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RESOLUTION NO. 13-6854
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA
BEACH, CALIFORNIA, OPPOSING THE METRO RECOMMENDED
FUNDING PLAN FOR THE CRENSHAW/LAX TRANSIT PROJECT
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH, CALIFORNIA,
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AND DECLARE AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) is
considering the award of a design and construction contract for the Crenshaw/LAX Transit
Corridor Project at its June 27, 2013 Board of Directors Meeting; and
WHEREAS, Metro staff recommends increasing the life of project budget by $160 million
more than the project's April 2013 Metro Board -adopted life of project budget; and
WHEREAS, the Metro Measure R Unified Cost Management Process and Policy states
that project funding shortfalls can be funded by reallocating funds from other projects within the
sub-region(s) served by a project; and
WHEREAS, the Metro Board will also consider a Measure R Project funding acceleration
policy at its June 27, 2013 meeting that will require Metro to issue bonds and take out loans
guaranteed by Measure R, Proposition A and Proposition C; and
WHEREAS, the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor Project contract award recommenda
for the June 27, 2013 meeting includes the use of $47.1 million of Proposition C 25% funds
currently allocated to the South Bay Highway Program and $47.48 million of Measure R funding
from the LAX Metro Airport Connector transit project, as part of the $160 million to be
reallocated from the South Bay and Central areas to be served by the Crenshaw/LAX Transit
Corridor Project; and
WHEREAS, the application of the April 2011 Metro Board -adopted Cost Managemen
Process and Policy in this instance jeopardizes the very integrity for which the flawed policy was
designed to protect and sacrifices regional equity by: 1) allowing project shortfalls to be made up
utilizing funding committed to out -year sub -regional projects and programs; and 2) allowing
funding commitments to be rescinded at the whim of the Metro Board without consultation or
concurrence by the affected subregion(s); and
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WHEREAS, the proposed acceleration policy would reduce the subregions' access to
Measure R funds and require these funds to be spent before 2023, thereby dramatically increasing
the probability that second and third decade Measure R projects promised to the voters in Measure
R, the November 2008 L. A. County'/2-percent sales tax increase for transportation improvements,
will not be built.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HERT
BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE
ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
• OPPOSES Metro staff recommendations for items number 10 and 52 on the June 27, 2013
Metro Board agenda; and
• OPPOSES the use of South Bay Highway Program funds and Crenshaw/LAX Conner
funds as part of the contract award recommendation for the Crenshaw/LAX project; and
• SUPPORTS other approaches such as the proposed Knabe/O'Connor motion that
fund the South Bay portion of the $160 million shortfall; and
• SUPPORTS the Knabe/O'Connor motion on item number 11 of the Metro Acc
Policy to protect highway funding from reallocation to transit prior to 2019; and
• SUPPORTS a collaborative process to revisit the flawed Metro Measure R Unified
Management Process and Policy with sufficient time for stakeholder input.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 25th day of June, 2013.
PRESID NT of the City Council and MAYOR of the City of Hermosa Beach, California
ATTEST: Zttom7ey
VTO ORM:
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*CityClerk
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13-6854
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH
I, Elaine Doerfling, City Clerk of the City of Hermosa Beach, California, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 13-6854 was duly and regularly passed,
approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Hermosa Beach at a Regular
Meeting of said Council at the regular place thereof on June 25, 2013.
The vote was as follows:
AYES:
DiVirgilio, Duclos, Fishman, Tucker, Mayor Bobko
NOES:
None
ABSTAIN:
None
ABSENT:
None
Dated: June 25, 2013
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Elaine Doerfling, City Cl c