Title
Resolution for Approval of the 2012 Alameda County Transportation Expenditure Plan and Request for the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to Place an Extension and Augmentation Measure for the Existing Transportation Sales Tax on the November 6, 2012 Ballot (approves the County's plan for transportation projects and asks the County to place a measure for a half-cent sales tax increase before voters to fund the plan)
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WHEREAS, The Alameda County Transportation Commission has approved a new Alameda County Transportation Expenditure Plan pursuant to the authority of Public Utilities Code Section 180000 et seq., and
WHEREAS, the Transportation Expenditure Plan development was guided by a Steering Committee comprised of 14 representatives from Alameda County Cities, the Board of Supervisors, AC Transit, and BART; and
WHEREAS, the Steering Committee was advised by a Community Advisory Working Group composed of 27 Alameda County community members and a Technical Advisory Working Group composed of staff members from Alameda County local jurisdictions, transit, health, enforcement and parks agencies; and
WHEREAS, the Transportation Expenditure Plan was approved by the governing body of the Alameda County Transportation Commission on January 26, 2012; and
WHEREAS, the new Transportation Expenditure Plan consists of programs and projects that are essential to improving the County's transit network and services, supporting the needs of seniors and disabled, providing critical multi-modal transportation solutions to expand travel choices and relieve congestion throughout the county, moving people and goods more efficiently, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions; and
WHEREAS, the interests of the City of San Leandro and its residents and businesses will benefit by the implementation of the new Transportation Expenditure Plan and the augmentation and extension of the existing half-cent sales tax for transportation in Alameda County.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of San Leandro does hereby:
1. Approve the 2012 Alameda County Transportation Expenditure Plan; and
2. Request that the Alameda County Board of Supervisors place an Extension and Augmentation Measure of the Existing Transportation Sales Tax on the November 6, 2012 Ballot.