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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 2551 RESOLUTION NO. 2551 RESOLUTION ENDORSING A LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM TO AMEND THE MAYO-BREED FORMULA FOR THE ALLOCATION OF STATE GASOLINE TAXES WHEREAS, true State highway needs for the Southern Counties group, based on the urgency of traffic demands and the provision of equal State-wide traffic services, are in excess of 60 percent of the State-wide total, and WHEREAS, the existing critical traffic congestion, accidents and fatalities in the Southern Counties area must be immediately alleviated, and WHEREAS, the future economic and sociological 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 popu- lation, 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 allo- cates only 55 percent of the State-wide Highway and Freeway Construction Funds to the South which curtails the budgeting of urgently needed projects and eliminates a program of equitable future facilities in this area; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach endorses a legis- lative program to amend the Mayo-Breed Formula to allocate a minimum of 60 percent of the State Highway Construction - 1 - Res . No. 2551 Funds to the 13 counties in the Southern group, and requests each Board of Supervisors and City Council in the 13 Southern Counties affected to actively support such a prog- ram, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk be and he is hereby directed to forward to each Board of Supervisors, each City Council and each member of the State Legislature, representing the 13 Counties in the Southern group, a copy of this resolution. PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 17th day of April, 1967. YOR ATTEST: O CITY CLERK APPROVED AS TO FORM: I j AL L 2 - Res , No . 2551 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss : CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH ) I , PAUL Co JONES, the duly elected, qualified and acting City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, and ex- officio 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 seven; that the foregoing resolution 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 17th day of April 1967 , by the following vote : AYES : Councilmen: Coen, Bartlett, Gisler, Kaufman, Stewart, Green, Shipley NOES: Councilmen: None ABSENT : Councilmen: None City Clerk a ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California