CC Resolution 10469
RESOLUTION NO.
10469
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAMPBELL SUPPORTING
S8 680 (Congestion Management and Transportation Improvements: Santa
Clara Valley Transportation Authority)
WHEREAS, Santa Clara County is a county within the State of California;
WHEREAS, Santa Clara County is the largest and most populous county in Northern
California with highly urbanized, rural, and mountainous areas;
WHEREAS, the locally owned and operated County Expressway system, local arterials and
rural county roads are the workhorses of Santa Clara County's road system, carrying the
vast majority of all trips by all modes other than rail;
WHEREAS, the Caltrain rail system relieves pressure on Santa Clara County's local
roadway by replacing medium distance auto trips;
WHEREAS, the County Expressways, local arterials, county roads and the Caltrain system
are in need of improvement, modernization and upgrades to the traffic signal systems;
WHEREAS, the lack of adequate litter control and landscaping restoration on the state
highways and County Expressway systems is creating aesthetic and environmental
problems;
WHEREAS, state and federal funding for transportation projects have been inadequate to
meet Santa Clara County's transportation needs;
WHEREAS, current local funding sources are inadequate to fill the gap;
WHEREAS, other counties within the State of California have enacted temporary
supplements to the Vehicle Registration Fee (VRF) levied on vehicles registered within their
borders to meet local transportation needs;
WHEREAS, S8 680 proposes a five-dollar ($5) supplement to the VRF on vehicles
registered within Santa Clara County for a term of eight (8) years;
WHEREAS, S8 680 proposes to use these funds for local transportation system
improvements on the County Expressway System, local arterials, rural county roads and
the Caltrain system and for litter control and landscape restoration on state highways and
County Expressways;
WHEREAS, the City of Campbell is an incorporated City within the County of Santa Clara;
and
WHEREAS, the Campbell City Council wishes to submit a formal resolution of support to
the State Legislature for SB 680.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Campbell
supports the goals of SB 680 and encourages the California State Legislature to adopt, and
the Governor of California to sign, SB 680 into law.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this
call vote:
21st
day of March, 2005
/ by the following roll
AYES:
Councilmembers:
Burr, Hernandez, Furtado, Watson, Kennedy
NOES:
Councilmembers:
None
ABSENT:
Council members:
None
A1TE~~
Anne Bybee, City Clerk