HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 10181988 - 88-653 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
IN THE MATTER OF )
"Ridesharing Week" , October 3-7, 1988) RESOLUTION NO. 88/ 653
WHEREAS, Governor George Deukmejian proclaimed the week of
October 3-7, 1988, as Ridesharing Week in California; and
. WHEREAS, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors also
proclaimed October 3-7 as Ridesharing Week, urging Contra Costa
County citizens to share a ride on a permanent basis; and
WHEREAS, Pacific Bell, the largest employer in the City of San
Ramon, with the help of RIDES for Bay. Area Commuters, Inc. , assists
its employees in organizing van pools and car pools; and
WHEREAS, Pacific Bell spends $200,000 per year subsidizing a
Central Contra Costa County Connection bus that carries employees
and anyone else who wants to ride, to an from the Lafayette BART
Station and the Pacific Bell headquarters in San Ramon; and
WHEREAS, Pacific Bell has hired a full-time Statewide
Transportation Coordinator and pays $90,000 per year for two RIDES
Coordinators; and
WHEREAS, in honor of the State of California' s observance of
Ridesharing Week, Pacific Bell received an award from Governor
George Deukmejian, for getting 40 percent of its 7,000 employees
out of their cars and into carpools, van pools and public
transportation, or onto bicycles and sidewalks.
NOW, FFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors
of Contra Costa County hereby recognizes and commends Pacific Bell
for its excellent Transportation Programs, which are helping to
alleviate traffic congestion on Contra Costa County roads.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by unanimous vote of the Board of
Supervisors of Contra Costa County on this 18th day of October,
1988.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy
of a resolution entered on the m'nutes of said Board of Supervisors
on the date aforesaid.
B I. SCHRODER, Chair
District III
TOM POMWEMRS NANCY C. FASDEN
District I Dist •t II
SUNNE W. MCPEAR TOM TORLARSON
District IV District V
Witness my hand and the Seal of
the Board of Supervisors affixed this
18th day of October, 1988.
Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board
of Supervisors nd County
Administrator
By
Deputy Clerk