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AGENDA STATEMENT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: January 18, 2000
SUBJECT:
Letter of Support to Include the BART Extension to Livermore
Environmental Study in the Alameda County Expenditure Plan in
Conjunction with the Reauthorization of Measure B
Report Prepared by: Lee S. Thompson, Public Works Director
ATTACHMENTS:
Draft City of Dublin Letter of Support
RECOMMENDATION
FINANCIAL STATEMENT:
Approve Letter of Support and Authorize Mayor to sign letter
The Alameda County Expenditure Plan would allocate at least $7.0
million dollars for the BART Extension to Livermore
Environmental Study if project is included in the Plan and approved
by voters.
DESCRIPTION: The existing Half-Cent Sales Tax Transportation Program has
provided several hundred millions of dollars for improving the local and regional transportation system in
Alameda County. This tax will expire March 31, 2002, unless an extension of the tax is approved by
voters. An extension of the program past Year 2002 was presented on the ballot to voters in June of 1998.
Although a majority of the voters (58.5%) voted in favor of the measure, it failed to achieve the two-thirds
approval required for special taxes. Alameda County Transportation Authority (ACTA), the administrator
of the program, is proposing to again put this measure before the voters with a revised Expenditure Plan.
One of the proposed projects included in the revised Expenditure Plan is the BART Extension to
Livermore Environmental Study. This environmental study is the first step in defining the precise
alignment and project limits of the BART extension project to Livermore, including more accurate cost
estimates and approval of the project environmental document. At least $7.0 million dollars is proposed
to be allocated in the Expenditure Plan for this project.'
Staff believes that the BART extension project to Livermore is a high priority project in the Tri-Valley
that will alleviate traffic congestion on 1-580 by providing an alternative mode of transportation. It
would further reduce congestion around the existing Dublin/Pleasanton BART Station. The funding of
environmental work will provide seed money to initiate the engineering of the project. Staff has prepared
a letter addressed to ACTA supporting the inclusion of the BART Extension to Livermore Environmental
Study in the revised Expenditure Plan. Staff recommends approval of the letter of support and to
authorize the Mayor to sign said letter.
agst BART ext Liv support, doc
COPIES TO: ChriStine Monsen, ACTA
ITEM NO.
CITY OF DUBLIN
P.O. Box 2340, Dublin, California 94568 · City Offices, 100 Civic Plaza, Dublin, California 94568
January 18, 2000
Mayor Mark Green, Chairperson
Expenditure Plan Development Steering Committee
c/o Alameda County Transportation Authority
1401 Lakeside Drive, Suite 600
Oakland, CA 94612-4305
RE:
Letter of Support to Include the BART Extension to Livermore Environmental Study in
the Alameda County Expenditure Plan
Dear Mayor Green:
It has come to the attention of our Council that the recently revised Alameda County Expenditure
Plan has included the allocation of funds for the BART Extension to Livermore Environmental
Study in the amount of at least $7.0 million .dollars.
The City of Dublin supports the inclusion of this project in the Expenditure Plan. Funding of the
environmental study will provide seed money to initiate engineering of the project.
Furthermore, the study will define the project's precise alignment and limits, provide more
accurate cost estimates and approval of the project environmental document.
The BART extension project to Livermore will help alleviate traffic congestion in the Tri-Valley
area by providing an alternative mode of transportation. It would further reduce congestion
around the existing Dublin/Pleasanton BART station where the train currently ends.
Sincerely., . :
Mayor Guy S. Houston
copy: Each Member, Dublin City Council
Richard Ambrose, City Manager
Lee Thompson, Director of Public Works
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