HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05141996 - C56 IN THE MATTER OF DECLARING ] RESOLUTION NO.96/200
MAY 13-17 AS TRY TRANSIT WEEK ]
IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY ]
WHEREAS, Contra Costa County has invested in public transit services that give workers, school
children, senior citizens and those unable to afford an automobile access to jobs, schools, medical facilities
and other necessary services; and,
WHEREAS, public transportation is vital to the quality of life and economic well being of the citizens of
this County: providing the potential to create jobs and enhance business prosperity, alleviating traffic
congestion and loss of productive time; and
WHEREAS, public transportation helps reduce the risks to the health of our citizens and the
environment by reducing automobile exhaust emissions; and,
WHEREAS, Tri Delta Transit, the American Public Transit Association, the American Association of
State Highway and Transportation Officials, the Association for Commuter Transportation, the National
League of Cities„ the National Governors'Association,America's Coalition for Transit NOW, the United
States Department of Transportation, the United States Federal Transit Administration, the Association
of Metropolitan Planning Organizations, Citizen Action, the National Minority Business Council, and the
Surface Transportation Policy Project have declared May 13-17 to be TRY TRANSIT WEEK and have
called upon citizens nationally to promote transit's benefits.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County
does recognize May 13-17 as
TRY TRANSIT WE E K
PASSED by vote of the Board members present on this 14th day of May, 1996.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a resolution entered into the minutes of
the Board of Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
INTRODUCED Y
i
JEFF SMITH
Supervisor, District II
Witness my hand and the seal
Of the Board of Supervisors
affixed this 14th day of May, 1996.
PHIL BATCHELOR, County Administrator
and Clerk of the Bo rd of Supervisors
Deputy Cl k
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