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RESOLUTION NO. 16 - 895 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPORTING A RAIL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT(BART) AND ALTAMONT CORRIDOR EXPRESS RAIL SYSTEMS IN THE TRH-VALLEY WHEREAS, the Northern California Megaregion population totaled 12 2 million in 2015 and is growing, and WHEREAS, housing affordability issues in the Bay Area have been one cause of the population influx in the inland portions of the megaregion, causing 68 7% of megaregional workforce commuters crossing regional boundaries to commute into the Bay Area for work, and WHEREAS, the growth of the Northern San Joaquin Valley commuters to the Bay Area has been particularly dramatic, more than doubling from 1990 to 2013, causing the 1-580 being one of the most congested and intolerable freeways in the megaregion, and WHEREAS, the 1-580 Altamont Pass is a key corridor for freight movement between the Northern San Joaquin Valley and the Port of Oakland, with slowing traffic on the highway a contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, and WHEREAS, the best current connection between BART and the Altamont Corridor Express (ACE) in the Tn-Valley is by shuttle bus, and a faster, more reliable and more direct rail connection between these two services would increase both BART and ACE ridership and relieve pressure on Interstate 580 and other transportation systems and increase interregional mobility, and WHEREAS, the Altamont Regional Rail Working Group was formed in October of 2015 for the purpose of facilitating and accelerating the planning and construction of a BART to ACE connection in the Tn-Valley, the planning of which traverses multiple Metropolitan Planning Organizations and transportation agencies, and WHEREAS, the Altamont Regional Rail Working Group members include elected officials from the City of Livermore, City of Dublin, City of Pleasanton, County of Alameda, County of San Joaquin, City of Tracy, the Altamont Corridor Express, the Bay Area Rapid Transit Authority, the Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority, and representatives of regional business organizations including the Easy Bay Leadership Council, Innovation Tn-Valley Leadership Group and the San Joaquin Partnership, and WHEREAS, the Altamont Regional Rail Working Group has recommended that their respective agencies pass resolutions of support for a rail connection of the BART and ACE rail systems in the Tn-Valley, and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE, AND ORDER THE FOLLOWING: SECTION 1 The City Council affirms its support of timely planning and constructing a BART to ACE rail connection in the Tn-Valley it