HomeMy WebLinkAbout161-92 RESOLUTION NO. 161- 92
ENDORSING PROPOSITION 156, THE RAIL TRANSPORTATION BOND ACT OF 1992
WHEREAS, the Town of Danville finds that rail transportation results in cleaner air, less
energy use, more transportation opportunities for those who cannot drive, and less
congestion on already overcrowded streets and highways; and
WHEREAS, in 1989, the State Legislature provided for three $1 billion rail transportation
bond measures on the ballot as part of the $18.5 billion Transportation Blueprint for the
Twenty First Century; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 108, the Passenger and Clean Air Bond Act of 1990, which the
voters approved in June, 1990 was the first of these three measures; and
WHEREAS Proposition 156, the Passenger and Clean Air Bond Act of 1992, would provide
$1 billion to improve and expand intercity, commuter and light rail transit throughout
California; and
WHEREAS, the act would benefit the region by providing funds to extend BART, rehabilitate
BART vehicles, and improve Amtrak intercity service from Contra Costa County to San Jose,
Sacramento, the San Joaquin Valley and southern California, and acquire much needed cars
and locomotives for Amtrak service; and
WHEREAS, failure to approve the bond measure would cause "county minimum"
transportation funding from the State to Contra Costa County to be reduced by $27.1
million, placing much needed local transportation improvement projects at risk; and
WHEREAS, California's overall transportation funding would be dramatically reduced should
the bond measure fail to be approved, jeopardizing hundreds of local projects and causing
major re-programming and delays in both highway and rail transportation programs; and
WHEREAS, tens of thousands of jobs will be created with passage of this bond act now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED that the Town Council of the Town of Danville endorses Proposition 156, the
Passenger Rail and Clean Air Act of 1992, on the November 3, 1992 ballot.
APPROVED by the Town Council of the Town of Danville at a Regular Meeting held on
Tuesday, October 20, 1992 by the following vote:
AYES: Lane, Greenberg, Doyle, Ritchey, Shimansky
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
MAYOR
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
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