HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Res 4363 1995-01-23
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RESOLUTION NO. 'I~1o ~
A RESOLUTI;ON OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SEAL BEACH SUPPORTING THE
REDESIGNATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S
METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION
AND THE DESIGNATION OF THE ORANGE
COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AS
THE FEDERAL METROPOLITAN PLANNING
ORGANIZATION AND THE STATE REGIONAL
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AGENCY FOR
ORANGE COUNTY
WHEREAS, the federal Intennodal Surface Transportation and Efficiency Act
of 1991 (ISTEA) allows for the redesignation of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs)
to better facilitate transportation planning and programming; and
WHEREAS, the list of duties for the MPO as specified in federal law
clearly specify the MPO as a transportation designation without broad ranging authority over
other necessary government planning functions, including A-95 review or local land use
decision making; and
WHEREAS, Orange County, California, will become one of the largest
Metropolitan Planning Organizations in the United States if it successfully separates from the
largest MPO in the United States, the six-county, 38,000 square mile, 15 million constituent
agency known as the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG); and
WHEREAS, transportation agencies in Orange County, California, have
consolidated into a single, countywide transportation authority to increase accountability and to
unify transportation operations, transportation planning and transportation decision making; and
WHEREAS, the consolidated transit and transportation agency in Orange
County, California, is the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCT A); and
WHEREAS, the OCT A is well-equipped to serve as the MPO for the sixth
largest county ~ the United States and is well-qualified to serve as the Regional Transportation
Planning Agency (RTPA), the state counterpart to the MPO designation; and
WHEREAS, state and federal law require careful, continued coordination
among neighboring counties to facilitate better regional planning, a regulation that mandates
enhanced cooperation among cities and counties after MPO designation. .
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the
City of Seal Beach supports the redesignation of Southern California's Metropolitan Planning
Organization and the designation of the Orange County Transportation Authority as the federal
Metropolitan Planning Organization and the state Regional Transportation Planning Agency for
Orange County.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Seal
Beach supports and encourages appropriate legislation to designate the OCTA as the MPO for
Orange County.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND AD9~ftD by the City ~cil of the City of Seal
Beach ata meeting thereof held on the ~A.,.L day 0'f.../4At.uMr5, by
the following vote: I<. . ~t// r....-jJ
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NOES: Councilmembers
ABSENT: Council members
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CITY OF SEAL BEACH }
I, Joanne M. Yea, City Clerk of Seal Beach, CalifO~, do hereby certify that the foregoing
resolution is the original copy of Resolution Numb~r"\ 'j.6 3 on file in the office of the City
Clerk, passed, approved, and ~ted by the City, Counc' of the City of Seal Beach, at a regular
meefiilg thereof held on the 'JuL day of,-- , 995.
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