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IN SUPPORT OF PRESERVING THE RESOLUTION NO. 99/139
PACIFIC REFINING COMPANY WHARF.
WHEREAS, the preservation of the Pacific Refining Company wharf, located off the Rodeo shoreline
on San Pablo Bay, is preferential to its demolition, if issues of transfer of ownership and future use
can be satisfactorily resolved, and
WHEREAS, Senator Barbara Lee introduced a resolution(Senate Resolution No. 19) during the 1997-
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99798 regular session and adopted on September 8, 1997, establishing a Blue Ribbon Task Force for
Water Transit (Task Force), and
WHEREAS, the Task Force was created to explore the feasibility of high speed ferry service in the Bay
Area to address the issues of transportation problems and traffic congestion that threaten to
diminish the region's economic vitality and overall quality of life, and
WHEREAS, the Task Force has called for public input on its recently completed Vision and
Conceptual Design, Bay Area High-Speed Water Transit System for the 21st Century(February 1999),
which it describes as "a bold new vision inviting public discussion and input," and
WHEREAS, the Task Force has scheduled a public hearing to solicit input and comment on the report
for Thursday, April 8, 1999, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., at the Metropolitan Transportation Commission
in Oakland, and
WHEREAS, a potential use of the wharf is as a transfer site for water transit, from smaller vessels
serving communities located along San Pablo Bay and up into the Delta to larger, high speed vessels
serving major destinations within the Bay Area.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors requests
that the Task Force incorporate in its evaluation of water transit options to serve the residents of
the Bay Area, the feasibility of utilizing the Pacific Refining Company wharf.
PASSED by a unanimous vote of the Board of Supervisors members present this 61h.day of April,
1999.
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GA . UHXEMA JOHN GIOIA
District Il sor District I Supervisor
DONN ER MARK DESAULNIER
District upervisor District IV Supervisor
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istrict V Supervisor
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an order
entered into the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date
aforesaid.
Phil Batchelor,County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors.
By
Depu Clerk