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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 066-1999RESOLUTION 66-1999 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO ASSEMBLY BILL 670 NOW PENDING BEFORE THE CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Burlingame: WHEREAS, the California State Assembly has approved Assembly Bill 670 that would grant broad authority to SamTrans and BART to acquire property throughout the Bay Area and the State of California so long as it has some connection to a "transit facility" and to develop the property as either district saw fit; and WHEREAS, this authority would be exempt from local zoning and hearing processes; and WHEREAS, this authority would make both districts capable of acquiring, developing, and operating property that bear no relationship to the basic purposes or territory of either agency; and WHEREAS, there is no apparent or demonstrated need for the extension of this broad authority to either district; and WHEREAS, this acquired property could exempt significant property holdings from local property taxes, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council ofthe City ofBurlingame is opposed to the enactment of Assembly Bill 670 in its present form. MAYOR I, JUDITH A. MALFATTI, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the_ 21st day of JUNE 11999, and was adopted thereafter by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: GALLIGAN, JANNEY, KNIGHT, O'MAHONY, SPINELLI NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE CITY CLERK