HomeMy WebLinkAbout83-91 - Protesting Policy Change by California Transportation CommissionRESOLUTION NO. 83-91
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, PROTESTING A PROPOSED
POLICY CHANGE BY THE CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION
COMMISSION REGARDING FUNDING OF IMPROVEMENTS TO
FREEWAY INTERCHANGES AND SEPARATIONS.
WHEREAS, the California Transportation Commission is considering
guidelines regarding cost sharing for freeway interchanges and separation;
and
WHEREAS, the Cotmnission's staff has proposed a policy which would
require locals to pay 100 percent of the cost of new interchanges and
separations and most of the cost of improving existing interchanges and
separations; arra
WHEREAS, the proposed policy deviates substantially from past State
policies of requiring the locals to pay only costs as if the freeway did
not exist; and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Transportation Commission and other plan-
ning agencies in the Southern California region have prepared an alternate
proposal largely preserving past cost sharing policies; and
WHEREAS, the California Transportation Commission is considering a
change in their policy without a full analysis of the financial impact
of this policy change on CALTRANS and local agencies; and
WHEREAS, local funding mechanisms do not exist or cannot generate
sufficient revenues to fund the cost of new or modified interchanges and
separations; and
WHEREAS, it would be very difficult to allocate the costs among local
agencies in proportion to their benefit;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Costa Mesa is opposed to the proposed policy on cost sharing of freeway
overcrossings and interchanges proposed by the staff of the California
Transportation Cammission.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa
supports retention of the past policy intact or amended as recommended by
the Orange County Transportation Commission and other responsible transpor-
tation planning agencies of the Southern California region.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of August, 1983.
ATTEST:
CMy' Clerk of the City of Costa Nessa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) v`/
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 fore-
going Resolution No. 83-91 was duly and regularly passed and adopted by
said City Council at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 15th day of
August, 1983.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa this 16th day of August, 1983.
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C y Clerk and exrofficio Clerk of7e
City Council of the City of Costa sa