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DATE'. March 5, 1990 Cointy
SUBJECT: ACR 132 Rail Upgrade Study
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(.S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
1. Approve resolution to the ACR 132 Committee supporting the
consideration of providing express train service to Contra. Costa
County at the Martinez AMTRAK station.
2. Request the City of Martinez to adopt a similar resolution for
submittal to the ACR 132 Committee.
REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND:
Assembly Concurrent Resolution 132 (Hannigan) directs the Metropolitan
Transportation Commission to study intercity rail service in the
existing Amtrak corridor stretching from Auburn through Sacramento and
Oakland to San Jose, and to recommend near and long-term measures for
upgrading service. Policy direction is provided by the ACR 132
Committee consisting of representatives from Placer, Sacramento, Yolo,
Solano, Napa, Contra Costa, Alameda, and Santa Clara counties, Amtrak,
Caltrans, and Assemblyman Hannigan's office. supervisor Schroder
represents Contra Costa County.
The ACR 132 Committee has reviewed several service options for the
corridor ranging fromtwelvetrains per day with no express service to
24 trains per day with six trains providing express service. Expre�.:-:
trains as currently proposed * would provide . stops at Sacramento,
Oakland, and San. Jose. The attached resolution (Exhibit A) proposes
a stop for Contra Costa residents be considered at Martinez. Track
conditions limit train speeds in the vicinity of Martinez to 30 mph,
therefore, adding a stop at this location would have minimal impact on
express service time schedules.
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RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
Robert I. Schroder, Chair
S I GNATURE(S 1:
ACTION OF BOARD ON — MAR 2-F 199nAPPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I FIEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN -ACTION TAKEN
AYES' NOES* AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT:-, ABSTAIN' OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Mayor, City of MartinezMAR 2 0 A
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cc.. ACR 132 Committee (via CDD) ATTESTED --- 19U
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Community Development Department PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY J. J" -,DEPUTY
M382/7-83
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Order on March 20, 1990 by the
following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Powers, Schroder, McPeak, Torlakson & Fanden
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
RESOLUTION NO. 90/ 167
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SUBJECT: Resolution concerning the proposed Sacramento/Oakland/
San Jose express train service
WHEREAS Assembly Concurrent Resolution (ACR) 132 directed
the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) to study
intercity rail service in the existing Amtrak corridor stretching
from Auburn through Sacramento and Oakland to San Jose, and to
recommend near and long-term measures to upgrade service; and
WHEREAS MTC established the ACR 132 Committee to provide
policy direction on the study; and
WHEREAS the ACR 132 Committee has reviewed several service
options for the corridor including express trains providing
non-stop service between Sacramento, Oakland, and San Jose; and
WHEREAS providing additional stops along the high-speed
portions of this corridor would adversely impact the travel times
of express trains; and
WHEREAS train speeds in the vicinity of Martinez are limited
to 30 miles per hour which reduces the adverse impact of adding a
stop at the Martinez Amtrak station to the express train service:
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Contra Costa County
Board of Supervisors urges the ACR 132 Committee to consider
adding a stop at the Martinez Amtrak station during its
evaluation of express train service along the
Sacramento/Oakland/San Jose Amtrak corridor.
Orig. Dept. Community Development
cc: ACR 132 Committee
Mayor, City of Martinez
1 hereby certify that this Is a true and correct copy of
an action taken ana entered on the minuteu of the
Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: March 20, 1990
PHIL BATCHELOR,Clerk of the Board
of Supervisors and Countivl Administrator
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RESOLUTION NO. 90/ 167