Resolution 12959CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 12959
APPROVING THE ALAMEDA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
SALES TAX EXPENDITURE PLAN
WHEREAS, the Alameda County voters approved a 15-year IA cent
sales tax measure (Measure B) in 1986 for transportation purposes;
and
WHEREAS, that Measure expires in 2002; and
WHEREAS, an Expenditure Plan Development Committee composed of
40 Alameda County residents and representatives and approved by a
Steering Committee composed of 11 elected officials from Alameda
County Cities, the Board of Supervisors, the Alameda-Contra Costa
Transit District (AC Transit) and the Bay Area Rapid Transit
District (BART) have developed and recommended a new Transportation
Expenditures Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Alameda County Transportation Authority has
approved a new Alameda County Transportation Expenditure Plan
pursuant to the authority of the State Public Utilities Code; and
WHEREAS, the new Transportation Expenditure Plan totaling
1.14 billion consists of programs and projects, that are essential
o the movement of people and goods throughout Alameda County, will
maintain local street and roads, restore and enhance transit and
paratransit services, and provide critical assistance in solving
significant transportation and congestion problems of Alameda
County; and
WHEREAS, the interests of the City of Alameda and its citizens
will be benefitted by the implementation of the new Transportation
Expenditure Plan and extension of the % of one percent retail
sales/use tax to support the new Transportation Expenditure Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of
Alameda does hereby approve the new Alameda County Transportation
Expenditure Plan.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Alameda
recommends that the Alameda County Board of Supervisors place a
proposition on the June 1998 ballot to authorize the extension of
the % of one percent retail sales /use tax to fund the programs and
projects described in the new Alameda County Transportation
Expenditure Plan.
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 3rd
day of February 1998, by the following vote to wit:
AYES:
Councilmembers Daysog, DeWitt, Kerr, Lucas
and President Appezzato 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None,
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
official seal of said City this 4th day of February 1998.
Diane Welsch, City Clerk
City of Alameda