HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 5810RESOLUTION NO. 5810
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
IRWINDALE IN REQUESTING A STATE ALLOCATION OF FEDERAL AID SECONDARY URBAN
EXTENSION FUNDS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF IRWINDALE AVENUE BETWEEN THE FOOTHILL
FREEWAY AND ARROW HIGHWAY.
WHEREAS, under Section 143.3 of the Streets and Highways Code, the Department of
Public Works and the California 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 Commission 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, Irwindale Avenue between Foothill Freeway and Arrow Highway lies within
the jurisdictional limits of the Cities of Azusa and Irwindale; and
WHEREAS, Irwindale Avenue within said limits is designated a portion of FAS Route 858
on the Federal Aid Secondary Highway System between Foothill Boulevard on the north and San
Bernardino Freeway (FAI) on the south; and
WHEREAS, the County of Los Angeles and the Cities of Azusa and Irwindale, herein-
after collectively referred to as "LOCAL AGENCIES", desire to improve Irwindale Avenue
within said limits at an estimated total cost of One Million One Hundred Forty Thousand Dollars
($1,140,000). Said improvement is hereinafter referred to as "PROJECT"; and
WHEREAS, the County of Los Angeles and the City of Irwindale 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 Irwindale Avenue within said limits is part of an approved
City -County System of Major Arterials integrated with the State Freeway System and is designated
as an Arterial Highway on the Select Systems of Highways of the County of Los Angeles and the
Cities of Azusa and Irwindale and as a Major Highway on the Master Plan of Highways adopted
by the County of Los Angeles; 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 are 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 Countyof 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 Irwindale and resolves that:
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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 financing under the provisions of
Section 143.3 of the Streets and Highways Code as follows:
City of Azusa
City of Irwindale
$172,000
$398,000
2. The LOCAL AGENCIES agree to provide at the appropriate time all funds
necessary to match and to supplement funds which may be allocated to
LOCAL AGENCIES by the California Highway Commission toward PROJECT.
3. The LOCAL AGENCIES agree to furnish all right of way necessary for the
construction 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 interested
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.
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the C ty of Azusa
Passed, approved and adopted on
Mayor of the Ci, of Azusa
January 18, 1971
I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted by the
City Council of the City of Azusa at a regular meeting of said Council of said City,
on the 18th day of Jan., 1971 and..that.same.was.passed:by,the following
vote of the Council:
AYES: Councilmen: Rubio, Decker, Snyder, Clark, Solem
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: None
City Clerk of the City of Azusa