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TO: ;arl Prescott
FROM: Carole Bryant 4
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DATE: 01 , Ma rc h 90
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Attached is the resolution you were kind enough to agendize 'dor k
the next regular council meeting, March 5, 1990.
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resolution is non-partisan and offers honest public irlput, •
some that I suspoc t the OCTC is afraid of. But i'f transit t
and diamond lanes-wbrk so well, the'OCTC should have no trouble
getting public support, and should be eager to adopt the idea.
Let's wee 'f the council is brave enough to do the right thing.
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MAR 01 '90 08:42 P.2/2
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF TUSTI.N, RECOMMENDING THAT TWO TAX INITIA-
TIVES BE PLACED ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT: ONE
FOR ROADS AND FREEWAYS, AND ANOTHER FOR DIA-
MOND LANES AND MASS TRANSIT.
WHEREAS, traffic -related issues within the County of Orange
are of utmost concern to the local off i ci al s, business persons, and
citizens of Orange County and specifically, the City of Tustin; and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Transportation Commission will not
hold evening public meetings, when the public and interested part-
ies might provide input; and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Transportation Commission has not
completed the promised test of the diamond lane on SR -55 to prove
its utility; and
WHEREAS, the citizens of Orange County have voted twice in
five years against any tax increase to build diamond 1 anes on their
freeways; and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Transportation needs to show that
they are dealing in good faith with the public they serve.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the '
City of
Tustin does hereby recommend that there be two tax initia-
ti ves placed before the voters in November 1990: one initiative for
general purpose lanes and roads, and a separate initiative for dia-
mond lanes and mass transit.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Tustin at a
regular meeting held on the day of s
1990.
Richard B. Edgar
Mayer
Mary E. Wynn
City Clerk