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RESOLUTION NO. 5691
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF AZUSA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, JOINING THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
AND THE CITY OF COVINA IN REQUESTING A STATE
ALLOCATION OF FEDERAL -AID SECONDARY URBAN
EXTENSION FUNDS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF ARROW
HIGHWAY BETWEEN VINCENT AVENUE AND HEATHDALE
AVENUE.
WHEREAS, under Section 143.3 of the Streets and
Highways Code, the Department of Public Works and the Califor-
nia Highway Commission may include in the annual budget certain
amounts for the construction of city streets or county roads
which would qualify as extensions of Federal -aid Secondary
Highways within urban areas; and
WHEREAS, upon written request of any city or county,
the Department of Public Works and the California Highway Com-
mission may include an allocation for the city or county in the
next succeeding budget to be used for said construction provided,
however, that not more than Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
($500,000) shall be allocated for such purpose to any city or
county in any one year; and
WHEREAS, Arrow Highway between Vincent Avenue and
Heathdale Avenue lies within the jurisdictional limits of the
Cities of Azusa and Covina, and the County of Los Angeles; and
WHEREAS, Arrow Highway within said limits is desig-
nated a portion of FAS Route 849 on the Federal -aid Secondary
Highway System between San Gabriel Boulevard (FAS 846) on the
west and Central Avenue (FAS 692) on the east; and
WHEREAS, the County of Los Angeles and the Cities of
Azusa and Covina, hereinafter collectively referred to as "LOCAL
AGENCIES", desire to improve Arrow Highway within said limits
at an estimated total cost of One Million Ten Thousand Dollars
$1,010,000). Said improvement is hereinafter referred to as
'PROJECT"; and
WHEREAS, the County of Los Angeles and the City of Covina
will request the Department of Public Works to recommend and the
California Highway Commission to approve an allocation for said
PROJECT pursuant to Section 143.3 of the Streets and Highways
Code; and
WHEREAS, that portion of Arrow Highway within said
limits is part of an approved City -County System of Major
Arterials integrated with the State Freeway System and is desig-
nated as an Arterial Highway on the Select Systems of Highways
of the County of Los Angeles and the Cities of Azusa and Covina
and as a Major Highway on the Master Plan of Highways adopted by
the County of Los Angeles; and
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WHEREAS, Federal -aid Secondary funds have been used
to construct the bridge over the San Gabriel River at the Santa Fe
Dam (FAS Project S-849-1), improve Arrow Highway between Glendora
Avenue and Bonita Avenue (FAS Project S-849-2) and are being used
to acquire right of way on Arrow Highway between 0.3 mile east of
Walnut Avenue and the San Bernardino County Line (FAS Projects
SU -849-3 and 4); and
WHEREAS, Federal -aid Secondary Urban Extension funds
have been used to improve the sections of Arrow Highway between
Bonita Avenue and 0.3 mile east of Walnut Avenue (UE Project 849-1)
and between Park Avenue and Orange Grove Avenue (UE Project 849-2
& 3) and have been allocated for the construction of Arrow Highway
between 0.3 mile east of Walnut Avenue and Park Avenue (UE Project
849-4); and
WHEREAS, the LOCAL AGENCIES have considered the effect
of the financing based on the statutory formula contained in
Section 188.8 of the Streets and Highways Code appertaining to
apportionment of State highway construction monies among the
counties; and
WHEREAS, the LOCAL AGENCIES and Willing to furnish all
right of way necessary for the construction of PROJECT;;and
WHEREAS, the LOCAL AGENCIES desire to have the County
of Los Angeles designated as the coordinating agency and the
Road Commissioner of the County of Los Angeles designated as the
Coordinator of PROJECT with the appropriate officials of interested
agencies; and
WHEREAS, the LOCAL AGENCIES desire to have all funds
allocated by the California Highway Commission for PROJECT paid
to the County of Los Angeles as the coordinating agency for
PROJECT.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Azusa
joins the County of Los Angeles and the City of Covina and
resolves that:
1. The Department of Public Works be requested
to recommend and that the California Highway
Commission be requested to approve allocations
equal to one-half the estimated total cost
of said PROJECT within the limits of the
respective LOCAL AGENCIES eligible for financ-
ing under the provisions of Section 143.3 of
the Streets and Highways Code as follows:
City of Azusa $72,000
City of Covina $55,000
County of Los Angeles $378,000
2. The LOCAL AGENCIES agree to provide at the ap-
propriate time all funds necessary to match
and to supplement funds which may be allocated
to LOCAL AGENCIES by the California Highway
Commission toward PROJECT.
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3. The LOCAL AGENCIES agree to furnish all
right of way necessary for the construc-
tion of PROJECT.
4. The County of Los Angeles and the Road
Commissioner of the County of Los Angeles
be designated as coordinating agency and
coordinator, respectively, of PROJECT
with the appropriate officials of all in-
terested agencies and to act in behalf of
LOCAL AGENCIES in all negotiations in
connection therewith.
5. All funds allocated by the State for
PROJECT be paid to the County of Los
Angeles as the coordinating agency of
PROJECT.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of February, 1970.
ATTEST:
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 16th day of February, 1970, by the
following vote of the Council:
AYES: Councilmen: Rubio, Decker, Snyder, Calvert, Solem
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: None
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