HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 09261989 - 89-638 13
IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Endorsing the )
Clean Air and Transportation ) Resolution No. : 89/ 638
Improvement Act of 1990 )
WHEREAS, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors finds
that rail transportation results in cleaner air, less energy
use, more transportation opportunities for those who cannot
drive, and less congestion on already overcrowded streets
and highways; and
WHEREAS, the Clean Air and Transportation Improvement Act of
1990 would provide $1990 million to improve and expand
intercity, commuter and light rail transit throughout
California; and
WHEREAS, the Act is compatible and consistent with the
transportation package placed on the ballot by the Governor
and State Legislature, and thereby will result in
implementation of part of an overall transportation plan
which will provide cleaner air and better transportation for
all Californians; and
WHEREAS, the Act would benefit Contra Costa County by
providing funds vitally needed to implement new intercity
rail service to Sacramento and the South Bay, improve
existing Amtrak "San Joaquin" service to Oakland and through
the Central Valley to Los Angeles, extend BART, and
.establish light rail service;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors
of the County of Contra Costa, California, hereby endorses
the placement and passage of the Clean Air and
Transportation Improvement Act on the June 1990 ballot.
Passed and adopted on September 26, 1989, by unanimous vote
of the Board members present.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct
copy of a resolution entered in the minutes of the Board of
Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
Witness my hand and the seal of the
Board of Supervisors affixed this
twenty-sixth day of September, 1989.
Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board
and County Administrator.
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Introduced by:
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Nancy C. anden
District I