HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 97-99 - Electing to be exempt from the Congestion Mgmt Program ' � �, � � •
RESOLUTION NO. 97-�
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF REDDING ELECTING TO BE EXEMPT FROM TI3E
CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
WHEREAS:
1. California Government Code Section 65089 required each county that included
a census-designated urbanized area to develop and adopt a congestion management program by
December 1990;
2. Shasta County and the Cities of Redding, Anderson and Shasta Lake adopted a
Congestion Management Program in November 1990;
3. Government Code Section 65088.3 states that a majority of local governments,
collectively comprised of the city councils and the county board of supervisors, which in total
also represent a majority of the population in the county, may adopt resolutions electing to be
exempt from the Congestion Management Program;
4. Based on the January 1996 State Department of Finance E1 Report, the
incorporated area of Redding consists of 76,700 persons, or 47% of the total population of
Shasta County; and the unincorporated area of Shasta County consists of 67,000 persons, or
41% of the total population of Shasta County;
5. The City of Redding and the County of Shasta, who are each electing to be
exempt from the Congestion Management Program, represent a majority of the population in
Shasta County;
6. The City of Redding has insufficient funds for transportation projects, having a
road maintenance deficit of approximately $2 million annually; and
7. Noncompliance with the Congestion Management Program would trigger a
reduction in gasoline tax money available for transportation projects, compounding the already
critical shortage of funding;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of �
Redding elects to be exempt from the Congestion Management Program, while remaining �
committed to monitoring traffic congestion in the City of Redding. �
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I HEREBY CERTIFI' that the foregoing resolution exempting Redding from the
Congestion Management Program was introduced, read and adopted at a regular meeting of
the City Council on the 3rd day of June, 1997, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: R. Anderson, Kehoe, Murray and P. Anderson
NOES: COUNCII. IV�MBER5: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: McGeorge
ABSTAIN: COUNCII. MEMBERS: None
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PATRICIA A. ANDERSON, Mayor
Attest:
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Connie Strohmayer, C' Clerk
Form Approved:
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W. Leonard Wingat , ity Attorney
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