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FROM: Supervisor Nancy Fanden &
Supervisor Tom Powers Costa
DATE: RETENTION OF FERRY SERVICE IN THE BAY AREA 40 `"""nt
SUBJECT:
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
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RECOMMENDATION
Request the County Administrator to write a letter to the Governor
urging retention of the Bay Ferry Services , particularly Richmond , as
a transit option to alleviate gridlock in the Bay Area .
BACKGROUND
The Richmond Ferry Run is a loosely organized group of ferry supporters
working desperately to save the Richmond ferry and increase ridership .
The group has been collecting signatures on letters to Governor .--George
Deukmejian , Assemblyman Bob Campbell , Senator Dan Boatwright and
Senator Quentin Kopp.
There is a great interest in ferry service since the earthquake . Now,
more than ever before , the public seems receptive to supporting alter-
native types of transit .
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON —blb<i��mt)er 2 QRQ APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT - ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: I ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: County Administrator ATTESTED November 28 , 1989
Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors and County Administrator
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