HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 18-050 - opposition to Proposition 6RESOLUTION NO. 18-050
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA
EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO PROPOSITION 6
WHEREAS, cities and counties own and operate more than 81 % of streets and roads in
California; and
WHEREAS, residents of California are dependent upon roadways and expect to have
access to a safe, reliable transportation network to drive to work, bike to school, or ride the bus;
and
WHEREAS, the 2016 California Statewide Local Streets and Roads Needs Assessment,
which provides critical analysis and information on the local transportation network's conditions
and funding needs, indicates that the condition of local transportation network is deteriorating at
an increasing rate; and
WHEREAS, California has more than 1,600 bridges and overpasses that are structurally
deficient and unsafe and 89% of counties have roads that are in "poor" or "at -risk" condition;
and
WHEREAS, according to the National Highway Traffic Association, there were more
than 3,600 fatalities on California roads in 2016, with poor road conditions as a major factor in
vehicle collisions and accidents; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 6 would eliminate more than $52 billion over the next 10 years
in existing transportation funding, including the $15 billion in direct apportionments, and $11
billion in available competitive grant funding, to cities and counties statewide; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 6 would stop funding for more than 6,500 transportation
improvement projects currently underway or planned in communities across California; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 6 would jeopardize public safety by eliminating thousands of
projects to fix unsafe bridges and overpasses, repair crumbling and hazardous roads, and enhance
pedestrian safety; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 6 would result in the loss of more than $500,000 to the City of
Saratoga each year and severely constrain investments in and long term maintenance of
transportation infrastructure.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Saratoga
hereby opposes Proposition 6 on the November 2018 ballot and may be listed as a member of the
No on Prop 6 coalition.
The above and foregoing resolution was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Saratoga
City Council held on the 19th day of September 2018 by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor Mary -Lynne Bemald, Vice Mayor E. Manny Cappello, Council Members
Howard A. Miller, Emily Lo, Rishi Kumar
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Mary- YJynr Bernald, Mayor
ATTEST:
DATE: 9 26/ 2,0t X
DeDe b retschneider, Interim City Clerk