Resolution No. 6854
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RESOLUTION NO. 6854
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
VERNON WITHDRAWING THE 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
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
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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 is entitled CITY OF SOUTH GATE, ET AL. VS. CITY OF
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LOS ANGELES, ET AL., LASC NO. BC 129447, COURT OF APPEAL NO. 2ND
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CIV NO. B100019; 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, Huntington
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Park and SECTA which, if accepted, would have settled this
litigation; and '
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WHEREAS, the defendants' attorney, Keesal, Young & Logan,
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submitted an alternate offer of partial settlement on August 22,
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1996, which did not include the city of Lynwood, upon the
condition that said attorney will formally present said alternate
offer of settlement to the defendants for their formal approval as
soon as possible; and
WHEREAS, the defendants' alternate offer of settlement
reduced the Payments to SECTA and the Miscellaneous Settlement
Payment to Vernon by 20%, in order to reflect that the City of
Lynwood was not included in such alternate offer of settlement;
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WHEREAS, the cities believe this reduction is unequitable
because only 14.1% of the combined project miles is located in or
adjacent to the City of Lynwood; and
WHEREAS, the only SECTA funds directly affected by
Lynwood's decision to not participate in the settlement are the:
(1) funding for Construction Claim Committee; (2) funding for
Joint Project Committee and mitigation resolution (PDC); and (3)
funding for Job Training; and
WHEREAS, the Miscellaneous Settlement Payment for the
City of Vernon is not affected by the City of Lynwood's decision
to not participate in the offer of settlement; and
WHEREAS, the cities' counsel submitted a counterproposal
to the defendants on August 29, 1996, to modify such alternate
offer of settlement by modifying such settlement amount as shown
on the attached Exhibit "B" which is incorporated herein as though
fully set forth at length; and
WHEREAS, the cities of Huntington Park, South Gate,
Compton and Vernon by Resolution No. 6843 adopted on August 29,
1996, approved the above-described modified alternate offer of
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1 settlement conditioned upon all four cities approval, NEW SECTA
2 approval and conditioned upon the defendants' approving said
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4 WHEREAS, the defendants' attorney has notified the City
5 Attorney that the defendants have rejected the modified alternate
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7 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Vernon by this
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10 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
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SECTION 1: The city Council of the City of Vernon does
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SECTION 2: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby
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SECTION 3: The City Clerk of the City of Vernon shall
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22 thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
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APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 17th day of September, 1996.
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MALKENHORST, City Clerk
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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. 6854, was duly adopted by the City Council of the
City of Vernon at a regular meeting of the City Council duly held
on Tuesday, September 17, 1996, and thereafter was duly signed by
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the Mayor of the City of Vernon.
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BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, city Clerk
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