Resolution No. 1534RESOLUTION NO. 1534
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
SUPPORTING PROPOSITION "A" ON THE NOVEMBER 5, 1974
BALLOT IN ORDER TO PROVIDE'A HIGH QUALITY TRANSPORTATION
PROGRAM IN ORANGE COUNTY.
WHEREAS, the State Legislature enacted the Orange County Transit
District law in 1965 and declared:
"It shall be the ultimate purpose of the Orange County Transit District
to establish, when financing thereof becomes feasible, a permanent rapid
transit system designed to be part of the unified Los Angeles -Orange County
area wide regional system;" and
WHEREAS, since March, 1973, the Transit District and consultant firms
have been working together on an Alternative Transit Corridor Study to pro-
vide the District with technical recommendations for major transportation
improvements in the District, including ridership estimates, bus system
planning, environmental and social impacts, and financing; and have:
- Identified and recommended rapid transit corridors and tentative
alignments based upon a number of criteria;
- Developed and recommended a master plan for approximately 137 miles
of exclusive rapid transit lines within the county together with approxi-
mately 1,500 fixed -route and Dial -A -Ride buses to provide local service and
a feeder system to the rapid transit corridors; and
WHEREAS, citizen groups of Orange County assisted in developing the goals
for a total transit plan for Orange County; and
WHEREAS, citizen groups have been continuously involved in the evalua-
tion of alternative plans proposed by the consultants and with the considera-
tion of alternative financing methods for rapid transit in Orange County; and
WHEREAS, the Master Plan has the flexibility to be responsive to advances
in transit technologies as well as changes in the county's needs; and
WHEREAS, if additional funding is provided, the bus improvement program
can be completed within five years and the rapid transit corridors completed
within fifteen years at an estimated capital cost of $1,138,000,000; and
WHEREAS, the proposed plan makes maximum use of federal funding programs
which require local matching funds; and
WHEREAS, rights of way are presently available and could be purchased
in the first increment of capital expenditures; and
WHEREAS, it is the objective of the Orange County Transit District to
fund sixty percent of the operating costs, on completion of the system, from
the farebox; and
WHEREAS, transportation improvement will have a substantial beneficial
impact upon economic development in Orange County and especially upon the
trucking industry as our streets and freeways become increasingly congested;
and
WHEREAS, public transit will assist the completion of the freeway and
arterial highway networks as multimodal facilities; and
WHEREAS, public transit is a cost-effective manner of moving people
throughout the region, as well as contributing to the reduction of noise and
air pollution in the county; and
WHEREAS, the State Legislature and Governor have authorized the Transit
District to request approval for up to a maximum one percent sales tax
increase to pay the local share of developing the transit system; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Orange County Transit District
have placed Proposition A on the November 5, 1974 election to ask qualified
electors of Orange County the following question;
"TRANSIT. Shall the ordinance authorizing the Orange County Transit
District to impose a sales tax at a maximum rate of one percent to improve
public transportation by providing finance for the acquisition and construc-
tion of capital facilities; maintenance and operation of any facilities of
the District; and any other lawful purpose of the District, including an
expanded bus and Dial -A -Ride network and a modern rapid transit system, be
approved?", and
WHEREAS, a simple majority of those voting in the election will author-
ize the ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the Counties of San Francisco, Alameda, and Contra Costa
already use the sales tax to finance public transportation; and
WHEREAS, the electors in Los Angeles will be voting on November 5, 1974
on a similar proposition to authorize a one percent addition to the sales
tax in Los Angeles County; and
WHEREAS, the financing of the total transit system will not be feasible
without the local funds to match the available federal funds for transit
development unless unanticipated funds become available; and
WHEREAS, Orange County is one of the most rapidly growing areas in the
United States in which there are currently 1.6 million people and there will
be at least 2.4 million people by 1990; and
WHEREAS, studies indicate that large geographical areas like Southern
California require high speeds possible only by rapid transit and that
rapid transit should be combined with a complete system of door-to-door
transit service as proposed by the Master Plan for a Total Transit System;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Cypress recognizes the need to improve environ-
mental quality, reduce congestion, provide solutions to energy shortages,
stimulate economic growth, and provide low cost transportation in an infla-
tionary period;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Cypress hereby supports the total transit plan and endorses Proposition A on
the November 1974 ballot.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the members of the City Council of the City
of Cypress urge their members/employees and associates to consider the impact
of rapid transit as it benefits economic life and improves the environmental
quality of the area in which we live.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress at a
regular meeting held on the 23rd day of September 1974.
ATTEST:
CITlY
LERR THE✓ CITY OF CYPRESS
THE CITY
CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY,
that the foregoing Resolution was adopted at a regular meeting of the said
City Council held on the 23rd day of September, 1974, by the following roll
call vote:
AYES: 4 COUNCILMEN: Frankiewich, Kanel, Sonju and Lacayo
NOES: 1 COUNCILMEN: Harvey
ABSENT: 0 COUNCILMEN: None
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
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