HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 10172007 - RES-548 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of the San
Francisco Bay Area Rapid RESOLUTION NO. ,
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Transit District .
WHEREAS the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
has developed engineering and financial plans for the development
of a rapid transit system in certain Bay Area counties, inclusive
of the County of Contra Costa; and
WHEREAS the acceptance of final plans for the over-all
transit system has been delayed due to objections raised and/or
changes requested by certain Bay Area counties; and
WHEREAS the development of revised plans is to be under-
taken by the above named district;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT BY THIS BOARD RESOLVED as follows :
1 . The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
make strenuous efforts to have passed legislation
such that the district itself and the district under
,point powers agreements with counties may establish
setback lines along proposed route extensions to
prevent encroachment on such proposed extensions .
2 . Funds which may become surplus to the needs of the
district for the development of the rapid transit
system as contemplated be earmarked for the exten-
sion of the system to Pittsburg, Antioch and
Brentwood in Contra Costa County, including both
the establishing of setbacks and actual transit
system construction .
3 . Surplus funds be construed to include any extra monies
which may become available to the district from the
issuance of bands, from allocations of federal sub-
ventions and from other sources .
4 . Pending the extension of the proposed transit system
to Pittsburg, Antioch and Brentwood, the district
take action to establish feeder bus service from
such points to the most easterly terminus of the
transit system as originally constructed in Contra
Costa County .
AND BE IT FURTHER BY THIS BOARD RESOLVED that The Honorable
Edmund G. Brown, Governor of California, be memorialized to give
attention to and support the above stated recommendations .
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 2nd day of January, 1962, by the
following vote of the Board:
AYES: Supervisors Mei. F. Nielsen, Thomas Jahn Coll,
Edmund A . Linscheid, Joseph S. Silva .
NOES: None .
ABSENT: Supervisor James P. Kenny .
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