CC RESOLUTION 3252RESOLUTION NO. 3252
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, CALLING FOR THE
FEDERAL URBAN MASS TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRA-
TION TO ACT ON THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID
TRANSIT DISTRICT METRO RAIL PROJECT
WHEREAS, the Southern California Rapid Transit District
Metro Rail Project has been acknowledged by the Urban Mass Trans-
portation Administration as the most cost effective new rail start
in the nation; and
WHEREAS, Los Angeles is the second most densely populated
urbanized area in the nation, and by the end of this century, the
urbanized area population is expected to increase by two to three
million; and
WHEREAS, heavily congested surface streets and freeways
cannot accommodate current and anticipated demand despite the fact
that RTD buses carry 1.6 million passengers per day, with many
lines currently operating at 140 per cent capacity; and
WHEREAS, during the morning rush hours, more than 45 per
cent of all trips into the downtown area are by public transit; and
WHEREAS, in 1980, voters approved a 140 -160 mile rapid
transit system and a one -half cent sales tax to finance a portion
of the Metro Rail Project; and
WHEREAS, the SCRTD Metro Rail Project has gone through
more public scrutiny than any other rail rapid transit system built
during the last decade, with approximately 10,000 interested
citizens airing their views at more than 120 community meetings
along the proposed alignment; and
WHEREAS, on a per -mile basis, the construction costs of
the SCRTD Metro Rail Project are less than or equivalent to those
of other recently constructed heavy rail projects in the United
States; and
WHEREAS, Los Angeles has offered to increase its local
share expense of the Metro Rail Project from 25 per cent to 38
per cent; and
WHEREAS, the private sector, through benefit assessment
districts, will contribute 5 per cent, or $170 million, of the
total cost of the project's construction; and
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WHEREAS, during the period 1971 to 1981, the federal
government allocated over $8 billion among six urban areas across
the country for construction of new rail rapid transit projects,
and these areas also received more than $400 million to purchase
buses; and during that same time period, Los Angeles received
$322 million for bus operations and $12 million to begin engineering
work on Metro Rail;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of E1 Segundo,
California hereby requests that the federal Urban Mass Transporta-
tion Administration make a full funding commitment to the entire
18.6 mile SCRTD Metro Rail Project by issuing a Letter of Intent
for the authorization period and a Letter of No Prejudice for the
balance of the project's construction schedule.
SECTION 2. The City Council of the City of E1 Segundo,
California hereby encourages other public agencies and officials,
including Chambers of Commerce and homeowner groups, to adopt
similar resolutions and forward them to the President, the
U. S. Secretary of Transportation and to the Urban Mass Transpor-
tation Administrator_
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
and adoption of this resolution; shall enter the same in the book
of original resolutions of said City; and shall make a minute of
the passage and adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings
of the City Council of said City, in the minutes of the meeting at
which the same is passed and adopted.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall forward copies of this
resolution to the President, the U. S. Secretary of Transportation
and to the Urban Mass Transportation Administrator.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED THIS 20th day of
March , 1984.
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
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M or of the City of El Segundo,
California
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO
I, Valerie A. Burrowes City Clerk of the City of
El Segundo, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the whole number of
members of the City Council of the said City is five; that the
foregoing resolution, being Resolution No. 3252 was duly passed
and adopted by the said City Council, approved and signed by the
Mayor of said City, and attested by the City Clerk of said City, all
at a regular meeting of the said Council held on the 20,,h day of
March 1984 and that the same was so passed and
adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Council Members Armstrong, Johnson, Siadek
_ ynadinos, and Mayor Bue
NOES: Council Member None
ABSENT: Council Member None
WITNESS MY HAND AND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF SAID CITY this
22nd day of March 3 19 84
ity C erk of the City o El Segundo,
California
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