TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Marisa Lundstedt, Community Development Director
Erik Zandvliet, T.E., City Traffic Engineer
SUBJECT:Title
Conduct Public Hearing to Consider Resolution No. 15-0053 Determining that the City is in Compliance with the Program Requirements of the 2015 Congestion Management Program for Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Community Development Director Lundstedt).
CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 15-0053
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council conduct the public hearing and adopt Resolution No. 15-0053 (Attachment 1) demonstrating the City's compliance with the program requirements of the 2015 Congestion Management Program (CMP) for Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Local jurisdictions are required to meet the program requirements identified in the CMP to continue to be eligible to receive Section 2105 gas tax funding. The City received $219,000 in Section 2105 Local Gas Tax funds for fiscal year 2014-2015.
BACKGROUND:
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Agency (MTA) is the agency responsible for monitoring and implementing the CMP for Los Angeles County. All local jurisdictions that receive Section 2105 Gas Tax funds are required to maintain and keep their CMP in conformance. The local jurisdiction's governing body must approve a Local Development Report (LDR) which tracks development activity and pass a Resolution certifying CMP compliance at a noticed public hearing. A public hearing notice was published in The Beach Reporter on August 13, 2015 to comply with these CMP requirements.
DISCUSSION:
In 1992, The MTA adopted the LA County CMP to meet a federal mandate to mitigate the impact of local growth on the regional transportation system...
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