HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 96-64RESOLUTION NO. 96-64
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL
RECOMMENDING THAT THE HIGH SPEED RAIL COMMISSION
ADOPT THE ALTAMONT PASS CORRIDOR AS THE CONNECTION
TO THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
WHEREAS, the High Speed Rail Commission is studying various corridors to provide high speed
service from Los Angeles to San Francisco and Sacramento; and
WHEREAS, the Commission has already recommended further study of the State Route 99
Corridor; and
WHEREAS, the State Route 99 Base and State Route 99 Long Corridor options have the highest
ridership and revenue potential; and
WHEREAS, the State Route Base and the State Route 99 Long Corridor options provide the best
service for the intermediate travel markets; and
WHEREAS, the Altamont Pass Capital costs range from 15 to 35 percent less than the capital costs
for the Panoche and Pacheco passes; and
WHEREAS, the ridership of the high speed rail will increase approximately 2Yz times if the corridor
is extended to San Diego on the south and Sacramento on the north; and
WHEREAS, operating costs for such extensions would only increase by 50%; and
WHEREAS, the extension of the high speed rail to Sacramento would increase the market
population by approximately three million people and double that by the time service starts; and
WHEREAS, the State Route 99 Corridor in conjunction with the Altamont Pass Corridor would
extend the high speed rail to Stockton and potentially Sacramento. It would offer an opportunity for more
dense development of land use thus, saving valuable central valley farmland.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that based upon these reasons, the City Council of the
City of Lodi recommends that the High Speed Rail Commission adopt the Altamont Pass Corridor as the
connection to the San Francisco Bay Area.
Dated: June 5, 1996
I hereby certify that Resolution No. 96-64 was passed and adopted by the Lodi City Council in a
regular meeting held June 5, 1996 by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS - Davenport, Mann, Pennino, Sieglock and
Warner (Mayor)
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS - None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS - None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS - None
JUNIFER YJ. PERRIN
City Clerk
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