1990/07/24 City Council Resolution (13)RESOLUTION NO. 90 -165
DATED: July 24, 1990
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
REQUESTING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF SONOMA TO
CREATE THE SONOMA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY; APPROVING
THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE AUTHORITY;
APPOINTING A REPRESENTATIVE TO THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE
AUTHORITY; APPROVING THE SONOMA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
EXPENDITURE PLAN; DESIGNATING THE SONOMA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION
AUTHORITY AS THE RESPONSIBLE AGENCY FOR THE PREPARATION AND
ADOPTION OF A CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM; AND APPROVING AN
ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT
WHEREAS, the Sonoma County Transportation Committee
consisting of representatives of the cities, the Board of
Supervisors and private industry has recommended the creation
of a county transportation authority to finance certain street,
highway and public transit improvements; and
WHEREAS, the board of directors of the proposed
authority (sitting as a committee pending the creation of the
authority) has adopted a proposed expenditure plan; and
WHEREAS, the Local Transportation Authority and
Improvement Act and Government Code §65089 require the
concurrence of a majority of the cities having a majority of
the incorporated population within the County for the creation
of an authority and an entity to prepare and adopt a congestion
management plan;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that this City Council
hereby finds, determines, declares and orders as follows:
1. That it is in the best interests of the City
of Rohnert Park and it is hereby requested that the Sonoma
County Board of Supervisors create the Sonoma County
Transportation Authority pursuant to the Local Transportation
Authority and Improvements Act (Public Utilities Code § §180000
and following).
2. That this City Council concurs in the
recommendation of the Sonoma County Transportation Committee
that the governing body of the Sonoma County Transportation
Authority shall consist of 11 members composed as follows: one
city councilmember from each incorporated city and three
members of the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors.
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3. That Councilmember Charlie Cochran is hereby
appointed to serve, at the will and pleasure of this Council,
as the City's representative on the Board of Directors of the
Sonoma County Transportation Authority and that Councilmember
Warren K. Hopkins shall serve as an alternate.
4. That the Sonoma County Transportation Expenditure
Plan, as approved by the Sonoma County Transportation Authority
(sitting as a committee) at its meeting of July 23, 1990, is
approved and recommended to the Authority for. adoption.
5. That the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors is
requested to call a special election for November 6, 1990 for
voter approval of:
(a) a countywide retail transaction and use tax
to be levied at a maximum rate of 0.75 percent,
(b) a maximum bonding authorization of $200
million, and
(c) an annual appropriations limit for the
authority sufficient to accommodate projected revenue from the
proposed countywide retail transactions and use tax.
6. That the actions authorized by this resolution are
exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental
Quality Act by virtue of exemptions for transportation
improvement programs and projects that are submitted to a vote
of the electorate (Public Resources Code §21080(b)(14),
California Administrative Code §§15276 and 15378).
7. That pursuant to the requirements of Government
Code §65089, the Sonoma County Transportation Authority shall
prepare, adopt and administer a congestion management program
for Sonoma County that meets the requirements of law.
8. The City Clerk shall forthwith deliver a certified
copy of this Resolution to the Clerk of the Sonoma County Board
of Supervisors.
DULY AND REGULARLY ADOPTED this 24th day of July, 1990.
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