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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: March 3, 2014 <br />ONR x419" ` Resolution - Council <br />File Number: 14-063 Agenda Section: ACTION ITEMS <br />Agenda Number: <br />TO: City Council <br />FROM: Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY: Uchenna Udemezue <br />Engineering & Transportation Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW: David Baum <br />Finance Director <br />TITLE: RESOLUTION for Approval of the 2014 Alameda County Transportation <br />Expenditure Plan and Request for the Alameda County Board of Supervisors <br />to Place a 30 -Year Extension and Augmentation Measure for the Existing <br />Transportation Sales Tax on the November 4, 2014 General Election Ballot <br />(approves the County's plan for transportation projects and asks the County to <br />place a measure for a half -cent sales tax increase before voters to fund the <br />plan) <br />WHEREAS, The Alameda County Transportation Commission has unanimously <br />approved the 2014 Alameda County Transportation Expenditure Plan pursuant to the authority <br />of Public Utilities Code Section 180000 et seq., and <br />WHEREAS, the Transportation Expenditure Plan development was guided by a Steering <br />Committee comprised of 13 representatives from Alameda County Cities, the Board of <br />Supervisors, AC Transit, and BART; and <br />WHEREAS, the Transportation Expenditure Plan was developed in conjunction with the <br />Alameda Countywide Transportation Plan, the long-range policy document that guides <br />transportation investments, programs, policies, and advocacy for Alameda County; a steering <br />committee, technical working group, and community working group guided development of <br />both plans using performance based criteria; and <br />WHEREAS, the Transportation Expenditure Plan was unanimously approved by the <br />governing body of the Alameda County Transportation Commission on January 23, 2014; and <br />WHEREAS, the detailed, 30 -year Transportation Expenditure Plan will expand BART, bus, <br />and rail services within Alameda County; keep transit fares affordable for youth, seniors, and <br />people with disabilities; provide traffic relief on city streets and highways using new <br />technology; improve air quality, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and support an <br />environmentally sustainable future; create good jobs within Alameda County and meet the <br />County's growing transportation needs; and <br />City of San Leandro Page 1 Printed on 2125/2014 <br />