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'~ 1 ~;,,,~, RESOLUTION WHEREAS it is evident that municipalities within the state of California have not received a fair proportion of the motor tax funds with which to construct and maintain streets and highw~s required by increasing automobile traffic, and \v.HEREAS a more equitable distribution of said funds is necessary and desirable, BE IT 'rHEREFORE RESOLVED T~ the City of Redwood City go on re- cord as favoring the following: 1. A program for a continuous state highway system throughout California, including the construction, maintenance, reconstruction and widening of the necessary sections within municipalities; and specifically the addition of 6,624 miles of highw~s to the state highway system as pro- posed by the Automobile Club of Southern California and the California State Automobile Association, which addition will relieve the respective Boards of Supervisors of the state of a large portion of the burden now borne by them out of their portion of gas tax funds; this program to be carried out with the present revenues accruing to the state Highway Department. 2. The apportionment to each county as heretofore of one-third of the total proceeds of the existing three cent motor. fuel tax; however, the amount accruing directly from the tax on the sale of gasoline shall be ap~ortioned amongst the cities of said county and the unincorporated area of said county on the basis of registration of motor vehicles. Of said apportioru~ent, three-fourths sr~ll go into a fund of the cities; the re- maining one-fourth resulting from city registration, together with all revenue resulting from rural registration and all receipts for license plates, etc., shall be paid into the county treasury. The same restrictions on expenditures shall be made for the cities as now exists for the counties, with the further provision that all such funds shall be expended only according to a financial plan in each case which shall be based upon a competent p~sical plan, includ- ing a classification of existing traffic routes and proposed alterations therein and extensions thereto.