Resolution No. 6843
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RESOLUTION NO. 6843
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
VERNON REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. 6842 AND
APPROVING AN ALTERNATE OFFER OF SETTLEMENT WITH
MODIFICATIONS IN THE LITIGATION ENTITLED CITY OF
SOUTH GATE. ET AL. VS. CITY OF LOS ANGELES. ET
AL., LASC NO. BC 129447, COURT OF APPEAL NO. 2ND
CIV NO. B100019
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WHEREAS, the cities of Compton, Lynwood, South Gate and
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Vernon and the Association for the Mitigation of Transportation
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Impacts composed of the above-referenced four cities and taxpayers
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Anita o. Aviles and Edward Saenz filed a complaint in the Los
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Angeles Superior Court against the City of Los Angeles, Port of
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Los Angeles, Board of Harbor Commissioners of the city of Los
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Angeles, City of Long Beach, Port of Long Beach, Board of Harbor
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Commissioners of the City of Long Beach raising, among other
issues, the validity of the Third Amendment to the Joint Powers
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Agreement between Los Angeles and Long Beach, which established
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the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority; and
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WHEREAS, the litigation is presently pending in the Court
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of Appeal; and
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WHEREAS, on August 15, 1996, the cities of Long Beach and
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Los Angeles, and the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles made an
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offer of settlement to the plaintiffs in this matter which, if
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accepted, ~ould have settled this litigation; and
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WHEREAS, the City of Huntington Park and SEcTA were made
parties to the proposed Settlement Agreement in order to fully
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implement the settlement as proposed; and
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1 WHEREAS, the City Council's approval of City of Vernon
2 Resolution No. 6842 adopted on August 15, 1996, was based upon the
3 assumption that all plaintiff cities, Huntington Park and SECTA
4 would approve such settlement without conditions; and
5 WHEREAS, the City of Lynwood's approval of such
6 August 15, 1996 offer of settlement imposed conditions upon the
7 other plaintiff cities and SECTA to make an allocation of
8 settlement funds which were described in City of Lynwood
9 Resolution No. 96-129 adopted by the City Council of the City of
10 Lynwood on August 20, 1996; and
11 WHEREAS, representatives of the cities of Huntington
12 Park, South Gate, Vernon, and Compton have expressed their
13 disapproval with Resolution No. 96-129 of the City of Lynwood; and
14 WHEREAS, the City of Vernon hereby rejects the City of
15 Lynwood's preconditions provided for in City of Lynwood Resolution
16 No. 96-129; and
17 WHEREAS, the defendants' attorney, Keesal, Young & Logan,
18 submitted an alternate offer of settlement on August 22, 1996,
19 upon the condition that said attorney will formally present said
20 alternate offer of settlement to the defendants for their formal
21 approval as soon as possible; and
22 WHEREAS, the defendants' alternate offer of settlement
23 reduced the Payment to SECTA and the Miscellaneous Settlement
24 Payment to Vernon by 20%, in order to reflect that the City of
25 Lynwood was not included in such alternate offer of settlement;
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1 WHEREAS, the cities believe this reduction is unequitable
2 because only 14.1% of the combined project miles is located in or
3 adjacent to the City of Lynwood; and
4 WHEREAS, the only SECTA funds directly affected by
5 Lynwood's decision to not participate in the settlement are the:
6 (1) funding for Construction Claim Committee; (2) funding for
7 Joint Project Committee and mitigation resolution (PDC); and (3)
8 funding for Job Training; and
9 WHEREAS, the Miscellaneous Settlement Payment for the
10 City of Vernon is not affected by the City of Lynwood's decision
11 to not participate in the offer of settlement; and
12 WHEREAS, the cities propose to modify such alternate
13 offer of settlement by modifying such settlement amount to reduce
14 the funds by 14.1% in the following categories: (1) funding for
15 Construction Claim Committee; (2) funding for Joint Project
16 Committee and mitigation resolution (PDC); (3) funding for job
17 training; and (4) retaining the Miscellaneous Settlement Payment
18 to Vernon without reduction. These modifications are shown on the
19 attached Exhibit "B" modified, which is incorporated herein as
20 though fully set forth at length; and
21 WHEREAS, the cities of Huntington Park, South Gate,
22 Compton and Vernon intend to approve the above-described modified
23 alternate offer of settlement conditioned upon all four cities
24 approval, NEW SECTA approval and conditioned upon the defendants'
25 approving said modified alternate offer of settlement; and
26 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Vernon intends
27 to repeal City of Vernon Resolution No. 6842.
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1 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
2 CITY OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS:
3 SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Vernon does
4 hereby find and determine that the recitals contained hereinabove
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6 SECTION 2: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby
7 repeals Resolution No. 6842.
8 SECTION 3: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby
9 approves the modified alternate offer of settlement (see Exhibit
10 "B" mOdified), provided that the cities of South Gate and Compton,
11 plaintiffs in the litigation entitled city of South Gate. et al.
12 vs. City of Los Angeles. et al.. LASC No. BC 129447, similarly
13 approve such modified alternate offer of settlement without
14 imposing any conditions; and further provided that the City of
15 Huntington Park and NEW SECTA approve the same modified alternate
16 offer of settlement without imposing any condition herein unless
17 the Cities of Huntington Park, South Gate, compton and Vernon and
18 NEW SECTA unanimously approve any said condition; and provided
19 further herein that the defendants formally approve said
20 settlement without imposing any changes or conditions.
21 SECTION 4: Upon receiving notification that the cities
22 of Huntington Park, South Gate, Compton, Vernon and NEW SECTA, and
23 the defendants, parties to the modified alternate offer of
24 settlement, have approved the Settlement Agreement without
25 conditions, unless any said conditions have been approved by all
26 cities, defendants and NEW SECTA, the Mayor is authorized to
27 execute the Agreement in twelve (12) counterparts.
28 SECTION 5: The City Clerk of the City of Vernon shall
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certify to the passage of this resolution and thereupon and
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thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
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APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 29th day of August, 1996.
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BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
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I, BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk of the City of
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Vernon, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution, being
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Resolution No. 6843, was duly adopted by the City Council of the
City of Vernon at an adjourned special meeting of the City Council
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duly held on Thursday, Auqust 29. 1996, and thereafter was duly
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signed by the Mayor of the City of Vernon.
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BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk
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