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R E S 0 L U T I 0 N N 0 • 1260 ----------
RESOLUTION ~TING TO S~JDY OF TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES OF
THE PENINSULA.
WHEREAS, improvement of 1nter-eounty transportation
has been the consideration ot a great number of cit1~ens, both
public and private, tor many yeara; and,
WHEREAS, numerous plans !or tne improvement of c~
muting facilitie~, including highway, railroad, and street oar
transportation have been previously suggeeted and have been
shelved not because of lack or merit, but becauoe of lack or
coordinated interest and lack or community organization; and,
WHEREAS, 1t 1s believed improvements in rapid transit ~ac1lit1es may be 1rnrned1ately procured through adjustment at
present facil1tie~ creating greater efficiency without prohi~tive
cost for the benefit of the Peninsula; and,
WHEREAS, it has been h1~ly reco~ended and deemed
vitally important that a complet~ foundation survey with
appropriate plane be made for the ultimate soluti~n of traffic
problems to and frcxn San Francis eo at'ld the Peninsula to be
coordinated with proposed future construction of increased
traffic fac111tios within the City of San Francisco;
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NOW, 1'HEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the I
City of Palo Alto, that it 1s the ccn.semms of t:t-.is meeting . .1
that the permanent inter-county transportation improvement eo~1ttees appointed by the respective governing boards of the
City and Co~ty of San Francis~o and s~n Mateo County commence
an immedis.te study of the 1:1'provernent o; transportation
fac111t:tes, and that funds should be provided by each .:-:overning tody for this purpose.
BE I·r FURTHER RESOLVI!."D that it ie the rec0l'l'.rrendat1on
of this Council that the Board of Supervisors of Santa Clara
County immediately appo1nt a trans-portat10'n. com1r.i ttee to collabo-
rate with the committees of San Francisco and San Mateo Counties.
BE IT FURTHER RESOL~JD that copies of this resolution
be sent to the Supervisors of SantaClara County, the Supervi~ors
of the City and County of s.., Francisco, the San Francisco Cha~ber of Commerce, and all chambers of commerce, improvement
clubs and civic bodies 1n San hiateo County and the ncrthern
portion of Santa Clara County.
The above and foregoing resolution was duly and
regularly 1~troduced and passed by the Council of the City ot
Palo Alto at a re.cmlar meet~.ng held on Monday, the 13th day
of November, 1939, by the following votet
AYES:
NOES:
ABSEN'I'a
Bentrott, Blois, Cashel, Costello, Cypher, Godd&ru,
Hoy, Merne~, Richards, Svuthwood, Thoite.
None.
Mitchell, Reed, Thomas, Wood.
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