2004-058- Supporting The Califorina High Speed Rail Authority's Conclusion To Use One Of The Two Southern Alignments Into The San Francisco Bay Area For The States Proposed High Speed Rail SystemRESOLUTION 2004 - 58
RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
SUPPORTING THE CALIFORNIA .HIGH-SPEED RAIL
.AUTHORITY'S CONCLUSION TO USE ONE OF THE TWO SOUTHERN
ALIGNMENTS INTO THE :SAN FRANCISCO BAY .AREA FOR THE STATE'S
PROPOSED HIGH-SPEED RAIL SYSTEM
WHEREAS:, the California High-Speed Rail Authority, the organization responsible
for planning, .designing, constructing, and operating the state's high-speed. rail system, plans to run
the first leg between Los Angeles and San Francisco through San Jose. Ultimately, the line would
be extended to Oakland, Sacramento and San Diego; .and
WHEREAS, the California High-Speed Rail Authority is recommending two
alignment •options-through the Pacheco Pass or a series of tunnels through the Diablo Range-to
bring high-speed rail into the San Francisco Bay Area through San Jose. The line would then split,
with one set of tracks paralleling the Caltrain Commuter Rail Corridor up the Peninsula to San
Francisco and the other set running up the East Bay to Oakland; and
WHEREAS, the California High-Speed Rail Authority concluded that entering the
Bay Area from the south would offer faster travel times, more frequent service to 'San Jose, San
Francisco and Oakland, higher ridership, and more revenue.; and
WHEREAS, the California High-Speed Rail Authority considered and rejected one
other Bay Area alignment, known as the.Altamont Pass alignment due to financial, operational, and
environmental reasons; and
WHEREAS, the California High-Speed Rail Authority released its program-level
environmental document in late January.2004 and is now in the process of holding a series of public
hearings on it throughout the .state; and
WHEREAS, a southern alignment into the Bay Area, by utilizing the entire Caltrain
Commuter Rail Service Corridor, will help. Caltrain :achieve several of its long-term goals, such as
electrification, .grade-separating the corridor, and increasing the speed and frequency of the service:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town of Los Gatos supports
the California High-Speed Rail Authority's conclusion to use one of the two southern alignments
(Pacheco Pass or Diablo Range) into the San Francisco Bay Area for the state's proposed high-speed
rail system.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Town of Los Gatos will communicate this
position to the California High-Speed Rail Authority in writing as part of the public record for the
Authority's program-level .environmental document.
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PASSED A'ND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the'Town
of Los Gatos, California, held on the 3rd day of May, 2004 by the following vote:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
AYES: Sandy Decker, Diane McNutt, Joe Pirzynski, Mike Wasserman,
Mayor Steve Glickman.
NAYS: None
ABSENT.: None
ABSTAIN: None
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SIGNED:
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MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
ATTEST: - '
CLERK OF TIIE T0~7dN OF LOS GA~1' S
LOS G-ATOS„ CALIFORNIA ll