Resolution 09534CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO, 9534
EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR SENATE BILL 215 WHICH WILL
PROVIDE NEW FUNDING FOR STATE HIGHWAYS, LOCAL
STREETS AND ROADS AND TRANSIT
WHEREAS, Gas Tax money to finance highway, street and
road maintenance and improvements has not been increased since
1963; and
WHEREAS, there is an increasing - shortage of money ear-
marked for highways, local streets and road's; and
WIIERFAS,corstruction costs have increased substantially
in recent years and have far outpaced revenues; and
WHEREAS, fuel consumption has dropped significantly with
a corresponding loss of revenue; and
WHEREAS, federal funds for transit operations will most
Likely be reduced dramatically; and
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 215, introduced by Senator John
Foran, Chair of the Senate Committee on Transportation, proposes
to increase the amount of Gas Tax money that would be returned
to the cities for street maintenance and improvements; and
WHEREAS, there is an overriding need for additional funds
t.o finance necessary street maintenance', and improvements,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ALAMEDA that said Council goes on record as support_zag the
adoption by the Legislature of Senate Bill 215.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this Resolution Sae
sent to the Governor o£ the State' of California, Senator John
enting the City of Alameda' and the
Fo.ran, the legislat
League of Califor
ors repr
a Cities
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly
and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda
in regular meeting assembled on the 5th of May, 1981, by the following
vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Diament, Sherratt, Stone, Tillman, and President Corica - 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal
of said City this 6th day of May, 1981.