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HomeMy WebLinkAbout18-25 CC Resolution RESOLUTION NO. 18-25 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA IN SUPPORT OF PROPOSITION 69 WHEREAS, California's cities, counties and transportation agencies need dedicated funding to support transportation infrastructure road safety improvements, fill potholes, and repair local streets, highways, freeways, bridges and overpasses; and WHEREAS, there is a statewide backlog of over $130 billion in needed road repairs, including $73 billion needed for local streets and roads; and WHEREAS, last year's "Road Repair and Accountability Act" (SB 1 — Beall) will raise $5 billion annually in long-term, dedicated transportation funding to make road safety improvements, fill potholes and repair local streets, highways, bridges and overpasses, with the revenues split equally between state and local government projects; and WHEREAS, these transportation revenues should have additional Constitutional protections to ensure funds are used only for transportation purposes; and WHEREAS, Proposition 69 on the June 2018 ballot would add another layer of accountability by preventing the State Legislature from diverting or raiding any new transportation revenues for non-transportation improvement purposes. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City of Temecula hereby supports Proposition 69 on the June 2018 ballot to prevent new transportation funds from being diverted for nontransportation purposes. Section 2. The City of Temecula supports and can be listed as a member of the Coalition to Protect Local Transportation Improvements, a diverse coalition of local government, business, labor, transportation and other organizations throughout the state, in support of Proposition 69. Section 3. We direct staff to email a copy of this adopted resolution to Kyle Griffith of the Coalition to Protect Local Transportation Improvements campaign at kgriffith@bcfpublicaffairs.com. Section 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution. Resos 18-25 1 PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Temecula this 10th day of April, 2018. Matt Rahn,M ra oyoy ATTEST: �' - Randi Johl, City Clerk [SEAL] Resos 18-25 2 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss CITY OF TEMECULA ) I, Randi Johl, City Clerk of the City of Temecula, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 18-25 was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of Temecula at a meeting thereof held on the 10th day of April, 2018, by the following vote: AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Comerchero, Edwards, Naggar, Stewart, Rahn NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSTAIN: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None a Randi Johl, City Clerk Resos 18-25 3