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FROM: Supervisor Marr DeSaulnier
Contra
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Costa
DATE: December 16, 2003
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SUBJECT: Board endorsement of Regional Measure#2
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
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Contra Costa Board of Supervisors endorse passage of Regional Measure#2 which, if approved
by a majority of voters in 7 Bay Area counties,would increase tolls by$1 on 7;state-owned
bridges in the Bay Area.
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Bay Area traffic congestion is projected to increase by 250%over the next 20 years, threatening
our quality of life, our economy and our environment. That's why a broad coalition of
transportation planners, commuters and local officials devised Regional Measure 2. Measure 2
creates seamless and convenient connections between transit providers. Measure 2 reduces
traffic congestion by providing commuters with more alternatives to driving. Measure 2 extends
BART and connects commuter rail services all the way around the bay. Measure 2 funds projects
that will reduce traffic congestion in Contra Costa County:
• Adds a fourth bore for the Caldecott Tunnel.
• Provides BART commuter rail service to Eastern Contra Costa County.
• BART to the Oakland Airport.
• Improves Connections between BART,buses, ferries and rail, and creates a new
Translink universal monthly pass for transit riders to access all major transit
systems.
• Strengthens the BART Transbay Tube to make it earthquake safe.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
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ACTION OF BOARD ON Decker 16, 2f 3 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED,]�� OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
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AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
ATTESTED December 16, 20)3
JOHN SWEETEN,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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