Resolution No. 1196I'',
RESOLUTION NO. 1196
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
REQUESTING THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
WORKS, TO SUBVENE DIRECTLY TO CITIES AND COUNTIES TOPICS
AND URBAN FUNDS.
WHEREAS, the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1968 authorized the expenditure
of Federal funds for an urban traffic operations program to increase capacity
and safety, known as TOPICS, and that this program was continued by the 1970
Act; and
WHEREAS, the cities and counties of California have had great difficulty
in implementing the program due, in large part, to the multiplicity of juris-
dictions and layers of government involved with attendant red tape and communi-
cation problems; and
WHEREAS, the 1970 Federal -Aid Highway Act authorized a new Urban program
to construct improvements on principal streets in urban areas; and
WHEREAS, it is essential that steps be taken to insure the maximum
utilization with minimum effort of TOPICS funds and the newly authorized Urban
funds; and
WHEREAS, the State annually receives and spends more than $761,000,000
on the State highway system, of which approximately $413,000,000 are Federal
funds; and
WHEREAS, TOPICS and Urban funds combined only amount to about $21,000,000,
which represents about five percent of the Federal funds expended by the State;
and
WHEREAS, expenditure of all available TOPICS and Urban funds on the State
highway system would reduce the number of agencies involved in these programs
from over 300 to two and would greatly reduce coordination, administration, and
overhead costs and should work no additional hardship on the State of California
Division of Highways; and
WHEREAS, the 1970 Federal -Aid Highway Act states that the routes on the
Federal -Aid urban system shall be selected by the appropriate local officials
and the State highway departments in cooperation with each other, subject to
the approval of the Secretary; and
WHEREAS, it appears that the Federal Highway Administration is providing
nationwide guidelines for the Urban system without consultation with local
officials.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Cypress requests that the State Division of Highways be allowed to utilize
TOPICS and Urban funds on county and city highways, insofar as it complies
with Federal regulations, and to directly subvene to the cities and counties,
on the basis of the formulae used in distributing TOPICS and Urban funds, an
equivalentamount of State funds for construction and right of way on the
Select System of Highways.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Cypress
ratifies the March 4 resolution of the Executive Committee of the Metro-
politan Transportation Engineering Board, stating that the TOPICS Type II
system and the newly authorized Urban System should comprise a single system
consisting of all urban arterial streets and selected downtown grids as defined
on the recent Federal Classification and Needs Study, except those routes in-
cluded an other Federal -aid systems.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be distributed to
the State Highway Commission, the State Director of Public Works, the State
Highway Engineer, the Southern California Association of Governments Compre-
hensive Transportation Planning Committee, the State-wide TOPICS Advisory
Committee, the League of California Cities, the County Supervisors Association
of California, and representatives in the Congress of the United States and
in the California Legislature.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress at a
regular meeting held on the 13th day of September, 1971.
ATTEST:
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C OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE
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MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CYP
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 13th day of September,1971 by the following
roll call vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCILMEN: Kanel, Kanode, Lacayo, Roberts and Harvey
NOES: 0 COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCILMEN: None
f -CLERK `OF THE
OF CYPRESS
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