HomeMy WebLinkAbout18-019 - Resolution RESOLUTION NO. 18-019
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
CUCAMONGA SUPPORTING PROPOSITION 69 ON THE JUNE 2018
BALLOT TO PREVENT NEW TRANSPORTATION FUNDS FROM
BEING DIVERTED FOR NON-TRANSPORTATION PURPOSES
WHEREAS, California's cities, counties and transportation agencies need dedicated
funding to support transportation infrastructure road safety improvements,fill potholes, and repair
local streets, highways, freeways, bridges and overpasses; and
WHEREAS, there is a statewide backlog of over $130 billion in needed road repairs,
including $73 billion needed for local streets and roads; and
WHEREAS, last year's "Road Repair and Accountability Act" (SB 1 — Beall) will raise $5
billion annually in long-term, dedicated transportation funding to make road safety improvements,
fill potholes and repair local streets, highways, bridges and overpasses, with the revenues split
equally between state and local government projects; and
WHEREAS, these transportation revenues should have additional Constitutional
protections to ensure funds are used only for transportation purposes; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 69 on the June 2018 ballot would add another layer of
accountability by preventing the State Legislature from diverting or raiding any new transportation
revenues for non-transportation improvement purposes.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Rancho Cucamonga hereby
supports Proposition 69 on the June 2018 ballot to prevent new transportation funds from being
diverted for non-transportation purposes; and
THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Rancho Cucamonga
supports and can be listed as a member of the Coalition to Protect Local Transportation
Improvements, a diverse coalition of local government, business, labor, transportation and other
organizations throughout the state, in support of Proposition 69.
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 1r day of April, 2018.
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L. Dennis Michael, May r
ATTEST:
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. Reynolds, Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ) ss
CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA )
I, Janice C. Reynolds, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Cucamonga,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly passed, approved, and adopted by
the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, at a Special Meeting of said Council held
on the 17thday of April 2018.
AYES: Alexander, Kennedy, Michael, Spagnolo, Williams
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAINED: None
Executed this 18th day of April, 2018, at Rancho Cucamonga, California.
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Janrce.C. Reynolds, Clerk
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