HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 085-1999RESOLUTION 85_1999
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME
EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO CURRENT PROPOSALS TO EXTEND
BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT (BART) LINES FROM MILLBRAE TO MENLO PARK
RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Burlingame:
WHEREAS, there have been recent proposals to extend BART fines from Millbrae to Menlo
Park; and
WHEREAS, these proposals would diverttransit funding from SamTrans, Caltrain, and local
street improvements and would require significant additional taxation in the County; and
WHEREAS, neither the cities that would be affected by these proposals nor BART have
been consulted; and
WHEREAS, the proposed alignments of BART tracks to Menlo Park would severely affect
residents and businesses in the City of Burlingame; and
WHEREAS, other cities that might be affected have expressed opposition; and
WHEREAS, the proposed alignments have not been studied, have not been subject to any
public or environmental review, and have not received any fiscal analysis; and
WHEREAS, important transit projects to improve Caltrain service, enhance SamTrans
service, add auxiliary lanes to Highway 101, and continue improvements to the local streets and
bikeways in the County are already seeking transit money; and
WHEREAS, the coming BART extension to Millbrae is still under construction and untested
for traffic and community impacts; and
WHEREAS, other key transit improvements such as Highway 101 overpasses are not yet
funded; and
WHEREAS, this Council strongly supports the extension of Caltrain to Downtown San
Francisco as expressed in Resolution No. 68-97; and
WHEREAS, any BART extension into Burlingame must be placed underground pursuant
to Resolution No. 83-96; and
WHEREAS, the future oftransportation in the County must be addressed in a comprehensive
manner with full consideration of the environmental and community effects of different combinations
of effective public transit,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that:
1. The City Council of the City of Burlingame opposes extension of BART from Millbrae to
Menlo Park as has been proposed during the past six months.
2. Any further consideration of such an extension must meet the following tests:
a. Full consultation with the affected cities and the County of San Mateo and with the
residents and businesses of those cities and the unincorporated areas affected.
b. No diversion of transit or tax funds from the transit projects identified in the County's
Measure A plans, the State Transportation Improvement Plans for the Peninsula, the Peninsula
Corridor Joint Powers Board Rapid Rail Plan, and the Congestion Management Plan for the County,
including the extension of Caltrain to Downtown San Francisco and improvement of Highway 101
through auxiliary lanes and Broadway overpass realignment. In addition, such a BART extension
should not take priority over those projects with regard to Federal funding.
c. A two-thirds vote of the voters of San Mateo County approving a specific extension plan
and funding.
d. Undergrounding of any extension within the City of Burlingame.
e. Full environmental review before submission to the voters of the County.
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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 16th day
of August 1999, and was adopted thereafter by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
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KNIGI.IT, O'MAHONY, SPINELLI
GALLIGAN, JANNEY
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CITY CLERK