RESOLUTION NO. ______
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY COMMERCE, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AN INTERAGENCY MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) BETWEEN THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (LACMTA), IN ITS CAPACITY AS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE REGIONAL INTEGRATION OF INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS (RIITS) AND THE CITY OF COMMERCE AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE FINALIZED AGREEMENT IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY WHEREAS, in April 2004, the State of California, Department of Transportation for District 7 (“Caltrans”), the City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT), and LACMTA entered into an Interagency MOU to establish RIITS for the purpose of exchanging infrastructure and operational resources, including, but not limited to, near real time traffic, transit, video, and other data relating to all modes of transportation; and WHEREAS, in December 2004, LACMTA, Caltrans, and LADOT entered into Amendment No. 1 to the RIITS MOU to name LACMTA as the Administrator and delegate authority to LACMTA to administer, maintain, operate, manage and monitor RIITS access, codify system changes, process Member, Associate, and User agreements, and enforce the terms and conditions of the processed agreements; and establish a Configuration Management Committee (CMC) to oversee RIITS; and WHEREAS, in July 2012, the City Council approved an MOU with LACMTA for an interagency Countywide Signal Priority (“CSP)” project to help support Metro Rapid operations. Following the execution of the agreement, LACMTA installed wireless local area network (WLAN) equipment associated with new CSP technologies for use on Rapid buses at designated intersections along the countywide Rapid bus route, which runs along a segment of Atlantic Boulevard between Telegraph Road and Sheila Street through the City of Commerce; and WHEREAS, on June 2, 2023, after a successful track record of completed infrastructure projects, the CMC voted and approved the City of Commerce to join the CMC as a voting Member on the condition that City exchanges information through RIITS; and WHEREAS, in February 2014, the City received the Interagency MOU (attached herein as Exhibit A from LACMTA, regarding NextGen CSP Upgrade and Expansion projects along Slauson Avenue between Eastern Avenue and Gage Avenue and Atlantic Boulevard between Sheila Street and Everington Street in the City of Commerce. The project will upgrade existing CSP corridors to support Metro Lines 108 and 260; WHEREAS, by the City approving the Interagency MOU, the City agrees to join the CM Committee as voting Member and exchange information through RIITS infrastructure and operational resources, agrees to share operational and infrastructure resources for CSP, agrees to share operational and infrastructure resources for ICM, agrees to participate in CSP and ICM projects, and abides by and uphold the terms set forth in the MOU.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE AND DETERMINE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. All of the recitals above are true and correct and incorporated herein as if set forth in full.
Section 2. The City Council approves an Interagency Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) attached herein as Exhibit A between the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA), in its capacity as the Administrator of the Regional Integration of Intelligent Transportation Systems (RIITS), and the City of Commerce.
Section 3. Authorize the City Manager to execute the Agreement in a form approved by the City Attorney, and any amendments thereto with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Section 4. Authorize the Mayor to execute 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 25th day of June 2024.
ATTEST:
_ Hugo A. Argumedo, Mayor
Lena Shumway, City Clerk