HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-121 CC ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. 02-121
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TEMECULA SUPPORTING THE JOINT EFFORTS OF THE CITIES
OF TEMECULA AND MURRIETA IN REQUESTING A
CONGRESSIONAL EARMARK OF TE~3 SURFACE
TRANSPORTATION FUNDS FOR THE FRENCH VALLEY
PARKWAYINTERCHANGEPROJECT
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA DOES RESOLVE, DETERMINE
AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The TEA-3 program is the third iteration of two prior federal transportation
bills - ISTEA in 1991 and TEA-21 in 1998 - and acts as the successor to the current TEA-21
program, which expires on September 30, 2003; and
Section 2. TEA-3 is proposed as a six-year funding program with anticipated
revenues totaling more than $200 billion upon the program's inception in 2004; and
Section 3. The existing freeway interchange at 1-15 and Winchester Road does not
adequately handle the current traffic levels, nor will it acceptably serve future demands; and
Section 4. Officials from the cities of Temecula and Murrieta, the County of
Riverside, and Caltrans have been exploring ways to construct a future intemhange on
Interstate 15 between Winchester Road and the I-15/I-215 Interchange.
Section 5. The proposed French Valley Interchange Project meets the goals and
objectives of the Federal Government's TEA-3 surface transportation program and represents a
multi-jurisdictional sun'ace transportation improvement that will service regional, interstate and
local transportation needs and will alleviate significant congestion problems on the 1-15 Freeway
and on adjacent roads in each city, as well as the unincorporated areas of Riverside County.
Section 6. The Cities of Temecula and Murrieta are cosponsoring a request for a
Congressional earmark of TEA-3 Demonstration Project funds to construct the French Valley
Interchange project.
Section 7. The French Valley Interchange Project is estimated to cost $67,750,000.
Measure A, TUMF and local funding programs will reduce the TEA-3 funding request to $25
million; and
Section 8. The City Council of the City of Temecula hereby endorses and supports
the cooperative efforts of the Cities of Temecula and Murrieta in seeking Congressional support
for the construction of the French Valley Intemhange Project through the TEA-3 program.
Section 8.
Resolution.
The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Temecula at
a regular meeting held on the 10th day of December, 2002.
Ron Roberts, Mayor
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss
CITY OF TEMECULA )
I, Susan W. Jones, CMC, City Clerk of the City of Temecula, California, do hereby certify
that Resolution No. 02-121 was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of
Temecula at a regular meeting thereof held on the 10th day of December, 2002 by the following
vote:
AYES:
5 COUNCILMEMBERS: Comerchero, Naggar, Pratt, Stone, Roberts
NOES: 0 COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: 0 COUNCILMEMBERS: None
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