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WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA RESOLUTION NO. 80-139 RESOLUTION REAFFIRMING THE CITY'S POSITION IN SUPPORT OF ELIMINATING THE RESTRICTIONS ON 1-580 AND CALLING FOR PREPARATION OF A NEW ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATE- .~NT COVERING THE WIDENING OF 1-580 BETWEEN THE CITY OF PLEASANTON AND CASTRO VALLEY the City Council of the City of Pleasanton has actively supported the widening of 1-580 between Pleasanton and Hayward in order to eliminate the "bottle-neck" which has existed in this area; and after numerous public hearings since December 1963, the widening of 1-580 between Pleasanton and Hayward to an eight-lane freeway received necessary governmental approv- als in early 1975; and subsequent to obtaining said approvals but prior to the receipt of bids on the proposed project the Sierra Club filed suit in the United States District Court, Northern District in Case No C-75-0729AJZ; and subsequent to said suit negotiations occurred between representatives of the Sierra Club and representatives of the State, including Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr.; and as a result of said negotiations a compromise was reached whereby a 10.5 mile portion of 1-580 would be widened west of the City of Pleasanton to eight lanes, but only three lanes of traffic would be permitted in each direction and of the six lanes one lane in each direction would be set aside exclusively for public transportation vehicles and car pool users; and the construction on 1-580 between the City of Pleasanton and Palomares Canyon has been completed and recently opened to vehicular traffic as provided in the settlement; and the institution of the diamond lane for public transportation vehicles and car pool users has not alleviated the congestion on 1-580 west of the City of Pleasanton to Palomares Canyon; and the City Council of the City of Pleasanton by Resolutions Nos.75-232 and 77-343 has taken a position in favor of the full use of all eight travel lanes upon completion of 1-580; and the people of the City of Pleasanton on April 8, 1980, adopted a measure directing the City to take all appropriate steps to cause the S~ate of California to remove the restrictions on the traffic lanes on 1-580, including elimination of the diamond lanes, by a vote of 4,530 in favor and 643 opposed to the measure.