Resolution No. 1714RESOLUTION NO. 1714
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
SUPPORTING ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 2752.
WHEREAS, the State Legislature and the citizens of Orange County have
given the Orange County Transit District (OCTD) the responsibility for
providing needed public transit services throughout the County; and
WHEREAS, there is ever increasing demand to provide higher levels
of service and to respond to local community transit needs; and
WHEREAS, the OCTD is greatly limited in instituting these higher
levels of service due to restrictions in the enabling legislation,
which prohibits implementing service where it might compete with an
existing system; and
WHEREAS, the competition need not be significant and there need be
no finding of actual competition, only that the potential exists which
would require OCTD to purchase the system with which it may compete before
service is implemented; and
WHEREAS, because the purchase price requirements for existing systems
are not based on fair market value but are based on gross revenues, the
purchase formula places an unfair financial burden on the OCTD and the people
of Orange County; and
WHEREAS, the restrictions found in OCTD's enabling act are peculiar
to the Transit District in Orange County since nine other transit agencies
in the State of California have no such restrictions or costly buy-out
procedures; and
WHEREAS, it is not the intent of the OCTD to adversely affect private
enterprise; and
WHEREAS, all current and proposed community -level systems would be
operated by private enterprise utilizing their own employees and operating
strategies under contract to OCTD; and
WHEREAS, OCTD board policy has been established to always involve
private enterprise whenever possible; and
WHEREAS, repealing the competition and purchase provisions in the
OCTD enabling act would make the District's legislation consistent with
existing statutes applicable to municipalities and the majority of
transit districts throughout the State; and
WHEREAS,A.B. No. 2752, if adopted, would delete the requirement that
the District purchase an existing transit service or system prior to
establishing any transit service or system which may compete with the
existing transit service or system; and
WHEREAS, the Bill, if adopted, establishes a three step procedure
for determining just compensation for private transportation systems in
the event there is competition from the Orange County Transit District.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Cypress does support changes
in the OCTD's legislation to devise workable guidelines for meeting the public
transit requirements of the people of Orange County and does support the passage
of Assembly Bill No. 2752; and,further,directs that this Resolution be forwarded
to our local State Legislators.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress at a regular
meeting held on the 26th day of April 1976.
ATTEST: MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
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CITY'CIERK OF THE CL1ry OF CYPRESS
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the
said City Council held on the 26th day of April 1976; by the following roll
call vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCILMEN: Harvey, Hudson, Lacayo, Sonju and MacLain
NOES: 0 COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCILMEN: None
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS