HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 23-95RESOLU IO MO.23 ' 9 5
A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF
THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF A VERY HIGH SPEED GROUND
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TO NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA THROUGH THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY
WHEREAS, the City Council, desires a modern, balanced
transportation system that enhances our quality of life and
supports the economic vitality of the City of Bakersfield; and
WHEREAS, the Assembly Select Committee on Mass Transit in
1980, identified the San Joaquin Valley as part of the "California
Corridor" connecting San Diego and Sacramento; and
WHEREAS, The AB 971 (Costa) study in 1990 recommended that the
existing passenger rail service in the San Joaquin Valley be
incrementally upgraded to a speed of 125 mph and that a Very High
Speed Ground Transportation (VHSGT) system be implemented in the
San Joaquin Valley; and
WHEREAS, The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
of 1991 (ISTEA) identified the San Joaquin Valley rail corridor as
one of the five corridors suitable for VHSGT in the nation; and
WHEREAS, the University of California, Berkeley's Working
Paper 564, "High Speed Trains in California" (1992), identified
service to the San Joaquin Valley as a priority when addressing
VHSGT between Southern California and Northern California; and
WHEREAS, the voters of the State of California authorized $56
million for the improvement of the San Joaquin Valley Corridor by
approving Propositions 108 and 116; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 116 included $5 million to
final link in the VHSGT California Corridor, between
and Bakersfield; and
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Los Angeles
WHEREAS, the implementation of the VHSGT system will assist in
the improvement and maintenance of air quality in the San Joaquin
Valley by providing an efficient, alternative transportation
system.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the City of Bakersfield
supports the planning and construction of a Very High Speed Ground
Transportation System in the San Joaquin Valley.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and
adopted by the Council of
the C~ty of Bakersfield at a regular
meeting thereof held on ~£B~
vote: , by the following
CITY CLERK AND EX OFFICIO CLERK of
the Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED FEB
BOB C~E
MAYOR of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED as to form:
JJJl~Y SKOUSEN/ ~- f v., >
~-~ITY A~TOR~y ~T/City of Bakersfield
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