CC - 1960 - 81 - Equitable Distribution of Highway Users Tax FundsRESOLUTION NO. 60- 81
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD URGING THE
LOS ANGELES COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO
ADOPT A POLICY ESTABLISHING A MORE EQUITABLE
DISTRIBUTION OF HIGHWAY USERS TAX FUNDS
RECEIVED BY THE COUNTY AND THE CITIES WITHIN
THE COUNTY.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD DOES HEREBY RESOLVE
AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS two cents of the total six cents of the State
levied highway users taxes is subvented,to counties and cities
in the State, of which one and three eighths of one cent is
allocated by statute to counties and-five eighths of one cent
is allocated by statute to cities, arid;
WHEREAS it was the intention of the State Legislature
in setting the 1-3/8-5/8 cent distribution ratio to assist
both cities and counties in meeting construction and maint-
enance needs for rural and urban streets and roads according
to statewide needs, and;
WHEREAS the 1-3/8-5/8 cent ratio may be equitable in
the predominantly rural counties of the State in proportion
to the street mileage, assessed valuation and population of
incorporated and unincorporated areas within those counties,
but the ratio of distribution as it relates to street and road
problems in urban counties such as Los Angeles is manifestly
inequitable, and;
WHEREAS the Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County
recognized in the year 1939 the greater needs of urban street
systems in Los Angeles County as compared to other areas of
the State and adopted a policy then, and again in the years
1947 and 1952, of providing annual financial assistance which
only partially recognizes the relative greater need for the
construction of streets within cities, and;
WHEREAS the urban-rural, incorporated-unincorporated
character of the County has changed substantially since the
principles on which financial assistance for street construction
were based in 1939, 1947, and 1952 so that the County has
become more urban and the number of cities has increased from
46 to 70 so that the proportionate mileage of streets and
roads, assessed valuation and population in the unincorporated
areas of the County are as follows:
Unincorporated Incorporated
Streets and roads 26% 74%
Assessed valuation 15% 85%
Population 18% 82%
WHEREAS cities within Los Angeles County receive only
53 percent of the total highway users taxes subvented to the
County and cities within the County (including present financial
assistance to cities from the County of Los Angeles) even
though 74 percent of the lineal street and road mileage is in
cities and a considerably greater percentage of the total
traffic lanes, street surface, and traffic flow is within cities;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of
the City of Rosemead that the Los Angeles County Board of
Supervisors is urged to further recognize the street construct-
ion and maintenance needs of the cities and 82 percent of the
entire population within the County who reside in cities by
establishing a policy of apportioning annually to cities
within the County of Los Angeles a sum which shall be deter-
mined in the following manner:
a) For computation purposes, the sum of all of the gas
tax money received by the County and all of the gas
tax money received by the cities directly from the
State shall be divided between the unincorporated
areas of the County as one unit and all of the cities
as another unit solely on the respective proportion
` of each unit's street and road mileage to the total
street and road mileage within the County.
b) After deducting the allocation to be made to the un-
incorporated area from the gas tax money received by
\ the County, the remainder shall constitute the net
city share.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that 25 percent of the net
city share shall be reserved, appropriated and expended annually
on highways and streets in cities which are of general County
interest, selected at the discretion of the Board of Supervisors.
The remaining 75 percent of the net city share shall be distrib-
uted among the incorporated cities within the County according
to the following formula:
1) 85 percent of the total amount to be distributed
among cities on the basis of the relationship which
the population of each city bears to the total
incorporated population.
2) 15 percent of the total amount to be distributed
among cities on the basis of the relationship which
the street mileage of each city bears to the total
street mileage in the entire incorporated area.
The City Clerk is instructed to send a copy of this resolution
to each member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
ADOPTED this 22nd day of November, 1960, by the follow-
ing roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmen -
NOES: Councilmen -
ABSENT: Councilmen -
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD
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