CC Resolution 9545
RESOLUTION NO. 9545
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAMPBELL
FORWARDING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS ON THE MEASURE B BASE CASE IMPLEMENT A TION
WHEREAS, the City of Campbell supports the Measure A and B Program and encourages the
Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority to work
collaboratively to deliver all projects during the life of the program; and
WHEREAS, the Route 17 transportation corridor is heavily congested and immediate relief is
needed, including highway improvements and development of alternate transportation opportunities;
and
WHEREAS, the Vasona Light Rail Line will respond to a critical need for mass transit in the
West Valley, providing a vital transportation link to Diridon station, downtown San Jose area and
Silicon Valley employment centers; and
WHEREAS, extension of the Vasona Light Rail Line to Winchester Boulevard will
dramatically increase opportunities for West Valley residents to access the facility; and
WHEREAS, the Vasona Light Rail Line and Route 17 Improvements will provide essential
congestion relief in the heavily impacted Route 17 transportation corridor; and
WHEREAS, the County Board of Supervisors has conceptually approved an accelerated
Pavement Management Program;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Campbell
hereby requests that the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors adequately fund and move
expeditiously to construct the Vasona light rail line from Downtown San Jose to the Winchester
Boulevard station, ensure that State Route 17 congestion relief improvements between Lark Avenue
and State Route 280 are adequately funded and substantially completed by 2006, approve the full
accelerated pavement management program, and use Federal and State (STIP) funds as efficiently as
possible so that these funds can be utilized for the Vasona extension to Winchester.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of June, 1999, by the following roll call vote:
AYES:
Councilmembers:
Watson, Dougherty, Dean, Kennedy, Furtado
NOES:
Councilmembers:
None
ABSENT:
Councilmembers:
None
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Daniel E. Furtado, Mayor
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Anne Bybee, City Clerk