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RESOLUTION NO. 5493
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, FAVORING EARLY
CONSTRUCTION OF LIGHT RAIL AND COMMUTER RAIL
FOR THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY
WHEREAS, the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission is
constructing a regional rail system for the Greater Los Angeles
area; and
WHEREAS, the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission
will decide after March 1990 which of several competing light
rail routes will be constructed next; and
WHEREAS, only one of these competing routes is located
within the San Gabriel Valley; and
WHEREAS, the Santa Fe Railway Company Right-of-way from Los
Angeles to San Bernardino and the Southern Pacific Transportation
Company Right-of-way in the San Gabriel Valley are both under
consideration for use in the light rai 1 and/or commuter rai 1
service.
WHEREAS, there is both unified support and growing demand
for light rail and commuter rail transit within the San Gabriel
Valley; and
WHEREAS, the ai r Quality Management Plan adopted by the
south Coast Air Quality Management District and the Southern
California Association of Governments calls for the construction
and operation of light rail and commuter rail transi t to reduce
commuter traffic and achieve related air quality goals;
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA,
CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION 1. That the City of Arcadia strongly supports a
comprehensi ve transportation system for the San Gabriel Valley,
including early construction of the light rail line to Pasadena
or a more easterly point, and early implementation of a commuter
rail system that will compliment the light rail system; we
further urge the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission to
implement these components of this comprehensive transportation
system at the earliest possible date.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify the adoption of
this Resolution.
Passed, approved and adopted this 1st
ATTEST:
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of Arcad~a
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) SS:
CITY OF ARCADIA )
I, JUNE D. ALFORD, City Clerk of the City of Arcadia, hereby
certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 5493 was passed anc;i
adopted by the City Council of the City of Arcadia, signed by the
Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk at a regular meeting of
said Council held on the 1st
day of August,
1989, and that
said Resolution was adopted by the following vote, to-wit:
AYES: Gilb, Harbicht and Chandler
NOES: None
ABSENT: Lojeski and Young
City~~th~~ Arcadia
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