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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 08052008 - C.26 J \Vv/or eK7 p1� •� IN THE MATTER OF RECOGNIZING RESOLUTION NO. 2008/547 CONGRESSWOMAN ELLEN TAUSCHER, RECIPIENT OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUTER TRANSPORTATION'S LEGISLATOR OF THE YEAR AWARD WHEREAS, Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher (Democrat-California) is the recipient of The Association for Commuter Transportation's 20p$Legi�slator of thin Yeai award; and 62 WHEREAS, Corigresswoman'`°Iaucher hascllarnpioet 'and,support�d�avariety of legislative initiatives `~ that provide a variet o options and rehef;frorn t1 "pain at theaspuin�p"; and x . r^ th A f� r 11 y�4 «. WHEREAS, Congresswoman Tauscher, inl the 110 Congress,has championed a provision which would make it easier for local comma nines f6use federal resources tostartand_expandvvanpool programs; s. and WHEREAS; C,=ongre swoman'Tauscher has supported legislatton at would 111�rease e cap on the <. r r monthly transii:�benefit, therefore making transit rl&is with fh'&-i ost expo sive trjlis eligible to utilize thettxansportation fringe benefit offered by to cal'ttansit:agen5cie f�accrdance with federal tax laws; acid �t ��, � 1 sr r x WHEREtS, CongresswomanTauscher has been ackiam ioi and a�lear iriworktngj oto provide {, � p u ctinitelr.er t ithMd ftons; n ad: P � f WHERI&§;,-Congresswoman Tauschei+'lias pr©vided t a �coiiminitment oto<?`expanding o"ltdns for her s s : constituents arid'ledicat3on tofimpr"oving the natioilgsgtr spoitat�on sysstletn! d, ' o r a S i - sron,dns~ such as WHEREAS carpoohtig;�vanpooling, telework, andz. transit aid ui+ �' 5g{a�3at '� e � z� '" WHEREAS, Congresswomari''Tauscher iias led the way and u deists zds that unfotLu tely there is not a - silvei bullet to fix:the problem of high gas prices;butgal�fti Ihs#must e'Nerc sed in many efforts; NOW, THEREFORE �BEirIT JRE 'I' SOLVED THAT HE;'CO 1'TRA GOS" COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORSrecogriizes C©ngxe;swotnasi Ellen€ Iauschergft3r eceiving The Association ' x , v �_. for Commuter Transportattoh s Legislator oftlie tYe r AwadOaid honors her for her extensive contributions to the State o' Californta � ...:.- r FEDERAL D. GLOVER Chair District VSupervisor 4District IOIA ✓ /GAYIR B:11 KEMA upervisor District II Supervisor IEPHO SUSAN . B NILLA upervisor District N Supervisor ■ * I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown: ATTESTED: August 5,2008 X40 JOHN CULLEN, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and County AdministratgFC U14 5 _ . . By �l .i-Gl .-'t-_,/v -��ZUI...- Deputy Introduced by Siperuisor Piepho,District III