1992-146-Supporting Proposition 155RESOLUTION NO. 1992 -146
RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
SUPPORTING PROPOSITION 155 (THE $1 BILLION
BOND ACT FOR -ZAIL TRANSPORTATION)
WHEREAS, the Town of Los Gatos finds that rail transportation results in
cleaner air, less energy use, more transportation opportunities for those who cannot drive,
and less congestion on already overcrowded streets and highways; and
WHEREAS, in 1989, the State Legislature provided for three $1 billion rail
transportation bond measures on the ballot as part of the $18.5 billion Transportation
Blueprint for the Twenty First Century; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 108, the Passenger Rail and Clean Air Bond Act of
1990, which the voters approved in June, 1990 was the first of these three measures; and
WHEREAS, the second $1 billion bond measure will appear on the November
3, 1992 ballot; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 155, the Passenger Rail and Clean Air Bond Act of
1992, would provide $1 billion to improve and expand intercity, commuter and light rail
transit throughout California; and
WHEREAS, the act would benefit the region by providing funds vitally needed
to build the Tasman light rail line between Milpitas and Sunnyvale, improve Peninsula
commute service, and enhance intercity service between San Jose /Santa Clara and Oakland,
Sacramento, the central valley and southern California; and
WHEREAS, failure to approve the bond measure would cause "county minimum"
transportation funding from the state to Santa Clara County transportation improvement
projects at risk; and
WHEREAS, California's overall transportation funding would be dramatically
reduced should the bond measure fail to be approved, jeopardizing hundreds of local
projects and causing major reprogramming and delays in both highway and rail
transportation program; and
act.
WHEREAS, tens of thousands of jobs will be created with passage of this bond
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Town Council of the Town
of Los Gatos endorses Proposition 155, the Passenger Rail and Clean Air Bond Act of 1992,
on the November 3, 1992 ballot.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town
of Los Gatos, California, held on the 20th day of July, 1992 by the following vote:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
AYES: Mayor Eric D. Carlson, Vice Mayor Joanne Benjamin, Randy Attaway, Steven
Blanton, Brent N. Ventura
NAYES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
SIGNED:
MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
ATTEST:
CLERK OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
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