HomeMy WebLinkAbout75 RES OLUTI ON NO. 75
WHEREAS, the Federal-Aid Highway Act has apportion-
ed certain Federal sums to the State of California on a long-
range program and will continue such apportionment for each
fiscal year until 1972 for the purpose of eliminating in the
State existing deficiencies in Interstate, Primary and Second-
ary Highways and extensions of these systems within Urban
areas; and
WHEREAS, the apportionment received each fiscal year
by the State of California is based (a) 45 per centum for pro-
jects on the Federal-aid primary highway system; (b) 30 per
centum for projects on the Federal-aid secondary highway system; f.
(c) 25 per centum for projects on extensions of these systems
within Urban areas; and
WHEREAS, the apportionment so made will, over the
next fourteen years, improve the standards of all important
highways necessary to the motoring public who use said primary
and secondary systems and extensions of these systems within
the Urban areas ; and
WHEREAS, by an Act of the State Legislature of Cali-
fornia referred to as Chapter 5 "Federal Aid for Secondary
Highways" being Sections 2200 to 2214 inclusive, of the Streets
and Highways Code, all Federal funds apportioned to the State
of California for Secondary systems have been allocated to the
counties for county highways throughout the state in the follow-
ing amounts : not less than eighty-seven and one-half percent
(870) of the money apportioned to California for projects in
the Federal-aid secondary system except that during the fiscal
years of 1957-58 and 1958-59, at least ninety-eight and one-half
percent (980) of such moneys shall be expended for the improve-
ment of county highways; and
WHEREAS, Section 2210. 5 of said Streets and Highways
Code further provides that the State shall contribute toward
the improvement of county highways , in addition to the amount
provided for in the preceding paragraph, money not to exceed
$100,000 in any one year except that during the fis'al years
1957-58 and 1958-59 no county shall receive in excess of
$200,000 in any one year; and
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WHEREAS, the counties may use such Federal-aid second-
ary highway funds only in rural areas and said county roads using
Federal-aid funds must end at the boundary of an Urban area re-
gardless of whether it be in an incorporated area or an unincor-
porated Urban area; and
WHEREAS, an unreasonable burden has been and will con-
tinue to be placed on local city governments in extending into
the Urban areas the road systems which are eligible for Federal
Aid under the Federal Act, unless the Federal money for such
Urban extensions is made available to cities ina like manner
that Federal secondary highway funds are made available to the
counties of the State of California by Chapter 5 of the Streets
and Highways Code of said State; -
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the
Town of Los Altos Hills, as follows :
1. That the League of California Cities be and it is
hereby urged to immediately prepare necessary legislation for
presentation to the State Legislature, on January 2, 1959, for
the purpose of adding a Chapter to the Streets and Highways Code
of the State of California, similar to Chapter 5 thereof, which
will allocate the Federal-aid Urban Money to cities on a formula
similar to the formula used in allocating State Gas Tax Money to
cities; that such formula take into consideration the population
of unincorporated area contiguous to an incorporated city; and
that any unincorporated Urban area not contiguous to a city, and
having a population in excess of five thousand inhabitants as
provided for in the Federal Law, be treated the same as incorpor-
ated cities;
2. That the League of California Cities be urged to
secure passage of such legislation as Urgency Legislation so
that it will take effect immediatelye
The foregoing resolution was duly and regularly adopt-
ed by the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills at a reg-
ular meeting held on the 18th day of August, 1958 by the following
vote :
AYES: Councilmen Bledsoe, Clayton, Sherlock, Treat,
Mayor Fowle
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Mayor
ATTEST: (/ -
Deputy City Clerk