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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 85-28 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 ~I 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 RESOLUTION N0. 85-28 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN REGARDING SB 429 (SEYMOUR) AND THE CREATION OF AN ORANGE COUNTY UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND WHEREAS, the City of Tustin has street and road maintenance, construction, and operation needs far exceeding the resources presently available; and WHEREAS, in the aftermath of the defeat of Proposition A, there is no single local source of revenue to help finance the transportation improvements needed throughout Orange County; and WHEREAS, the best short-term financial option appears to be the re-examination of existing resources to maximize the transportation benefits accruing to the county; and WHEREAS, $85 million has been reserved in the Local Transportation Fund by the Orange County Transit District and the Orange County Transportation Commission to help pay for a future rapid transit system; and WHEREAS, there is a need to both ease today's transportation problems as well as save for a future capital investment in transit; and WHEREAS, the Orange County Transportation Commission has proposed that the interest earned on the $85 million reserved, estimated to be $8.5 to $9.0 million per year, be deposited in a newly created Orange County Unified Transportation Trust Fund and spent on local streets and roads, arterial highways and other freeway-related transportation purposes; and WHEREAS, state legislation is required to allow the interest on this fund to be used far streets and roads, arterial highways, and other freeway-related transportation purposes; and WHEREAS, the Orange County Transportation Commission is developing spending guidelines for the Orange County Unified Transportation Trust Fund in consultation with the twenty-six cities and the County of Orange; and WHEREAS, the City of Tustin will be eligible to receive funds from the Orange County Unified Transportation Trust Fund to help pay for needed transportation projects. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Tustin endorses the creation of an Orange County Unified Transportation Trust Fund for local streets and roads, arterial highways, and other freeway-related transportation purposes; and C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 ~n 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Tustin supports SB 429 (Seymour) which would allow the interest on the $85 million reserved in Orange County's Local Transportation Fund to be used for these purposes. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Tustin, California, this 18th day of March, 1985. r ATTEST: ~. 1.~.) ~ ty r STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) § CITY OF TUSTIN } MARY E. WYNN, City C1 erk and ex-off i ci o C1 erk of the City Counci 1 of the City of Tustin, California, does hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the City Council of the City of Tustin is five; that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 85-28 was duly and regularly introduced, passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 18th day of March, 1985, by the following vote: AYES COUNCILPERSONS: Edgar, Greinke, Hoesterey, Kennedy, Saltarelli NOES COUNCILPERSONS: None ABSENT: COUNCILPERSONS: None '~-~ ~ ~ MARY E. WYNN, Ci Clerk City of Tustin, lifornia