HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 03271984 - X.14 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTYs CALIFORNIA
Adopted aril✓{ Order on March 27 . 1984 �by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Powers , Fanden, McPeak, Torlakson
NOES: None
ABSENT: Supervisor Schroder
ABSTAIN: None
SUBJECT: Hydrofoil Boat Use Proposal
As recommended by Supervisor Fanden, IT IS BY THE BOARD
ORDERED that the Public Works Director is REQUESTED to draft, for
the Chairman ' s signature, a letter to the Metropolitan Transportation
Commission requesting said Commission to review a recent proposal of
the Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce to use high speed hydrofoil boats
to transport commuters between San Francisco , Martinez and Pittsburg,
said review to include consideration of hydrofoil operation in bad
weather and cost consideration, as well as the implications of
what such an expenditure might have on other pursuits for improved
transportation in Contra Costa County such as extending BART service
and the widening of State Highway 4 .
I hereby certify that this la a true and cor:act copy of
an action taken and entered an t"m1m:!sa of the
Board cf Seperviissoyrs_or, aie dati2 miown.
ATTESTED: Z. Lf 841
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and eel olfficlo Cleric o; tete Board
BYDeputy
Orig. DOPt.: Clerk of the Board
Cc: Public Works Director
County Administrator
City of Pittsburg
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