HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESO7418RESOLUTION NO 7418
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
DESIGNATING THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY TRANSIT
DISTRICT AS THE AGENCY RESPONSIBLE TO DEVELOP,
ADOPT, UPDATE, ADMINISTER AND ENFORCE A CONGESTION
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR SANTA CLARA COUNTY AND
APPROVING A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT FOR THE
ADMINISTRATION OF THAT PROGRAM
WHEREAS, Chapter 2.6 (commencing with Section 65088) of
Division 1 of Title 7 of the California Government Code provides
that a Congestion Management Program shall be adopted and updated
biennially for every urbanized county by a locally designated
agency which shall develop and administer that program;
WHEREAS, the agency to develop, adopt and administer the
Congestion Management Program shall be designated by resolutions
adopted by the County Board of Supervisors and the city councils of
a majority of the cities representing a majority of the population
in the incorporated area of the county;
WHEREAS, on August 14, 1991, the Santa Clara County
Congestion Management Agency was formed by a Joint Powers Agreement
(the °1991 JPA") among the cities, the County of Santa Clara and
the Santa Clara County Transit District and designated to develop,
adopt, update, administer and enforce the Congestion Management
Program in Santa Clara County;
WHEREAS, on November 2, 1993, the voters approved Measure
B, an advisory ballot measure providing for the consolidation of
the Santa Clara County Congestion Management Agency with the Santa
Clara County Transit District;
WHEREAS, in 1994 State legislation (Assembly Bill 2442,
Cortese) was enacted to separate the management of the Santa Clara
County Transit District from the County of Santa Clara and to
facilitate the assumption by the Santa Clara County Transit
District of the Congestion Management Program;
WHEREAS, it Ls in the public interest to join the
Congestion Management Program's functions with the Transit
District's so that countywide congestion management planning and
transit planning and operations can be combined in the same agency;
and
WHEREAS, there has been presented to the Council an
agreement entitled "Joint Powers Agreement for the Administration
of the Santa Clara County Congestion Management Program" (the
"Joint Powers Agreements'), which repeals the 1991 JPA and provides
for the administration of a Congestion Management Program by the
Santa Clara County Transit District;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto does
RESOLVE as follows:
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SECTION 1. The Council hereby revokes, effective at the
end of the day on December 31, 1994, its. previous designation of
the Santa Clara County Congestion Management Agency as the agency
to develop, adopt, update, administer and enforce the Congestion
Management Program for Santa Clara County.
SECTION 2. The Council hereby designates the Santa Clara
County Transit District as the agency to develop, adopt, update,
administer and enforce the Congestion Management Program for Santa
Clara County, effective January 1, 1995.
SECTION 3. The Council hereby approves and authorizes the
Mayor to execute the Joint Powers Agreement, which will be
effective January 1, 1995, for and on behalf of the City of Palo
Alto.
SECTION 4. The Council finds that this is not a project
for the purpose of the California Environmental Quality Act.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED: December 5, 1994
AYES: FAZZINO, HUBER, KNISS, MCCOWN, ROSENBAUM, SCHNEIDER, SIMITIAN, WHEELER
NOES:
ABSENT: ANDERSEN
ABSTENTIONS:
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Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FO
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Senior Asst. City Attorney
APPRO
-,Director of a lining and
Commu•'ty Environment
Chief Transp
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