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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 5653RESOLUTION NO. 5653 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA URGING THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE TO REVISE THE FORMULA WITH RESPECT TO AP- PORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF GAS TAX FUNDS. The City Council of the City of Azusa does resolve as follows: WHEREAS, the majority of the population in the state resides in the thirteen southern counties; and WHEREAS, the majority of the registered vehicles are also in these counties; and WHEREAS, in recent years allocations of gas tax funds to cities and counties have increased, and administrative and engineering requirements and restrictions imposed by the state have been modified, and WHEREAS, further modifications are desirable authoriz- ing cities and counties to utilize gas tax funds on non -select system streets on a fifty-fifty matching fund basis from non -gas tax sources and authorizing use of gas tax funds to provide street lighting on those streets qualifying as select system streets; now therefore, be it RESOLVED. . . . .. that legislation be introduced to revise the Mayo -Breed formula to provide that 60% of the state gas tax funds be returned to the thirteen southern counties in- stead of the presently existing formula of 55%, and, be it further RESOLVED, that legislation be introduced which would permit cities to utilize gas tax funds on non -select system streets providing they match state gas tax funds on a fifty-fifty basis from non -gas tax sources; and, be it further RESOLVED, that the gas tax funds be available for street lighting on these streets qualifying as select system streets. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution. 1969. Adopted and approved this 1st day of December , 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 1st day of December, 1969, by the following vote of the Council—.- AYES: ouncil AYES: Councilmen: Rubio, Decker, Calvert and Solem NOES: Councilmen: none ABSENT:Councilmen: none City Clerk