Resolution 15368CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 15368
SUPPORTING REGIONAL MEASURE 3 (RM BAY AREA
TRAFFIC RELIEF PLAN
WHEREAS, the region's transportation infrastructure and transit services have
struggled to keep up with the continued growth in the San Francisco Bay Area; and
WHEREAS, as an island community in the San Francisco Bay, Alameda is
impacted by the region's growth making it difficult for Alarnedans to commute to jobs and
to travel around the Bay Area on both weekdays and weekends; and
WHEREAS, RM 3 will appear on the June 5, 2018 ballot in each of the nine San
Francisco Bay Area counties. If approved by a majority of voters, this measure would fund
major roadway and public transit improvements in the bridge corridors and their
approaches via an increase in tolls on the Bay Area's seven state-owned toll bridges; and
WHEREAS, RM 3 will help ensure that the region not only maintains but also grows
its transportation infrastructure to meet current and expected demand, and will help
increase transit operational revenues to make transit more frequent, reliable and
attractive for further congestion relief; and
WHEREAS, Alameda is not in a position to fund our regional transportation needs on
its own - such as improved ferry and Transbay bus services, seismic lifeline structures, a
second Transbay BART tube, bay trail expansion and enhancements - and must rely on
these regional transportation monies to keep our community viable and connected to the
region.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Alameda that
the City of Alameda hereby supports RM 3.
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 17th day of April, 2018, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Ezzy Ashcraft, Matarrese, Oddie, Vella and
Mayor Spencer — 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
said City this 181h day of April, 2018.
Lara Weisiger,I 0i Clerk
City of Alameda
Janet C./K/6m, City Attorney
City of Alameda