HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 28-70RESOLUTION NO. 28-70
WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States has in the
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968 declared it to be in the national
interest for Federal Funds to be expended for a "TOPICS"'program
which consists of making traffic operation improvements on a
systematic basis in accordance with an area-wide 'plan over a network
of arterial and other major streets within urban areas; and
WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of California has
enacted Chapter 1141 of the Statutes of 1969, by which the federal
funds authorized may be made available for use on county highways,
city streets, and state highways to reduce traffic congestion and
to facilitate the flow of traffic in urban areas in accordance with
the intent of the federal act; and
WHEREAS, there exists a compelling need for traffic
operation improvements on existing streets within the boundaries
of the City of Bakersfield; and
WHEREAS, the City of Bakersfield therefore desires to
make use of such TOPICS funds as may be made available within the
jurisdictional boundaries of said City of Bakersfield; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Works of the State of
California has informed the City of Bakersfield that $131,063 has
been apportioned to the City of Bakersfield as its share of
California's 1969-70 fiscal year allocation of federal TOPICS funds.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City
of Bakersfield as follows:
1. That these TOPICS funds allocated to the City of
Bakersfield are intended to be expended by the City for the stated
purposes of making the required area-wide TOPICS study for the
City of Bakersfield and improvement 'projects.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was
passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a
regular meeting thereof held on the 20th day of April, 1970, by
the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN BLEECKER, HEISEY, REES, RUCKER, STIERN, VE'rI'ER, WHITTEMORE
NOES: COUNCILMEN:
ABSENT COUNCILMEN: 72
ABSTAINING COUNCILMEN,
and Ex-Officio Clerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED: