Resolution - 9181RESOLUTION NO. 9181
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
COVINA, CALIFORNIA, CONSENTING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
THE PORTION OF RAMONA BOULEVARD/BADH LLO STREET/COVINA
BOULEVARD FROM THE SAN GABRIEL RIVER FREEWAY (I-605) TO
THE FOOTHILL FREEWAY (I-210) WITHIN SAID CITY AS A PART OF
THE SYSTEM OF HIGHWAY OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES.
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors did on November 29, 1994, duly adopt a
Resolution declaring the portion of Ramona Boulevard/Badillo Street/Covina Boulevard from the
San Gabriel River Freeway (I-605) to the Foothill Freeway (I-210), within the Cities of Baldwin
Park, Covina, Irwindale, San Dimas and West Covina, to.be a part of the System of Highways
of the County of Los Angeles, as provided in Sections 1700 to 1704 inclusive of the Streets and
Highways Code, of the State of California; and
WHEREAS, said Board of Supervisors by said Resolution requested this Council to give
its consent to allow the County to synchronize traffic signals and perform appurtenant work
within said portion of Ramona Boulevard/Badillo Street/Covina Boulevard in the City of West
Covina described above; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 15301, Class 1 (c), of the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, the Secretary of Resources designated this type of project as
categorically exempt.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of West Covina does resolve as
follows:
SECTION 1. Consent to Inclusion in County Highway System. This City Council does
hereby consent to the establishment of the portion of Ramona Boulevard/Badillo Street/Covina
Boulevard from the San Gabriel River Freeway (I-605) to the Foothill Freeway (I-210), within
the City of West Covina, as part of the System of Highways of the County of Los Angeles as
provided in Sections 1700 to 1704 inclusive of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of
California. Said consent is for the, purpose of synchronizing traffic signals and performing
appurtenant work as may be necessary by the County of Los Angeles.
SECTION 2. Cooperation with Neighboring Jurisdictions. The City Council does hereby
consent to cooperate with neighboring jurisdictions to implement coordinated traffic signal
control across jurisdictional boundaries.
SECTION 3. Maintenance and Operation. This City Council does hereby consent to
maintain and operate and/or to finance its jurisdictional share of the maintenance and operation
costs of the improvements installed with this project. In order to maintain full effectiveness of
these improvements, should the City determine that a change in signal operation of any of the
intersections within the project limits within the jurisdictional boundaries of the City of West
Covina is necessary, the City will coordinate with the County of Los Angeles to ensure that the
overall effectiveness of the system is maintained.
SECTION 4. Indemnification. This City Council does hereby consent to defend,
indemnify and hold harmless the County of Los Angeles and its officers and employees from
any liability imposed for injury occurring by reason of any acts or omissions on the part of the
City of West Covina under or in connection with any work performed with this project.
SECTION 5. Finding of Categorical Exemption., This City Council does hereby find
40 that the project is categorically exempt from the requirement for an Environmental Impact
Report pursuant to Section 15301, Class 1 (c), of the CEQA Guidelines.
SECTION 6. Finding of a Minor Nature. This City Council does hereby find that
pursuant to Government Code, Section 65402 (b), the aforesaid street improvements are of a
minor nature and that, therefore, the provisions of said Section requiring the submission to and
report upon said project by the City Planning Agency do not apply.
SECTION 7. Congestion Management Plan Credit. The City and Los Angeles County
shall enter into an agreement whereby the City receives the Congestion Management Plan
Credits associated with this project within the City limits. This resolution shall not become
effective until said agreement is executed by both parties.
0 APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of February , 1995.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Mayor
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of the
City of West Covina, California, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 7th day of
February , 1995, by the following vote of the Council, to wit:
AYES: Manners, Touhey, Wong, Herfert, McFadden
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
City Clerk
Approved as to form:
City Attorney