Resolution 11139CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 11139
SUPPORT IN PRINCIPLE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SERVICE
AUTHORITY FOR FREEWAY EMERGENCIES
WHEREAS, Section 2550 of the California Streets and
Highways Code provides for the establishment of a Service
Authority for Freeway Emergencies (SAFE) if the Board of the
Supervisors of the County and a majority of the cities within the
County having a majority of the population adopt a resolution
providing for the establishment of the authority; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Alameda agrees
0 that a Freeway Emergency Motorist Aid System may be the
▪ & appropriate mechanism to protect the safety of motorists on the
▪ freeways but, also believes that questions of liability, the
telecommunications system to be used, and the possibility of a
w! 1. region-wide authority all need further exploration.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the
• City of Alameda that it approves in principle the establishment
of a Service Authority for Freeway Emergencies and supports the
formation of an Ad Hoc Study Committee comprised of the City
Managers, Public Works Directors, and other appropriate staff to
further study this issue and report back to the County and the
respective cities within six months.
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 17th day of March, 1987
by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Corica, Hanna, Lucas,
Monsef and President Diament - 5
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the official seal of said City this 18th day
of March, 19:87®
City(glerk of the City of Alameda