HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 08-C072171
RESOLUTION NO. 08-C72
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA,
CALIFORNIA, CONDEMNING THE ACTION OF THE MTA BOARD IN THEIR
FAILURE TO FUND THE METRO GOLD LINE FOOTHILL EXTENSION
PROJECT AND SEEKING LEGISLATIVE ACTION REQUIRING THE MTA TO
PROVIDE LOCAL MATCHING FUNDS TO PURSUIT $320 MILLION IN
FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT.
WHEREAS, on Thursday, July 24, 2008; the MTA Board opposed a motion to include the
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Project in the Long Range Plan eliminating the opportunity to
apply for $320 million in Federal Transportation Funds available for the Project; and
WHEREAS, it is essential to the future of the San Gabriel Valley Foothill Cities to have the
Gold Line Extension project both for economic survival and to relieve congestion on the grid -locked
I-210 Freeway; and
WHEREAS, the MTA Board has failed to recognize that the Metro Gold Line Foothill
Extension Project is a "ready to go" project having cleared the Environmental Impact Report process
and the Construction Design and is the only rail project in the County ready to build; and
WHEREAS, their opposition to place the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Project in the
Long Range Plan and commit to the $80 million in funding jeopardizes the loss of the $320 million
in Federal Funds our Congressional Delegation and the Federal Transportation Administration have
indicated we are eligible for, virtually insuring the federal funding will go elsewhere outside of
California to another "ready to go" project; and
WHEREAS, the parochial politics of the MTA Board do not belong in issues of regional
transportation and certainly not in the equitable distribution of transportation taxes; and
WHEREAS, the City of Azusa cannot support the proposed new sales tax increases when
such a disparity of current tax distribution exists by the leadership and staff of the MTA as well as
insufficient guarantees of funding for completion of the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Project;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City ofAzusa hereby
respectfully requests Legislative action supporting congestion pricing for the I-110 with federal
funding of $214 million and initiating legislation or action to require the MTA to also fund the local
match of $80 million for the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Project, allowing the application
and receipt of additional $320 million in federal matching funds.
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ADOPTED, SIGNED, AND APPROVED this 4h day of August, 2008.
oseph R. Rocha, Mayor
ATTEST:
Vera Mendoza, City Cler
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution No. 08-C72, was adopted by the City
Council of the City of Azusa at a regular meeting thereof held on the 4b day of August, 2008, by the
following vote of the City Council:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: GONZALES, CARRILLO, MACIAS, HANKS, ROCHA
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSTfAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
Vera Mendoza, City Clerk