Resolution 13432CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 13432
SUPPORTING PROPOSITION 42,
TRANSPORTATION CONGESTION IMPROVEMENT ACT
WHEREAS, Proposition 42 will help make our roads safer and reduce traffic without
higher taxes by requiring the gasoline sales taxes we already pay be used to improve mass transit,
highways and local roads; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 42 is based on the principle that taxes paid at the gas pump
should be used for transportation purposes; and
WHEREAS, traffic is paralyzing travel with Los Angeles now ranked the number one
most congested urban area in the country, San Francisco /Oakland second, San Diego sixth and
Sacramento, San Jose and San Bernadino/Riveraside following close behind; and
WHEREAS, with our neglected transportation system needing attention, California
has the third worst deteriorated roads in the nation and more than 6000 of our bridges and overpasses
are structurally deficient or no longer meet highway safety or design standards; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 42 will provide a stable and ongoing source of
transportation funding that will make it possible to plan for our future transportation needs; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 42 will guarantee funds to every city and county to help fix
potholes, repair dangerous road conditions and improve the safety of children walking or biking to
school; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 42 will help speed up highway safety and traffic relief
projects, and expand and improve mass transit systems; and
WHEREAS, all Proposition 42 projects will be subject to an annual audit and
standard accounting practices to ensure they are delivered on time and on budget; and
WHEREAS, by speeding up transportation projects thousands of new construction
and other jobs will be created, our economy will be stimulated and every dollar invested in our
highways will result in almost six times that in economic benefits.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Mayor and City Council of the City
of Alameda hereby approves and supports the passage of Proposition 42, Transportation Congestion
Improvement Act, on the March 5, 2002 statewide ballot.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk of the City of Alameda is hereby
directed to forward a certified copy of this resolution to Ted Green, Taxpayers for Traffic Relief,
Yes on 42, 11300 West Olympic Blvd., #840, Los Angeles, California 90064.
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 a regular meeting assembled on the
19th day of February, 2002, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Daysog, DeWitt, Johnson, Kerr, and Mayor
Appezzato - 5.
NOES:
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City this
20th day of February, 2002.
Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
City of Alameda