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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 4286RESOLUTION NO. 4286 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA URGING THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY BOARD 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 ratio 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 WHEREAS, 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 in- ,corporated and unincorporated area within those counties, but the ratio of distribution 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 areas of the State and adopted a policy then, and again in the years 1947 and 1952, of providing annual financial assistance which only partially recognizes the relative greater needs for the construction of streets within cities; and WHEREAS, the urban -rural, incorporated -unincorporated character of the County has changed substantially since the principles on which financial assistance for street construc- tion were based in 1939, 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 proportionate mileage of streets and roads, assessed valuation and population in the unincorporated and incorporated areas of the County are as follows: Unincorporated Incorporated Streets and roads 26% 74% Assessed valuation 15% 85% "Population - 18% 82% WHEREAS, cities within Los Angeles County receive only 53 percent of the total highway users taxes subvented to the County and cities within the County (including present finan- cial assistance to cities from the County of Los Angeles) even though 74 percent of the lineal street and road mileage is in cities and a considerably greater percentage of the total traffic lanes, street surface and traffic flow is within cities; -1- NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Azusa that the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is urged to further recognize the street construction and main- tenance needs of the cities and 82 percent of the entire popula- tion within the County who reside in cities by establishing a policy of apportioning annually to cities within the County of Los Angeles a sum which shall be 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 tax money received by the cities directly from the State shall be divided between the unincorporated areas of the County as one unit and all of the cities as another unit solely on the respective proportion of each unit'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 un- incorporated area from the gas tax money received by the County, the remainder shall constitute the net city share. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that 25 percent of the net city share shall be reserved, appropriated and expended annually on highways and streets in cities which are of general County in- terest, selected at the discretion of the Board of Supervisors. The remaining 75 percent of the net city share shall be distributed among the incorporated cities within the County according to the following formula: 1) 85 percent of the total amount to be distributed among cities on the basis of the relationship which the population of each city bears to the total incorporated population. 2) 15 percent 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. Adopted and approved this 2nd day of January, 1962. M r r 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 2nd day of January, 1962, by the following vote of Council: AYES: Councilmen: McLees, Johnson, Teasley, Ortuno NOES: Councilmen: None ABSENT: Councilmen: Paul -2- city C er