HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 41-58RESOLUTION NO. ~/- ~f
~IER~tS, the Federal-Aid Highway Act has apportioned cot-
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tain Federal sums to the Sta~'/of California' on a long-~ange progr-s~n
and will continue s~ch apportionment fc~~ each fiscal year :mtil 1972
for the p~rpose of eliminating in the state existing deficiencies
in Interstate, Primary and Secondary Highways and extensions of. these
systems witch' Urban areas; and
EEAS, the apportie~ent ?eceived each i~iscal year by the
State of Califernia is based (A) ~5 pe~ cgntum fe~~ projects e~ the
Federal-aid primary highway system. (B) 30 per centbun fop projects
on the Federal-aid secondary highway system. (C) ~,5 De~0ent~ fo~Z
pPo.lects on extensiens of these s~st&ms wi~.~n_ Urban_ ~rea~; and
E~S, the apportio~ent so made ~;ill, over the next 14
years, improve the standards of all important high~ays necessary to
the moto~ing public who use said pri~ary and secondary systems and
extensions of these systems within the U~D~n_ areas; and
i~ii~.S, by an act cf the State Legislates of California
referred to as Chapter % "Federal Aid for Secondary High~ays" being
Sectlens 2200 to 2214 inclusive, of the. StreetS ~d Highways Code,
all Federal funds apportioned to.the State ef California for secondary
systems have been allocated to the co,~ties for co~3.ty highways tP~ough
out the state in the following ~o~ts: not less than eighty~seven
and one-~lf percent (87~) of the money apportioned to Califcr, nia
for projects in the Federal-aid secondary system ex.~pt that during
the fiscal years of 19~7-%8 and 19%8-%9, at least ninety-sight and
one-half percent (98~) .f such monies shall be expertdad for the
improvement of county highways; ~d
I~ER~.S, Section 2210 ~ of said StL~eets and Highways Code
further provides that the State shall oontribute to~,rard the imp~ovemsnt
of county high~-ays, in addition' to the amount provided for in the
preceding paragraph, money not to exceed $100,000.00 in any one year
except that during the fiscal yea~s 1957-~8 and 19.c~8-59 no county
~,~REAS, the counties ~ay use. such Fede~'al-aid secondary
highway f~nds only in rural areas and said County roads. usi~g Fsds~al-
aid funds must end at the boundary of an Urban a~s~ rega~dless cf
'whether it be in an incor0orate~ area o~ an unincorpOrated Urban
~ea; and
· ~D.S, an~mreasonablc burden has been and ~ill continua
to be placed on local City governs. ants in extending into the U~ban
areas the road system's ~hich a~o eligible for F~deral P. id unds~
Federal Act, urnless the Federal money for such Urban extensions is
made available to Cities in a like na~,ez~ that Fede~al secondary
high~ay f~ds are made ave. liable to the counties of the Sta~e
California by Chapter 5 of the Streets and Highways Ccde of said State.
NOW, TEH~0RE, BE IT REBOL~D by the Council of the City
of Bakersfield, as follows:
1. That the League of Californ. ia Cities bs an~d it is hereby
urged to iEediately prepare necessary legislation fo~ p~esentaticn
to the State Legislature, on january 2, 1959, for the purpose of
adding a C~pter to the Streets and High~ays Code of the State of
California, similar to Chapter 5 thereof, which will allocate the
Federal-aid Urban MorAey to Cities on. a formula similar to the fc~ula
used in allocating State Gas Tax Money to Cities; that such fon~ula
take into consideration the population of unincorporated a~ea con-
tiguous to an incorporated city; and that any unincorporstsd Ur~oan
area.~not~ c~nt~ucu~s tO a City,. ~nd h~ving~a ~popu!~a~ipn
5000 i~abitants as provided for in the Peds~al ~'~.~, be treated the
same as incorporated Cities.
2. That the League of CalifoP~ia Cities be u2ged to secure
passage of 'such legislation as Urgency Legislation so that it ~rill
take effect irmmediately.
3. That a copy of this' resolution be ssn~ to each Mayor and
City Council of each and every incorporated Cit~r in the State of
California, to each candidate lfor State Senate, to each candidate for
the Assembly in Kern COunty, tc each candidate for Governor of the
State of California, and to the G~veP~or of the State of California.
I HEREBY CF~RTIFY that the foregoing Resolution ~as passed
and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 7th day of July, 1958, by the follo~ing
vote:
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a a Ex-Cf~icio i of the
Cerk
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Council of the City of.Bakersfield.
M~.YOR ~6~f ~ City of Bakersfield.