Resolution 14084CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO.14084
EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR FULL FUNDING FOR TRANSIT
OPERATIONS IN THE STATE'S FY 2007/08 BUDGET
WHEREAS, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger released his proposed
FY 2007/08 budget in January, 2007; and
WHEREAS, the draft budget includes a plan to cut public transit funding
in FY 2007/08 by $1.1 billion by using Public Transit Account funds to offset
costs that are traditionally covered by the State's General Fund; and
WHEREAS, AC. Transit, which provides bus service to the residents
and businesses of Alameda, could lose $7 million as a result of this proposal in
FY 2007/08 and $5 million in subsequent years; and
WHEREAS, the Governor's January budget also proposes to make up
for some of this loss of transit operating money by using $600 million of the
Proposition 1B transportation bond passed by the voters last November, and
WHEREAS, the Proposition 1B bond funds are intended to be used for
transit capital expenditures, not for operations; and
WHEREAS, the Governor will release a revised budget proposal in May
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City
of Alameda that the City expresses its support for full funding for transit
operations in the State's FY 2007/08 budget.
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1, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and
regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda during the Regular
Meeting of the City Council on the 17th day of April 2007, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers deHaan, Gilmore, Matarrese, Tam
and Mayor Johnson - 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 18th day of April, 2007.
Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
City of Alameda