Resolution - 8378RESOLUTION NO. 8378
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
COVINA, CALIFORNIA, FAVORING EARLY CONSTRUCTION OF LIGHT
RAIL AND COMMUTER RAIL SYSTEMS FOR THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.
WHEREAS, the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission is
constructing a regional rail system for the greater Los Angeles area; and
WHEREAS, the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission will decide
after March 1990 which of several competing light rail routes will be
constructed next; and
WHEREAS, only one of these competing routes is located within the
San Gabriel Valley; and
WHEREAS, the Santa Fe Railway Company right-of-way from Los Angeles
to San Bernardino and the Southern Pacific transportation company right-of-way
in the San Gabriel Valley are both under consideration for use in the light
rail and/or commuter rail service; and
WHEREAS, there is both unified support and growing demand for light
rail and commuter rail transit within the San Gabriel Valley; and
WHEREAS, the Air Quality Management Plan adopted by the South Coast
Air Quality Management District and the Southern California Association of
Governments calls for the construction and operation of light rail and commuter
rail transit to reduce commuter traffic and achieve related air quality goals;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of West Covina supports
a comprehensive transportation system for the San Gabriel Valley, including
early construction of the light rail line through the East San Gabriel Valley
and to more easterly points, and early implementation of a commuter rail system
that will compliment the light rail system. We further urge the Los Angeles
County Transportation Commission to implement these components of the
comprehensive transportation system at the earliest possible date.
i
low 'p-NO1
ATTEST:
=-'City Cler
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by
the City Council of the City of West Covina at a regular meeting thereof held
on the 24th day of July, 1989, by the following vote of the Council:
AYES . Councilmembers:
NOES . Councilmembers:
ABSENT: Councilmembers:
c�
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
•