Resolution 14677CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 14677
APPROVE THE 2012 ALAMEDA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION
EXPENDITURE PLAN AND REQUEST THE ALAMEDA COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PLACE IT ON THE NOVEMBER 6,
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nk WHEREAS, the Alameda County Transportation Commission (Alameda
CTC) has approved a new Alameda County Transportation Expenditure Plan
pursuant to the authority of California Public Utilities Code Section 180000 et
seq., and
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• WHEREAS, the Transportation Expenditure Plan development was guided
by a Steering Committee comprised of 13 representatives from Alameda County
• cities, the Board of Supervisors, AC Transit, and BART; and
WHEREAS, the Steering Committee was advised by a Community
Advisory Working Group composed of 27 Alameda County community members
and a Technical Advisory Working Group composed of staff members from
Alameda County local jurisdictions, transit, health, enforcement, and parks
agencies; and
WHEREAS, the Transportation Expenditure Plan was approved by the
governing body of the Alameda CTC on January 26, 2012; and
WHEREAS, the new Transportation Expenditure Plan consists of
programs and projects that are essential to improving the County's transit
network and services, supporting the needs of seniors and disabled, providing
critical multi -modal transportation solutions to expand travel choices and relieve
congestion throughout the County, moving people and goods more efficiently,
and reducing greenhouse gas emissions; and
WHEREAS, the interests of the City of Alameda, its residents, and
businesses will benefit by the implementation of the new Transportation
Expenditure Plan and the augmentation and extension of the existing half -cent
sales tax for transportation in Alameda County.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of City of
Alameda does hereby approve the 2012 Alameda County Transportation
Expenditure Plan.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly
and regularly adopted and passed b the Council of the City of Alameda in a
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regular meeting assembled on the l5 day of May, 2012, by the following vote to
wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Bonta, deHaan, Johnson, Tam and
Mayor Gilmore — 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 16th day of May 2012.
Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
City of Alameda