HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 97-42RESOLUTION NO. 97-42
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL
SUPPORTING THE EXTENSION OF THE SAN JOAQUINS
INTERCITY RAIL SERVICE BETWEEN STOCKTON AND SACRAMENTO
AND SERVING THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN RAIL DEPOTS
IN THE CITIES OF STOCKTON AND LODI
WHEREAS, local agencies in San Joaquin County have worked for years to
develop multimodal stations along the former Southern Pacific alignment, to serve the
extension of the SAN JOAQUINS to Sacramento; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lodi has contributed local funding toward the
rehabilitation and re -use of the historic Lodi Rail Depot as a multimodal station on the
former Southern Pacific alignment; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lodi is completing an $8 million Central City
Revitalization project, which incorporates improvements adjacent to the planned
multimodal station; and
WHEREAS, the planned downtown multimodal station in the cities of Lodi and
Stockton will be served by a variety of transportation options in addition to intercity rail
service and allow greater mobility for the citizens of San Joaquin County; and
WHEREAS, in 1990, the Los Angeles -Fresno -Bay Area/Sacramento High Speed
Rail Corridor Study Group (AB 971) recommended that direct rail service be implemented
between Stockton and Sacramento as a near-term incremental improvement of the SAN
JOAQUINs; and
WHEREAS, the extension of the SAN JOAQUINS to Sacramento along the former
Southern Pacific alignment has been identified as the highest priority of the Steering
Committee of Caltrans' Rail Task Force since 1987; and
WHEREAS, the California High Speed Rail Study analyzed urban and rural
alignments for the statewide rail system and determined that the corridors serving the
population centers provided the greatest benefit to the residents of California; and
WHEREAS, capital funding for the extension of the SAN JOAQUINS to
Sacramento has been programmed from Proposition 116 funds; and
WHEREAS, $2.2 million has been identified in the state budget toward the
operation of Intercity Rail Service between Stockton and Sacramento; and
WHEREAS, the extension of the SAN JOAQUINS to Sacramento will complete a
major gap in connecting the major economic centers of Northern California by passenger
rail service.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Lodi will work with local,
regional and state agencies to ensure the extension of the SAN JOAQUINS to Sacramento,
along the former Southern Pacific alignment.
Dated: January 15, 1997
I hereby certify that Resolution No. 97-42 was passed and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Lodi in a regular meeting held April 2, 1997 by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS - Land, Mann, Sieglock, Warner
and Pennino (Mayor)
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS - None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS - None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS - None
IFER PERRIN
City Clerk
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