HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 7954 N.C.S. 10/24/1977 •olution No. 7'9 4 ' N C ;� LI: - -
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• A. _RESOLUTION REQUESTING', -THE BOARD OF .DIRECTORS. OF THE ',GOLDEN' •
GATE BRIDGE, HIGHWAY ANDD DISTRICT TO RESCIND "
. ' OR lN THALTERNATIVE,, TO PROVIDE A PROPO
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THEIR: ACTION
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City,of Petaluma, on the 24th day of _ - -- -zr : - -_ -- October . . - - - -. , 19 -- 7 7
tat , W x D A S , t h ea G. a lden ':Gaye Bridge .Highway and Trans:por-
p d= prove a general, fare nd
a- toll... increase
to ..finance ' projected deficits in Di strr +i,ct.,' expenditures; and,
: WHEREAS, •iii . the face of such `projected deficits, the Dis-
tr:ict Board has approved' subsidy to 'the City:. of San Fran-
dollar's 1 ($ , 000aO0p0,) , not'withstanding hthat sa 'd District
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no • legal obligation - 'to provide such a s•bs=idy, and,
- WHEREAS, said••.subsid_ y is grossly unfair.-to the residents
of other counties. .served by the Di`-str and •Sonoma County and.
b ,- in, making gift° of said funds generated'
by ist ct District t P etalum a., a . patrons to finance tra n only remotely
related to the District' own functions, thereby taxing the
re of other counties' for local- servic .provided by the
' City: o.f , ,San : Francisco, and,,' -
WHEREAS, , such ,'.a method of taxation is' •unrfair to residents '
r H of c n ie's norr of tiefarm,, of
e:d a'
San -Francisco :d an should be. repealed .
• rtion 'to all .. areas .'..served by the Dstrict
which provide connecting gcal trap 's ortat on, aervice,
- • NOW. THI REF.O.RE', BE ;IT RESOLVED that the .Council hereby ' •
., urges the Golden Gate; Bridge, Highw .and - T ransportation Dis-
trict to' resci'n' its ,de facto tax . on Nort gay patrons to ,
subsidize local .,ervices•,in Sari Francisco : in the alternative,
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to fairly .apportion said'subsidy to all citie's and counties
, served - -by the District Which `provides. local • connecting trans =,
', portation services;.
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°•�� ' � a. 'FURTHER RESOLVED that a or- toriment of said
;I; apportionment a_
subsid� i�s made to b , ,
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• I all spuch cities and coon ies, it should
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, I ' c be. done,` rn 's uch a .manner as to. pres l ocal Metropolitan , • Transp.or;tation Commission, entitlements ,
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BE IT FURTHER - RESOLVED that the 'City' "Clerk is hereby . ' •
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' directed to transm t a: certified copy of t11i•s :resolution
to the Board,, of Directors of the • Golden Gate Bridge, •High-
way and Transp'ortatioi.District.. '
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under the power and authority-.conferred upon this Council by the Charter" of said City. ..
y y and regularly
" I hereby certif that Resolution was dul °a .,introduced and'
• adopted the Council of the City of Petaluma on the 2 4th
' ' of October 19 77 , by the following votes:
. AYES: .Counci_1men;Bals'haw, Bond, Hilligoss, Perry, and
Mayor Putnam
NOES:' ' None.
` ABSENT Councilmen Cavanagh and Harberson I
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ATTEST _ � - .. — -- -" �' i ,
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' City Clerk .. ' "Mayor
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