Resolution 13668CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 13 6 6 8
SUPPORTING ENHANCED REGIONAL FUNDING
FOR MAINTENANCE OF LOCAL STREETS AND ROADS
WHEREAS, the. Nine - County Bay Area economy relies heavily on the availability of a
well- maintained regional transportation system: and
WHEREAS, well- maintained local streets and roads are important to the region's
economic health and to the quality of life for the residents, and
WHEREAS, well- maintained arterial and collector streets are vital to all modes of
transportation including the private automobile, goods movements, emergency vehicles, transit,
bicycles and pedestrians within the region; and
WHEREAS, funding for regional transportation system maintenance and rehabilitation is
limited; and
WHEREAS, preserving and protecting the public's investment in the existing local
streets and roads must remain a priority for transportation investment; and
WHEREAS, regular and timely street maintenance reduces long -term rehabilitation costs
and minimizes the need to reconstruct streets; and
WHEREAS, when local streets and roads are not well- maintained, the cost of repair can
increase dramatically; and
WHEREAS, the value of the ''existing local streets and roads far exceeds local
governments' capacity to replace them within any reasonable time frame.
that:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Alameda
The City Council supports the allocation of an enhanced level of regional
transportation funds to maintain and rehabilitate local streets and roads
including streets not currently on the Metropolitan Transportation System
(MTS).
2. Maintaining local streets and roads should be a high priority for the allocation
of regional maintenance funds
3. Regional funding priorities for local streets and roads should be based on the
local jurisdictions' determination of maintenance and rehabilitation needs
supported by a systematic pavement condition evaluation program.
4. The City Council supports a balanced and equitable approach to funding local
streets and roads maintenance needs.
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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 2nd
day of December, 2003, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Daysog, Gilmore, Kerr, Matarrese,
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
3rd day of December, 2003.
Lara Weisiger, City C
City of Alameda