HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESO 4989, .. • • ORIGINAL
RESOLUTION NO. 4989
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
RELATING TO THE FEDERAL AID URBAN PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1973 provides
federal funds for expenditures on the Federal Aid Urban system
of highways, or under certain conditions for public transporta-
tion projects; and
WHEREAS, before federal aid will be made available for
Federal Aid Urban system projects within Santa Clara County,
a process for determining project priorities and developing a
three-year program must be established. Such process must
involve the cities, the county and its transportation agencies,
and it must be approved by .1e Metropolitan Transit Commission
and by the State Department of Transportation:
NOW, THERF...E'.ORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Palo Alto
hereby approves ·the process and procedures shown on Exhibit A
attached heretq,_ for determining Federal Aid Urban system
project priorities and for developing a three-year federal
urban system program; and
BE IT FuRrHER RESOLVED that the FAU system maps, consisting
cf those maps marked Exhibit B, are hereby approved as a Federal
Aid Urban Highway System for Santa Clara County for the limited
purpose of the process set out in Exhibit B.
INTRODUCED AND ~ASSED: August 19, 1974
AYES: Berwald, Clay, Comstock, Henderson, Norton, Pearson, Rosenbaum, Sher
NOES: None
ABSENT: Beahrs
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APPROVED TO FORM:
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Assistant City Attorney ~
APPROVED:
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APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
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Director of ~lie Works
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FAU PROGRAM
1. The County of Santa Clara will exchange County Gas Tax Funds
with the other cities in the County, with the exception of
San Jose, for 22.l' of the total FAU funds allocated to
Santa Clara County. These funds will be allocated to the
individual cities in accordance with the following provisions
and are equal to the amount of money which would be available
to each city on a prorata basis according to population once
allowances for regional transportation needs, public trans-
portation, the City of San Jose and the unincorporated County
area shares are made.
a.) The latest State Department of Finance population
figures will be used in determining the prorata shares.
Based on 1972 figures the following percentages reflect
each city's share:
City
Campbell
Cupertino
Gilroy
Los Altos
Los Altos Hills
Los Gatos
Milpitas
Monte Sereno
Morgan Hill
Mountain View
Palo Alto
Santa Clara
Saratoga
Sunnyvale
Share
1.2%
1.0%
0.6%
1.1%
0.3%
1.1%
).. 4%
0.2%
0.4%
2.6t
2.4%
4.1%
1.3%
4.4%
22.1%
b.) The exchange of County Gas Tax Funds to the cities will
be made at a 30% discount rate to reflect the additional
administrative costs and the requirement for additional
matching funds by the County.
c.) Payment to the cities by the County will be made within
45 days after the County actually receives the FAU funds.
d.) The County Gas Tax funds exchanged with the cities must
be spent by the cities for legal Gas Tax fund purposes.
2. The three (3) year FAU program will be developed by a com-
mittee which includes a representative from the County of
Santa Clara, the City of San Jose, CALTRANS and MTC.
a.) The three (3) year program may include projects sub-
mitted by CALTRANS, the County Transit District, the
City of San Jose and the County of Santa Clara.
b.) The following distribution of FAU funds will be used as
a guideline in the development of the three (3) year
FAU program:
Regional Tran~portation
(including public transportation) 50%
City of San Jose projects 22%
County of Santa Clara projects 28%
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EXHIBIT A
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c.) The
and
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
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following criteria will be used in evaluating projects
developing a three (3) year program:
State of readiness (status of plans, specifications,
estimate, EIR, approvals, agreements, etc.).
Benefit to public transportation system.
Transportation corridor benefit.
Benefit to total transportation capacity (ability
to handle person trips per day).
Benefit to other segments of the Regional-and local
hjghway system.
Bnnefit to accident history.
Conununity and environmental considerations.
d.) The three (3) year FAU program will be approved by the
City Council of San Jose, the County Transportation
Conunission (for that portion of the program which involves
regional and public transportation projects), and the
County Be:.ird of Supervisors. It shall then be transmitted
by March 1 of each year to the Metropolitan Transportation
Conunission for review and approval with regard to regional
interest and to the Director of the State Department of
Transportation for approval.
e.) Said three {3} year program shall be reviewed and revised
each year to include additional projects as submitted by
eligible agencies and revisions shall be approved as
provided in paragraph 2(d).
3. The above described process will be reviewed and approved in
the following manner:
a.) It shall first be referred to the County Transportation
Conunission for approval.
b.) Once approved by the Transportation Commission, the
process will then be referred to each City Council and
must be approved by:
(1) The majority of cities in the County eligible for
the FAU program.
(2) Cities in the County representing the majority of
the eligible populati~n.
(3) Cities in the County with over 200,000 population
(the City of San Jose).
c.) Once the requirements defined in paragraph 3(b) above
are satisfied, the process shall be submitted to the
County Board of Supervisors for approval.
d.) Once approved by the Board of Supervisors, the process
shall then be transmitted to the Metropolitan Transporta-
tion Commission for approval with regard to the regional
interest and to the Director of the State Department of
Transportation
EXHIBIT A
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