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CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA RESOLUTION NO. 92-144 RESOI/3TION IN SUPPORT OF TRANSPORTATION BOND ACT OF 1992 THE RAIL WHEREAS, WHEREAS, The City of Pleasanton 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 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, the second $1 billion bond measure will appear on the November 3, 1992 ballot; and WHEREAS, WHEREAS, Proposition 156, 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 the Act would benefit the region by providing funds vitally needed to extend BART to Pleasanton and Dublin, rehabilitate BART vehicles, and improve Amtrak intercity service to San Jose, Sacramento, the San Joaquin Valley and southern California; and WHEREAS, failure to approve the bond measure would cause "county minimum" transportation funding from the state to Alameda County to be reduced by $43.5 million, placing much needed local 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 re-programming and delays in both highway and rail transportation programs; and WHEREAS, tens of thousands of jobs will be created with passage of' this bond act; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS: