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,:olden GaLe Bridge
mat':ire ,ln~fl July l~ ].~7] ,,
"'-' ' .., .... ~. ,.,~ un ....... that
:II~ poo ~ '"+~ "
pie t,:i~, Distric: :,ra:~'~ as~ui*ed ,-'~.~,',~ tho
:~,..a bond i~su~ was submi, tt;ed "'~ .... the Go'~ n,.~<~,.,= ,.~,,.-,,:
become toll r~,~. a. fte~ t~ bonded ~-~:-"*""~.'~ ob~
were finally paid in full; and
~ERE&S SB 576 would break faith with c:~- people b~~ permitting
p~rp~tua! tolls to be collect~d on %h~ Goid~n Gate B~idge and such
toll rova..nua=: co~,.~d 'b,~ diverte~ to bi',Idges.:, poi-ts.? a~:~o_ t,$: <,..:~
other facilities in wl~tch the people of%he County of Mendocino a:id
other counties of tho ~o].den Gate B~ie~ and Hisbway District would
conceivably b~ve no interest or rights whatsoe'ver; a:~td
t:-FHERFm%S the Golden Gate Bridgs was con:struoted by the
of th~ District without ~y financial assistanc~ from the Stat~
Fsd~ral Goverr~en%= or any other sourco.~ ~d is a demonstrat~>fi
financial success ~nder economical aud ~ff~
~.cient direction smd
m~.nagement ~ a~
~=~REAS the p;~opossd Go~.c:en Geco Authority would cor~,f::scate
'this great bridge and all its as~-'ets without the e.×pressud cons..~n~
of the people at an election; and
WHER.,~,S this City Council. was neve:e ooneu].t~d on the draftl:<::..~
of SB 576; and
WfFEREAS this City Council. is convinced 'that SB 576 i~
detrimental to tlie test in~erost of o~ peop!,~ and to t:i~'-
tr~isportation 8~nd transit needs of tho
C.~ ~:~ ~. now~. therefore
BE IT R~OL!~D ~_hat the City Council of the Ci ~y of Ukiah
hereby ~:mp~essos opposition to SB 576 ~s it affocts tho Golden
Gate Bridge~ and the Golden Gate B~idge and Highway Distri~,:~,?
and be it further
RESOLVED that this Citv Council requests its representa'tfe,~
in the State Legislatur~ Senator Wavei~ly Slattery and Assembli~uan
Frank P~ Belotti~ to prepare any necessary amendments to delete all
i-eference in SB 576 to the tr~sfer of control and operation of the
Golden Gate Bridge a~. Highway District to,mia Golden Ga'se ¢~.~.,,j
and bs it furtb~
R~0LVED that copies of this resolution be transmitted to
Govemno~ Edmund Go Brown.; Lieutenant Governor G.!en~ M~ Anderson,,
' " ' B~ ~"~ SO'~''~tr~'~'?'' Of
President of the State Senatel Honoi-'able Ra.tpn. ~,:.~.~
State Ass~moly~ Senato~ Wave:ely Slattery, .:~,~, ......
Belot:.ti; ~egis!ative rop:'os~ntatives of all ,,,, ~ ~ .~n~ ~,'
of the Ool. den Gate Bridge ~nd Highway Distlist; and to tho
of Supervi~,o,s. of the C~ty_ a~d County. , o*., ,.,a~,,<~,, Francis co and
Oomties of A!~aeda~ Contra Costa> Del l.~oi, te.~ Matin:, Napa.¢ San
Santa ¢lara.¢ Solano, Sonoma; and to the Comaty Supervlsoz:st
and the Pmessr aud the League of California Citieso
vote~
Ayes: Councilman Banker, Buxton, Runkel and Wagner
f'.,..b s~,'' ~'- '~.:.., ~., Councilman Mercer.
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