HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 04111995 - 95-168 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
SUBJECT: In The Matter of Supporting )
Assembly Bill 1720 to Create )
The Capitol Corridor Committee )
RESOLUTION NO. 95/168
The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County RESOLVES THAT:
WHEREAS, a new state-sponsored intercity rail service operated by AMTRAK, known as the
CAP/TOL ROUTE, was introduced on December 12, 1991 with an initial three daily round trips
between Sacramento, Suisun/Fairfield, Martinez, Richmond, Emeryville, Oakland,and San Jose,and
then extended service to Auburn;
WHEREAS, the development of intercity passenger rail service between the Bay Area and
the Sacramento Metropolitan Area along the heavily congested Interstate 80 freeway corridor has
been identified as a high priority in federal, state and regional planning studies;
WHEREAS, a study completed in November 1990 by the Metropolitan Transportation
Commission under Assembly Concurrent Resolution 132, in cooperation with the Sacramento Area
Council of Governments, which recommended a three staged program to phase-in up to ten round
trip trains in the corridor by the Year 2000, is now being used by the Department of Transportation
as the framework to implement intercity train service in the corridor (referred to as the ACR-132
Intercity Rail Upgrade Study);
WHEREAS, the Policy Advisory Committee for the ACR-132 Study has been retained to
continue providing the California Department of Transportation with local input and guidance for
the CAP/TOL ROUTE.
WHEREAS, the mission of the Greater East Bay Rail Opportunities Coalition, a joint powers
board composed of the Board of Supervisors and Congestion Management Agencies for Alameda,
Contra Costa, and Solano counties and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, was to
evaluate potential opportunities to use the East Bay's existing network of railroad rights-of-way
for commuter rail transit paralleling congested highway travel corridors, and to conduct such
studies and analysis, as necessary, to determine the viability of such rail transit services;
WHEREAS, the Greater East Bay Rail Opportunities Coalition has completed a Commute Rail
Operating Plan which identifies a framework for implementing a commuter rail service parallel to
Interstate 80, also known as the CAPITOL CORRIDOR;
WHEREAS, fiscal realities in 1995 are such that the region cannot afford to implement a
new, dedicated commuter rail service paralleling the Interstate 80 corridor, as described in the
Commute Rail Operating Plan;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors
strongly supports a continued public commitment toward providing intercity passenger rail service
between the Bay Area and the Sacramento Metropolitan Area consistent with the recommendations
in the ACR-132 Intercity Rail Corridor Upgrade Study.
RESOLVED, that the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors hereby supports the
Assembly Bill 1720, introduced by Assemblyman Tom Hannigan (8th Dist.), to create a CAPITOL
CORRIDOR COMMITTEE with responsibility for planning and advancing the development of
passenger rail in the corridor, including the eventual introduction of commuter rail service when
patronage levels and funding make such service viable.
RESOLUTION NO. 95/lfi8
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors hereby
recognizes that should Assembly Bill 1720 become law this will mean the eventual dissolution of
the Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement creating the Greater East Bay Rail Opportunities Coalition
and that all activities associated with passenger rail development in the corridor, both intercity and
commuter services, will reside within the newly created CAPITOL CORRIDOR COMMITTEE. It is
also acknowledged that this legislation would mean transferring the remaining balance of Contra
Costa County's Petroleum Violation Escrow Account (PVEA) grant funds (Contra Costa Commuter
Rail Program) to support activities of the new CAPITOL CORRIDOR COMMITTEE.
PASSED by the following vote of the Board of. Supervisors on the 11TH day of April, 1995:
AYES: Supervisors Smith, Rogers, DeSaulnier, Torlakson
NOES: Supervisor Bishop
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN:
hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an order entered on the minutes of
the Board of Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
Contact: Pat Roche (510/646-2835)
cc: Community Development Department (CDD) Witness my hand and the Seal of the
Board of Supervisors affixed on this
11th day of April , 1995.
Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors and County Administrator
By:
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