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REL:ms <br />2/26/80 <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. 80-45 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA URGING THE ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO PLACE A BALLOT <br />MEASURE ON THE JUNE 1980 COUNTY BALLOT <br />THAT WILL MAKE ORANGE COUNTY ELIGIBLE FOR <br />STATE RAPID TRANSIT FUNDS <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the multi-modal transportation study in <br />progress with the Orange County Transportation Co~mission <br />foresees travel demand doubling by 1995 and producing intolerable <br />congestion on the County's freeways and arterial highways; <br />and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, there are several segments of the County's <br />arterial and freeway system which will experience sufficient <br />usage to justify a fixed guideway system by 1995; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the State Constitution and State Legislation <br />provide state funds for rapid transit fixed guideway systems <br />to eligible counties; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, funds made available by such a ballot <br />measure may be used to construct fixed guideway facilities <br />such as the Pacific Electric Right of Way or the Amtrak <br />Inter-City Commuter Station within the City of Santa Ana; <br />and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County now is the only major urban <br />county ineligible to receive state rapid transit funds even <br />though Orange County Taxpayers contribute to these funds <br />without benefit; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the voters of Orange County approved the <br />Constitutional Amendment permitting diversion of highway <br />funds in 1974 by a 59% yes vote; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, there is an additional requirement to <br />qualify the County of Orange for these two funds, which is a <br />majority affirmative response of the voters of Orange County <br />to a local ballot measure pursuant to Section 4 of Article <br />XIX of the California Constitution; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, unless the voters of Orange County approve <br />of Orange County of Orange will not receive its fair share <br />of available rapid transit funding and said funds will go to <br />counties which have approved the necessary ballot measure; <br />and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the eligibility for these fundings do not <br />require a new tax but will merely return to Orange County <br />funding which comes from taxes already paid by Orange Countians. <br /> <br /> <br />