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RESOLUTION NO. 3844
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
AZUSA URGING THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO REVISE
THE MAYO -BREED FORMULA TO INCREASE SOUTHLAND
HIGHWAY FUNDS.
WHEREAS, the Mayo -Breed formula for distribution of State
Highway funds between the northern and southern parts of the State
provides for an allocation of 55% to the southern area; and
WHEREAS, motor vehicle operators of the southern counties
now contribute 63% of the State Highway users gas tax revenues as
compared to 37% contributed by counties located north of the
Tehachapi Mountains; and
WHEREAS, population and registration of motor vehicles in
the southern part of the State far exceed the counties located north
of the Tehachapi Mountains and present allocations of gas tax funds
for State highway construction are inadequate to meet the needs of
this area; and
WHEREAS, construction of State highways is of mutual
benefit to both cities and counties in Southern California and
strengthening of the State Highway program in this area would help
to alleviate and accelerate the critical highway need badly lagging
under present formula;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of the
State of California is hereby urgently requested to revise the
Mayo -Breed formula for the distribution of gas tax funds for State
highways between the northern and southern parts of the State to
provide that no less than 60% of the State highway users gas tax
revenues be allocated to that area south of the Tehachapi Mountains.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if such formula is changed,
that the distribution of the additional 5% be allocated in a manner
mutually agreeable with the League of California Cities, the County
Supervisors Association of California and the State of California.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk shall certify to
the adoption of this resolution and transmit certified copies thereof
to the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los
Angeles, and to the State Senator and to each Assemblyman from the
County of Los Angeles.
Adopted and approved this lgthday of January , 1959.
I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly
adopted by the City Council of the City of Azusa at a regular meeting
thereof held on the "lgthday of January , 1959, by the following
vote of the Council:
AYES: Councilmen: Fawcett, Ortuno, Johnson, Teasley, Memmesheimer
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT:Councilmen: None
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