HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01272003 - 99-294 OF
CONTRA 'OSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CA` 'FORNIA
In the Matter of Endorsing)
thg Bgy rail Plan RESOLUTION NO. 99/ 294
WHEREAS, in 1989 the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) adopted a
pian for a biking and hiking route that would circle San Francisco and San Pablo
bays, providing connections to existing parks, open space and other recreation
facilities and creating links to existing and proposed transportation facilities while
avoiding adverse effects on the environment of the bays; and
WHEREAS, the plan for this route - which became known as the Bay Trail - was
developed over a two-year period by an advisory committee to ABAG that included
representatives from a broad range of interests, including Federal, State, regional
and local government agencies, environmental and recreational organizations,
private landowners and business Interests, and
WHEREAS, according to the plan,the Bay Trail when complete will be a continuous
400-mile hiking and biking corridor that will link all nine Bay Area counties, pass
through 47 cities and cross the major toll bridges In the region; and
WHEREAS, to date, half the ultimate length of the Bay Trail has been developed,
with many popular segments existing that provide inexpensive recreation, exercise
and sightseeing opportunities; offer a transportation alternative; serve as a setting
for environmental education and wildlife viewing, and increase access to the
outdoors, the Bay and numerous points of interest;
NOW,THEREFORE be it by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Contra Costa
RESOLVED that the Board endorses the Bay Trail Plan.
Introduced by:
Ga a B. Uilkema John Gioia
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an order entered on the minutes
of said Board of Supervisors on the date aforesaid,
witness my hand and the seal of the Board of
Supervisors affixed on this 80'day of June 1999.
PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors and County Administrator
By-.— Qe?v—, ',JhL&=en-
Deputy Clerk