RESOLUTION NO. 24-__
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE IMPLEMENTATION AGREEMENT FOR THE SLAUSON AVENUE COMPLETE STREET STUDY WITH THE GATEWAY CITIES COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT AND ALLOCATING FUNDING FROM MEASURE AA FUNDS FOR THE CITY’S SHARE WHEREAS, the Gateway Cities Strategic Transportation Plan includes a Master Plan for Arterial Highways chapter which incorporates the “Complete Streets” concept and Complete Streets aim to optimize efficiency not only for automobile, truck, and bus traffic but also for bicycle and pedestrian traffic; and WHEREAS, Slauson Avenue is a high-priority, high-quality transit arterial within the Gateway Cities, and a major east-west travel corridor through the Gateway Cities subregion, located at Santa Fe Springs Road in the cities of Santa Fe Springs and Whittier west to Wilmington Avenue in the City of Huntington Park for a total of 12.34 miles; and WHEREAS, the Slauson Avenue Corridor connects the Cities of Santa Fe Springs, Whittier, Unincorporated Los Angeles County, Pico Rivera, Montebello, Commerce, Bell, Maywood, Huntington Park, and Vernon and staff of these agencies have convened to discuss advancing the study of Slauson Avenue as a Complete Street subject to local conditions and preferences; and WHEREAS, the consensus among the represented cities and County officials is to proceed with the study to be conducted by the COG’s two consultant engineers with the estimated cost of the study is $185,100 and expected to span one year; and WHEREAS, participating agencies will contribute to the Study's funding based on a formula tied to their linear miles of Slauson Avenue street frontage with the City of Commerce required share of not to exceed $15,833.87.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE AND DETERMINE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Commerce hereby finds and declares that the foregoing recitals are true and correct and incorporates them herein as findings and as a substantive part of this Resolution.
Section 2. Approves the Implementation Agreement with the Gateway Cities Council of Government for the Slauson Avenue Complete Street Study and the Mayor is authorized to execute the contract in a form approved by City Attorney.
Section 3. Allocates the required City of Commerce share of $18,200 from Measure AA Funds.
Section 4. Authorizes the Mayor to sign this Resolution for and on behalf of the City of Commerce.
Section 5. This Resolution shall take full force and effect immediately upon adoption by the City Council.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 14th day of May 2024.
Hugo A. Argumedo, Mayor
ATTEST:
Lena Shumway, City Clerk