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RESOLUTION NO. 88 - 20
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY AUTHORIZING THE METROPOLITAN
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION AS A REGIONAL SERVICE AUTHORITY FOR FREEWAY EMEFGENCIES
(SAFE) .
WHEREAS, Chapter 250 of the Statues of 1987 amends the Streets and Highways
Code beginning at Section 2550 to provide that the Metropolitan Transportation
Commission (MTC) may function as the Service Authority for Freeway Emergencies
(SAFE) in any or all of the Counties of Santa Clara, San Mateo, Alameda, Contra
Costa, Marin, Solano, Sonoma, Napa and the City and County of San Francisco, upon
adoption of a resolution by MTC to act as a service authority and upon ratification
of MTC's resolution in a particular county by the Board of Supervisors of the
County and by the City Councils of the Cities within the County having a majority
of the population of the Cities within the County; and
~IEREAS, the SAFE would have the responsibility for implementing a freeway
and highway emergency motorist aid system for emergency call boxes in those
counties which agree to participate in the establishment of a SAFE, to be paid for
with funds obtained by the SAFE pursuant to Streets and Highways Code Section 2553
and Vehicle Code Section 9250.10; and
WHEREAS, MTC has adopted a resolution agreeing to function as the SAFE for
the nine county Bay Area region and has requested ratification of its resolution by
the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that a freeway and highway emergency
motorist aid system for call boxes would benefit motorists on freeways and highways
in the County of Santa Clara/City of Gilroy and is needed to ensure the safety of
motorists and reduce the time spent by law enforcement officers responding to
routine vehicle disablements; and
WHEREAS, the South Valley Freeway between Bernal and Cochran Roads has no
access nor means of communication.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Gilroy hereby ratifies MTC
Resolution No. 1836 authorizing MTC to function as a Service Authority for Freeway
Emergencies (SAFE) in the City of Gilroy pursuant to Streets and Highways Code 2250
et seq.; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Gilroy authorizes the Metropolitan
Transportation Commission, acting as a SAFE, to undertake any and all acts
necessary to the implementation and operation of the SAFE, as provided by law; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that priority be given to installation of facilities
on South Valley Freeway between Cochran and Bernal Roads due to the isolated nature
of the area.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 4th day of April, 1988, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: GAGE, HALE, KLOECKER, MUSSALLEM, PALMERLEE, VALDEZ
and HUGHAN.
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT:COUNCILMEMBERS: None
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I, SUSANNE E. STEINMETZ, City Clerk of the City of Gilroy, do
hereby certify that the attached Resolution No. 88-20
is an original
resolution, duly adopted by the Council of the City of Gilroy at a regular
meeting of said Council held on the
4th
day of
April
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at which meeting a quorum was present.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
Official Seal of the City of Gilroy this 5th day of April
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(Seal)