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COUNCIL AGENDA STATEMENT Item No. is
For meeting of 8/23/77
ITEM TITLE Resolution 8796 Approving Method of Distribution for Funds
Apportioned Under the Federal Aid for Safer Off-System Roads
Act
SUBMITTED BY Acting Director of Public Works/City Engineer ~.
ITEM EXPLANATION (4/5TH'S VOTE REQUIRED YES NO X)
The Federal Highway Act of 1973 provided several programs for funding
highways. Two programs of particular interest to cities are 1) the
Federal Aid Urban System, and 2) Safer Off-System Roads Program.
The former program provides funds to cities and counties for road and
transit projects. Funds for road projects must be expended on an
approved Federal Aid Urban route. The current two-year program for
San Diego County is approximately $14 million.
The latter program (Safer Off-System Roads Program) is designed to aid
cities and counties in solving safety problems on streets and roads that
are not on any Federal Aid Urban system. This program represents $646,248
for San Diego County..
The Board of Supervisors has claimed the entire $646,248 for San Diego
County. They have also directed the County Department of Transporta-
tion to develop through the FAU Committee a method of distribution for
these funds. The FAU Committee, in May of 1977, voted to apportion
the funds within the County on a population basis. The City of Chula
Vista's apportionment would be $30,836.
The County Director of Transportation is also proposing that upon request
by a city, the County will prepare an agreement to exchange Federal
Program funds for an equal amount of County gas tax funds. This action
would relieve the City from the various administrative steps to make
an application to the State for both program and project approval.
Approval of the resolution 1) will designate the FAU Advisory Committee
as the authorized body to develop the region's Safer Off-System Roads
Program and to distribute these funds for apportionment, 2) will approve
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FINANCIAL IMPACT
Adoption of this Resolution will provide for the use of $30,836 of
Federal aid monies or the option of County road funds monies to the
City of Chula Vista.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Approve Resolution
BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
A P P R Q V E D
by the
COUNCIL ACTION Cit~r Council
of
C.lula v~i.~ta, California
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distributing the funds County-wide on a population basis, and 3) will
recognize that the City may elect to enter into an agreement with the
County of San Diego to exchange the City share of SOS funds for an
equal amount of road fund monies.
Approval of this Resolution will not automatically enter into an agree-
ment with the County for the exchange of gas tax monies. Council would
need to take separate action at a later date to consummate that agree-
ment. Such an agreement would be beneficial to the City of Chula Vista
for the following reasons:
1. Most of the road safety problems in the City of Chula Vista are
on a Federal Aid System, therefore, these funds could not be used
for that project.
2. It would not be cost effective to go through the extremely long
process of getting project approval, plans and specifications
approval through the State and Federal government for such a small
project of $30,336. On the other hand, a large agency, such as
the City or County of San Diego, does have worthwhile sizeable pro-
jects on non-Federal Aid roads.
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