HomeMy WebLinkAbout1969/12/01 City Council Resolution (4)WHEREAS, the City of Rohnert Park, a Municipal
Corporation, is bisected for a distance of approximately
three (3) miles by the right of way of the Northwestern
Pacific Railroad, and
% HEREZ,S, it is the continuing policy of the City
of Rohnert Park to beatify the City through a program of
landscaping City streets and public properties, and
WHEREAS, throughout the State of California and
across the nation a similar public need for beautification
of State and Federal Highways, through proper cleanup,
landscaping, and planting has been recognized, and
T
v�,HER S, the city of Rohnert Park believes that a
comparable public need exists for the landscaping of
railroad rights of way where they pass through urban areas
throughout the State of California, and
WHEREAS, the City believes that the need for
beautification of railroad rights of way in urban areas is
statewide and a uniform policy should be adopted throughout
the State, and
WHEREAS, the California State Public Utilities
Commission has the exclusive control over railroads operating
within the State of California and has the authority to itself
initiate studies as to the -pdblic need where railroads are
affected.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council
of the City of Rohnert Par]' does re-quest the Cali f-ornia State
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Public Utilities or,on to institute a special study
as to the feasibility of requiring railroads operating
throughout the State to institute a program of beautifi-
cation of railroad rights of way in urban areas throughout
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the State by requiring the landscaping and maintenance of
said rights of way.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk is
authorized and directed to Deliver a copy of this resolution
to the California State Public Utilities Commission, the
League of California Cities, the County of Sonoma, all
incorporated cities withi:-' the County of Sonoma, and all
other interested State and local governmental entities.
DU1,Y AND REGULARLY ADOPTED this 1st day of December,
1969®
CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
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AYES: 4 Councilmen Buchanan, Hopkins, Roberts and Rogers
NOES: None
ABSENT: 1 Councilman Smith
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