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RESOLUTION NO. 2003-035 <br /> <br />RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />SANTA ANA URGING THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE <br />TO ADOPT ASSEMBLY BILL 710 TO REORGANIZE THE <br />BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE ORANGE COUNTY <br />TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY <br /> <br />bk:3/31/03 <br /> <br /> BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS <br />FOLLOWS: <br /> <br /> Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines <br />and declares as follows: <br /> <br />The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) was formed in 1991 <br />through a consolidation of separate transportation agencies to develop <br />and implement unified transportation programs and services for Orange <br />County. OCTA is governed by an eleven (11) member Board of Directors <br />consisting of four (4) county supervisors, six (6) city council <br />representatives and one (1) public member selected by the other <br />Boardmembers. The Director of District 12 of the California Department <br />of Transportation also sits on the Board as a non-voting member. <br /> <br />Introduced by Assembly Member Lou Correa on February 19, 2003, <br />Assembly Bill 710 would amend section 135002 of the Public Utilities <br />Code to increase the total number of city representatives on the OCTA <br />Board of Directors from six (6) to ten (10). The selection of the ten (10) <br />city members would be geographically balanced with two (2) <br />representatives from each of the five (5) supervisorial districts. Five (5) of <br />the city representatives would be dedicated, one (1) from the largest city <br />in each supervisorial district. The other five (5) city representatives would <br />be selected, one (1) per district, by a vote of the cities within that <br />supervisorial district. No city would be allowed to have more than one (1) <br />representative on the OCTA Board of Directors. <br /> <br />The proposed changes would allow more opportunities for small and <br />medium cities to gain seats on the OCTA Board, as they would not <br />compete with the largest city in their supervisorial district for a seat. The <br />bill would also specifically address the needs of the dedicated five (5) <br />largest cities, whose residents' account for 52% of the County's <br />population that commutes to work by public transportation, and 51% of <br />the County's bus ridership. <br /> <br />Resolution No. 2003-035 <br /> Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br /> <br />