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HomeMy WebLinkAbout89-40 - Traffic Improvement & Growth Management PlanRESOLUTION NO. 89 -40 TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENT AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach approving the Traffic Improvement and Growth Management Plan for the purpose of placing the plan before the voters of Orange County. • WHEREAS, Orange County's serious traffic and transportation problems threaten the quality of life throughout our county; and WHEREAS, maintaining and improving our aging transportation system is essential to preserving our standard of living and to developing an environment where business, industry, and commerce can prosper and homeowners' individual investments can be protected; and WHEREAS, the State of California and the federal government have said emphatically that they cannot solve Orange County's transportation problems alone and that all California cities and counties must take steps to help solve their transportation problems at the local level; and WHEREAS, the Orange County Transportation Commission, acting as Orange County's Local Transportation Authority, is requesting the City of Newport Beach to join with the County of Orange and other Orange County cities to support the placement of a Traffic Improvement and Growth Management Plan before the voters of Orange County; and WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach recognizes it ultimately will be the decisions of Orange County voters to determine if they wish to approve a one half cent sales tax increase to finance the transportation projects contained in the Traffic Improvement and Growth Management Plan; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Newport Beach City Council has approved the Traffic Improvement and Growth Management Plan for the purpose of placing this matter before the voters of Orange County. THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach this 22nd day of May 1989. W 0. , Mayor City of Newport Beach