HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 1486 RESOLUTION No, 1486
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL CF
THE CITY OF HUNTINGT ON BEACH TO AMEND
THE MAYO-BREED FORMULA TO PROVIDE A
MINIMUM cF 60% OF THE STATE HIGHWAY
FUNDS TO THE SOUTH
WHEREAS, true State highway needs for the Southern Counties
based on the urgency of traffic demands and the provisions
of equal State-wide traffic service , are in excess of the
State-wide total; and
WHEREAS, the existing critical traffic congestion, acci-
dents and fatalities in the Southern area must be immediately
alleviated; and
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WHEREAS, the future economic and socialogical growth and
development of the 13 Southern Counties is dependent on the
construction of an adequate highway and freeway system; and
WHEREAS, based on the pertinent indices of population,
vehicle registration and assessed valuation, the 13 Southern
Counties provide in excess of 60 percent of the State-wide
highway revenue; and
WHEREAS, the antiquated Mayo-Breed Formula allocates
only 55 percent of the State-wide Highway and Freeway con-
struction Funds to the South which curtails the budgeting of
urgently needed projects and eliminates a program of equita-
ble future facilities in this area;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Huntington
Beach endorses a legislative program to amend the Mayo-Breed
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Res. No.1486
Formula as proposed in Assembly Bill 1320 to provide a min-
imum of 60 percent of the State Highway Construction Funds
to the South.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of . the City of
Huntington Beach, California, at a regular meeting thereof
held on the 3rd day of Apri 1 1961.
Mayor
ATTEST:
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Res. No, 1486
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
County of Orange ) ss
City of Huntington Beach
I. PAUL C. JONES, the duly elected, qualified and acting
City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, and ex-off icio
Clerk of the City Council of said City, do hereby certify
that the whole number of members of the City Council of the
City of Huntington Beach is five; that the foregoing Reso-
lution was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of
more than a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a regular meeting thereof held on the ;ram day of
April 1961, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilment
Wells, Lambert, Stewart, Waite, Gisler
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT : Councilmen:
None
City Clerk an x-officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach, California
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