CC Resolution 9747
RESOLUTION NO. 9747
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAMPBELL
SUPPORTING MEASURE A OF THE SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION
AUTHORITY (VTA) ESTABLISHING A ONE-HALF CENT TRANSIT SALES TAX
WHEREAS, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) Board of Directors voted
on August 9, 2000 to place a half-cent transit sales tax on the November 7, 2000 General Election
ballot; and
WHEREAS, if approved by a two-thirds majority vote, Measure A would raise an estimated six
billion dollars for transit beginning in 2006, when the existing Measure A/B sales tax expires; and
WHEREAS, the tax will expire in 2036, thirty years after it is initiated; and
WHEREAS, Measure A supports VTA's 2020 Transportation Plan and Expenditure Program
that has been developed over an 18 month period; and
WHEREAS, revenue from Measure A, which may be used only to finance transit projects,
enables approximately two billion in future state and federal funds to be directed to roadway, bicycle
and pedestrian projects; and
WHEREAS, Measure A establishes an independent citizen watchdog committee consisting of
private citizens to review all expenditures, hold public hearings and issue reports, conduct annual
audits, and publish the results of the audits and annual reports; and
WHEREAS, the list of transit projects that would be supported by Measure A includes
connecting BART to Milpitas, San Jose and Santa Clara; building a rail connection from San Jose
International Airport to BART, Caltrain and light rail; purchase of vehicles for disabled access, senior
safety, and clean air; expand light rail service throughout Santa Clara County; expand and electrify
Caltrain; and increase and expand bus service in key routes throughout the County.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Campbell
hereby expresses its support for the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority's Measure A, which
will be voted on by the electorate of Santa Clara County in the November 7, 2000 General Election.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 3rd day of October, 2000, by the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Councilmembers: Furtado, Watson, Dean, Kennedy
Councilmembers: Dougherty
Councilmembers: None
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Anne Bybee, City Clerk