counties and vest same in the Southern
California Association of Governments (SCAG), which has been designated
the Regional Transportation Planning Agency for this area; and
WHEREAS, this City Council has consistently supported the concept
that decisions be made by those most directly responsible to the people,
such as the cities and counties, and has opposed the creation of addi-
tional levels of government with their attendant "red tape"; and
WHEREAS, this City Council also supports the notion of clearing-
house review (A-95 process) and the regional approach for transportation
planning purposes;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Costa Mesa opposes FHWA/UMTA's proposed Transportation Development
Program as requiring an inordinate amount of detail regarding local
transportation projects and an expansion of the "red tape" menace which
is opposed by Congress and local agencies alike; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this City Council recommends that the
FHWA/UMTA work with each of the urbanized areas to develop a short-range
transportation improvement program procedure that would be applicable to
each urbanized area; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this City Council opposes FHWA/UMTA's
proposed Transportation Development Plan which vests the authority to
select projects and establish transportation priorities with a Regional
Transportation Planning Agency, which will increase the maze of "red
tape" necessary to process a Federally funded project, and will effec-
tively destroy the local agency's ability to respond to matters of
purely local interest; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this City Council supports a process
whereby the Regional Transportation Planning Agency, provides assurances
that programs developed and projects which are selected by responsible
local officials are in accord with the evolving Regional Transportation
Plan; and
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that copies of this Resolution be forwarded
to the League of California Cities, every city in Orange County,
County Supervisors Association of California, Southern California
Association of Governments (SCAG), requesting they take similar action
opposing the implementation of the FHWA/UMTA proposed guidelines for a
Transportation Development Program, and that they urge FHWA/UMTA to work
with each urbanized area to develop appropriate transportation program
procedures for their area and so advise their Congressional delegation,
Senators Cranston and Toomey, and the Secretary of Transportation.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of November, 1974.
ATTEST:
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City Clerk of the City of Cos tpesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City
Council of the City of Costa Mesa hereby certify that the above and
foregoing Resolution No. 74-96 was duly and regularly passed and adopted
by the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 5th
day of November, 1974.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa this 6th day of November, 1974.
City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk the
City Council of the City of Cos esa
Mayor
of
the
City
of
Costa
Mesa
ATTEST:
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City Clerk of the City of Cos tpesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City
Council of the City of Costa Mesa hereby certify that the above and
foregoing Resolution No. 74-96 was duly and regularly passed and adopted
by the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 5th
day of November, 1974.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa this 6th day of November, 1974.
City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk the
City Council of the City of Cos esa